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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
1
Offer urges buying useful articles for men and boys this Christmas. Encourages spending on clothing and furnishing goods rather than gifts. Advises customers to come early to avoid the rush and notes the store is open late into the night before Christmas.
A local advertisement touts a large stock of holiday neckwear including tecks bows and batwings priced from 25c to 50c. It highlights silk web, fast colors, and metal trimmings, with premium options like sterling buckles up to 1.00 and ivory and pearl-handled pieces up to 5.00.
The advertisement lists Eureka and Fidelity dress shirts at $1.00 each and fancy silk vests from $1.00 to $3.00. Boys silk vests in blue red helio and plaids at $1. Men’s fancy silks $1.50 to $3.00. Hosiery, jewelry, watch tasks, sweaters priced from $0.50 to $5.00, with a large stock of boys and men’s sweaters from $1 to $5.
A catalog of gloves in many styles priced from 50c to 1.50 including good kids and dogskin options. Adler’s best kids priced at 1.50 with a wide color range and fancy patterns. Boxed items include rabbit-feet purses thermometers and mottoes at 25c to 50c. Hats priced 2.00 and 3.00 with quality matching higher priced rivals, plus boxed furnishing goods with free address cards.
An advertisement lists men's smoking jackets in Tricots blue brown gray and two toned at 5 dollars. Shepherd’s plaids at 7.50 and higher end jackets at 8.50. Silk handkerchiefs 25 50 cents and larger white silks with borders at 25 50 cents. Linen handkerchiefs 1 a box with plain white or bordered designs. White plain handkerchiefs marketed at ten cents.
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