The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-18
First Day of Suburban Specials
Brings Crowd.
Topeka Stores Take Pains to
Please Customers.
EYES OF SHOPPERS ON Topeka
Miss Fall Fashion Is q Visitor
at Every Store.
Buyers in Paradise of New
Autumn Displays.


Eyes of Kansas shoppers are on To-
peka today. Suburban week Is on
Miss Fall Opening, making her debut
for the season in establishments here,
enticed Topeka and out of town shop
pers alike with the rows Of artistically
decorated shop windows. Inside the
shops, buyers were in their paradise
among the displays of new autumn
goods and the bustling, hurrying
clerks.
The week." beginning today ends
Friday night. The three days form
the official fall opening of all Topeka
stores. Merchants of the city, CO.
operating to bring shopping crowds,
have formulated a plan whereby every
shopper will be paid on the basis of
2 cents a mile for the distance Travelled
in coming here. In the first store the
shopper enters a rebate book will be
given with purchase. The book is
to be carried from store to store and
at the end of the shopping trip thru
different eSta blishments is to be pre-
sented at the office of ]. VIII Kelley,
secretary of the Commercial club,
where the distance Travelled in coming
here will be computed and the refund
will be made. The rebate is not to
purchases, and in no event is money
| refunded in excess of cents a mile.
Come Any Old Way.
However, the visitors mode of con-
veyance is optional to the shopper.
Buyers may travel by train, carriage,
motor car or other means and will re-
ceive rebates just the same. All re-
fund books must be presented in the
Commercial club before o'clock Sat-
urday evening.
Fall stocks being shown by estab-
| lishments in the city are unusually
complete. In the stores taking part in
| the week" 1t is possible to buy any
thing from delicate, imported perfume
to something as far apart as could be
found in any part of the country.
Firms Taking Part.
The firms taking part in the sale
and giving refunds are:
Department and Ready-to-wear Stores.
The Crosby Bros. Co.
The Warren M. Crosby Co.
| Pelletiers
| Paxton & Paxton.
| Berkson Bros. Co.
| Outlook Co.
| Greenbaum Co.
| Crockett Nero. Co.
! Eli Ulamper1.
| Fair Nero. Co. s.
Furniture Dealers.
neutrality-suspicious. Co.
VIM. Connors Furniture Co.
| s. Frank Furniture Co.
Mems Clothing and Furnishing Goods.
The Palace Clothing Co.
Felix Clothing Co.
| Gibbs Clothing Co.
The New Toggery.
| August Clothing Co.
| Diment & Klein.
! The Famous Clothing Co.
B. r. B. Clothing Co.
| Fred Voiland Clothing Co.
| Scotch Woolen Mills.
| The Model Clothing Co.
| The Hub Clothing Co
| Morris Affron.
Edward Bowman.
Isadore Scrinopski.
Shoe Dealers.
| Payne Shoe Co.
| Walk-Over Boot Shop.
Gerstley Shoe Co.
| Emerich Booterie
| Newark Shoe Stores Co.
Drugs and Candies.
George w. Stansfield
| Brunt- Martin Drug Co.
Rosser Bros. Co.
| Tully- Mcfarland Co.
Waggoner Drug Co.
Capital City Candy Co.
Batman's.
Millinery Stores.
Puckett & Patterson
Kahr & Phillips.
s. L. Courtney.
Music Dealers.
W. W. Kimball Co.
]. w. Jenkins Music Co.
E. B. Guild Music Co
w. z. Roehr Music Co,
Hardware and Sporting Goods.
Fullerton Bros. Co.
D. H. Forbes Hardware
sc and 1Oc Stores.
S. s. Kresge Co.
Woolworth Co.
Banks.
The Bank of Topeka
Central National Bank
Merchants National Bank.
Farmers National Bank
William Macferran.
German-American State Bank.
Jewelry Stores.
Harris-Goar Jewelry Co.
r. r. Peterson.
John A. Davis Co.
Wardin Jewelry Co.
Adds Jewelry Co.
w. J. Lewis.
s. Friedberg.
Books and Stationery.
Hall Stationery Co.
Zercher Book and Stationery Co.
Hotels and Restaurants
OAAOIO 11Olel ana restaurant.
Throop Hotel.
Chesterfield Hotel
! The Cremerie Restaurant.
The Banner Lunch Co.
III c. L. Scott-Restaurant
Miscellaneous.
Acme White Lead and Color Works
The Hossfeld Trunk Co.
The Dibble Grocery Co.
The White House Meat Market
. The Illinois Traction Co.
Nudge Named director Again.
Denver, Oct. 1S.-At the annua
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