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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
6
Advertises damask tablecloths and napkins with prices from 25c to 15.00, linen yard goods, table sets, towels, doilies, and gift items. Presents a wide range of ladies gloves and children's mittens with various price points, promoting them as Christmas gifts.
Dickens eastern suburb visit drew a large Methodist gathering as local merchants, from Parry’s general store to Rasmussen’s dry goods, stocked holiday wares and daily needs. The piece notes firms from groceries to harness, a drag store, meat market, lumber supplier, and two grain elevators under local managers, plus a cooperative creamery led by Lawler and Thayer. It mentions a public school, two churches, a moving picture show, and notable residents like Dr. Bruce and Warren and Damon’s auto shop, with praise for civic vitality and regional ties to Spencer.
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