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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1897
Page
6
A sale advertisement highlights low priced steam engines, miniature trains, carriages, wooden furniture, dolls, toy instruments, and kitchenware. It touts nickel trimmed stoves, iron trains, toy soldiers, and a vast array of holiday gifts including china sets, oak desks, trunks, and framed photo cases with various decorative items.
A Nation department store advertises a rush of affordable novelty gifts. It touts a wide sample of brassy bronzes, porcelain inkstands, papier mache frames, dolls sets, and children's books priced from a few cents to several dollars, noting heavy midweek traffic and rapid turnover of 300 items before noon.
A broad catalog lists Bibles prayer books and hymnals at deep discounts with Seal covered Oxford editions at low prices. Also offered are prepared aprons linen handkerchiefs and lace items with various prices and styles including Duchess Lace and child boxes.
A tariff of sterling silver items offered at 20 percent below competitors. The list includes Darner’s Shoe Horns, Tooth Shushes, Buttoner, File, Braver, Hair Curler with large handles at 38 cents each, a pearl paper cutter, comb, knives, with Crown and Imperial handles at 80 cents, bagtags, Silver Top Homereries at 25 cents, scissors at 6 and 1 cent, game markers 69 cents, Vinaforettes 8 cents, and men's sterling silver suspender fittings at $2.00.
A sale notice advertises gloves in many colors and styles for men and women. Regular $1.00 gloves in all hues plus lace and button models, Mocha and black tan variants, and real kid options priced from $1.25 to $1.40. Misses’ lacing gloves and gauntlets also featured with price points around $1.00.
A newspaper advertisement touts cloth bound gold little novels and other works by noted authors. It highlights Aldine gold top silk bindings, living and dead authors works, sets of six novels in a box, Webster's Dictionary at 6c per copy, and a large volume count with a major sale ongoing. Last week near ve thousand volumes began selling with many titles still available this week.
Cleveland magnate President Robison backs a harsh new ethic measure aimed at curbing rowdyism and obscene language on ballparks. The proposal would permanently bar offenders from league play, spurring debate over its practicality and fairness before a spring vote in St Louis.
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