Bankruptcy Sales All Year At Mr Bennett’s Store
Erma Bombeck recounts Mr Bennett’s furniture shop window signs promising endless sales events from March’s “Bankruptcy Everything Must Go” to December’s holiday closeouts. The owner jokes about selling at regular price during a “No Sale Week” in November 1924, noting the calendar’s marketing scheme.
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