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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1896
Page
7
A local retailer advertises a wide range of white metal and celluloid novelties priced from 10c to 2.50. Gents boxes, toilet sets, mirrors, perfume bottles, dolls, handkerchiefs, silk mufflers, aprons, umbrellas, neckwear, and many other gifts are offered at unusually low prices to clear stock and help customers save Christmas money.
A tiny town notes a strong holiday goods display amid cold roads. It relays a mix of social events, births, local gossip, church activities, and upcoming marriages, with details on residents traveling, entertainments, and a school election notice in Davis and Dakota areas.
In our Saturday night contest judges G. A. Weaver Mell Carl and H. Tempel set the correct nut count at 231. Top prizes awarded to Ed Mensenkamp Tillie Harbers Ed Hirst Katherine Stevens Charles Ludolph for guesses 230 227 226 225 225 respectively. The nut mix is on display and another contest is planned this week.
Stock reduced regardless of cost with 92.74 lace curtains and a sale on wool shirts drawers and merino undergarments. A new line includes silkuline fabrics, Persian patterns, drapery silks and satins plus sofa pillows, tie cases, music rolls, pictures and dolls priced from 5c to 1.00.
In the final business days before Christmas the store touts thousands in sales and a stock as large as several stores. It boasts the largest shop in the city with extraordinary low prices and top quality goods.
A store advertises deep discounts on raisins lemon peel syrup and dried peaches with prices like 12 1 2 c per pound and 54c per pound. It promotes New York winter apples oats and beans with bulk barrel discounts and cheap coffee two pound cans at 60c.
The Confectionery Department advertises 15 000 pounds of candy with special Sunday school and bulk pricing. It promises unbeatable goods and prices, offers cheap wholesale candy and freight savings, lists prices for mixed candy six cents per pound, mixed nuts six cents per pound, stick candy six cents per pound, carmels five cents per pound, Christmas trees six cents each, a pound box of bon bon candy one dollar, cough drops two for one cent, and gum two for six cents.
The ad asserts our Christmas candy prices lead all rivals and cannot be competed with, urging shoppers to buy now to secure the best deal.
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