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Show Business Good in Small Towns CHICAGO. 111. According to a recent survey, business in small towns during the past Christmas season was generally good, about 10 per cent better than last year by some estimates. The hardware business boomed. Good gifts of utility, like tables and stoves moved well. Electrical appliances moved par-or-better. A little of everything went off the sporting goods shelves. More toboggans, skits, footballs and basketballs than last year were given. Furniture was very close to last year, but not up to the peak of 1947-48. The cash register rang more often, but sales were not so big, was the general opinion. Shoppers Shop-pers were buying smaller practical prac-tical gifts for cash. Credit buying, buy-ing, in most communities, was' at a minimum. |