December 6, 2017
This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.
Christmas
will soon be with us!!! At the beginning
of December in 1921, the Junction City newspapers were already beginning to advertise
ideas for Christmas gift shoppers urging patrons to not put off shopping until
the last minute. Cole Brothers had dolls
with beautiful hair and sleeping eyes, attractive dresses and quality straw
bonnets on their heads. These were
priced at $1.25 each.
A line of exceedingly nifty coats were being
sold at greatly reduced prices at the Phillips Dry Goods Store. They came in a variety of plush fur and
Boline cloth. Marvelous lines of toilet
goods were shown at the Miller Drug Company.
A subtle, delicate perfume in the “Three Flower” line was proving very
popular and most attractive gift sets could be purchased in the form of toilet
powder, perfume and face powder.
The Muenzenmayer Hardware Store
advertised the Fairy Pressure Cooker, which was a heavy cast aluminum utensil
that could cook the toughest chicken to a point where the meat fell from the
bone in less than an hour. It guaranteed
to save the housewife two thirds of her cooking time and two thirds of the fuel
costs as compared to the open kettle. Perhaps with this time saved, the lady of
the house could be working on the latest innovation in needlework being sold at
the Art Needlework and Gift Shop. This
was a patchwork luncheon set in unbleached muslin with color and the edge
finished in rickrack to give it a pleasing effect.
We
hope each of our listeners are narrowing down their Christmas shopping list as
we get closer to that big day. We have
many gift ideas at the Museum that would interest our listeners. Stop by our Museum at the corner of Sixth and
Adams Street and visit our Gift Shop for some special items for that special
person.
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