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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
15
A vintage storefront notice urges customers to visit ParsonS Souders for graduation gifts and fine merchandise. It highlights hand painted celluloid fans priced from 50 cents to 2 dollars 75 and variety including Sik fans and lace fans pearl necklaces rose beads and gold tap pins with a call for customer feedback to improve service.
A period piece outlines a future with no summer fires as households use gas burners sparingly and the Eco-Thermal Fireless Stove from Parsons-Souders stores, claimed to finish cooking by leaving food in insulated compartments. The stove, priced at $75, is promoted as a woman's cooking marvel in Clarksburg and Ison County, tested by GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
Several hundred fresh fashion items for women including silk dresses wash dresses tub skirts and linen suits priced from $1 to $25. Highlights include silk dresses $10 to $25 white chinchilla coats $10 white corduroy skirts $4.95 and golfine coats $10 with varied colors and styles.
Bargain beauty items listed include Ohkay Massage Cream 25c a large jar, Dorin Rouge 50c, La Dorine Face Powder in multiple shades, Pompeian Night Dreams 25c and 30c, Powder Puffs 5c 10c and 15c, Tout Mon Jardin of Roses 5c 1.25 1.50, Lavender Leaves 75c jar. Read as a local sale ad offering reduced cosmetic goods at multiple price points.
An old shoe advertisement touts a White Sea Isle Canvas pump with New White Ivory leather sole and white heel. It offers Mary Jane White Canvas Slippers in various sizes with prices from 1.75 to 2.50 dollars, highlighting a special buy at 34.00 for the top white pump.
An assortment of blouses described with various fabrics and styles, including striped cotton at $1.95, heavy Jap silk additions to the line, a Norfolk model and a country club blouse in fine crepe de chine at $1.95, chiffon silks at $2.95, and linen finish flaxon waist options.
Bright summer matting rugs in floral and oriental designs offered at modest prices. 9x12 feet matting with stenciled patterns for 2.50. Reversible heavy woven matting in greens blues reds and tans at 3.50. White close woven matting with plain center and stenciled border special 4.00 for 9x12 feet.
Alaska and North Pole ice cream brands offer 2 to 8 quart sizes priced from 2.25 to 5.00 and 1 to 4 quarts priced from 2.25 to 225. Stock reductions begin June 1 as building operations start. A 20 percent discount is offered to clear inventory quickly.
All Vader Reinforced Hammocks are marked down significantly as the company halves prices to clear inventory during rebuilding. Prices drop from $1.50 to $7 grades to $1.20 to $5.60, with the sale targeting immediate clearance by the first of the month.
Social and personal items from the Telegram detail attendances at church and parlor meetings, with notes on Mothers' Club gathering, parish events, and Bridgeport High School commencement plans. Mentions Rev Charles B Mitchell, Mrs James Renshaw, Mrs Mary Curtin, and Hamilton party organizers. schedules include prayer meetings, concerts, and school events through May 28.
The ParsonS Souders Company presented Universal Peace and addressed After the War What featuring Dr W M Long. Local residents Hiter Albright Powell Stout Kemper Graves Brent Keenan and others visited or returned from business trips in Wheeling Jacksonville Davenport Weston Charleston and Parkersburg with multiple local engagements noted.
Of interest to women. Cameo buttons come in many shades and patterns including mottled, checkered, mosaic and striped mixtures. Centers contrast with rims in bold colors. white centers with colored rims also seen. Jet-rimmed buttons feature red, green, old blue or yellow centers. Used on summer frocks, vests, neckwear, and on coats and linen dresses. Many fancy stitches appear in these buttons.
An advertisement for Miss Lelia May Lacy offering hair dressing manicure electric facial massage scalp treatment shampooing and hair singeing services. Bell phone 1333 R.
An advertisement claims the famous Odorless refrigerator from Parsons Souders is unmatched for dry air circulation and ice savings. It promises scientifically built, lasting, and satisfactory performance with multiple grades styles finishes and options priced from seven to forty five dollars.
A line of forty different colorings in a decorative Scotch art rug features a plain center and figured border. Yarns are dyed with Alizarine dyes, noted as the fastest known colors for wool. Rugs come in 26 stock sizes from 30 to 60 inches up to 12 by 18 feet, with special orders fulfilled in 3 to 5 days after receipt.
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