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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement proclaims no entrance fee to join the Christmas Banking Club. Members pay any amount from 1c to $5 and receive a Bank Card showing their payment and club membership, with a promise to return every cent paid. The table of clubs is referenced for choices.
Mrs. William Severin speaks on wartime food conservation urging every home to cut bread and wheat waste. She cites savings from reduced meat, bread, butter, and milk usage and recommends abandoning home bread baking to boost ally needs. The piece notes a contest winner, Mrs. Ira Williamson, for guessing Iowa purchases to the Rio Grande valley excursion.
Our store offers a full selection of Christmas toys including Tinker Toys Authors Dominoes Colors Pon ef Boxes Wagons Doll Bug gies Kiddie Kars and more with prices from five cents upward.
A local dealer reports a fine display of hand-painted Ching ceramics including cups and saucers, cake plates, lemonade sets, salad bowls, and many decorative pieces. Despite segregation concerns, the assortment showcases quality and variety for collectors.
Glenwood advertises Christmas candy in stock including taffy brittle gum drops and fudge totaling 2000 pounds at 25 cents a pound. Also offered are 3 dozen water colored hand engraved decorations such as serving trays priced at 1.48 dollars.
Jewelry items including cuff-buttons beads beauty pins bracelets loveliers bar pins and other small adornments are advertised at prices of ten and twenty five cents each.
We offer a fine collection of Made in America dolls from 10 cents to 2 dollars and doll beds priced 1.25 to 2 dollars. Come early while the stock lasts and select from the cheerful assortment.
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