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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
5
Christmas Shopping On In Earnest announces extended hours from Thursday December 10 as the store offers early gift items and a broad holiday selection. The note encourages shoppers to visit and enjoy comfort, service, and a larger variety of holiday goods across departments.
Our department now offers a wider variety of toys with enhanced values for regular customers and a surprising first visit. Sections split for convenience with ample staff. Section One features large toys like Shoo-Fly wheels, rocking horses, hand cars, sulkies, desks, boards, and dolls. Section Two catalogs a broad range including musical toys, friction wagons, trains, cars, games, police sets, pins, ping pong, crochet, blocks, ropes, trumpets, and steam engines.
Section Three highlights a wide doll furniture assortment for play houses. Sections feature doll tables beds houses trunks dressers side-boards chairs dishes stoves and more. Highlights emphasize Old Mission Style doll furniture available for viewing and purchase.
SECTION FOUR presents a doll corner with dolls priced from 5 cents to 5 dollars. The display allows instant viewing with no descriptions needed. The entire Teddy Bear line is on sale at greatly reduced prices within the doll section.
The shoe department draws Xmas shoppers with a wide range of styles and good values for every member of the family. Shoes and slippers are presented as useful gifts for all.
A downtown advertises a wide range of ladies handkerchiefs as popular gifts. It notes their necessity, abundance of styles, and unusually attractive values available now, inviting shoppers to browse the display line during a downtown visit.
For the Men Something practical in the way of a gift always appeals to the men or THE MAN. In this connection we would like to show you our line of Kid gloves, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Umbrellas. Any of which would make a thoughtful present.
The store notes rising demand for books as gifts with customers buying ten or twelve titles. They doubled their offerings from last year and added a wide range of popular children’s titles and current fiction by leading writers. They claim savings in this section and invite customers to discuss suitable picks due to limited space.
Advertises various home items including blankets comforts rugs lace curtains dinner sets pocket knives and fancy lamps with wide price ranges and emphasis on savings.
The department showcases a larger variety and special bargains after a buyer’s market trip this fall. The Hand Painted China and Cut Glass are highlighted with new patterns and appealing prices. Ladies are invited to visit, with attractively arranged displays and easy selections.
A display of hand painted china including salads moonaise sets bon bons chop dishes cake plates olive dishes chocolate sets pitchers cups saucers and plates. The assortment highlights decorative tableware with mixed patterns and classic shapes suitable for gift or collection.
A sale offers cut glass comports vases bowls creams sugars tumblers pitchers nappies and related pieces. The catalog highlights varied patterns and finishes with emphasis on clarity sparkle and decorative appeal for collectors and decorators alike.
We present Radium Silver ware as useful attractive gifts with a sixty year warranty. Prices include a set of 6 knives and forks for 3.50, 6 teaspoons for 1.00, 6 desert spoons for 1.75, and 6 table spoons for 2.00.
On Thursday morning December 10 the ninth annual Millinery Sale begins. Wings, feathers, flowers, ribbons and ornaments offered at half price, plus untrimmed shapes and children's caps at half price. Trimmed hats, tailored hats and street hats greatly reduced. Store open nights starting December 10.
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