Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-01
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cannot appear At the Idle Hour a.
long as / am manager Of that house"
VIM. Gowan: Say. how is 1t that
a photo taken OF the Lincoln hotel
and the syverson block appears In
that souvenir book you people just
published with Gray's name under 1t
AS the photographer? / don't think
that is hardly a square deal to 8 Al
Photograph made by myself and give
some NJ else credit for the work. 3
Frank Bennett: Speaking about
the price of eggs nowadays puts me in
mind OF the first quotation ever sent
out by the Wateitown Produce com
pany. / came up here to work for
L. Baker when he established that
concern, which was about sixteen
years ago. Our first quotation was 6
cents for egs and 6h cents for but
ter.
Isidor Hanten: II am feeling very
well since my surgical operation and
will soon be ready to open my auto
mobile campaign. We will add the
Maxwell cars to our line this year.
That new five passenger Maxwell
which sells for $3.50 is some car. We
will continue to handle the Stude-
baker, which is the real car Of them
ALL"
Tom Sweet: Il have got onto a
scheme for starting any Ford a in
the coolest kind Of weather without
cranking your head of. 1t is ID sim
pie as rolling off a log and / would
not take $40 for the secret II had
to be compelled to go without the
knowledge. However, / will give any
Ford owner the pointer free upon ap
plication."
Jim Welsh: "The fire in my res
IduldLL hn6 dSkiCIli5 put IN WI
of business. l carried $500 insurance
on the fixtures and utensils but l
figure that / am loser by at least 81, 200
by the fire. / will certainly go into
the restaurant business again in this
city if I can find a suitable location.
I had a good business at that old
stand and it is a big loss to me-"
=
Truman Towne: How is business
on Midway? Well, sir, ] am sur.
prised. We have had a splendid bust.
shop. One would naturally think that
there would not many transients drop
into a barber shop located on the
alley but We shave people here every
day that / never saw before and ]
have worked in every shop in the
city"
Fire Chief Mclaughlin: Eyes, thai
was quite a fire at Florence last week
The Melharn Bros. lumber yard was
a total loss, partially covered by in
s%urance. / tell you it was pretty no
there for a while and the way thu
heat fried the sap out of an elevator
near by was a caution. r. the wint
had been high and i'll the right di
rection the whole town would proba
> bly, have burned
John Noodle: How was our Christ
mas trade? Good! But l am putting
= on u regular January clearance
7 sale. On account Of the mild weathe
we are greatly oyerstocked with win
V ter goods and these goods must NOV,
h 1t is our aim 0 TO carry over an.
of last seasons goods. If prices ant
quality count for anything we certain
ly have some are bargains for on
Il clearance sale this year.
l. H. j. Fahnesteck: a have real
y the new currency law and ! think /
has many good features. / am glal
the law did not pass as it was origin
ally proposed as it would have con
!: PEELED much money to leave this state
h 1 believe the law is very good now
d There is n good feature about TIL
n new law and that is that the nationa
" banks viii be allowed to loan none
d on real estate security which wa
prohibited under the old law"
n Dan Whooley: We are going t
y have mild weather for some time nov
Z At least that is my opinion. but yol
will understand that ! do not put my
self UP as a prophet or the son Of
h phophet-but did you notice that ne5
moon last Monday evening. It cam
up way over to the south and it
e generally in a n~ortherly direction a
this season of the year. ] have al