SELIG, CARL O.

Carl O. Selig worked as a pharmacist in his father's (Carl H. Selig) drug store in El Dorado, KS, for 12 years before he decided it was time for him to step out on his own. He bought the G. M. Smith Drug Store in nearby Augusta, KS, in 1915. A bit of a rough start was received when only two months later his store was broken into and the narcotic stock stolen. Overall, business was good, and in 1919, he bought another drug store in Wellington, KS. His stock shifted with the current fads and trends of the day. His newspaper ads end abruptly in 1923.