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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
10
The notice promotes a sale on Saturday May 2 with greatly reduced prices across all departments. It urges shoppers to visit for bargains and emphasizes saving dollars. The fragment lists several cut prices for that day.
Odd lot white waists, slightly soiled, were $2.00 now 25c. Black sateen petticoats and new silk items priced to move. Silk dust ruffles and skirts from $3.98 to $8. High quality jackets and tailored skirts reduced from regular $6 to $10. Silk petticoats and deep flounce pieces featured.
Advertisement offers 500 silk umbrellas at 98 cents each after wholesale pricing. Includes twill silk and linen 26 inch models with various handle styles and steel Paragon frames. Retail-ready stock lists values of 1.50 1.75 and 2.00, all at 98 cents.
Ready-made skirts in silk veiled Panama serge mohair and more are on sale at strong reductions. All wool Panama skirts priced $3.98 to $10.00, silk skirts from $6.50 to $10.00, vollle skirts $5.00 to $15.00, with hundreds of colors and sizes from children to large women available.
Bargain sale features ladies muslin drawers gowns corset covers and skirts in varied sizes with embroidery trims and good quality. Children’s muslin drawers skirts offered at special prices with wide price range from low to mid dollars.
One hundred all new spring jackets offered at half price. Jackets originally $6.00 to $8.00 are now $3.98. Includes stripes, checks, plaids and more. Additional jackets priced from $2.00 to $10.00. Come Saturday.
The advertisement announces a Saturday corset sale on May 2 featuring 50 dozen corsets in various styles from long to girdle. Prices range from 50 cents to 3.98 dollars with a special large-women corset at 3 dollars. Shop avoids waste and emphasizes savings.
Ladies urged to visit for all-wool dress goods offered at 50c per yard with 36 to 45 inch widths. Panamas serges mohair and striped or checked blends priced previously 65c to $1.00 yard now 50c. Multiple lengths available from 6 to 20 yards.
Hundreds of pieces of wide embroideries and insertions offered at deep discounts. Hamburg Swiss designs 18 to 27 inches wide, 40c quality yardage cut to 15c and 39c per yard on 20 to 27 inch pieces. Sale promises substantial savings and urges shoppers to buy for value and future use.
Daily items note visits and travels of residents from West Liberty Wilton and Fairport. Purchases and promotions include C E Richard Sons groceries and McCorm Dry Goods sales. A special Saturday clearance on suits jackets and accessories appears alongside church services by Rev J W Potter filling in for Rev J C Willits in Baltimore.
Dr J L Klein announces relocation to a new office on the third floor of the New German American Bank building. The move confirms ongoing practice operations in the same city.
Tomorrow all day and evening MecColm Dry Goods Co. offers new long kid gloves muslin underwear lace waists spring dress goods silk gloves and spring suits and jackets at big reductions plus table linens. Saturday opportunities highlight substantial discounts.
Invitations reach Muscatine for the 10th annual grand aerie session of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to be held in Seattle Washington from August 11 to 16 1908. The event marks the lodge home-coming and Seattle Aerie No 1 founded the order. Local attendance undecided but expected to rise at next meeting. New table linens offered at McColm Dry Goods Co.
Frank Winninger led the Winninger Brothers in Keppler's Fortune at the Grand last night. The German butcher John Keppler carries the plot with a capable performance supported by John Winninger as Dane Nelson. The play blends humor with a solid plot as Keppler becomes alderman and reconciles with his daughter Madeline, ending in happiness.
Dr J H Bendle of Foster New Jersey suffered a heart attack yesterday afternoon around 4 o clock. Dr G O Morgridge of Muscatine attended him and he is resting easier today. Dr Beadle is well known in Foster and friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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