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The Seattle Hotel That Won Over Snohomish Shoppers

A historic hotel and mercantile shop on the Sound becomes the preferred destination for Snohomish County residents seeking quality goods and fair dealing.

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Appreciating the fact that it is a matter of their own valuable trade from the lower Sound country, and believing that treating it as one of the legitimate ways of keeping up a healthy and growing business, as well as extending their influence, and desiring the patronage of all in the Sound, the proprietors of the Occidental, the leading house of its kind on the Sound, have for some time intended to advertise their excellent and varied stock of dry and gents' furnishing goods, dry goods, etc. But they have been too busy selling goods to take time to prepare such an ad as they desire. At present, they simply occupy the space, which in due time Messrs. Boyd, Prosch, and Young will fill by the proper description of the leading lines of dry goods and clothing they have taken so much pains in selecting, always endeavoring to get the latest styles and the best quality of goods in the market best suited to the Sound trade.

This excellent house is as well known for the quality of the goods it carries, the experience and grand judgment of its proprietors, and the square dealings, that those wishing honorable dealing and the best grade of goods at a fair price will be sure to call there whenever they go to Seattle to do their trading. When once acquainted with their stock and methods of dealing, they will be apt to feel the satisfaction expressed by one of the leading ladies in society in this town, whom we met trading there a few days since, that she preferred to trade there to any other place in Seattle because they kept a better stock and were pleasanter to trade with. This lady’s judgment was confirmed by some half dozen or more other ladies of this place, whom we saw trading the same day.

“This excellent house is as well known for the quality of the goods it carries... and the square dealings, that those wishing honorable dealing and the best grade of goods at a fair price will be sure to call there whenever they go to Seattle.”

— Printed in The Northern Star (Snohomish City, W.T. [Wash.]) 1876-1879, 1878
Then · 1878148 years apartNow · 2026

The reliance of Snohomish residents on Seattle businesses for high-quality goods reflects an early chapter in the region’s economic interdependency. Today, this relationship has inverted, as Snohomish residents often champion local small businesses against the sprawl of big-box retail and corporate e-commerce dominance.

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The Northern Star (Snohomish City, W.T. [Wash.]) 1876-1879, 1878-11-30. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

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From
The Northern Star (Snohomish City, W.T. [Wash.]) 1876-1879, NOV 30, 1878, Page 1
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