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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
5
Monroe City Missouri store promotes bright new Spring Goods across departments and invites customers to inspect offerings with confidence of worthwhile returns during the largest Spring Sales of its career.
A shipment arrives with Arnold's striped Tissue and Belfast Poplene for border effects. New Fou lard silks priced at 59c 85c and 98c per yard with all new designs in desirable colors. Ladies and misses tan hose matched to tan oxfords in lace boots and gauze lisle cotton. Rugs offered include Tapestry Brussels 9x12 at 10.75 Bokanya Reversible 9x12 extra heavy at 13.50 and 9x10 6 at 12.50. Axminster assortment praised for variety and low prices.
Come to our headquarters for a spring hat and a large, well priced assortment. We are showing the best hat variety yet and offer low prices. New tan and patent oxfords arrive daily this week as opening stock sells out. We boast better shoes for the money than any Monroe City store. Silk gloves, Windsor lawn ties, and rich collars are in stock with ruchings in white and colors. Spring undergarments from Essex Mills and Forest Mills are available in a wide range of sizes.
The column lists residents and visitors including Mrs Gus Jayne and Mrs W L Bly meeting next Tuesday, visits by Cunningham and Miss Gowie Swart in Palmyra, Grace Frazier with Shelburn relatives, Marie Sweeney with Maude Bramblett, Roy Meriwether in Smithfield Illinois for business, Thomas Polliki with Monroe relatives, Cora Umstattd and Minnie Umstattd at J T Hickman, Lillian Ely returning from Dallas, and a real estate trade where J T Culbertson & Co sold a Pike County farm to H H Cunningham and later Harris bought the Culbertson stake.
Mesdames J S Scott and T Vaughn visited Hannibal Monday for Kister eggs. Mrs J M Proctor Sr with Gem City friends Monday. Hon J P Boyd of Paris with Monroe friends Saturday. Lawn Mowers special at A Jaeger. Mrs Ruby McIntire visiting sister Mrs W Jackson at Woodland. Louis Lear from St Louis spent Sunday with mother Mrs Katherine Lear. Mrs J M BouIware of Hannibal visiting relatives. Mrs Joseph Henderson of Center visiting city friends. Dr L W Dallas of Munnerwell with friends Saturday. White Sewing Machines at A Jaeger.
A brief item notes a prize winner and a square meal plan, highlighting the awarded honor and the accompanying meal arrangement. Local names or places are not clearly readable in the fragment, but the notice links the prize event with a dining component.
Lambert Hagan Lambert Lane and Shelby Sweeney spent Sunday with friends in Quincy The Democrat for job print ing H D Sparks was a business visitor in Palmyra yesterday Jerome Miles was a business visitor in Brookfield yesterday Miss Josephine Goldaberry for Quincy arrived Monday nerve to vist relatives east otherle B P Rutledge was the guest of his brother AK Rutledge Saturday Mrs John Wood of Kansas City and Miss Lotta McAtee of Hunnewell have been with Monroe trends
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