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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
3
Heavy brilliant glass items priced at 25 cents each plus a selection of trimmed glassware. Pretty gold and silver trimmed pieces 25 cents. Ties, lace collars, corsets and white cuffs offered at 10 to 25 cents. Chocolates marshmallows fudge and candies from 2 to 19 cents per pound. Holiday cards and gift wrap items stocked.
A readable fragment lists hardware like knives and forks, spoons, hinges, screws, nails, chisels, hammers, saws, hooks, hasps and locks, along with traps and braces. The itemized section appears to be a catalog or inventory line from a store.
A long list of items includes drums tops pianos thoin s trumpets iron banks trains autos horses and carts accordions tea sets doll furniture chairs tables jack in the box toys pistols stuffed talking animals and more.
Advertisement lists wool knit items including toques bootees sacques and scarfs at 10 and 25 cents each. Describes sweaters for boys at 25 cents and ladies short knit skirts at 2 shillings or 2 pence each.
Pretty pin cushions gold plated novelties ladies garters in fancy boxes priced at each. Nut crackers 16c each child’s knife pork and spoon set silver plate high class 25c set. Embroidery floss crochet threads and sewing threads of all kinds.
Readable text notes a sale offering ladies jersey gloves with fleece lining priced at ten cents per pair, highlighting a low price point likely in a promotional ad.
Amsterdam reports St Nicholas Day brings festive magic to Dutch children while elders hope for peace in Europe. The celebration centers on Santa Klaas riding rooftops dropping toys into shoes, with the Moorish servant and a mischievous red-whip souvenir.
McDuff Virginia tale recounts Mrs. J B Whittaker praising Thedford s Black-Draught for years of relief from sick headache and stomach trouble . She keeps it on hand for children who seek a dose and notes fewer long illness spells since using the remedy . The ad says Black-Draught is a vegetable product regulating weak stomachs aiding digestion and has helped more than a million people in over 70 years . It sells for 25 cents.
In a festive scene a father lights candies for the children then calls a song. Saint Nicholas enters, greets mother and father, names each child, and admonishes misdeeds as the black servant unveils a bag of gifts.
Promotes holiday goods and toys at Warren Taylor's Drug Store with prescriptions filled there. Urges prompt action to stop a cough with Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming rapid relief and soothing throat irritation with testimonials.
Henry Clews & Co notes record ginnings to November 14 surpassing 1911 by over 300,000 bales yet prices may hold due to disastrous production costs. A drastic next crop acreage reduction is expected, with bankers pressing planters to cut cotton area. Diversification to grains urged. foreign buyers and Manchester Lancashire demand cited. raw cotton need rising for domestic mills. New York option purchases advised to guard against future shortages.
An ad from Mrs. M Summers of Boz South Bend Ind offers a free home treatment for children who wet themselves. It promises constitutional cause and full instructions without any payment and claims help for adults with similar difficulties.
Newberry Lady Corneille berries touted as best with thorough testing and prices listed per 100 and per 1000 by express. Other varieties priced at 2.50 per 1000. Contact L P Alexander Monroe Louisiana. phone 474.
A brief notice promotes Dr King s New Life Pills to stimulate the liver improve digestion and purify the blood for relief from constipation and malaise. Bucklen s Arnica Salve is recommended for piles as an effective topical remedy.
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