Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-11-15
STORE NEWS.

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chants to make their harvest and
those wise ones who advertise in
the columns of these papers, are
the happy persons this fall. For
weeks past, the trade has been
phenominal and it was hardly ex-
pected that as time went by. bust
ness would still increase. The
merchants did not know how they
could handle the trade. Ofcourse
they have found it necessary to
get more assistance and this they
are doing. Last Saturday was one
of the busiest days, if not the
busiest ever in this city and many
of the stores were compelled to
keep their doors open until mid
night. Orders haye been filled
and reflled by freight and now the
hustlers are getting many goods
in by express, as it was not
dreamed the amount of business
would be done. The question
naturally arises: Where does all
this trade come from is the ques-
ton that naturally arisas. There
are several answers to this. There
are more people in the county. tri-
butary to Devils Lake than ever
before. The Pelican Point bridge
brings more trade than is imagined
here. Then the large crops and
good price for flax, tempts the
farmer to loosen up his purse
strings and he is doing it too.
One of the busiest places in the
town last Saturday and in fact for
the past 10 days, was E. j.
Chamberlin's where the closing
out safe is going on. About 25
people are employed in the store
and kept busy all the time.
The store that enjoys a steady
and healthy growth and is making
friends daily by faithfulness, is
Mann & Sons. These people
have the goods that people want
and way of treating their custom.
I ers, that means business and more
) of it. They are showing this week
: a job lot of outing fannels and
) people know what job lots mean
! when prices are considered
; There are some rare bargains
) In furnishings they have just re.
) ceived by express large shipment
! of gloves and some fur coats, tc
fill up where the rush made holes
! Gus Utecht says he is SO busy thai
: he hardly has time to eat.
J Lyle M. Fisher, the company o1
! Brainard & Co., says that those
3 Clark foot warmers are just the
I thing for cold days. The heater
! is about IA inches long, three high
= and six wide. A piece of char.
, coal, ignited, is placed in the cen
: ter of this stove and keeps fire in
= the little stove for five hours. The
theory is that when ones feet are
warm, one is warm all over. Mr.
Fisher says all their heaters have
been sold, but "a carload is expected
daily.
At Hodgkinson's they are max.
ing ready for the choicest line o1
Christmas presents ever shown in
Devils Lake. Mr.. Hodgkinson
certainly knows how to buy what
the people want and he assures us
that he will have it this fall fol
Christmas presents. He says he
! will have Everything that's good. .
At Haslam's two carloads Of
) winter apples in bushel boxes were
\ received this week from the west
and they are certainly nice ones.
Herman Huesgen says that bust
ness is better than ever in his line
and says that often persons come
in and buy several watches at q
time. One instance he tells Of
where a farmer bought two watches
for his boys to please them for
! good work done on the farm dur
ing the summer, and he says there
are lots more instances Of the same
kind.