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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
8
The Boston Store advertises March 10 specials on laces embroideries silks dress goods percales ginghams carpets rugs table linens towels domestics and more. Buyer returns from the East with cash bar gains on numerous lines. inspect goods and prices and watch the daily ad.
Linen department offers rare low prices for a few days. 25¢ yard unbleached linen 50 inches wide. 35c German damask 50c value. 50c fine bleached linen 62 inches. 68c satin damask 66 inches. 89c satin damask napkins. Napkins 50c 75c 88c 1.49. Towels 100 dozen worth 40c, special 19c each.
The Boston Store offers all wool black goods from 29c to 2.00 per yard and a range of crepons, plaids, and colored goods priced from 15c to 3.00 per yard, asserting equal value without paying for brand names.
An advertisement claims lower embroidery prices than any local wholesaler in Muscatine County with deals like 9c for special drive in embroidery and 12c to 19c for Irish Point and wide embroidery with new patterns. It touts values up to 35c in the copy.
Saturday sale lists yardage and textiles with prices for muslin Cambric sheeting and ginghams. Includes ready-made pillow slips handkerchief hems blankets sheets towels linen crash and women's muslin drawers with marked reductions.
Community notices list church events and sermons by Rev Kemble at Fairfield, social at Y M C A, dancing school sessions, and various shop ads for Wall Paper, cigars, fruit, meats, and fashions. Readers are urged to attend fights results at the Commercial House, and to visit local stores for perfumes, teas, and clothing.
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