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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
10
An old newspaper ad lists ready made clothing and fabrics including Indigo blue calico gingham and muslin by the yard. It notes varied quality and prices from several mills with items such as Sea Island gauze and Lonsdale muslin and references reductions from previous prices.
Dress Goods Counter offers yardages and specialty fabrics with low prices. The Boston Store advertises over 300 ready-to-wear dresses for children misses and ladies at discounts, plus a large selection of nightwear dresses and skirts.
Advertisement lists skirts of various fabrics and colors with prices from $1.00 to $10.00. Includes wool odd skirts, white duck skirts, cream mohair skirts, Panama skirts in plain colors and checked patterns, and black silk skirts advertised as new styles with higher original costs.
Over one hundred silk and satin parasols in all colors shapes and sizes now reduced from values up to 3.50 to 1.00. Ladies girls and misses can buy these parasols at a great bargain due to overstocked summer production. Come and see the selection.
Closeout sale offers ready-made wrappers including light percale variants at 69 cents and dark percale options at 89 cents. Items come in all sizes and colors, previously selling up to $1.50, with a bulk clearance of about two hundred pieces remaining.
Miss Lillian Davis of Montpelier shopped in Muscatine. Mrs. D T Whyte of St Paul visiting Mrs W H Harris on East Sixth. Mrs Oscar Grossheim ill at East Eighth. St Marys church young ladies sell home made cakes tomorrow evening. Several locals travel for visits to Davenport and Mollne Ill.
Multiple brief items include Mr and Mrs F H Howard returning to Davenport from city business, Paudhets band to give a free concert at St Marys church grounds, and real estate promotion by John A Robbins. Also noted are visits and returns: Mrs Geo Stoker from Devonport, R Trafton visiting Brighton, and Miss Emma Sparks accompanying Mrs John McCormick to Chicago plus other small city updates.
In accordance with court order the household goods of Mrs Maria G Griffin will be sold at private sale at her home corner of Second and Linn Streets Monday June 29 1908 open 9:30 am to 5 pm executors.
Remains of Mrs John Daiber will be laid to rest Saturday morning at 9 o clock from St Matthias church. The funeral was postponed pending the arrival of her son John V Higgins from Quincy California.
A. C. Courtz and Maud Courtz, accused of kidnapping seven year old Beulah Jones, were captured in La Crosse Wisconsin and brought to Cedar County Iowa. They were en route to Tipton where they will face charges. The child was taken from a Tipton school after the couple previously divorced custody arrangements.
The Iowa Union Medical Society met in Iowa City for its semi annual convention with papers and a Johnson County medical society hosted automobile ride and reception at Dr. and Mrs. L W Dean's home. Officers were elected: President Dr L W Dean Iowa City Vice President Dr W R White Iowa City Secretary Dr A Crawford Mt. Vernon Treasurer Dr G P Carpenter Cedar Rapids Board of Censors Dr Edwin Burd Lisbon Dr J W La Grange Marion Dr H W Bender Cedar Rapids Necrology committee Dr Jas Mec Morris Belle Plaine Dr J E Luckey Vinton Dr William C Post Maquoketa Cedar Rapids to host next meeting in January. Dr Dean former Muscatine resident son of Dr and Mrs H M Dean He heads S U L hospital at Iowa City.
An advertisement showcases Altman skirts including six voile skirts from 12 dollars and silk skirts from 15 dollars. It touts five black voile skirts, six new pieces, and a line of imported pattern skirts in black blue or brown valued at 15 dollars and a cent and a half.
Three hundreds ready-made wash dresses for babies children misses and ladies in silk gingham white percales and ginghams at prices from 50c to 25.00. White pink blue tan grey lavender dresses in multiple sizes and styles. We fit you suit you and save you money this hot day.
Detroit beat the White Sox 6 to 1 as Wild Bill Donovan dominated on the mound. Ed Walsh started for Chicago and was touched up by Detroit fielding errors and Donovan’s strong pace, with Manuel finishing after Walsh’s exit.
National League games showed Cincinnati sweeping Pittsburg 9 to 3 in the first game and 7 to 3 in the second. Philadelphia edged Brooklyn 3 to 2, New York defeated Boston 6 to 3. In the American League Detroit beat Chicago 6 to 1, Boston defeated Washington 3 to 2 in eleven innings, and Philadelphia won 9 to 6 against New York.
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