Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1918 — Coming Trade Week Now Is An Assured Success [ARTICLE]

Coming Trade Week Now Is An Assured Success

Leading Merchants of Rensselaer Unite to Make Fare Refunding Sale Real Buying Opportunity. TWENTY STORES JOIN MOVEMENT • » Railroad Farces to be Refunded to all outof>Town Customers During This Week.

Over 20 of Rensselaer’s leading merchants have already agreed to cooperate with the Republican in promoting the Big Co-Operative Fare Refunding Safe and Trade Week, from Saturday, March 9 to Saturday, March 16, inclusive. They are thoroughly enthused with the plan to refund railway fares on the co-oper-ative plan to their out-of-town customers during this sale, arid when this, in addition to the remarkable bargains in up-to-the-minute merchandise, is taken into consideration, the event will surpass any effort of its kind ever made in Rensselaer. By the plan, as previously an-; nounecd in the Republican, more than twenty of the leaJ : ng mer-; chants in Rensselaer are preparing to make a special effort to draw people here to trade during this big co-op-

containing the advertisements of the merchants, which will be issued next week, i'’ ’■ ■ '■ Merchants Already Co-operating Following are the merchants who have already arranged to co-operate with the Republican in promoting this big trade week and who will offer special inducements and refund fares' on the co-operative plan. Paste the list in your hat for future reference: The G. E. Murray Co., Dept. Store. Rowles &. Parkers, Dept. Store. Hilliard & Hamil, Clothing. The Clothing House of Wm. Traub ' C. Earl Duvall, Clothing. Central Garage Co., Ford Dealers. B. N. Fendig, Shoes. ° Fendig’s Fair, Women’s Wear. W. J. Wright, Furniture. Columbia Shoe Store, Shoes and Millinery. Jones A Briney, Millinery. P. W. Clarke, Jewelry. G. Jenssen, Jewelry. Warner Bros., Hardware. E. ®. Rhoades A Son, Hardware. Kellner A Callahan, Implements and Buick Cars. C. A. Roberts, Buggies A Wagons. Rensselaer Dye Cleaning Works. . .Watson Plumbing A Heating Co. The above list is in no wise complete, as a great number of the merchants have not yet been seen. However, a representative of the Republican will call on all the merchants in Rensselaer and give them an opportunity to unite with those who have already signified their intention of participating in the sale. The more merchants who unite in the movement the bigger the success of all, and the greater the opportunity for the buying public.

erative pale. There will be special bargains at nearly every store, and the wise,economical shoppers can certainly j save money by taking advantage' ofj this unustfal opportunity to do their trading in Rensselaer from March 9 to March 16. Shoppers may distribute their patronage among as many different stores as they desire, and then, by coming to the Republican office, will 1 be presented with the cash total of their railroad fare from their home to Rensselaer and return. A pleasing feature of this part of the arrangement is the fact that a j person is not compelled, to make his uprchases all at one store, but he can, on the contrary, trade at* as many different stores as he may like, the only provision being that the aggregate amount of his purchases will equal the sum designated in the published schedule. Say, for instance, a person coming JErom a town where the amount to be purchased is $lO, can, if desired, trade at ten different stores spending one dollar at each place, and still be entitled to his fare back, just as though he spent tjje whole ten dollars at one store. The purchases, however, must all be made at the stores which are participating in the sale and whose names are listed on the back of the refunding slips, furnished by the merchants to each customer. Full instructions as to how these refunding slips are to be used will be published in the special edition of the Republican.