The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
Want Ad Department

We are going TO help you and our
selves at the same time. We are GO
ing 10 educate you up to the value
OF using the want department. OF
the Meridian Times. Have yoh
any idea Of the money you could
make if you we're to let all the peo-
Pile around Meridian know what you
had for sale? DO you know that no
matter how apparently useless some
article has grown, some other person
has a use for that article and will
buy It?
But he cannot buy 1t IL he does
not know where to get it. In Boise
the classified department OF the
newspapers are as interesting as
the news columns. In fact they con-
tain real live news. And those who
are using them are reaping great adj
yantages--both the buyers and sell
lers.
OF late the country papers are
pushing their small want ad depart
ments into more prominence. The
other day we picked up a weekly,
published in a county seat town. Its
want column was wonder Appar-
emily everyone in the community was
using and reading it. Lack of space
prevents us from reproducing it, al
though we would like to do SO. But
here are few of the things that
we're advertised for sale by the farm
ers and the people in town:
Houses, lots farms, glass cupboard
chickens, sewing machine, turkeys
rugs. eggs, upholstered goods, crock-
cry, geese, butterA correspondence
school course, cheese, feathers, man
ure. incubator, horses, finger ring
automobile. jars of fruit. fence posts
clothes and fur overcoat, home
made bread, colt, library of loo
volumes, home knit socks, cream sep.
arator, two calves, concrete block
machine, tame bear, gasoline engine
heating stove, hay, rag carpets, home
cured hams and bacon, wind mill, 9
general store soy beans, alfalfa meal
desk and chair, typewriter, cabinet
organ, Shorthorn bull, bird dog, ha,
stacker, rake and loader, 5 tons o.
coal, and a gun.
II you have any of the above nam
ed articles for sale--or anything like
them--let us know and we will run {
local ad in the Times. The cost II
very small--only Csc for one inser
ton or 75c for four insertions. Fol
SO we will keep your ad running fol
IL weeks. Someone wants what yot
have to sell.
Listen, motherl Just look arounC
the house, down in the cellar, up il
the attic, out in the yard, in thu
stable or loft--everywhere land ,se'
how many things, useless to you ant
yours, are lying about, cluttering III
the place. Make tour of the house
Make out list of the things you d.
not want and never will want. Mari
down the lowest price you will take
Add up the figures and the total will
surprise you. Now to turn these use
less things into money, fix up a littl
ad something like this:
For Sale--Second hand stove, bur
eau, bed-stead, churn, three uphol
stored chairs, quantity of clothing
several bags of rags, etc, etc. Mrs
Mary ........, Rt.1, Meridian. Brinl
the ad to us. 1t will cost 25c to pu
4 1t in the paper once. Just for fu
take that trip around the place an
see what lot of things you can pei
haps turn into a little money, or a
least make a trade.
Ii you wish, you can sign the &C
Enquire at Times Office. 1T is bel
ter however to give your own nam
or phone number. as then the buye
goes direct to you.