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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
3
Schedule notices show Cranbury and nearby towns list rail departures and returns for Philadelphia New York Trenton Freehold and Long Branch with specific times. Local items mention church services weddings entertainments Lodge activities robberies and animal losses along with upcoming lectures socials and meetings.
Reading Circle met at Mrs G W Burroughs home on Wednesday with a varied program about Puritans. Participants included Mrs Adotos Allen Mrs C E Newman Miss Florence Bergen Mrs J Braen and Mrs Samuel Verrine, plus a song by Mrs Burrough.
The article highlights Dunham & Co and Trenton Clothing Co as premier holiday destinations with vast assortments of gifts Furs silverware china toys and books. It touts multiple decorated windows a Santa Claus display and elaborate store interiors designed to lure shoppers for Christmas. Nearby crime notes include Frank Craig’s capture after burglaries in Princeton and Lawrenceville with jail escape details. Also mentions Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and local Thanksgiving and school events.
Thousands of sterling silver novelties priced from 10c to $1.00 fill the Christmas fair in the basement. Pictures by the thousand from 25c to 25.00, along with books booklets and cards. Belting, umbrellas, leather goods, and gift furniture are featured, with many useful household items on display and available for purchase.
A list of boxed dress patterns and fabrics offered at various prices reveals a range from low to high values. Items include wool novelties, fall dress patterns, and silk and wool dress patterns with prices from $0.50 to $7.60, plus tailor made suit patterns and a variety of fabrics such as cheviots, pebble cheviots, whipcords, broadcloths, and Venetian cloths.
A readable list of dress patterns and fabrics with prices including fleeced and striped chintzes. Items feature Russian patterns, full dress patterns, and percale wrappers with costs ranging from 40 to 159 cents or more for assorted fabrics and patterns.
Advertises combination bookcases and writing desks in various finishes including cherry mahoganized birch Hemish oak antique oak and golden oak. Offers single and double configurations with prices ranging from 12 dollars to 45 dollars for the bundles and 460 to 2060 dollars for individual bookcases.
Furniture listing describes jardiniere stands and tabourettes in many woods and finishes including oak and cherry. Prices range from 79 up to 250 and more, with various quartered and antique looks advertised.
Garment notes describe a wrapper effect front with a tight filling back and belt all around. It features a deep flounce, bishop sleeves, and epaulets across the shoulders. Available in polka dots and small shepherd’s plaids.
Owen Every Evening Till Christmas at P DUNHAM CO in Trenton LN. The Christmas time doings exceed anything previously seen here, with the store growing each year and the past eighteen years marking stronger traditions.
Sterling silver goods offered at lower prices to broaden access. Items include combs, brushes, millinery tools, boxing and whisk sets, scent bottles, button hooks, manicure files, paper cutters, bracelets, penknives, key rings, and collars, with prices ranging from a few cents to a dollar or two.
Silk and satin dress patterns offered in various finishes and colors with prices ranging from $0.98 to $6.50. Includes waist, petticoat, and wrapper patterns in taffeta, duchess, crepe, and cashmere blends, plus all-wool serge options. Many items feature silk trimmings, lacework, and novelty silks, with multiple price points across a broad selection.
iMusic cabinets in cherry and mahogany finishes are priced from 5.75 to 15.00, with larger pieces reaching 47.50 to 315.00. The ad touts their parlor appeal and Christmas gift potential, noting polished surfaces and sturdy construction.
Here again you strike the keynote of popular gift furniture. A car-load of desks was sold last year and supply lagged. This season doubled buying. Solid oak pieces with French legs priced at 2398. Options include solid oak or mahoganized birch with under drawer at 560. Antique or golden oak with compartments at 800. Bird's eye maple and other veneers with brass mounts and drawers priced around 210.85.
Folka display a varied selection of pictures offered at 25 cents each. Topics include new subjects in sizes sixth figure inch, matted white and colored, with gilt frames in oak and malachite finishes. Framed etchings photogravures engravings and water colors priced from 100 sauna to 2.50 to 25.00, with many at 1.50 to 2.50 range.
Lamps range from 25c to 25.00 with mammoth hand painted globes and tubes. Describes lamps as common in homes despite gas and electric use, noting beauty and variety. Mentions prices from 2.50 to 5.00 and promotes decorative options for modern cozy homes.
A basement sale highlights dolls in undressed and dressed form from 19¢ to $5.00, plus a wide range of toys and games. Crokinole boards, parlor golf, Quaiteite, Ring Toss, Turkish Tube Phones and other novelty items are offered at reduced prices, urging shoppers to come early for best selection.
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