The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-19
Want Ad Department.

We are going to help you and our
selves at the same time. We are GO
ing TO educate you up to the value
of using the want department Of
the Meridian Times. Have yon
any idea of the money you could
make IL you we're to let all the peo-
pie 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 IL?
But he cannot buy 1t II 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
vantages--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 weekly.
published in county seat town. It's
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, butter, 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 100
volumes, home knit socks. cream sep
aratorr two calves. concrete block
machine, tame bear, gasoline engine,
heating stove, hay, rag carpets, home
cured hams and bacon, wind mill, a
general store, soy beans, alfalfa meal,
desk and chair, typewriter, cabinet
organ, Shorthorn bull, bird dog, hay
stacker. rake and loader, tons of
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 a
local ad in the Times. The cost is
very small--only Csc for one inser-
ton or 75c for four insertions. For
So we will keep your ad running for
IL weeks. Someone wants what you
have to sell.
Listen, mother! just look around
the house, down in the cellar, up in
the attic. out in the yard, in the
stable OF loft--everywhere land see
how many things, useless to you and
yours, are lying about, cluttering up
the place. Make tour of the house.
Make out list of the things you do
not want and never will want. Mark
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 little
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 Bring
the ad to us. It will cost 2hc to put
1t in the paper once. Just for fun
take that trip around the place and
see what lot of things you can per-
haps turn into little money, or at
! least make trade.
If you wish, you can sign the ad
Enquire at Times Office. ut Is bet
ter however to give your own name
or phone number, as then the buyer
goes direct to you.