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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
10
Hundreds of pretty exclusive lingerie styles featured with embroidered lace and tuck trimming. Prices start at $1 for plain tuck embroidery and rise to $10 for imported pure Irish linen items. The display highlights the greatest assortment yet, with belts and jewelry novelties on special weekly deals.
An advertisement highlights yards of étamine and Swiss corset cover embroidery, each 18 inches wide, with 50 select patterns. Shoppers are urged to view the display to appreciate and purchase.
Unusually low prices on high grade rugs after spring selling. The department offers Wiltons Axminsters Velvets and Brussels with handsome patterns in stock. Extraordinary values greet shoppers throughout the display.
Large assortment of underwear and hosiery with full size grade style and price details. The mid spring muslin underwear department reveals remarkable values and suggests strong buying capacity at this store.
Muscatine residents are invited to view the new Spring Neckwear Sale featuring a complete, pretty selection. Prices are quoted as lower than elsewhere, promising notable bargains for this season’s neckwear lineup.
Busy department highlights new rug and drapery styles with lasting satisfaction. Public increasingly appreciates offerings and asks where to buy rugs curtains draperies for best value.
The notice advertises wash goods to rival those shown elsewhere, warning customers they may pay an extra five to ten cents per yard. It highlights gingham in French effects, corded silks, rich Egyptian tissues, lustrous poplins, Francais crepes, and various colored combinations as part of a large selection.
Local patrons urged to cast ballots as Miksch offers a $400 piano prize. Readers are reminded to vote this week while stopping for fruits, candies, and sodas at White’s and Slaughter’s Candy Store.
The Glove Store of Muscatine advertises the largest complete assortment of silk gloves in late shades. Customers are promised wide color and size availability with special prices from 40c to 1.50 dollars, highlighting convenience and value.
It Is Special Silk Dress Sale offers season’s choicest silks under value. Tomorrow presents the best silk buying opportunity of the year with novelty silks by the yard and a selection of high class silk dress patterns.
William J. Bryan was main speaker at a farewell banquet for George F. Rinehart former editor of the Des Moines Tribune in Des Moines Iowa on May 19 He attacked congressmen who favor a sectional approach and said three fourths of the people are Democrats at heart.
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