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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
5
A festive store advertises bright lighting, good ventilation, and large aisles for easy Christmas shopping. It boasts a wide gift assortment and efficient staff. The store will stay open tonight until 8 and from Friday until Christmas will open every evening to 9.
The Weekly Market moves to Thursday December 24 instead of Saturday December 26. Attend to buy fresh produce for Christmas dinner.
A grocery rundown lists items for a Christmas dinner including Fancy Table Raisins Seeded Raisins Seedless Raisins Fancy Peeled Peaches Jumbo Muir Peaches Dried Apricots Dried Prunes Dates Dromedary Dates Layer Figs Fancy Cream Corn Cope's Dried Corn Olives Paper Shell Almonds English Walnuts Filberts Cream Nuts and more with per unit prices.
Gift suggestions include ladies desks in mahogany and oak, desk chairs, music cabinets, reed rockers, library tables, tabourettes, and children's and women's legging items. Prices range from 39 cents to about $19.75 with various finishes.
Toyland offers a vast toy range from trains and street cars to dolls and games. Prices span 5c to 25, with items like Electric Trains 10 to 25, Mechanical Toys 25c to 98c, and Rubber Tire Velocipedes 3.25 to 7.50, inviting families to visit.
An advertisement promotes high grade closely knit sweaters for men women and children in various weights and colors. Prices range from 50 cents to 10 dollars for adults and 50 cents to 4.75 dollars for boys and girls, highlighting gift potential and quality yarns.
A local shop promotes a collection of decorated china featuring German and Japanese designs. Hundreds of pieces available with prices from 29 cents to 3.98 dollars, pitched as ideal gifts for mother, sister, or friend.
Price changes listed show Mackinaws from $5.50 to $9.00 and Hoye Mackinaws from $4.75 to $7.50 reflecting market shifts in outdoor wear.
The article promotes manicure sets travelers sets and toilet sets as always acceptable gifts. It notes an almost endless variety and prices that are not exorbitant.
A list of women’s garments with prices including silk messaline skirts from 2.25 to 3.98 and silk jersey top ensembles at 2.50 and 3.50. Also fine flannelette kimonos 1.00 to 2.25, dressing lacquers, and eiderdown bath robes priced 2.50 to 3.50 in pastel shades.
Article notes glass water sets sold on trays priced at 1.39 dollars.
Reading Shop offers wide range of low priced goods from bath robes and house coats to belts suspenders and hose support. Men shirts and handkerchiefs priced from tens of cents to several dollars. Dinner sets 44 to 100 pieces offered at deep discounts, with several price points for gifts and china services.
Winter weather demands proper footwear for workers housewives students and children. The ad promises fit service and satisfaction with low prices on rubbers boots and shoes for all ages including ladies rubbers 49c 60c 70c men elk high cuts 3 to 6 25 women box storm boots 4 50 and a wide range of boots and arctics priced from under a dollar to several dollars.
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