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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
7
A marketplace note says backward season has caused mood lows among silk makers with large overstocks. Dealers report buying several thousand yards of Black Peau de Cygne silk and offer it by mail at 75 cents a yard, down from a dollar, as a direct mail special.
The line suggests a sales pitch about saving money by using wire buying methods. It emphasizes ownership of a dollar saved and frames it as a consumer advantage in a marketing style.
Yesterday’s Hesarts and Today’s Guanes list shows Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St Louis New York at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Chicago. Standings include New York 18 4, Chicago 12 4 9 429, Brooklyn 7 14 303, Philadelphia 6 15 286.
In the American League yesterday Washington beat Cleveland 2 to 1, Boston won over Worcester 2 to 1, and St Louis edged Detroit. New York defeated Philadelphia 8 to 4, while Chicago lost to Chicago 6. Today’s schedule features Chicago at Boston, St Louis at Washington, Detroit at Philadelphia, and Devland at New York.
May 16 report from Wallace Wallace lists visitors including Rev J W Bond returning from the East. Names appear of locals in Clarksburg, Shinnston, Smithfield, Barnes street and Lumberport. A baby boy weighing nine pounds is welcomed and a Woodmen of the World initiation occurs with new member G W Coffman.
Only one case was tried this morning, a man arrested for street drunkenness. He was fined four dollars and sixty cents and released upon payment.
Willis Moody also known as Jack Morgan, a Black youth, posted $500 bond for a 9 am appearance before Justice G H Gordon on a charge of stealing brass from Clarksburg Foundry and Casting Company. He has been released from custody.
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WN Ball, storation, and visitor Mr and Mrs W T Gothern of Parkersburg are visiting in the city to see sights and meet local residents.
Public notice outlines a sale at the county court door in West O. amid drilling tools and rigging gear listed for auction. Items include drill bits, tool boxes, joists, piping, a 6 inch bite stem, and several joints with quantities specified. Date given as May 1919? The document is fragmented but indicates an administrator sale of assets tied to Guy Pickers.
A 1913 partnership notice records a notice of partnership from Wad lies receding to Amusement companies in Chapketgirn with 4th partnership involvement. The document names CLARESBURG PANY and references a date in April 1013 with implied legal effects.
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