A. J. Brumberg

Taken from “The Headlight” no date given.

Submitted by: Robert Kingrey

  Every branch of industry must have its leader. Some representative must set the pace, and the faster the pace, the more the public benefit. The clothing business in Ironton surely has an able representative in Mr. A. J. Brumberg, the manager of the One Price Clothing House, better known by the initial letters of the last four words, the “O. P.C.H.” In 1881 this great clothing house first threw open their doors for business, and the touch of enterprise was everywhere visible and the place fell into popular favor almost immediately, for it was a store where patrons found fair, courteous and liberal treatment and knew that one and all received the same price on goods. Every inhabitant in Ironton, and especially the business men remember the panic months of 1884-5, during the big strikes, and it seemed almost impossible that such an immense establishment as the O. P.C.H. could hold its own, but business ingenuity guided them safely through and all the vicissitudes of time and trade were overcome. Today the store stands as a model in the clothing business, and no establishment between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh can show such a large stock, such a complete store or such a vast patronage.