I Survived McAlpin's Moonlight Madness Sale

It was the biggest event of the year, after the Christmas holiday of course, at this Cincinnati-based department store chain. Each spring, shoppers would descend on McAlpin's to pick up the craziest bargains in town. Although the store would have deals throughout the day, during hourly specials, announced over the store's public address system, bargain hunters would run through the store, frantically grabbing sale items.

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