Grocery Ads — Second Week in November 1921 – FARMER'S WIFE MAGAZINE

Grocery Shopping in the 1920s

Hello Friends!

Grocery Ads this week offer various sweeteners from granulated sugar, sorghum syrup (similar to molasses), and maple-flavored pancake syrup. Cake flour and all-purpose flours are on sale just in time for holiday baking. Langlie’s meat department has several pork products in their ad. Dolva’s Cash Grocery has sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and the North American Grocery has citron, lemon and orange peel for holiday fruit cakes and puddings. Cheese lovers will find cream cheese, brick cheese (probably an American-made cheddar), and Limburger available at The Independent Grocery. Other essentials such as coffee and tobacco are on sale this week as well. The final ad titled Saturday Specials is a collage of products and businesses that advertise weekly in the Cannon Falls Beacon.

It is interesting to note that the grocery stores represented here are independently owned “mom and pop” businesses, but in the 1920s America was on the cusp of serve-yourself shopping and grocery store chains.

Thanks for stopping by.

Elaine

Lone Star Grocery, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, November 12, 1921 Pantzke Bros. The Leading Grocer, Little Falls, Minnesota, November 11, 1921 Dolva’s Cash Grocery, Morris Tribune, Minnesota, November 11, 1921 The Independent Grocery, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, November 12, 1921 Henry Langlie Grocery Store, Lanesboro, Minnesota, November 10, 1921 North American Grocery Co. Little Falls, Minnesota, November 11, 1921 Cannon Falls Beacon, Minnesota, November 12,1921