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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
3
The notice urges immediate start on holiday shopping across three stores. It highlights new ideas in holiday goods combining usefulness with attractiveness, stressing utility quality and low prices as the core appeal to buyers and recipients.
A local seller vows to raise the value of household washing with a new soap line. On Monday morning the store will offer La France Rose, Cold Cream, Fine Art, Virgin Violet, Glycerine, Disinfective, and French Violet soaps in three bars per box at 18 cents per box, promising ample stock all day.
A local ad highlights a Ladies' 10 piece toilet set with hair brush mirror and case for 3.50 a Men's 3 piece military set priced at 2765 Comb and brush sets in boxes from 1.25 to 7.00. The ad promises to locate unusual items from stock if not shown and invites inquiries.
The shop highlights a wide, exclusive stationery assortment priced below regular stores. It offers paper and envelopes in neat boxes, various brands such as Dresden and Crane Distaff, and gift boxes priced from 20¢ to 2.30. Eaton-Hurlburt boxes are fully represented.
Advert describes leather bags and accessories in many colors and styles with prices ranging from 28 cents to several dollars. Wrist bags, leg bags, and shopping bags are listed with options in tan black gray red green and other colors. Gift items include music rolls cuff boxes leather book covers and travel cases.
Local store promotes children cloaks with large purchases enabling savings on garments. Features include long coats in tan red blue ash tones with box back styles, satin trim, and buttons. Regular six dollar coats on sale at 1.83 with sizes 8 10 12.
A local store touts holiday handkerchiefs with sharp pricing on muslin, linen, and lawn items. Children and ladies pieces feature embroidery, lace trims, and hemstitching with discounts like 10c to 50c per item and multi-pack offers.
Stylish women seek fresh neckwear novelties as they debut. Ruffa designs in black and white and liberty silk offer long fancy ends up to 10 dollars. Puffs arrive in multiple colors with chiffon options priced around 4.59. Lace collars capes range 0.75 to 7.00. Wash stocks in white black and colors with tab ends 2c. Silk lace stocks in all colors from 0.75 to 1.00. Turnovers with white embroidery priced 0.15 to 0.25.
Unusually busy dress goods and silk department during the holidays. Advertised fabrics include Henrietta and Albatross 38 inches wide at 60 cents per yard, full wool corduroys, Mohairs for waists, all wool serges, Landsdowns, Scotch mixtures, Velvets for waists, silk velvets and velveteen, various fur trimmings, crepe de chine, fancy silks, white silks, and a large stock of black silks. Continuous offers throughout the department.
A shipment of 150 new suits arrived this morning and the store plans to begin selling them on Monday morning. The event targets men seeking value and quality in formal wear.
An Eastern sales rep pushed 150 men’s suits on a stocked-up shop with a return option. The order arrived and exceeded expectations, priced at 9 dollars each, with ceviots oxford grey, olive cassimere, navy serges, blue over-plaid serges and bird's eye worsteds in navy blue or black.
A promotional talk extols many glove varieties for women. Listings show Premier real kid gloves, Princess overseant models, Dent’s gloves for ladies, suede evening styles, driving gloves, and golf gloves with multiple colors and price ranges from 10 to 2 dollars.
Ready made Battenberg doilies with linen centers priced from 25¢ to $1.00 and cut Swiss doilies in assorted sizes. Ready made satin vinyl cushions in multiple colors with net and velvet tops offered with various dimensions and prices. Fruit and vegetable pin cushions, head rests, silk squares, satin art squares, and tapestry cushions listed with multiple prices.
A fresh store arrival offers genuine cut glass with low prices. Items include Plekle dishes Olive dishes fruit trays jelly dishes water pitchers decanters and bowls with discounts from ordinary specialist pricing.
A shoe store showcases a wide range of holiday gifts featuring patent leather slippers and felt slippers for men women and children. It lists various styles sizes and prices including Kid slippers from 1.50 to 3.00 and patent leather options with multiple straps and beads.
Collection of men slippers described with styles including low and high fronts calf patent trimming and felt options. Prices listed range from two dollars for low cut kid leather to four dollars for calf patent trimmed styles, with various fronts and finishes highlighted.
A catalog of inexpensive housewares and gifts including children's mugs cups and saucers priced from 5c to 2.50, ink stands vases and jardinières in blue with gold, bonbon boxes syrup jugs tea sets and chocolate jugs, and special six‑piece cup and saucer sets plus novelty items like Japanese dinner gongs and shaving brushes.
Unrolling of values in many varieties of ribbon highlights gifts and craft supplies. The store offers baby ribbon satin and taffeta by the yard from 3c to 35c, New Century satin and green ribbon 5c to 25c, Bay State ribbon 3c, double faced satin 10c to 60c, wash taffeta ZIG, newest fancy ribbon 100, black velvet 4c to 6c, and colored velvet 4c to 25c.
A local store advertises a broad selection of umbrellas and parasols with prices from $1.00 to $7.00. Items include size 23 and size 28 models with carved gold and bone fittings, Gloria Silk covers, and steel rods, plus lower priced parasols with wood handles and selvidge edges.
A period notice highlights silk petticoats with marked down prices across styles. Black silk petticoats with accordion plaited flounces sell at 6.00, 8.00 and higher, including heavy quality versions and colored silk options from 5 to 14.00, appealing to dress critics and shoppers.
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