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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
15
The store touts a wide Christmas selection with sensible, worthy gifts. Early-season stocking and careful buying claim access to choicest pieces at low prices, ensuring exceptional values for thoughtful presents.
The department showcases a range of items including Sterling Silver Novelties from 25c to 10.00, clocks from 1.25 to 45, watches to 50, souvenir spoons from 1 to 4, brooches from 0.50 to 25, chains from 0.25 to 10, and electric lamps 2.50 to 15. Silver plated ware is abundant. All goods can be engraved with name or initials free of charge.
The advertisement promotes a varied assortment of gifts for Christmas including musical instruments such as violins banjos and guitars at multi price ranges from 2.50 to 50, plus perfumes stationeries fancy china cut glass and toilet sets, Edison records amplifying horns and personal care goods with prices across a broad spectrum. It highlights self playing instruments and suggests appealing options for family members.
A tale of Boggs Jr a rich scion who trades clothes with a ragged boy, borrows a ten dollar gift, and spends it on toys for Christmas while dodging police. He later brags of earning the money but laments lacking an overcoat as his family gathers for Christmas.
Leppy Sanders, a freckled errand boy, sings God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen for the Hardman & Son office choir. His performance prompts a compassionate moment as both father and son confess fears about blindness and dishonor, leading to support and a hopeful plan for treatment. Leppy leaves smiling, echoing the carol.
Bigelow Stevens wanders Ormond Beach with a sorrowful calm as a Christmas Eve tale unfolds. A five or six year old girl, motherless, wanders with a new friend, while Mr Stevens recounts a local crime and plans a gift of two souvenirs. He offers to adopt the girl, and she asks to take the child as their own, a decision that shocks but moves him to agree for a hopeful future.
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