Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1907 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

I )■ n . ■ O Do You Love This Old Town? A —-■ ' - - 6 ® $ * Il 1 1 1 If you do, of course I 1 f . a n you want to see the town Fl J grow. You want to see ~ the storekeepers prosper, XWOOBr A ® n <l th® banks bulge with ISBSMp'rtpl deposits, and the townsW Kt people wearing glad ■ W clothes, and the farmers '■''' L falling over each other to I come in and buy new hay rakes and patent plows. WnHCaEnn** course you do. Be11 I cause, likewise of course, I |M ■& I when things are that way /Kin l you get your share of the \ JL '* prosperity. But what are you doing to contribute to the general prosperity? Are you patronizing home industries in preference to outside industries? Do you buy your clothes and groceries and gar* den tools and so forth here at home? Well, you admit, you do send away for a good many things you happen to see advertised. Aha! And are they advertised in this paper? No, indeed—in the mail order journals and catalogues. Quite true. And you would just as soon buy them here if they weye advertised by the local merchants, wouldn’t you? Why, yes. Well, now, there’s a neat hint to some of our local storekeepers and dealers who perhaps haven’t discovered why they are losing a lot of home trade which they ought to keep. 0— < > It’s a wise business man that knows his own opportunities.

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