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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
15
The Gifts You Want Are Here showcases a large, carefully chosen stock of sensible, worthy goods for Christmas. An early visit is encouraged to settle gift decisions as lines are not depleted. The store highlights savings and exceptional values across top items ready for inspection.
This department showcases artistic gift articles valued to endure a lifetime. Note the wide range from sterling silver novelties priced 25c to 10 dollars, clocks 1.25 to 45, watches 1 to 50, souvenir spoons 1 to 4, brooches 0.50 to 25, chains 0.25 to 10, and electric lamps 2.50 to 15. Silver plated ware is abundant and engraving with names or initials is free of charge.
A broad holiday catalog offers Violins Banjos Guitars at prices from 2.50 to 50.00, plus Edison records, amplifying horns, toilet sets and pocket books. The sale markets choice odors, stationery, china, cut glass and grooming items, with many items under 10 dollars.
In a city Christmas tale Alexia Hostess invites Sammie and a man she calls Uncle Dick to a party for poor children. Sammie arrives with his mystery guest, the tree glows, and the day unfolds with tender family moments and quiet affection.
In a small town church a girl named Rosy acts as an angel for Christmas Eve. She slips from behind a green curtain and wanders into the snowy fields desiring tofind the Christmas angels. Nate Downey hears a distant voice singing Peace on earth and follows the sound, then calls for Rosy. He discovers her at last, hearing a sob and a child’s message from his daughter, drawing him back toward home and family.
Christmas mood in a Boston Globe installment as Wade asks Betty to marry under mistletoe. Isabel and Mrs. Dexter watch, Wade declares love, Betty reveals she will be the mistletoe girl of the season. The scene unfolds at a ball plan.
In a snowbound Christmas Eve scene Alexia finds a child’s letter to God tucked in a snowbank envelope. Sammie, a lonely boy from the opposite window, asks for a Christmas tree like the one in her window and promises to place the note on the roof for Santa to see.
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