Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-16
A New Dry Goods Dept.

TO THE PUBLIC-As most of our friends already
know the dry goods department in the BENNETT store
has heretofore been conducted by essees In June of
last year these lessees made arrangements for new
building, and thereafter The Bennett Company per-
fected plans for opening and operating its dry goods
department on September 1st which the time
agreed upon for the change to take place
Through fault of ours, the building to be occu-
pied by our lessees not finished at the agreed time
and they refused to the space occupied by them
in building.
We had already purchased and received very
large stock of merchandise, which unpacked and
prepared for sae and had intended to place these
goods sale first floor Immediately after Sep
TENDER 1st in other space that had planned to use
for part of our dry goods department An order Of
the secured however, temporarily restrain
ing us from doing this until such time the court could
hear the merits of the controversy For fifteen days
have used every possible effort to bring this hearing to
conclusion and succeeded Saturday in getting
a favorable decision of the court.
We are now in position to offer dry goods
for sale in store and If we desire to do so
get the other parties out although do not wish to
take such action
We do wish to announce, however, to our friends
and customers that we will be prepared Monday
morning to offer for sale on the south side of main
aisle the first floor line of dry goods embracing the
most complete stocks in the principal departments and
especially those lines that bought for early fall
in store and in view of the fact that have bought
very large stock and that sales in this
necessarily be divided between opposition depart
ments we propose to offer this merchandise at price
that will move it. .s -
We have not had the time since the decision of the
court rendered to prepare special advertisement
but will promise that any shopper who calls at
store Monday, any day thereafter will be well
paid.
While we will not be able to display this stock in
attractive and complete hope to do
later will nevertheless be able to show to the public
stock of merchandise which for quality and selection
cannot be exceled in any market We claim that in
those departments which have operated under
management and ownership are far in advance
Of any similar departments in Omaha and it needs but
suggestion of grocery department, china de
partment hardware and house furnishing depart
ment book and stationery, jewelry millinery
shoe and drug departments etc. ETC., to convince the
public of this assertion
We are now prepared to introduce to the shoppers
of Omaha dry goods department fully equal in merit
to the other departments just mentioned.
We will occupy, can get possession
the entire front half of main floor with this dry
goods department. and the entire south half of our sec
ond floor with the ready-to-wear departments prac-
ticaly doubling the size of the departments car
red and very largely increasing the size the stocks
We will be ready Monday with a lot of sacrificed
sales, and don't mind telling you going to
make phenomenaly low prices just for the sake
of getting talked about We believe this is the best ad
versng get and shall follow that plan until
everybody in Omaha knows that this store is headquar
tiers in dry goods, as it now is in all other lines
Very truly yours,