THE NOME NUGGET
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Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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BUSINESS FORECASTS
The caution of business lead
ers in the first days of 1940 is
interestingly noted for drug stor
es in the following article by
James Porter of the California
Pharmaceutical Association re
ceived by Cappy McDougall of
the Nome Drug Store:
“The status of Pharmacy as I
see it today is not nearly so low
as many people would paint the
picture. It has been my privil
ege to travel rather extensively
in the western United States and
visiting drug stores has quite na
turally been one of my most con
sistent activities.
In visiting stores over the coun
try it is quite natural that many
should be found which neither
you nor I would be proud to
own. On the other hand most of
the boys are runnings places that
are a credit to Pharmacy and to
the community being served. It
is easy to sense a spirit of service
and pride of ownership not found
in other kinds of business.
It is ever an experience on en
tering a strange store in a;
strange town to see how this
store will reflect the individual in
1 rest and character of the own
er. Drug stores offer the widest
range of possibilities the imagina
tion will permit and the most
successful one are those in which
the proprietor has allowed his in
dividual ideas to expand. Indiv
idual ideas and experiences are
things that chain stores and su
per markets can not produce.
There seems’ always to be an ave
nue for the development of vol
ume if the store is sensitive to
the demands of its customers. I
Druggists for the most part
present the appearance of con
servative individuals with an em
phasis on personalized service
that attracts business without an
undue amount of high pressure
promotion or advertising. In re
cent years however we have de-.
veloped a collective strength sec
ond to none. This strength is
demonstrated in the passage of
our various "Fair Trade Laws":
and supporting national legisla
tion such as the national “Fair
Trades Enabling Act.’’
The above-mentioned laws1
have in their operation develop
ed new problems. The continued j
success of pharmacy will be de
te mined by our foresight and i
I adaptability in meeting such in
novations as narrowed margins
resulting from the establishment
of “Fair Trade Minimums” with
out a corresponding reduction in
cur wholesale prices. For many
years we were protected in
wholesale markets with uniform
prices to all and the retail price
was any man’s game. Now under
“Fair Trade” just the opposite
is true. The retail market has
been leveled off and competition
between retailers is centering in
the wholesale field. He who has
the best connections survives and
meets competition.
Throughout the country there
is an ever-increasing number of
buying clubs mutuals and distrib
uting units operating on a basis
of cost plus overhead expenses.
Operating costs of these units is
held at a minimum by the simple
expedient of carrying in stock
only the fast moving demand1
items. This is a problem the ser
vie wholesaler must meet.
The greatest difficulty faced to
day by the average drug store op
erator is that of maintaining his j
working capital in a sufficiently j
liquid condition that he may buy
when and from whom he pleas- j
es.
I do not believe the picture is!
gloomy in any sense. In the past
ten years we have weathered]
many storms and most of us are
still here and doing business. We
have learned to change our
course more quickly than be
fore. We have become more sen
sitive to our customers. We have
greatly increased the strength
of our State and National organ
izations. And every day we are
learning better the fine art of
working together.
Be it said to the credit of phar |
macy that without increased!
strength of organization we have I
consistently recognized that pro-1
gress and self betterment could j
only be accomplished by placing |
the interest of our consuming
public first.
Wit the public interest as our
guiding star and an enthusiastic
determination to live and help oth
ers to live pharmacy can look to
the future with the expectancy
of many good years to come.
The happiest men are those
who are thankful for life’s re
sponsibilities, not for its prizes]
and possessions.
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SOME HOT, SOME COLD! —Miss Mary Jaeger can't
be blamed for wondering at the silk-liatted Eskimo who sits in
his chilly chamber, at 23 to 35 degrees, while beneath him is a
gas burner heating the ehamber up to POO degrees Fahrenheit.
Between the hot and cold is a sheet of asbestos. The snowman is
an exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
APPROACH WITH C A R E !_"On her toes” was
dancer in Ramsgate, England, with nails of colored celluloid.
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and MARCH OF TIME
HELSINKI OR HELSINGFORS?
Are you confused by the var
iations in spelling of Finnish
towns? It's because most places
in Finland have two spellings,
Finnish and Swedish.
For many years Swedish was
the official language of that part
jf Scandinavia which after the
World War became the Republic
of Finland (the Finns call it
Suomi).
Now, however Finland uses the
Finnish language designations
for her cities. In ase you have
trouble in squaring the correct
Finnish names with the more
familiar Swedish ones here are
a number of more familar *|:
a number of examples, with the
Finnish spelling given first:
Helsinki—Helsingfors; Hanko
—Hango; Viipuri—Viborg; Kas
ko—Kaskinen; Turku—Abo; Oulu
—Uleaborg; Kris tiina—Kristin
e^ad; Porvoo—Borga; Mikkeli
—St. Michel; Tampere—Tammer
fors; Kakisalmi—Keksholm; Ra
ahe—Brahestad; Lappeenranta—
Villmanstrang.
The Russians made an effort
early in this century to estab
lish the Russian language in Fin
land but failed. From what we
read in the newspapers it seems
they are having no better success
in their present attempt.
Gone are the days when you
could kiss a girl and taste no
thing but the girl.
Marriage without children can
hardly be called a howling suc
cess.
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for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Lew
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Orton
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Been.
FRONT ST. NOME.
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Pioneer Water Co.
Fresh, Sparkling Spring Water
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE
NELSON AND BULLOCK
Phone Black 44 or Main 15
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BOMBERS PLAY TAG WITH MYTHICAL FOE —Out to sea over San Juan's historic fort, El Morro (right), streak U. S. bombers of the 27th Recon
n arue squadron, as the army opens war games in Puerto Rico area. While the planes winged toward a mythical foe, ground artillery pounded away at a ‘‘foreign fleet.”
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