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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1914
Page
5
Christmas shoppers find new linens china and cutlery at the Parsons Souders Store. The retailer's forward planning ensures a wide array of steady stock alongside traditional holiday fare like turkey and mince pie.
Describes a range of bath and lounging robes sold in varied styles and colors from plain to figured. Notes warm, luxurious, heavy look without bulk and prices from $2.50 to $6.50.
Milady's Boudoir Caps priced from 50 cents to 3 dollars fill a table with a wide assortment. Most caps are 50 cents, offered as good values and suitable as gifts. Styles include ribbon and fur trimmed pieces in gold and silver cloth, novelty silks, and laces, with clever ideas evident and prices extending to 3 dollars.
Christmas neck wear ranges from 25c to 6 and offers dainty, varied assortments. The items are described as so attractive they will enhance any frock and make a quick, thoughtful gift during the Christmas season, prompting shoppers to buy for friends.
The Gift Hand Bag offers hundreds of bags for shopping and calling in pin seal pin morocco and seal grain leathers priced at 1 1 50 2 2 50 and 2 75. Many bags at 1 and 2 include safety locks making shopping easier.
A large collection of Community Silver chests offered as lifetime gifts. Prices range from $6.50 to $35 with additional pieces and sets available.
The Fur Salon showcases black fox furs in irregular styles with heads and tails selling from 15 to 40 dollars for scarves and 15 to 65 for muffs. Colored fox furs offer thick pelts priced 35 to 60 for neckpieces and 40 to 75 for muffs with options like crepe de chine or chiffon velvet. Other varieties include cross, white, sable dyed, red, and blue fox, all backed by the Parsons-Souders genuineness guarantee.
The article describes a vast stock of handkerchiefs for Christmas gifts with wide ranges and prices. It highlights women’s handkerchiefs with corner embroidery from 25 cents to a dollar and men’s initial handkerchiefs priced 90 cents to two dollars for six, promising large assortments for the season.
A selection of decorative and functional gifts with price ranges. Boudoir lamps in white enamel or wood finishes from Circassian walnut to brass, priced $4.00 to $10.00. Brass letter file $1.00, desk set $4.00, tango tea ball set $3.50 to $9.00, solid silver sandwich tray $5.00, brass femery filled $1.00, dresser set $0.50 to $6.00, cut glass vase $1.50 to $12.00, hand painted vase $1.00 to $15.00, chafing dish $7.00 to $12.00, and coffee machine $7.00 to $22.50.
Reports of an escaped African lion near Keyser spark alarm among Baltimore and Ohio flagmen who equip cabooses with shotguns for defense. The piece also covers Taylor county teacher institute, police search for William Colebank, a Buckhannon Bank stock sale, Elks Club film show, December court notes, local injuries, the Grafton YMCA basketball push, obituaries, an injunction restricting liquor transport, and Christmas school closings plus a hospital transfer for surgery ads.
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