Identifier: cangrocerjanjune1910toro (find matches)
Title: Canadian grocer January-June 1910
Year: 1910 (1910s)
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Subjects: Supermarkets Grocery trade Food industry and trade
Publisher: Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co. (1887)-
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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outcome of a fire inAugust, 1908 when the store, warehouseand stables were completely destroyed. The construction was begun on Oc-tober 1st, 1908, and the store was open-ed for business December 4th of thesame year. It cost $25,000 and the rapiderection is considered a building recordin the west. The fixtures are all quarter-cut oak. MAIL-ORDER PRICE HIGHER. A rather amusing story is told on aman who went into a hardware store andwished to purchase an axe. Being shownthe article and informed that the pricewas $1.15, he said: Why, I can get thatsame kind of an axe from a mail-orderhouse for 90 cents. Very well,said the hardware man, I will give itto you for the same price provided thatyou will do the same with me as youwould with them. All right, saidthe customer, as he handed over a dol-lar bill, the merchant giving him backten cents in change. Now, saidthe hardware man^ I want 25 centsmore to pay express charges, whichthe purchaser gave him. How muchdid your axe cost you? One dollar
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An Interior View of the Grocery Department of the Crows Nest Trading Co., Fernie, B.C., With Some Good Ideas on Interior Arrangement. ware, dry goods, mens furnishings,boots and shoes, and furniture. The cut shows an attractive fruit lay-out built on a slant so that every boxcan be easily seen. The bin and shelffixtures are of the modern variety dis-plajdng the goods to the best advantage.Showcases are used for confectioneryand, as well as the counters are keptscrupulously clean. Chairs are providedfor customers and this consideration ismuch appreciated by them. The company does a large business. It The store is 60x114 feet in dimensionsand is built of stone and brick. Theground floor is utilized by the grocery,dry-goods, mens furnishings, and bootand shoe departments, and the secondstorey by the furniture, millinery, anddressmaking parlors. The basement,which is the size of the whole buildingin length and breadth, is used for stor-age purposes. The business which was establishedfour

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