Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
Rains NUSH IND MILK
No Wise Person Leaves His
Bowl Bottom Side Up in
Such a Storm
is YOUR BOWL RIGHT SIDE UP?
Tuffrees' Great Manufacturers Sale of
Pianos Continues to Attract Custom
Makes Marvellous Increase in Volume
Reasons for Tuffrees' Success.

Reasons for TuffreeS' Success.
When 1t rains mush and milk no wise
person leaves his bowl bottom side up.
Just now in this city it is raining mush
and milk for prospective piano pur-
chasers and the storm center is at TUT
frees Music House. Metaphorically
speaking, that is where the most milk
and the biggest chunks of mush are
falling and those who are contemplate
ing the purchase of a piano will do well
to call at the big bargain sale now on at
look over the big stock still remaining
of the most perfect and beautiful in
struments ever unloaded in Iowa. The
big sale can not last much longer. The
pianos are moving too rapidly for that.
The storm will cease before long. is
your bowl right side up?
Tuffree's previous sale eclipsed any
thing of the sort ever held in this part
of the state. His present sale is push
ing into such a magnitude as to make
the former record-breaker look very
ordinary affair, in deed. Customers and
letters are coming into the store from
every contiguous part of the state. The
business of the past week has been ex-
traor binary, even for the Tuffree House
In fact, at present Marshalltown is the
piano center Of the state and the TUT
tho central n0lnt
toward which the path of every piano
purchaser tends. The sales have been
marvellous. Every one in central and
north Central Iowa seems to know the
"Old Reliable Tuffree House and want
one of its pianos. The long standing
of the Tuffree House and its sales in all
the counties adjoining have made for
it an increasing host OF customers most
gratifying to the firm.
The highest praise possible to bestow
upon any business man is the acknowl-
edgement that he has built up and re-
tanned during years of merchandising,
the leading business of its kind In his
home city. That Tuffree has done this
is without question. His music store
lis the "Old Reliable" and as such is
known over all central Iowa., Like the
brook in Tennyson's poem, other music
stores may come and go, but Tuffrees
goes on forever. Year by year his con-
sistent policy of buying the best, sell
ing at legitimate profits and making
good to the letter his every guarantee
has extended and retained his clientage,
until the careful buyers of musical In
struments all over central Iowa have
come to depend upon his trained Judg-
ment as to quality and trust his busl-
ness integrity as to prices. Mr.. Tuffree
knows his business. He is one or the
best piano buyers in the country. His
wide acquaintance and high standing
among manufacturers give him COM
manding advantage over ordinary and
ephenneral firms.
All the people are not slow to seize
the opportunity offered by the smash
ing of piano prices. as was evidenced by
the crowd in the Tuffree store Satur-
day. Four statesmen were kept busy |
all day, and far into the night, but
crowds We're turned away even then.
The delivery team was not put up until
midnight. Those who could not be
waited upon promised to return today.
They will arrive early to avoid the rush.
Herein lies the secret of the immense
popularity Of the Tufrree Music House |
and the steady and unvarying success
of it's big bargain sales. This advantage
does not remain with Mr.. Tuffree He
passes 1t on to his customer. If Tuffree
buys right-and he invariably does
the customer gets the benefit and OBJ
tains greater value for less money sim
ply because Tuffree asks for only the
III ,,rnfifc HNpS nor
need the immense profit demanded by
most dealers in his line. He had rather
sell hundred instruments at a small
advance than sell ten at piratical
Price. That is why Tuffree does the
piano business of central Iowa and con-
tinues to do it year after year.
Another thing is that anybody can |
buy a piano of Tuffree. 1t is not ques-
ton of money down or many homes
where Tuffree's pianos are things of
beauty and a joy forever would be
without music. Tuffree has always
been ready to sell on the easy payment I
plan and has supplied hundreds of
homes in this manner. The purchaser
of a Tuffree piano need not be wealthy |
or in receipt of a large income. 1t he is
honest Mr.. Tuffree is ready and willing |
to assist him to an instrument at pay
ments he will have no difficulty in
meeting easily and promptly. Tuffree
has pianos in all the popular styles and
different modes of furnishing and at
varying prices and sells them for pre-
cisely what they are He makes his
word and guarantee good. No one need
expect an $500 piano for sits at Tuf-
frees, but may expect and depend upon
getting the entire worth of his money |
in an instrument worth every cent he
is asked for it. While this big sale lasts
the customer will get the benefit of |
manufacturers prices. But the sale
will not last forever. Remember that
Oh, Don't you remember Little Ivy,
Ben Bolt,
Little Izzy and all his funny jokes?
You laughed with delight on that MEM
orable night
When took you to see Ward &
Vokes.
Now Tz1,, 10 coming with a show of his