Toyland Sets Dreams for Every Child in Huron Shop
A feature on Huron Toyland describes a shop where toys spark life like a land of dreams. It details how different age groups from toddlers to older children use toys to envision future roles from homemaker to engineer, with examples of doll houses, construction toys, and model vehicles shaping imagination.
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Land of Dreams
Beromes Hosueiaker
Dolly
Lotestive
Tordler
Teddler
Fox Ballance
Seaching
Creal
Cheam
Christmas Trees and Florals Bring Cheer to Small Homes
Christmas can be bright in small spaces with tiny trees and compact wreaths. Florists offer holly sprays, pine arrangements, and mistletoe, plus flowers from poinsettias to sweet peas to send holiday cheer and comfort to those far from home.
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Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association
Novel Gifts Displayed Here For Christmas Shoppers
Huron shoppers on tight budgets seek practical yet charming novelties. Stores offer brass and pewter ash trays sets, cigar lighter combos, cigarette boxes, and watchful desk lighters. Stationery boxes, imported papers, playing cards, and perfume dispensers shaped like lighters appeal. Bath salts in clever jars, powder puff sets, shoe and trinket boxes, and candlelike flashlights with new batteries round out the gift choices. A pewter old fashioned lamp and boudoir lamps provide period touches as Denk sets in coordinated colors decorate rooms.
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Huron
Cigat
Christies
Practical Note Sounded In Christmas Purchasing For Men
A trend toward practical Christmas gifts for men grows with apparel and sporting items leading the way. Clothing stores offer shirts, neckwear, hosiery, and accessories while golf gear and tackle appeal to athletically inclined buyers. Leather goods, jewelry, smoking and desk sets provide further options for thoughtful, useful gifts across many budgets.
Milady Welcomes Clothing When St Nicholas Pays Annual Visit
Shoppers in Huron find a wide display of women’s gifts practical and stylish. Gloves in many materials and styles lead a season of affordable fashion with scarves, fur pieces, and beaded evening wear perched to lift winter wardrobes.
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Milady
St. Nicholas
Huron
Nafest Bay
Holiday Decoration Contest Promises Attractive Prizes
The Home Grounds Christmas decoration contest offers about 19 awards worth 53 to 75 dollars and a $25 sweepstakes prize. Prizes, lamps and fixtures, are donated by city merchants and split between east and west city sections. The park board promotes decorations with lit evergreens at J. W. Campbell park as judges prepare to assess two district entries ahead of Christmas.
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Walker
City Park Board
Dakota Avenue
Park Board
The
Huron , Chamber of Commerce
C G. Walker
J. W. Campbell
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Women’s Clubs
KGDY
Children To Get Treat At Annual Christmas Party
Preparations are underway for the Huron Lions club annual theatre party on December 24 to serve several hundred children from Huron and surrounding counties. A thousand crackerjack boxes are ordered for distribution as they enter the theatres. The event uses both Huron and Bijou theatres with child friendly programs and short subjects. Invitations go to Beadle Hand Spink Kingsbury and Sanborn counties through teachers urging attendance. The party begins at 9 a.m. and ends in time for children to be home by lunch.
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Huron
Huron Lions Club
A. A. Wollman
Bijou
Beadle
Hand
Spink
Kingsbury
Sanborn
Early Mailing Urged As Blake Seeks Holiday Delivery Pace
Postmaster A B Biske urges Huron residents to shop and mail early for Christmas. Starting Tuesday December 15, fourth class mail including parcel bundles will be dispatched to terminals causing delays. To ensure delivery before Christmas, gifts should reach by December 3 or early the next day, and use of special delivery is advised.
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Santa Claus
American Legion Auxiliary
Huron
Chamber of Commerce
North Pole
Mick
Santa
Dresent
Blake
Post
A. B. Biske
Aed Ateria
Christmas Bargains Like 1930 Prove Prices Fall Across Huron Shops
Huron retailers with over 100 outlets report a wholesale price drop across departments from 15 to 33 percent versus 1930. Washing machines at 60 dollars radios down sharply clothing cheaper, even jewelry and leather goods showing savings. Shoppers on budget can buy the same quantity of quality gifts for half the prior year, with holiday events and late shopping hours planned.
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Huron
Fair City
Institute offers French travel instruction course
The Institute of American Studies in Paris opens a lecture course to teach French students about American roads and backgrounds. The program treats travel to the United States as a serious undertaking and emphasizes practical navigation and cultural understanding.
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Paris
United States
Institute of American Studies
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