21 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
1
Holiday display highlights for infants featuring precious baby items. Elegant outfits include coats caps mittens sacques and wee booters along with dainty toilet articles unbreakable toys and charming hats. A family friendly selection emphasizes quality and variety for festive gifting.
The article notes how scarfs and pillow shams enhance a refined bedroom, highlighting fine dressing table coverings and bureau scarfs. It mentions imitation filet net in matching designs with scalloped edges priced at 50 cents, and references other bedroom linens.
A display features landscapes and colonial subjects in soft colorings, framed in gilt and mahogany finish moulding. Wide variety of subjects offered with prices to suit every budget.
Advertisement notes a range of Kid Gloves for gifts offering options for men and women. Men’s varieties include dress fur lined driving automobile gauntlets and motoring styles priced from $1 to $3.50. Women’s dress Kid Gloves listed in multiple colors priced from $1 to $1.50.
Christmas Eve rush as parents search for gifts for children. Santa Claus headquarters invites families to learn what little hearts crave and visit a Denton shop boasting rocking horses, cars, building blocks, games, toy guns, drums, trains, airships, paints, chairs, and more.
A brief advertisement praises Men’s Holiday Neckwear as distinctive from ordinary ties. It highlights four-in-hand, reversible, and wide-end styles offered at 25c and 50c, emphasizing value for discerning customers.
Bargains feature stylish Neglige Shirts in pleated or plain bosom, coat style with attached or detached cuffs. Large assortment of varied designs and sizes available at Eclipse Shirts, Lion and Double Triangle Collars headquarters.
Patent gunmetal and patent kid dress shoes described as satisfying wearers with new button and blucher shapes. Prices range from three to five dollars, reflecting early 20th century retail.
A neat line of Supenders for gifts features durable men's half hose, ideal as practical presents.
A catalog listing women's and girls coats and suits in black blue grey and cheviot fabrics. Full length and plush coats priced from 12.50 to 18 dollars with satin lining options. Serges chinchilla and double faced cloth offerings noted for tailored styling.
Suit cases traveling bags and trunks are shown as popular gifts this season with a growing use among shoppers. The store reports better equipment to meet demand and lists prices from 1.85 to 8.50 for bags and 2.50 to 20 for trunks.
Irving Pinney arrives at Circle C with a jittery resolve to find his father Sandy Grit. Long Jenks and the riders misjudge the youth, break him in, and discover a kinship that binds them as they rally to aid a wounded tenderfoot.
A Detroit Free Press snippet shows a terse exchange between a husband and wife about Miss Green and her music, implying trouble or bad news linked to her singing. The brief exchange contrasts muttered resignation with a hint of bureaucratic or social pressure surrounding Miss Green.
A dad explains to his boy the difference between a visit and a visitation. A visit is going to see Grandmother Jones, while a visitation is when Grandmother Jones comes to see us, as quoted from the New York Times.
A brief Life magazine style quip notes Howard has not hurried to wed, while Coward comments that the hesitation is tied to marriage for income since turning sixty, reflecting social humor on matrimony and age.
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