Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-10

summer. time instead Of wednesday
afternoons, as Wednesday afternoon
closing is neither an advantage for
the proprietor or his employees and
Is a great nuisance to the farmers"
n. e. GOODRICH, druggist: "The
Legislature Is now here for three
months. With all the people who will
be here for the sessions. members
and visitors, this should provide a
good extra business for the mer-
chants Of Augusta. Our business was
better in 1922 than in 1921"
MRS. ROSE PELLEcRINI Of
Gregoire- Pellegrini, millinery: Eve
are looking forward to q good BUSH
ness in 1928. People nowadays
not only want but demand up-to-the
minute goods. They will not take
anything else, no. matter what the
price. We have believed in giving
the people real values and In letting
them know by advertising that we
have the goods"
JOSEPH cADARETTE-"I am
looking for good year in 1923. 1t
has started off fine SO far. Settled
conditions seem to indicate q more
favorable. year. Our business was
quiet last year."
MRS. e. L. WiNSLoW, WinsIow's
Candy Store-T should expect 1928
to be at least as good a year as the
previous one. Some materials are
higher though I do not believe that
fact will make material difference.
Our last years business was good"
JOSEPH DION, Of sIosberg &
Dion-"I should expect a better year
owing to general conditions. Last Z
year our business amounted to a
good average"
HAROLD PACKARD, Packard's
Smoke Shop-"Speaking strictly of
the tobaconnist business 1 believe it
will be much better this year. All
conditions seem to be favorable to a
better year. Last year was fine one
in our business"
MRS. MARION GENEsT, MiIIin.
ery-"The outlook looks encouraging
and hope for a better year. We did
q fine business last year."
STANLEY cHERNOWSKY, Cher
nowsky's Store for Women-"We ex-
pect this year to be a banner year
for us. All general and local condi-
tons seem to predict it. We are
looking for an excellent year. Our
business in 1922 was fine"
DANIEL SEXTON, Fleteher's
Pharmacy-"Busfess should be bet
ter this year. General conditions
seem to point to such. Our business
last year was good"
H. II. HAMLIN, Leather Goods
II don't believe business will be as
good this year. An unsettled condi-
| ton still prevails, the reaction from
| more prosperous times. l cannot see
vxrEn ernf h1rct
G. w. QUiMBY-"I don't see why
| we will not have as good If not a
better year than last. General condi-.
| tons seem to forecast it. Our bust
ness last year was better than that
of 1921"
FREDERICK OWEN, c. F. BiIo-
deau Co.-"Business in 1923 should
| be better. More people are working.
more money is in circulation and the
| demand for merchandise is greater.
Then again. better quality goods
| may now be had at the same old
price. Better business is predicted"
B. F. SMITH, Locke's Grocery-'I
think business will be better this
| year. Conditions in the country seem
to be picking up. Our business last
year was a good average"
n. +. EDWARDS, proprietor Part
ridge Drug Store-"Business ought
to be better if it is possible to just
by trade conditions. Our business in
| 1922 was the average"
HARRY PIERCE, Pierce's Book
| Store-"We expect that 1923 will
| prove good year owing. to the gen.
eral prevailing conditions. Our BUSH
ness last year was a good average"
RUEL SOULE, r. w. SouIe EN-
| porium Co.-"This year shapes up
better than last. All wholesale re-
ports; which generally predict the
trend of the country, seem to have
| bright outlook. Our business last
year was very good considering the
decreasing market"
F. L. HERSEY, Of The Hersey
Shoe Store-"We should expect as
good business if not better this
year than in 1921. The employment
situation is not as acute and there
is tendency toward normal. Our
business last year was very good"
J. A. Carnage Of J. A. Carnage Co.,
brokers: "We open the New Year
under the happiest possible auspices.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
who is acknowledged to be one of the
best authorities that ever held that
position, declares that he sees no
reason why the present era of pros
perity should not continue Indefinite
ly. The steel industry, he said, is
running to nearly full capacity, and
he hears everywhere that there is an
increasing demand for manufactured
articles. He states. however, that
most of the railroads need equip
ment and there is a great deal yet
to be done in order to keep business
at the high level of efficiency"
LESTER LABRECk Of LaBreck &
Lishness, The Daylight Store: "The
labor situation seems to have cleared
itself. Everybody is working and
wages are higher. Prices of goods
that 1923 will be pretty good
year."
w. G. BOoTHBAY, treasurer Of
the kennebec Savings Company:
Business is improving, but it is not
vet back to normal. l couldn't tell
about this years business. A savings
bank is hardly criterion. Business
in the past year has been better than
ever before. There has been more
business although the net results
have not been larger. The war GER
tificates have added to the BUSH
ness"
RICHARD E. GOODWIN, treas
urer OF the Augusta Savings Bank:
THE Augusta Savings Bank makes
special effort to aid in home buy
ing. The loans in the past year have
increased 33 Ia. The firstsday after
the New Year, there was more
business in the banks of Augusta
than ever before. 1t is hard for the
people in Maine to- save money, but