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Show COAL AT REDUCED PRICE. The local coal dealers havo been granted a reduction of 25 cents a ton on coal for storage purposes, the reduction holding good until un-til August 15, and they in turn are offering coal in storage quantities quan-tities to the consumers at an equal reduction, when cash is paid. i Last winter there was a scarcity of coal, which threatened to become a famine, and this winter again there may be a shortage which should be guarded against by those who are in a position to do so, storing their winter's supply during the period of cheaper coal. |