Skin Games and How They Operate in Retail Trade
A reader defends assortment houses against journal attacks, arguing their principles are sound and beneficial. The piece cites Marshall Field’s methods, explains contracts with retailers, and describes how wholesalers backstop dead stock while allowing merchants to expand offerings to cover customer needs.
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United States
National Association of Retail Druggists
MacDuff
Marshall Field
Marshall Field & Co
Field
Insurance Company
Jrield’s
Wannamaker's
Siegle- Cooper
Strub & Co
Vetter’s
Bennison’s
Fife
National Association of Retail
Criticism Aims to Improve Drug Gist Assortment Houses
W F Main argues that criticism of assortment houses exposes mismanagement and disloyal salesmen, urging reform rather than blanket blame. He contends responsible houses will benefit from critiques that weed out unscrupulous practices and highlight sound, well run operations.
When the golden rule guides business and life
A Success Magazine passage envisions a future ethic where all work when able and wealth arises from aiding others. It argues morality equal for men and women, happiness from doing right, self interest aligns with others, and hatred or envy harms the thrower. It urges a society valuing brains culture and achievement over unearned fortune.
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Success Magazine
Grant-Who-Will Tower Inscription At St Malo Remains
A historical note recalls Anne, duchess of Brittany, who kept government power in France and built a tower at St Malo with the inscription Grunt who will, ao shall it be, tis my pleasure. The bishop protested the stronghold over Maloons and the tower still bears the mark.
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Grant-Who-Will
Anne
Brittany
France
St. Malo
Grunt
Fat Babies Seek Comfort in Scott's Emulsion
A vintage advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion for infants described as thin or scrawny. It claims fat babies are happier and better protected, with fat cushioning nerves. The copy urges sending for a free sample and notes a label 14 on each bottle wrapper from Scott & Bowne, New York.
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Scout
Scott
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