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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
Closely Follows Wheeling in Vol
ume in Business Transacted and
Amount of Money Involved by
Its Wholesale Houses.
Number Of People Directly Dependent
Would Make A Good Town
a Few Inside Facts About Something Great
Many People Are Not Aware Of. Gathered
Togetherwith Much Careby the Daily Telegram

Probably not one person in fifty is
aware Of the fact that Clarksburg is
the second city in the state in the whole.
sale trade. Nevertheless it is a fact
and the city comes within an ace of tax
ing first place away from the city OF
Wheeling. In volume Of business trans
acted, in the number of employees hired,
in the amount Of the monthly pay roll,
in the average stock carried through the
year and in the number OF square feet
OF floor space used, Clarksburg is second
upon the list in the jobbing trade of the
West Virginia cities.
There is probably not one person in
one hundred in Clarksburg who is aware
of the tremendous amount of business
transacted in The city during the year
by the wholesale houses. The people
Of Clarksburg do not realize what good
the location OF such concerns do for the
city. They do not know simply because
an idea Of the thing has never been given
them. The facts in the matter have
never been presented to them. In the
walks OF everyday business life, the
business man, although he may have
business transactions with several of the
jobbing houses, does not realize the
amount OF money which changes hands
annually Through the agency OF the
wholesale houses because he does not
have the opportunity OF getting hold Of
the simple facts.
For the purpose of showing to the poo
pie OF Clarksburg how the wholesale
trade benefits the city, this article is
written The statistics have been com
piled, the data gathered and great deal
of care exercised by the Daily Telegram,
with the object OF getting at the simple
facts in the matter. A Daily Telegram
representative has asked the general
managers Of nine largest jobibng houses
in Clarksburg for few facts. These
facts have been carefully put together
and figures totaled and the exact truth
has been obtained in the compilation as
given below.
This article is not written as an adver.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
CHARTERS GRANTED -
By the Secretary of State TO va~.ops
Business Concerns in West Virginia,
All New Firms.

Charters have been issued to the Ras-
nett Menthol Ointment company, OF
NIannigton, W. Va, to promsto. maui.
facture, advertise and sell Basnett Men.
tIol Ointment. Capital $4,000. lhcor-
porators, c. "A. Basnett, Charles L. Joliir,
Leroy Taylor, F. D. Basnctt, Clarence S.
Thomas, Warrington, w. Va.
L. B. Miller Drilling company, OF New
Martinsville, w. Va, to mine, bore, buy,
sell transport and refine oil gas ana other
valuable substances. aCpital, $1,000.
lncorpomtors, j. G. Trees, +. B. Miller,
W. =. Culp, J. Lee Harne, L, ]. Thomp,
son, New Martinsville, w. Va,
NIoundsville Realty company, of Phil
iIppi, w. Va, to purchase heal estate,
improve same, erect houses thereon, sell
and rent same. Capital $4,000. Incor.
porators, Charles /. Zirkle, s. a. Moore,
NJ. c. Talbot, Tom B. Bowmen, Philippi,
w. Va; @. L, Michael, Fairmont, w. Va.
The Ajax Oil company, of Huntington,
w. Va, to develop oil and gas lands.
Capital, $4,000. Incoroprators. George
j. Neal, 7. "A. Null, III. c. Duncan, Jr.,
6. w. Campbell, Irwin lIartzell, Hunting.
ton, w. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
GLARKSBURGERS
INSTITUTE EAGLE AERIE
At Fairmont Numbering 1856 Members.
Big Representations from This City
and Fairmont.- Elaborate
Banquet Given.

About fifty members of the olarks.
burg aerie of Eagles went to Fairmont
Friday night and instituted a branch
of the order there. The work was done
by the Clarksburg Eagles. One hundred
and thirty-six members were taken into
the order, among who were twenty per-
sons from Warrington. Grafton was
well represented, there being about 100
hundred members of the aerie in that
town present. After the ceremonies an
elaborate banquet was indulged in at
SINNERS tavern. Some of the Clarks-
burgers returned on the night train and
others came home Saturday morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

W. NJ. Morris, of Mt. Glare, is a city
visitor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

Society
.l..4''l ! I ! 1 !

Mrs. Percy Golf entertained a few
friends on Tuesday evening at cards in
honor of Miss Faulkner, of NIartmsburg
who has been the guest of Miss Martha
Basel the past week.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

Mr.. Scott Randolph, of Lost Creek, is
4 business visitor in town today.
William Thompson, OF bridgeport, was
\ business visitor here fed hours to-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

tisement for one, any or all Of the
wholesale houses in this city. The
wholesale people did not know anything
of the matter until the Telegram rep.
resentatiye called upon them and asked
for information.
The nine large wholesale houses from
which this data is collected and totalled
are as follows:
The Williams & Dayisson Company.
Armstrong, crislip, Day & Co.
Hornor-G Gaylord Company.
The Leatherbury Shoe Company.
The Koblegard Company.
The Rull.Koblegard Company.
The Ruhl-Koblegard Cigar md. stogie
House.
The Standard Milling Company.
The Walthour Candy Company.
1t will be noted that the Walthour
Candy company, the Ruhl-Koblegard
cigar factory and the Standard Milling
company are included in the list of job.
bers. These are in the line Of Industrial
concerns, to be sure, but as the output
of each is confined exclusively to the
wholesale trade, it was Thought but right
and proper that they should be included
in the jobbing trade.
Two or three of these houses have
branches in nearby towns, but none of
these branches, nor any of their bust.
ness is included herein. The branch
concerns ure managed separately, and
the office work is not done at Clarks-
burg houses. The compilation includes
only those large jobbing houses in
Clarksburg.
Now, from thesc nine jobbing houses
we obtain the following astonishing, but
truthful, figures:
Total number of employees. .........2 o6
Total monthly pay roll. ....... .s14,a6o
Number of people directly depend
ent Tor living .............,......5 SIS
Volume of business, estimated
from year ending November,
1903 800. ........... .s4,a5o, 10000
Average stock carried through
year -. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000
Cars received annually over B.
U. .................... $4,000
Total square feet floor space. .465,sOo
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

a very enjoyable hay ride party was
INDUCED in on Wednesday evening by
some of the young people. They toured
the town and went out the Milford road.
Among the guests in the party were
Misses Vira Wells, Grace Duncan, Lii
liam, Osborne and Gussie Gutherie; Mas
tiers Charlie Deison, Carl Willett, Alra
Williams, Charley Owens, Harry Harris
and Arthur swager.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
CLARKSBURG SEeoDtDIGTI WEST
VIRGINIA lin THE J0BBING TRADE

Nen-sNeNs-eeSSsSroNts%
Number Of travelling men. ...........4s
Number Of office force. ...............44
Number stenographers ..............Ia
This table shows that FIVE HUN.
DRIED AND SEVENTY FIVE persons
are wholly dependent upon the whole.
sale houses for their living. Do the
wholesale houses benefit the cityf asks
a chronic fault,fnder. Is 1t mot the
truth that all of their business, or the
biggest part Of their business is with
outside frmsi Yes, that is true, but
do nearly six hundred people, all liv-
ing in the city, depending upon the
heads Of families who are drawing good
steady wages year in and year out, help
the city anyf Do they not have to cat,
clothe and house themselves, thereby Civ
ing circulation to thousands OF dollars
every month, and beneftting the local
merchants by their patronages These
are some solid facts for the calamity
howler ito study.
But how is businessf again queries
the knocker. The general manager Of one
of the wholesale grocery houses told the
Telegram representative, and produced
the proof Of what me said, that his firm
did 30 per cent more business in olarks-
burg for the year ending November 80,
1903, than the preceding year, and that
the preceding year had been their BAN
ner year. One concern alone sold over
100000 worth OF groceries in the city
of clarksburg the past year.
One of the factories mentioned above
is running day and night to keep up
with their output. This condition Of
affairs has been, in fact, for the past
eight months. Another of the three fac.
tories is running day and night, stop.
ping their machinery only on Saturday
nights and starting it again Monday
mornings. The other is working its men
overtime nearly every day-the matter
being entirely optional with the work
man-0nd for every hour overtime the
men receive double pay.
While there are nine leading wholesale
houses in the city it must be remem-
'bered that there are many smaller
houses, doing a comparatively phenom-
email business. Lack of space at this
time prevents us from including the
smaller houses in this article, but suffice
to say that many thousands of dollars
art put in circulation by them as in the
manner Of the larger iobbing concerns.
All of the Wholesale concerns in thi.
city are housed in large, handsome, sub
stantial stone-and-brick houses. The,
are as fine structures as can be seer
in any city. The wholesalers are here
to stay. They have their money in.
vested in the city, in amounts which
the average person would hardly realize
The retail merchants should recognize
the position which the jobbing houses
maintain in Clarksburg. They should
realize what the iobbing houses are do.
ing for them. Wholesale concerns in this
can be obtained. A home merchant can
buy the same stocks and goods right
here in Clarksburg that he can in New
York City or Chicago, or Wheeling, OF
Pittsburg, and the Telegram represen-
tative knows for certainty that he can
get equally good prices, and in a great
many instances better, as he can in the
city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
NOTICE no MEMBERs OF B. !. !.

The regular meeting of ClarEsburg 10.
cal No. los, B. /. L., will be held Sunday,
December Q, at 1880 p. M, instead of at
3 p. m. A full attendance is requested
as nominations for officers to serve the
ensuing term will be made.
JOHN F. KEARNs, Pres't.
THos, E. McGUlGAN, Sec'y.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

Fifty houses are needed In Eas
CleSrIabNrG. #
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
ONLY ONE TRANSFER.

A single transfer of real estate is re-
ported, The county clerks record shows
it as follows:
Nv. s. Broadwatcr and G, w, +. Ran,
dolph TO AlPhcus Glover, l55 acres, Ten
mile district.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
DRINK OLD HENERY wH1sKEY.

This whiskey is made from the finest
selected grain and under the old fashion
handmade process and is highly recon-.
mended for family and medicinal use
Sold only by the Boys. Davis and Willis.
dec4.24td
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05

The marriage of Miss Gladys, daugh.
ter of Mr., and Mrs. Jasper S. Kyle, to
Mr.. Richard A. shurtlelf, of Fairmont.
was very prettily solemnized at the
home of the brides parents on South
Chestnut street on Wednesday evening
at $3.50 o'clock, the Rev, Robert B. Me
Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist
church, officiating. The parlor was
beautifully decorated in crimson and
greenery, the Xmas colors being used
for this happy ocacsion. The best man
was Mr.. James Welton, and the maid OF
honor was Miss Lydia Kyle, sister of
the bride. The bride wore a handsome
gown of white peau de sole and carried
a beautiful bouquet OF brides roses. The
maid of honor wore very pretty gown
of white organdie and carried roses. I'm.
mediately after the ceremony delicious
wedding supper was served to the many
guests who were present. Mr.. and Mrs.
ShurtlefF left Thursday for Fairmont,
where they will permanently locate.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
MOVING LAW OFFICE.

Attorney H. 7. Houston is moving his
law office from the Moore building on
South Fourth street to the office in the
Golf block on West Main street for.
merly occupied by Attorney John R
Swgcr now deceased.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
MUSICALE WILL BE GIVEN.

A musical program will. be rendered
at the Baptist church Thursday even
ing, December 10, An admission fee of
% cents will be charged. The proceeds
will be given to the improvement fund,
Every one cordially invited.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-05
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SALE.

The Ladies' Aid society of Golf NJ. L.
chruch will hold their annual Xmas sale
in the lecture room of the church on
the evening OF December II.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
Du ChaiIIu's Vain Hunt.

Paul Du Chaillu was the most gal
hnt Of bachelors and always openly
confessed that he was quite unable to
resist the wiles Of the fair sex, so much
SO that he had never been able to
choose between them. On one occasion
when he was ''the lion' at a reception
given by some intimate friends in New
York the hostess in presenting him to
one Of her guests said:
LET me present you to Mrs. -.
You must know her, Paul, because she
has just written book"
"a book, madam" he exclaimed.
"Then, indeed, am I most delighted TO
meet her. l once made book myself.
But what is the title Of your book?"
"The name Of it is What One Wom-
an Thinks" was the smiling response.
"Ah, indeed, and most interesting!
What One Woman Thinks!'" repeated
the great explorer. And then, with a
simulated excitement, he added hastily:
"But where can l procure copy Of
, it? I must have it at once-immediate-
~. ALI my life l have been trying in
vain to find out what women think, and
If before 1 die I shall succeed in find
ing out just what one woman thinks
shall then indeed die content" New
York Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
FARGO.

Ira Schoonover entered the Nor
NAL Tuesday.
Rev. Snodgrass of River Falls
will hold service here next Sabbath
at 8 P. m.
Miss Rosy Becker is spending a
few days with her friend, Mrs. Oscar
Malberg, in South Fork.
Miss Laura Tracy is up from
Trimbelle; she will remain for some
time at the home of her nephew,
Edgar Wilson.
lay Schoonover was in attendance
at the Christian Endeayor rally in
River Falls Thursday and greatly
enjoyed the occasion.
Mrs. Chas. Dopkins, accompanied
by her brother Geo. Patterson, of
the Morton district visited relatives
at Hatchville recently.
Miss Lenore Stewart returned
from South Fork Monday, where
she had been spending week with
her sister, Mrs. VIM. Graham.
Miss Virginia Daley, who had
been spending the vacation at the
Hillcrest Farm here, has returned to
her home at Ann Harbor, Mich.
Mrs. N. r. Schoonover in COM
pany with her son Raymond and
little daughter Lucilene spent Sun
day at the home of l.. E. Tracy in
Trimbelle.
At the schoolhouse on the even
ing of Sept. s the Sunday School
will give free exhibition after
which refreshments will be served.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
Misses Lettie and Rhoda Hunt
have returned to Minneapolis TO
teach the coming year. Miss Lenore
Stewart returns to Glenwood, Miss
Gertrude Browell will also teach at
Glenwood the ensuing year. Miss
Vivian Browell has engaged to
teach in the Morton district, her
school opens the 9TH, while Miss
Verna Chaplin, who has taught in
the Morton district the past two
years, goes to Burkhart to teach.
Miss Minnie Martin will return to
Phillips, where she has taught for
several years past.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
GERTRUDE.

James Lauder spent Saturday in
Fargo.
The farmers around here have
finished stacking.
Misses Miller and McCue Of Far
go called here recently.
The Herum school commenced
Monday with Miss Lowell as teach
er.
Mrs. J. B. Jensen of South Fork
was pleasant caller here Thurs
day.
Miss Alice Raphael of Big River
has been engaged to teach our
school.
A. Jacobson and Lauritz Ram
burg of Pleasant Valley were recent
callers here.
S. Shella and wife were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Dahl at New
Centerville Sunday.
Miss Louise Gunderson and Mrs.
Harry Chinook of River Falls Wis
tied old-time friends here Monday.
H. P. Bergseng and family Of
South Fork and O. T. Bergseng
and family of this place were guests
at the Shella home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Ostness and
child and Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer
Shepard and child of River Falls
visited with relatives here Sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
ONO.

Will Jennings was in Maiden
Rock Tuesday.
Mrs. Rhoda Batho is visiting rel
atives at Ellsworth.
Ella Mannegan of Esdaile visited
Mrs. F. Sanford last week.
Albert Worden and family drove
to Maiden Rock Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Van visited
relatives at Olivet Saturday.
The Farmers Club met at Jim
Martins Saturday afternoon.
Clinton Holt has ordered a gaso-
line engine for his drilled well.
The Union school began Monday
with Miss Grace Marsh as teacher.
F. P. Carleton and daughter Mar
garet drove to Plum City Wednes-
day.
Miss May Sanford went to Els
worth Saturday to visit Mrs. Ed.
Van.
Isaac Gerrish was in Maiden
Rock Tuesday and bought corn
binder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erdman and daugh-
ter Anabel are visiting friends at
Clear Lake.
Harvey Davis was in Maiden
Rock Saturday with load of
creamery butter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
A Daring Eskimo Lover.

A young Eskimo had secretly courted
the daughter of an, enemy. The huts
of the lovers were not far removed,
but one night the terrific cold ripped
great crevasse In the ice, and the young
mans house was}left Isolated. A gorge
100 feet. deep and twenty feet wide
separated it from the igloo, or hut,
containing his sweetheart, but there
was narrow bridge of ice left across
the erevasse, and this, the young man
found, would bear his weight. Eski-
mos sleep in bags. The lover decided
that he would that night cross the ice
bridge, steal the maiden he loved, bear
her to his hut and then break down the
bridge SO that he and she together
might enjoy their honeymoon unmo-
Tested. He planned very successfully.
He crept in the dead Of night into his
enemy's hut he snatched up the maid
en- in her sack, without awaking any
one, he bore her over the ice bridge
safely, and then he opened the sack to
embrace his bride; but, beholding its
contents, he gave loud cry. 1t was
not the maiden, but her father, that he
had stolen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
ST. PAUL.

st. Paul Public Schools will open
Tuesday, Sept. 9Th.
Mrs. Igaida Judd, formerly of
Clifton, will teach in the Logan
school this year.
No one will make a mistake to
visit the State Fair this week. 1t is
the best in the country and the most
Target y attended.
w. H. Ridgman of Bay City is in
town this week, and it was a pleas
ure to meet our esteemed acquaint-
ance of former years. He met his
son, doctor, from Grand Rapids.
His daughter Alta is a resident of
western Minnesota.
Rev. M. E. Cady of Western
Avenue church, Chicago, was a
guest of DR.. H. S. Baker last week.
Hon. Frank M. Nye of Minneapo-
lis was also favored with call from
him. One of the sons Of DIR. Cady
is teaching in New Hampshire and
one son and daughter are still in
school in Chicago.
A recent trip to the Green Noun
tain State brought the writer some
new combinations for his dietary.
At the home of his brother-in-la
L. T. Sheldon, of West Pawlet, he
had seen the children use maple
sirup in place of gravy on potatoes
when eaten with meat even where
real cream gravy was available.
The writer has also continuously ex-
perimented with sirup on custard
pie and in the milk he drank. But
when he sat down to homemade
ice-cream and heard his sister advise
him to battle it in maple strip, if he
wanted delectable dish, he was
quite speechless. Acting upon the
suggestion, however, he found that
the cream cooled the strip into a
honey-like consistency, and the
two made a combination which
needed stonger words than nectar,
ambrosia or elixir of life to describe.
Nothing else is so delicious, so be-
witching, and its taste will, like a
ghost, haunt the dream of hungry
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
MARTELL.

Nick Bonsness was out from Riv-
er Falls Sunday.
Miss Marie Rudd went to Min
neapolis Monday.
Ira Pope started for North Da-
kota last Monday.
Jens Peterson and family are liv-
ing at Mrs. Thoen's.
G. Thompson and wife visited in
Spring Valley Friday.
Tena Rudd is down from Forest
Lake for a weeks visit.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Kay Aug. q.
Ole Hemness of Pleasant Valley
was Sunday visitor here.
Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Sherwin
spent Sunday with friends in Bald
win.
Mrs. Bore Olson and son Harris
of River Falls visited with rel atives
here Sunday.
DR.. F. johnson of Saltwater
was called here last Saturday to see
Norman Winger.
Miss Martha Abramson who had
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Stow
ell, returned to Saltwater Friday.
Misses Selma and Olga Thomp-
son who had been visiting at FL.
Gasman's, returned to Eau Claire
Monday.
H. Osen's engine which went
through the lower bridge last week,
was hauled out the next day with
little damage.
Mrs. N. c. Nelson and two chill :
dren returned Monday from Wells,
Mimi, where she had spent several
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Schillin.
Marshall Osen, one of the men
who went down with the engine
that went through the bridge, was
thought at first to have sustained
severe injuries but is now nearly all
right again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
DIAMOND BLUFF.

c. E. next Sunday evening with
Edwin Niles as leader.
Frank Hope and bride are with
us. Did you get cigar?
Miss Edith Judd went to Prescott
last Sunday where she will attend
the high school.
Miss Edith Hope has returned to
the Normal at River Falls. Her
sister Addie went with her.
Mrs. H. o. Wiley and Mrs. H.
l.. Miles and son have returned from
their visit near Buffalo, MINI.
! The village school house is being
repaired. 1t is expected to be ready
for school to begin the 9TH, of Sept
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
Hairdressing In Japan.

Hairdressing is an elaborate study
in Japan, where the style of the Golf
fure generally indicates the position
and age of the lady. Thus girls of
eight or nine wear their hair in bow
at the back bound round with red Grape,
the front left bare except for two locks
dangling at the side, and the mar
riageable damsels comb their tresses
high in front and arrange them ell
Their in the shape Of butterfly or a
half opened fan. A widow looking out
for second spouse twists her locks
round long she'll hairpin placed hori-
zontally across the back Of the head
while she who vows to remain faithful
to the dear departed cuts her hair
short and combs it plainly back with
out any parting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-03
OAK GROVE.

Mr.. Stearn is seriously i'll. His
recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. D. H. Filkins and daughter
called on Clifton friends Sunday.
A large number of our young
people are attending the state fair
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Brackin Wis
tied relatives and friends here the
past week.
Mrs. Ernest Feidler returned
Monday from Chicago where she
attended her sister in her fatal sick
ness.
]. H. Corcoran returned home
last Saturday from the west for a
weeks visit before going to the
University.