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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
5
A woolCheckered rain coat listing describes a small black and white Shepherds check material with rubber coated lining, light weight and durable. Designed in a boré back style with broad belt, adjustable collar and wristlets, offered at 15 dollars.
An advertisement describes a women's shoe with an extremely long vamp in rich black silk, buttoned for style. The dressy design is priced at 4.00 dollars.
Social notes from Weston detail a lavish autumn dance at the Camden hotel hosted by Mrs Louis Bennett and Miss Bennett, with guests from Clarksburg Wheeling and New York. Announcements include the surprise wedding of Miss Marie Brake and D M White, a lovely Rogers Kalich wedding in Reynoldsville, and multiple gatherings, cards, and visiting plans across Clarksburg and Fairmont.
Columbia, Missouri seeks to mark Head's Fort near Rocheport on the Missouri River. The fort, built in 1810, served as a rallying point for settlers and a trading hub, with funds allocated by the state legislature to place markers on the eastern highway segment.
A reader from Shalbyville, Michigan credits Saxo Salve with curing twenty years of eczema and urges others to try the salve. The ad promotes Saxo Salve as relieving itching, softening, and healing skin conditions, with a money back guarantee if not effective, and also advertises Vinol for weakness and appetite.
A dated advertisement urges savings through sending twenty five soap wrappers and a cent stamp to the Hewitt Brothers Soap Company in Dayton Ohio to receive a framed art reproduction. It notes local stores may sell similar pictures at higher prices and invites readers to ask their grocer for Easy Task soap.
All persons having claims other than premium awards against the West Virginia Fair Association are requested to file their bills with secretary James Ni Hess in Clarksburg before Thursday September 11.
George Jett colored was struck by a fast railroad train at Kenton three weeks earlier while stepping from one track to another to avoid an approaching train. He was brought to his mother Chang Jett’s home on Monticello avenue Sunday evening with his left arm severed at the elbow his left eye knocked out and his left foot cut off at the ankle.
The report notes the subject displayed great nerve as injuries left him unable to respond, never rendering him unconscious. His condition is described as favorable.
Due to a drop in orders in plates and tin plate, the Philadelphia Sheet and Tin Plate Company has shut down the Steubenville Ohio plant. The company hopes the closing will not affect its Clarksburg facility.
Help Wanted ads publish today highlighting job openings across multiple sectors. Local employers seek applicants with varied skills, offering competitive wages and regular hours. Job seekers are advised to check listings for positions matching experience and geography.
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