The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-16
ILLINOIS RETAIL MERCHANTS
IN 18TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Greeted by Mayer---Hear Reports and Lecture on
Good Roads Banquet Tonight--Many Fine
DispIays--Big Crowds

tire display consists Of canned goods.
catsups, etc, bearing the label the
i Fox Brand Toasted corn flakes
are distributed. Miss Pauline David
son has charge Of this booth. The
James Kirk Soap Co, displayed their
| Jap Rose soaps in the same BOOTH
which exhibit was shown by Miss
Norma Pettis, whose father, Walter
B. is local representative. Also in the
! same pavilion Borden's Evaporated
Milks and Creams are shown.
Wood & Bennett Grocery Co.'S
booth is presided over by Mrs. J. G.
Buchanan and Alex Meehan. The
display is pleasing and the distribu
il ton to visitors, of Peerless milk, Kel-
logg's toasted corn fakes and the
serving of these with Kin!nee brand
coffee is very acceptable. A special
display Of Woodford's and Walnut
canned goods is made.
Flour.
| Pink & Cos booth is in charge Of
Miss Marie Fitzgerald. The display
consists OF sacks Of the various kinds
of -four and meal handled by the
company, among which are Sylph,
Marvel, Best and Rye Wheat
| Milk and Butter
The Cairo Creamery pavilion is al
favorite locality Hot biscuits are
served to demonstrate the excellent
butter made by this firm. The Misses
| Stapleton preside over this depart
ment. The ice cream department is
conducted by Misses Belle Cunning
ham AMI Eva Rule. Chocolate cream
is served.
Produce.
The Gaunt Produce company at
tractively display fruits. vegetables,
letc., and the Sawyer Biscuit compa-
Iny, of Chicago, exhibit their goods.
~. C. McCracken is in charge.
Dry Goods.
The Denison-Gholson Dry Goods
company booth is suggestive of their
lime, being very daintily decorated
with soft, fllmy material and filled
with many choice samples of the
stock. J. G. Samuels is the master
hand, and is in charge.
Sold Many Grapes.
| Cottor Bros. Co. have a tempting
display of fruits, vegetables and
produce in charge of Wdf1 Cotter
and Miss Edith Hall placard an
Inounces, Guess the number of Pony
Baskets of grapes of William H.
Wise brand we sold this season and
win box of apples"
Furnishing Goods.
Marx & Vassauer expose a fine
line of ladies and gentlemen's fur
finishing goods attractively displayed,
ID. l.. Marx has charge of the BOOTH
Biscuits.
| Loose. Wiley Biscuit Co., of St
Louis, have an elaborate display of
their goods, which consists of l01 dif
tferent varieties of the well-knowu
| Sunshine" brand. Demonstrations
will be made all week conducted b.
R. j. Winter and Mrs. E. Stark, OF
ST. Louis, ami samples will be distrib
uted to visitors.
General Merchandise.
The New York Store Mercantile
leo, win give every one some "conso.
lation." Their exhibit Of everything
bearing the Consolation brand is
Icompete This will be a more than
Iordinarily attractive booth, for
| Miss Rose Greaney will serve KeL
logg toasted flakes with Borden's
cream and Curl Bros Blue Table
soups.
Washboards.
The National Woodenware Co,
Cairo's own dashboard factory, eX-
| hibit GO varieties of the domestic
pianos which must be played upon
by an artist to produce the best re
tsults. Ed and Carey and w. L. Bris.
ltol do not actually demonstrate, but
they tell you how easily it is done
with any ono of the &c varieties
Wholesale Groceries,
| Scudders-Gale Grocery Co have a
large and plasing display of their
goods which is under the direction
of Mr.. Bray. Beechnut peanut but.
ter and waters are served to the de.
light Of visitors
Cairo City Coal
The interior of the Cairo City Coal
Zoos booth is hidden from view by
a pleated black curtain, unless one
looks through a magnifying glass in
the center ofg the curtain peeping
through the glass one will see a bas-
ket Of black diamonds. A ton of coal
will be given to the one guessing
how many pounds OF coal is in the
basket. As the visitor will not know
the power Of the magnifying glass
il will not he any easy matter to
judge Of the size Of the pile, This
booth takes care of itself
Cash Registers.
The McCaskey Credit Co.. Of AM
anee. Ohio. show several outfits tnat
ought to interest every retail mer.