Grocery store promises top quality and fair prices
The retailer asserts superior goods and fair pricing, emphasizing parity and grade of merchandise. They promise prompt delivery and highly satisfactory service to win customers.
02 Jul 1914
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
1
The retailer asserts superior goods and fair pricing, emphasizing parity and grade of merchandise. They promise prompt delivery and highly satisfactory service to win customers.
The Royal Arch Masonic lodge in this city drew a list of visitors Monday night including H Hubbard Ira Perkins Ford Ul rich H Clement W W Clement J A Dutt E B Morgan and Fred Stone from Galena Chas Frid ley and Jas Young from Miami Chas Lyons and Fred Simmons from Lowell The notice urges reporting thefts to the Antis regardless of membership and suggests joining them.
An old market notice invites selling garden produce and eggs at the People's Grocery located one door north of Michener's. It promises the highest cash prices and inducements for patrons and advertises Pratt's Food and Remedies for poultry and stock health, signaling a general farm supply and meat market offering.
I N Bingham of Route 2 farms extensively with 200 acres of corn 135 of wheat 60 of oats 10 of flax and several hundred acres of hay. Jas F Robinson of Miami visited Tuesday to attend business. Mr and Mrs D Goff have traveled to Oklahoma to manage property interests owning land there.
A local retailer assures customers that high grade furniture comes with equally fair prices. The store promises reasonable, fair, and square costs and invites customers to compare value with the furniture quality offered.
A lightning strike ruined the main building and equipment of the Pittsburg Manuel Training and Normal School, valued over 200000 dollars. With 1400 summer normal students scattered to other facilities, the Board of Education has the plan to rebuild. Governor Hodges and the State Architect rushed to Pittsburg to oversee urgent recovery and funding efforts.
The Miami Royalty Company exercised an option on 62.5 acres of D. S. Chubb land seven miles southwest of Baxter Springs, paying $7,000 total at $112 per acre. Chubb retains 72.5 acres. Local movements include Johnson's Millinery sale and various visits by residents to nearby towns.
Union services will be held at the Chautauqua tent this Sunday at eleven o'clock. There is no charge, but a collection will be taken up to offset offerings. Also notes of local visits and events follow including Miss Bessie Stephenson visiting Eu reka, Kansas and others in the area.
Last Thursday a tramp entered A. B. Willard's home while the family was away and stole items valued over 50 dollars. L. Willard alerted the city marshal and within thirty minutes the thief and goods were recovered, though he had changed clothes after leaving. Items taken included Jesse Farris's suit, a Colts revolver, several gold rings, fishing tackle, and other valuables. The suspect gave the name Thomas Murphy and claimed Oklahoma homes. Marshals Horton W. W. Wyatt and J. T. Morrison, of the A H T A order, aided in the swift action.
Ella A. Hawkins announces a Children’s Chautauqua for ages four to fourteen. Gatherings Thursday at 10 AM, and every other morning at 9 AM, with plays and games for all ages. Afternoon tent meetings precede park lectures during the children’s hour.
The Presbyterian Church holds Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. Union services in the Chautauqua tent at 11:00 a.m. No evening service due to Chautauqua. A prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. all are invited to attend these services.
The time for filing nomination papers has passed and the race moves to the nomination bid. Many candidates seek office and from now until August 4 the contest will be intense and hot.
A local editorial urges merchants to advertise to halt business slippage, arguing readers rely on print ads as much as news. It extols ads as brains in the community and notes residents read the home paper for wares. Local items mention Mrs. Daniels visiting Carthage, fish stories, and area travel.
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