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5 ' i?irfi4; 4a B008T8 FOp ; BAXTER'. ALL TIIK TIME FIT TO rWNT I I I JtjJ ' I I J 1 . I 1 ' t M ' ' . I ' 1 i ; : ',., a i : t- 1 If J!' ''5"p' I i i 8 Ji I 1 I .0 -,1 Eft. VOLUME XXXVII BAXTER SPRINGS, CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918 V, to 20 Beginning Thursday Morning, December 12 and Continuing Ifntil Saturday Night, December 14. Every line of business in Baxter Springs is offering a great tradetreatforthelastthpe davs of this week. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Every line of business in Baxter Springs is making it worth while to come several miles on these days to take advent- W of huhdreds of bargains that will be offered to the trade. Seventy-tour out ot bu 'stores in Baxter Springs are offering the tradea list of bargains for $1. This includes I ' ''. 1 . ' - nnnl lvtf0 V11ff1S cftVAC 'department stores, clothing stores, arug siores,juvcn, mCai 'theatres, barber shops, pfitttograph-gaflerys, dtrical supply companies, automobile 'accessory stores, cafes, hotels, garages, gasoline stations, lumber companies, plumbers, mill and elevatdr companies, and other lines of business too numerous to mention for thMpacewehave.--"- ;' --v ' ; v .-T - : .- Baxter SDrincs is co-operating as tme business on this great co-operative sal even line of business and every article of merchandise listed in the Baxter retail cat alogue, can be purchased cheaper than it can any place else in the country on these three days. Every store has a number of leaders listed in this edition which can be bought at $1. In some cases the leader represents one item upon which the price has been cut for the occasion. In others the dollar's worth is several items bunched together and sold for $1. V mm THE REASON WHY Why is this belhg done ? It is being done to establish a closer lityi blJ8iness relationship between yourself and the merchants of Bax- teriSprinfcs. It is going to cost tne town some money mj yui. ffiijtigreat all-town'sale, but the merchants beheve that H tney give you bargains on staple merchandise of every kind make you at home whea you come and show you a material saving on all of your purchases you will come again. ' Baxter merchants want to be' just as frank with you The Trade as they are' with each' other. They.think there is a great deal of trade that. Baxter Springs should have that we are not getting. They want this trade and to get it are willing to maw trade sacrifices to make trade iacquaintance. This three days sale staced by the entire town is a demonstration that they want a chance to prove to you that Baxter Springs can and will, undersell any other town in this district All money that, following the usual custonv.w7T44have been spent in celebralfon' of some nature has been turned right on to the counters in bargains lor tne iraae for the fellows realize that the bigger bargains they can give you the more likely you are to return and make Baxter Springs your trading point. Everything in stock will not be sold beiow cost Dy me mer rimnto. hut a crr&at number of dollar leaders will be sold by each store at or below the cost price. You can buy any thing from a pound of beans to a diamond ring at striking bargains on the trades days. -This sale is not a profit sharing sale, a stock unloading sale, or a sale of any of the ordinary character of sales. It is a trade treat. The fellows have pledged each other tnat tneir bargains will be genuine on those three days. The merchants are not trying to move slow sellers, but have made special inducements of the articles of stock that are most in demand. , This is the second of the two largest newspapers that were ever mihlished in Baxter Sprinzs. which are sent out to the.dis-' trict to advertise the big Dollar Days. Even the space in these is sues has not been nearly adequate U advertise all the bargains tnat will be offered. The merchants have contented themselves with the mention of only a few of their leaders for f 1 and will point wy iiU out hundreds of others to the trade when in their stores. MAKE UP YOUR LIST Take this paper, or if you have the first big Dollar Days Spe cial, take either and read the advertisements carefully. Take a lead pencil and a piece of paper and make out a list from the ads of the things that you are going to need, about thehouse, the table clothes just any thing that you need, and you 11 find that you will have made a splendid days wages if you buy but a small amount of merchandise. ' Wfrhadnt'first intended running a list of the bargains and the-prices that wffl be offered; but this proved too biz job. The merchants of Baxter Springs are not going to disappoint you on the Dollar-Days. On the other hand we believe that you will be surprised to see just how far they have "gone the limit" tomake it profitable for yea to do some trading in Baxter Springs Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week. MAKING A BID FOB BUSINESS ' n,m M..vf nf Rartr Knrfno-s'wMit it understood that the big drawing card of the entire progran.fa .theprices that won be offered. Tney rwanviamaxeriweu .wmu w.w forpurely' business reasons; but you will find that they will go out of their way to make it pleasant to do your Christmas shop ping here. There in no camouflage about this all-town sale, n is a co-operative bid lor xuture Dusiness. TOEY ALL OFFER BARGAINS c a. ri; tbaofra wMMi hnsinesa miVht be considered outside the regular retail line of business, has three special pro grams for the three days at special prices for feature bills. The cafes are making some wonderful meal rates for the Dollar Days so don't bring your dinners with you. Auto filling stations are making bargains. Even the barber shops are making inducements. The groceries have outdone themselves in making bargains. Look over the advertisements and see some of the bargains the groceries are making. The department and clothing stores have dipped J U. nn'na fft mnVo CTWl'nl ftfffra for the Dollar DflTS. If you don't attend this sale you will be throwing away some real hard cash, because a $5 bill will buy $10 worth on those days. It will be noticed that the meat shops are making special offers that must attract the consideration of everybody. The hardware stores are offering some very nice little inducemnts. It willbe noticed that the lumber yards are also making inducements. Two of the three furniture stores in town will offer you special trade inducements on the Dollar Days Kettler-Hooper and Porter Clark. . . ". Many other lines of business are co-operating to give the tradea treat on the Dollar Days., Some member of each family should spend one of the days shopping in Baxter Springs. NUMBER 45 ' ' I o -IV