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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
8
Public auction of household goods at Mrs Reinhart Kaiser 310 West Third Street Friday at 2 PM rain or shine. Items include kitchen range folding bed dining chairs rockers divan bookcase lawn furniture stove and contents. Auctioneer Capt E C Peto. Also notices of local events and society updates follow.
The B C R N will sell round trip tickets to Cedar Rapids on April 25 for April 26 return at 1.50. Train departs Muscatine at 8 15 a m. Cc M Gould, Agt.
The Boston Store advertises two days on Friday and Saturday April 25th and 26th offering untold bargains on carpets curtains oil cloths carpet sweepers jackets suits skirts silk waists petticoats muslin underwear shirt waists corsets silks dress goods and more.
Three hundred new stylish shirt waists offered at half to five dollar range in multiple colors and sizes. Also features black peau de soi at 89c yard, black taffeta silk at $1.00 yard, and cashmere taffeta silk at $1.60 yard. Silk waists and fifty new silk waist styles priced to $3.98 with sizes 32 through 40. Rare bargain.
One hundred handsome new suits in sizes 32 to 40 and various colors at special prices. Lovely all wool suits priced from 7.59 to 25.00 each, offering value for wear. Come to us to save money on your next suit purchase.
Forty dozen corsets placed on sale with many styles and colors. Girdles and True Fit models offered at low prices from 25c to 7.00 per pair, with multiple brief item numbers cited and various summer lengths.
Special sale offers heavy ingrain and Brussels carpets with new patterns priced per yard 25 30 39 and 79 cents. Ingrain wash fast colors and good styles priced 28 30 32 and 35 cents per yard. Wool ingrain patterns 45 and 50 cents. Linoleum patterns new and pretty. Brussels carpets 68 and 75 cents. Moquette for small rooms and Axminster carpets in new patterns 1 dollar grade.
Yard sale note advertises full width curtains and ready made pillow slips in 42 or 45 inch sizes. Swiss quality implied, focusing on home textiles.
Three hundred ready made dress skirts offered in wool silk and moke to fit any figure. Fittings available at lower prices than homemade. Skirts range from 3.50 to 25.00 with various trims and lining options.
Sleepy-Eye notes mention Bartlett Bros plans in coming days and Mrs S J Darrow of Wilton visiting for shopping. Phillip Vanatta of Vandalia attends due to his mother’s death. music copies offered at 15 cents each or discounts for multiple copies through Thursday to Saturday. Rathbone Sisters announce a dance at the new Armory on Tuesday April 29 with invitation holders invited.
F H McDaniel of Letts was in the city on business. Bert Bartlett Bros promotes tea and coffee. Hirt Griffith's received two dozen Columbia disc talking machines. Mrs M Dreier left at 10:30 for Wapello en route to Burlington. Blanchard Packing offers chicken at 15c per lb. Laura Lauder rents to Mr Walker. Sheet music sale at Hirt Griffith's. W R Faddis from Chicago leaves after visiting. Mrs Ella G Kline heads to Davenport to work on The Woman's Department. William Vanatta arrives from Nortonville after his mother’s death. Florence of Chicago visits en route to Grinnell. Charles Robinson and Harry Dollarhide depart for Los Angeles with potential return. Norman Winter ill in Des Moines with possible appendicitis. family travels to be with him.
Announcement that Foulke's millinery store is going out of business with ribbons hats ceilings and handkerchiefs offered at sacrifice prices to clear stock.
A list of stock quotations with opening and closing figures for major companies including Atchison Mo Pac St Paul L and N Union Pacific So Pac Southern Ry U S Steel Sugar and Manhans. The data shows high low and close values with percent changes for each issue.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hallock extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors in Atalissa for assistance during their recent bereavement.
The mystery of Miss Hattie Palmer of Saginaw who was to wed Elder Woodwin at Lamont has ended with her marriage in St Paul to another man. Einer Woodwin laments the break. Earlier reports claimed foul play in Chicago.
Special-Senator Dolliver presented Mrs. J Ellen Foster en route to Europe as a Red Cross delegate to the convention and H C Wheeler former Iowa governor candidate now in Texas. General Clarkson had a long talk with the president and was entertained at Senator Dolliver’s home last night. F J Stillman.
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon via the Lehigh Valley Railroad bound for New York. Onboard features include a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches. Stop-overs are allowed at Niagara Falls on all through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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