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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
12
A Saturday sale features 50 cts a yard silks, bleached and unbleached muslins, ready-made pillow slips and sheets, various calicos and drapery fabrics at reduced prices. Includes Lockwood seamless sheeting, Amoskeag gingham, and new drapery lines with many colors and styles.
The Boston Store to hold the greatest silk sale in Muscatine on Saturday May 9 starting at 8 30 am. Over one thousand yards of silks in multiple widths and colors offered at 50c per yard, far below typical prices of 1 00 to 2 00 per yard. Also lists lace waists silk petticoats and wool dress goods at bargain prices.
A local store announces a one day sale offering fifty ready made silk dresses at reduced prices. Silk jumper and shirt waist suits plus fancy silk dresses are part of the event with dresses priced from nine to twenty dollars, originally up to thirty five.
A local sale advertises one hundred ready to wear all wool Panama and fancy skirts at 3.98. The event offers sizes and colors across multiple price tiers from 5.00 to 10.00, with skirts in stripes plaids checks and plains.
The Boston Store advertises lace front corsets at 1.50 with all sizes available. Also stocked are Royal Worcester corsets from 50c to 1.50 and silk corsets up to 3.98, claiming the best corset department in Muscatine.
The Boston Store sells extra super wool carpets at 50c per yard, lower than typical 65c to 70c. Grain carpets range from 25c to 65c per yard, with Low ell 3-ply carpet at 75c and new patterns available.
Hundreds of jackets for women and children offered at fractions of their former prices. Tailor-made styles from $3.98 down to $1.50 with many pieces in stripes checks and plaids. Greatly reduced Saturday May 9th at the Boston Store.
Fifty sturdy black steel and red umbrellas for schoolchildren offered at 35 cents each, a rare price drop from 50 cents. Silk umbrellas with new handles valued at 1.50 to 2.50 on sale at 9 8 cents. Ladies colored silk umbrellas available in a large variety, special Saturday price 2.00.
Advertises a sale of muslin underwear for children and women with various items and deep discounts. Includes children's muslin drawers skirts gowns underskirts corset covers and ladies combination and bridal suits with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars.
Local business calls and social notes mention G M Titus for surety bonds and a Titus Loan sale. Davenport visits cite Bear as a business caller. Store ads promote umbrellas and black taffeta silks with discounted prices. Church supper announced for May 9 at the Presbyterian church. Short travel updates note Mrs Fred Jackson returning home from Muscatine and Mrs Clara B Taylor’s Chicago visit ending today.
Local ads highlight Ruthenberg's free pants offer tonight and next week. Shoppers are urged to visit Leibbrand Ryan & Co. for bread and cake sale, rug and embroidery bargains, and umbrella specials while occasional travel notes and birth announcements appear among community notices.
Advertises a lung hemorrhage remedy and treatment for coughs and colds. Promotes Dr King’s New Discovery with price 50 cents and one dollar through Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Burlington river disaster follows severe wind storm. Helen Blair blown across the river for an hour and kept afloat. Nautilus sinks. Sidney and Eloise delayed. Storm hit shortly before noon with 30 mph winds, complicating navigation and berthing along Washington Street.
Henry F. Smith and Addie Kebert, who secretly wed, reunited last night and secured apartments at 511 East Fifth Street. Foster mother Mrs. Kebert claims Addie can never return to her East Front Street home, citing the daughter's choice of husband amid a troubled sequence of events.
The S S L club meets at the rooms tonight with all members urged to attend. Mission study class gathers at 7 sharp to study The Uplift of China by Arthur H. Smith. Saturday notes show D Y B club at 1 and K C club at 3 in the rooms.
River levels shown for Red Wing through New Orleans indicate varied feet of rise with downtown points like Dubuque and Muscatine noted. The 48 hour forecast calls for continued river rise from Dubuque to Muscatine as Co. E Faulhaber and staff monitor conditions.
Removal notice states Dr J L Klein is now located in his new office on the third floor of the German American Bank building.
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