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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
8
Last week Great Manufacturers June Sale runs for six more days. Come Tuesday or Wednesday for savings claimed at 25 crs off every dollar spent. Store promises top quality goods and the lowest prices. Ready made light percale summer wrappers cut from $1.25. Finest dark percale wrap garments, any color, any size, worth...
A list of yard wide fabrics and dress goods for sale including indigo blue calico at two cents per yard, plain ginghams in various colors, best calico lines, bleached muslin at five cents per yard, Amoskeag apron gingham, Sea Island fabric at eight cents per yard, and Lonsdale or Fruit of the Loom bleached muslin, with several price reductions noted.
Yard offerings include Amoskeag ginghams at 3 cents a yard, check patterns, and 4 cent hams value. Pacific organdies at 25 cents, finest batiste at half price, side band batiste in all colors, Arnold’s finest batiste with new colors.
For Sale Good 5 room cottage 875 Stirlen Rowan phone Mrs Maria Griffin homestead on West 2nd St for sale G M Titus 213 Iowa Ave Court of Honor Degree Team to be present at Woodmen hall at 7 30 pm tonight St Marys church girls entertaining next Thursday evening Merry Widow and Happy Thought Sundays at Barger and Barrows Dr Adam R Klein and sister Helen Klein arrived in Muscatine from El Paso Texas will spend a month with Dr and Mrs J L Klein Mr and Mrs R J Lucas of Fruitland passed through Muscatine en route home after spending Sunday at Moscow with Mr and Mrs Smith
The Young People’s Society invites all to an ice cream social on Wednesday June 24 at 6 p m in the church basement located at 313 Sycamore Street.
Frank Ashcraft notes uncertainty about the use of Clark Jewel gasoline stoves in kitchens.
Children of the Sunday School Department performed at South Muscatine Methodist Episcopal Church for a well attended Children’s Day program at 11 o’clock. Rev. P. M. Conant gave the feature address as songs recitations duets and blessings followed.
Members of the Roach and Musser Hose Company held their annual outing at Mittman’s pasture six miles below the city. Wagonettes carried firemen and families to the grounds by 10:30 AM where baseball, races and other amusements followed a large meal. Return to the city was made by 8:30 PM. one of the company’s largest picnics.
The Mulford Congregational church choir was hosted by Miss Alice Mulford at her West Third Street home for a six o'clock dinner. The event honored the choir for a recent recital, and the choir was permanently organized with officers elected: President Leonard Plessy, Vice President Leota Randleman, Secretary Lillian Sweeney, and Treasurer Arthur Springborn.
The Mulford Congregational church men plan a Tuesday evening banquet on June 23 with a full program of musical numbers and addresses followed by games. Families are invited and refreshments will be served. The evening features quartette, piano trio, musical contest, and choir selections. Local health updates and injuries are noted in brief: Mrs. Sherman recovering at Grandview avenue and Mrs. Latham ill on Nebraska street. James Young recovering from a foot injury at Bettendorf Steel works and expected to walk soon.
In accordance with court order the household goods of Mrs Maria G Griffin will be sold privately at her home corner of Second and Linn Streets on Monday June 29 1908. The house will be open from 9 30 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon with many bargains in china kitchen utensils and other items. Executors.
London crowds estimate five hundred thousand filled Hyde Park and surrounding areas for a suffragette meeting led by Mrs Parkhurst. The mass demonstration endured several hours of heat and interruptions as music hall songs drowned some speeches and thirty people were injured in clashes.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for sluggish digestion. The copy promises quick relief and labels the product as a disgraceful conduct cure available for 25 cents at Haver Camp s Prescription Drug Store.
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