The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1903, Page 27

THE OW'L 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THE OWL. | THE OWL. SUNDAY, APRIL 35, 1 THE OWL. I 1903. , THE OWL. | THE OWL. THE OWL. 227 Drug Stores in San Fran- cisco Are Trying to Put the Owl Drug Co. Out of Business. The Reason. s a straight talk for fair-minded people, and we want you to read t be e s bare the most outrageous and underhanded fight ever waged iness eleven years ago, 4 onable prices for patent ps. toilet preparations—these stores were paying from forty to sixt ents for goods they sold for $1.00. Prescription prices were very gh. af st stores divided the exorbitant prices with doctors who de- mande Sick people were overtaxed and the druggists were coining money. ¢ The Owl with right prices, best and purest drugs and low pres ‘ 1 then there was trouble harassed and boycotted: we were slandered, lied about an y druggist in the city, but we continued to sell our goods at right prices and give our customers the service they had a right to expect, continued to grow arassed, cine Iruggist meet these prices—don’t pay him a cent more for 1im rob you yist says he is out s telephone and ring up South 336 1 be glad to do it—and 1.00 1.00 size S 1.00 size 35 size £ % size 00 size 1.00 size . 100 size size size 50 size A un .7 -1 -1 7 7 1 7 LR i e B s =aaa R R - N THE OWL D associations fo: S Francisco, s and who are n e and snea vicious 1 vicious pi until now we are the largest retail drug still they lie about still they try to med of late taking in all the no more or less than a big vy waging the emanate which are ow silently and b ing fight that could possibly A o A New Set of Drug and Medi- Prices: s are not unpacked,” and no charge for delivery, either. oo kind . L0O size 1-1b tins 25 50, size <30 i Powder .50 size 30 w's Swan Down . .s .25 size 10 Bucklin's Arnica Salve ; 20 Listerine 20 Modene 1 K5 40 Renewer ... 50 ervu Rturl Be A5 j -20 .50 kind Cod Liver Oil, pints. Carter's Lithia Tab- lets .. cessses 20 Castile Soap, large bars ... . 25 Rubifoam ... .28 size <15 Epsom Salts, Ib pkg 10 Borax, 1b pkg..... i ‘10 or if we will send you what Retail Robbing Druggists are endeavoring to supplies, and, worse still, are spreading malicious lies through their syco- phantic members that are intended to work to our detriment. These stop our The Owl has fought these highwaymen before—it has beaten them time and again, but our fight now is the most difficult we have ever encoun- The Excuse. Because our only sin is that our the But why do they do this? you ask. . even lower than cost to the little druggists — !hat s prices are low—j reason. Because we sell only pure drugs—because we fill prescriptions as the doctor writes them—because we don’t substitute—because we don’t work the back-room-doctor graft—Dbecause we don’t ask yvou to pay twice what our goods are worth—because we treat you politely, courteously — because we don’t divide prescription money with doctors—hecause we deliver your goods quickly to any part of San Irancisco without charge—because we have made the drug business a legitimate commercial pursuit—because we have been honest, fair and just with our customers. These are the reasons they lie about us-—they slander and libel us— they try to stop our supplies—try to throttle our advertising. They tell you there is no.drug trust—that The Owl is looking for sym- pathy! : : There is a trust as much as there can be one—there is a com- A Prices that mean some- thing. All you want and you always get what you want. Pe:ups, $1.008z8. . . ... .- .. .. - bde Mennen's Talcum Powl:r, 232 8iz2, 2for . . - 253 2/’ Pin'tham's Compoun: iz3 . b 6o¢ 8, yrup Figs. 50c siz> BT DT el £ - 30 y( Stuart’'s Tablets, 50»51z~ SIS i T s i G o T Wilson's Whiskey, $125¢iz3 . « . . « .« o . . - - 800 Bromo Seltzar, 10¢ siz>, 2 for . ina s e AN R o Fellows’ Syrup, $1.5)8iz3. . . . . . ... . - 95¢ 3. 8 8, 8175828 . . . . .. 3100 SE RN . s s e . 65¢ 3}, Coke's Dandruff Cure, $1. 00 1 S . 50c f"3wamp-Root%1005z,., SR e e . 62 1" Swamp-R-07, 500 siz2 . . . . 305 Duffy’s Malt Wm key. $10~sx7a AN SR I Antiphlogistine, 50c size . . . . I GRS, BN Hostetter's Bitters, $1.00 size . . . . . . . b i 8 Porous Plasters, 10¢ s'za, for. . . . . .. . .. . . 20C ! Pieroe's Pelle‘s, 256 5123, 2108 - « - « « . - . . . . - 250 Ul Pink Pills, 50¢ size - . - LR 30¢ @7 Carter's Liver Pills, 25¢ sxze,%for W u Al ! Bromo Quinine, 250 8ize . . - -« . - .. ... - 100 & ‘ Alloook’s Plasters, 25¢size - - « . » - - - . . - . - - 100 \Ca.nillnris,\'lflcsiza.................3oo B Ligoring, 81008128 . . e oo oo o .6650 o 0 3peman’s Gum, ic size, 2for. . . . . . 0oL .. All you want of the above articles except Pe- runa, which we limit to one bottle to a customer. / The Owl that never 7 sleeps or never quits % and loves to fight. = bination to force up prices—there is an association of druggists to force us ouf of existence because we won’t join them and rob sick and poor. The Resuit. But what is the result? Well, that's really the funny part. We are growing so big our San to accommodate our customers—too Irancisco store is actually too small small to permit of the conveniences we would like to give our iriends. These misled simpletons all together haven’t as much common sense, say nothing of business sense, in their whole make-up as the bottle-washer in The Owl's laboratory has in his little finger. They made us in 1892—boosted us again in 1897, and now they will increase our business at least 50 per cent. There is not a single one of these whiners with brains enough to run a peanut stand and make it pay! If they had any sense at all they wouldn’t be little druggists blowing spit balls at The Owl—they would be men with business ability to meet and successfully cope with business conditions. Let us say right here, and say it so there will be no misunderstanding, The Owl will be in existence long after the Sheriff closes these small pill- and The Owl will always cut prices and The Owl will always give the best drug service, and The Owl will run its own business to suit its customers. Don’t Let the Trust Rob You on Prescriptions—They Will Do It. We will save you money on prescriptions. If you don’t believe it, take your prescription to any drug store, get its prices, and then come here. We will save vou from ten to fifty per cent. And what’s more, we will forfeit $1000.00 if the prescription is not filled with the purest and most dependable and filled just as the doctor orders it, and let your doctor be the judge. We have a system for checking and filling prescriptions that cannot be equaled, for no mistake can occur. We fill over 100,000 prescriptions a year and never have a complaint. Telephone to us for a boy, and we will send for your prescription, fill it at once, and send it to you—and still save you money, and give you a pre- scription that could not be filled better, more accurately, or with purer or fresher ingredients. Telephone South 356. very drugs, e Best Paid Clerks—Most Intelli- gent and Experienced Men— Registered Pharmacist. Some druggists will tell you that our clerks are not good men—not com- petent. This is a lie, and they tell it because they are sore—not a store in the whole 227 has a clerk that is better than The Owl’s poorest man. The Owl Drug Company pay their clerks the highest wages paid in America to drug clerks—we pay these men high wages because they are com- petent men—because they have intelligence and because they are worth their wages. The combine stores overwork their clerks—-underpay them — make them wear out their lives behind counters—these poor fellows never get half a chance to rise. Owl clerks work but few hours—give good, polite and efficient service while on duty—get big wages (from $75.00 to $175.00 per month),and are per- mitted plenty of time for recreation and refreshment, and are always wide- awuke and ready for business. Don't let the combine belittle our clerks, for no better men ever sold medicines than the clerks who work for The Owl. If you had been at the ban- quet board in Zinkand’s a few weeks ago when The Owl clerks and employers were feasting together, you would have heard true words about the way The Owl treat their assistants expressed by the men themselves. Telephone Orders Delivered Free—South 356. The @w! Drug Store never closes. The hinges on the front door of The Owl Drug Store have not creaked in ten years—every minute of the day and night there are competent and experienced clerks ready to wait on you or to answer your telephone. We have thousands of customers in San Francisco who seldom visit the store, but do their purchasing entirely over the telephone or by mail. For this department we have a score of boys who will quickly deliver your purchases to any part of ‘San Francisco any time of the day and night. No order is too small to receive prompt and courteous attention—no or- der is so large but that we can fill it at once. Use your telephone freely—call us up as often as you want to—order what you please, and we will only be too glad to accommodate you. 1128 MARKET STREET 13th and Broadway, Oakland.