"I.K. Bernstein has returned from New York and Boston where he has selected a full line of men's furnishing goods which he will run in connection with his fine custom tailoring. He expects to open both branches as soon as the new store, No. 44 East State, which was rebuilt for him, is finished. It will be one of the deepest and best lighted stores on State street. The opening will be announced in the near future."

"City Chat," Ithaca Journal, August 31, 1897, 6.