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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
8
A store advertises a wide holiday selection from top supply centers. It promises a great variety of desirable gifts and notes affordable options for every budget. Shoppers are urged to choose early and keep items on reserve until called for.
The Chariton store promotes its annual display of framed pictures a large collection with fifty subjects for parlor library and dining room in various sizes and finishes from 75 cents to 10 dollars. Also new albums priced from 35 cents to 2 50 and a range of ladies fine stationery boxes and leather pocketbooks and card cases.
Over 65 medallions offered this year including copies of famous paintings portraits and photographic subjects priced from 25 cents to 2 dollars Wall plaques priced 16 to 75 cents are available in small supply but very pretty Stand and hand mirrors with gold plate frames and wrought iron finishes range from 25 cents to 3 dollars The assortment is large and only a few items are listed in this space
A range of room decor and timepieces offered with prices from 25 cents to seven dollars. Items include triple glass dressing mirrors, fancy candle sticks, mantel clocks, photographs frames, vases, atomizers, and traveling mens toilet sets. Also advertised are ink stands, writing sets, cigar jars, photo boxes, hankerchief boxes, glove boxes, and dressing cases among other items.
Several crokinole boards sold at 85 cents to 1.10 with 28 to 30 inch widths. Premium boards offer 25 to 54 games and range from 1.00 to 2.25 dollars. A winter indoor game touted as the latest rage is available in sets priced 1.25 1.50 and 1.75.
One visit to this store will convince you that this is The Book Store. We offer over 2500 volumes of various kinds at all prices from children's books at 5c to the latest copyrighted novels of the year. The ad notes limited space prevents listing all titles but highlights the breadth and low prices.
A catalog lists popular novels available at 40 cents each including Vicar of Wakefield Uncle Tom's Cabin Dombey and Son Remember these Pale Lyle Master of the Mine The Prairie Adam Bede Middlemarch Married at Sea all well bound in cloth and ready for buyers seeking affordable volumes.
A library sale advertises a vast array of titles including Paul Clifford, The White Company, The House of Seven Gables, Paul and Virginia, Poe poems, Dickens stories, Tennyson and Whittier poems, Lamb tales, and many more. Over a hundred titles listed with low prices, appealing to readers seeking affordable literature.
A catalog of literary works and gift books offered at various prices. The Elsie Books by Martha Finley and works by Will Carleton James Whitcomb Riley Ella Wheeler Wilcox E Roe are priced, with poetry collections and prose priced from 25 cents to 1.00. Children's illustrated books are sold in a wide range.
The passage lists titles and authors such as The Lion's Whelp by Amelia I Barr The Crisis by Winston Churchill The Blue Flower by Henry Van Dyke The Hound of the Baskervilles by Conan Doyle Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major The Puppet Crown by Harold McGrath The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop and Abroad With the Jimmies by Lillian Bell The Virginian by Owen Wister Dorothy South by George Carey Eggleston The Spenders by Harry Leon Wilson and others An advertisement promotes book sales including a reduced price illustrated edition of David Harum at 1.35.
The ad promotes children's books including Tom Brown’s School Days Joe and I Gullivers Travels Anderson’s Fables Arabian Nights Fresh Water Explorers Swiss Family Robison and Fairy Tales. Each volume is a large illustrated edition priced at 60 cents.
The article argues good streets attract business and farm trade. It cites a North Carolina town that spent $15,000 to macadamize two miles and the county $26,000 to improve fifteen miles of roads, reporting an 85 percent increase in trade.
Advertisements tout Chamberlains Pain Balm as superior for back, side, and chest pain with a damp flannel wrap. D. Q. Storie Drugstore sells the product. A Winchester Indiana father credits Foley's Honey and Tar with saving his son from membranous croup after one dose.
Fifteen southern Michigan towns appoint spring town boom committees of women to beautify their communities. The note asserts beautification lies with women while men handle business. It promotes a local news network via The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and offers a one year subscription deal for both papers at 31.85 dollars.
D. Q. Storie warns that many cough medicines besides Foley's Honey and Tar contain opiates and may cause constipation especially in children. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is safe.
A listing of large illustrated books and humorous titles offered at low prices. Titles include Life and Troubles of Mr Bowser 60 cents, Pecks Bad Boy and Compendium of Fun 60 cents, Pecks Uncle Ike 50 cents, Library of Wit and Humor 50 cents, Remarks of Bill Nye 50 cents, Shains 50 cents, Twenty Years of Hustling 35 cents, and Tracy the Bandit 50 cents, among others.
Life of Napoleon John Halifax, noted as a leading writer, is highlighted in this brief item. The notice emphasizes Halifax as one of the best writers of his era, signaling his prominence in literary circles.
At this season of coughs and colds it is well to know that Foley's Honey and Tar is the greatest throat and lung remedy. It cures quickly and prevents serious results from a cold. D. Q. Storie.
An antique advertisement touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy on earth, offered in 25c and 50c sizes, signed by C. R. Kirk.
An offer invites readers to subscribe to The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and their own paper for 1 year at 1.85 dollars. The notice urges immediate action and includes a cutout redeemable at D. Q. Storie's drug store for a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, touted as stomach health aid. It notes Reg ault size 25 cents per box and mentions Foley's Kidney Cure by D. Q. Storie for kidney or bladder issues.
Advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestion aid that digests all foods and strengthens the stomach. It claims to cure dyspepsia and indigestion and promote healthy blood. Governor G W Atkinson of West Virginia endorses it as effective. Chas R Kirk also recommends it.
The undersigned offers a free sample of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to anyone seeking relief from stomach disorders bile and constipation. The ad promotes a new remedy as reliable and good. D. Q.
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