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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
5
Five day silk sale ends this afternoon at 10. Hundreds of women have shopped silks for waists and gowns. Autumn silks arrive in many colors and sizes at 39c to $1.19 per yd. New autumn pieces, crystal trimmings, gifts, and tableware items on display in the Millinery section at 224 226 Main Street.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Sweet Melody Flour, wholesome products, shrub stems, and a Mahly etective Cough. It references Dr. Shoop and safety claims, with disjoint phrases about online healing and mortal properties. The readable text is incoherent and lists various product names and hints of remedies.
Fragmentary ad copy touts Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets with a 2S2 cent price on each box and a printed pain prescription. It urges readers to ask a doctor or factor if the medicine is not compatible, claiming use for head pains and womanly pains.
The marriage of Miss Grate Steele daughter of the late William H. Steele of Raccoon Max to William Carder a well known local man was celebrated Thursday afternoon at the bride’s mother’s home on Rac coop. Rev Cecil Sheets of Marchville officiated. The bride and groom will reside on Kincheloe where Carder rents a farm. Bible Circle notes and a meeting of the Bible Teachers Study Circle followed with refreshments and songs.
The article lauds Senator Elkins for promoting railroads including Morgantown and Kingwood, Coal & Coke, and a potential trunk line. It portrays him as a builder not a knocker, praising his patriotism, enterprise, and impact on Morgantown and broader state development. It contrasts Democratic critics with his achievements and calls for continued support of his leadership.
The General Association of Baptists will convene in Parkeshear Tuesday through Monday hosting over five hundred messengers from across the state. Delegates and ministers are expected in attendance at Calvary Baptist Church with auxiliary bodies meeting in the city during the gathering.
A detailed note announces a fine show at the Grand featuring familiar entertainers. It highlights a complete and effective presentation and mentions Joseph King’s New Fork Company supplying equipment for the event.
An elegant man and woman were discovered bound with wire in Jamaica Bay. Both were fully clothed and the bodies were recovered with little to identify them amid shattered clues. The man appeared around 40, the woman in her early thirties. The scene suggests a calculated murder tied to a planned abandonment. Police face a puzzling case as investigators seek leads.
A garbled report mentions a marriage, a court hearing on demurrer to evidence, and several unreadable names and dates. The fragment references Willasun Sat Urday Kenton Underwood Ene He trie Ee Garrett Gould and Tate Conningham in a Hugy Marin context with scattered names and events.
The forty fret anambaw of the Pie burs annual conference of Africa Moethodiaty opens Wednesday morning October 14 at 30 a.m. at Wayman chapel on Market Street, with a service led by W. Derrick De Dy and a devotional by Reverend Layers. Mayor Runt Lane will deliver the keynote at the evening gathering.
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