The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-02
ANOTHER new STORE
"Tipton's" llOpen About March
/, at III and 123 High Ave. E.

Osaaloosa is to have another new
store, "Tipton's." 1t Is to be located
at No. 121-12S High avenue East, in
ltue business room now occupied by
the Huber & Kalbach Co. 1t is to be
a woman's clothing store, a place for
the complete Quitting of ladies,
h.isses and children. Anything worn
by the women viii be /. there and 1t
win be the best of its kind to be OBJ
tanned anywhere.
/ Leases for the first floor and the
basement rooms have been closed by
| Henry T. Upton, we'll and fayorabiy
known to Oskaloosa and Mahaska
county people, as the present mana
ger of the Oskaloosa Dry Goods store,
where, during term of six years ser.
vice he has won the high regard and
the confidence of the trading public.
Mr.. Upton has rendered his resigna-
ton as manager of the store, to en-
gage in business for himself and he
will be free to care for the details OF
his new store as soon as successor
can be appointed. 49, ~ 81 IL
Following the removal of the pres
ent occupants from the rooms to be
occupied by the new store, the place
will be put in the hands of the con-
tractor to be made over to suit the
wishes and the convenience of the
new occupant. The room will be re-
finished throughout and will have all
new and modern furniture and fix
lures of the most artistic and elegant
character. All woodwork and fnrni-
ture will be of mahogany type. A
handsome new front with new show
windows and deeply recessed en-
trance will form yestibuls, ten feet
wide and fourteen feet back, giving a
gradual rise from the sidewalk en-
trance to the central doorway. The
interior, of forty by one hundred and
twenty feet Is. to be arranged to meet
the requirements of the business and
the comfort and convenience of the
patrons. At the north end win be a
space devoted to receiving room
and Office convenience. There will
be dressing rooms and toilet accommo-
,dations; room devoted TO the alter
alton department; a. coy corner, to
be furnished for rest room for Gus
toners, or place where ladies may
meet their friends, write a note or
rest While their friends are being
waited upon. Wall and show cases,
shelving and closets Will be Of latest
pattern. And all this work is to be
accomplished within the space OF
sixty days from the date of the re-
moval Of the occupants now in posses
sion Mr. Upton expects to open
for business March LIST, 1913.
Goods for the new store have been
and are being selected and will be
ready for shipment as soon as the
room can be completed. The stock
includes everything for a woman from
millinery down to footwear from
lounging robe to party gown; from
undertaking to cloaks and wraps;
from hairpin to shoe lace, and from
shopping bag to gloves. And every
thing ready to put on, Mr.. Upton is
investing $4,000 in the stock and will
increase it as the business grows,
The stock will be one of the largest
of its kind in the state and will be
something new for Oskaloosa and vi
cinity. They have been big successes
elsewhere, and have been fairly es'
Itablished in larger places. Mr.. mp
ton believes that the ladies of Oska'
loosa and Mahaska county, of sur.
rounding towns and adjoining coun
ties vii, appreciate such place in
measure that will put such business
upon paying basis. He has secured
a most desirable business corner and
a splendid room for his venture and
will no doubt meet with a success
that Is richly merited.