J. C. Penney Store #500 was located in the same building as J. M. Hale & Brothers dry goods store where Penney had his first retail position.
J. C. Penney Store #500
[SHS-Newspaper Collection: The Hamilton Advocate-Hamiltonian. April 17, 1924. p.8]

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