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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
5
A vintage ad promoting a Saturday sale at Parsons-Souders features women and children's shoes and boots. Highlights include Kid and Patent Kid styles at 3.50 to 4.00, Nu Buck options, Taupe Buckskin boots, satin pumps, and Cravanette summer dress boots priced around 4.00. The copy emphasizes new styles and family footwear for the upcoming week.
In the basement floor Drapery Store display shoppers find Trish Point Cluny Nottingham and Rennaissance curtains priced 2.00 to 15.00 per pair. About 150 pairs in lots of one to four are outcleared at one third less.
Advertisement for silk gloves highlighting Milanese silk, Paris point embroidery, 16-button length, and double tipped fingers. Colors include tan gray pongee navy blue black white. Also featuring short silk gloves at 50 cents to 2 dollars and 16-button length options with multiple color choices.
The Waist Shop highlights individuality in its $1 blouses. Buyers avoid maker sold waists, sometimes reworking a $3 style, or keeping fabric to alter the design. The shop offers hundreds of $1.00 blouses with 30 new waist styles in voiles, batiste, and linen at $1.00 each.
A new silk lisle socks box for men is described.They are praised for their good qualities and colorings including as but not limited to ast black tan brown grey navy purple and white.Each pair priced at 25 cents.”
Silks priced at 69 cents per yard claim to make the coolest and most effective blouses for wear with vacation suits, and are described as inexpensive. The fabric is 36 inches wide with five striped designs to choose from plus all white.
Miss Wetmore of Chicago will discuss Luxor Toilet Soaps and Luxor Preparations. She comes direct from Armour's of Chicago to introduce the latest Luxor products with a demonstration and sale now going on.
A sale notes $20 to $35 spring tailored suits for women at 12 75 with an additional batch of 40 Blue Serge suits in all sizes. The offer brands the new vacation suit for present wear, with an actual value of 21 50 listed as 12 73.
A series of social club gatherings in Fairmont feature a luncheon and card party honoring Miss Grace Lee Dunesn, with Miss Mabel Carr sharing a trophy for high score and Miss Duncan receiving an honor prize. Another party, at The Cliffs, celebrates Miss Katherine Race’s upcoming marriage to Lee Hutchinson, with guests from Fairmont and Charleston attending. The Misses Schulte host a convivial home gathering with music, games, and refreshments. St Mark’s Lutheran plans a Saturday bakery sale, and the Marcato Music Club announces a crucial meeting at Waldorf.
The Forest Service and Safford Arizona will cooperate to conserve the town’s water supply from the Cook National Forest. Similar agreements exist with Cascade Colorado Springs Durango Manitou Utah Salt Lake Baker City and The Dalles Oregon and the Budd Run watershed supplying Portland. Cities fund additional guards and bear much of the cost for needed improvements while land use requires town approval.
President Wilson and his family arrived in Baltimore by automobile and checked into a city hotel for lunch this afternoon. The presidential party remained at the hotel at 2 p m.
A special election in Fairmont District Marion county carried a $400 000 bond issue for road improvements. The margin was 1386 to 225 with voter approval by a large majority.
Haupts Mason slips clutch forcing retirement on lap sixty five after brief track return. Nikrant's Case car exits on lap sixty seven with similar issue as Haupt reenters briefly before fade.
LARGEST By WEIRTON May 20 The Phillips Steel and Tin Plate Company announces plans to add ten hot mills to its Weirton plant, expanding to thirty mills and claiming it will be the largest of its kind in the United States. President T. Weir says the addition will employ about 100 skilled workers more and cost around 1 million dollars.
Washington May 30 Thad A Thompson a wealthy Austin Texas business man has been selected as United States minister to Colombia He was a Baltimore convention delegate and active in Democratic ranks and is a personal friend of Postmaster General Burleson.
The funeral and burial of Vincenzo Daniels, a child of Dominick Daniels, of the Pitcairn mining settlement, occurred Friday afternoon. The interment was at Holy Cross cemetery. The child died at 10 30 o clock last night.
Decoration Day observations halted most services as post office and banks closed. Only one early morning delivery occurred while rural carriers and public offices remained shut across Mather Places. National holiday activities paused for the day.
The city council will meet Monday night to act on applications for licenses.
A frequent feature on Telegram pages is the abundant Real Estate For Sale notices. Many ads appear repeatedly, signaling a robust market push. The repeated listings suggest sellers seek visibility, while readers encounter multiple instances of similar property offers.
Hodges Barboursville May 30. The upcoming June 16 centennial and home coming will feature speakers including President Thomas E. Hodges Morgantown. Hon D E French Bluefield. Hon Z T Minson and Hon S H Bowman Huntington. Hon D W Shaw Philippi. Hon C W Dillon Fayetteville. United States Senator Nathan Goff. Hon John T McGraw Grafton. Hon S V Woods Philippi and others.
Miners and other employees at Conyendation Coat Company received pay for two weeks work this Friday. The total amount was higher than usual due to extended operations and better car supply. The next payday is expected Friday, June 3.
A fragmented obituary and county report note a memorial for the Civil War era with Lincoln quotations. Mention of a county special ceremony planned for Monday and details about audits, deputy sheriff appointment, and notary public commissions. An unrelated death report describes Odon Little’s niece Grover Lill visiting Md. she fell from a porch and died instantly.
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