Etc. -- Simcoe's 1915 Dollar Day Merchants
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The following alphabetically resequenced list was taken from a page 1 article in 11 Mar 1915 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper. This is not an unedited transcript.

The Stage is set for Dollar Day

Next Wednesday, March 17th, is expected to be the biggest business day in the history of Simcoe. All around the centre block of the business section and on both sides of Robinson, Peel, Kent, Colborne and Norfolk streets the stores are all decked out in emerald hue appropriate to St. Patrick's day and to show that they are taking part in Dollar Day.

The Green Flag Stores
The following is a complete list of the stores 
that have made Dollar Day possible.

5 to 25 cent Store, The – miscellaneous small wares

Austin & Co., J. – drugs, proprietary medicines, etc.
Austin & Elwood – furniture and undertaking
Austin Co., J. E. – hardware and tinware

Ballie’s Bookstore – books, stationery and fancy goods
Barber, W. C. – gent’s furnishings
Barlow, Wm. – fresh and cooked meats
Bazaar, The – china, toys, novelties, musical instruments, etc.
Berinstein, I. – jewelry and optical goods
Best, E. F. – furniture and undertaking
Big 4 – dry goods, gent’s furnishings, boots and shoes, ladies’ wear
Boughner, J. O. – boots and shoes
Brook Clothing Co. – gentlemen’s furnishings and ready-to-wear clothing

Calder, J. A. – butcher and grocer
Carter Bros. – boots and shoes
Chadwick, F. S. – jewelry, cut glass, etc.
Church, J. W. – Harness, trunks, valises, etc.
Curtis, Geo. A. – groceries, provisions, etc.

Davis, Chas. – barbering and cigars

Edmonds, E. – seeds, grains, etc.
Edmonds, Richard – groceries and dry goods

Falls Co., H. S. – Departmental Store

Green, N. J. H. – flour and feed, etc.

Hanselman, O. R. – groceries, provisions, etc.
Hills Clothing Store – gentlemen’s furnishings and ready-to-wear clothes
Hodges, E. S. – flowers, fruit and vegetables

Jackson Co., E. H. – drugs, stationery, fancy goods and cut flowers

Kayser & Rutherford – hardware, stoves and tinware

Lea, G. W. – groceries, candy, confections, cigars, etc.
Lea’s Ice Cream Parlor – ice cream, candy, lunches. Etc.
Luscombe & Vance – merchant tailors

Madden Bros. – plumbing, stoves, furnaces, etc.
Marlatt, H. C. – groceries and provisions
Martin Bros. – pianos and other musical instruments
McGilvery, Chas. – boots and shoes
McNally, Jos. – men’s clothing and furnishings
Murdock Co., Grover C. – dry goods, millinery, ladies’ ready-to-wear, gentlemen’s furnishings

Osborne Co., The – dry goods and ladies’ ready-to-wear

Paulin & Rutherford – hardware, stoves and tinware

Rhum Company – men’s and women’s ready-to-wear clothing and dry goods
Ryerse Bros. – cut flowers, bulbs, plants and fresh vegetables

Schuyler, H. H. – groceries, crockery, etc.
Sebring, Fred – groceries provisions, etc.
Stevenson, Frank – tailor and Fashion Craft Clothes
Strath Lynn Meat Co. – fresh and cooked meats
Sutton, John – wholesale wines and liquors

Turvey, Wm. – groceries, provisions, etc.

Werrett, Geo. O. – groceries and cooked meats
Widner, Geo. – groceries and provisions

 
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