The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
A FIRM THAT GROWS.
People by Their Enterprise
and Success

A firm that has made more progress
and advancement than any other store
in the city is the firm of Fraser Bros,
proprietors of the Fraser Bros c. O.
D. store, at the southeast corner of
Sixth and Jackson streets. who have
grown in the past few years from the
smallest grocery store in Topeka to one
of the few large ones, and occupying
one of the finest store rooms for a
business of that kind in the west.
When the Fraser boys first started
in business they occupied a small
building at PIT West Sixth street, and
SO small was the room that it was diff
cult for one to move around in it with
comfort The size of the store room
made no difference, however, as it was
not long till the people. in the neigh
borhood found the little store to carry
everything that their money could
buy, and as a pleased customer is the
best advertisement that a merchant
can get, their business soon passed
from the little neighborhood, and
branched out to all parts of the city
on both sides of the river.
From the very first Fraser Bros.
were liberal users of newspaper adver-
Using, and with their first advertise
ment appeared the motto, 1.-THE store
that undersells them all, and so per-
sfstently did they work to. live up to
this motto. that the general, public
soon caught the tune, and then it was
necessary for the Fraser boys, who
started in the smallest grocery room in
Topeka, to look for larger and better
quarters where they could handle the
increasing business.
They then moved into the building
they now occupy, at the southeast COR
ner of Sixth and Jackson, and in their
new quarters they installed a meat
market, which like their grocery, is
first class in every appointment.
A noticeable feature that has fol-
lowed this firm ever since its start is
the courteous treatment accorded their
customers, and an order given by a
child or over the telephone receives
the same attention as if it were given
in person.
The building they now occupy has
been recently painted white through
out and many other improvements
have been made which makes the store
room one of the neatest and finest of
any in Topeka.
From the first Fraser Bros. had a
hobby of having everything that a
customer could want. and it is doubt
full if there is a thing in the grocery
line, either fancy or staple. that could
not be had at their store.
They have since its installation
given much attention to their meat
market, where they have all season.
able game, fresh and salt meats, oys-
tiers. and fish of all kinds. In this de-
partment prominence is given to fresh
home made sausage which is made
fresh every morning. as also fresh
country butter and eggs.
The progress made by the Fraser
boys only demonstrates the old adage
that to get to the top, you must start
in a small way and let the result of
your efforts build the business, and
starting in the small way in which
they did their methods must be salts
factory, and their treatment to the
public the right sort, or else they
would be still where they started, in
stead of occupying a prominence in
the grocery business of Topeka, that is
credit to themselves, and a business
that will increase as Che years roll by.