Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 6 December 1901 — Page 8
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Xmas Bells Will Soon Be Ringing....
Xmas shopping time is here.
Christmas isn't to-morrow or the next day. but it's not a minute too soon to begin Christmas shopping. Compare the wise early shopper with the unfortunate Individual wbo procrastinates. The wise one now secures choice of complete stocks and profits by the bargain spots dotting such stores as Graham's Busy Store. The gathering of Christmas presents is done leisurely, pleasurably and profitably.
The unfortunate one who is ever going to begin holiday shopping early, buo never does, has to be content later with the •inevitable. Christmas shopping time is here. The Busy Store is ready as never before. Let's show you:—
Gifts for
the Men Folks.
Handkerchiefs for Gifts.
These you choose from a holiday outfit of men's furnishings. ami if cho=en here
they'Jl be right in every particular. As Christinas times draw near your generosity begins to assert itself. We have hundreds of useful wearing articles suitable for father, brother or friend. Tii6 time to buy is right now and you'll have time to choose intel ligently. Come to us aid you will Hud the liugest. bnghtt-st and most stylish stock at your oomu and, neat, natty bow ties in all colors, four-in-hands, and Bime and new, one in a box, put there expressly for a gift. Elegant silk and sa'iu suspendeis, one p:ir in a glass covered box. and many sucti things we Lave here for your choosing and convenience.
Opening Display of
Christmas Gifts*
Saturday, Dtc. 7th, you're
imrifcea. *Come to Graham's
Saturday with a list of the
people you have to buy gifts for and if nearly every name hasn't been checked eff before you go we thall be surprised. Monday opening shall be the event of events for the gift hunter. This great, blight beautiful Christmas store will be at its best—all decktd out in tasteful and pretty Christmas decorations, with tl.e finest exhibit oi Christmas things we ever had, all anaiiged for easy choosing. Graham's Busy Store is famous the {iift buyer's best help. It'll be more helpful this year than ever. Some of our attiactions are herein named.
No Christmas show in this shop without a big showing of handkerchiefs. This
Cliiistmas outfit tops the record, all ready for you,, and you'll find early choosing best choosing alwajs. Tempting handkerchiefs you can't resist them 'We have done the best to keep the prices down and the beauty up, and there are handkerchiefs here that will cause a Cnristmas flutter in this department. The best values ever oflertd for the money are iound here and if \ou have handkei chiefs on vour gif list, doa't pass us by. The line is complete, from the child's school handkerchief to the afi'air of sheerest linen and real lace, and so m«tny tempting offers that fit in with the prevailing Christmas idea you oau choof-e veiy handsomely for your fiiends from any of tViem.
Dress Goods and Silks.
Strange, isn't it, that^when nature puts forth her beautiful flowers in spriDg we
look at nothing that is not bright and cheeiful, and then when she changes her dress in the fall to darker and-warmer shades we will have only that which is subdued and sombre While everything in our dress goods department is in keeping with the season, there is an expression of life in the colors of our goods, a look cf Byle in the weaves and a certain persuasiveness in the prices to those who visit the department. A good place, by the way, to pick out a gift for the mother, sister or bept girl at Christmas times.
Ladies Fine
Hosiery.
A Handsome Show-
iilg OI
r. Does hosiery come under
Umbrellas,
Table Linens and
Napkins.
THE CRAWFORDSVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL
In Preparing For the Christmas Holidays
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the head o{ giffc thif)gfe? In
j^e ilom0i undoubtedly, we
should say such a gift is an admirable one. Of our hosiery department it may be said that we have nov.lties which are handsome and plain blacks in women's Huk lisle and cotton hose, in rich all over lace, lace ank'en and plain effecLs. We have a pure silk lace one at $:i.75 a pair which would make a gift to be high I appreciiti by any lady also many nice ones at 25c, 50c, 75c and SL a pair, and Santa Ciauu ha* unloa It a fine line of handsome fancy halt hose for men, in our men's furnishing department. So you ill find gift making easy if you visit this store for hosiery
Christmas times naturally
RtfgS. rvtgs. enliven our rug trade, for
Hoy Her a Htfg*
pretty patterns in reliable
rugs make excellent remembrances, and people are quick to recognize rugs of merit and style. We have prepared for a rug demand much larger than ordinary and it will certainly be appreciated by the hundreds who visit our store duiing the next three weeks. You men who are puzzled to know what your wife wants, step into our rug section. We warrant you will find something there in a few minutes and your desire to please the receiver will bo abiv seconded by ours to sell you rugs much lower priced than usual.
VISIT GRAHAM'S BUSY
Experience has taught us
the value of having a top
A
notch stock of umbrellas
to choose from, and we've got it now if we never had it before. Prices are bound to please. Theie will be many umbrella days between now and spring. Days when an umbrella may perhaps stand between your friend and a protracted cold and many other ills that come from a drenching rain at this season of the year, and tbis store is all ready to supply the demand. We have all styles and many new one3 in colors for ladies —red, blue, green and brown at $2 50 each also one $5 line, a special, at $3.98 each You can find men's umbrellas here as cheap as i'1.50, with line natural wood handles, and a horn dog head handle aa low as SI.19 each You should see them.
wi!1 not be subject to any
sharper criticism than the
table linen. How would a line cloth or a dozen napkins please a friend?' Come now old fellow, you know that you are the first at the table three times a day and the iast one to leave it, for three hundred and sixty-five days and only called upon once a year to contribute something nice to the linen closet. The time for that annual contribution being near at hand, we invite you to call and examine our splendid holiday line of table liuenH and napkins.
The Great Holiday
Equipment
SSKlii
Hosts of Fancy Art-
jcles not classified
Gloves
for Christmas.
A Fine Array of
Not at Buffalo But at Crawfordsville
Take this hint—a dinner
You Will Find the Greatest Exposition. The Busy
opening excels all like events ever attempted by this store. Every available foot of selling space is tilled to its utmost capacity with a most carefully selected stock of things useful, things ornamental. Just the suitable things for gifts, and every item justly, fairly, honestly priced. The store is garbed in its brightest and best, and thus the great Christmas selling begins.
Will ptint you a few cf
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th(m i!b(Kl from here
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Christmas flavor Not a better place in the store to buy a small present than in this department, for here you will find such things as aie useful, in both ebony and sterling combs, tojth and hair brushes, nail files, letter seals, shoe buttoners, military brushes, belts, ladies' fine neckwear, scarf, hat and breast pins, rings, bracelets, toilet sets, fine hand painted 3 piece comb, brush and mirror sets, handkerchief and glove boxes, faucy soap and perfume cases, nut icks, silver thimbles, vases, trays and a thousand other things of the gifty kind.
a Point of View for Christmas Gifts
a got tlle
If you are undecided over Christmas gifts either for a lady gentleman friend, let
us solve it for you by suggesting gloves.- Such & present combines thoughtfulnes3 with' usefulness^ comfort and health, and a pair of gloves is a t^St of a gentleman's or a gentlewoman's costutne. Here you will find a fine liae of golf gloves, all colore and sizes, at 25c to 50c a pair, and kid gloves for 75c to $2 a pair. We are the sole agents for the celebrated Centtmeri kid glove for ladies. They're made in France, aud what would be nicer than a fine, pair of glovi-s for Christina-?
There's holiday happiness in
a fur gitt and it Ia8tB. gup.
pose you try it. Scarfs,
muffs, sets, and collarettes, all here and ready *or the choosing. One of our best purchases in furs this year was made last week Best in style and beauty and most remarkable in the concessions in price obtained. They came from one of the best manufacturers in this country. New, perfect and beautifully made. There's a near seal coat with braver cellar for S48, and a handsome $50 one for S37 50, or a fine curl astra.-han $50 coat for $37.50, and a large line of muffs and scarfs in any wanted kind— beaver, mink, nutria, black or brown stone marten, opossum, red fox, etc. Also beautiful fur sets for the children, at $'2 and up.
rtifhtm.. riff.
M*ny
Christmas Gifts in
Saoe Department.
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One of the most important public announcements made by this store in the course of the year's merchandising is the news of the opening of the Christmas stocks. Previous demands in previous years has prompted us to a supreme effort, and "without boast we candidly believe that this 1901 Christmas
foot wonders if good
old gaata Claus wiU bring a
xZ*** of warm shoes or slip-
Cwistmag momiDg
per8 on
Some are little feet, some are big feet, but all feet look alike to Santa Clans and he will bring them if you but give him a hint. Put slippers in your gift list. Santa Claus will do the rest. Plenty heie to suit every taste. Men's slippers at $1 a pair, and ladies' felt bedroom slippers, fur trimmed, aleo wool slipper soles at 18c and 20c a pair, aud children's leather, jersey aud cloth leggings in this department.
Leather Goods for
Cloaks and S&its.
F^lcy Gifts in Oar
Aft Department
In a Blaze of
Christmas Glory.
On with the Feast! This Xmas Greeting
Bids you be our guest.
With all its ancient glory, heralded by the distant jingle of old Santa's bells, the Xmastide draws near.
We've searched the corners of the earth to find you something rare—unique.
Some novelties selected with judicious care for beauty, worth and excellent value.
We've made this store a treasure house of just such things* We also have those gifts of comfort that will surely satisfy jour wondering thoughts.
What shall I give? What will it be? A feast indeed for hunerry eyes and hands that would bestow.
Pocket books, purses, and
these two items alone cover a vast variety of styles.
Then there's shopping bags, of many sorts at many prices. Parses for children, in many new ideas and all prices. Then a large line of ladies' handsome seal, alliga'or and line morocco purses and pocket books, plain and fancy, with sterling silver mountings, at any price from 25c to §3 50 each. We also show a large and well selected line of fine steel purses and chatelains at prices from 25c each up to the elegant chamois** lined, silver mounted ones at $3.50 and down. Nothing more sensible for gift giving to a lady.
So many clever and catchy styles in Cloaks and Suits are now shown here as will put
fashionable woman almost at her wits' ends as to what to ehoose or to be more correct, "as to what not to choose," for where there is so much elegance, style and fashion one feels like buying more than they can wear. Hero you will find all the new tan and castor all wool kersey Y\ length automobiles, with satin and romaine linings, at 820 and down to $7.50 each also handsome raglans with or without a yoke, at 815 and down to $9 98. We also have hundreds of beautiful coats for children, new styles and nobby, dressy things they are for Christmas. We will sell you choice at 25 percent, reduction or one-fourth off. Take a look in out* cloak department.
Here you will find many sug-
gestions to assist you in the
m0st
beautiful custom of re
membering friends. Christmas times are not without their harrassing problems. With your numerous friends and a meagre bank account it is often difficult to find just the suitable thing for each one in order to do justice to the spirit of the season. A bountiful amount of money is not necessary as a visit to this store will readily prove. We have gathered with a lavish hand and marked the goods with the greatest consideration for economy. The person with a large heart and a lean purse may have a most merry and joyous Christmas, for 'tis here you will find handsome presents. For instance, pillow tops at 10c, 25c and 50c, also the silk ones at $1, and fine velvet ones at SI.50. Also pin cushions, tray cloths, round and square doylies, shams, scarfs, etc., in linen sprocket work, Irish point, Battenberg, lace net, Mexican drawn work, etc.
Celebrating Yuletlde. This
store is radiant with the scin-
tllutlonl 0, the nyrW8t0)
lights, Christmas evergreens and good cheer. Counters
and shelves fairly groan under their immense holiday stocks. The choicest and most popular prices we have ever collected together. The spirit of Christmas reigns supreme and Santa Claus is crowned king. Be one of|the merry throng—list where you will and enjoy yourself to your heart's content. But remember, don't procrastinate purchase while the time is young and be forehanded.
Por
the
People