The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 26, 1920, Page 12, Image 12

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    THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26. 1920.
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Charge Purchases Tomorrow and Balance of Month Will Go on January Bills Rendered February 1
Store Wffl Not Open
Imp
ortant
WING TO THE GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED TO HAVE A SALE OF THIS MAGNITUDE PRE
PARED; QUICK ONTHE HEELS OF A MIGHTY CHRISTMAS BUSINESS, AND FOR WHICH WE HAVE
RETAINED PRACTICALLY OUR ENTIRE EFFICIENT CHRISTMAS SALES FORCE TO MARK DOWN AND TO
SELL GOODS, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE SALE ONLY
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Tojnorrow (Monday) j
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Beginning at 11 A.M. Tomorrow, Monday, December 27,
Throughout the Eighty-Odd Departments of the Store,
We Launch a Mighty Series of Value-Giving Events!
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Wio Mate THZS JANUARY CLEARANCE
t( Put Forward One Week, Following a Custom Ob
served in Like Cases, for the Greater Benefit of Our
Patrons ) the Most Remarkable, the Most Helpful and
A ll-Embracing Down-Price Movement of Its Kind
Also Effective Tomorrow
at 11 A. M. for a Limited Time (Until FurtherlNo-
tice) a NEW LOWER PRICE Freshly Established
on EVERY ARTICLE in the Great Meier & Frank
Stocks (With the Few Exceptions ) Expressed in This
.Unequivocal Phrase of Tremendous Importance
A Surprise
i i line with the other amazing
features of this event will be
seen in our 32 show windows,
which will be "dark" from
Saturday night over Sunday
until the moment that the sale
opens at 11 A.M., Monday,
when their contents . will be
revealed. I
I We Announce Further
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. Employes . ' N?lf p-V r : -v rrxt 1 sT 0 A (
without : exception :'wiH: : x " ' ill J A L -0A ';A''!vl ft x VS C P
report at the store at reg- A - i fX A 1 f ( f I ' Vf ' &
GROCERIES EXCEPTED)
Here Are the Facts:
(CONTRACT LINES AND
1. Beginning at 11 A.M. tomorrow we goffer, for a limited time4until fur
ther notice the entire merchandise stocks of the Meier & Frank Store (con
tract lines and groceries excepted) atnew lower prices.
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2. "Every, article reduced" .means an . actual reduction from the prices
marked on' the. goods up to the time that . our store closed last Friday eve-?
nirig, even though the price of the article was already reduced. Customers
know that our prices were lowest for the qualities:
ut?' e are omS tm to make the January Clearance at Meier & Frank's a
'CLEARANCE" in the full sense of. the word and to carry forward the
movement first launched by this store in Portland to bring about a general
lowering of prices as exnressed in nur errant "RaL- tn Nn.
malcy," , "Giving Portland Lower : Prices" and "Bringing
Down the Cost of Living" campaigns.
'r 4. Therefore we offer, beginning at 11 A. M. tomorrow
(the lateness of opening the first day being necessitated by
the closeness of this sale to the busy Christmas selling and the necessity of
marking down and rearranging such vast stocks in such a short time) , the full
merchandise stocks of the Meier & Frank Store from end to end and from
top to bottom (with the few exceptions noted) , the most staple goods, the
newest goods, the finest goods to be had, and the largest and most complete
assortments in the west, AT NEW LOWER PRICES until further notice.
Z W have never been so stron&lv equipped from every point of view as
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we are today to conduct such an enterprise as mis ror me pud
ic benefit.
We Reserve the Right to
Limit Quantities
to any one person this for
the protection of our customers.
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If You've Been Waiting for Lower Prices, You Don 't Have
;tQ-WaiiAnyi Remem
ber EVERYTHING in Our Vast Stocks of Wanted Mer
chandise Is Reduced Except Contract Lines and Groceries.
Now Is the Time to Take Advantage of This Great Sale