The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-27
A MODEL GROCERY.
A VISIT TO CoURsEN's WELL KNOWN
STORE. -sS e

What We Saw, How 1t Is Run, and Why
We Ever Thought of Going Therc-If 1t
Comes from Courscn You Can Depend
1t Is All OK.
With all Scranton's hustle-and-get-
there energy, 1t is a strange fact that
there Is hardly another city in the Union
of like size and commercial Importance
but can show half dozen first-class
and perfectly equipped grocery stores
FOR Scrantons one. A lady who has
recently made her home in this city and
who has seen much of the country,
was the first to call our attention to
Scranton's shortcomings in this respect,
and at first We We're at loss to explain
why this should be so; but on second
thought the reason Is obvious. Scran-
ton and It's environs is a complete net
work of company and other stores, con-
nected directly or indirectly with almost
every important industry in the valley
and the firm that would butt against
this coercive and Illegal system of Sc
curing business must have something
unusually meritorious to back It,
The lady referred to above, stated
that Scranton had only one good gro
cery store, and that was e. G. Coursen's
on Lackawanna avenue. We are not
willing to go quite as far as our house
keeping friend in limiting Scranton's s
fine grocery stores to one, but we are
willing to admit that Coursen takes the
palm for perfect equipment, fine line
of goods perfect cleanliness, in every
point and prices as keen as the keen
est.
A Look Through Coursen's Grocery.
Having had this store sighted out as
a model we took the liberty of drop
ping in there on Wednesday last and
looking over the entire premises, and 1t
did not take us long to find out the
points which had caught a woman's
sharp, experienced eye and led her to
such sweeping assertion.
On entering the store the air is as pure
and sweet as mountain breeze, and
the closest scrutiny reveals nothing but
scrupulous order and cleanliness.
Half a dozen clerks are busy filling
orders and waiting on customers. A
glance tells you that these men know
their business. They are not of the
half clean, slovenly order, common to
most groceries in this section; they are
active, polite, unobstrusive, and yet
closely attentive to every want of their
customer. Perfect system is apparent
in every movement, and everything
runs like a well-geared machine, the
controller being Mr.. Coursen, who has
| few equals as a manager of the forces
under him. Orders given there are
| obeyed to the letter, and consequently
disappointment to customers Is rare
thing indeed.
Courscn's Stock.
If you see Coursen's name on any ar
! ticle in the store you need ask no ques'
tions; it's a guarantee not only o.
| quality, but of the very best quality
that money will buy. For example
take Coursen's Gem Flour, or Cour
sens Family Soap; every housewife
knows that money will buy no better
Again, take the epicure who loves the
delicacies of France and other foreign
countries. Coursen has them in abund
ance, his own direct importations, ant
the choicest of the choice brands beal
Coursen's name. Same way in pre-
served fruits and canned goods of al
descriptions, the very best carry thu
firms name and no business man o.
ordinary sagacity will lend mis- name t
anything that is not A No. l. and thereir
is the secret of Coursen's ever increas
ing popularity.
Magnificent Fixtures.
The fittings throughout the entir
store are solid oak, and no other grocer!
store in this city Is fitted in like man
ner. Desks, shelving, show cases, cor
nices, counters, etc, are all of the sam
material and uniform in design. !
unique feature in the store Is the stool
cannisters and bins, all of which ar
air. tight as drum when closed. The.
are made from solid sllvered stee
plates handsomely ornamented, and
being air-tight, the aroma of flavor o
their contents, as in the case of teas
coffees, spices, ETC., are as perfect,
preserved as II they were kept in her
metically sealed cases.
Another Feature
worth noticing in this model store |
the scales in use, all of which are set o.
perfectly adjusted agate balances an
are the work of the celebrated Henr
Troemen's, Of Philadelphia. From tn
smallest candy scale to the largest /
general use the balance is so perfeC
that sheet of tissue paper will turn tn
balance By the same maker Ms
unique electric coffee mill of new deslgr
AS they say about the kodak, "Yo
touch the button and the mill will d
the rest"
; In Conclusion
we may state that we wandere
through the three flooors which go
make up the store and stock rooms an
we found nothing throughout to chang
the opinion of our lady friend tina
Coursens is by all odds the finest gre
Gerry in the city, and probably in tn
: state, for almost all other fancy grocer
, In Pennsylvania depend on wines,
quors, etc, for large portion Of the
support, while Coursen Is an eXclusiy
dealer in groceries, provisions and tab
delicacies.-AdV.
II you are In need of side combs, wit
sterling silver trimmings, call at Davido
) Bros.