The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-28
A STORY OF FARMINGTON
Man Who Tells the Truth-Squrs Simpson Shows Why Pays
Best to Trade With the Home Man.

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Its employee consume YOUR prod
ucts, its profits arr applied So inn
prove your town, IL pays taxes To- help
[ YOU run the home machine, IL sub.
Ncribcs &C. every public enterprise. II
srll7 you clothing thuf b. honest a.
I prices that are economical IL carries
| a stock that in extent and variety is
/ the pride ~ the town. just because II
/ b. prosperous"
Tho widow thought the catalogue
houses quoted wallpaper wonderful
~ low.
"But what's your guarantee of
| quality demanded the squire. "if
| you go 10 g. W. Jones YOU make your
own selection. And they carry every
latest product ~ the mills. FROM the
ordinary grades for the muirsI homes
to the ornate muutls 81 art III to
grace the walls II q queens huudoir.
There's nothing Ia wall paper they
1 do not have In stock and they also
carry the best line 81 paints to be
found, much more reliable than what
you get when YOU buy from cata-
| ioguc house"
But see how convenient 1t is." ex-
| claimed the minister. "tu order ~
| catalogue house II sou want ya.
/ ricty of goods. one dnr-u't have to
| chase all over the town "Jc-s su,"
Hnid the squire, "Und N"u don't IL you
I trade af \unhers' cash house either.
] q.
that comprise every possible arti,
| Gle needed in the economy Of house.
| keeping or FOR personal ainrnment.
| You can't name line ~ goods car
ried on shelves that they d" not have.
| Md their puultics and prices are ~
q character that have made them one
~ the most popular concerns Ia the
city"
The social committee at .ht- point
asked fur instructions us tu where
| they would entertain party - visit
ing brethren. Take them iu the ST.
Francois hotel by all MEANS" sug
grstcd Squire simpson. IFS the
most humr-likr place 80 entertain
ment he the city. There g, every lux
urinus convenience and comfort for
guests. they will rcrriyr the poiitcst
~ attention and will find that the ia
/ blo prn,idos every drtorIablr dainty
IN the market ap'euiidly srryrd
Pennington takes price in this model
| hotel.
The most crcdulous people know
| ~, the squire wrnt on. "arc those
who scnd away Tor irwclry. Phony
iewclry is the stock In trade Of these
| catalogue sharks. it, so easy to- hll
a mail order with trash and so i'm
possible for the victim 10 get redress.
With house like that IT Robert
Tctlcy you are safe Back of the fact
that the goods are on hand for In
sprctiun. IN q stock superb In quality
aud extent, i~ the guarantee ~ "a
house thar could NOT afford II Il
would O. misrcprczcut qualitic-."
81 see one ~ them range frIIcrs
hitchcd down tu YOUR house totbrr
day" broke in the deacon rather iu-
| sinuatingly. "ir-. and he iimbrrrd
up IN short order. declared the
0
you an imitation ronfraption. and
hang YOU up with uutc ut the bunk
Why, you can get steel rangr ~
Roswell & clllber for nearly half
less and keep all the profit at home.
There's no sense in being bo,herrd 10y
such chaps fire 'cu, mighty quick. /
| find everything u hou>rkecprr can
want In the stove, tinwarc aud house !
supply lines in the splendid stock nj
Boswell q lIclbcrs, aud have conf !
dence In the goods because I know !
the house
The colonel suggested that certain |
kinds ~ manufactured articles, nota. |
bly, harness. could lee produced cheap !
er In the big factories Nobody de- |
nies that" said the squire. But how |
about the quality? That's what con |
Germs the consumer. There Is no |
other product where shuddy j. 50 |
freely used by unscrupulous men. The |
only Simon sure ciuch against "a swim. /
die Is t0 buy ~ d man y0n know |
something abOut-a dealer like W. II. |
Rottger. for instance. His rcputC for |
honest material, good work and reli- |
able representation Is a. the page OF |
an open book In this community. he |
carries handmade harness and sad |
dlery stock of extent aud variety to |
meet any demand. IL will pay you TO |
ser him when wanting anything In
his line"
The deacon still continued to growl
that the home man had no mortgage
ON him. Maybe not" rctorted the
squire, but who pays to keep up the
community's expenses? Who's fhe
first man you strike with a sutscrip-
tion list hut the home merchant
Who helps to keep up the churches.
schools and charitles-Farce. Fake &
Co.. or The Grand Leader Mercantile
Co. And yet you'll propose to send
away for boots and shoes when you
should know that yaR can get better
quality for the money right here at
home. That's blindness deacon. Iiere'=
store crnmmed full of superb
stock of the latest styles of the best
made shoes in creation. aud you ask
me 60 ignore Il and take a dead sure
chance 0f getting swindied by con-
eern that never spends cent here.
Deacon, you VERY He."
'Tfhe most pestiferous Nuisance In
this day aud generation remarked
the squire, ''is the nomadie picture
maker. All the art he possspses Is
that of e. 'racting cnin from people.
It'sstrange 80 me that he gets patron
sge enouRht ;oeSisi nn. with artists
Of such eonsnmmate skill and perfect
knowledge If the technique Of por-
trait making as Robert =. kahn In
this community. And what Is stranger
still, is that people win pay the won
derfui fake hiRger prices than the
reputable hume man asks for perfect
work"
II allow" remarked the captain.
''fhnt the prad.sT IL ai,aut the biggest
nuisance that pcsters community.
san shs chief cf 'efn's the grafscr5
who works the farmers with auitis1
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