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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
10
The Boston Store announces a total closing sale offering all goods at cost or below with discounts up to one half or one fourth. Exclaims over $10,000 in new spring dress goods and a wide range of clothing, furs, and housewares at fraction of former prices to close by April 1.
Advertises a clearance of long coats and jackets from sizes 34 to 44 in multiple colors. Coats that once sold up to 35 dollars are now offered at five dollars each as the store declares it is going out of business. Customers urged to come and view the selection.
Advertises underwear prices and a wide range of flooring options including yard goods for carpets and linoleum. Notes best all wool carpets, linoleum varieties, cot ton chain, and 2 yard widths with prices from 28c to $1.10 per yard or cut. Claims sales at manufacturer cost for all carpets and matting and rugs.
Local store advertises silk closeout with fabrics priced from 25 to 60 cents per yard in white habatai and satin messalines. Highlighted deals include dress silks from $1.00 to $1.25 per yard and a general claim that every article is at cost price. Sale urged as short and aimed at attracting shoppers.
Local brief lists visitors and shoppers in Muscatine including W Pitt Goff of Canisteo and John H Kaiser of Eau Claire. Advertisements promote Sleepy Eye flour Bond's China Store and various sales, with remarks on candy bars cigars and farm loans.
Thomas Ferguson a well known former Muscatine resident died in Red Bluff California at an advanced age. He was 88 and had been ill for some time. He died in his bed after arising early and walking a short distance. His wife had died about a year earlier. Ferguson was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Muscatine with his family fifty years ago. He worked in local lumber mills before moving to Red Bluff in 1893. His daughter Mrs. L J Howard 1005 Oregon Street conveyed the news.
The Muscatine Commercial Club plans a grand ceremony for the new courthouse. They seek Governor Carroll and Iowa Supreme Court members as guests. A daytime program and evening reception with music are planned, inviting judges and bars from the district. committee members include Judge D W Jackson and J B Hunt.
State Master A. D. Judson will address Muscatine county granges during his Iowa trip. He speaks at Pleasant Prairie March 24, Sweetland Center and Rainbow March 22, Sharon and White Pigeon March 23, and Wilton Pomona March 24 at White Prairie school. He urges farmers to join and notes Pomona meeting rescheduled to March 24.
An old prescription store note promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for burns wounds and sores with a 25 cent price at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
A Knights of Pythias event invites members to a third degree word ceremony followed by a supper and social gathering next Friday evening, promising a friendly, informal program for participants.
IsaBell urges careful use of Gold Medal Flour in recipes and home baking tips.
A 19th century advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills cure headaches stomach liver and bowel trouble. The copy urges readers to buy at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
The advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents croup when started at the first hoarseness and can ward off attacks even after a cough appears. It quells the croup and is advertised as a certain cure, available from all druggists.
Five million dollars worth of gold dust reaches Seattle to serve as a display at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opening June 1. The precious cargo was hauled over the winter trail from Dawson City, Nome and Fairbanks through the harsh season.
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