Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04
CHRISTMAS IS COMING.


and relatives all around you,
but that is not all of Christmas.
The big people and the little peo-
pie expect something, and they
expect from you Now, what are
you going to give them2 They
have been looking for the coming
of Christmas for some time, and
they have you in mind as the
person that is going to give them
a nice present. Are you going
to do it?
Why of course you areI Even
if you have never given a present
before, you are going to start in
this year to make others happy,
and they are going to make you
happy 1t doesn't make any
difference whether you are mar
ried or not married, whether you
have children or not, other chill
dren are looking for you to
make them present.
Now we thank you very much
for the trade that you have Civ
en- US, and we are prepared to
satisfy you in almost any kind
of presents that you will want
to buy.
In the way of iewelry, we con-
stantly receiving our new stock,
as well as watches, clocks, silver
ware, cut glass, fancy dishes,
and novelties of various kinds.
Our line OF pocket cutlery, table
cutlery, carving sets, chatting
dishes, and baking dishes, are
all that could be asked for.
Quite a number of people are
going to get a Beckwith Round
Oak heating stove, or a Garland,
or the cheaper Round Oak stoves
that we carry, while others are
going to surprise their wives
and daughters with a Garland,
Round Oak or Quick Meal Steel
Range or Stove.
You may be thinking of buy
ing piece of furniture, rock
ing chair, a sofa, or bed lounge,
an iron bedstead, nice dining
o. center table, or a carpet or
rug, or set OF nice lace curtains,
Ii you are, we can supply you
with the very latest patterns and
designs, as we buy from a num-
Der of factories, and get the best
as well as the medium priced
goods.
Come early if you want any
pictures framed, SO that you can
get the first selection out of our
new stock of mouldings, and,
should you want a nice picture
already framed, we have some
very nice ones.
We are quite sure that your
folks would not object to buying
one of our SIS, SIS, $40, or S25,
sewing machines, warranted for
five years or more. We know
that your daughter will not OBJ
iect if you make her a present of
either the Kroeger, Smith &
Barnes, Valley Gem, or Ellington
Piano, or Newman or Farrand
Organ.
A dining table nicely decorat-
ed with the very latest and best
dishes is a JOY and a pleasure,
not only to the women folks, but
to the men folks and especially
to the guests that gather round
the table on Christmas day.
Now we are prepared for youI
We keep twenty-one different
styles of dinner sets. Some are
the genuine Haviland, Austrian
China and French China in plain
or painted ware. We also keep
in open stock, quite variety OF
dishes, SO that you can buy one
Or a hundred pieces. Just suit
yourself. Say! Surprise the
folks by taking home one of
these Dinner Sets. They are COM
posed of 100 pieces, SO that you
have a dinner set Or a tea set. |
We have any amount of fin =
hand-painted, and various other |
decorated dishes of all kinds.
We are closing out our line OF
toys, games, etc, at most any
price we can get for them, as we
do not intend to handle them
any more. Come and pick out
what you want of them. You
can get a great many for dol
lar
1t would not be amiss If you
would take home one of our nice
lamps, with a round burner, Civ
ing you light equal to sixty or a