the best the market affords
Today I've been reading histories of Wright County, Missouri, especially Mansfield history. I forgot that during one visit to the LIW museum, I stood in front of a framed 1894 page of advertisements from the newspaper and transcribed the whole thing. I did it because of the ad for the Cooley's business in Mansfield, but some of the others are of interest to me now. Here's a sampling:

Day & Co. Real Estate Agents. Large list of improved farms and town property on easy terms. Stock Ranches and fruit farms in Wright and Douglas County - "The Land of the Big Red Apple." You are cordially invited to call or write.

J.J. McMillan, Pres. - Henry Coday, VP - L.D. Marr, Cashier
Bank of Mansfield - Capital $7,000 - Surplus $2,500. Transacts a General Banking Business. Collections a Specialty.

Reynolds Brothers Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General Merchandise, Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Baby Ribbon, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Stoves, Wagons, and Farm Machinery. Highest Market Price Paid for All Kinds of Work. Produce.

F.M. Cooley Restaurant and Lunch Room. Table Supplied with the Best the Market Affords. Also a fine line of Confectionery, Fruits, Cigars and Tobacco.

Henry Coday, Dealer in Pure Drugs. Medicines, Chemicals and a full line of Druggists Sundries. Prescription Work a Speciality.

George Lair. Tonsorial Artist. Hair Cutting and Shaving Done Promptly in the Most Approved Style. Call once and you will call again.

You're the winner if you know what I added to one of the advertisements, and why I added it...
- posted by pioneergirl at 12:21 AM