Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-08-28

ars supplied with every imaginable
committee was also instructed to en-.
gage Sell tn supply the Ices, Confec-
ticns, rtc. For, As the Squire SAID
there Is a delicious quality and whole
some purity about the creams and
c ctildies made by the expert caterer
ttat one cannot be positively assured
of elsewhere. This repute has made
the establishment the popular head.
quarters WITH ths public of Missouri
/ Valley.
The Executive Committee reported
that they negotiated with j. p. Martin
for lodge room site.
III thought he could suit you" ex-
Claimed the Squire with an air of sat
lsfactlon. "ile always has desirable
city properties, as we'll as u vast list of
farms Oh his books, aud can usually
accommodate any applicant who wan s
to buy, sell or exchange Then he'll
make you loap, pay your taxes, coll
lect your rents, pr take charge OF ten
antless property"
The most preposterons proposition
I've struck lately" remarked the
squire, sis an offer OF the mail older
HOUSES to sell tombstones had the
curiosity to investigate at j. A. STAR
lili'S shop and was satisfied that the
home man can sell any grade of stones
at the Chicago list-prlce. thus saving
You the freight, more than this, here
you get, as we oil know by observation
artistic work, whereas The machine
work of the mail order concerns is
sloppy, and another thing, If there
should be anything unsatisfactory
here, 1t can be corrected without ex
penSe"
"BAfore the Lodge adjourned the
| Committee TO purchase site for the
new hall reported progress. They we're
! instructed by the President to clofe
the deal and secure an abstract from
the Guarantee Abstract Company of
Missouri Vuliey. They haYe,' said
tho official, "the best set of books in
| Harrison county, and sre competent
and reliable. The utmost aud pains
taking care is observed in duplicating
the legal records, and i'll a matter of SO
great Importance absolute accuracy,
which You are assured of here, is a
chief essential
The doctors wife called attention to
q catalogue list of current novels, aud
said that she couldn't get them for
any such prices at home.
That's because our folks don't car
ry the mail order grade of cheap stuff,
declared the Squire
Take any legitimate edition printed,
though, and the Brown & Son drug and
book store will sell it to you here. at
the rate quoted by the supply house,
and save yo,, the postage, Same thing
with ali book sellers, notions, fancy
4 articles, fine grade stationary goods,
etc, etc; the home man will meet the
mail order chap and save you the
freight"
The most pestiferous nuisance i'm
this day and generation" remarked
the Squire, sis the nomadic picture
maker. All the art he possesses is
that of extracting coin from people
I.'s strange that he gets patronage
enough to exist on, with an artist of
such consumate skill and perfect
knowledge OF the technique of portrait
making AS W. 8. Eeeii in the commun-
ity. And what is the strangest of all
is that people will pay the wandering
FAKE bigger yrices than the reputable
home man asks fer perfect work.
"rhere's one business the catalogue
man doesn't meddle WITH" suggested
the Colonel, "the butchers
But the packer docs,' cried the
squire, ''Ilis agents slip around and
take private orders for cured meats
They get no encouragement from me.
eico. N. Beagle supplies my table
They are always stocked with prime
meats of every description that | know
to be of first class quality, their
weights are honest, aud their prices
graded to the lowest market notch Ii
4 pays TO deal with them"
u low I've been converted. squire, y
broke in the deacon, 81 withdraw my
notion"
i And9thats why Deuteronomy Fraud
u Co. failed to receive an order from
the lodge.
John Sullivan Jr. has taken brief
vacation from his work at the store
and left yesterday afternoon for Ere
mont, Neb, where he will spend short
time visiting with friends.
VIM Allen Jones is attending
the State Fair es Des Moines.
He left this morning for that city
and expects to be absent several
days.
1 Mrs S A Snowden and Miss Jes-
sic Vickers, who have been paying
Chicago relatives several days
visit, arrived home yesterday.
| Jene Deur arrived from Wall
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