Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-28
D. Roy Bowlby Will Close
Out Fifty Good Pianos at
Almost Half Cost.
Pianos Returned from Agents
lnDrought D stricts-New
But Some ShoPworn.
Greatest Money Saving Op-
portunity In Good Pianos
Ever Offered.
Fully Fifty Cabinet Organs
to Be Closed Out at Less
Than Half Price.
Easy Payments to All - Big
Sale Begins Monday, 1909
Second Avenue, Rock
Island.

1t is doubtless we'll known that a
large portion of our piano and organ
business is done through agencies
scattered over a radius of 125 miles
around our home office. Rock Island.
Owing to the drought in cert ain Gee
tions of Missouri. Illinois and Iowa,
quite a number of our agents have
temporarily given up the business
and reshipped the instruments back
to US.
Fully 80 fine pianos and as many
good cabinet organs have been re-
turned to us on this account. These
instruments have been in our agents
stores from one to five months. They
are all new insofar as having never
been sold. Some are slightly shop
worn. but most of them show no
traces of being in our agents stores.
With proper polishing. which they
will get. any and all of them will
look as we'll as Though just from the
factory" The interior of these in
struments is perfect. All will be
guaranteed fully for five years.
Owing TO the crowded condition of
our ware rooms. and in order to clear
out this returned from agents stock"
quickly we are compelled to make q
sacrifice. a sacrifice of not only the
profits but portion IF the factory
c 1st as well. This loss on cost ard
profits and the saving to the pur-
chasers of these instruments will
fully approximate Sc 600.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 30, we
will ipaugurate the greatest money
saving sale in good pianos ever COL
ducts d in this country. Store open
every evening during sale.
As an exam pie to show how all this
stock of pianos, consisting If the
best, oldest and most reliable tkes
aud organs are plainly marked to
close out, we quote the following
prices:
New plain cased upright pianos.
eastern make, former prices $lS5 TO
$3.50 Sale prices $97, sos TO $l47.
Terms, $40 TO $50 cash, IS to 81 per
month buys them. or all cash. no
discount.
Handsome cabinet grand upright
pianos. various standard makes; for
mer prices $500 to 1915. Sale prices.
$173, $19S to 1897. Terms, 500 cash.
81 to $40 per month buys them.
III I'LL IuS LULU HO
pianos than the Hallet Il Davis and
new scale Kimball pianos. Numer-
Gus of these famous makes at factory
cost and less. Payments to suit.
We offer elegant. highest grade cab
met grand upright pianos, In hand
some mahogany, English oak and
walnut cases with marquetary fronts
and hand carved panels. former
prices, $500, $3.50 and $500. Sale
prices. $243. 1867 to 1928 Terms,
$25 cash, $40 per month, buys them:
or all cash.
Used upright planes. various
makes. worth $3.50 to 1925 Sale
prices, $75, 800. $40 to $3.50 Terms.
SO or SIS cash, So to IS per month,
buys them.
Square pianos. Knabe's, Kim balls
and other makes will be closed out at
SIS. $23. $s7, $43 to $67; Sc ctsh. 81
per month. buys them.
Organs, organs. organt! My but
this is your time to buy an organ.
Fifty new and used organs worth $40.
$50, 500, $50 to 1920, will go at IS,
SIP. SIS. SIS $23. $29. $50. $i3 to
sos. s. cash, 81 to 81 per month
buys them.
This sale positively lasts but 10
days. Twill pay you to make early
call of inspection of this stock and
prices.
Store open evenings.
D. Roy BowLBY,
1909 Second avenue. Rock Island.