Win a Car and See a Free Movie -- During the Roaring Twenties

From the Bicentennial Edition of the Daily Leader, courtesy of Bettie Hatcher Cox from her mother's archives; scanned in by Deenie Tallant

Stafflers is still in operation, as far as I know, and may be able to rightfully claim to be Mississippi's oldest jewelry store.

And McGrath's had it all: from taffeta dresses to corn flakes...

Besides Come Early and Often, Abrams Mercantile had my all-time favorite slogan: "If you don't find it here, Go Home!"