Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1913 — MENDIG’S FAIR TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS [ARTICLE]

MENDIG’S FAIR TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS

New Store Front, Steel Ceiling, Tiled Floors, Large Windows, and . Other tip-to-Date Things.

S. Fendig, proprietor of Fendig’s Fair, has accepted plans and iS now having the work executed for a fine new front for his store room, which will make it one of the most attractive stores' in this city.. The window depth will be increased to 9 stet, the windows will be new, of heavy plate glass, coming together at the corners and narrow copper strips covering the seams. -Art glass will extend from the ceiling downward 18 inches, where it will .be joined to the plate glass with the copper strips. The door wifi be of beveled plate glass. The entrance will be tiled, with the name Fendig in the center. The back and closed sides of the windows will be of hardwood panels. Prysmatic lights will also be. used in the front The ceiling will be made of steel and a system of chandelier lights will be installed. The sidewalls of the store will be redecorated. Mr. Fendig, proprietor of the store, has been forging to the front as a merchant and has shown excellent taste in window decorations; The commodious new window’s will give him added opportunity in this line, as well as adding in other ways to the attractivehlfeis of the store.