The Great Christmas Book Store Feature
A holiday book department ad touts a wide selection of economical gifts with latest copyrights. It highlights titles for girls and boys, including series such as Motion Picture Girls and Tom Swift, plus fairy tales, painting books, and children’s classics to appeal to families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motion Picture Chums
Moving Picture Boys
Outdoor Gore
the Boys of Central High
Tom Swift Series
Boy Scouts of America
Etc
THINGS ANY MAN WILL APPRECIATE
Retail sections list gifts for father son husband and friend with prices on bath robes coats rain gear umbrellas grips cases shirts watches neckwear and handkerchiefs. Items include Leonard watches mens gloves and belts with price ranges from 10 cents to several dollars.
Attractive White Comb Brush and Mirror Sets Sale
White comb brush and mirror sets in a pebble cloth case offered in several prices. Sets include long and short handle mirrors and military brush sets with prices ranging from $1.00 to $35.25. Includes white cases and creased emeen notes in the listing.
McMullen Bros Toy and Umbrella Section Advertisement
An ornate catalog style ad for McMullen Bros features a wide range of gift items. Jewelry and accessory pieces include bracelets chains rosaries beads and cuff links. The toy department touts doll buggies doll coaches toy pianos and various wooden and bamboo furniture for children. Prices span from 10 cents to several dollars with emphasis on affordable, stylish options and second-floor toy displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Ee
McMullen Bros
Mission
Bamboo
Mission Smallchild
Comergo Cs
Stout Metalic Express
Amboo Magazine
Amboo Magazine Rac Lra
Silk Hosiery and Wool Skirts Featured for Christmas
Advertises Silk Boot Hose and Pure Thread Silk items in Xmas boxes priced from 50 cents to 1.50. Jersey Drawer Leggings for children size 1 to 5 years offered at 1.00. Sant Italian Silks and Wool skirts priced 1.00 to 2.00 each as Christmas gifts.
The Women’s Corner In Fashion Land
Opinions divide on waistlines with the low landed full skirts and a rising waist. Close fitting corsage and velvet fur combinations show evolving chic with comberee halos and high flaring tulle. hats gain height with spiky wings and elongated quills signaling notable style shifts.
Local Families Welcome Newborns and Recoveries
Neighbors celebrate a son born on the paternal grandmother’s seventy fourth birthday. John B. Williamson returns home for holidays while Miss Jones visits Lonaconing. Ralph Smeltz heals after a car crash as Mrs. Summerfield Hendrickson faces a stroke and poor prognosis at Western Maryland Hospital. Ella Suman operated for appendicitis. Mrs. Kolb returns home improved. Chester Yeats and family visit from Terra Alta, West Virginia.
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Ralph G. Smeltz
Williams Street
Summerfield Hendrickson
Western Maryland Hospital
Ridgeway Terrace
Ella Suman
Maryland Avenue
C. L. Kolb
Washington
Chester ‘Yeats
Terra Alta
W. Va
Mr. Yeats
I. J. Ritchey
Domestic Science Leftover Cookery Guide and Recipes
A domestic guide explains turning leftovers into new meals. It details mutton croquettes and meat cakes, vegetable compote from boiled scraps, and a scotch broth using neck meat, rice or barley, carrot, turnip, onion, celery, and bread. plus steps for croquette filling and fried vegetable pairs.
Be sure to have one of Nickel's Fruit Cakes for Xmas
Advertisement urges readers to choose Nickel's Fruit Cakes for Christmas. It promotes placing notices in The Press want columns to achieve good results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel
Local Notables and Moves Reported in Western Maryland
Dr. Thomas H. Hickey, a veteran optician from Washington, D C, plans to open a jewelry store in Petersburg West Virginia within days. Miss Bertha ONeil, long tied to Lonaconing millinery, joins Kirsons Martinsburg West Virginia. Mrs E E Snyder and baby visit Martinsburg from there. Wade Poling and family from Buffalo NY visiting Green Street. Colonel George A Pearce to return home from Johns Hopkins December 23 after rest cure. Rosa Schlunt staying with brother at 121 Columbia. Herman D Billmeyer travels to Martinsburg on business. Mr and Mrs Arner G Carl of De- (text cut)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Hickey
Washington, D. C
Maryland
West Virginia
Petersburg
W. Va
Bertha O'Neil
Lonaconing
Kirson
Martinsburg
Snyder
Wade Poling
Wade Poling, Jr
Anna EF. Miller
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Raley
Green Street
Poling
George A. Pearce
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Rosa Schlunt
Columbia Street
Herman D. Billmeyer
Arner G. Carl
Knights of Columbus dance to ring in New Year at Cumberland hall
Cumberland County Council Knights of Columbus No 586 hosts a New Year Eve dance at their hall under the board of governors. A Siamese prince and king are mentioned in a separate note noting American honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Council
Knights of Columbus
Board of Governors
Postmasters Ten Commandments for Christmas parcels
The Ten Commandments guide the public on parcels during the Christmas season. Mail early. wrap and address parcels before approaching windows. prepay postage. write addresses plainly with street number or route. place sender name in upper left corner. write recipient name inside parcel in case of damage. mark fragile or perishable. if writing accompanies parcel, use a separate two-cent postage envelope.
Barber Shop and Manicurist Ad for Windsor Hotel
Up-to-date barber shop and manicurist services offered by M. W. Wagner, proprietor, at the Windsor Hotel. Advertisement runs from December 7 for one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Wagner
Windsor Hotel
Want Ads Offer House or Lot Sales in The Press
Short plea to place want ads in The Press for selling renting or disposing of property or items with a conditional opening phrase.
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McMullen Brothers
COM
Evrey
the Great Christmas Book Store
Witte
Aces
the Harvester
Porter
Reed
King
Bower
Milly
Daviess
Palmer
Wright
Dan Mathews
Barbara Worth
Moore
Mary
Brown
Within the Law
Weiler
Blue Wall
Child
Janet
The
Duns
Comstock
Motion Picture Girls
Girls of Central High
Outdoor Girls
Mead
Carey
Dotty Dimple
Little Prudy
Boffsey Twins
Scholar
Leonard
Brighton
Boston
Gloria
America
Prince Kampengpetch
Siam
Postoffice
Cumberland
Smith & Roman
Deal Milling Co
Front Street
Cumberland, MP
Menany
Fort Cumberland
the Cumberland Brewing Company
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