The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-10
Advertisements Will Appear In Daily
Pioneer Showing Bargains to
Be Offered.
FARMERS ALSO GET BENEFIT
Will be Allowed Three Cents 4 Nile
Each Way For Each Family
Member Making Trip.

From Monday to Saturday of next
week, out of town people who have
been trading in Bemidji can come
here to do their Christmas shopping
and at the same time save all or
portion of their railroad fare. This
offer has been made possible by the
banding together Of a score of Be-
midi merchants who announce that
during next week they will allow five
per cent ON every purchase to the
amount of the railroad fare Of the
purchaser and his family.
Every merchant who has co oper-
ated in this movement will offer In
ducements in the way of goods and
prices that cannot be surpassed or
duplicated in any city of Northern
Minnesota. These stores will give
better merchandise for the money,
and SO extend the buying power of
the family pocketbook, and will zalao
allow refund of five percent to the
amount of the railroad fare so that
the trip to Bemidji and return will be
made at their expense. =
=. The stores are combining in this
movement in order to advertise Be-
midi as a trading center. Adver-
tisments, which will state what they
have to offer will be first printed in
the Daily Pioneer next Friday and
will be reprinted in the papers next
week. In order that entire families
will come, the refund offer includes
all members of the buyers families.
For. farmers who will drive to Be-
midi next week to shop a refund will
be made of three cents for each mile
to and from the farm and for each
member of the family who accom-
panies him. All villages and refunds
are to be computed in the Pioneer
office. Refunds will be made only by
the merchants whose names appear
at the end of this article. No, re-
fund will be made for more than the
amount of the railroad fare.
The system Of making the refunds
is best explained by taking An &C.
tual example. John Brown lives at
Clearbrook and will come to Bemidji
next week to buy Christmas goods.
Mr.. Brown will be accompanied by
his wife and son. They will arrive
in Bemidji about 10 a. m. and will
leave at 4:37 p. m. They will first
go to one of the stores on the list
and will ask for a refund slip. After
the purchase is made the amount will
be endorsed ON the slip. This will
be done at each of the store on the
list as each purchase is completed.
When he is through shopping, Mr..
Brown will call at the Pioneer ONCE
where his total purchases will be
totaled. 1t is thirty miles to Clear
brook and the round trip fare for
himself and family will be $40. If
he has bought sos worth of goods
during the day, he has paid his ira
yelling expenses. If he buys less, or
$25 worth, he will be refunded
1925 to apply on his expenses.
Should Mr.. Brown happen to be a
farmer in town Of Frohn who drives
in eight miles and buys $40 worth of
goods on one trip, he will receive a
refund of $1.44 for himself. wife and
child, or $500 if he brings in three
or more children.
The stores which have combined in
making next week big shopping
week and whose advertisements will
appear in the Pioneer are as follows:
Abercrombie's novelty store.
Akerberg & Kittleson, mems fur
nishings.
Barker's drug and jewelry store.
Geo. T. Baker & Co.. jewalry store
Bazaar Store, dry goods, etc.
Battles hardware store. -,
Berman Emporium, dry goods, etc.
T. ]. Crane & Co., women's ready
to-wear, etc.
Carlson's Variety store
Fair Store, five and ten cent store.
Gill Brothers, clothing store.
Given Hardware company.
Lahr's furniture store.
Megroth's variety store.
Murphy, furniture store.
Meters drug sture.
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