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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
24
The article catalogs gift fans for all ages with prices from 39 cents to 6.50, including spangled and ostrich feather varieties. It also advertises belt options at 50 cents and elastic belts with feather trim and fancy belting in multiple colors.
The store opens at 8 a m and stays ready for service in all sections. From 8 to 11 are three hours when shopping can be most satisfactorily done. Interchange shopping with housework and shop leisurely to your benefit. Try it tomorrow morning and see how well it works. Are You With Us Early Tomorrow?
The basement displays gift items with Christmas appeal including coffee percolators nickel and copper pots coffee urns chafing dishes hammered copper fern dishes and brass tobacco jars. Prices range from 2.50 to 12.00 with emphasis on ornamental home goods and aluminumware favored for gifts.
A wartime style knitwear sale offers Women's and Misses' Knit Jackets and Sweaters in white, cardinal, grey and tan from $2.50 to $10, Children's sweaters from $1.50 to $3.50, and Boys' sweaters for rough wear at 75 cents to $1.00.
Gifts for men include German steins in various sizes with mottoes priced from 50c to 3.50. Also offered are copper and brass cuspidors in neat china, square and sound forms with Hora decorations, priced from 35c to 1.75.
Unique vases and wares including rail plates fruit placques and hand painted statuary. Candlesticks in crystal brass and metal novelties plus brass cuirasses and bead fringed linings for candle shades. Dresden shades and new spook shades suitable for den candles.
A newspaper advertisement promotes tailored waists in plaid or madras and plain cambiic, with stiff cuffs and linen collars, discounted from 1.25 to 1, white linen waists at 1.50 down from 2, plus leggin drawers in black white 50 cents to 1.25 and plush leggins in astrakhan bearskin with brass buttons offered in multiple colors.
Bright sale listing offers fancy towels with scalloped hems and fringed ends from 25 cents upward. Huck toweling for embroidery comes in various grades and widths priced at 29, 45, 50, and 60 cents per yard.
Fine Marseilles spreads finished with scalloped edges and square corners or cut for brass beds priced from two dollars fifty cents to five dollars.
Two beautiful grades of linen in natural color arrived last week. Ideal for tailored waists and tub suits for next summer. Widths 34 and 36 inches. Priced at 25 cents and 38 cents respectively.
Readily priced fabrics and garments include scarfs in light blue pink and white at 2.25 to 3. Crepe de chine and peau de crepe scarfs in delicate colors and black and white from 1 to 6.50. Phoenix mufflers Mercerized silk in black white grey and light colors with snap button at 50c. Women and men blanket bath robes in cardinal grey navy and others from 3.75 to 7.50. Children’s bath robes at 2.75 to 4 Turkish bath robes for men and women at 8. Prices reflect a broad catalog of fabrics and robes in available colors.
New Directoire umbrellas arrive with extra long natural wood stems and silk tassel ornamentation. Styles suit Miss Somebody’s Christmas gift with tasteful novelty. Silk covered in black and color options priced at $5. Women’s umbrellas range $10 to $18 for natural wood, gun metal, and horn handles. Men’s umbrellas from $1 to $15 with various handles. Children’s 18 to 24 inch models offer neat handles at 50 cents to $2.
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