September 15, 2026
Tag: Kress
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Shopping American Style
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Across America, the most popular meeting places after churches and city parks were the five-and-dime stores. Everyone knew the names Penney, Woolworth, Newberry, and Kress. A lady I knew referred to these department stores as “initial stops.” The four most famous were J.C., F.W., J.J., and S.H.
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November 3, 2021 2 Comments
Breakfast food is mostly loved, but among those who live lives in despair of early rising, breakfast is never fun. Perhaps that is why so many breakfast food companies advertise using happy sunrise morning scenes and smiling faces. Quaker Oats, a product as popular today as it was in 1911 keeps smiling. It would probably make the world a happier place if we smiled too!