The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-07-31
BOOSTER TRAIN VISITS US
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Mckissick Bros. & Alcorn, Norman
McKissick; McKibbin, Driscoll & Dor
sey, c. NJ. Irwin; Merrill, Greer &
Chapman, S. o. Greer; Merchants Ma
tional Bank, j. A. Cameron: Minneso.
ia By-Product Coke Co., W. w. Walk.
err; Northwestern Elec. Equip. Co.
A. NJ. Baldwin, Jr., E. d. Vayo and L.
B. Wheeler: Northwestern Fuel Co.
L. E. Whitney and L. B. MCINTYRE;
Nlcolin Grain Co., Henry Nicolin;
Nicols, Dean & Gregg, d. B. Gregg;
Northwestern Bedding & Mfg. Co, f.
W. Wilcken; Moves Bros. & Cutter,
c. r. Noyes; Northwestern Trust Co
E. NJ. Pettibone; O'Donnell Shoe Co..
II. j. Putnam; Phoenix Chair Com.
pany, Walter Johnson; Randall Co.,
Harry Lee Wilson; Saint Paul Daily
News, Howard Kahn; Saint Paul AS
ISOLATION, E. NJ. Mcmahon and R. e.
Hilton; Saint Paul Dispatch and Pion-
eer Press, II. B. Crozier and T. f.
Latimer; Saint Paul Fire & Marine
ms. Co., A. H. Sperry; Saint Paul
Roofing, Cornice & O. Co, r. B.
Braid; Saint Paul Union Stock Yards
Co.. H. d. Booge; Scheffer & Rossum,
c. L. Gaver; Schmidt Company, c. L.
Gaver; Schmidt Company, John H.
Nicolin; Seeger Refrigerator Co., Wal
ter Seeger; Sischo & Beard, r. A.
Beard; G.. SommerS q Co, Harry S.
Sommers and A.. w. Logan; Stock
yards National aBnk, G.. e. Mills;
Swift d Company, Geo. r. Nelson;
L. S. Rubber Co., H. L. May; Wood
& Weller, Gil. A. Wood; Wright, Bar
rett & Stillwell Co, c. F. Wright;
Western Union Telegraph Co., E. F..
Kelly and j. C. Nelson.
In addition to the representatives Of
the commercial interests of the city,
other st. Paul men accompanied the
party and n of the most pleasant
to meet was G.. B. Wollan, secretary
to the mayor of St. Paul, who spent
his time trying to make people forget
their homes and want to moye to st.
Paul to live. Whether he was trying
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the next election or whether he was
trying to increase the tax list, is hard
to tell, but he sure was happy in tell
ing about the beauties of the wonder
full city in which he lives. A fea-
ture of the party was the presence
Of Fred p. Mann of Devils Lake, n.
D., president of Mann's Department
Store, who made addresses wherever
the train stopped long enough on the
trip and told the merchants the secret
of how he succeeded. While in Brook
ings Mr.. Mann visited one merchant
and preached to him the doctrine of
advertising in a way that was very
convincing and conclusive. In a city
of a little larger than Bookings, Mr..
Mann has built up a business of over
half a million a year and gives all
the credit for this big success to the
advertising that he has used to let
people know what he was selling.
OF course he has been living up to
his advertising all of the time, and
that is perhaps what has made the
advertising count for IS much as it
did. Mr.. Mann's talks arc trade in
spiration and commercial incentives
that are worth hearing by anyone,
whether in business OF not, their i'm
port and intent is full of meat that
can be applied to the living of our
every day lives. When the gathering
formed in Main street, Walter M.
,Cheever welcomed the visitors on
behalf of the city, and E. M. Mcmahon,
secretary to the St. Paul Association,
responded on behalf of the party. Mr..
Mcmahon is a great believer in the
community spirit and the building up
of the same in the commercial trans
actions of a city, no matter how small
or how big, and though he had not
time to tell our people how he could
suggest to them ways for the better
ment of our welfare in both social
and commercial ways, yet a converse
ton with him disclosed that he has
given a great deal of time to this
subject and if possible the Register
hopes that some time in the future
we may be able to secure hin for
one or more talks in our city on this
subject that means so much for every
growing city. A visit to Brookings
by both Mr.. Mcmahon and Mr.. Mann
at some time in the future, with adj
dresses by them on these two sub
jects on which they are experts, would
be a matter that might be arranged
by u Commercial Club with great
benefit to not only the business men
of the city, but also to the entire citi-
zenry of the community as well. An
other member of the party, r. +. Hill
ton. industrial commissioner of the
st. Paul Association, made the visit
to Brookings an opportunity to renew
his acquaintance with r. A. Turner,
publisher of the Press, formed some
years ago when they both lived at
Lake Benton Mr.. Hilton was very
active in making the time spent in
our CITY of worth to every membe
of his party and took pains at all
times to introduce them to our clti-
zens and enable them to meet those
with whom they would find time for
an Interesting visit. Two members OF
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