Peake's Chariton Gift Store Shows Christmas Specials
Peake's Chariton offers a six day Christmas gift sale with new items not found in other stores. The message invites customers to hurry to view the selection before Christmas.
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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
6
Peake's Chariton offers a six day Christmas gift sale with new items not found in other stores. The message invites customers to hurry to view the selection before Christmas.
A local shop touts a unique Edgerton china collection not shown by other stores. The display includes plates cups saucers bon bon dishes nut bowls chocolate pots trays lemonade pitchers fruit dishes gardenieres vases and candle sticks inviting customers to view.
A local catalog highlights delicate cut glass pieces including water sets salad dishes celery dishes berry bowls and bon bon dishes. The collection features cream pitchers sugar bowls oil bottles salt and pepper boxes knife rests and other refined serveware.
A curio of silverware items includes chafing dishes tea and coffee sets sugar bowls cream pitchers syrup pitchers bread trays cake dishes napkin rings butter dishes trays cups crumb trays and more for gifts.
Jewelry and Silver Novelties under this head list our jewelry in general and some novelties in silver. Sterling silver spoons in sets souvenir spoons sterling silver novelties watches gold and silver for ladies and gentlemen watch chains and fobs ladies' and gentlemen's rings gold and silver thimbles cuff links and buttons breast pins stick pins lodge buttons and emblems.
Presents for all clocks for shelf and mantle, many kinds large and small. Toilet articles including hand mirrors, hair brushes, clothes and hat brushes. Toilet sets a select line. Leather goods pocket books music rolls card cases. Stationery in boxes albums photograph frames fancy candle sticks bric a brac and fancy articles of all kinds.
Detective Martinez uncovers a domestic theft in Colonel Payne’s Ridgewood mansion. Winter, the private secretary, steals gifts to ease a large family’s holiday needs and returns them on Christmas Eve, sparing punishment. The colonel forgives him and invites the detective to stay for Christmas.
The ad touts DeWitt and Co of Chicago as makers of a Witch Hazel salve for piles eczema cuts burns bruises and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit versions. It suggests trust-controlled ingredients similar to a mint julep stock claim and shifts to a note on the mint trust.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a free sample for stomach disorders biliousness or constipation. It notes D Q Storie and John L Sullivan appearing at a New York continuous performance house. Also touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a cure for colds and lists prices 25c and 60c.
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