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WASILLA NEWS
AUGUST 1921
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE HERNING FAMILY, WASILLA, ALASKA
The Interesting Side of Being a
Grocer
Being a grocer is a harder and more
important job than ever in all the history
of buying and selling.
The man with a grocery store has more
problems to encounter, more difficulties
to solve and more uncertainties to face
today than ever before.
The problems and difficulties were not
of his own making, having been forced
upon him through the logical working out
of conditions arising from the world war.
Yet we do not hesitate to say we enjoy
this sort of thing. The fight is hard, but
it is interesting. Every man with red
blood loves a fight of some kind. He
enjoys getting into the thick of a fray
and literally hacking his way out. Per
haps this is an inheritance from the old
bloodthirsty days when the human race
was largely made up of wandering tribes.
But it nevertheless is a characteristic
which people have today. Civilization has
tamed it down a little but it is there just
the same.
Taking Advantage of Sales
A Wisconsin woman tells how she
saves money thus: “In the memorandum
of my family account book I have listed
the various special sales of different de
partment stores with the dates on which
they fall. There are the shoe, furniture,
drug, stationery, silk, underwear, and
many other sales which are always offered
during the same month in each year. On
the following pages I make notes, as
they occur to me, of articles which I shall
need. For instance, I find that my visit
ing cards are nearly gone. I jot this
down and, turning to my notes, I find
at about what date I can have cards en
graved from my plate at a saving of fifty
cents per hundred. Or I wish to lay in
a supply of sheets and pillow cases and
take note of the month when white sales
are at their best. I have practised this
plan in a town of ten thousand people
and in a city of nearly half a million, and
I know that it works well in both places.
Aside from the dollars saved by this
ever-ready information, there is a great
satisfaction in being able to plan my ex
penses in a more efficient way.”
And then we are tignung tor our cus
tomers as well as ourselves. We are not
trying here to appear martyr-like. We
are merely telling you the truth.
The assembling of groceries in itself
is a tremendous thing these days. An
other nerve-racking problem is that of
keeping prices down to the lowest limit.
To g' t what people want when they want
it and to give it to them at reasonable
prices is unite an accomplishment.
We are glad we are in this. We enjoy
it. There is enough light about it to
make one's blood bound. There is
enough uncertainty to keep one wide
awake.
Being a grocer may not be a great deal
of fun. But it most certainly is inter
estirig.
Fresh Cookies and Crackers
Children must cat often, and there is
nothing nicer for them than good cook
ies or fresh crackers. And what is bet
ter for an afternoon gathering than some
of our dainty cakes. The pantry well
stocked is real preparedness. We carry
a variety of cookies and crackers that
never last long enough to lose their
crispy freshness. We help you lower the
cost of living.
A blushing young bride once said, "Oh,
John, dear, I know I could just live on
love." What a disappointment John's
pay envelope would have been to the
blushing one if lie had brought the above
mentioned envelope home tilled with love
instead of the cold hard cash.