The Bismarck tribune., 1919-09-12
CROWDS HERE ON
WILSON DAY BUY
NJ ANY ARTICLES
Visitors Are Liberal in Their
Spending and Merchants
Have Big Day

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Practically every business house in
Bismarck benefited directly in a IL
nancial way from the Wilson day cele-
bration here.
With hardly an exception. proprie-
tors of stores stated today that they
had the largest volume Of business
"Wednesday tnatthey have experienced
for some time. The huge crowd that
was in the city to welcome the presi-
dent and witness the aerial exhibit
tons and the other attractions pro-
vided for their amusements did great
portion of their fall and winter shop
ping while in the city. -
All of the banks today stated that
Thursday was the busiest day they
had experienced in some time. For
the day in the middle of the month,
when deposits are not large, Thursday
was a record breaker" said one bank
ing official this morning. "Practical-
ly all of the money deposited by our
customers was cash, with very little
checks, showing conclusively that the
money was left here by visitors at
tending the Wilson day celebration" "
Comments from few of the many
business houses in the city on Wed
nesday's business follow:
S. e. Bergeson & Son-Best bust
ness we have ever done in the history
of our institution. With the addition
of four extra people to handle our
| customers we could not begin to take
care of their wants. 1t was marvellous.
A.. w. Lucas C0mpany-The way
the women from out of town bought
clothes for the coming season was sur.
prising. During the time we were open
our store was crowded with women
buying all kinds of merchandise.
Lomas Hardware COmpany-Altho
we were closed from 1920 in the
morning until four in the afternoon
so as to give our employees chance
to take part in the celebration, we
were kept jumping sideways taking
care of customers.
The Chocolate Shop-It was the
biggest day we have had since we
opened this place. 1t was impossible
to supply the demand for ice cream,
soda, soft drinks, sandwiches and
other foods. For three hours steady,
we were kept busy making sand
wiches.
Wellworth Store-Business was
very good indeed. 1t has been one or
our biggest crowds. This ought to
make Bismarck realize that it can
take care of big things as well as
the smaller ones. am for a celebra'
ton of this kind at least once a
month. ..: .t"
French & Welch Hardware Com
pany-We were closed from ten to
three but during the time we we're
open we did an immense business
Ordinarily we would consider the sale
of one shot gun day at this time
of the year pretty good business, but
on Wilson day we sold not less than
five. 1t was a day of big business,
Webb Brothers-WOmen crowded
out store all day long buying theii
fall and winter clothing, Never before
have I seen such an eager crowd,
everybody wanting to buy something.
| And one of the strange things about
the business was that everybody SEEM
ed to want to buy the better grade
| of merchandise. -
| LOSduS IIOCeIy-Oul UuoiA1Ooo "e''
not so greatly benefited by the out
of town crowd, but our sales were
exceptionally heavy for a middle OF
the week day. It seemed as if all the
farmers surrounding Bismarck did
their usual Saturday buying on We'd
neSday.
The wholesale houses furnishing
foodstuffs were busy all day today
filling depleted stocks Of local mer-
chants as a result of the Wilson day
business. Restaurants were particu-
larly rushed and they served a steady
stream of customers from before noon
until long after three o'clock with the
result that some Of them exhausted
their kitchens before evening.
Some of \the drug stores were out
of ice cream yesterday as a result
of the inroads of the crowds the day
before. The hotels were overcrowded
and were forced to turn away many
but fortunately private homes gladly
opened the doors to the citys visi-
tors and sleeping accommodations
were provided for ALL