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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
12
This catalog style ad promotes suits overcoats mufflers and house coats for men and boys with prices from 3.00 to 50.00 for made to measure items and ready to wear 5.00 to 30.00. It highlights traveler supplies including steamer trunks and dress trunks and urges choosing practical durable gifts for Christmas.
An exhibit features union and two piece suits for men and boys, gift boxes from 10c to 1.00, bath robes from 3.50 to 8.50, and a range of linen and silk gifts. Shirts 50c to 2.50, ties 25c to 3.50.
A short notice promoting gift items including suspenders in a gift box priced up to 2.00 with quality selections from top makers. Caps of fur cloth and motoring caps offered as thoughtful gifts ranging from 25c to 0.99.
Tailoring service offers suits overcoats trousers and fancy vests designed to your measure. Emphasizes quality style and workmanship to achieve the best in the craft.
A Christmas tale recalls a drunken cook spoiling holiday meals for a group of working women boarders. The cook’s intoxication led to scarce turkey, a matron’s tears, and a plan to eject the cook while nearby St Nicholas gifts were parcelled to a daughter. The piece ends with a humorous Q&A about recurring neckties.
Johnny boastfully vows to stop St. Nicholas from delivering gifts. At midnight he hides watching his parents bring bundles. He presumes the saint plans to leave clothes and items as last year, prompting his father to react with a warning.
Practical guidance on thoughtful giving and avoiding excess. Emphasizes giving to the sick and sorrowful for true joy, warns against ostentation, and notes self awareness of finances. Mentions Milea Anti Pain Pills as relief for rheumatic pain and neuralgia.
On Christmas night Patsey Higgins, a newsboy with unsold papers, wanders Broadway amid festive crowds. A brutal gambler roughs a man, then gives a boy money after Patsey helps him, debating to keep or return the bill as the boy plans a Christmas feast despite poverty. A garbled classified blurb about Success Magazine follows.
Local notice advertises quick and secure territory for sale by Allen Nursery Co Rochester New York. The brief item promotes roving representation and selling specialties from a full line address 1 52 04.
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