Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-04
AUGUSTA MERCHANTS DISPLAY
INTRIGUING VARIETY maine
{ MADE AND CROWN PRODUCTS

made by the Home Dairy Co., of Wa
terville, was displayed in the ]. F..
turner grocery store window, Hon
ey. put on the market by Longfellow
Bros. Of Hallowell was another TENN
ting Maine product shown there.
Canned goods, put up by Milliken-
Tomlinson Co, of Portland were in
GUIDED among the Maine made goods
shown at the T. A. Thompson Co.
grocery store.
Bolt Cloth and Rugs
One OF the most attractive win
dows on the street. was that Of the
LaBreck and Lishness Co. 1t was de-
voted entirely to piece goods and
rugs made In Maine. In the center
OF the window was an array of rugs
made by Mrs. Charles Saunders Of
South China. Workmanship par
excellence. place them In a class by
themselves. Cloth on the bolt made
In Saco and made in Lewiston, form
ed part OF the display. Soft flannel
made in Augusta and blankets made
In winthrop were also seen and ad-
mired.
More Delicaeies for the Table
Again the inner man was appealed
to in the display at the Hersom &
Bonsall grocery store. Horse radish,
with guaranteed strength, put up
by II. c. Hammond of Augusta; Mrs.
Hersey's products Of Augusta; Bax-
ters canned goods; Maine Maid pie
crust. coming from the Simmons
Hammond Mfg. Co.: Old Scotch
again; Schonland Bros. Co. of Port
land. sausages and such were in
cluded in the array.
At the Augusta Drug Co. were
found n rnnd ma ~ e.
lily remedies. including many pre-.
pared by the Capital Drug Co. DR..
Kinsman's Dyspepsia Powder; En-
peco Cough Balsam: Young's Witch
Hazel hand lotion; DR.. Kinsman's AS
thma remedy: Kinsman's Violet Lo-
ton: Dephyro; Lake Headache pow
ders made by the Capital Drug Co.
and DR.. Donnells remedy We're among
the Maine made products shown in
this enterprising drug store.
Interesting Industrial Display
Most instructive, entertaining and
attractive was the Pepperell Mills of
Biddeford display in the D. w. Ad-
ans Co. window. The process Of the
| cotton in the making Of the cloth was
| shown. both In the material and also
| in the picture. This window was
much admired and crowd was view
| ing the scenes depicted most Of the
| day. Cloth made in Lewiston was
also displayed in the Adams store
! window.
Hathaway Shirts, made in Water
| Vile. were displayed in the E. E. Da-
| Wis Co. window. 1t does not seem to
! be undue liberty taken in repeating
| When asked what Maine products
! were going to be shown in the Davis
| Go Of T.,
was going to bring down his twins.
1aine Books and Authors
Books by Maine authors and books
Of Maine interest were observed in the
| Pierce Book store window. maine
| Beautiful by Wallace Nutting. books
! by A. G. Staples Of Lewiston and 9TH
| ers. found place in the display. And
the picture Of Maine girl on the
cover Of a we'll known radio magazine
helped the Maine idea along.
| Augusta Shoes ana Shirts
| The process Of shoemaking as car.
ried out at the Capital City Corpora.
tlon created no small amount Of inter.
est in the. Quality Shoe Store display
The various parts of the shoe and the
; process was depicted in manner mos
| interesting.
Goodwill shirts. made in Augusta
| Helu inc center OF MaIne-made interest,"
in the c. r. Bilodeau window. Pretty
patterns of cloth combined with ex
cellent workmanship. made thes,
shirts very good selling. One entire
window of the store was devoted t.
these goods.
At the Bilodeau Shoe Store were
| shown Army shoes made by tn,
Capital City Cooperation, Evangelin'
shoes made in Portland and tIt
Davis Process shoes made in Free
| port.
Old Scotch was shown in thu
Cony grocery store display and alst
Maine made cheese. At the Part
ridge Drug Store Priests indigestion
Powders were en- display. OLE
Scotch, Young's hand lotion. Joint
Ease made in Hallowell by the Pope
Laboratory were also shown in thu
Partridge display.
Featuring Of Maine Made Pro
ducts in the Augusta store windows
bring most forcibly to the eyes ant
the minds in time, Of the August:
buyers, that all that is good is no
made outside of the State of Maine