The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-22
ONE OF WTCHTTA.s PRIpEs
An Establishment That has Won Success by
Enternrise and IiheraI Mathods


Enterprise and Liberal Methods.
OF all the applied sciences none is 50
fraught with personal concern to the
human family as that Of medicine, nor
has any made greater progress in re-
search and development in the matter
of diagnosing and progressing diseases
and the discovery and creation of rene
dis5 for their treatment. In all of this
the physician and the pharmacist have
WED with each other-have been faith
full and loyal allies, the one to the other,
a natural sequence upon their interde-
Iendence for success.
In 1887 NessrS. I. II. and H H. Het-
finger came to Wichita and opened a
retail drug and prescription store on
Douglas avenue under the firm name of
Hettinger Brothers Being thoroughly
competent druggists and pharmacists
and possessed of pleasing address and
correct business methods they at once
gained the confidence of the medical
profession and of the community, and
Bs result their business has grown and
Increased from the beginning, until to-
day they have one of the largest and
most comprehensive stocks In their lines
in the static And while not assaying a
general wholesale drug business, the
house does general physicians supply
business, soliciting and filling out-of-
town orders as well as local
The special features of their stock
are: a full and complete line Of surgical
instruments and dressings. trusses,
leather goods, electric batteries and ap-
pliances, skeletons, etc. They have a
full supply Of dental goods-artificial
teeth and all other articles that dentists
require.
In drugs they carry all the standard
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which are purchased Of manufacturers
direct, which last fact assures custom
ers the best Of goods( fresh ard pure, at
all times
The prescription department has al
ways received the firms special atten-
lion and It is still a leading feature in
their business. Supplied with the best
preparations known to the trade and
having the most capable and expert
Rnced pharmacists, patrons take no
chances Of error in compromising or IN
Srustworthiness of preparations order
ed
A year ago the business Of the firm
had grown to such proportions that
more help and capital were required to
accommodate ii. Both Were added, and
on the first of June. $50 the new COM
pany was incorporated under the state
Jaws, the corporate name being changed
u The Hettinger Bros. Drug Co.
In addition to the features Of the
business already mentioned. and the re-
tail trade done by the house which in
cludes an elaborate stock Of toilet arti-
cles. druggists notions, fine cigars. and
soforth, the company manufacture a
number Of articles, such as tincuIreS.
eliXirS and syrups- They also put up
Very superior article Of stomach bitters
and collie cure, and a stock Of liniment
and cattle powder that have grown into
great favor with farmers and stock men
throughout the southwest Tor their
prompt and effective qualities.
The usrTiuoFy covered hv this the br1-
sEness Of the Hetrnger Eros. Drug CO.
embraces the state of Kansas. Olzlaho-
man and Indian Territory. Western
missouri. Nor-hern Texas and Eastern