The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-14
Southern Kansas Business Men

| W. H. Pottle of Arkansas City Is still cut
! ting prices to reduce his stock of summer
goods.
Price, Hoge & Co., Of Wellington are An
/ ducing people to raise their umbrellas by
| lowering them.
The firm of P. Martin & Co.. of Hutchin-
son claims TO have had in their history
twenty-one clearing sales.
| H. d. Winsiow of Hutchinson greets the
mild and pleasant autumnal season with
cut rates and croquet sets.
The Star Clothing company Of Hutchin-
son says: Its the fat values and the lear
/ prices that are looked for
A Winfield firm advertises an "old time
cost sale" AS matter OF fact that old
| time cost sale wasn't in it with the modern
cost sales.
The commercial dullness, always follow
| ing the Fourth of July, Is just now being
felt, week later. The way to meet it Is
to advertise.
A. H. Fitch, the music store man Of Ar
Kansas City, has succumbed at last to the
craze He will handle bicycles along with
banjos and guitars.
Sweet & Co, of Hutchinson declare IN
their advertisements that they lead all 9TH
ers in selling lemons. Mr.. Sewer is making
prices on sugar also.
Julius Behrend, who in addition to selling
goods at Arkansas City can also pump a
wheel, says the roads are now in the best
condition he has ever seen them.
Wednesday morning the Newman Dry
Goods company of Arkansas City opened
up for business in its new store, which 1t
says is one Of the most eommodious an
Southern Kansas.
The word "shelf-worn' has disappeared
from modern advertisements. IL is taken
for granted by the public that merchants da
not have shelf-worn goods. The margit
has been close and shelf-worn goods have
disappeared
An Ell Dorado meat market IL guilty OF
this: There are a great number OF dii-
ferent kinds OF meets, such as cycle meets,
political meets and church meets. but the
meet that meets the attention OF the meet
ers just now is the kind OF meats they meet
at their meetings AT their meals
Earl Underwood. jeweier al Arkansas City
prints this neat and pointed advertisement:
That wise sage Uncle RusseiD says: The
first loss is always best; Il goods Won't
bring what they are worth. sell EN- quick
for less. Il DIS = the Dc7i dIf q lsoSit-s4s
printed in many a day Il tusifes IN the
readers mind selling below cost
The commercial travellers who reside al
Hutchinson are having a hard tine Usual
IL the Sunday mail from the east broush;
them their allowances and schedules from
the 1sho1se Now that mai has been cut
of. and they must wait until Monday and
lose day. They VII protest . Washing
ton and should certainly De listened 70.
". ". Pattison * sons grocsrs of =
Dorado. say: "A domestic 1T. Many
domestic TIFF has had FOR Us beginning moth
.ng more important than the abnormal
strength Of the butter or the unpSraielles
weakness OF the coffee 4 maa has no
right 20 lose his temper about such TRIES
but sometimes he does ard the wife gets
unisserved blame she lad implicit car
fdence u her grocer. ne vas not ces-
scisr;ioBs- We are
T; Is she age OF husi1rz- IS The Sew
York Herald SAYS: - merchant E.ay have
re 5ne<t wares % ths.r Kind on earth. osi
II ne goes asleep and watts fo- people, 70
discover the merits q his gods he - s42ssS
- get I'm There's reason WY .hss
Is so-yeople haven't tine % sc tro7. store
20 store 10 hurs Up ne ta3zzs watch iAey
reed A. a rule Trey % Their exploring
among the advertisements II hay ms
promising Indications there they follow
them Up. IN any ease. iAsy 50 insti-e-
:tsesy &C he sto-es ley kno~ ot-the storss
;Ez, beckon &c them through Tie p~--
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