. Book of the Royal blue . shoes, notions, liquors, agricultural imple-ments, drugs, produce, hardware, clothing,etc. Over one hundred salesmen repre-sent these houses on the road. It is one ofthe best purchasing points for the countrymerchant in the Ohio Valley. As a shopping point Parkersburg is ex-celled by no city of its size. Its dry goods,clothing, shoe, jewelry and art stores areequal to those of cities having many timesits population. The city has between threeand four hundred retail establishments, car-rying stocks in almost every conceivable line. Parkersburg has ten strong banks, wi


. Book of the Royal blue . shoes, notions, liquors, agricultural imple-ments, drugs, produce, hardware, clothing,etc. Over one hundred salesmen repre-sent these houses on the road. It is one ofthe best purchasing points for the countrymerchant in the Ohio Valley. As a shopping point Parkersburg is ex-celled by no city of its size. Its dry goods,clothing, shoe, jewelry and art stores areequal to those of cities having many timesits population. The city has between threeand four hundred retail establishments, car-rying stocks in almost every conceivable line. Parkersburg has ten strong banks, withresourcesof over SI 0,.iOO, 000, three buildingassociations, a bonding company, and severalinvestment companies. Its fifteen largestfinancial institutions have resources ofS13,000,000. No depositor in any of theseinstitutions has ever lost a cent. Checkshave always been promptly paid and nocashiers checks or clearing-house certificateshave been issued as substitutes for money intimes of depression. Parkersburgs financial.


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