An advertisement appearing in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 25 April 1895:
Always on Deck!
Just back from the city with a full line of the latest styles of
DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS
Cheaper Than Ever.
The question is asked why I sell so cheaply; the answer is simple; I buy fr cash, and I sell for cash and thus need not over charge you to make up for other “bad accounts.”
MY GROCERY Department
is stocked with choice fresh stock, — the finest in the market, and strictly new stock. California canned goods at rock bottom prices, — no better to be had. Butter and Eggs taken in exchange.
I give a dollars worth for a dollar. Having had five years experience in the wholesale grocery business, I pretend to know something about it. Come and see me. No trouble to show goods. Thanking you for past favors,
I am respectfully,
William Shertzer
Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – In room adjoining Max Miller‘s store.
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