Mail Order Deal Teaches Local Prices and Fees
A Stevens Point Journal piece repeats a tale of a Oklahoma shopper buying a saw in a local store. The merchant quotes 1.65 but explains mail order cheaper 1.35 plus postage money order expressage and later two weeks delivery. The customer pays cash total 1.67, learning mail order costs rise with fees. The article argues local merchants support taxes and schools.
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Oklahoma
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Alber
Chicago
Square
Stevens Pt. Journal
Curse of the Age Tone Vita Tonics Demand Prompts Cures
Nervous debility plaguing modern life is claimed to be relieved by Tone Vita and Lona Vita tonics. The ad asserts rapid improvement from the first dose, guarantees money back if unsatisfactory, and cites nationwide druggist demand with shipments quickly exhausted. Lee's Rhubarb Laxative is advertised as a safe, pleasant laxative suitable for children, with D. dy Potter Drug Co. holding Marshfield agency.
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America
Lee
D. Dy Potter Dru Co
Marshfield
Wide selection of fine jewelry and goods offered
E. F. Mech ler, Jeweler, advertises a broad range of gold and silver items cut glass china and related home goods suitable for men women children and the home highlighting a comprehensive catalog of merchandise.
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E. F. Mechler
Ats
Christmas Folly and Jests at a Quiet Shop Window
A collage of humorous vignettes about Christmas excess and frugal wit. A rosy tale of Wonderful Man Decem Ginks whose calm features spark admiration, interlaced with skits of a parlor maid swallowing a quarter, a thrifty wife, and a highwayman.
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Decem—Ginks
Becem
Lye
Wif
A Mystery of Santa and Economic Parity
The dialogue riffs on Santa Claus and inequality as Dudley Nobs-Pua questions why rich get valuable gifts while the poor receive cheap ones. A cheerful family exchange mirrors holiday humor about shopping, exchanges, and suspicious gifts. The piece ends with a running joke about a necktie gift repeating itself.
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Dudley Nobs
Santa Claus
Mr. Neus
Santa
Christmas Jokes and Banter from a Small Town Dinner
A string of light holiday quips and anecdotes unfolds from a town dinner. A minister is seated opposite a goose and jokes about mistaking the roast for a toast. A cynic and a large family discuss Santa Claus. A playful exchange about a turkey tale ends with a 20 pound bird doing $150 in damage after being fed at home.
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Brown
Jones
Tim
The First Presents in Roman Christmas Tradition
The early Romans introduced Christmas gifts but kept them modest under a sumptuary law. Expensive items were auctioned to the highest bidder for the national treasury. Romans continued gift giving in large numbers, yet with trifles like jars of olives cloaks and sweetmeats rather than lavish presents.
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Chant
Farmer
Chrismas
Caroline
Pauline
Ackling
Caller
George
Lily
Mechler
Ayn
the Store of Quality & Merit
Uthmeier-Hintz Co
North Central Avenue
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