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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
8
The Boston Store announces a four day sale starting Tuesday June 30 offering $10,000 worth of new ready to wear summer apparel. Dresses skirts jumpers and jackets are reduced with many items priced well below former costs. Shoppers may get fitted and suited quickly to save time and money.
A sale of muslin calico ginghams and linen fabrics at reduced prices with yardage and pieces for dresses aprons and pillow slips. Also a sale on one hundred silk umbrellas with various handles at 98 cents each, featuring Paragon frames and assorted finishes.
Local MeWS item lists mortgage cans for sale by G. M. Titus at 213 Iowa Ave and a good five room cottage offered for 875 dollars by Stirlen and Rowan. Frank Binhnuff and wife depart for Chicago for a week long vacation. John A Robbins seeks a three or four room house with a barn to rent.
A great type writing contest for a diamond ring is set for Wednesday night at the Opera House with 33 competitors. Reserved seats are available at the Opera House for 25 cents.
Erwin Hanson writes with one hand as fast as the class with two, delighting attendees at the M B C graduation event. Tickets 25 cents. seats selling fast. refunds offered if not worth the price. Bowman announces upcoming activities in the buggy line. Pythian Sisters plan a sewing session at Mrs. George Herman’s Cedar street home followed by a lodge meeting Wednesday evening. Flora Tietsch and Ida Helman noted city and travel plans. G M Titus promotes first mortgage real estate loans. Carl Kremer returns home due to sister’s illness.
Jacob Cook arrives from Christian Illinois to visit relatives in Muscatine. Mrs. Charles Long returns from Marseilles Illinois after a short visit. Helen Fuhlman leaves for Peoria to visit her sister. T J Fitzsimmons from Tracy Indiana visits Fruitland and Muscatine friends. Mr and Mrs H A Ambler and daughter Nancy of Burlington visit with R F Johnson. Ambler returns home. Mrs William Hoffman of West Fourth street leaves for Tipton for a week with her son and chautauqua attendee.
Harold Stein writes absolute touch blind folded at the M B C night school show. Reserved seats 25c at the opera house.
Great Sale Linen Suits on sale Tuesday morning features 100 new chic styles including wash dresses and linen dresses. White linen suits and light colors highlight prices from 4.98 while generic pattern suits range up to 20 dollars. Jumper and shirt waist suits appear among many options priced 1.50 to 5.00 and more.
The Gunthers beat the South Muscatine Stars 15 to 0 at Hershey Park in a sunrise amateur game. Morgan and Hubbard pitched for the Gunthers with sharp fielding supporting them. the contest was mainly uneventful.
Chicago witnesses a double bill as Pfeister and the Cubs beat Cincinnati 3 1 and 2 0 in a striking display. Left handed pitching and strong fielding carried the Cubs to victory while the Sox dropped their seventh in a row, losing to Detroit 10 5 at the South Side park. Other scores from the day include St Louis 1 over Pittsburg 4 and Brooklyn 3 2 New York 4 5 with Boston 2 Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 3 Chicago 2. Washington 0 Philadelphia 6.
A short program without a speaker this year, due to heat, invites Missourians to attend Wednesday night at the Opera House. Reserved seats cost 25e.
Remains of Mrs. William Snider laid to rest in Greenwood cemetery after funeral services at Grace English Lutheran church at 2 o clock. Rev H F Martin officiated with pallbearers six Windman brothers Henry William Fred Frank Charles and George Windman.
The event showcases the largest class ever competing in Iowa on typewriters for a diamond prize. About 33 contestants perform on stage at the opera house. Tickets available by phone. seating is limited and selling quickly.
Injured in a fire or bruised by a fall apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Cures burns wounds sores eczema piles. Guaranteed. 25c at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
In the Nativn League Chicago beat Cincinnati 3 to 2 and St. Louis won 3 to 0 over Pittsburg. Amelia League results include Chicago 5 and Detroit 10 with St. Louis and Iveland at 1. Other matches show Rock Island 1 Bloomington 1, Cedar Rapids 7 Clinton 2, Dubuque 3 latur 4, Ottumwa 0 Ansonville 1, Oskaloosa 4 Mey 2, Keokuk 2 3 Wanee 1 5, and Waterloo 4 Arlington 0 0. First game went eleven innings. second game seven.
The MB C announces the largest graduating class in its history with a Wednesday night ceremony at the Opera House. Reserved seats are available at 25 cents.
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