The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on January 9, 1925.
HAWES & SON WILL CONDUCT BIG REORGANIZATION SALE
Ten-Day Bargain Sale to Start Next Wednesday. Preparatory to Re-arrangement of Departments.
In preparation for the reorganization of Hawes & Son’s department store, necessitated by the closing out of the shoe and clothing departments and the death of Chas. O. Hawes, president and treasurer of the corporation, the management this week announced that they will put on a mammoth re-organization sale, starting on Wednesday, January 14th.
This sale will continue for ten days and during that time a determined effort will be made to greatly reduce the stock so that the re-arrangement and remodeling of the different departments can be carried on in the most expeditious manner possible. A four page sale announcement of the coming event will be issued the first part of next week.
Among the changes planned are the relocation of the ready-to-wear department and the expansion of the dry goods department. The firm expects to continue to handle gent’s furnishings, but the shoe department will be wholly eliminated.
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