The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-21
HOLIDAY BUSINESS
SHOWS INCREASE

Notwithstanding the unreasonable
weather, the merchants of Winnie
mucca have enjoyed one of the larg-
est holiday sales, If not the greatest
known in the towns commercial his
tory. owing to the war there has
been considerable difficulty expert
enced in securing stocks of certain
grades. but this difficulty has been
minimized and the general public
would have known nothing of the
matter had it not been told. Follow
ing is a brief summary of trade at the
leading places Of business:
Ed Reinhart, of the L. Reinhart
Company two full days re-
naming. we have enjoyed one of the
best seasons in the history of our
firm. Until we have checked up il
will be impossible to say how sales
compare with other years in volume,
but | am satisfied they will show a
substantial increase. Nearly all busi-
ness has been on cash basis.
Ben LoInaz, OF Loinaz & Abel-We
have done a satisfactory holiday
business. Our difficulty has not been
so much in securing customers as in
buying the goods, which has been a
difficult matter in certain lines. How
ever, we have fortunately been able
to keep our different lines full, and
will have our usual assortment for
the last two days of the season.
II. NJ. Couzin. manager of The En-.
porium-owing perhaps in a measure
TO our great clearance sale, we have
transacted an immense holidays busi-
ness. While we sold out in certain
lines, our stocks have been retilled
and are now complete for the remain
ing two days of the season. While
we naturally look for lull in business
after Christmas. it will give US barely
time to complete our inventories be-
fore the new spring goods commence
to arrive.
II. l.. Willard, manager of the Gold
en- Rule Store-0ur force has been
worked to full capacity in taking care
of the holiday trade. | am unable to
state just how it will compare with
former years, but it is safe to say
that the volume has been consider
ably greater than in any holiday sea-
son during the seven years the Gold
en- Rule has been located in Winnie
mucca,
T. d. Brown, of the Winnemucca
Mercantile Company While we do
not specialize in exclusively holiday
goods, our trade this season in holi-
day staples has been exceptionally
good. In case the weather continues
good up 10 Saturday night, our sales
will probably have exceeded those of
any previous year.
+. G. Krenkel. OF Krenkel & Bosch
Our holiday trade this year has
been entirely satisfactory. The con-
dition OF the money market can gem
orally be correctly gagged by the busi-
ness done by the jewelry stores, and
from our sales this year the town
and north end of the county are evil
IDENTIFY enjoying an era of prosperity.
Ted Zeiph, of the Winnemucca jew
elry d Loan Company-We have en-
joyed fine holiday trade. While our
jewelry lines are still well assorted,
we are practically sold out on guns
and revolvers. While we are a COM
paratively new firm here, this sea-
sons volume Of trade is considerably
greater than we have enjoyed during
any corresponding time.
w. A. Brown, OF the Eagle Drug
Company-We have had all the busi-
ness we could handle, notwithstand-
ing our increased facilities for han
ding the trade. / should say that
this years holiday trade will show
an increase OF from 35 to so per cent
over that OF any preceding year.
While certain lines of drugs have
been hard to secure, owing to the
tremendous demand caused by the
European war, we have experienced
no serious difficulty in keeping our
stocks of holiday goods complete
w. p. Stephenson, of the Stephen
son Drug Company-We can say that
this is the best holiday trade the
Stephenson Drug Company has en-
joyed during its four years of busi-
ness in Winnemucca. The volume of
business has been considerably great
er than that of last year. notwith-
standing we were closing a piano
contest at that time.
+. ]. Oliverius. of the Palace Tai
loring Company While, of course.
tailors' products are not considered
exclusively holiday goods, the season
just closing will show an increased
business over any preceding year.
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