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Fragmentary text describes an unclear event and names unknown parties. The readable phrases include stray terms and possible references to a sale or legal matter with no coherent details.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
6
Fragmentary text describes an unclear event and names unknown parties. The readable phrases include stray terms and possible references to a sale or legal matter with no coherent details.
Santa Claus with a full stock of toys visits the town in a vivid display of Christmas cheer. Children are invited to view the enchanting collection as Santa selects stocking stuffers and tree decorations for the holiday.
Advertises guaranteed all silk ribbon in plain or moire styles, 3 to 6 inches wide, offered at special prices of 20c and 25c per yard with imitators noted as falling behind in the ribbon trade.
An ocean of handkerchiefs fills the counters with lace border and lace insertions, plain, hemstitched and fancy silk designs. Regular stock includes toe and 5c lots while a higher line offers all linen handkerchiefs in pretty designs.
Goods column notes Toydom occupying the Main and Second floors with the basement reserved for a more limited selection. No further details provided.
Mechanical toys priced from 24 cents to 5 dollars include donkeys autos engines and toy pianos. Wooly and skin covered animals 10 cents to 2 dollars. Dolls dresses chairs swings go carts carriages stables china and tin dishes. Drums dominoes Xmas ornaments candles tinsel and more listed with small price ranges.
Advertising copy lists jointed dolls with sleeping eyes and bisque faces, 24 inches, and kid dolls four inches, plus dressed dolls and various toy items. It highlights wagon gears, steel toys, steam engines, magic lanterns, guns, repeaters, blackboards and desks with special prices.
A catalog of serviceable household goods lists crockery lamps china bisque figures vases tea and dinner sets clocks and boxes. Items include imitation cut glass berry sets 1.74 plate sets 19 cents to 1 each china cups and saucers ten cents to one dollar fancy plates ten cents to one dollar hitched slave boxes etched boxes and decorative bureau and tea sets priced from a few cents to several dollars.
Local store boasts an extraordinary lamp selection at unusually low prices as part of a holiday basement display. Shoppers urged to visit and view the varied options and other bargains not fully described in print.
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