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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1896
Page
5
Readable items show reduced prices on wool crepon and silk fabrics, mohair, serge, and satin. Includes corsets, underwear, shirts, belts, ribbons, hats, parasols, and tailored suits with LEADER'S PRICE discounts across hundreds of yardages and ready-to-wear pieces.
Our line of ladies and children's jackets is most complete in every detail. A visit to this department will repay you. We have many specials in other departments that space will not permit mentioning. Your inspection is solicited.
A historical sketch recounts Llewelyn ab Iorwerth and Llewelyn ap Gruffydd detailing their reigns in Wales, Gelert the greyhound legend, and a note on Swansea figure John Lake and Odd Fellows honors. It covers Welsh princes, battles, and a biographical portrait of Swansea’s P P G M John Lake.
The piece argues that Welsh Liberals should back Lloyd George and Ellis in using the local government act to allow a national Welsh council. It notes Mr Chaplin’s sympathetic but surprising stance to a revolutionary proposal and questions whether the first practical home rule steps will come from the front bench.
The Liverpool notes writer laments perfunctory Welsh member attendance in parliament during debates on issues vital to Wales. Only two North Wales MPs led on Pembroke dockyard and a national council for Wales, while the Welsh Liberal party lacks a concerted line and Brynmor Jones acts as an unofficial whip without a party.
At a banquet Sir John Jones Jenkins, a leading expert on Wales tinplate, stated that the tinplate trade has faced hardship in recent years. He blamed the McKinley tariff as a possible start to the downturn and noted broad financial difficulties affecting the industry.
The text links Welsh literary and educational figures with Welsh heritage while noting the Nickel Plate Road as the shortest rail line between Buffalo and Chicago. It mentions church meetings, musical festivals, university insignia by Sir Edward Burne Jones, and Welsh writers such as Meredith Pryce Rhys and Owen Rhoscomys.
Advertisement notes moisture and intense itching worse at night with scratching. Claims Swayne's Ointment stops itching and bleeding, heals ulcers, and removes tumors in most cases. Mentions availability at druggists or by mail for 60 cents through Awayne & Co.
Classified ads seek sales agents, representatives and barbers, with commissions or salaries, plus job vacancies in various cities. Public notices include corporate charters, annual meetings for gas and water companies, and mortgage redemptions, with detailed jurisdiction and filing references.
The notice lists train routes and times for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division. It shows departures to Allentown Bethlehem Easton Philadelphia and New York with express options and parlor car service, plus return times from New York Philadelphia and Reading Terminal. Through tickets at lowest rates available by advance inquiry through the ticket offices.
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