Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-21
MANY STORES IN
DISPLAY CONTEST
COMPETITION FOR BEST WIN
BOWS AND INTERIORS
ARoUSES INTEREST.
ONE HUNDRED NINE HAVE
ALREADY MADE ENTRIES
Contest Set for Wednesday, Sept. %,
Attracts Double tho Number That
Entered First Competition Ar
ranged by AID CIub--Des Moines
Men to Be Judges.

More than double the number of
stores that entered the window dis
play contest last spring, have entered
the second contest being arranged
for Wednesday, Sept. %, by the Mar
! shalltown Ad Club. The entries to
date total 100 IN the combined con-
tests for the best display windows
and for the best decorated store in
teriors. Three or four prizes in each
CT the six classes are TO be offered.
The judges will be j. l.. Cameron.
| of Harris Emery Company, Des
Moines who will place the window
| displays, and j. II. Richter. of
Younker Bros, Des MONIES, who will
| Judge the interiors.
The contest last spring awakened
lively interest among merchants and
the greatly Increased number of en-
tries for the coming contest indi-
Gates that competition will be very
much keener next week.
Judging in Evening.
Both the store interiors and win
dow displays-ffe 10 be ready for in
spection and Judging by 6 O'Clock
"Wednesday evening, but 1t is not the
intention of the committee that the
Istores in the contest should be kept
open for business that night. The
committee also desires that othes
stores in competitive lines, that arc
not in the contest, do not keep open
The awards are to be made Thurs
day noon at luncheon of the Ad
| Club, to be held at the-Marshalltown
Club This luncheon will be open TO
hall business men and others Interest,"
ed in the contest.
Divided in Six Glasses.
The contestants have been divided
| into six classes. drugs and jeweley.
shoes, hardware and furniture, gro
Gerry and meats, dry goods and fur
| nishings and miscellaneous. For
both interior decorations and window
| displays there are ten entries In the
drugs and jewelryy class. eight in the
shoes store class, twelve in hardware
and furniture, twenty-four in gro
l,cery and meats. twenty-nine in dry
goods and furnishings and twenty
six in the miscellaneous class. 1t is
probable that some additional entries
will be made before the lists are
closed.
Interiors Entered.
| The following is the list of stores
entered in the interior decorating
| contest:
| Dry goods and furnishings-A. NJ.
| Morris & Co.. Brintnall & Brintnall,
| A. II. Simon. Hopkins & Son. Spur
geon Mercantile Company, Gildner
Bros. ]. C. Penny Company, Burch
Bros. Mrs. Henry Pappe. E. r. Lay,
j. D. Palmer & Co.. Weisman Bar.
gain Store, Adolph pfleiger, H. Will
lard Son & Co.
Groceries and meats-George Olson.
C. E.. Yokom, S. p. Johnson, E. D..
Batesole, F'reeland Coffee and
| Grocery Company. Myers and Nor
land, C. r. Overturf George b. Pep
| per. i. G. Echternacht. S. B. Nord-
| skog, Weisman Bargain store, Red
Ball store.
| Hardware and furniture ilbur's
store, w. 7. Huber, Ryder Furniture
Company.
Shoes-BaXter shoe store, 1ngledue
& Young. Wallace shoe store, Larson
| s. Son.
Drugs and jewelry-H. NJ. Hellerud,
Hellberg jewelry store.
Miscellaneous First National
Bank, Marshalltown State Bank,
Strand Baking \ Company, R. j..
Bowen, NJ. F. Banzhaf Company.
Windows Entered.
The following stores have entered
| windows in the display contest:
Dry goods and furnishings-A. VI.
Morris e.. Co., Brintnall & Brintnall,
Dorosin Bros, A. H. Simon Hopkins
& Son, Spurgeon Mercantile Com
pany, Gildner Bros, J. c.: Penny
Company, Burch Bros, Mrs. Henry
Pappe, E. r. Lay, j. D. Palmer & Co.,
Adolph Pfleiger, Weisman Bargain
store, Fl. Willard Son & Co.
Groceries and meats-Weisman
Bargain store, George Olson, G.. E..
Yol1om, S. P. Johnson, e. d. Batesole
Freeland Coffee and Grocery Com
pany, Myers & Norland, c. r. Over
turf. George B. Pepper. L. G. Echter-
nacht S. B. Nordskog, Red Ball store.
Hardware and furniture--W f.
Estel, Horne & ~Gelvin, Nickel Furni-
ture Company, Schmidt Hardware
| Company, Abbott & Son, George L..
| Randall, Wilbur's store, W. T.
Huber Smith Music Company, Ryder
Furniture Company.
Shoes-Baxter shoe store, Ingledue
s. Young, Wallace shoe store, Larson
! & Son.
Drugs and jewelry-Henry F..
Mann. Hellberg. jewelry store, H. Ne
Hellerud, Henry S. Mayer, B. A.
Morgan, Charles Stepan, Beinert
Drug Company, A. T. Elder.
| Miscellaneous - First Nationa,
Bank, Fidelity Savings Bank, Strand
Baking Company, Druker Bros,
| Naughton & Co., w. F.. Winterringer,
Deluxe Sweet Shop United Cigar
store. Wachter's confectionery, C. P.
Cook r. J. Bowen. Paul Roskopf,
Carriers Economy store, James l..
Denmead, Iowa Railway and Light
Company, McCarten Plumbing Com
pany, NJ. F. Banzhaf Company,
Hawkins Tire Hospital, Moehrl's
book store, Nelson Coal Company,
Electric Supply Company.