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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
10
A local sale promotes a final wind up event on Saturday August 1 offering massive marked down prices. Shoppers are urged to attend for deep discounts with many items advertised under value. The store promises a wide assortment at drastic price cuts to clear inventory.
Old time ad lists various fabric and household goods from a Saturday sale. Items include indigo blue calico yardage, unbleached sheeting, Lonsdale muslin, Amoskeag ginghams, Sea Island percales, pillow slips, sheets, oil cloth, batiste, linen damask, and seamless sheeting with marked discounts. Indicates multiple yardages and case lots with prices and patterns.
Dr Cal W Smith and P W Westbrook were in Davenport as business visitors. A talcum product at Besten lehner's received praise. Ice cream for picnics and socials advertised by Barger and Barrows. Mrs L Agnew and daughter from Pawnee City Neb visiting Muscatine left for Chicago. Stirlen and Rowan advertised reliable insurance with low rates. Eva Richardson of Albia IA visiting Miss Helen Coe in Muscatine, then headed to Chicago.
Shoppers inquire about Sleepy Eye flour and Laid brands at Leibbrand Ryan Co. while calls from B F Snyder Grat Dalton visit the city. Travels span Chicago Davenport and Detroit with talks on stores and lodge meetings. Missing lines note fashion hats and hosiery at Leibbrand Ryan Co including five room house on street car line for sale.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed remedy for malaria liver derangement and kidney trouble. The ad claims easy cure with a 50 cent price and is from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The sale advertises children's muslin waists, sun bonnets, silk remnants, Danish cloth, taffeta silks, cream mohair, and black silk by the yard. Prices range from 7i to 69 cents per yard, with many items marked down to 25 to 50 cents and special Saturday prices across lots and patterns. Includes numerous colors and patterns for dress goods and dress patterns.
The dredge Dipper is placed in Muscatine slough and will be put in commission soon. The project aims to improve navigation and sediment management in the river area. Local officials indicate work progresses on schedule for the dredge to begin operations shortly.
A large dredge vessel for Improvement District No. 3 was launched at the Muscatine slough. Con tractor Phelps aims to have the machinery running in about a week and dredging will start soon to remove bars along the slough.
A feminine power styled ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets for weight loss. It claims the tablets reduce weight with no wrinkles or distress, costing 75 cents for a daily dose. The ad lists the exact compound and asserts pharmaceutical authority from Marmola Co., Detroit.
Former Senator George M. Titus Dr J N Elliott and Dr A A Peter Jr returned from Mason Lake Wisconsin after a ten day outing. Four wagon loads of fish were hooked during the trip though the sizes are not noted. Elliott the party chaplain stays behind visiting his old home in Canada for about a week and may not be held responsible for developments in the meantime.
Stations from Dubuque through Muscatine show slight stage declines with values listed for Dubuque LeClaire Davenport Muscatine and Des Moines as forecasts indicate gradually rising river levels from below Dubuque to Muscatine J M Sherier Forecaster timeliness and region-wide trend noted.
Numerous skirts in white linen duck and light weight fabrics priced from $3.50 to $5.00. All wool and Panama skirts in cream voile and patterns range from $5.98 to $16.00 with numerous late styles, colors, and sizes including black silk and black voile options.
A Muscatine woman received an unsigned letter urging nine people to each write a prayer and mail it to nine others over nine consecutive days. The chain, claiming protection from calamities and guaranteed joy after nine days, is circulated unsigned and described as the Endless Chain of Prayer.
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills ease bowel trouble as fear of appendicitis motivates use. It promises a guaranteed 25 cent bottle from Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Mrs Henry Kane of Nebraska street departed the city this morning for Conesville where she will visit for a period.
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