The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-22
HoLL1srER DRUG COMPANY.
One Of the Oldest Establishments In
Honolulu.

Honolulu.
Hollister & Co. was the name Of a firm
in 1869. Its name has des-
cended to new firm that is described
elsewhere in this paper. In February of
this year (lSylJ the old firm became in
corporated under the name of Hollister Il
Co., Limited. IL. K. Hollister is prcsi
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 ".
U. Lakeland as manager. William Woon,
an experienced pharmacist, is treasurer,
and }. w. Winter is secretary. The COM
pany has by far the largest stock of drug
gists goods in the country, and makes "a
speciality of island orders. 1t has deal
ings with all the plantations in the group.
"A force of ten men Is kept constantly az
work in the stores of the corporation.
The firm has the agencies of great many
patent medicines. Ayers goods alone are
worth the contents Of an ordinary drug
store. In space that would hardly con-
tain the cubic double Of the BuLLErIN's
editorial desk, there are piled value OF
SJUOU in Ayers specifics alone. Tnere is
aprodigious stock of Mellins Food for
babies. And Perry DAVIS Pain Killer
who hasn't used 1t for surcelse from rag
ing aches! in galore. Nestle's Food IL
another benson for babies kept by the
hundredweight, and the "kids' fed on il
have to have the hundred ON the Fair
banks long before beng out of their teens.
To the casual observer iiollisters would
appear to bs two stori.d 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 is familiar! The
basement and store floors are 2lxG2 feet
each, and the second floor and attic have
an area OF l2xU2 feet each, extending over
the well known grocery Of Lewis " Co
The company has IS.U feet of shelving,
which is only about loo yards short Of u
mile.
The HOllist,r Drug Company is pre-.
eminent IN the Photographic business.
1t maintains "A dark room for the espe.
cial convenience uf amateur pliotogrti-
phcrs. The company carries u iull line
VI Photographic goods. IL ~ the agent
OF the NJ. "A. Seed Dry Pate Company;
also Of the Eastman hudak Co. and the
u. X IA. Anthony iirm Of New York,
whose name II household word for
Photographic and stcrcoscupic supplies.
kodaks can b. obtained here at from 50.
for childrcn's use, to Ella, for the eX.
pert.
Inc corporation has "a wcllcguippcd
laboratory. Here II makes all sorts oi
pharmaceutical preparations. SeIdlitz
powders, violet powders, etc, keep two
men at work all the time to keep up WIN
the patronage Of the establishment.
There ARE several men In the employ vi
the corporation VINO have been with the
house from ten to twenty years. MIR.
Woon has been there for twelve years,
and, II you have anything wrong with
you short oI smallpox or Asiaiic cholera
indeed, anything that doesn't need 10
bc reported 10 the Board Of Health
Woon will give you something that will
make you III ~ u fiddle, with doctors
prescriptions saved, when You state the
symptoms Ia him with the same degree
Of accuracy tina, you employ when haul.
al mp to state all YOU know about Bush's
designs Ia overthrow the Republic.
There is disgrcssion in the foregoing
paragraph for which the note taker ON
this Occasion il alone responsible. lie,
however, can solennly swear that lac met
with no gun that anybody didn't know
was loaded, or cartridges that haven't
been reported To McEvoy, in tour OF
the four floors. But he did run across IA
machine that turns out anti-bilious pills
or any kind Of pills desired at the rate OF
100 minute. II IL awfully mean Ia give
away bit Of confidential information,
but business IL business, and IL IL learned
ON investigation that the fat mans guild
IL a lucrative patron Of saccharinc
pills, one Of which is equal in sweetening
power To several cubes Of the sugar OF
commerce, and the HOLSTER Drug Com,
pany makes them To order by the thou,
sand. People who think quinine is the
only cure for malaria cum get them here
by the pound or the hundredweight
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
although having no reference 10 the dis.
trict physician for the Hilo district, il
bound to cut an important figure in the
preservation Of the public health. The
public p's requires il, and the Hollis,el
Drug Company can supply it.
The company makes II specially Of tot
let articles. II sells dozen of delciously
favored soap for only - cents, There il
also line Of surgical instruments, spints
etc, kept in stock. The company il
making special feature Of this branch.
For Christmas gift goods the Hollistel
Drug Go. is paramount in certain lines
What has just been mentioned amateur
Photographic outfits will decide many
minds on the question Of the season
Toilet requisites are very recherche ~
found at this store There are brush and