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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
5
A period advertisement notes rising interest in garments as scientific manufacture influences buying decisions. It promises to reveal a secret of home sewing and discusses economy in choosing ready made and self-made attire.
Local ad notes Colgate Ribbon Paste at 25 cents and Bantine’s Cherry Paste at 20 cents. Sanitol and extra toothbrush holder offered. Theatrical cold cream listed as half pound for 35 cents and a full pound for 50 cents.
Ample choice in white and ecru scrim and plain curtainings with colored borders. Floral designs in natural colors offer bright cheerful home accents. Available in 36 and 40 inch widths, priced 15 to 60 cents per yard.
Advertisement lists freezers and ice boxes with various sizes and prices. North Pole and Alaska ice cream freezers range from $1.25 to $4.00, Odorless Refrigerators from $18 to $35, plus additional ice boxes $3 to $12. Also mentions perfect circulation and ice saving features.
A feature outlines practical linen suit designs for women with styles from a slightly bloused Iris coat to a short cutaway and straight jaunty coat. It notes high waistline hints from button placement, mentions linens like ramie rope linen, colors such as French pink flax blue oyster white tan navy rose brick red, and price range from 5.00 to 15.00.
Advertises a sale with various boots and shoes including black crepe high top boots, tan Russia calf lace boots, grey buckskin boots, white buck shoes, white canvas options priced from 2.50 to 4.00, and Gabby pumps in black and tan.
Vudor porch shades transform the veranda into a daytime living room and a nighttime sleeping space, soothing nerves and improving home comfort.
A Woodmen of the World meeting in Williams Hall featured a Grafton degree team drill praised for efficiency, with flags in place of swords. A social hour followed with ice cream and cake, toastmaster Mrs Grant Helms of Grafton, and remarks by G W Poe and other grand officers from Parkersburg and Grafton.
An advertisement claims Parisian Sage helps thinning hair by nourishing the hair root and killing the hair germ. It guarantees two weeks to stop dandruff and itching with money back, selling in every town with a generous bottle offering.
A card party hosted by Mrs Willisin and Miss Edith Newton at a former home honors Miss Grace Gee Enincan ahead of her upcoming marriage to Mr David B. Carper. Guests enjoyed cake and coffee, long stemmed roses as favors, and floral decor.
Ned Burden was fined $5 and costs for assaulting Taft Gary after a trial in Justice Jackson V. Carter's court Tuesday evening. The incident occurred Monday evening.
Reading Pa May 21 The annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Bethlehem opposed altering the denomination from Protestant Episcopal to American Catholic. Bishop Talbott led discussions endorsing a minimum minister salary set at 1000 dollars for unmarried ministers or 1000 dollars plus housing for married ministers.
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