The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-02-19


Hon. Thomas Jones concluded to ad-
minister a Knockout blow.
MAY be not" Mr.. Jones retorted.
But who pays taxes to keep up COM
munlty expenses? Who's the first man
you strike with subscription list but
the home merchant? Who helps you
keep up the schools, churches and
charitiesf The catalogue house of
Catchem & Doem, or men like Thome q
Frisbie? And yet you'll propose to send
away for shoes when you should know
you can get better quality for the money
right at home. That's blindness, dea-
con. Here's Thome & Frisbie's store, at
105 North Washington street, carrying
an elegant stock of the latest STYLES of
the best made shoes in creation, inelud-
ing general line ranging in price from
$1.50 to $3.50, the best to be had at the
price, and you ask me to ignore it and
take a dead sure chance of getting soak
ed by concern that never spends a
cent here. Deacon, you insult my in
telligence."
Zone of the most preposter-
GUS propositions of the mail order
houses is to supply wall paper
books, stationery and school supplies,
remarked Judge Mandamus, when
right at home we have the best qualities
and varied designs and latest styles to
select from. S. T. Van Dusen, 11S
North Washington street, can satisfy
the most exacting taste on wall paper,
and when it comes to books, stationery
and school supplies, he's right at the
front, both on quality and price. No,
sir. There is nothing to be gained in
sending away from home for wall paper.
In buying wall paper especially, you
want to know the man who stands be-
hind it. There is scarcely anything
sold so easy to swindle the buyer on.
Mr.. Van Dusen will not sell you wall
papers that are not all right"
The committee on securing transpor-
tation for the members of the society 10
the pumpkin pie social at Farmer Hard
scrabble's, reported that they had been
given very satisfactory terms from w.
w. Mains livery, second door west of
the Wildermuth hotel. Parson Good
man expressed satisfaction. Mr.. Main
has steady reliable drivers and good
teams, and leaves nothing undone for
the comfort of his patrons" declared
the parson, "Liverymen may come and
liyerymen may go, but W. w. Main is
always to be found at the old stand
ready to serve the public. He runs a
feed stable, where farmers horses are
cared for at very moderate rates, and
he does business on the live and let live
basis"
1T somehow became known that we
contemplated buying piano when we
moved into our new house." said John
Harmony, leader of the church choir,
land we were deluged with circulars,
letters and solicitors from outside music
firms and mail order houses. But Mrs.
Harmony and l not only believe in buy
ing everything obtainable at home, but
in making purchase of such magnitude
we wanted a responsible home man to
look to, should anything go wrong. We
turned down the outside statesmen and
bought our piano of the Mich. S. M. and
Organ Co., and we are more than pleas
ed with it. We not only got a first class
piano, but saved money by buying of
this popular Owosso music house,
Il like to go to headquarters when l
buy pompously asserted Deacon Tite-
fist.
do you send to Washington for
postage stamps" asked Mr.. Jones. Il
tell you that the retailer in Owosso can
sell to you as cheaply as the retailer in
Chicago, and he is here to back up his
goods and correct mistakes. Take the
dry goods and notion department of
Lawrence d Hilberg, for example.
They buy in the best markets. They
know how to buy close. They are alert
to meet all competition. Their dry
goods and notions have the guarantee of
an honorable firm. If they are not
headquarters for low prices and square
dealing, / don't know what the term
means"
"The most pestiferous nuisance in this
day and generation have met up WITH -
remarked Farmer Hardscrabble, 'is the
travelling picture maker His greatest
art is in extracting coin from people
It's strange to me that he gets business
enough to exist on, when we haTe an
artist of such excellent skill and perfect
knowledge of photograph making as J.
Mclean in.this community. And what is
strangest of all, is that some people will
pay the wandering agent bigger prices
for botch work t'ian Mclean, at 1O7 N.
: Washington street, asks for perfect
work. The travelling artist catches
, many suckers by agreeing to make the
} picture for nothing, and then charging
, So or $8 for a 75 cent frame"
BRO. Hardscrabble is right in his
opinion of travelling picture solicitors, {"
, observed Parson Goodman; but be-