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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1924
Page
9
The page features a Christmas poem urging renewal as Christmas nears, plus local society notes. Visitors arrive for holidays, theater events fund relief efforts, and community groups report dinners, gifts, and church improvements in Wilson with several residents from nearby towns mentioned.
A local firm advertises the most complete line of compact vanity sets priced from 25 cents to 5 dollars, highlighting value and variety in a promotional notice.
Christmas requests from Mildred Jones of Wilson asking for 4 wheel oranges apples and nuts and lots of good eats. Maude Holland of Lucama asks for 2 dollars and a notebook with many good things to eat for Christmas stockings.
A hype filled ad claims Kath extract from glands can rapidly add weight and vitality. It features Miss Glora Evans and her courtship with Jack, crediting a 18 pound gain in three weeks and a money back guarantee from Wilson Drug Store if results don’t appear within a month.
A collection of holiday wish lists from young readers in Lucama and Black Creek North Carolina. The letters request toys including dolls, a wagon, a toy car, boots, sparkling caps, candy, tea sets, stockings, a doll carriage, a wristwatch, a finger ring, a cap pistol with caps, a rubber toy, and other niceties for Christmas. The kids mention siblings William and Russel Hazell and Wade Ruffin Brooks in their pleas.
Local shop at 183 Goldsboro Street advertises radiator antifreeze to prevent freezing at $1.50 per gallon. Phone contact 1516 listed for orders.
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