Rourke Groceries ad
Short and sweet…
Basically, “My stuff is cheapest!”
< To have the Best Quality
at the lowest Prices,
Buy your Groceries at: >
Pus msaika tiki tlap tlus iktas pus
pus msáyka tíki t’łáp (t)łús(h) íkta-s pus
if you.folks want get good thing-s in.order.to
‘If you folks want to get good things to’makmak, pi ilo aias makuk, tlus chako
mə́kʰmək, pi (h)ílu (h)ayas(h)-mákuk, (t)łus(h) cháku
eat, and/but not big-buy, IMPERATIVE come
‘eat, but not at a high cost, come’kopa naika haws. Naika nim:
kʰupa nayka háws. nayka ním:
to my building. my name:
‘to my store. My name is:’< W.R. Rourke.
Kamloops. >
— from Kamloops Wawa #201 (June 1902), page [125]
Just make sure you don’t confuse him with Ed O’Rourke, whose store was up in Nicola!
