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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
8
The Boston Store advertises a ten day sale to convert excess goods into cash. Bargains cover silks dress goods hosiery underwear gowns cloaks jackets and more with prices from 18c to $1.00 for ladies and children and men’s fleeced items on sale today.
Zam ladies and children's furs at reduced prices in a clearout sale at the Boston Store. Discounts range from 2.48 to 12.50 with some items worth up to 20.00, as collars and collar ettes go out to clear stock.
Bargains on jackets and golf capes priced at half to 59 cents on the dollar. $25 jackets trimmed to 12, $18 jackets to 10, $15 jackets to 8, and lower. All $10 and $12.50 capes to 5. One hundred wool waists in colors and sizes, 25 percent off, as low as 75 cents up to $2.50. See Soston Store for details.
The Boston Store offers heavy all wool ingrain carpets at 39c 45c and 50c, good ingrain at 20c 25 30 35c, finest moquette at 75c per yard, plus a wide range of rugs from 89c to 3.48 to reduce stock before invoicing.
The notice promises better laundry work as the year begins and highlights impeccable shirt and collar laundering with free baths offered with every five cents of laundry.
Rental ads urge early ticketing for Coontown 400. Local society items note Mrs. Morris from Denver visiting, Major Bishop in Columbus Junction, and Rev. Merrick's Grace church visit. Banner Lodge D of H meets with officer installation. Debs to address workers at the Commercial. Remnant sale at low prices. Seven Old Ladies of Lavander town at Congregational church January 19. River level easing with ice holes visible and southern wind likely breaks ice. Local dealers praise early opera tions.
Coontown 400 billed as the best colored organization with a big lineup of singers dancers and comedic acts. Eugene V Debs appears at Stein's Music Hall free admission and a Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly host invites all to hear him while noting his engaging but controversial views.
Cottonwood sycamore elm and basswood requested by buyer. Prices inquired at the office of the South Muscatine Lumber Co in Muscatine Iowa.
On January 1 freight and monument work costs rose by 15 to 25 percent. The Gruber Marble Co anticipated the change and stocked top quality stone before the rise. The Gruber Monument will be sold at the old price, with no other marble stock nearby. If later stock arrives, it will carry the new prices. 123 Front Street Muscatine Iowa.
A bargain listing offers new all wool trousers in a striped pattern with 32 inch waist and 31 1/4 inch length or altered to fit at the New Panitorium Club located at 216 Iowa Avenue.
Titus & Jackson promotes a secure investment in first mortgage loans with years of experience and no losses, inviting readers with available funds to call or write for opportunities.
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