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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1902
Page
9
Christmas handkerchiefs offered for quick purchase at a busy counter. Ladies linen hemstitched and lace edged squares priced from 15c to 50c, purses and sets priced to 1.50. men’s linen hemstitched and mercerized handkerchiefs with initials from 15c to 20c.
A dealer touts a brimming stock of hosiery with a surprise replacement for Christmas stockings. Items include fancy patterned lace embroidered hose from 50c to 1.50, black lisle 60c to 1.00, fine cotton 25c to 56c, silk plaited 75c to 2.50, and all silk 1.50 to 2.50. Also misses and infants styles as well as men’s black fancy socks 25c and 50c.
Christmas gift buyers are urged to choose promptly with a broad selection on hand. Pattern robes in white and black range $35 to $40, embroidered waist patterns boxed at $4.25, and fancy waist silks from $1 to $1.75 per yard. Wide fabrics include Brilliantine 56c, wool crepe $1.50, corduroy 55c to $1.10, and imported cut velvets $1.50 to $3.75.
A humorous note offers an $85 ring with a $50 opal and twelve diamonds, joking about a bar gain and a business transaction. The piece mentions Christmas gifts and suggests the ring could be a seasonal purchase from Management, framing the sale as a friendly saver offer.
A playful holiday note asks for gifts from The Greater Hail Store. The writer praises the store’s dolls guns and drums and hopes for a cold spell before Christmas to ease sled delivery.
A newspaper list of toy and furniture items with prices including pianos 15 and 138 keys white enamel 15c to 1.45, air guns 69c, Go-Darts 19c to 1.93, oak tables and desks from 1.75 to 4.50, enameled dressers 2.45 to 4.25, sideboards 0.50, boxed games 39c, parlor bagatelle 25c to 35c, drums from 25c to 1.19, and various other toys and gifts.
Sedalia’s leading sale highlights deep discounts on women and girls coats just in time for Christmas. Monte Carlo and Kersey styles, satin linings, velvet collars, and box fronts are featured with prices cut from $35 to as low as $4.50 for various sizes and finishes. Also offering golf capes, plush capes, and a range of girls coats with multiple trims and lining options.
The article lists prizes for a doll dressing contest with checks of 10, 5, and several 1s, assigned to numbers 2000 1920 1996 1963 1965 1919 1960, promising full information in another column.
Choice linens galore with Christmas hints for housekeepers. Includes tablecloths napkins damask towels bath mats and laundry bags in varied sizes and prices from 25 cents to $5. Weekend shoppers encounter drawn work lunch cloths and hem stitched linens plus bleached damask options.
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