Hat and Bonnet Stock Discounted Prices
Local shop urges buyers to compare prices claiming hats and bonnets are priced below all competition. Customers urged to visit and verify savings on the latest headwear.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
2
Local shop urges buyers to compare prices claiming hats and bonnets are priced below all competition. Customers urged to visit and verify savings on the latest headwear.
The shop presents silk turbans with flowers and ribbons, plus many straw hats in rough and fancy braids. Prices range from 10 to 50 cents and up, with styles including Berunni, Jap, Tuscan, and Milan braids. Busy buyers fill the department as racks display numerous shapes and colors.
Ribbons from Georgia and Maine include Persian and Dresden styles worth one third more. Fancy Dresden rib bone items priced at double, 4 to 6 inches wide. Millinery ornaments, laces, chiffons and collarettes offered in large variety at small prices.
In Watertown New York on April 15 the St Lawrence Presbytery adopted a committee report urging dissolution of Rev William M Cleveland brother of the president and Chaumont pastor over church troubles Cleveland filed a protest claiming the move ignores the majority will condones offenses and places control with undeserving factions the Presbytery noted it does not endorse Cleveland's position and the issue remains unresolved
The Harrisburg board of pardons postponed murder case decisions until the May meeting. Governor Hastings reprieved Robert Mourby of Washington County and Joseph Orascul of Allegheny until July 1. Theodore Deerflinger of Pittsburg had his case continued. Pardons were recommended for Joseph Welsh Allegheny George Robinson Venango and Samuel Ross Lawrence counties. A pardon was refused for David Alberdena Luzerne in a manslaughter case. A rehearing was granted for Silas W Gray Westmoreland life prisoner for murder. A special meeting is planned for next week.
Mary Berfer of Mahanoy City seeks 20000 from the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company for the death of her husband at Tunnel Ridge colliery. Charles Daley also sues for the death of his minor son at North Mahanoy colliery. The notice includes an advertised medical cure claim for rheumatism by Myall Cure.
In Washington April 15 the Senate adjourned after an executive session where the Dupont election case was not concluded. General Franklin’s board of managers fight in the House dominated debate, with charges of mismanagement and brutality against Colonel Smith. The House also confirmed seating changes for South Carolina and received Cuban correspondence notes from the president.
The South Dakota supreme court upheld Yankton city licensing of saloons despite a prohibitory state law. The ruling affirmed the ordinance against a saloonkeeper convicted for selling liquor without a license after appeal from the justice and circuit courts. This decision alarms prohibition supporters.
Mrs Loflan of Crawfordsville fainted after mistaking a passing runaway team for her grandson. She heard a street noise, ran to the door, saw the driver’s coat tangled about the hub, and collapsed, never regaining consciousness.
April market notes from Larned and Union Stock Yards show wheat receipts firming slightly while cattle and hogs trend lower. Quotes include No 2 cash wheat and various cattle prices from multiple markets, with oil futures at $1.20 and credits around $120.
Wall Street reviews a strong but steady railway and miscellaneous stock market with 10,818 shares traded and notable activity in Sugar, St. Paul, Louisville and Nashville. London firms show interest in St. Paul and L and N while Grangers and Consolidated Gas see local buying. The Industrials soften while railways remain firm and a $800,000 balance is forecast in the GE annual report.
Store offers 46 inch all wool crepons former price 1.25 now 40 cents a yard. Complete line of black silks and mobiles at low prices with broad selection and value for shoppers.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year remedy for teething pain and diarrhea. It claims to soothe the child, soften the gums, allay pain, and cure wind colic with bold druggists selling the product worldwide. The bottle price is twenty five cents.
A page of classifieds includes sales agents wanted for canvassing work at various firms, cooking and domestic help ads, and rental offers. Listings mention an agent in Boranton and multiple requests for competent cooks and house staff, plus several rental and real estate notices in Scranton and Dunmore areas.
A garbled classified section lists numerous old time advertisements offering salaries for sales agents in various trades. It includes nursery and hardware sales posts, cigars, plating and crafts, with mentions of Chicago and New York based firms, plus notices for court records, stockholders meeting, and school construction bids in Scranton.
Wanted by a man in the meat trade seeks a capable butcher with thorough meat business knowledge, good character, references, and ability to command steady wages. Apply to D. Morgan at 26 Robinson Street.
Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable details for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Division list morning and afternoon departures from Wilkes-Barre to New York Philadelphia and other points and returning times with express options and connections. Various stations including Reading Harrisburg and Allentown are noted with fare and service notes and the note by J H Olhausen, Gen Sup.
Effective March 16 trains leave Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie points and for Honesdale Hawley and Joval at 8 45 a m and 3 28 p m. They arrive back at Scranton from those points at 8 23 a m and 3 67 p m.
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