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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
5
Fashionable hats arrive in satin and fall styles priced at 3.50 5.00 and 6.50. The collection is selling rapidly with selections moving quickly as new items arrive. Buy a Gage or Castle hat for top quality and be a Gage woman. Hats priced from the listed ranges to suit any buyer.
New fall suits for women feature close fitting collars concave shoulders hand blocked hair cloth busts and self conforming waist lines in Directoire models. Prices are 25.00 28.75 and 30.00 and women are invited to see these suits today.
Splendid opportunity to purchase gas mantles now. Draft details and pricing provided for various mantle types and wireless accessories. Listings include mantle-reg ar 121-20, extra bell, and covered wire uppork-regulay with price 19¢ for 14e. Filings mention candle power and related items.
The shoe department clears Fall and Winter styles on sale with dozens of pairs displayed on the sale table. Various makes marked for rapid selling include 08 styles priced at 2.00 and 9.50 each, featuring kid and patent leather varieties.
A 300d high grade amber coffee substitute touts health benefits and quick preparation. Dr Shoop claims to make Health Coffee both healthful and satisfying with toasted cereals and nut flavors, sold by all dealers.
Fragmentary ad style note claiming Chamber Min’s Cough Remedy cures ailments and warns against harmful drugs. text appears as a promotional snippet with archaic spelling and unclear provenance. No verifiable entities or dates present.
An old advertising item touts Preventives as a safe cold remedy called Preventics. It claims quick relief in hours with no quinine laxative or harsh effects, suitable for children, sold by local dealers in Texas. The fragment hints at a promotional fake medical claim and pharmacy distribution.
Local snippet mentions Mise Jessie Sutton and her father J D Sutton in a genealogy style note. It hints at the Sutton family connection and a place unnamed. The fragment lacks full context or events.
The report covers a Clarksburg-Daktant wedding with Edward Taylor and Miss Hackhue, plus a reception at the Taylor home in Fairmont. Attendants included plans, a ceremony in Gabland Maryland, and a large serenade, followed by a social at Traction Park with Knights of Columbus activities and band performances from Webster and Clarksburg groups.
The shop unveils new fall suit arrivals this morning and invites customers to view the stylish selections. The promotion hints at handsome fabrics and refined tailoring with another wave of displays coming tomorrow.
On September 24 1908 the court will consider and if approved grant to Clarksbury Gas and Electric Company and successors a franchise to construct and operate electrical lines along roads highways and public ways in Harrison County including laying poles wires conduits appliances along and across bridges and streets to supply mobile and private power and transmission facilities.
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