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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1897
Page
14
KS MILLER, RHOADS & CO promote Christmas presents for housewives featuring Lin enware and a wide range of damask cloths, towels, napkins, doilies, and borders with prices from cents to several dollars per set or dozen.
A wide assortment of umbrellas with varied handles and prices from 50c to 3.50, plus ladies and children aprons, taffeta silk skirts, and many celluloid gift items. Holiday cards, calendars, and Raphael Tuck pieces are highlighted with low prices and diverse designs.
A vivid advertisement listing a vast array of sterling silver items and Christmas gifts. It touts spoons goblets knives razors and brushes plus white metal ware and leather goods with heavy emphasis on low prices and broad selection suitable for holiday shoppers.
A local shop promotes a wide selection of dressed and toy dolls in many price ranges from 5c to 9.50 with styles including Brownie, Requimo, and bicycle boy dolls. The store boasts more dolls at 25¢, 33¢, 3% and 50c and claims to show ten styles at 31.00 while touting quality over seen in rival shops.
Norfolk store advertises an extensive array of dolls toys and games with immense variety. It touts dancing bears jumping rabbits mechanical toys tool chests and wooden furniture at low prices plus steam toys and streetcar sets and a wide range of stoves and home goods. The ad claims the stock is larger than any other local store and highlights frequent crowd attractions and bargain prices for items from 5c to several dollars.
TM offers a range of men's goods with new silk lined gloves at 51.50 and other options from 39¢ to 1. Men’s gloves include Perrins Brown styles and dress glove at 6c. Underwear specials feature wool fleece lined shirts and drawers at 50c, and wool jersey ribbed shirts and drawers in Cadet Blue and Old Gold at 6c.
The store announces a Holiday Neckwear line with many patterns and colors and invites customers to view. It lists three neckwear specials and a range of men's linen initial, hemstitched, colored bordered, and silk handkerchiefs with assorted prices.
A noisy catalog of holiday handkerchiefs and linen garments touts Swiss embroidered kerchiefs, hemstithed pieces, and colored borders. It lists prices from around 125 to 150 for various items and emphasizes value and assortment for ladies and children.
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