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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
8
The Boston Store advertises a ten day sale to convert excess stock into cash. The promotion highlights discounts on Silks Dress Goods Hosiery Underwear Outing Gowns Cloaks Jackets Collarettes Muffs Boas Carpets Rugs Curtains and related items. Shoppers are urged to visit the store for bargains.
The Boston Store advertises large sale on elegant gowns for all ages and extensive fur and jacket clearances. Deep discounts include ladies gowns from 50c to $1.00, heavy fleeced undergarments, and fur collars priced to move, with jackets and golf capes cut dramatically.
About one hundred waists in all colors styles and sizes are reduced to 75¢ to 2.50 from up to 3.75. The sale closes out remaining stock at 25 percent off. Visit the Boston Store to see the goods.
Crowded shopping pages advertise heavy in ingrain and moquette carpets at 39 to 75 cents per yard with rugs up to 3.48. Also pianos, dresses, kerosene oil, fresh oysters, and a benefit dinner announced. Local residents travel to Cedar Rapids and Chicago for shows and business. several appointments and visits noted.
The Gruber Marble Co. warned of freight and quarry price hikes on January 1. The firm kept its Gruber Monument stock at former prices and urged customers to buy now before further increases. Local notes include a city tramp, a near-miss fire at People’s Bargain Store, and town happenings from Muscatine and nearby areas.
Daily Journal notes the New Process Laundry and Steam Dye Works promises exquisite color and finish, with good return condition and free baths with every 2c worth of laundry. Uses filtered water and no chemicals. Telephones 6 and 2066.
Local notice reports a sale event at Sheetz’s located at 111 East 2nd Street with hundreds of bargain items priced on 5 and 10 cent counters. Shoppers are invited to explore discounted goods during the event period.
Halstead and Son advertise the arrival of a new wall paper season with the largest variety and latest patterns in town.
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