The Dickinson press., 1915-11-13
BONFIRE FEATURE
Of UNIQUE CELEBRATION
CITIZENS JOIN WITH MERCHANTS IN CELEBRATING GREAT
COMMERCIAL VICTORY.
Thousands of Ma l-Order Catalogues Thrown to Flames.
By David Powell.

By David Powell.
The spectacular finish Of the campaign which was the subject of
a %y a5asI3 II pq 3ba e last ef eT Tssas Ts 4 ps edmgsr ts n %est unique affair ever
Goods He ssd than ss th ten a stho %sss .. &oa sest had sf t Sssa b s5Ps ef sou as % assts SSSss
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Citizens Burn Catalogues.
miles Ey ~y % nassa "f so Ss fas ssia and s! in th xit literature { s'@ ss1; OF out t sS7sS.
occasion sss n,t to offer E E ye% 5z:sye s3pe tS9f s Of their ; Ts s5Sasis s% thS mail S!
}sTsa It s R516 tsb{s t sa B5tSn{:s 1 hS%nis % Ssss With 7f fTs% solely 3 %s from a
eSH1ds a and '1 make a pubic sVo~sl Of d"E their H"f faith se" by throwing It It
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sss;hs! t' m ss!as t into a :s to ;'$ 4ss: Ct 5H ;h: sSe'7 7s%s ; sf Loyalty gsS vi" TT ts sas
Bad Case of Ma.orderts.
chants 3a t @so e3 Sa taken sf an a in VERY set Ess"t e%t me is e REs campaign si the I % %s
s tsS tf IN st ts s OF tns sSnve' S% ms Ga b 57e t most han Ssst in Bar msH''T ~sa
{ sS%; a. 5P ssss quartet 5s5;n sse ss Of sSn ~ Land ID a {% : five Ssoa miles SsnS Soot Ssa; 81
Wien h he he had money, ! It was, mostly. Of but When Crops Were Psor
= ana eos %%sS of Fs years. 1"' r. :! 30 b s%SsS W s : started ne this s thing IS ge eEaeS> it a.
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e g09 a mighty s%s to lon say tia a t" things II him hat wanted TO Gel
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aw"y You TO e have th 5Ssse V chn arsr E Bsrns "a go saTe to %09 fs high Ry ' ss6osl f 5sqe
in town Sssm tn that t I pay syv s EeSaann diztne sf t 35s town to help fPom s0P %S;ti YOU ! help se
Fl! ss$ ssss I'll !; 4 i q $s' s sS sSs5% szs $s:t . s e # +s IS u; s ! :, sn Sao1 # - ny
!? tsv sen er IN i ? the he e s%1 I" I'm Away" a. ' called d n to @ chip P'? IN and s;PSf T
always do.
"Now, Mr.. Barnes, I want to ask you a plain, straightforward
shoulder question. AS. an honest selfrespectmg citizen, don't you
think this element of personal service I render you and every
other patron of my store, and for which ! make n charge n should
concern in Chicago that don't give a tinker's damn for YOU o. any
thing you are interested in beyond the dollar in your pocketT
r, Cured
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after cudgeGng his brain for a minute r. two in a vain effort to
think Of something to say in support of the stand he had taken, he
! told him: Wei. Barnes. non Of US fellows want any the be-, best o. Of
if you really think that maybe I'm right about t. what I s%d' I want
well, he went along with me- and I spent the whole os afternoon noon
nut to crack, but to make a long story short, before he left the
rooms that afternoon he wrote himself down a member of the
League and we since that day has been the hardest home trade
fighter in the county"
Copyright 1879.