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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
4
Traditional Christmas meditation on the season’s spirit. It contrasts the urge to accumulate with the joy of giving and caring for others. The piece reflects on Santa Claus as a symbol of shared happiness and charitable impulse in a busy modern age.
Holiday shopping pitch highlighting ties gloves mufflers caps jewelry and fur items aimed at men. Encourages buyers to choose easily without relying on others tastes and promotes a wide selection and convenience in store shopping for both men and women.
One third of Santa Claus gift distribution is said to be handkerchiefs, and a dry meticulous man of figures notes a snowy shower of fine linen with elaborate borders. The store promises you will find exactly what you want long before seeing the entire stock on display.
The piece notes gloves as popular holiday gifts, emphasizing uncertain sizes and busy after Christmas exchanges. Satin-surfaced imported kid gloves are praised as faithful, tasteful choices that buyers will happily select.
The article praises cut glass and china as ideal Christmas gifts and urges affordable selections from the China Department. It highlights the eye catching sparkle of glassware and the appealing promise of cheer from nicely chosen pieces.
An exclusive bookstore advertises a vast collection of new and sought after titles. It promises suitable gifts for children and adults, highlighting a wide range of books that can turn clever writers into famous names and cater to all tastes.
A description of exquisitely crafted umbrellas with bent carved handles from woods worldwide and blends of pearl hues with silver and gold. Rich silks drape strong light steel frames to create a rare, perfect gift.
A Christmas themed fashion showing features garments wraps suits jackets and skirts crafted with fine needlework. The display promises happiness for mothers and women on Christmas morning as gifts chosen from the splendid line bring cheer.
A home gift highlight promoting a set of dainty table linens and napkins. It stresses long lasting use and continual remembrance by the giver. The item showroom promises a gathering of finest imported and domestic linens in tasteful patterns fit to grace any Xmas feast.
The store advertises 2500 pounds of candy from 434e at 4.50 per pound and over twenty kinds to sell at 10c. Candy in boxes for sweethearts on the second floor. English walnuts mix nuts peanuts salted and roasted. Santa left the largest lot of good things in Gratiot County with special Christmas grocery prices.
An illustrated piece praises lamps as both decor and reading light, highlighting their ability to banish dark corners. It notes the bric-a-brac display as full of novelty, inviting readers to judge the items for themselves rather than offering full details.
A promotional note urges furnishing homes with curtains and draperies to create an inviting indoor atmosphere. It touts timely shopping before Christmas, promising favorable prices and appealing finishes for a well furnished look.
In Our Doll Land here are dollies for every taste. China dolls kid dolls rag dolls from Paris England Germany and our country. Blue eyed brown eyed black eyed golden haired brown haired Naxen haired fat dolls thin dolls and dolls that are neither fat nor thin. Dolls that laugh cry and enjoy solemnity. Lovable dolls and dolls that are haughty all properly priced.
Furs will charm hundreds of happy people after Santa Claus has come and gone. Luxuriously soft and deep toned skins make scarves coats and muffs practical gifts not defined by price. Shoppers can enjoy choosing from a wonderful showing and find pleasure in the display.
An ad describes a vast toy department with mechanical, wooden, iron and rubber toys, dolls, baby wares, and accessories. Tool chests, toy pianos, banks, horses and wagons, elephants, jumping beetles, steam engines, electric engines, mills, fire engines, automobiles and sewing machines are featured with prices from a few cents to a few dollars. Call to view the selection.
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