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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1910
Page
6
Frank Bowman offers special prices on buggies for the next 30 days and promotes buying a Babcock on weekly installments. Numerous residents depart for Davenport and Clinton for business and visiting relatives, with travel on the Firefly and other lines noted.
Captain Warfield, former Muscatine corps commander, has returned to the city after a rest in Michigan. He relieves Active Captain Kunasz, who is no longer connected with the army. Warfield will stay in Muscatine for several weeks or until a successor is named as officers plan unusual summer activity.
Police seek a youth suspected of breaking into J E Jenkins home on Lucas Street. The amateur thief stole $15 and a meerschaum pipe valued at $7 while a ladder entry to a second story bedroom alarmed Mrs Jenkins, who dropped three rings including a diamond set. Silverware and jewelry remained untouched.
The Muscatine store urges shoppers to take part in a six day June Clearance, promising record breaking values and big price cuts across every department. It boasts low prices, high volumes, and a aim to attract liberal buying with aggressive advertising.
A fashion note highlights a Tuesday display of new waists never shown before. The waists are described as bright and new with unquestioned style and many pretty options divided into lots at prices lower than ordinary waists.
Fresh, clean wash skirts in flaring models with straps and narrow folds at the bottom. Available in white tan light blue pink and other colors in any size. Prices ensure a splendid bargain.
Our Ready-to-wear Section offers unusual inducements in wash suits, fine lingeris dresses, dainty cool waists, and muslin undergarments. We feature low prices and a wide selection, presenting one of the largest and most complete lines of light summer apparel in the city for shoppers to see before finalizing purchases.
Long linen and pongee coats offered in natural, navy and white with brass buttons. Some styles feature black satin ecollars and semi fitting high collars. Full length garments promoted as good quality and specially priced.
If you need summer silks this sale offers white habitais natural pongees and shantungs black imperial Jap silks and colored wash silks at very low cost compared to worth.
Fashionable fabrics and styles featured in special wash goods sale. Noted as exceptional offerings with price reductions matching representations.
The linen department promotes deep discounts on numerous pieces described as excellent, well made and decorative. It states the items were good values at original prices and now represent highly desirable bargains for today.
Shrewd buyers are urged to hurry for 21 to 25 inch Swiss flouncings in solid and eyelet patterns. Each lot contains about 400 yards, embroidered from 6 to 12 inches deep, offering value in fine decorative trim.
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