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The Dead Town
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it strike you suddenly that the town |
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private house. The stores seem to |
which will win the first prize as the | mit ili i Mj | i ow 8
town grouch. If you talked ‘With 7 i “ & Shh J I & (2X
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town described to you as 2 “dead” by
town? Have you ever stopped to} J i i
analyze just what is meant by these | J
words ‘dead town? In the last |
analysis they mean just one thing | 2
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pe merely existing. Their shelves ali
are covered with apparently unsale i : il
able goods. The storekeepers seem jt
them they knocked the town, they ali n
knocked business, they knocked the fl il Vl «ll il )
mai] order house. They were con- I
tnually complaining that other peo es i A
ple did business and made money i i
but that they didn’t seem to be able Ea fil
to sell anything. They guessed it
was the town. Yes, that was it, the
town. If you asked that fperehant t if
Kags sed, he would have Ic
you with amazement. Wha 3
the use of advertising when vusinets
was s0 bad? People who had money
to spend, he wouli tell you, were
sending it to the mail order houses.
No, he would say he didn’t adver-
tise? He wouldn’t throw good money
after bad. On the other hand, g0
into a live town and what will you
see? The merchants have attractive]
displays in their stores. The daily
or weekly newspapers are filled with
big announcements of special sales
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or low priced goods. They are not|
afraid of the mail order houses be-|
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reach the people, advertising that | h h ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ° .
makes the mail order house great. ] e ( | ristmas rit 1S t e S rit of o th
The merchants hav: their local as- P giving, e sense oO
sociation for mutual] help, and be-| ’
hind the association the local news-
paper is pushing-pushing pushing.
Everybody is working and everybody |
is happy and boosting. If you want |
a live town get behind the news-|
paper and the newspaper will do
the rest. Forget the timeworm|
arguments that the paper is a dead|
one. The paper is alive enough it|
the people are alive. The surest
test of a live town is a live news.
paper, and a aewspaper can’t be)
alive unless the town boosterg do
their share. |
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LANCASTER JUNCTION
Mrs. Pauline Fetter ig able to]
be about again.
Master Herbert Hartranft is the
guest of his grandmother for a few
weeks,
Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Walborn and]
childien, visited Manheim friends)
on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Paul Long, Miss
Ella Balmer and Mr. Lloyd Long
visited Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Long
on Sunday.
Be ne You'll find a big selection here oa
#05 tonsa Mr. and Mrs. John
ip on sa. We have all sorts of things that men and young mef and boys
like for their personal use. Things to wear mostly---
something for somebody else to whom we wait 5 dive pie
Our part of it, as dealers in merchandise, is to provide Des some
costly, some very inexpensive; things that men want to receive;
It doesn’t make much | difference
“the gift
things¥that you want to give.
what you pay for the gift--much or little doesn’t count ;
without the giver is bare,” said the poet.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brenemaa|
and grandson Karl Miller, visited |
in the home of John Snavely on|
Sunday evening. |
Mrs. Jacch Weaver, Miss Stella
Weaver ard the former's grand-
child spent Saturday evening with
Mrs, Emlen Fetter. |
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Hart Schaffner & Marx clot@es
Mr, and Mrs. Clayton Breneman
entertained the following Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Brenneman, and |
Messrs. Benj. Brandt and Walter
Breneman.
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RAMSEY’'S CORNER
Mr. Charles Frank spent Monday
at Lancaster.
Miss Lillie McCurdy spent Sunday |
with Elizabeth Frank.
Miss Anna Albright was on the |
sick list a few days last week. |
Mr, and Mrs. Richerd Albright and |
gon Richard spent Saturday and|
Sunday at York.
Mrs. Wm. Dupes was confined |
the house severa] days last weekon|
account of sickness.
Mrs. Wm. Smith and daughter
Stella, spent a short time Wednes-
day visiting Mrs. Irvin Seitz.
Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Frank and two
daughters, Elizabeth and Wyllisene,
spent Sunday with Charles Frank
family.
Mr. and Mre. Norman Hershey and
daughter, Sarah spent Sunday at
Middletown, ag the guest of Lincoln
Erb and family.
Mr. Clayton Farmer, Jr., who is
ndent at Pennsylvania College,
hag returhed to his
Ehristmas vacation.
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Bath Rokes
$3.00 to $5.00
Fur Caps
$2.00 to $5.00
Shirts
50c to, $3.50
and all sorts of lesser articles of apparel. We give hej
gestions; we have tried to make gift-giving to men
Neckwear
25c to $1.00
Scarfs
25¢ to $3.00
Belt Sets
25c to $1.00
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Shoes
$2.00 to $5.00
St. Nick Boots
$1.50 Special
Mackinaws
$5.00 to $8.50
Sweaters
50c to $8.50
Umbrellas
$1.00 to $4.00
Suspenders
25c to $1.50
Sros., Mount
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