Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1946 — Page 3

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owner of B & B died today in his 'rollton ave. uf | |

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*. . * Pi ko. Goldblatt, spiritual 53 : wan : : 2% lianapolis Hebrew 1 conduct services uchanan mortuary ‘ow, Burial will be Ww cemesery, ooklyn, N. Y., Ma ue . employed at Al- 5 ears in addition tq nh 0 supply company, ber of Monument be : 1, and Allison Pin £ :

is wife, Jeanne; a a ‘daughter, Judy; . and Mrs. Louis ther, Ralph,

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THIS IS THE “MAN'S STORE

It was born as such some 93 years ago. H was bred in the bone. H Was . developed as a Man's Store through the generations.— it will continue

as such through all the foreseeable future.

it is something basic — deep-rooted. - It can't be had by claiming. “You can't slogan yourself into it. NC You either are — or you aren't. # It can't be a branch of a business—

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: 3 or a department — I's got to be , : : the business itself. “

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At the time when Abraham Lincoln paid a visit to Indianapolis — (there is a bronze tablet on the Claypool Hotel Building — memorializing the occasion)— Denham and Gramling, the fore-runner of Strauss — was a healthy, lusty youngster of 4 years. Its pattern at that tender age seemed set — its

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five?—No! Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg. ’

: : ABRAHAM LINCOLN course charted. There is no record

of whether or net Mr. Lincoln paid the Shop a visit — but it did serve Indianapolis with its some 18,000 people — with "Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings’ — and evidently it served well.

THE STRAUSS GLOBAL TRAVEL SERVICE (6th floor}—is ready and eager to serve those who intend to take Transworld Tours—or an overnight trip perhaps to a fishing spot or football game—via train, plane or bus.

IT OUTFITTED MEN FOR THE VARIOUS FORMALITIES OF LIFE—including the trip to the Altar (the "H'" IS silent). AND IN THE NEW STORE—within the

brief span of six months—The Man's Store

has vastly extended its horizons.

There is a SMOKER'S CORNER, just inside the doors—with about as fine a collection

For it grew — and kept pace (and of Pipas, Cigars, Cigarettes and Smokers’

THE CLOTHING FLOOR (The Second)

b set the pace) in meeting men's : paraphernalia—as a man could wish for. i dani Hit nd interests in its’ more spacious quarters—has set a ; p> J piv v 8 : tandard fantastic new record of some kind or other— THE MEN'S FOOTWEAR LOUNGE ON 3 in the steadily adfancing standards in the scope of its business. THE MEZZANINE— # of taste — in man's inherent desire for has added to its roster of ‘great names on

Earth." It provides First Floor convenience— yet the privacy that men like when trying on shoes.

that which is Fine and Genuine! THERE IS A SPORTSWEAR SHOP . : : ON THE FIRST FLOOR— IT EARLY DEVELOPED A SPORTSMAN'S COMPLEX—It outfitted sturdy pioneers for the Great and Only game of Golf.

that presents the smartest in Leisure Jackets, AND BEFORE LONG there will come from

London (a Man's City}—and other points of England and the Continent—Men's Footwear and Hats— Men's Clothes and Haberdashery and Gift Objects—recently purchased by R. S. Norwood, President of L. Strauss & Co.—

Sports Shirts, Sweaters and such—with the

utmost in comforts and in tomorrow's keynote.

IT BECAME INTERESTED IN TRAVEL—

for instance, featuring those dusters and goggles and gloves—that well dressed men wore in horseless carriages.

AND THOSE OF THE UPPER CRUST who followed the socialite lead of the fabulous Barry Wall—perhaps gave the Store a call (ne poetry intended).

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THE "SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE" on the Sixth Floor became famous overnight. While physically far from complete, it serves Sportsmen in a complete, knowledged way— (one of our goed: friends remarked— .that the "Sportsman's Floor" put the pants on The Man's Store!

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(The air tour was armanged in great part —by the Strauss Global Travel Service.)

All of which indicates the depths of devotion to an ideal — to the heritage of the past — to the Endeavors of the present — and the course to be followed through the limitless Future.