Christmas Gift Guide of 1900s Household Items
A read list offers various gift ideas including tools, kitchenware, fuel items, and apparel. Suggested picks cover Pop Guns, Skates, Gas Gun Cases, Rifles, Hunting Coats, Sleds, Flexible Flyers, Tool Chests, Enamel Ware, Ingersoll Watches, Coffee Pots and Kettles, Percolators, Flour Bins, Lard Presses, Sundries, Nut Crackers, Bread Boxes, Soft Coal Heaters, Radiant Home Base Burners, and Roasters.
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Ingersoll Watches
Wiota News Letter Raw Recap of Local Moves and Visits
Wiota community notes reflect social visits, including Mrs. J A McWard with daughter and Mrs Jones, Mrs Love visiting, and many trips to Atlantic Des Moines Anita Adair and Carson. Local events include a golden wedding for Mr and Mrs Brown, a bazaar fundraiser netting about 135, a name quilt auction won by Mrs Robinson for 9.60, and the Parent Teachers meeting postponed to next Wednesday. Residents travel for shopping, relatives, and holidays, with numerous receipts and sales around Wiota and nearby towns.
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Wiota
J. A. McWard
Jones
Love. Aly
Sud
Quist
Mrs. Brown
Robb
Father McAllister
St. Joseph’s Church
Hans Hussman
Sarah
Davenport
Ladies’ Aid Society
Robinson
Margaret Bell
Atlantic
Alona McDermott
Leona Gfhenmaker
Anita
Sam Stoller
BE. O. Butler
Buck Creek
R. J. Cornell
Floy Brooks
Anna Henderson
Eli Shellmaker
Clara Keasey
Des Moines
Margaret
Anna Bell
Atlantie
Glen Welton
Adair
Roy Welton
Georgia Thomas
van Meter
Joie Taylor
R. D. Love
F. H. Moore
Ralph McDermott
Gwendolyn
Connie Bell
Arthur Rice
Mr. Talbot
Nels Johnson
Exline
Guy Taylor
Link Eaton
Amos Forsythe
FL W. Bebee
Elks’ Lodge
B. O. Butler
Wires cut by linemen disrupt city electric lines
City Clerk Nichols faced minor trouble as telephone linemen accidentally cut city light wires during repair work at a local site. The Baptist Ladies plan a pantry sale at Christensen's store on Saturday December 17. 2016.
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Nichols
The
Baptist Ladies
Christensen’s
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Permanent Cure
The readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by taking it internally. It claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces, build constitution, and offers 100 dollars if it fails. An address to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is given with testimonials. Also promotes Hall’s pills for constipation.
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Hall
Addrean F
Cheney &O
Toledo
All Druggista
Remedy Promises Cure for Eczema in Zemo Ad
An advertisement touts Zemo as a fast acting eczema treatment from Frank's Drug Store. It claims relief after one application and potential cure with one bottle for minor cases, noting agents are sold widely in over 2000 towns and cities with druggists endorsing the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franks Drug
America
Zemo
Franks Drug Store Holiday Display and Sale Ad
A candle of Christmas gifts at Franks Drug Store invites shoppers to see Pyrography and a discount sale on trimmed and untrimmed bats fancy feathers and frames from Nov 22 to Jan 1 1911. Mrs M L Langdon of Atlantic Iowa announces the event and the Presbyterian church class girls pantry sale on Dec 17 at Foley Colling store offering home made goods.
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M. L. Langdon
Atlantic
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Strops
Pop Guns
Skates
Albert Bojens
Keen Kutter
Christmas Tree Iwolders
Noth
Roquefort
Limburger
New York
Wisconsin
Stier Grocery Company
Bright
Fallon
J.B. Jones
C. B. Osborne
Hoisery
Adler-Rochester
Nelson, Shrock & Grulke
Franks Drug Store
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