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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
5
The Parsons Souders store emphasizes a full stock of fresh arrivals with a sale pitch urging customers to pick ripe merchandise quickly. It compares clothing to ripe fruit, noting blouses at a uniform price of five dollars and urging early selection while supplies last.
A vintage advertisement promotes Vudor porch shades as a solid investment for style ease and privacy. It lists clear price points by length from two to twelve feet and options in plain, dark green, olive, and olive brown tones.
Mrs. N Johnson hosts Ladies Aid Society at Wilsonburg Methodist Episcopal Church with refreshments served by the hostess and assistants. Birthday and anniversary events, church social by Willing Workers at Baptist church, card party by Mrs. Charles Lambert with out of town guests, federation meetings in New York, and a long list of local visitors and society activities fill a Clarkburg social page.
More homes learn Par sons Souders standard priced carpets rugs and home furnishings are better grade and lower in price than any in the city. Porches rugs in demand. Fibre filling with heavy mercerized chain is waterproof and cleanable with soap and water. Sizes range from 86x60 inches at 1.50 to 9x12 feet at 10.50.
A brief item notes awning stripe duck used for women’s suits. It mentions durable material, color stripes in brown blue and tan, and price points of 26 and 35 cents a yard for skirts or fabric suitable for tailoring.
A store offers a free Silken Sachet Bag with each purchase of Djer Kiss Face Powder marked in four tints. Hundreds of samples have already been given this week and the promotion ends at store closing tonight. Powder priced at 50c and $1.00.
Porch Valance and Awnings advertise a crew ready to hang awnings and valances for homes. They offer 27 inch depth fabric in blue green brown and tan broad stripes at 85c and 40c a yard and 60c for full yard wide material, urging customers that they are needed for many homes.
Organdies and voiles advertised with 25¢ and 65e prices, widths 45 to 58 inches. A combined organdy voile weave with organdy finish offers 45 inches wide at $1.00 a yard.
About forty pretty spring suits in as many models including serges and gabardines in plain colors checks and auto style. Sizes range 42 to 44 bust. belted and plain fashionable cuts. All well tailored and silk lined at prices 9.90 17.90 and 23.90.
Women praise the new Wirthmor waists offered in four styles on sale today. They affirm the waists look far from dollar waists and emphasize the price of just 1.00, a unique offer available only in this city.
The note describes trimming cotton dresses for summer using varying cotton braids fringes piping and net insertions. It highlights silk or cotton braids in many colors with bright contrasting shades and cautions that moiré effects and color variety enhance appeal. It mentions ribbon supplies being exhausted and suggests pastel pinks greens yellows as attractive combinations.
A fragment discusses tiny white beads used as organdy dabwear and beaded trimmings in Lanvin creations. It notes how these details enhance gowns and frocks, describing their refined, perfected state and the designer’s signature touch on crepe fabrics.
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