The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-25
Southern Kansas Business Men

| A. c. Wiley, grocer of Arkansas City,
has gone into display advertising.
1t would not do for a dealer in shoes
to say that his shoes were all right.
A clothier says that mans proud priv
! flege is to dress with becoming taste and
! style on all occasions"
An advertiser says: IT'S stock-count-
| ing week. it's money losing week with
! US"
The Model Clothing company has sue
ceeded ]. F. Behrend & Co., clothiers Of
| Arkansas City.
Browns drug store at Winfield an
| nounces: 'This drug store is intented to
make sick people WE'LL
! The shrewd customer knows that the
| last week in January is the greatest week
| in the year for bargains.
| An advertiser says: "Our attractive
| bargains are turning January into one Of
| the best months of the year.
"Crowd-drawing prices" is not a bad
| phrase, provided, Of course, that prices
| are given which will really draw crowds.
NJ Hahn & Co, of Winfield, make the
cunning statement that they give chil-
dren's goods away for a couple of car
fares"
1h1S Is another lineage plOW. n super
fetal examination will demonstrate the
portentious supremacy over any similar
stock in the city"
A merchant who has a stock Of soiled
goods saws OF them: Twice as much for
your money as when fresh and clean
Who and what is fresh and clean?
This is a good thing from progressive
advertiser: Facts that are truths-val-
cir -fAzr
ually surpass all-wil make Monday red
letter day"
A big advertiser speaks OF his goods
beinqr stgrandly good in quality" 1t is
10 the credit of Kansas advertisers that
they never perpetrated anything as afro
cious as "grandiy good"
Regularly every day the Chicago ad-
vertIsers announce the most stupendous
bargain sale Of the century" The Chi
cago stores sell goods. but their adver-
Using is the most senseless in the coun-
try.
The man who wrote this lire thought
h. was smart. but he wasn't. He lives in
Chicago and writes for Mandel Brothers;
- marvellous movement 10 make hnal
clearance-glitiering. glazing values tn
euualled by competitive houses
Last Sunday Siegel Cooper < Co. Of
Chicago. had a fun page advertisements
spottef over with imitation ink-drops. In
some cases whole words are bsotted out
and OF course the average reader VIII try
TO read the matter 10 see Il lie can make
II out.
7 4. Silver. grocer az Winfield. says:
How and where a grocery stock -
bought determines rs values and quality.
We could buy cheap stuff and sell Il 20
YOU at cheap prices You might think
we would be good people 10 trade with
but-We wouldn't be.
Here il a discreet Use % the word
"rsarlv'' IN an advertisement written -
- zrrcer. general merchandise. 5ter-
15,s. .sT}5nt miss this chance q He
,i,1a 20 bsIy goods az nearly your oSSn
,-fce. We need money and TisA 20 r.
s,,ce our stock Therefore. you can have
II nearly Jour OWL way
ua-e 4 a cheerful biz from Brady
p-o-rers & Co. Winfield. Was Il ihe
-.o--17 Yesterday xe sold but . wraps,
--n0a - -. ladies' q Winfield had fully
s-,~rsefate6 our offerings Ne would have
80 an hundred Il couldn't have h5ea
-1-agather tie storrn-Ir must have beer
us-tiy & lack OF definite Acknowledgment
fault. OF course
The large advertisers % the east have
The advantage of 2dorliag Illustrations
TIE chance 70 use original illustrations
e 70, EfvsE the merchants o. sas west
They must 90 without them. AID instead
81 fanentfng the lack q li2stastieas.
hey should STRIVE 20 make up ihe def
CLERGY oY = better ard more carsfsl use
q words TIE greatest hsoS. n tas
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