Catalogue vs Local Merchants on Price and Quality Debate
A discussion argues that mail order houses can offer low prices due to economies of scale but pay higher overheads, while local merchants must maintain quality and personal inspection. The piece compares manufacturing grades, material selection, and the role of customer service in sustaining business in a competitive market.
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Tiny
Béthie
Farmer Bay
Tin Lawering
Econony
Local notices and late November dispatches from One
Elevator completion ready for grain and Thanksgiving Day store closures. Local money to loan on improved farms at 7 percent. Land for sale fifteen acre broken quarter section. Fall elections and civic notes. fires, hospital admissions, arm fracture, and political shifts. Taft elected by large Republican majority announced as presses stop.
Curlers Set Meeting In Hawthorne Hall Friday Evening
A Curlers gathering is planned for Friday November 6 at 8 30 pm in Hawthorne Hall with all interested invited. Fernie district relief fund donations of 16 were acknowledged by R R Webb secretary and readers of the Herald are thanked for their spontaneous kindness. A successful basement sale of aprons handkerchiefs and ties raised funds with coffee and cake served and Presbyterian ladies praised for their efforts.
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Hawthorne's Hall
R. R. Webb
Fernie
Presbyterian Church
Farm land sale near Beulah District railroad
400 acres of good farming land in To. 15 Rge 26 Beulah District with 210 acres under cultivation and fair buildings. Located within five miles of railway elevators. Property offered for sale at a low figure and with the greater part possibly remaining on crop payments.
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Beulah
Dissolution of Miniota Livery Partnership
Notice states the liverymen partnership in Miniota Manitoba has dissolved by mutual consent. Thos H Stewart and Robert Hawes will carry on the business and handle all debts and claims. Dated Miniota October 19 1908 with witnesses New McKenzie and R G McKenzie.
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Miniota
Manitoba
H. Stewart
Robert Hawes
Stewart & Hawes
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