The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-19
Southern Kansas Business Men

The accommodating talk at this time
is about the cost-mark-
New York store is already advertising
extensively challies. ginghams and such.
Salisbury & Co., shoes at Arkansas
City, say: Good, solid shoes for cash
beat shoddy goods on credit"
Ira Stout & Co, shoes at Arkansas
City, are giving their advertisements
distinction by printing them in bold
script
Duff & Repp. of Arkansas City, devote
an entire advertisement TO baby car
riages, twelve in fact, all they have in
stock.
Buttrey the shoe dealer at Wellington,
addresses the fathers who have boys who
are in the habit of kicking everything
they see.
The Star clothiers ar Hutchinson say:
I'VE defy all the six powers of compeu-
ton with supreme confidence" What are
the six powers of competition?
Everybody in southern Kansas just now
has a cold and Sollitt & Swartz show
their shrewdness by advertising cold
cures for all they are worth, at Arkansas
| City.
P. Martin & Co, OF Hutchinson, offer
| ed a prize of so to the woman who would
| embroider the handsomest dolly. Mrs.
| c. Stewart Of that city was awarded the
| prize
| The firm of Spar g. Dean, OF yelling
| ton. has dissolved partnership, Mr.. Geo.
B. Dean continuing the business. Mr.. NJ.
L. Sparr does the neat thing by thanking
| patrons for past favors.
| Irvan & Brown. Hutchinson, say with
- g. -
I'VE want a share of your business dur
| ing the next twelve months and we are
going to work mighty hard to get it,
| Hustler, groceries at Arkansas City,
uses his regular advertising space to say
| that he will give $ reward for evidence
| that will convict the party who stole
| canvas covering from his delivery wagon.
! foot note is sometimes more pron1i-
| nent than anything in an advertisement.
! This is brought to mind by an advertise
ment from W. II. Pottle. Of Arkansas
/ City. In small type at the bottom he
SAYS: Remnants 90 for a trihe" Every
body who read the advertisement al all,
read that
! c. " King, coal dealer at Wellington.
/ says: Your wife viii always be in good
| humor and promptly on time with the
/ best prepared meals when you use our
! coal" II would have been better to have
/ said: Your wife VIII be in good hurnor
! more OF the time" Coal IS not the only
1 thing which jars domestic peace.
There are moral gains in advertising.
/ though merchants rarely count them- As
! an exchange says Of a store that lacks
/ life: Trade languishes. and the meT-
/ chant grows irritable He is dissatisfied
| with himself and with all his surround
SO -
/ customers not the change. Moral: Keep
+ a cheev,. freshened atmosphere az al sea
Sons: and remember that CHEEKY atu1os-
/ phere IS never 50 necessary within the
store as when the air outside Is bleak
The application for a receiver Tor TIRE
Hunter Milling company Of Wellington,
made BY & n Bookwaltsr OF Tn6ianapo-
lis IS, according % the Wellington Jour
/ nal. the outgr0z-th % tire attemp; u the
Hunter family 70 freeze cut John a and
I c A Bookwsltsr. who own between them
TO shares % the coupany's stock The
Hunter Milling company Is Incorporates
under the laws Of the state, win czFi-
| ;ai stock q ksnea- The pSy value % eze
stock Il -, but vzrloss recsnf improve
raeuts 70 the. plant have made TIC STICK
worth something over &c y-r share. He4l
estate. wheat and other asl6sagE q the
company, aggregate Fiz.fs.7- TIE combined
interests Of IRE Bookgz3seT brothers =
abort So So TIE rcrnsinser ef the sock
2a6 interests. worth about s19e.ne. are