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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
10
A promotional note touts five Tremendous Money Saving Days with remarkably low prices on merchandise of high quality. It promises shoppers that an hour spent in these five days will yield wonderful bargains and substantial savings across most store sections during the Great June Sale.
A big stock of house furnishing items on the second floor includes carpets rugs lace curtains curtainettes drapery materials and carpet sweepers. The sale features nearly every item used to furnish a home in this broad clearance event.
Beautiful and complete line of Silk Dresses in Crepe de Chine Tafetta Charmeuse and Silk Crepes. Skirts feature tunics and waists trimmed with lace and net. Also featuring children's dresses in linens ginghams and ripplettes from 59c to 1 25 and rompers in gingham and ripplette from 25c to 60c.
Allover Aprons offered in dark and light colors with sale prices at 39 cents. Styles include long and short sleeves in ginghams and revelaes, with original values of 50 to 100 cents.
The advertisement touts the season’s greatest wash dress values with sensational prices from $2.50 to $12.50. It lists girls, intermediate, juniors and misses dresses in ginghams linens and rice cloths, highlighting morning dresses at $4.78 and afternoon dresses at $12.50.
In a sharp sales note the store promotes House Dresses that “sell themselves” with an attractive display and popular prices ranging from 98 cents to 1.25 dollars. The item emphasizes affordable wardrobe options and appealing presentation to attract shoppers.
Advertises dresses that slip on and off like a coat without mussing hair. Fastened with two buttons. Trousers can be dressed in nine seconds if desired. Sold at prices from 1.25 to 2.00 dollars.
Attractive cotton skirts in white wash fabrics offered in French Linen Rice Cloths French and Dames Heerie and Piggots. Prices start at $1.00 and may vary with material quality.
The shop announces a summer collection with a wide range of fabrics including Tub Silks Silk Crepes and Handkerchief Linens. Prices start at $1.00 and rise with fabric quality and style.
Parasols in LaBelle Canopy India Dome and the Princess styles offered at special prices during this week's sale. Prices range from 1.25 to 5.00.
Moulton Wireless Umbrellas features detachable handles and ribs, rust resistant with no wires to break. Customers invited to inspect the product and see its detachable design.
One lot of Ladies Lisle Hose in stripes polka dots and fancy designs in all sizes. Guaranteed to wear well. Originally priced at 1.00, now specially priced at 29 cents.
Complete display of Munsingwear garments with styles 75 76 and 78 in tight knee and lace trimmed umbrella unions. Prices from 39 to 3.00 with baby and children lines, and a corset department selling G D Just rite and net corsets at special prices.
Special offer features fine ladies knit corset covers for cool mornings. Easily laundered garments valued 25 cents on sale for 15 cents and 50 cents values for 25 cents.
June sale showcases Oriental and Shadow Laces for summer dresses in varied widths with deep discounts. Also features hair pins and combs, fans, belts, gloves, neckwear including collars and lace vests, plus special lots on allover laces and edgings, with prices and sizes listed.
Sale at McColm’s Ribbon Department offers limited time bargains on ribbons for hats, underwear, and accessories with June sale prices listed. Turkish bath mats and towels also discounted, plus linen and lace items like lunch cloths and fichues featured at reduced rates for brides.
A line of slightly soiled 80c Handkerchiefs selling while they last at 50c. Many dozen men’s handkerchiefs in Jap silk and crope-bets, regular 35c grade, selling for 15c.
A broken lot of children's hose in black white and colors offered at a special reduced price. Includes lace and plain rib styles with a low sale price.
This week offers sundries including tickle powder puffs, face chamois, various toothpastes and powders from Dr Graves and Colgate, tooth brushes in multiple price ranges, rubber set and air cushioned hair brushes plus Keepelean brushes. Special sale on Buttermilk Soap at 3 for 10 cents.
A wide Wash Goods display highlights Silk Fleur De Lis and Moire Parisienne Silk Finished materials at 37c per yard from 50c values, Cotton Ratines at 18c per yard, Egyptian Tissues in plaid and stripes at 18c, Fancy Striped Crepe at 15c, and assorted 25c value fabrics offered at 15c per yard during the June sale.
In this July era ad the dealer offers 42 inch wide linens in blues tans lavender and other shades at 65c value now 50c per yard. Also 36 inch widths in multiple colors priced at 50c values reduced to 40c per yard.
Staples include Muslins and Cambrics 36 and 40 inch widths in light to heavy weights priced 6 to 18. Sheetings bleached half bleached and unbleached in various widths priced 24 to 38c per yard. Pillow Tubing bleached and unbleached in multiple widths 18c to 25c per yard. Ready-made sheets and pillow cases offered at fixed prices.
Attractive line of ladies slipover gowns priced at 79 cents for a 1.75 value. One lot of face trimmed gowns at 89 cents. Embroidery trimmed slipover gowns 69 cents. High neck gowns with yoke and long sleeves at 98 cents. Children's slipover gowns 49 cents and high neck gowns 33 cents.
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