The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-10
Approximately 40 Merchants
to Offer Special Bargains
as Trade Inducements
BARGAINS OFFERED WILL r.
BE PASSED BY COMMITTEE
Plan. Completed BY Merchant.
at Meeting Monday Night;
Merchants Sign Up

Saturday, May FL, the first montn-
w.. Market Day will be held IN" BE-
midi when approximately 40 mer-
chants will offer special bargains as
inducements to trade in Bem1dJl on
this day. = .,$$.g.z:@.
The hearty cooperation OF prac,,
tically every merchant is assured ana
indications are that the inducements
to be offered will attract: people 10
Bemidji from miles around.
The plan is to issue large dou Die
mage poster in which each merchant
offers one or two Of his very best bar
gains for, the day. These bargains
will be inspected by a committee be-
fore they-are published to insure the
buying public that they are genuine
bargains, and bona fide in every way.
No two bargains will be alike and
should two merchants offer the same
bargain, the committee will decide
which is the better value, and the one
selected by them will be included IN
the advertisement and another one
offered by the merchant whose frss
bargain was rejected.t
The double-page poster will also
appear in the Daily and Weekly Pho
neer and the Weekly. Sentinel: The
posters will be, distributed in terri
tory not reached by the regular mail
;-lg lists of the newspapers, thus as
surfing the merchants q wide dlstrlbu-
Of the Market Day project. H.
II Az the Meeting held u the asso-
/ citation rooms Monday night practical
" all merchants there signed p.for
/ eErrYing ont the plan fo.s q ,peissod sot
at least SIX months. The committee
in charge is today busy signin g up
enough other stores to warrant put
ting the plan into actual practice.
As above stated, the day set for
the first monthly Market Day will be
Mayh21. The date for June will be
definitely announced at a later date,
but it is presumed that.it will fall on
the third Saturday Of each month. -.
The very best of cooperation
among the merchants is assured: by
cry merchantaagrees to advertise IN
this poster one or two extra special
bargains and+his competitor will not
duplicate the. article at the same
price but will direct the customer to
the merchant who makes the special
inducement on# certain article re-.
CARELESS of whether he has the same
on hand. a51s4s:5 r., ft. ,.4.s.
BY this manner Of cooperation the
public will appreciate the fact that
the Market Day lis launched for their
special benefit and that bargains are
genuine in every respect; atF-:.: III Ia;
That Bemidji is fast becoming the
big shopping center for northern Min
nesota is certainty ! ! People for
miles around look9to this astheir city:
They expect Bemidji merchants to
take the lead in offering values equal
to-. if not greater, than. those made in
the larger markets Of The state.sa and
Bemidji merchants have come to real
ize this important fact. =. ..,..ss.ss,as
COME TO BEMIDJI ONCE A
MONTH";, is the slogan to the peo-
pie outside thefgates of the city. 1t
will be worth their while When the
special bargains offered are made
known, people; will see the great buy,
ing advantages open to them and
will make it .a4 point to come regular
ly, becausefitsWiH mean q =bigasaving
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