10 Dec 1892
Page 1
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1892
Page
1
City and county news advertises various clocks with a three year warranty from J G Pouster. Shoppers are invited to view show windows then enter the store for bargains. Also notices rental housing and a holiday pre cure, with directions to Cooper Hodgins for cup and saucer wares.
The Baxter Springs era is abuzz with Christmas shopping as Polster's Drug Store and Cooper & Hodgkine advertise new lines of china ware jewelry and dress goods. The town notes a blizzard, improving health of residents, and plans for a busy holiday season with sales on hats, coats, and heat stoves. Local merchants tout street displays, skating gear, and seasonal entertainments at the city hall, while weather forecasts hint at ice and cold ahead.
Local ads trumpet ultra low prices across departments with a drive to reduce stock. Statements promise rich rewards for bargain hunters, high value on eggs butter potatoes chickens corn, and heavy discounts on woolens lamps blankets and clothing from multiple merchants including J M Couren J G Polster and J R Tucker.
An fragment shows Tucker's Bargain House and J G Polster's pushing ties, gloves, dolls, and holiday goods. It highlights Dr C E Wells as a Galena dentist, Baxter Springs taxes, and Osborn's discounts on shoes and canned goods. Numerous merchant ads reference Polster's, Cooper's, and Coog, with varied products from toys to school shoes.
The notice urges everyone to come in and see them and to get prices, promising matchless bargains to offer customers.
Tucker offers Cooper's School Shoes from Mayflower calf skin, all pairs fully warranted. Young America at Tucker's displays a new line of decorated ware. Chas. F. Noble advertises.
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