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Grogan and Stein promote reliable value in home goods
A Washington advert spread touts Peter Grogan & Sons Company offering durable furniture with a satisfaction guarantee and easy returns. It promotes Holmes Bakery pies, M Stein & Co suits at $16.75, Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank deposits with 3 percent interest, Brentano's book sale and library, and Harvey's Bakery lunchroom, all framed as trustworthy, value‑driven local choices.
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Peter Grogan & Sons Company
Grogan
Grogan’s
Washington
New England
Maine
Connesticut
Holmes’ Bakery
Main 4637
M. Stein & Co
Merchants and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Comptroller of the Treasury
Brentano's
Yorman
Brentano Circulating Library