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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
2
Post office staff report early start to outgoing Christmas parcels with many shipments to California Washington Oregon and Canada. Large shelves and racks prepared to handle the rush as residents of Macomb and nearby cities respond to the plea for timely mail.
Local grocer Albert Lindsay touts deep discounts on sugar cans coffee and canned goods with a wide array of 10 to 35 cent items. He highlights fresh nuts candies and a Diamond Flour rush while warning flour is nearly sold out and a big Diamond Flour shipment arrival will bring further price drops.
The piece notes shoppers respond to the plea for early Christmas buying, with a steady mailing rise toward Christmas. Post office racks for packages are built along the east side for outgoing and incoming mail. Various church and community services announce programs and services through December, inviting visitors and members to participate.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society meets at the parsonage with a program including song and devotionals. A $400 memory gift is given to Home Missions by Mrs Maguire. First Presbyterian notes the Manger Offering and a Christmas program at 10 40 with the junior department songs and a Christmas message from the pastor.
Sunday schedule lists Bible school at 9 30 a m with the Christmas Story lesson and morning worship at 10 45 a m. Minister L M Westrate invites all to come and bring someone for the Christmas sermon See theme reflects the holiday season.
Ashington reports wholesale prices fell eight percent from October and 24 percent from last May peak. Of 826 commodities compared, 198 declined while 41 rose. Department of Labor figures indicate prices remained at their lowest since the war.
The report shows 87 cases with no change while building materials drop 224 percent in November and farm products fall 1644. An average 10 percent decline in wholesale prices across all commodities compares with November 1919.
News of the Pins Seeger and Haynes move into a first place tie with Allison's Fords after beating the Cases by 141 pins at Mackomb Commercial alleys. Montooth and Seeger post high scores, while M Guire's Cadillacs beat Thrashers Hudsons in a tight second game threatening first place.
Tonight at 7 o clock a clash is set between the pairs I Dodges and Zimmermans land s and the teams of 33) i and Vanetten with Cases.
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