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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1895
Page
1
A reflective query about the appeal of various attractive items. The speaker notes an endless assortment of weaves and styles piled up for inspection and asks which among the pretty things stands out as the prettiest to the viewer.
The passage praises new printed fabrics as safe stylish buys with light graceful elegance from French origin. It highlights plain white and cream grounds with varied tints, and a fresh assortment of rays, floral styles, and figures. Combinations are noted as a novelty attracting attention. The fabrics are marketed as high value for the stylish dresser.
A description of silk finished Brilliants canvas in spotless white, noted for a lively fine delicate weave and silky luster. The piece is praised as charming and marks the first season of production or presentation.
A historical price list shows textiles under Among the Old Favorites. Items include India Linens Victoria Lawns plain Nainsooks English Longcloths Dotted Swiss Indian Dimities French Mulle in white cream and black with various prices per yard or unit.
A vast range of stripes sprays floral effects and dots in new fabrics named White Organdies 70 inch will be sought after. Our line offers 42 to 65 cents and promises excellence in quality and style.
The piece extols the range of fancy piques both white and dark for children’s wear and notes the vast, fast-color silks available. It suggests the stock is at a high-water mark and invites readers to view the selection rather than rely on further writing.
Harrisburg notes reveal the Harb law stalls in senate then advances with amendments in the house. Clerks appointed for Mylin and Latta offices. Stiles bill on club liquor licenses nears final passage. An Evening session reports tax and education measures, while a representative Lemon dies in New York.
Three men died in a Pittsburg fire that swept Milas’ feed store on Penn Avenue East End and two adjoining tenements. Lydes Mitchell a 25 year old carpenter Samuel Weaver 25 and Frederick Schneider 21 perished amid the collapse and flames while Schneider had earlier aided others. Weaver’s wife survived but was badly shocked and is in danger. Six flimsy tenements and the feed store burned, with total losses around 10000 dollars.
A sworn statement by E J Martyn of Armour & Co. to Secretary Morton details profits and losses in beef slaughtering over sixteen months. Abstracts show losses per head of 1.74 to 1.9 cents in 1894, losses of 0.16 to 0.17 cents in late 1894, a gain of 0.45 cents in early 1895, and 0.21 cents per head in late winter 1895 across several cattle lots.
The West minister Gazette notes the English football season ended with twenty deaths from injuries on the field and over 150 broken limbs and arms including knee caps. It records numerous concussions, spine injuries, paralysis, peritonitis, and hundreds of minor casualties.
Dr B L Riegel of Lawton Pa says after a thorough inquiry the charges against his wife and her parents are innocent of wrongdoing following the December duel in Hroomsburg New Jersey with William Bibler of Philadelphia. Detective Hales of Boston secures a requisition for A Bochelder from Pittsburg workhouse who faces numerous forgeries including forging the mayor’s name on a bogus check.
Bordentown New Jersey April 20 Mrs Parnell endured a real spell last night and had fully recovered this morning.
The Harrisburg Telegram has been sold. Altoona expands with a paid fire department. Pottaville Miners Journal moves to new offices. War among dealers pushes bee prices down at Reading. A hog attack injures John Shoemaker near Carlisle, requiring a doctor. Kulstown to Allentown trolley line begun. four months to finish. Western PA miners imported for $1 a day, including truck and return home. Lancaster New Era runs a prosperous 24 page industrial edition. Three deaths at Deathiron grade crossing: Mia Hanna, Ellen Thomson Curry, William Nooman. Postal authorities ban the Publishers’ Collection agency mail in St Paul with Pittsburg office.
Washington reports that the Navy will dispatch the Alert and Atlanta to San Juan Del Sur and Greytown to protect American interests amid Nicaragua unrest. Montgomery and Monterey are also involved, with potential withdrawal after negotiations. Officials say no protectorate aim and emphasize safeguarding citizens.
Franklin Rockefeller, vice-president of Standard Oil, announced in Duluth that the oil price advance is permanent and could rise 40 to 50 percent more this summer. He cited increased exploration and a stronger demand for iron pipe and related supplies, calling the higher prices beneficial for the country.
San Francisco police chief Crowley states no fact counters Durant as Minnie Williams’ killer. He notes Dr. Gibson has a perfect alibi while no evidence yet challenges Durant’s innocence. The Lamont camp remains under police focus as the investigation continues.
Denman Thompson ends a 62 year active theatrical career at New York. Born October 15 180 near Girard Pennsylvania he first appeared with Charlotte Cushman in Boston. He toured as an itinerant actor and later created Joshua Whitcomb and The Old Homestead among other works. He plans a summer rest at Swankey New York.
Separable changes will alter Admiral Meade's squadron. The Minneapolis sails to Norfolk for cabin upgrades and flagship fitting, while the New York and Columbia head to New York for Kiel celebration preparations with dockings and painting. The Columbia gets a torpedo outfit, Montgomery stays at Mobile, and Atlanta Raleigh and Cincinnati remain at Key West. Raleigh may move to Colon to protect American interests after the Kiel event.
Guatemala officials, acting for Honduras, report Britain plans aggressive collection of overdue interest on Honduran bonds issued in England. Interest and principal in arrears total about £24,000 to £20,000 yearly, with revenues of Honduran ports to be used to satisfy the debt.
Rev. C M Gardner was arrested in Toledo on criminal libel charges brought by Mrs L E Boardman. A hoax involved typed invitations signed Lottie that implied a resort invitation from her house, prompting many men to attempt entry with bartenders and other companions.
Miss Lou Wilson, returning home in Pasadena California, spotted boulders and planks on the Southern California railway track at 7:90. She hurried to a house for a lamp then signaled the arriving passenger train just in time. Durant’s Case in San Francisco reports the arraignment this morning for the murder of Blanche Lamont. Coroner Hawking sets the inquest for Mandhe Lamont on Wednesday morning.
The notice lists varied events across multiple states: Knights of Pythias meet in Indianapolis. Standard Oil indicted in Asheville, North Carolina. a Lyons North Carolina waiter dies in a fire incident. a Roxboro cashier admits a $2000 accounts shortage. a Florida woman is thrown from a horse at Dungeness. Lucy Carnegie sustains arm fracture and bruising. a Petersburg groom shot his sister in law. a New York bicyclist injured throat in a wagon collision. Lillian Hrower Stiles, a divorced woman, overpowered by nuns while attempting to take her child from a Chicago convent. James Young, ex- butler, captured in Washington, D.C., leading to recovery of a $1500 diamond formerly belonging to Empress Eugenie.
General Salcedo reports a severe engagement near Parra Hueco where Maceo's insurgent force was routed by Spanish troops under Captain General Martinez de Campos. Corza's band was defeated with many killed and wounded and most survivors surrendered. Criticism of prior war administration noted. new campaign plan expected to yield quick benefits.
Special to the Scrumton Tribune Honesdale April 23 a fire broke out Sunday night in the J N Foster & Co building at Main and Ninth streets. The third floor housing the boarding house of Charles Baker and wife burned out while the first and second floors were drenched. A lamp explosion is suspected on the servant girls room as fire spread through a triple roof setup hampering efforts. Loss ranges around five thousand dollars, with buildings and merchandise insured. nearby jeweler Charles Spencer moved property as churches heard alarms and dismissed.
Samuel Carpenter, jailed on suspicion of causing Mrs. Ray Mackwell's death in PAMpsburg, N J, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a rag or in Easton Jail. He is improving, in brighter spirits, and says guilt would ruin his family. he believes Mrs Blackwell died by her own hand.
New York April 2 Mrs Luella C Ooakes wife of Francis J Oakes seeks a return to the stage planning a comic opera role under a prominent manager while her ex husband has remarried actress Miss Mstelle Sylvane. The second Mrs Oakes has retired from acting.
At Chickering hall New York on April 2 the American Art Association sale drew larger attendance and livelier bidding. The feature was the sale of Van Dyck's large canvas of the master’s work with strong interest from collectors and dealers alike.
The Marchese di Spinola brought $50,000 and was bought by Knoedler & Co. for reshipment to Paris. Other old masters fetched poor prices. The second night yielded $168,400, adding to $20,297.10 from night one for a two night total of $101,837.
Arthur McKay Stanley, age 1, son of Dr. J A Mathews formerly of St Louis, was found in an old unused well in Arkansas City Kansas after being missing since Monday afternoon. He had endured about 100 hours without food and suffered minor flesh wounds but was found alive and expected to recover. Salvation Army Captain Edward Henry heard the boy’s cry and assisted in the rescue.
William Ulmer started from Forton to Montpelier with 720 quarts of nitroglycerin in a wagon. A collision and explosion fractured trees, cracked windows miles away, and Ulmer and his horse were blown to atoms. The blast was felt as far as Fort Wayne and beyond.
Rockford April 24 George Jacob Schweinfurth the famed Rockford messiah was arrested this afternoon after a six hour hold in Sheriff Olivers custody He posted 7000 bond signed by Peter and William Weldon owners of a farm where his heaven stood Grand jury returned three indictments charging an open morality act with Mary Weldon Belle Tuttle and Margaret Taft Weldon The four women defendants are all mothers The arrest followed a failed siege of the house by deputies as followers crowded the scene The four defendants are expected to enter pleas Monday morning with further action likely in the case
Jacksonville April 2. A colored man attacked a lite girl while the family was at church leaving the child seriously injured. Willan Holt was arrested and named by the child as the assailant, but he proved an alibi. No light in the room left the victim unable to identify the attacker. Intense excitement grows and if the miscreant is caught a lynch verdict is anticipated. The girl is not likely to die.
Springfield Illinois April 29 In the house Mr McCarthy introduced a resolution to urge the daughters of Hinola to refuse marriage to non citizens by birth or naturalization asserting patriotism and urging disregard for foreigners in choosing spouses.
unsettled weather and showers expected across eastern Pennsylvania for most of Tuesday with gradually warming temperatures and easterly winds.
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