As you prepare for the holiday season, we bring you this set of excellent suggestions from the R. B. Foster store in Skidmore, Missouri in 1923:
![Merry Christmas. The appreciated gifts are the ones that have a practical usefulness, reminding the recipient of your thoughtfulness many times after the Xmas season. This store has an excellent variety of practical gifts. [The ad goes on to feature gloves, blankets, rugs, hosiery, caps, shoes handkerchiefs, and dress goods]](http://skidmore.nostoryuntold.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-12-01-Foster-Ad-1923-12-20-05-930x1024.jpg)
Foster’s – Excellent Variety of Practical Gifts
Skidmore Stories
Family and local history for Skidmore and northwest Missouri.