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Middletown transcript., 1907-07-06
Window Boxes

Along the top of the simple railing that
enclosed the veranda, boxes were made
and filed with earth. These were gay
with scarlet geraniums and nasturtiums,
easily grown, and that last well through
the season.
Splint arm chairs that were comfortable
and cheap constituted the greater part OF
the furniture.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-06
The Position of the Room

Except for small porch at the en-
trance to the house, and the tiny square
balcony above it there was no veranda
room on Mrs. Newlywed's house, SO she
planned to have one made that should
answer her requirments, at the least pos
sible expense. The house was square
and she wanted the outdoor room placed
on the southeast corner where it would
adjoin the dining room and living-room.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-06

A Summer spent at Bar Harbor had
permitted her to observe the way people
of wealth and leisure furnished and used
the verandas of their Summer homes, and
she had stored up many suggestions for
comfort and prettiness that would be
quite as practical for her little house as
for their large ones.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-06

Mrs. NewlyRed was continually plan
ming ways to make her simple little home
more attractive and comfortable, and she
wanted an outdoor livingroom or verands,
SO furnished that it could be used for this
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.

IL not convenient to call at The
Star office, 11th street and Penn
sylVania avenue. leave your adver-
tisement at any of the following
Branch Offices:
NORTHWEST BRANCHES:
Gcntnrr's Drug Store. 18th and L SITS.
Epplsy's Drug Store. 14th and yelling pi.
Portmans Drug Store, 18th and Il. l. ave
Luprons Drug Store. Vermont ave. and st.
kings Drug store, 18th aud SITS.
IInlfzcIaw's News stand. 1905 Pa. ave.
Hrrhst'S Drug Store. 9th and Pa. ave.
Iriswclrs. Drug store. 9TH and T SITS:
Pos al Telegraph Office. 1925 Conn. ave-
Postal Telegraph Once. 9l2 Pa. ave.
Postal Telegraph Office. 9Th and b SITS
s. kunn Sons & 90. Information Bureau.
Woodward & Lothrop. Superintendent desk
Interior Dept, sth 4 + SITS. Telegraph omee-
Jenifer bldg. 9TH & y sts:. Telegraph once
COMMERCIAL Bank bldg. Telegraph office.
Corridor u. =. Cauitol
Grier Griers Pharmacy 9TH and \, o. ave we
Goidcnbergs Department Store. ol2-2S ith
st. Bureau OF Information.
The Hutchins- Henner f,rug Co. ltth que.
Butler h Field. Druggists. 3D. Indiana ave.
Louis r. Castell. Pharmacist. 31oo 18th st.
Dupont Pharmacy, Cbas- y Boston. prop,
10Th and IS.
GEoRGETowN:
oDonnelrs Drug store. SD and o SITS.
Adams Express Office. 1922 32d at.
Prijes Pharmacy. 2Sth end p SITS.
NORTHEAST:
kenesly's Pharmacy. \. Capitol ana SUE
Haley's Pharmacy. 18th and E. Capitol SITS.
Miiburn's Pharmacy. 18th and II SITS.
Buffers Pharmacy. 4th and Stanton place.
SOUTHEAST:
Bradi"y's Drug Store. s;h and SITS.
O'Dnuaclls Drug Store. Sd and Pa ave.
SOUTHWEST:
Sullyan's Drug Store, 9TH and D SITS.
Eleventh Street Wharf O'Rrien Hall.
Chas. \. Walter, sol AZ st.
ANACOSTIA:
C. G.. I0hr ~ Monroe st.
ALEXANDRIA:
A. ). Doniphan, 72T King st.
BRIGHTwooD D. c.:
VIM. Thomas Brightwood ave. and Long
fellow ST.
TENLEYToWN. D. c.:
Geo. r Parton. Druggist, Wisconsin
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WANrED-FoR PERMANENT POSITION IN
cur educational department.: widow settled
lady. unincumbered and able to devote full time
.Rleniid opportunity with big nrm- Address Box
III, Star once.
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MALE OR FEMALE.

W.NTED-AGENTs. MALE OR FEMALE. TO N
troduce 4 new article In Washington; hustler,
make big money. Apply BOyO CHEMICAL
Co. IU2 9Th ST. NV apiOTts
WANTED - AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN AM
who DESTROYS of securing the better
positions in life TO call to at once relative
TO a special offer we have to make. Only thoss
having a good education need andy In answer t
this advertisement. limited number of person,
will be accepted, so you should quickly. Ash
for Mr.. Harmnn. STRAYERS BUSINESS COZ.
LkGE. cor. ltth and sts NV. mh3o-sa&Su.0
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WANTED-AGCNTS,

wANrED-AGENTs. EITHER SEX TO SELL
our ny. lo-date line of household goods: you can
make $50 week this line. Write for cata-
logue at once. c. A. MOORE CO., 2O29 Madi-
sou ave, Baltimore, Nd ap1-It
WANTED s2.On PER GALLON FOR MEDICINAL
Whskey. THE JOHN WEDDERBURN CO. GIG
st. n apps 90t,3
eWANTED- $40 A WEEk-EXPENSES ADyANO
ed man or woman to travel for manufactured
and appoint agents for household necessity; good
pay for home work part time. ZIEGLER CO.,
22t Locust ST.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

WANTEO-MISCE
One cent word each time for Is words tines
WANTED-HIGHESr CASH PRICES PAID FOR
WORN GARMENTS. LADIES GENTLEAEN 2
CHILDREN'S SHOES & HATS ANY AMOUNT
ADDRESS POSTAL. l WILL CALL ANY HUG
J. TARSHES 1905 7TH NV. Phone NORM Ass
ap13-2ts
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ROOT, "LITTLE HOG" OR DIE.

Of sham finery in many homes of this
country where square meals are not
absolutely sure. 1t is an old saying:
He who buys what he does not need
will soon need what he cannot buy"
But trade is no longer regulated by
the necessities of the people. People
no longer buy for necessaries. but for
the things that happen to be offered
at apparent or pretended reductions in
price. The honest store keeper who
adheres to legitimate methods is kept
in hot water. The Mail Order Houses
keep pounding away with their tom
tom catalogues to attract the multi
tude. and h legitimate dealer. does
not know what day he will be forced
to close out his business, which he has
conducted honestly for years.
But II you do continue in business
and hold your own against these Mai
Order Houses which play tricks every
day. you will have to play tricks too.
You must screech in your advertise
ments in the newspapers: you must
hesitate at no statement in your ad-
v~ertisement, however absurd or false
it may be. for there is no one to call
you to task. The people like it; the
people won't deal with you unless you
! Continued on Page q
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worth that enters my store-1 shall

worth that enters my store-1 shall
sample and test everything that 1 pur-
chase. Not a snide article shall enter
here, and once l catch a manufac-
turer attempting to substitute inferior
stuff I shall cease to deal with him.
Mine shall be the best store in town.
l shall hire good salesmen-men who
know the values and qualities Of diff
ferent grades Of goods. Buying keenly
taking advantage of all discounts. 1
a sell as cheaply as any other store
and my claim on the public will be
anything bought from me has a guar
anteed value"
And SO he would begin his career.
In buying goods he watched The mar
ket with q keen eye After buying
goods he inspected them personally.
and II inferior to sample threw them
back upon the hands of the maker and
closed his account with that man. His
high principles purified trade. If he
ever sold shoddy cloth he called 1t
shoddy cloth, and did not advertise
1t as all wool. He played fair. He
prospered and when he died his son
took up the business and rap 1t on the
same principles as the father. 1t was
an honorable house wherein q blind
man could get as good value for Q dol
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tens that at the present is working
cities n towns, n is the greatest
Medium of draining wealth from ag-
ricultural communities, is the box car
plan Of doing business. From rural
towns in the west from ~ to so per
cent Of the trade goes to these con-
Germs. II this trade were confined to
the home town it's business would be
Immediately doubled-employinent CIV
en- to many more people; the profits
accruing from mercantile business
would seek Investment, and within a
few Yea the population of the town
would be more than doubled and its
growth be commensurate with indus
tries that would give the people en-
ployment.
The following in an advertisement
taken from a leading Omaha paper Of
the date Of Sunday, December 10, 1905,
which shows the methods about to
be inaugurated by these Boxcar Whole
sale Houses in a locality in which
they are about to enter to unload
their carloads Of junk, manufactured
especially to deceive and swindle the
public. There is not a legitimate
Wholesale House any place that would
think Of handling the line Of Junk
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thought to this subject. Wo would
urge upon each reader their personal
responsibility in this matter and in
cite them to Investigate for themselves
and weigh carefully the evidence on all
sides OF this subject, and having come
to a decision to act conscientiously
according thereto. If, as we claim,
they are monstrous frauds, humbug-
ging the public and o%ctopus-like, de-
stroying whatever they can reach, then
surely it becomes the duty Of every hui
manitarian to aid the public to get
rid OF this "Old Man Of the Sea-" who
is riding upon its back We therefore,
make this earnest appeal: Read every
line written upon this subject, and
act according to your convictions. If
you admit the justice Of our claims,
don't say ooh, we'll! we cannot help
it; nothing car come OF this move
nent." Rather, let each reader whose
soul is not "fit for treason, strategem,
and spoils" be q committee Of one and
say, Il will not spend another dollar
with a Mail Order House," Take this
stand and soon the monsters, like the
Arabs. will silently fold their tents and
steal away from your locality.
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THEIR BARGAIN CLOTHING.

Assembled at New York early in tho
season were the heads Of several OF tho
largest manufacturers Of Clothing. The
firms represented make a speciality Of
manufacturing nothing but all wool
goods. At this meeting a piece Of
Clothing obtained from one of these
Mail Order Houses was submitted for
inspection which was listed in their
catalogue as an All Wool garment.
1t vas a beautiful pattern, apparently
all wool, Of a superior grade of fine
ness. II vas passed around the. circle.
and was universally commended. Hav-
ing one this far, a boiler was pro-
duced, the garment was put into u
to make the final test.
In this boiler is a liquid preparation
that Is harmless to cotton, but wiz
eat UP all the wool submitted to 1t. a
a piece Of wool cloth is placed In this
test not q shred Of 1t will rema..ze In
the case in point the cloth was found
to be as perfect after the test as be-
fore. The wool lint blown into the
cotton body was destroyed. but thu
cotton remained and stood confessed.
conclusive evidence against as cleyor
a piece Of shoddy goods as could well
be imagined.
The business Of wool blowing cot.
ton goods has become a very profitable
and extensive nj From these shod.
dy mills Mail Order Houses and Box.
car Wholesale concerns draw heavily
for their bargains. BY dint OF liberal
advertising and reckless statements
suits made from this stuff arc worked
off on the public as Of real value. SUITS
are advertised as marked down from
$12 to $5.98 when as a matter OF fac
nc reputable dealer would dare handl>
the good at any price and the proft
to the big concern on the shoddy GOODS
is much greater than tho retail man
could make on Q legitimate sale, 49,
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lar as could a man with ten eyes.

q GO So0lo q Illdll Wllu lcu 6yS0.
But now! OF what value to a house
is a reputation for fair dealing built
up by fifty years OF resisted tempta-
ton and unblemished honesty? 1t is
practically valueless and why? What
have we got in return for that hon
esty that is passing put Of the mer-
camille trade? We have something
like a Punch n Judy show with
every Mail Order House catalogue
sent out to alnuse the buying public
so they will not notice that the nutmeg
they get for half price is made of
wood.
Do those people who are not engaged
in the mercantile line ever pause to
consider the conditions under which
trade is now done? Those running a
legitimate store u long and ser
iously to consider the situation, but
do outsiders never see cause for alarm
in h condition OF things? Whas is
the condition? Is 1t not practically
true that the proprietor of a country
store can never tell Monday morning
whether he is going to do $1,000 worth
of business during the week or 500
worth? The volume Of trade is no long
er regulated by the necessities Of the
people. Orders are not only sent to
these Mail Order Houses which are
not their natural markets, but they
hold themselves in readiness to buy
everything in their catalogue that
seems to be offered cheap. The house
wife used to decide that she needed
certain things and that she could at
fore to buy them, and then she would
set out and buy them. Now she neve
knows what she needs until she has
read a Mail Order House Catalogue
The result is that there must be tons
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AN APPEAL | So 5 aFfv

That article on Mail Order Houses is
devoted to a full and fair discussion OF
a subject which we believe is OF vital
importance to every one.
Right here, let US state that we do
noc dispute the right that belongs to
every citizen that he or she has the
privilege Of spending their earnings
in whatever manner and where they
wish. az long as they keep within the
law. No one will dispute the farmers
claim that he a send his money to
any place that he wishes, and buy
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

IN the past two decades many ques-
tions have risen which are taxing the
the ingenuity Of the best intellects
among the political and industrial
economists Of the day to solve.
Evils that are gigantic in their scope
which are far reaching in their effect.
and which are subtle in the injury to
the public and private e that they
do. have grown up to torment the
people.
Among these evils is n that is
paramount, for the reason that It is
80 insidious in its workings that Its
true iniquity is concealed from the
eyes of all except the most thought
full. This is the Mail Order House
evil. It Is like the consumption, a
yeritable white plague in the business
world as an exposition OF its detri-
mental methods, policies and effects
will show.
Dc you wish to sustain the legiti-
mate dealers and enable them to re-
main in business? If so, do you not
know that 1t is imperatively necessary
to trade with them?
DO you not know that If your father,
husband, brother or friend is In the
shoe business and o buy groceries
or furniture Of a Mail Order House. the
wives and families of the grocery and
furniture stores are equally JUSTIFIED
In buying shoes Of a Mail Order House?
II your husband or other relative or
friend Is a doctor or a lawyer, and
the shoe dealer and other dealers are
forced to assign or retire because you
patronize Mail Order Houses. do not
these professional men lose patients
and clients?
Is the reliable dealer being properly
patronized and thus encouraged to con-
tinue in business? If not, are not the
members Of the household, or Your
friends household, likely to lose their
positions? Think Of this and buy your
goods exclusively at home and not OF
s Mail Order House.
Patronize the legitimate dealers.
They constitute the backbone OF the
business interests. Break it and you
destroy the bulwark of our towns
prosperity. The home merchants con-
stitute the tenantry Of our business
blocks, but they are rapidly dimin-
lshing because our people send thou
sands Of dollars weekly to the Mai
Order Houses.
Remember this: Mai Order Houses
and Box Car Wholesale concerns dc
not sell goods any cheaper than YOU
legitimate dealers, but they do sci
a line Of goods manufactured espe
cially to swindle the people, and b:
carefully reading our argument we will
prove to. you hat the line OF good
they sell are dear at any price.
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ing up oftthe community from which 1T

ing up oIsthe from winch IL
is sent. s,
But do these mail order houses pro-
mote the prosperity of your town, or
are they Injurious to its best inter
ests? Let us examine the facts: That
these institutions destroy real estate
values; bankrupt the merchant Of
small capital; employ help at a pit
tance that will. not suffice to keep
body and SOU together and thus pave
the way for the uin Of many who.
wearted and discouraged by the hope
less outlook for advancement, fall by
the way; humbug and "sell" the peo-
pie the way they do business, there
is no shadow of q doubt. Test the
truth Of our statements. Question any
or every one with whom you come
in contact and you will be surprised
at the unanimity Of thought upon the
subject-all Of those to whose atten-
ton the question has been brought
for q mere p~ittance to the small cap
italist with his empty store and resi-
dence property unite in a testimony
which, : crystalized into one sentenc
would in effect be a curse upon these
establishments.
Many have as yet given little
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Every good citizen who is opposed
to the evils of capital, COMMERCIAL and
industrial concentration in the large
cities, and the building up Of illegal
businesses that work against the in
terests of the masses. should calmly
consider the fact that every system Of
business hat depletes a section Of
country of the wealth 1t produces
strengthens the so-called capitalistic
power. One of the most baneful sys-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
"D0n't he Robbed, Save the Profits
That Your Storekeeper
Would Make"
That is Their Argument Which Appeals to
UnsophisCated Men aud Women Who Have
Little Knowledge of Business.
The Box Car Merchant The Worst That Leait-
mate Dealer Has to Contend With.
COPYRIGHTED BY D. w. REID,

they try to sell under the plea OF
Don't Be Robbed Save the Profits
That Your Storekeeper Would Maka.n
AS for the country merchant. there
Is not n who would risk his reputa-
ton for honest dealings by selling this
junk II 1t were given to him and all
freight charges paid. Here Is the adj
vertisement. which sounds we'll to read.
but II o Jlst stop ono moment to
think. you will see nothing but destruc-
ton in its path. It means more empty
store buildings. more empty houses,
loss of population in your county;
more taxes and an Increased deatA
rate In your community.
When you need a bill Of goods make
up your list, take it to your ho1uo
merchant and let him make you an
estimate. You will find that he can
not only save you money but will givs
you frst-class goods. something it 10
hard to get Of a Mail Order House.
sALEMEN wANTED-To sell our
fine groceries direct to consumers;
satisfaction guaranteed: profitable
steady, %desirable; exclusive terri-
tory; no capital necessary; head.
quarters for carload men.
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Stop Patronizing Mail Order Houses
and Trade With the Legiti-
mate Merchants.
The Mail Order House is a Scheme Whereby
Capital Makes the Greatest Profit Out
Of the Greatest Number.
To the Husbands, Wives, Daughters, Brothers and
Sisters of South Dakota.
COPYRIGHTED BY D. w. RE1D.)

goods he needs wherever he wants to.
But there is an economic side of the
question that should not be overlooked.
The resident Of a community should
be active in furthering the interests
OF the place he calls home, He Is
working c%ontrarily to his own good
when he sends his money to the dis
tant city for supplies he knows can
be secured in his own home town. The
dollar sent away goes out Of circulation
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HONESTY sr sGkf II ffHbr

There was at one time q condition
OF trade in which honesty was the
best policy. A man, in beginning a
mercantile career, said: II shall build
up a reputation for fair dealing. My
goods shall be what is claimed for them.
My word shall be as good as my
bond. I am an expert in my line and
I shall personally buy every dollars
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

The following are a fair sample Of
the Bargains (D that you get from
these Mail Order Houses and Boxcar
Wholesale concerns:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-22
NOT RECOGNIZED
BUT MAY YET GAIN
Frisco Street Car Union Gives up Ore
Demand and Will Arbitrate
Others.

San FrancisO, Aug. 22-The streat
car strike will be declared off before
many hours, it is reported. The ways
and means committee of the strikers
has arranged with representatives If
the United Railroads to call off the
strike. The car men will return to
work as individuals. No question :
relative to membership in the uniOu
will be asked. All differences pertain
ing to wages and hours will be arbi-
trated. The settlement would give 3d.
600 members of building trades unions
and their families permission to ride
on the cars despite any action the car
mems union may take. President Co..
nelius of the car mems union says nA
tiOnal officers will maintain that the
strike is still on, and confusion is eX
pected to result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-22
BISHOP TURNER
HELD A CRATER
Minister Accuses Colored Divine and
Declares immortality is Conn.,
mon in Pulpit.

New York, Aug. 22.-Bishop Henry
NJ. Turner. of Atlanta, Ga. the senio:
bishop of the African Methodist Epis
copal church. and acting bishop of the
New York diocese, is accused of
grating"
The charge was male on the floor OF
the convention of the Greater New
York and Long Island district confe :
ence in Brooklyn by the Rev. W. II
Lacey of Flushing. l.. |. He said the
bishop submitted TO the conference a
bill of SEQ for his expenses and after.
wards demanded $40 more of its dis
bursing committee.
Mr. Lacey spoke on The Moral Con
dition of Negroes as Compared viii
The Whites" He said that morality
among negroes is at a low ebb because
their preachers are mostly immoral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-22
Force at Casa Blanca
Too Small to Hold
Its Own.
APPEALS FOR HELP
F Fanatical Tribes of Mo0rs to
Number of 5000 Said to
be Assembling.

Paris, Aug. 22-The French naval
forces off Casa Blanca yesterday with
the French batteries ashore shellad
the MoOTs with deadly effect In the
afternoon General Drude moved for
ward his field guns to a ridge four
miles from camp whence he shelled the
MOOrS who were then in full flight
eastward
Tribes Assembling.
Casa Blanca, Aug. 22-The arrival
yesterday before his town of three new
columns of warning tribesmen, who
have joined the army of fanatics be
sieging Casa Blanca. has rendered more
serious the problem undertaken by
France and Spain to restore order The
new arrivals constitute an imposing
opposition to the French force, now
wcaried with their vigil. The soldiers
are convinced their present defensive
strength is inadequate.
Appeals for Help.
General Prude has had a conference
with Vice Admiral Philbert. who tele-
graphed to Paris the belief that rein
forcements are absolutely necessary for
protection of the town. Whenever the
men on board the cruiser Clorie sight
groups of Arabs they open on them
with shell fire, and during all last night
there was a constant rattle of rifle fire
from French sharpshooters directed
against Arabs who were trying TO steal
| in toward the town under cover of
| darkness.
1s,000 Fanatics March on Troops.
| 1t is pefsisteniy~ rumored@ tfrat- Muiai
el Hafid, the brother of the sultan of
Morocco, who recently was proclaimed
sultan. is marching on Casa Blanca
with Moorish reinforcements to the
number of $1,000 men. recruited from
the most fierce and fanatical tribesmen
Of the south of Morocco.
| Letters received here from Morocco
| City confirm the report of the procla-
nation of Mulai el Hafid as sultan and
add that two powerful caids, Goundafi
and Glaoui, are marching to his sup
port.