Middletown transcript., 1911-04-22
ANOTHER BIG STORE
Mrs. Peterson'S Additions and
improvements 10 Her Store

Still another big millinery and dry
goods emporium in MiddletoWnI Mrs
G. W. Peterson has recently greatly en-
larged and improved her store on Eas
Main Street, where for the past l9 years
she has had one OF the largest establish
ments in Middletown; Mrs. Peterson's il
in fact, the oldest mercantile business il
town, she having been continuously thu
engagrd for the past 20 years here, snC
for seven years previously in Odessa. Hel
trade reaches far over the Maryland linC
line, and she has old customers in Della
ware City, and towns in Maryland tC
whose grandchildren she is now selling
goods.
Mrs. Peterson has recently doubled heI
store room capacity by the addition of tbs
entire store used until last March by Mr..
A. Fogel. This gives her two large room
AZ by 81 feet on the ground floor, four
rooms on the second floor with an arch.
way connecting the millinery and suit
rooms, and wide easy stairway running
from the first to the second floor.
On the second floor are several rooms
devoted to various purposes, such as the
suit department, the carpet, mating and
rug room, pictures, frames, &c. The
third floor is used for storage and sale
rooms for various articles, such as lamps,
dishes, glass ware, toys. cuspidors,A &c.
One of the large first floor rooms is de-
voted to the sale Of dry goods Of every de-
scription, notions, trimmings, lace cur
tains, corsets, ready made goods in muslin,
house dresses, children's bonnets and
dresses-in fact, everything a woman or
child can want in the way Of clothing.
The other large room on the ground
china and glassware, toilet sets, tin and
agate ware, and culinary utensils of all
kinds, wall paper, and large stock of
high grade shoes for men, women and
children. Mrs. Peterson has fine trade
in first quality shoes. She also has a
Remnant Department" comprising
dress-goods, sheetings, muslins, pillow.
tubing, table linens, towel crash, prints,
and dry-goods of every nature usually
found in first.class remnant store. She
also carries large stock of "crex" carpet.
ings sold by the yard, and "crex" rugs
9xl2 at $6.98 each, and smaller sizes for
less money.
A cosy resting room for ladies, equip.
ped with every convenience for their COM
fort, has been arranged on the first floor.
The whole store has been newly
papered in tasty designs; the rooms furn.
ished with new shelving and fine, mod
ern show cases, the walls adorned with
pictures &c. while in front are three large
show windows used for the display of her
various goods, ladies' hats, fine shoes, and
other articles.
Four polite and attentive salesladies
and one gentleman assist Mrs. Peterson
in attending to the wants of her customers.
Mrs. Peterson has just laid in a new
complete stock of goods in every line of
her business-all new and up-to-date
styles, of first class quality; apd thanks to
the extensive additions and improvements
made by her, she is better than ever fitted
to meet the wants of her large and grow.
ing trade in Delaware and Maryland.
Mrs. Peterson has probably an un.
equalled record for business activity, hav-
ing erected II new houses. two stores, re-
modelled IA houses and built five stables!
Her new store is we'll worth visit.