The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-06
An Open Letter


ISLANDS 1t is a we'll known fact
that HALLS STORE is situated on
the corner of Fort and King, streets
Honolulu. 1t has been there ever
since the year 1852, SO that this
central corner has long been known
as Halls CORNER.
You want to know what is kept
in this corner store ? We can't
begin to tell you, for.if we printed
the entire list we would crowd out
our friends "Nemo," Justice"
Taxpayer" Citizen" and others,
so they would not have a chance
to say their little say, and that
would hardly be fair these exciting
times. But we will condense what
we mean to say into SO many lines
and leave you to fill out the par
ticulars. Well, A stands for Alec
hoI-we sell it for mechanical pur-
poses, and have a good article.
Anvils, Asphaltum in bbls., Augers,
Avis, Axes, Axle Grease, and
Anchors-not much alike, but then
they all begin with A, and they have
their different uses. Bags, paper,
J to II lbs, and Benzine. The
bags won't hold benzine, but we
will give you q container that will.
Baskets Blueing and Backing, all
useful at home baskets, because
you must have something to carry
your things in when you go on a
picnic, and besides everyone needs
new soiled or clean clothes basket
some time. James French Ball
Blue needs no other introduction
to the house wife. BIacking-Day
Il Martins and Mason's shoe, and
Miller's Harness. Bolts-machine,
carriage, tire, door, etc. Borax
Brass, sheet and rod Braces,
Brooms, Brushes, Buckets, Buckles,
Butts, and so on through
the BIS and C's and DIS till we
would fill the whole six pages of
the paper you are reading, and you
would be used up trying to carry
in your head what we keep in
stock, when all you have to do is
to drop in any time and ask US
what we DON'T keep, and we can
tell you in a few moments. We
will call your special attention
to two lines that we carry, and then
we will call it quits for this trip.
The first is the ELECTRICAL LINE.
This has been growing with US, so
that now we have had to move
everything and everybody con-
nected with it to new quarters just
across King street, next to the
Hamilton House. We can wire
your house for Electric Bells or
Lights, or we can furnish your
house or mill with Il complete plant,
all set up and working, for lights
or power. You can have our
figures at any time on a job, no
matter how small or how large.
We carry the stock, have the work.
men and can do the work promptly.
We have just finished installing
plants at Eva Mill, Kahuku Mill
and Kamehameha Schools (the lat
ter has not only the dynamo, but
complete storage battery system as
welD, and we are all now hard at
work on the plant which we are
furnishing and setting up at Kahu-
lui. If this line interests you, drop
in at the Electrical department and
see what we have-and see the
little motor running the lathe and
charging portable storage batteries.
No one will be on the sidewalk to
push you in, and no one after you
get in will insinuate that you ought
to buy anything; but you can spend
a few moments looking at every
thing we have, from the running
motors and dynamos down to the
different size electric lamps and
fancy shades, and the good we will
get from your visit will be that at
some distant day, when you find
you need bell or lights put in your
house, you will know Just who to
come to to get it done.
Inc other line we were going to
mention is Ship Chandlery, but it's
no use, we can't do it in this letter;
time, space and growing appetite
prevent, but in the meantime re-
member we have first class goods,
plenty of them and more on the
way, and no one is in a position TO
quote you lower prices.
Till next time, we remain
Truly yours,
E. 0. HALL 4 Son,