The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-31
HoLL1sTrR DRUG COMPANY.
Ono of the Oldest Establishments In
honolulu

honolulu
Hollister & Go. was the name II firm
established in 1863 Its name has DIES.
cended to new firm that is described
elsewhere in this paper In February Of
this year Ils9iJ the old firm became in.
corporatcd under the bame Of The Hollis
ter Drug Co., Ltd. with a capital stock
Of SjODU. ii. Il. lioliister is pres.
dent Of the corporation, but has retired
from active participation in the manage.
ment Of the business. The concern is
now under the immediate control Of W.
y. Lakeland us manager. William WUun,
an experienced pharmacist, Is treasurer,
aud }. W. Winter Ii secretary. The COM
pany has by far the largest stock Of drug.
gist goods ia the country, and makes u
specially vi island orders. Ii has deal.
ings with all the plantations in the group.
a force vi ten uIcu Is kept constantly at
work in the stores Of the corporation.
| Tho firm has the agencies of n great many
patent medicines. Ayers goods alone are
/ worth the contents Uf AN ordinary drug
store. In space that would hardly con.
/ tain the cubic double Of the BULLETINS
editorial desk, there are piled value ol
sjUUV in Ayers specifics alone. There Is
IA prodigious stock VI Mellins Food Tor
babies. And Perry Davis Pain Killer
who hasn't used It Tor -urcuIlsc from rug
ing aches: In galore. Ncstlc's Food II
another BENSON for babies kept by the
hundrcdw.ight, and the kids" fed ON II
have To have the hundred on the FAIR
banks long before being. out Of their teens
To the casual observer HOLSTERS would
appear 10 he "A two stored concern.
Would You be surprised to learn that the
company occupies four floors! And that
the third and fourth floors cover twice
the superficial area Of the main drugstore,
with which the public IN familiar! The
basement and store floors are 2lx,i2 feet
each, and the second floor and attic ba,,
an area Of i2x,l feet ench, extending over
tho we'll known grocery Of Lewis n Co
The company has ls2U feet of shelving,
which il only about 100 yards short Of u
nile.
The Hollistcr Drug Company In pre-.
eminent In the Photographic business
II maintains "a dark room Tor tho cspc.
ciul convenience Of amateur photogra.
pliers. The company carries n full line
: Of Photographic goods. II IL the agent
Of tho NJ. A. Seed Dry Plate Company
also Of the Eastman Kodak Go. aud the
, q. " II. Anthony firm oi New York,
whose name IL household word for
Photographic and sicreoscopic supplies
kolaks can bc obtained here at from IS
for childrcn's usn, Ia slUJ, for the .x
pert.
!. Tho corporation has u wcllcpuipped
, pharmaceutical preparations Scidlt,
. powders, violet powders, etc, keep tw,
, men at work all tho time to keep up will
Z the patronage of the establishment.
, There ARE several men in the employ o
the corporation who have been with tn,
a house from ten to twenty years. Mr.
; Woon, head Of the pharmaceutical de
partn,ent. has beSp there for twelve years
I Mr.. Lakeland for ten years, AMI Other
| for lesser periods; hut nearly all Of tn,
4 active members of the corporation. as wei
: M statesmen and clerks. have been in tn
establishment long enough To bcconi
!, favorably known Ia the public and worth,
!, Of the employ.
: There In a disgrcsSinn in the foregoing
a paragraph for which the note tnker OF
q this OCCASION ~ alone Responsible, II,
q however, can tolemnly swear that he me
= with no gun that anybody didn't know
y was loaded, or cartridges that haven
v been reported Ia McEvuy, in tour u
Il the four floors. But ne did run across
~ machine that turn, uut anti bilious pill
= or any kind nj pills desired al tine rate ,
m lW II minute. II II awfully mean To- Civ
70 away u bit Of confidential information
10 but business IL business, and it Is lcarnr
10 On investigation that the fnt mans gull
n ~ II lucrative patron 81 Sacrhnril
pills, onr Of which IL equal in swcctcnir
power Ia several cuhcs Of the sugar
commerce, and the liollistcr Drug Con
pany makes them to order by the tho
In sand. People who think quininc is Il
only cure for malaria can get them he
by the pound or the hundrcdwcigl
'e Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Pcopl
u although having no reference Ia the iii
al Irict physician Tor the llilo district,
-, bound Ia cut an Important figure in d
preservation of the public health. III
~ public p's requires it, and the iiollist,
" Drug Company can supply it,
IT. The company makes speciality Of /,
u. let articles. II sells dozen Of delicious
le favored soap ior only - cents, There
Il Also u line IT Surgical instruments, -plin'
e" etc, kept IN stock. The company
IT. mnkinga special feature Of this branch
tn For ilolidn! gift goods the liollist
at Drug Co, II paramount in certain lin,
|ir What has Just been mentioned nulttc
M Photographic outfits will decide maj
IN minds on the question ~ the scasr
N Toilet requisites ARE very recherche
nd found at this store There urr brush a
lt- comb scis in real ivory, all sorts Of sna
Nv aud perfumes oi every standard brand
en Luhin's, Colgatc's, Lunihorg's, etc, "
nj house always hns mn attractive arrnu,
or mcut Of it, goods, really having Chr