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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
8
Local notes report Batterson Stores pushing a nine cent sale with one-day left. Several residents, including Mrs Nettie Hawkins and Miss Lilly Johnston, travel to Davenport on the Columbia for day visits. The town news includes travel, shopping, notices against Sunday ball playing, and ongoing advertisements.
Silk dresses for ladies and misses in checks plaids stripes and plain colors priced from 10 to 25 dollars. Silk jumper suits Eton suits princess suits shirt waist suits in sizes offered. Come Saturday buy ready-made dresses and save the worry of a dress-maker.
Handsome new line of zephyr gingham dresses ready to wear in plaids checks and plain colors in all sizes with lace embroidery trim at 6.98. Also jumper suits in gingham and lawn at 3.00 3.50 3.98 4.50 and 5.00. Buy ready made and save a heap of trouble. Come Saturday.
Special sale offers ladies and girls silk lined jackets in various styles and sizes at five dollars ten cents each. A large assortment of children's jackets is priced from one fifty to two seventy five dollars, all new and attractive.
An advertised corset sale lists American Lady American Beauty and Royal Worcester corsets in all sizes with original prices around 1.00 to 1.25 now 75c. The event promises hundreds of pieces at 39c to 2.98, including silk corsets, with a Tic display encouraged for savings.
Fifteen new silk dress patterns in plaids broken checks stripes arrive on sale Saturday May 11 1907. Extra wide silk twelve yards per pattern valued at eighteen dollars, offered for twelve dollars per suit. Great bargain to buy fine goods at nominal cost.
Chicago Cubs blank the Philadelphia Athletics 6 to 0 in a May 19 opener highlighted by Roy Patterson's strong pitching. The game drew about 7,500 spectators in Chicago, while Wisconsin League opened with La Crosse defeating Fond du Lac and a pennant ceremony prior to play.
Summaries of league games show scores for American League National League American Association Western League Three League and Iowa League with results for teams such as Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Boston Cincinnati Milwaukee Louisville Minneapolis Columbus Omaha Lincoln Pueblo Denver Sioux City Des Moines Peoria Rock Island Cedar Rapids Clinton Springfield Decatur Keokuk Quincy Ottumwa Marshalltown Burlington Jacksonville Oskaloosa Waterloo and more with multiple postponements noted.
Philadelphia at Chicago. Washington at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at New York. Cincinnati at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Plans for a Western Motor Boat clubs convention in Chicago on May fifteenth aim to create a uniform handicapping system for boat races and to share racings rules. An expected twenty clubs will be represented with delegates from local clubs already chosen.
An advertisement for Dr. King's New Life Pills proclaims a guaranteed cure for constipation. The Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store is the selling outlet, priced at 25 cents.
The town observes multiple funerals including Captain J L Grubb and Mrs Dr Lewis with services at local churches. Relatives, friends, and veterans attend. some travel from Wapello and Oklahoma. Seattle preacher J Marquis Wilson planned a brief visit and sermon.
Yard goods include cotton toweling sash curtain Swiss and bleached sheeting with large discounts. Ready made sheets muslin quilts and crocheted quilts promoted alongside a grand showing of graduation dresses and new gowns. Dresses priced from 3.50 to 15.00 with silk linen and cotton yard goods up to 1.50 per yard. Samples offered by mail to save money.
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