King Santa Reigns in Wanamaker’s Christmas Domain
A vivid Christmas allegory portrays Santa Claus as King of Christmas seated in a Rotunda throne room attended by children. The scene features nursery-ward figures like Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue, with The Fiddlers Three, Babes in the Wood, and Puss in Boots nearby. The article invites readers to explore Wanamaker’s full Yuletide display across floors from Broadway to Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue.
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Santa Claus
Bo-Peep
Blue
Fiddlers Three
Babes In the
Puss In Boots
King of Christmas
Christmas Wanamaker's
Broadway
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
Eighth
Criatmas
Men's Winter Overcoats at Unmatched Prices
Public approval shows strong demand for Wana maker Clothing overcoats. Two standout styles offered: an $15 black wool cheviot coat with satin linings and durable construction, and an $25 Oxford cheviot coat with silk Merveilleux lining. Second floor Fourth avenue.
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Ares
Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Boys Clothes Offer Low Prices at Wanamaker’s
There is no cotton in our boys wear all fabric is pure wool and sewn with silk thread. School suits in fancy cheviots with double breasted jackets start at 3 dollars for sizes 8 to 16. Reefers in blue and Oxford for ages 4 to 14 at 5 dollars. Long warm top coats for ages 7 to 16 also at 5 dollars on the second floor Ninth street.
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Wananaker’s
Ninth Street
Dainty White Petticoats Fresh Holiday Styles
Advertises new petticoats in cambric and lawn with Paris lace embroidery and flounces. Describes five to three styles, prices from 2.75 to 8.25 and up to 30, with patterns, borders, and ruffles. Mentions second floor handling on Tenth street.
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Paris
Valenciennes
Tenth Street
Work Boxes Show Elegant Sewing Requisites
Attractive display of wooden and leatherette work boxes with wing requisites. Some lined with satin. Prices range from 50 cents to 14 dollars. Also leatherette ok boxes and satin lined work baskets priced up to 12 dollars. Located at Tenth street Elevator Counter.
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Tenth Street
Wanamaker's Presents Luxurious and Practical Bath Robes
Wanamaker's displays a wide range of bath robes from practical terry to luxury silk and French wool. Robes are sourced from Paris and produced in-house, with prices from 3.75 to 27.50, including blanket robes and jacquards. Located at Broadway and Ninth Street, the store emphasizes gift appeal and value.
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Wanamaker
Europe
Paris
Broadway
Ninth Street
Gift catalog for pipe and tobacco goods at Annex Brooklyn
Christmas catalog lists Briar Wood and Meerschaum pipes in cases with amber stems prices from 1 to 18 dollars. Also offers cigar tubes cigarette tubes pipe racks rubber pouches leather cases weather cases porcelain jars ash receivers humidors and related accessories from 18 cents to 25 dollars. Annex 770 Broadway.
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Annex
Broadway
Furniture Store Desks Highlight Historic Styles for Holiday Season
The Women s Desks exhibit offers over two hundred desk styles from Empire to Colonial and Mission, including mahogany, bird s eye maple, and oak. Prices range from six dollars to around one hundred ninety, with examples like a $6.50 Golden Oak Desk and a $17 Mahogany Veneered Desk featuring inlays and drop lids. located on the fourth floor.
Embroidered Canvas Christmas Fabrics and Accessories
Embroidered Canvas offers canvas and satin lined gloves and handkerchief cases priced at $2 and $1.50. A variety of table mats, laundry bags, table covers, and scarves in multiple colors and trims are listed with prices from $1 to $3.50. Located on Tenth Street.
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Tenth Street
Bedford Cords Offered At Fifty Cents A Yard In Color Range
French all wool Bedford cords praised for softness and graceful drape. These fabrics, offered at 50 cents a yard on Tenth Street, promise rich Bedford Cord effect, with colors including Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Light Gray, Green, Reseda, Golden Brown, and Cadet Blue, despite higher market values.
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Bedford
Tenth Street
Velvet Velveteen Street Suits Offer Fashion Value
A retailer promotes women’s velveteen street suits as richer and more satisfying street wear than fur garments. Features include tailor-made fast black velveteen suits with stylish blouses or Norfolk jackets and correctly hanging skirts, silk-lined throughout. Price is $30. Second floor Broadway.
Walking Suits For Women Delight Page Shoppers
Walking suits for women surge in popularity this season due to dignified length and new styles. Three items listed include a $25 corduroy velvet suit with Norfolk jacket and patched pockets, a $32 Norfolk suit with taffeta trim and seven-gore skirt, and a $27.50 tailing material set with blouse jacket on the second floor Broadway.
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Broadway
Girls Dress Skirts Reduced to Five Dollars Each
Attractive group of separate skirts for girls in Cheviot Oxford mix in blue and black. Walking and dress styles trimmed in current fashion. Lengths 36 to 40 inches. Stock previously 7.50 to 10 now five dollars each. Second floor Ninth street.
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Oxford
Ninth Street
Hand-Embroidered Bed Linens at Linen Store
The Linen Store on Fourth Avenue offers cushion covers and square, oblong, and heart shaped bed linen pieces in linen with hemstitched, ruffled, and hand-embroidered designs. Prices range from 1 to 25 dollars.
Stockings For Women Practical holiday wear for gifts
A catalog of women’s stockings offers many price points from 12 to 50 cents and up to 1 50 dollars. Descriptions include fast black cotton lisle silk and rayon options with various weights, openwork, and embroidered ankles. Broadway location noted.
Sterling Silver Tableware Holiday Offers
Sterling Silver Tableware holiday listings with prices range from bonbon dishes at 3 to 12 dollars up to decanters and vases priced around 7 to 30 dollars. Includes tea sets candlesticks water pitchers and sets, with a Jewelry Store at Broadway and Tenth Street as the contact.
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Hristmas
Broadway
Tenth Street
Remarkable Low Prices on Cut Glass at Wanamaker Store
Shoppers are urged to act quickly to take advantage of deeply discounted cut glass pieces at the Wanamaker Store. Items range from $1.50 bowls to $60 punch bowls, with numerous pieces like nappies, decanters, carafes, water jugs, and vases featured at prices well below regular valuations.
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Wanamaker
Decorated Plates at Holiday Showing of Fancy China Plates
A grand display showcases the finest French and English potteries with the newest rich decorations. More than a thousand dozens of plates are featured, including 90 bread and butter plates, 105 fruit plates, 151 dessert plates, 162 dinner plates, 45 soup plates, and 15 terrapin plates, priced from three dollars to two hundred seventy dollars per dozen.
Chafing Dishes Offer Festive Hospitality
A catalog of nickel plated chafing dishes is promoted as a centerpiece for gatherings and as a good Christmas gift. Prices range from 2.35 to 23 dollars depending on elaborateness and style. Basement sale location hinted as a shopping option.
Flannelette Drawers HEY Offer Softer Canton Upgrade
The Flannelette Drawers HEY present a new and distinct improvement on Canton Flannel Drawers. They are softer, more comfortable, wear well, and come in several styles. Prices range from 35c to 75c with white options finished with ruffles, embroidery, lace, or torchon trim. Second floor Tenth Street.
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Tenth Street
Christmas Gift Slippers for Men and Women in Prices
A gift slippers column lists men and women footwear with prices from $1 to $6. Items include men's red traveling slippers $2, tan bootees $6, molded sole slippers $1, women's pearl negligee slippers $1.75, moose-hide moccasins $2, Romeo style kidskin $2, crocheted slippers under $1.25, plus children’s shoes. Fourth avenue and Ninth street.
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Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
Women's Garments Sale Delights at Half Price
A group of $1 shirt-waists at 50c features striped cotton cheviot black-and-white checked flannelette or black sateen with plaited or full fronts and French backs. Also offered are flannelette petticoats at 20c in neat tight stripes, well-made, and tightly priced.
Hosiery at Little Prices Offerings for All Ages
Hosiery at moderate prices for men women and children. Men's socks 18c or 3 for 50c black cotton fine gauge with double soles toes and spliced heels. Women's stockings 12 1 2 c pair fast black cotton sizes 8 1 4 to 9 9 with double soles elastic. Children's stockings 12 1 2 c pair fast black cotton two rib styles for ages 4 to 17 with knees heels and toes doubly strong.
Low Price Flannel and Flannelette Fabrics Offerings
Cold weather needs covered by 65c printed flannels at 28c a yard all wool white polka dots on blue and other grounds. Printed flannelettes at 7c a yard with Dresden figures and stripes on navy brown grounds. Also holiday boxes of Rove Toilet Soap with White Rose extract selling for 20c, down from 30c.
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Dresden
Handkerchief Bargain Pulls Through Belfast Run
A local broker seized a Belfast shipment of 4000 dozen handkerchiefs arriving just in time for a quick sale. Five half price lots offered: 750 dozen plain linen women’s handkerchiefs with 1 inch hems. 1800 linen sheer and regular weights. 12 1/2 percent price cuts on fine hemstitched and drawn hemstitched pieces. Men’s all linen plain hemstitched handkerchiefs in multiple hems. Also Gem Safety Razors priced at 85 cents, complete in tin box, undercutting regular 1.25 dollars.
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Belfast
Corset Deals Highlight Low Prices in Attractive Styles
An advertising notice touts Corsets in various models and prices. At 50c, good make corsets with long over abdomen and other features. at 1.50, Warner's Buat-proof models. at 3.50, Lulian Corsets with whalebone and bias cuts. Sizes range 18 to 36 inches across white, drab, and black options.
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Warner
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