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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
8
Local notes list several residents traveling for visits and business this week. Many depart for Chicago Columbus Junction Wilton Rock Island Davenport Lone Tree Bayfield Boise City and Des Moines with stopovers and moonlight trips and public notices for upcoming events.
Los ing money sale at the Boston Store offers about 5000 dollars of Summer Goods for ten to forty cents on the dollar for a few days. Items include parasols waists skirts jackets petticoats suits silks wash goods corsets and more with sample prices such as silk dresses $1.98 to $2.50, white duck lawn and chambray suits from $1.98 to $3.98, and other discounts on ready-made garments.
A local sale lists grey silk eton suit at 2.00 from 15.00, navy duck skirts cut to 0.75, white eton jackets at 1.00, 20 Long white jackets at 8.95, white merino accordion skirts from 7.50, cream mohair skirts 1.98, mohair skirts 3.98, summer skirts 3.98 to 6.50, girls wool skirts reduced from 3.00 4.00, and Indian Head skirts 0.98 reduced from 2.00 3.00.
A newspaper advertisement promotes an extraordinary dress goods sale with all wool fabrics and silks at deep discounts. Items include 42 inch wool broadcloth, crepes, pongee, plaids, voiles, granite cloth, and silk stripe pique with prices cut from a dollar or more to 25, 39, or 50 cents per yard.
Local notices describe a 25 cent Y M C A excursion on the Steamer Columbia this evening. Numerous travelers depart for Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and other cities for visits, conventions, and business, with several residents returning from trips and visits across Iowa and Illinois.
Treasury Department notice from the Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor requests sealed proposals by September 19 1907 at 3 p m for the complete construction of the U S Post Office at Muscatine Iowa. Drawings and specifications available at Washington and Muscatine offices.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for deputy collector and clerk in the fourth internal revenue district of Iowa. It will be held in Burlington and Des Moines on September 4 with subjects including spelling arithmetic penmanship letter writing accounting and time scoring. Applications must be filed by August 27 1907.
The ad promotes the Lindsay inverted light as a sole agent offering a satisfactory lighting option. It claims the lamp saves mantels and globes and lists F. Ashcraft & Son at 225 Iowa Avenue as the seller.
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