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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1916

Page

4

Christmas fire safety rules from Evening Chat Chief

Evening Chat Chief O J Watkins outlines timely Christmas safety rules for decorations and electrical use. Emphasizes nonflammable materials, electrical lighting by a competent electrician, secure trees, careful handling of gifts, and ready extinguishing equipment. A separate incident in Fairmont shows a store employee handling a suspicious customer asking for Mission wood racks, prompting cautious store response.

O. J. Watkins Ny Kane

Worthington Meeting Closes At Tiny Church Revival

Revival meeting led by Rev. A Me Tite Nour ends Friday night at the small Worthington church. Several additions to the church and six baptisms in the West Fork river on Sunday are reported. Purse stolen at Firmont Thursday recovered by Justice J Lato Parrish. most valuables intact. Local notices mention visiting in Webster County and evangelistic plans at the Christian Church with Rev. W E Pierce of Cameron, WV beginning January 8 for three weeks. Several town residents named with Monday and Tuesday errands and visits.

A. Me West Fork River J. Lato Parrish Firmont Wil Mr. Pu Christian Church Cristian Church W. E. Pierce Cameron W. Va

Is She Suffrage's Prize Beauty in Chicago Miss Stevens

Miss Stevens of Chicago is described as the most beautiful suffragist in the United States. The piece compares her to Mrs Milholland Hoевesain and notes her role as chairwoman of the organization department for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.

Woris Stevens Miss Stevens Chicago United States Joey Milholland Hoiesevain Eomalle Department of Organization Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage

Personal notices of births and social visits in Charleston area

A daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Everett J Moore of Baltimore. Numerous social updates name Beatrice Snider Mmes Sturm Mitchell Dudley Hawilton McWinney and others visiting or returning from cities like Wheeling Romney Corning and New York. The Williams Memorial church Ladies Aid meets Thursday and delegates to the West Virginia Association convention are named.

Everett J. Moore Thisty Baltimore Beatrice Snider Romney Deverly Mr. Sturm Main Street W. L. Mitchell Maninington City Frank C. Dudley Howard Tes Metorsport Henry Eirshman Hite Kenncdy Dave Ain Cele DC. Or West Virginia Association Washington Strasgoni Nl Tialahor West Virginia Stephen He Biking Elkefos Wilson Wheeting Shorehans Charleston

Local Social Events From Washington and Morgantown

Mrs. Martha Davis returns from Washington and Chiefton with news of her cousin Edna Shinn wedding Simeon Baeh. Tomorrow the Home Mission club meets at Miss Beulah Lowe’s on High Street at 7 30. Eastern Star gathers Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Masonic hall. Miss Ginkel’s music students give a recital tonight at Gaston Avenue. Mrs. Charley Meredith hosts T A S on Morgantown Avenue Thursday afternoon with dinner. Dr. H G Stoeller attends a banquet at Hotel Mederia. Two Christmas bazaars open tomorrow: First M E church on Fairmont avenue and First Presbyterian church on Main Street with dinners to follow. Philathea class meets at Gladys Jones’s home. Rummage Sale by the W C T U at Jackson and Monroe streets, Thursday through Saturday. call 760-W or 870 for pickups.

Washington Martha Davis Chiefton D. C Edna Shinn Edward Shinn Simeon Baeh Albuquerque N. M Eastern Star Fairmont Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Beulah Lowe High Street Masonic Hall al Aas Iva Ginkel Gaston Avenue Dorothy Moora Margaret, Mashall Gene Carfionter Hazel Delolt Irene Gratilus Harriott White Mary Belle Haggerty Opal Stoneking Doris Jenkins Sarat Mary Taylor Mary LeFolette Mildred Coogle Virginia Palmer Katharyn Moore Marguerite Cooke Eee Charley Meredith To Acs Cirle Morgantown Avenue H.G. Stoeller First Presbyterian Church Morgantown Hotel Mederia Ph Heto Kapp First M. E. Church Woman's Christian Temperance Union Jackson and Monroe Streets

Pimply skin? Try Dr Edwards Olive Tablets today

A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It claims improved complexion, fresher breath, and relief from constipation without sickness or pain, urging nightly use of one or two tablets.

Dr. Edwards

Danderine Hair Growth Promise Exposed in Ad Claim

An old advertisement touts Knowlton’s Danderine or Vanderine as a miracle hair product promising soft glossy abundant hair within minutes and claim of dandruff removal and spontaneous new hair growth after two weeks with no adverse details provided. It targets girls with sensational language and asks readers to test a single strand at a time.

Knowlton Vanderine

Ladies Garment Prices at Third Floor Annex

If you give it for Christina you may be sure the recipient will be pleased. Comfortable and light to wear, easy to launder, handy to tuck into traveling bag. Not expensive to buy when you consider the quality. Vests are $2.25 and $2.50. Bloomers $2.25 to $5.00, combination suit $3.60 and $4.50, Envelope chemise $3.50. Third Floor Annex.

Christina

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