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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1901
Page
8
The paper promotes a department store ahead of Christmas with extended December hours from the 14th to the 24th. It highlights Alco Brand suits praised for construction, style, and fit, with coats, vests, and trousers in various prices from $5 to $15, plus new overcoats in sizes 34 to 44 priced $12.50 to $16.
Footwear department promotes slippers for boys and children Loggins footwear available for men boys ladies and children. Slip per soles offered in all sizes.
Storm overcoats priced at 10 and 12.50, 15 for wool chinchilla and Oxford rain coats. Boys and youths coats and suits offered 1.50 to 6. Hats include Panama and stiff hats 1 to 3, caps 50c to 1.50, boys hats 50c to 1. New shapes and affordable options across ages 5 to 16 and 8 to 16.
Unusually pretty shapes in fan cies and stripes at 25 and 50c each. Plain colors and black at 25 and 50c each. White ties and puffs some with small figures at 50c each.
Mufflers offered at 50c to 2 dollars with double wear collars and cuffs in standing or turn down styles. Two for 25c. Cuffs 25c per pair. Men’s gloves feature large stock of kinds and styles with lined Mocha gloves at 1 to 1.50, Astrachan 25 and 50c, boys gloves 50c to 1.00 per pair.
Initial stock lists silk or linen handkerchiefs priced at 25 35 and 50. Plain white linen cambric handkerchiefs offered at 5 10 and 15 each.
Glove selections include ladies and misses kid gloves at 1 to 1.50, white and colored kid gloves to size 8, lined and unlined mecha gloves, Scotch gloves, cashmere gloves, silk mitts, kid mitts, and misses sale items. Also remnants of silks velveteens and ribbons for cushions, boxes, and toys section noted with baby doll department and assorted children's furnishings.
Fragmentary text mentions a husband and items like Panama Derby or Crush Hat, overcoat, box coat, a pair fur gloves. No clear event or structured details to identify a specific news item or outcome.
A brief notice suggests gifting a brushes and case set tipped in silver priced at $150 to $8. The wording appears as an old fashioned shopper tip or classified item of a sale or advertisement.
To the fathers: buy your daughter a gold pen or a sterling silver souvenir spoon, a silver mounted pocketbook or beaded purse, or a cellulose toilet set. Buy your son a Mackintosh rain coat, an umbrella, a $1.50 to $5 plush cap, or a pair of rubber boots.
A local advertisement promotes mink or stone martin Cape Seal and Ermine furs priced from 35 up to 5 dollars, and plush or cloth capes ranging from 5 to 20 dollars. The listing targets gift buyers for mothers and sisters.
An advertisement urging shoppers to visit the store for Christmas gifts across extensive lines. It highlights handkerchiefs for ladies priced at 2.50 and men's items from 5c to 50c, claiming the store as the best place to buy gifts.
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