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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
6
The Lilly & Hine era in Muscatine begins a Friday August sale offering dry goods, cloaks and suits with the claim of being the greatest sale in eastern Iowa. The store emphasizes one-price policy, generous refunds, and decades of reliability as it invites all locals toshop this massive clearance for new merchandise and best values.
Our second floor offers drastic reductions in ladies ready-to-wear with summer dresses in colors and white. Prices drop from 12 to 7.50, 19 to 6.50, 25 and 30 to 16, and 12 to 7.00 as the season’s finest garments go at final clearance. Move to clear the stock this week.
Leading colors and white effects with sale prices from 3.50 to 9.00 and former prices up to 16.00. A very pretty lot of wash suits, styled for next season, offered now at great savings to move them quickly.
The shop offers light blue and pink dresses with about a 50 percent discount. Garments that originally sold for 30 and 35 dollars are reduced to 18 and 27.50 dollars, while 25 and 30 dollar pieces go to 12.50 and 16 dollars.
Local retailer advertises reduced prices on long silk pongee and black coats. Black silk coats priced at 15 138 20 and 25 dollars now available by choice for 10 dollars. Pongee coats at same pricing. Half length silk coats previously 12 15 and up to 18 dollars now 9 dollars.
The cloak and suit department announces an unprecedented advance in fashionable ready made garments for the 1910 fall and winter season. The store claims the largest cloak and suit department in the county and projects a continued rise in sales, market leadership, and quality craftsmanship.
Large stock of embroidery 5000 to 6000 yards imported for sale with heavy discounts across items. Corset covers priced as low as 25 cents, 18 cents, and 50 cents, plus 2.50 to 1.75 dollar ranges for other pieces. Hundreds of edgings and bands listed at record low prices.
Still Lower Cuts on Colored Lawns and wash goods offered at very low prices. 2,000 yards of imported batiste lawns and ginghams, regular 25c, sale 11c per yard. About 1,000 yards of lawns batistes, etc., regular 15 and 18c, sale price 1c per yard. Wide stripe novelty ginghams, regular 35c and 50c, sale 19c. Grand sale aims to attract early buyers with the finest materials.
Importers Vantines and Bogners perfumes and toilet waters offered at half price. Acknowledged as the best toilet articles made in the country. Regular prices are strong values, now available at 50 percent discount.
Large discount sale on Percales and Merrimac fabrics with yard prices noted. Broad assortment of domestics including shirtings tickings calicos sheetings muslins table padding cheese cloth all heavily reduced. Visit store to see vast quantities and unexpected savings on light and dark colors and other textiles.
A local store advertises large discounts on dress ginghams including Toile de Nord and Red Seal fabrics. Prices marked at 12 cents per yard with lic values and a special rate of 10 cents per yard. The dealer offers about 50 bolts to view.
About 200 pretty sheer summer waists just arrived and priced at 83 cents. Values range from 1.00 to 1.50, offering a limited, low price selection for shoppers.
Goods shown on this counter are odds and ends of all kinds of merchandise including lawns muslins silka lines imitation linens white goods linings and more. Items priced from 10c to 35c per yard with a special 5c per yard sale.
A sale offers about 50 silk gingham patterns at 15 cents per yard, down from 25 to 35 cents. The yardage suits children's dresses and ladies' wear, with the entire lot offered at the reduced price while supplies last.
Linen towels in many patterns hemstitched and plain very large sizes offered at special price 25 cents each. Values 35 and 50 cents. Limited quantities available.
This lot includes misses' children's and ladies' gauze and balbriggan underwear at a 50 percent reduction.
A hosiery sale offers men 25c and 35c materials with a two pair for 25c deal on Lord & Taylor Onyx brand in black tan brown and new shades. Also featured are children's misses and ladies hosiery with 10 to 20 percent savings.
The ad promotes marked discounts on linoleums mattings large room rugs small rugs and ingrain carpets for ten days. It highlights Wilton Bagdad 9x12 rugs at 40 dollars anniversary sale and Body Brussels 9x12 at 30 dollars and tapestry rugs 9x12 at 8 10 12 50 and 15 dollars with savings of four dollars versus regular price. Small rugs 18 to 54 inches by 18 to 27 inches also discounted by about 20 percent or more.
An advertisement announces a special sale on summer handkerchiefs with values at 18c 20c 30c and up to 35c offered at 15c. Other handkerchiefs previously 15c and 18c are now 10c. A very pretty line is available for 5c each.
A local retailer discounts Mexican drawn work items including lunch cloths and centerpieces by about 50 percent, offering roughly 25 to 30 patterns for sale.
A local ad promotes 200 pieces of silk patterns for draperies at drastic markdowns. Regular price quoted as 121 percent and 15e per yard. entire lot available at sale price per yard, inviting buyers to stock winter supplies.
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