October 28, 1915 – The Iowa City Daily Press runs its first big ad for Joe and Harry L. Bremer, who had just purchased Stern & Willner’s Golden Eagle Clothing Store in Iowa City.
Bremers Clothing Store had a successful 90-year run in Iowa City – opening in the fall of 1915 at 120 East Washington Street, and closing in May 2005. Records indicate that Joe and Harry L. Bremer of Pontiac, Illinois purchased Stern & Willner’s Golden Eagle Clothing Store in October, 1915. The Bremer Brothers owned a chain of clothing stores in Illinois – Pontiac, Wenona, and DePue, and with this purchase would now be expanding into Iowa, eventually adding another store in Cedar Rapids.
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