The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-09
Profited During Three Days
Celebration and Are Anx-
ious That One Be Held
Again Next Year.
Old MUCH TO REVIVE
BUSINESS IN RICHMOND
Hundreds of People Who Did
Not Appreciate City as a
Shopping Center Were
Brought Here.

1--WE regard the fall festival as a
means Of reviving the activities of the
individual and community. 1t brought
many people from more distant locali-
ties to the city and impressed them
with the beauty of Richmond and ad-
vantages offered by the general liberal
and superior stocks of merchandise
carried by Richmond merchants, and
their purchases added materially to the
sales of every dealer. The Young Mems
Business club deserves credit and en-
couragement for it's efforts and success
full management of this affair and, we
trust, OF future affairs
The above statement was made this
morning by George II. Knollenberg,
president of the George III. Knollenberg
Dry Goods company, and one of Rich
monds most prominent business men.
Mr.. Knollenberg in his statement re-
fleets the opinion of every business
man in the city.
San unqualified success" was the en-
thusiastic statement made by every
merchant in the city seen this morning
by a Palladium representative. There
is an insistant demand that the fall
festival be made permanent affair.
and some merchants favor holding a
spring festival. The suggestion that a
county fair held in this city would BEN
eft the business men more than fall
festival is rejected by all merchants.
who unanimously state the plan of
keeping the crowds in the business
sections of the city would be more ben
eficial than concentrating the crowds at
a fair grounds.
All Records Broken.
Many of the business houses on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
broke all their respective sales records.
Those merchants who were not directly
benefited by trade on these three days
realize that the advertising they receiv-
ed and the city at large received will
be of the utmost benerit. The fall fes-
tival was bid to the farmers for their
patronage. The farmers were shown
that Richmond is a splendid trading
place, and that they are as anxious to
buy their produce from them as they
are to sell their stocks to them.
The following statements were made
this morning to a Palladium represen-
tative:
Frank l. Reed-"The fall festival was
the best thing ever held in this city.
Those merchants not actually bene-
fitted by trade during the three days
benefited by the advertising they re.
ceived."
Gilbert T. Dunham-''The fall festi
val brought the farmers into the city
and gave us a chance to show them
what we had. 1t also promoted good
feeling between the farmers and the
business men of the city and adver
tised the town.
Glenn Thistlethwaite-"T fall festi
val was a magnificent success. Those
who did not feel its benefits this week
will In the future"
VIII Jamison-"The festival surely
was a grand success. Business at the
Model Clothing company was good
The farmers got better impression
of Richmond than they ever had be
fore"
Frank Meyers did splendid bus.
iness and | think the festival did the
town whole lot of good Trade ap.
peared to be excellent everywhere"
Lee B. Nusbaum-.'I went to a con.
siderable expense in arranging for ths
festival, as the public knows, and Ii
testified to by the fact that l won frs
prizes for window display and indus
trial parade float, but the business the
store did the three days more thar
twice exceeded this expense.
II. C. Hasemeier-"Th festival wa.
q pronounced success. Business wa.
good and the benefits will be felt for
long time to come.
Harlan simmons The fall festiva
was the best possible scheme for ad
vertising the city. | sell Throughout
the county and nearly every one of m.
out-of-town customers visited me.
want the fall festival made a perman
ent affair."
w. A. Johnson-'.The fall festiva
was the grandest thing ever held II
this city and should be continued.
F. F. Haisley-"The fall festival wa
rousing success. 1t beats a fair an,
should be made an annual event
Samuel Gaar-The fall festival wa
more successful than l anticipated an,
should not be substituted by fair. j
street festival benefits the merchant
more and Is less expensive than fair
Charles Feltman-"The festiva
was the best thing that ever happene,
to this town. We had more bushes
than we could care for and next yea
will double my my.subscription"
Elwoad Morris-"I think you vii