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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
A fragmented public notice questions bargain goods and prices, urging careful reading of value claims. The readable text hints at warnings for customers about pricing practices and store policies while urging due diligence. The wording remains unclear but centers on price clarity and customer standards.
Ladies’ white oxfords and shoes offered in canvas or nubuck styles with various sizes, plus men’s straw hats, wash skirts, and other women and children apparel. Prices listed, specials on several items, strong emphasis on floor displays and new seasonal goods.
Taken home recovery notes include B Hudgins improving at home and moving to New York to spend time with relatives. Miles Workman and Erma Workman recover from typhoid fever. First M. P. choir rehearsals set for Friday at seven. Charl Lawson visits in Clarksburg. Beryl Crise returns from Gypsy after funeral of her brother. Nichols and Charles Jones visit Uricksville, Ohio. W. Smallwood and daughter Hise Reith visit Cov Interdias Hall. Eker children ill with whooping cough. A Tennessee cabin remark reflects daily roadside talk as autos pass.
Starting June 14 a large number of Mannington merchants will close at six except Saturdays and on South Penn pay nights seven during the hot summer months. Help this good cause by shopping early to avoid interfering with merchants and clerks. Albert Park returned from a visit to Pittsburgh. Elwood Haught of McMechen here visiting his parents. Geo Roesler of Dennison Ohio visiting friends. Riley Crim, age thirty six, died Tuesday at home in Homewood addition. funeral Wednesday at two at the residence with burial at Wyatt.
Georgetown residents host visitors from Caldwell and North Wheeling nurses. A quarterly Presbyterian guild session closed with Rev. Pol Att of Fairmont delivering a sermon. Several local families welcome guests and moved homes, with social calls noted. A fifteen cent lunch is offered at the Baptist church basement, and local staffing changes include Jones of Cameron joining the Baltimore labio tower.
In a bitter primary feud Grant P. Sayre of Mason County, a Lilly supporter, was attacked while returning home with his wife. He was dragged from his coach, beaten with clubs, and fatally stabbed perhaps. A sheriff's posse with bloodhounds left to the scene. arrests expected soon. Sayre’s wits are prostrated.
A lettered ad claims Vinol restores health and weight after severe cold and fatigue, offering money back if no improvement. Customer samples from Sam in millinery and others praise gains in appetite sleep and strength, with Crane's Drug Store and Mannington as distributors in Fairmont area.
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