Just as all roads led to Rome millennia before, on this day in 1894, readers learned that every road in Essex County led to Bon Marche, the home of Santa Claus. Also towels, quilts, blankets, commode scarfs and percales. There were specific departments for handkerchiefs, men’s sweaters, commode scarfs, blankets, pocketbooks, music, corsets, umbrellas and more.

— Museum of Old Newbury

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