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Newspaper
Des Moines Daily Leader
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1902
Page
4
Broad underpricing marks June shopping at Youngker Bros with a focus on foulards and black silks. Special Monday prices include 69c per yard foulard designs, 49c per yard 69c foulard varieties, 69c per yard black satin, and reduced Ou Boiled Taffeta and Florentine Silk offerings. Limited stock from Cheney Bros and others featured.
The piece describes a popular outfit worn at the Philadelphia Horse Show. It features a white inlaid satin lace coat over white pongee, a white Valenciennes dress heavily embroidered in white, a satin straw hat with light trim, and a silk muslin lining printed with Chinese flowers.
Catalog note advertises fallen consignments from Falencon Point Gaze Bulgarian Laces up to 400 laces for sale. Includes 10000 yards of French Valenciennes and 20000 yards of Cotton Torchons with matching insertions. Monday sale only with per yard pricing and varied widths and finishes.
Simple services at the residence honored Judge Hubbard with many railway leaders from the Northwestern system in attendance. Chicago figures including President Burt of Union Pacific and General Manager Gardner attended, with judges, lawyers, and politicians from across Iowa. The service featured Psalm 23, selections from Corinthians, prayers, and hymns, followed by a long procession to the cemetery.
Harrisburg June 14 Geologists report elevated land readings across multiple Pennsylvania counties after Martinique quakes. Letters to USGS director note elevations ranging from two inches to over twenty four inches above prior records, suggesting Atlantic seismic activity affected inland terrain. The Choctaw Route advertises reclining chair cars and swift service to Texas and Arkansas.
A retail notice touts a White Goods sale featuring white tuckings shirtswaist materials and fancy laces. It promotes imported whites, pique fabrics, dotted Swiss, ecru batistes, and mercerized fabrics with prices and Monday specials for a range of dress materials and trims.
Ad lists a box of 24 paper sheets and 25 cream colored envelopes with matching seals and initials. Mentions government-size envelopes and a wax finishing touch.
Senator Elkins introduced a joint resolution for annexation of Cuba and its admission as a U S state with a republican government. The constitution must be submitted to Congress by January 1 1904 and debts must not fall on the general government. A second provision allows direct admission if terms are agreed upon by Cuba and the United States. A $100000 appropriation is proposed. Roosevelt and others discussed the Cuban reciprocity issue but avoided political detail.
Secretary Hay and Baron Moncheur exchanged the final ratification of the Belgian extradition treaty in Washington. The accord modernizes the list of offenses by adding larceny kidnapping and obtaining money under false pretenses to the extraditable crimes.
Colored trimmed hats for ladies offered at special prices to clear inventory. New stock includes two complete Duck Hats with several styles and matching veils in Coronation colors blue and green. Also introduced Patava hats with a light broad rim and Rough-and-Ready hat trimmed with black and blue velvet around crown.
Des Moines postoffice innovates with four rural carriers whose routes stay inside city boundaries. They will ride horses and use wagons to deliver to every house, extending free delivery. eight more carriers and four clerks to be added July 1. Substations planned at Shaffer’s, Abene thy’s, Balzer’s, and Ferney’s stores.
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