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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
8
The Boston Store advertises a sale this week featuring large cash purchases including silks dress goods wash goods linens towels wrappers tailor made suits skirts petticoats jackets capes carpets rugs mattings oil cloths lace and chenile curtains and more.
A silk sale lists multiple fabrics with prices per yard across wide widths. Items include corded waist silks 49c and 65c yard, heavy duchess satin 59c and 69c yard, taffeta and crystal silks, and nainl waist silks offered at $1.00 to $1.50 yard. Numerous colors and styles described.
Muscatine shoppers are offered a dress goods sale boasting record strength this season. Stock includes black dress goods all wool from 29c to 2 per yard, crepons up to 3 yard, silk damasse cloths to 2.75 yard, venetian and broadcloths from 1 to 2 yard, and colored goods from 15c to 1.50 with plaids listed up to 2 yard. Samples available upon request.
New line of tailor made skirts promises style, fit and hang distinct from ordinary home nide skirts. Walking and braided silk skirts available in wool, crepon silks and silk at varied prices from $1.50 to $19 for wool and up to $15 for silk.
A local sale advertises Indigo Blue Wrappers at 59 cents each with many colors and prices listed from 59c to 125 for assorted wrappers. Indirectly suggests convenience for shoppers lacking time to make wrappers.
Fifty elegant silk waists available in colors and black from size 32 to 44 priced at 5 dollars each. Other silk waists priced 3.98, 6, 6.50, and 8.50 dollars.
Our Carpet Hall advertises an enormous stock three times usual size with deep discounts. It lists carpet rates from 20c to 89c per yard for tapestry Brussels Axminsters ingrain and velvet pieces, ready-made carpets, rugs, mats, floor coverings and a large lace curtain sale.
The Daily Journal notes the New Process Laundry’s superior finishing on shirts collars and cuffs. It promises a free bath with every twenty five cents of laundry and a gold fish with every dollar of work, highlighting filtered water and no chemicals. Telephones 66 and 266.
Local brief items include arrivals and departures of residents and visitors such as Miss Anna Markman and Miss Hattie Kessinger. School events announce a public recital and the Ceres production with the high school orchestra. Public notices cover De Molay commandery, Rev Heppe’s visit, and a rail-car custom on bundles.
The text invites choosing Halstead’s to supply paper and materials, suggesting the room will become a delight with their offerings. It emphasizes quality and a pleasant outcome from sourcing at Halstead’s.
The store promotes selling good clothing from top makers with a bona fide guarantee. Suits priced at 7, 8, 10, and 12 dollars highlight turnout and reliability as buyers are invited to view the spring line.
An advertising puff proclaims Mackey's Model Clothing House as the place for every man to find attire, promising complete apparel options and fitting the era's retail style.
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