Beautiful Waists for Christmas
Advertises hundreds of ladies waists in lace net silk and mohair with prices from 2.98 to 10.00 and assorted coats from 7.00 to 12.50. Encourages shoppers to come view waists and save money.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
12
Advertises hundreds of ladies waists in lace net silk and mohair with prices from 2.98 to 10.00 and assorted coats from 7.00 to 12.50. Encourages shoppers to come view waists and save money.
A local ad promotes furs in sets with a brown pillow muff and collar priced at $3.00 per set and a $5.00 complete set originally valued at $8.00. The brief sale highlights affordable bundles for ladies.
Hundreds of titles from popular authors available at half price. Books for boys and girls and the elderly and children include poetry fiction and works by Roe Thackeray Dickens Conner Holmes Alcott Alger and many more priced from a penny to $2.50. Call to save.
Several residents travel after visiting the city with shopping in hand. Mrs. J A Christison of Moscow Mrs John Ireland and Miss Emma Prien head to Wilton after city shopping. Oysters and records offered by local merchants Hirt and Fesler. A 170 acre farm for sale and various secondhand items listed.
Report from Muscatine describes a strong religious revival with Billy Sunday preaching, hundreds converted, and abundant enthusiasm in city churches last evening. New members joined, Sunday school rooms emptied for the main auditoriums, and many services noted as a distinct improvement over two months prior.
In Columbus Junction last evening Rev. J. C. Marshall and wife hosted a social with games and music. C A Sprague presented a Christmas box of coins from the congregation. Students from Ames and Cornell college returned home for winter vacation and local teachers prepared for two weeks off as schools close.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed remedy for malaria liver derangement and kidney trouble at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store. It also promotes sending a sack of Big White Chief flour as a Xmas gift.
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