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11-03-2007, 02:27 PM
“This year your Government requests ‘Useful Giving and Early Buying,’ ” a Nov. 30, 1918 Los Angeles Times ad for H. Jevne’s grocery store tells shoppers. “Time is short. Get Jevne’s book of useful gifts today….”Why was the government urging early Christmas shopping and practical gifts?Well, actually it wasn’t—not any more, that is. The Nov. [...]
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