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Note: Mail-order catalogs reached rural households by the late nineteenth century. Note: Customers could order clothing, tools, and household goods without traveling to a distant town. Note: Prices were printed clearly, and items arrived by rail or wagon within weeks. Note: Local general stores faced new competition from the wider selection in the catalogs. Note: Some rural residents used catalogs to compare prices before buying locally. Note: The catalogs included detailed illustrations so buyers could see products they had never encountered in person.
The student wants to emphasize how mail-order catalogs expanded options for rural shoppers. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Mail-order catalogs reached rural households by the late nineteenth century.
- B. Catalogs let rural customers order clothing, tools, and household goods without a trip to a distant town.
- C. Items ordered from catalogs arrived by rail or wagon within a few weeks.
- D. Some rural residents used the catalogs only to compare prices before buying the same goods from local stores.
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It emphasizes the new range of goods rural shoppers could order without a long trip.