Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-08-30
A Message to Our Customers:

A message 10 Uuf Customers:
Time rolls on very fast and it hardly
seems possible that have made 81 business
trips to New York since locating in DEBORAH
nearly half century ago. Roughly esti-
mated the mileage Travelled is fully 12O,OOO
miles,. l have made these trips because |
am fully convinced that to buy goods right :
one must see them and examine them. ].
am well acquainted with most all clothing
manufacturing concerns in the country and :
if there are any real values and bargains
to be had by being on the ground am sure
to take advantage of them.
By appointment with prominent cloth
ing houses some months ago | met them in
Chicago, placing orders for fall and winter
suits and OvercOats with Hart Schaffer &
Marx, as well as New York firms, as was
convinced at that time raw wool was as
cheap as lit would be, and since then raw
wool has advanced nearly Is cents per
pound, and naturally that advance affects
anything in the line of wool wearing APP
parei. Customers can easily see that to sell
cheap merchant must buy at the right :
time and that is what we aim to do
We watch the market and buy our
clothing and furnishings direct from the
manufacturer and mills thereby saving the
middlemans profit Our customers of course
always get the benefit of our bargain pur-
chases. The policy which has been the
guiding star of this store since we UprnetF-,
way back in 1876 has been one of continued
square dealing. We never believed nor
permitted any Overcharge to any customer.
When Bear and Rose started the Centennial
Clothing Store in 1876 we had no acquaint-
ance here, and entire stranger i'm a strange
country, and naturally people were skeptical
and it seemed uphill work to get the con-
tdence Of the people. Since then we
have sold goods to thousands of satisfied
customers, patrons who have made this
store their trading place year after year.
The writer to DEBORAH with the full deter
mination to establish bushes which would not only
be credit to the who founded it but also to the
city IN which he made his future home And the same
policy which guided the business then is lived up today
And the same strictly square dealing plan will con-
nue so long the present management is at the head
OF this business We take great pride in the fact that
we have many customers who regular patrons of
this store They here with confidence and buy
their needs they know by experience that the cloth
ing we sell is good in quality that every article is
guaranteed and money returned if goods are not sat
sfactory.
We have made extensive preparations for big
fall and winter business We will show complete lire
OF Mems Boys, and Childrens clothing of the newest
models the latest colorings made up expressly for U.S.
extra well made and lined with the best quality of
lining to be had Our prices will be the lowest in
America when high standard of quality is considered
We will have line of furnishings Underwear Neck
wear, Hosiery, Hats and Caps as good in quality
and complete In assortment you will find in any bio
city store in the country with this difference that our
prices are always lower will personally see to that
all our Clothing and Furnishings will be perfect in
quality and every article has personal guarantee
1t is well known fact that at Bears you will find the
best value that's why our old customers stay by us
ana why new customer are constantly added to orr
list We ask for continuance of your patronage
because we are home store because we have lived in
this community nearly half century and people have
had the privilege to observe our way of doing business
When you deal with you dont deal with STRANGERS
and you are absolutely sure of strictly square deal
we nope TO continue to serve you and we will serve
you WELL SPECIAL SALE '0i'e
At this time means all our summer clotbnr o,s
furnishings are being sold way below their actual y
Ben Bear Co.