Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-05
NEW STORE OPENING .
The BOlinger Store Opened We'd
nesdsy Evening for In,
spection by its Friends
and Customers

Wednesday evening. the new
BOinger store was opened to the
public for the first time and viss
ltorS were allowed to 60 through
the rooms and inspect them, but
no'hlng was sold. There was a
large crowd of visitors took ad-
vantage of this opportunity to
view the magnificent. new quar-
terS of one of the old reliable
firms of Great Bend.
There is not a finer store in
the state, nor more complete
and up-tO-date stock Of goods for
Its size. The ground floor room
Is fifty by ninety feet, and fill
cd with the finest of merchandise
The tntranc' 10 the store is at
lop3 Main street, and on Wednes
day evening was a veritable bow
er of beauty. .
Along the south wall of the
room are arranged the dress .
goods, ginghams, and other
stocks of this character, and a
little farther back along the
same side is a large pattern
case, and still farther beyond
this are more shelves filled with
bolts Of goods which only an
expert dry goods man or the Ia
dies know the name of.
Down through the middle of
this large room are show: case
counters, of the latest pattern,
and are uSedd to the best ad-
vantage to show the various line
OF goods which they contain. No
tlOns, toilet articles, and Ia
dies furnishing goods are dis
played In great prOfuSion. In a
similar shaped counter on the
north of the main entrance are
ribbons, laceS, embrOideries, hand
bags, gloves, etc. Along the
north wall is arranged the larg-
est stock of ladies shoes ever
shown in the city.
Near the center of the room is
the office of the proprietor, and
the cashiers booth. On top OF
this is place Shpr aii IL.
packages going out of the store
are checked up and wrapped.
Along side of the office is a
grand stairway leading up to the
floor above where there is a
room fifty-twO by fOrtytnine. en-
tlrely filled with millinery and
ladies suits and clOaks. AT a
height of about twenty feet the
staircase divides, making two
entrances to the top floor. The
whole establishment is brilliant
ly lighted with electricity and
heated by steam. The. various
fixtures throughout the store are
Of the latest construction, and
present a very handsome appear,
ance. ttt
The BOlinger store has long
been known to many people ov-
er this section of the state as a
trst-claSs place to trade, and il .
Is the extension of this large bus
mess that made the new location
necessary.
Mr.. BOlinger and his force of .
clerks have worked mighty hard
and almost day and night since
Monday to get the gods IN
shape In the new home FOR the
opening Wednesday evening. and
certainly deserve great deal
of credit for the way the affair .
was managed. Music was furn-
ished during the evening BY
Kukcer'S orchestra, and souven.
lrS consisting of cut flowers
were distributed to the ladies
during the evening: 1t would
be a hard matter to estimate
the number of visitors to the
store on that evening, but there
was a continual stream Of visit
orS all the evening. Great BEND
Is to be congratulated upon haYE
ing such an up-to-date and com
plete establishment within her
borders and the Democrat pre-
diets an increase of business for
the old store in its new home.
Charley Charles and his broth
er were down from the northeast