The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
Stimulated by the Fall Festi.
val the Local Retailers and
Jobbers Have Made Excel
lent Advances.
EXPANSION IS SHOWN
EVERY twelve MONTHS
Old Ultra. conservative Meth.
DDS Are Being Discarded
and Larger Fields Are Be-
ing Opened Up Now.

In considering the value Of the Fall
Festival to the city of Richmond
the Panic Proof City-there 10 no one
department In which this can be more
than In the mercantile world. No
doubt those who profit most By this
annual trade-getting crowd.bringing
event are the merchants. both whole
sale and retail. for while many come
70 buy from the retail dealers. there
are many others who take advantage
10 come here and buy stocks Of one
kind and another from the Wholesale
men. This leads up to the one thing
that 10 desired to emphasize In this
article-the advantages Of Richmond
- . mercantile center. the large size
and full equipment OF her establish.
ments. her progressive methods and
the strong effort that 10 made by the
merchants to meet every reasonable
demand Of the tradc and serve the
public In the best possible manner
Il 10 this spirit Of progressiveness and
friendliness combined that has made
the Quaker City notable for IT. stores
retail and Wholesale. II being
looked upon In . number Of lines, ~
fully - desirable Q place to buy .
stock OF goods ~ Cincinnati. Indian
spolis or Dayton. o.
a Marked Advance.
Every year 10 showing marked I'd.
vance In the mercantile lfe Of Rich
mond: every year it, merchants take
some step forward: every year the
number q buyers 10 Increased: every
ytar the trade territory contributing
70 this city 10 enlarged. and It may be
said that no small factor In this 10
the Tall Festival. It n an added In.
ducement and encouragement to the
merchant to keep . better stock Of
goods. 70 keep better store In every
way, because he knows that thous-
ands will visit him who have never
visited him before and he naturally
wants them TO come back: and they
win II they have the proper encour.
agemsnt. To this forward mercan-
tile movement the present year 10 no
exception and there 10 much In the
mercantile field to encourage and to
point to still further accomplish.
meats.
Il 10 not possible In the space al:
lottea here 70 enter into . mention
Of every mercantile enterprise In the
city. but Il viii be necessary to take
them rather - . whole. The year
has been one In which there have
been many changes made In the way
Of bettering the stores. one Of the
most notable being that ut the Hoos-
Ter store. where the George Deuker
stock was purchased and the rooms
occupied By him combined with those
already occupied by the Hoosier,
which took . long time lease ON the
building and has converted It into .
modern department store Of ample
equipment and up-to-date stock The
Improvement BY this store has been
one not only to its beneAt but also
to the benefit Of the city. ~ the i'm.
provement Of the old Phillips theater
building adds greatly to the appear.
ances at sixth and Main streets.
Many others Of the establishments
have made improvements. either In
the interior or exterior arrangements
providing better lighting systems.
erocting new signs and doing Q vari-
sty Of things that separately do not
attract great attention but which
collectively would represent q vast
amount Of work and the expenditure
OF Thousands Of dollars.
Some Changes.
Among the changes that have taken
plAoo the past year among the bust.
nees houses. In addition to changes
at the Hoosier. 10 the Incorporation of
the Lee b. Nusbaum Company. Chas.
lg1oOan. . very 0uccessful and clever
yoang business man becoming . mem.
0eP Of this Arm With which he had
% long been connected: and the pur-
chase of the building occupied By the
BEE Hive Grocery Co. BY the J. NJ.
Eggemeyer Co. which then bought
The grooery and 10 now conducting
q under the old time name-the Bee
Hive. The Allen Furniture Company
found it necessary to increase its
Storage quarters and to accomplish
thu leased ground Immediately In
The rear Of the store and erected q
building that dives Il ample quarter.
The no0sy Furniture Company also
neeoe6 increaasd quarters for stor.
Ing furniture and has secured rooms
u u baiD1lng that WAS formerly used
~ ~ 8el)ee Cracker Company.
ADoag ~ ether changes and i'm
yrove0eaGs are Tie purchase q the
Now21rk ouildlAg on Main street By
4loAAea ou1Gley. Who WAS thus ena-
boo4 - lnesoaso ~ quarters Of HE
thSev1ng 1rug b1s1ness b. the addi-