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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
12
A Christmas fur display offers options for ladies misses and children. Fur boas range from 2.98 to 20.00, muffs from 1.00 to 10.00, sets from 5.00 to 50.00, and children’s furs from 1.00 to 5.00 per set.
Christmas handkerchiefs offered in various styles for ladies gentlemen and children. Prices range from 1c to 3c for children's, 5c to 50c and up to $3 for ladies and 5c to 50c for gentlemen. Display highlights at 10c 15c and 25c with special dozen or half dozen deals at the Boston Store.
Christmas dolls and teddy bears offered at 25c up with several price tiers including 39c 50c 75c 1.00 1.50 1.98 2.50 and 3.98. Teddy bears normally 1.90 now 75c. Customer urged to buy and save half their money.
A collage of short items lists visits travels sales events and social notices in Muscatine. People names include Mrs C H Sandvos Dr Cal W Smith Roy F Flatt Miss Lucile Crippen and Mrs S M McKibben among others. Activities range from church events and a turkey dinner to organ purchases and a holiday sale at Hirt Fesler.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in Catholic churches today with special services. At St. Matthias and St. Marys churches both high and low masses were held and many received communion. The feast, defined by Pope Pius IX, honors Mary preserved immaculate from original sin.
The Hannibal Missouri plant offers steady work for fifty girls in a stitching room with no experience required. Learners are paid while training and experienced workers earn 10 to 15.60 dollars weekly. Family males can find employment too. For particulars contact Roberts Johnson Rand Shoe Co.
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