The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-29
Southern Kansas Business Men.

The Long-Bell Lumber company of
Caldwell which has been improving its
yards. will soon build new office.
Alton Brothers of Milan, use this: I'VE
want your trade; will treat you right to
get it; will keep on treating you right TO
hold it,"
The world is getting worse. Every new
advertising cut of a woman trying on
shoes, shows little more of the wo-
mans leg.
In advertising shoes. W. NJ. Craig e.
Co, of Hutchinson, use the old phrase.
There is nothing like leather, if it's well
put together"
The Kramer mills at wellington have
Just been increased in capacity one hun
dred barrels. making the mills 500 barrels
capacity day.
The Gem laundry at Wellington cele-
brates its first anniversary this week. and
says: No chromos; no free lunch, just
one-fourth on your laundry work"
A slang phrase is made use of by the
Hub clothiers OF Hutchinson in this fash
ion: You're not so warm as you might
be if you wore warm winter clothing"
c. A. Cambria, department store at We'll
Hngton. has had an occupation tax levied
on each department by the city council.
He will fight its collection In the courts.
Richardson & Co.. of Wellington, dry
goods. are in need OF shelf room. They
say they have five bills of goods for
which they can not find place at present
The enterprising gentleman who writes
the advertisements for the w. f. Jett
Mercantile company of Kingman, this
week uses the fact that the store has
1916 yards Of new embroideries as a sub
ject to dilate upon.
New shirt waists for spring have open
fronts finished with Breton vest cross
ed horizontally with lines of braid or
velvet and a seamless closely-fitted back
with a yoke top. Pointed revers are ad-
Ged to the sides OF the turn-back, open
blouse.
Here is a clever thing from E. l. Odell,
coal dealer at Hutchinson: IF you want
smoke, you go 10 a cigar store II you
want strong light you go TO a gas man
or put in an electric light. You don't
buy coal for the smoke IT creates or the
light It makes. You want heat from
coal"
s. Harvey Homer. jeEeler az Caldwell.
SAYS: ITS bad taste and bad business
policy TO have too much jewelry. We
have too much. We would feel better II
we had our STOCK DIVIDED &FpBEG among
our friends" This IS Just part of the
advertisement, but # IS the best one Hor-
ner has written In a long time
Henry S. linn. optician at Hutchinson,
urints the picture OF fox with specta-
Giles. and says: The fox Is considered
shrewd among animate. He 81 too shrewd
10 20 Il blind as some people do. when
Z pair of glasses would remedy the blind
ness" This advertisement would be much
more clever IL foxes really wore specta-
cles-
What would some merchants who cor
tinuaIly use Gene IN and buy say II
the newspapers printed over esrh col
uEaa Reading matter below" A good
advertiser takes IL FOR granted that his
bargains will make people come IN and
that they viii buy. just as a good news
paper takes IL for granted that people
VIA read the news matter.
Il D wInslov % Hutchinson f. rezpon-
sEoBe for this. which Is very good indeed.
Listen carefully and you viii hear the
school bell family ringing. That uaszns
CRISP. new books. run of learning. Half
OF the bitterness OF starting IN school
again Is sSsets1sd By tire fun % having
an the books clean ard fun Of wonderful
unknown stories" Every school child
k-Sus this 20 - true.