Telephones, Catalogues, Credit and '
Delivery Wagons Blamed for High Cost of Living.
Some of O’Neill’s Biggest men were called to Omaha on this food investigation. There were big men from aii over the
state. Grocery men, Bankers, Ministers, Lawyers, and after a week of investigation it shows what 1 have been telling you
for two years was the high cost of living. If you did not have the telephone your wife would not order stuff she could get
along without.
When the catalogues are lying around you imagine you need these things, when you could get along without them. If
you burn the catalogues you would not be ordering stuff you don’t need.
Credit comes next. If you had to dig up cash for the stuff you would be more careful what you buy. There is a good
many times you only need a shoe string and you don’t have the money, so in order to get the shoe string charged you buy
a pair of shoes and maybe a necktie and a stickpin.
The delivery wagons make it easy to stay at home, so you will not go to the cash store. Because if you had to come
down after stuff you would never go to a credit store with a delivery and pay such prices.
The government cannot help you and the prices will be higher, because you want so much service that you have got
to pay for it. You would not buy cattle, hogs or horses over the phone or out of a catalogue. So why buy the other stuff7
You would not buy many cattle if you had to pay forty and 50 per cent interest. Well, •ain’t the other stuff just as import
ant? But I might just as well try to get the Kaiser to cut out war, so let the prices climb. Remember this: The more wag
ons and the more telephones and the more credit, the more / can make on my stuff, and the more you have to pay for yours.
This was what these big men found was the cost of high living and that the people themselves were to blame, and were
willing to pay for the service, so the U. S. government has decided to let the prices soar as high as war and luxurious living
can make them. This will help me and the catalogue houses too.
The catalogue houses with the as
sistance of the prohibition party sure
hit the towns a hard blow. Since the
state went dry the town looks like a
grave yard on the Fourth of July.
ALUMINUM HANDLED PARING
Knives, they easily sell for 1 A —
26c, you get here at .I *rO
26c ARM BANDS OR 9E
Sleeve Holders, 2 for .4 JO
10c QUALITY SLEEVE 1%
Holders, 2 for.140
10c LEATHER WATCH OEa
Fobs, for .UOC
35c BUTCHER KNIVES, IQ
good, will hold the edge .I 31#
12 qt. WATER PAILS— SELO 97
all over at 66 and 76c .3 I 0
10c POTATOE ftC
Mashers .UJO
5 PORCLEAN NEST EGGS
5 BOXES TOOTH PICKS, 19
6 boxes for.140
5 PACKAGES ENVELOPES -| 2(J
5—6c PEN HOLDERS -J2g
5—5« BOTTLES OF “j 2 Q
15c GINGHAMS, flQ
Sorry we run out of the Premium
Hams Saturday. We will have twice
as many next Saturday.
TOWLING MILL QUALITY, flA
„ 16 inches wide, per yard .uHU
20 BARS ELECTRIC 1*7
Spark Soap .UI O
30^BARS SWIFTS’ PRIDE gj^
3—40c CAKES BON J ^
MEN’S 76c UNION 97
MEN’S 50c UNION • 9Q
CHILDREN’S TENNIS C9
BABIES’ SOFT SOLES 1 Q
250 lbs. MEDIUM GRANU- 1 7C
lated Salt.111 3
RIBBONS, ALL COLORS 1 I»a
BIG BOTTLES, THREE Q7a
Star Bluing.UI C
CAN PEAS, 2 FOR 25c SIZE 9Qa
per can .U30
Here is a new one—6c bars Swifts’
Pride and one bar Cocoa Hardwater
Toilet soap and one can of. Sunbright
Cleanser for 25c. Do you want it?
2 lbs. CHOCOLATE OC
Candy .<.40b
OYSTER SHELLS
per bag .tldb
Oyster shells fed to chickens make
hard shells on the eggs.
RAPE SEED
per pound
Millet seed will soon be gone. The
large number of acres planted to food
stuff leaves a small acreage of broom
cane and brooms may yet sell for
$1.25. The broom cane is worth Six
Hundred Dollars a ton.
coal oil nq_
per gallon . Uub
PICNIC HAMS 1Qp
DRY PEAS 11.
for seed .Sib
BROWN BEANS 10.
per pound .14b
NAVY BEANS 10
per pound .I «lb
U. S. MARINE SMOKING
Tobacco, per pound can .
1 lb. CAN BEST BAKING 1C.
Powder .I U b
ONE-HALE GALLON WHITE
ONE-HALE GALLON CANS Q 1 «
I am sorry we run out of Premium
Hams so quick, but I have two thous
and pounds coming which will go at
the old price and then I will have to
charge thirty-five cents. Old price
29c. Premium Hams need no recom
mendation to the people. Only one
ham to a customer.
SWIFTS’ BACON
per pound .
PICNIC HAMS lO.
per pound .I Ob
NAVY BEANS iq^
BROWN BRAZILIAN in.
Beans . 14b
You can’t tell me that any woman
would telephone and charge goods and
pay such prices if she had the cash to
go and trade where she pleased. Some
women are reckless but they ain’t fools
and when it comes to saving money
they deserve an Iron Cross.
If you want Picnic Hams you can
get them cheaper but they are nearly
all bone.
40c CRISCO gijg
90c CRISCO yg^
2 CANS LARGE SIZE OYSTER
20 and 25c Sellers, this week 9 0 n
2 for .OdG
When people won’t buy quart boxes
of extra large ripe strawberries for
ten cents a box it is no use to try to
sell Liberty Bonds at 30 cents on the
dollar.
DRIED PEACHES 1 1 -
per pound . lib
PRUNES, SANTA CLARA IN OQ«
5 lb. Tins, per can .Oub
PRUNES, LARGE SIZE f _
per pound .. I I b
APRICOTS, FINE LARGE 1 7
Size, per pound .lib
RAISINS, 15c SIZE, PER 9Q«
Package, 3 for .OOb
6 BARS FLAKE WHITE IQ.
Soap .I UC
5 BARS CRYSTAL WHITE
7 BARS BEAT-EM-ALL 1Q
Soap .I U C
7 BARS SWIFTS’ PRIDE
5 BARS QUEEN OF ROSES QC«
Toilet Soap, 10c size .OOb
5 BARS JAP ROSE SOAP QC«
LARGE, 10c SIZE, RED AND QQ.
White Castile Soap .UOb
3—10c CAKES WILLIAMS .IQ
Shaving Soap .10b
25c BOTTLES PERFUME AS- Ifj.
sorted Scents, Saturday .I Ub
5c BOXES CRACKER QQ.
Jack .UOG
10c SIZE ANYBRAND TAR Qgg
1 PACKAGE
Yeast Cakes .Utb
25c SIZE 17
Salmon .I I C
25c COPPER OIL CANS 1 Q
two for ...I 0 b
TWO DOZEN PACKAGES OF 1 QA
Velvet Smoking Tobacco .I tOH
May be it would be a good idea to
buy your fruit jars early. Also the
rings and caps.
HEAVY BRASS WASH A"?
Boards .*T I G
25 lb. BAG OF TABLE SALT OC
instead of 14 pounds .,.tub
Sc^BARS OF CASTILE Q2q
REMEBMER 90c FLY TRAPS Cftp
GOOD RICE PARTLY Cl
Broken, per pound .w2«
FANCY HEAD RICE IN 99 p
3 pound boxes, per box.40 O
FINE LARGE CALIFORNIA 1 01
Dry Peaches, per pound .I U 2
GOOD GRADE DRIED Olp
Peaches, per pound ..0 2
HERSHEY’S COCOA iOp
per can ..I 01*
3 CANS STAG, 10c SIZE Oft
This is good, try it, 3 for.4Ul*
OIL CLOTH, BEST GRADE
Santas Oil Cloth, sells 1 /M
easy at 25 and 30c, per yard 1 2
10c MUSLIN ft7
per yard .Ill u
18c MUSLIN 91
LADIES’ 75c WASH QP _
Petticoats . ODU
LApiES’ BLACK QP
Petticoats .OuC
69c LACE 90
Corsets .ooc
BLOOMERS, CHILDREN’S 9Q
Black, 50c Sellers.„40U
50c SUSPENDERS JQj*
25c^SUSPENDERS j ^
MEN’S COTTON FLANNEL ft Op
Gloves, per pair .UQlr
10 AJ^D 15c CARp OF FANCY
Shaped Pearl Buttons 1 C —
2 for.I DC
3—50c WINDOW SHADES gj^
Sport Cloth that Burgess Nash
charges $1.98 for, you get here for
85c. Of course they sell on credit, but
Hayden’s have quit.
Remember too, the same stores that
soaked you on the overshoes can soak
you on shoes. I don’t handle Finne
gans, but you would not know the dif
ference, only you don’t have to pay as
much. A pair of shoes you would
get from me at $3.50 would be as good
as the Finnigan shoe at $1.25 more.
Don’t think I am knocking on Finne
gan’s shoes. He makes good shoes
but its the storekeeper who makes the
price. And a shoe is only worth what
you get out of it.
SPECIAL PRICES ON CANNED
GOODS.
These are the large sized cans and
extra fancy quality which you have
been paying twice as much for here
tofore and will have to again. I
know how you have been fooled time
and ^gain by ads in the newspapers
and that makes it harder for me. I
do not handle second grades or small
sized cans, but next week I will have
the same sized cans as the other
stores are offering you which you can
get at a cheaper price yet than these.
FANCY CORN
TOMATOES, THE BIG CANS 1Q
not on the market now .I OU
VAN CAMPS PORK AND 1 P
Beans, Large Cans.I OU
VAN CAMPS PORK AND Aft
Beans, smaller cans .UDb
CARNATION MILK 11
15c size .3 1 U
CARNATION MILK ftP
10c size .UDC
PLUMS, LARGE CANS * 1 Qp
GRAPES, LARGE CANS 1 C
Fancy .I \Jb
APRICOTS, LARGE CANS 17
Fancy .Ilu
PEACHES, LARGE CANS OQ
Fancy .tub
PUMPKINS, LARGE CANS iAn
Fancy .34C
HOMINY, LARGE CANS 11
Fancy . 3 I b
SALMON, LARGE CANS 17
Pink .I I C
SALMON, RED, LARGE ftC
Flat Cans .ZOC
SARDINES, OIL, ftP
5c Size . UDC
SARDINES, MUSTARD, 11
10c Size .I I C
KRAUT, LARGE CANS 1 71
Compare these prices with Sears
Roebuck or any one else. You can get
one can or a case while they last. No
restrictions will be made and the first
come can take the whole works if
they want them.
From now on I am going to show
you what a cash store can do. You
can lay back and jolly yourself with
the idea that my stuff is not good be
cause we will pay no attention to you.
If you think I am going out and tickle
you under the chin to get your busi
ness you are mistaken.
DRY GOODS
OIL CLOTH, BLACK, WHITE 1 A -
and Colors, per yard .It'D
10c SHINOLA ftC
per box .UDC
30x3 TUBES ’ 1 ftyi
• for only .I iUH
30x3% TUBES 9 19
for only ..•»« I «.
SPORT STRIPE DRESS f|Qn
Goods, 26c quality, per yard...,Uww
SUESINE SILK, BLACK, QC«
White, Old Rose, Blue, yd.Owl#
BORDEAUX VOILE, * 1Qr
Several Colors, per yard .I 01#
POPLIN STRIPED VOILE ..OA
50 and 60c sellers, per yard ... twl#
FANCY VOILE FIGURED IN 1|»
Different Patterns, per yard .I uC
10c CALICOS Cl
per yard .0 2 C
18c PERCALES AQ_
per yard .UwG
JACK AND JILL CLOTH ■! /| -
regular 25 and 35c stuff .IT'C
10 AND 15c GINGHAMS A7
per yard.U I C
ENGLISH CRETONES, 25 1 A _
and 35c goods, —, j week.I ‘rC
CHECKED WINDOW SCRIM AA
20 and 25c scrim, good quality UwG
HEMSTITCHED MARQUESETTE
sells everywhere for 37c 1 Cl
here for .10 2
The reason I make you these prices
is because you don’t know whether
they are cheap or not.
5 POUND PACKAGE OF
Pancake Flour, ready mixed, 01 —
35c everywhere. L. i G
I don’t see how the catalogues or
credit stores can sell a nickle’s worth
of stuff with the prices they have to
charge. You would think the people
would find them out after a while.
But they never will. Why can two
stores side by side do business when
one sells an article for 10c and the
other gets a quarter? How can they
do it. A three year vacation will be
given to the school boy or girl under
seventy-five years old that can answer
this question without using his toes to
count on.
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One of the sewing machine peddlers
had a machine left and he said if I got
a chance to sell it to let it go for $25.
He sold the rest at $48.00. It looks
like it is worth the money. I may
take it home if I don’t sell it.
10c BOTTLE nr
Bluine .UwC
I have orders for fifty cases of eggs
a week for the next two weeks for
the soldiers and will pay %c per
dozen over the Omaha market. %c
per pound over the market on chick
ens; 2c over the market on fresh,clean
eountry butter. Be careful with the
butter and keep it clean.
JOHN BRENNAN. O’NEILL
CARNATION DAY!
WHEN?
Saturday, June 9th
IE WHERE? I
At the Combination Cattle and
Brood Soft Sale* one block
south of the Northwestern depot
at O’Neill* Nebragka.
EVERY LADY ATTENDING THE
SALE GETS A CARNATION
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JOHN L. QUIG, O’Neill, Nebraska
United We Grow; Divided, Do We?
The fact seems uncontrovortable
that O’Neill people do not properly
support or appreciate their home in
dustries. The spirit of co-operation—
that aggressive “partonize home in
dustry” spirit—that marks the busi
ness life of larger, more aggressive
communities seems lacking here. And
until it is secured, until business men
give some thought to their brother
adjoining and his business, especially
the manufacturer, O’Neill cannot hope
to attain amazing heights in the in
dustrial world. Some time ago we
witnessed the McGinnis Creamery Co.
asking for a more loyal support from
the people of this immunity. We are
not sure that they receive it. We have
other industries here that engage in
manufacturing. Are you doing your bit
to support them that they may grow
larger and the town and its people
profit thereby? One we know is not
receiving the proper support, and that
is the McMillian & Marky Bakery.
Time there was, and we can all re
member it, when O’Neill had no
bakery of consequence and the people
were loud in their lamentations. “If
we only had a bakery where one could
get good bread, cookies and such like,
what a patronage they would receive
and what a pile of money they would
make.” McMillian & Markey came
here, and since being here they have
conducted an establishment the model
of purity and cleanliness, where
courtesy and service reign supreme.
From time to time they have added to
their work rooms until at the present
time their machinery and equipment
in these rooms alone represent a $4,
000 investment. The machinery is all
of the most modern and improved
type, and the work room, especially
constructed for this purpose, the most
modern, sanitary and clean in this
section of Nebraska. The capacity of
this establishment is 1,400 loaves of
bread a day. And they have just per
fected a new loaf, made under a new
process, that for being solid and tasty
beats anything we have ever seen or
tasted in the line of bakery made pro
ducts. Besides baking bread they
turn out cookies, candy and all other
delicacies that are associated with an
up-to-date establishment. It seems
incredible that an establishment like
this, whose product is undoubtedly as
good as there is, and which un
doubtedly merits the support of
O’Neill people would not receive it.
Understand, they are doing business
and a good business, but out of
O’Neill they are not getting the busi
ness that their industry and their pro
duct entitles them too. If we are ever
to make out of O’Neill a city of the
consequence and size dreamed of by
its founders, we must show a kinder
spirit towards one another and their
business and a more ready disposition
to help and boost instead of knocking
and critisizing.
W. H. Old, of Stafford, is looking
after business matters in the city
today.
Victor Johnson, one of the pros
perous ranchmen of Sand "Creek pre
cinct, is in the city today attending to
business matters and visiting old
friends.
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I DON’T DESPISE RICHES!
When you find a person who pretends to P
despise riches you find a person who, ninety B
fVn^,^ases a hundred, is shiftless and 8
thriftless. It is an honorable and just wish to 8
desire honorable and just riches. It is a wish 8
that every one can realize. It is a wish that l
is within YOUR power. _ Start an account §
lei e. Add to it just as rapidly as you can and I
before you know it you will find that YOU—
yes, really YOU—are rich. i!
“Robinson Crusoe might des- ii
* j31se ldches so may a savage, ;;
bat. n.° sane and civilized man !!
W1“ hold them in contempt.”
—Dr. Chatfield. |
THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’Neill, Nebraska
Capital, surplus and audited prudt, SX.ST"' |