The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-07
odors and toilet waters. Don't get these
gentlemen mixed-their exhibits are
adjoining. .tlll

odors and toilet waters. Don't get these
gentlemen mixed-their exhibits are
adjoining. 4IM
Weinecke g.. Duerr of Minneapolis
have fine line of cigars and pipes
at the Dacotah with Joe Deschenes of
Grafton in charge. Their biggest sell
Ter this year il the Heidelberger cigar.
The Hooker Cigar company of Min
neapolis with G. w. Hooker, Chas. ].
Rogers and Geo. M. Fowler in charge
have fine display.
The Shane Caugherty company of
Chicago, dealers in fancy cards, val
entines, souvenir postals and German
and Swedish novelties in cards, have
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Barr showing
their goods. They have a fine dis
play. To show what run the SOU
venir postals have out here, one firm
purchased yesterday, 10000 in one or
der.
Col. c. r. Meredith of the Meredith
wholesale drug house of Fargo, and
the best looking man at the conven-
ton, Is here to meet all the boys in
the business throughout the state His
house has no exhibit here. The colonel
says all the druggists are boosting
for him, and that's better than dis
play.
Mr.. NJ. w. Ware, with the Burley &
Tyrrell Co., manufacturers of cut
glass and importers of fine china, says
their trade throughout the northwest
is increasing each year in the higher
class goods. In fact, there is more
call for high class goods in china, etc.,
than the cheaper varieties, showing
the increasing prosperity of the coun-
try.
The Ogden Merrill & Greer Co. of
St. Paul have a magnificent display
of fancy holiday goods, toys, cut
glass and hand decorated china, with
Messrs. H. c. Casper. Ed Casper and
H. H. Turner in charge. This firm
controls the trade for the Libby glass
works, the Stanfer hand painted china
line and the Syracuse china line for
the whole northwest. In St. Paul they
have two studios and in Chicago one,
where they employ many men and
women for their hand decorating
ployed on the flower work and the
men are considered most artistic in
the conventional lines of decoration.
The newest things in children's toys
in the mechanical line they show this
year, are the aerial toys. air ships,
balloons, Ferris wheels, etc. The gen.
tleman in charge, Mr.. Casper, says the
greatest amount of iron and steel toys
as we'll as the mechanical toys are
made In our own country now more
than in foreign countries. Germany
controlled this trade at one time more
than any other country in the world
but the United States leads them
all now in the manufacturing of fine
toys.
Mr.. H. E. Rockwell of the A. Van
tine company of New York, importers
OF Japanese goods, opened up some
magnificent pieces of Cloissenne ware
today and discoursed entertainingly
on the method Of their manufacture.
This company is also showing line
that is very attractive to the cheaper
trade, 10 cent line Of Japanese goods
that comes In assortments of thirty
six dozens, one dozen of each kind,
small fancy vases, pepper and salts
and variety of small table ware.
w. H. WEIGH with the Leightner
Seiley Perfume company. has a very
artistically arranged show room down
stairs. Their newest perfume is the
"Grecian Lily" Mr.. WEIGH says sales
have been unusually good in his line.
w. H. Matchen with the Wright,
Stillwell, Bartlett Paper company, is
here looking after the interests of his
firm.
Mr.. H. Longfellow has fine display
of surgical dressings from his house,
the Bauer & Black Co. of Chicago, in
the basement. In the same sample
room is the display Of the Lazell Per-
fume company of New York, in charge
of Mr.. w. r. Goodsell. A novelty this
year with this company is their win
dow decoration sent out with large
bills of goods. 1t is a beauty and in
pure white made to conform to the
size of any store. 1t is an exact re-
production in cut paper of the Paris
ian triumphant arch and makes an at
tractfve and artistic window decora-
ton.
Notes on the Convention.
Mr.. R.. H. Brown came in from
Fargo to look after business for his