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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
8
A local Muscatine shop promotes itself as the place to visit for holiday gift shopping. It highlights value, wide selection, and long-standing service helping customers give a right royal welcome to Santa while spreading Christmas cheer.
The Muscatine store urges Christmas buying with vast holiday stocks and premiums on stamps, promising best morning hours for shopping and holding goods for future delivery. It boasts expansive gift assortments including china, silverware, lamps, furniture, and thousands of items, aiming to delight recipients with dainty gifts.
A solid collection of silk and damask handkerchiefs appeals to women. Embroidered and foreign makes are offered for ladies, children, and men. The holiday show promises exceptionally low prices across the selection of decorative and practical handkerchiefs.
A growing cheerful crowd carries mysterious parcels proving the store will lead Christmas shopping this year. The shop’s hallmark is its merchandise and optimal stock levels, with every item bearing the store’s mark and customers urged to compare values to see its claim of absolute lowest prices.
You could not get a more delightful gift than a new leather hand bag. We now display the greatest variety of leather goods and handbags ever shown. Prices are tempting and very reasonable for Xmas selling.
Readable text promotes silk petticoats as beautiful holiday attire with wide selection in second floor department, colors varied and value highlighted in a festive sale pitch aimed at shoppers seeking elegant undergarments this season.
A vivid notice promotes Beautiful Housey Neckwear for Ladies with dainty, artistic styles suitable for Xmas gifts. It invites readers to view an elaborate assortment on sale, highlighting exquisite gift ideas and affordable prices.
A handsome coat offered at a great reduction would make an ideal gift with hundreds to choose from. Exclusive garments in this department serve the same purpose. The gift is timely as rapid Christmas selling continues.
The article notes that style grace and a distinct air attract women to select furs at the shop. It emphasizes the "qualities" that bring women in throngs and the establishment's pride in these offerings.
The ad promotes Munsing underwear as the best fitting, most comfortable and durable for women, misses and children, produced by modern machinery and skilled labor, with a focus on popular prices and union-made quality.
A concise art feature outlines a superb collection of pieces suitable for holiday gifting. It highlights items like scalp centerpieces and dailies while noting fashion and home decor appeals.
A vivid advertisement highlights a large collection of all wool dress fabrics in various patterns. It touts extraordinary values and mentions dependable fabrics from top manufacturers offered at new season prices.
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