Christmas in Old England
Londoners prepare for the Christmas holiday as banks and large establishments close from Saturday night until Wednesday. Only the smallest retail outlets will remain open in the city during the festive period.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
5
Londoners prepare for the Christmas holiday as banks and large establishments close from Saturday night until Wednesday. Only the smallest retail outlets will remain open in the city during the festive period.
Royal household celebrates Christmas with gifts on the morning table, church service, kennel visits, and a grand dining feast. King, Queen, Princesses attend a tree display, dances and theatre entertainments follow, ending with games. Taxes due December 1 to 31. Pine Tar Honey helps colds.
J. E. Peters offers a cemetery vault for interments while decisions are made. An ad lists furniture, window shades, children's carriages, wagons, velocipedes, caskets, coffins, and trimmings. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy are advertised with testimonials and notes on availability.
A dense catalog of toys and play items including tin rattlers stuffed animals dolls tops drums horns and toy furniture. It advertises various gift boxes and seasonal sets as well as life size dolls and baby dolls priced around 1.98 to 1.98 dollars.
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