Christmas Slippers Display Ad
A large display of men's slippers highlights gift options for Christmas. The ad promotes variety in styles and prices with emphasis on slippers as a long lasting reminder of the giver and easy choice for any taste.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
4
A large display of men's slippers highlights gift options for Christmas. The ad promotes variety in styles and prices with emphasis on slippers as a long lasting reminder of the giver and easy choice for any taste.
Fragmented local page lists weather outlook with likely rain and warmer temperatures, farm and home goods for sale, shop notices, and various business ads. Items mention Massachusetts street businesses, a cabbage delivery, a 20 acre farm for sale near town, and holiday goods preps. Also notes on sewing machines, gas supplies, harness repairs, and a barber shop. References to local addresses and telephone numbers appear throughout.
An ad lists coal for sale at low prices from G P Pickens with delivery, noting a phone line 655 white. It references Misses Edmondson’s millinery stock and fixtures and J F Brock at 800 Mass St touting eye treatment, hot coffee with cream at 5 cents a cup from Wiede mang’s.
Mrs Lyons soprano and Miss Phipps violin headline a program of short solos by flute clarinet and trombone featuring 20 performers. The listing highlights soloists and ensemble size in a compact recital notice.
The pews postatine building will not be done on time but shortly after. The government building will be handsome when complete with fine interior, convenient for business for years to come. Fixtures arrived, woodwork pending, doors to be added, plastering slow, increasing cost as items are stored by a storage firm. Also notes on local shops advertising books, albums, stationery, and a transfer company. Tomorrow brings district court divorce day with adjournment to January.
The annual Kaw Valley C P A rabbit hunt south of Eu doara yesterday drew 64 rabbits including one jack. Clark Kendall acted as guide and head hunter after weeks of taming the rabbits. Billy Spalding enjoyed the trip and planned to tell the town about it. Kendall earned much praise for his treatment of the boys.
The seventh annual exhibit fills the old Peabler block rooms with fancy poultry and a strong display. Attendance is growing slowly but the next two days are expected to draw larger crowds, as vendors offer cattle, horses, coal, and holiday gifts from local merchants.
Local ads advertise price cuts on all suits overcoats and cravene t rain coats from J Pries tly and Co. M J Skofstad. Also mentions Doug lay county horticultural society annual meeting at the county court room December 14 for membership renewals and officer elections. Includes horseshoeing by J A1 Gilliam Co and Victor records at Straffon's drug store.
A jumble of retail lines and local businesses advertises lamps, stoves, cosmetics, and medicines. GEO. W. SAVAGE promotes gas stoves, Straffon’s drug store touts machines, Smith’s News Depot sells cigars and fountain pans, Olmstead’s pharmacy offers perfumes, Wiedemann’s candies, Russell Sparks Co. handles coal, and Phillips & Co. markets paints and paper. Other notes mention a probate judge in Bourbon county and a joke about kissing brides.
Amusements note the Majestic Stock company sails into Bowersock's opera house for three nights starting Thursday December 24. The troupe, led by Lachman and Loos, promises a strong, well-equipped repertoire and fresh specialties at each show. Public notices and ads mix with local business tips and community notices, including appointments, sales, and upcoming events.
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