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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1896
Page
2
The Leader advertises an August sale at 124-126 Wyomin t Ave offering 600 dozen ladies Jersey ribbed vests in white and ecru. Priced 4 cents per item, no dealer restrictions, with broader storewide discounts on remaining spring and summer goods to entice purchases.
A storm near Leberggus Mich. toppled and blinded by lightning struck a barn owned by Abner Mikan, ripping and tearing a lithographic McKinley and Hobart portrait from its front while townsfolk report a mysterious streak of glow. Mikan plans to vote McKinley and Hobart.
In Huntington a staged ejection sparked a riot at the Democratic convention. Temp chairman was ousted, knives and canes were used, and many were wounded though not seriously. After order, the session adjourned as factions nominated W. W. Marann and Judge Sur vey for judge. A hotel fight left three more men badly hurt.
Weeviver New York Avenue W S F Myers and Co wholesale bicycle dealers at Malden Street are financially embarrassed. Louis Clark Jr. appointed receiver in May with a bond of £000. Firm liabilities total £17000 and nominal assets $919000. In business sixteen years they trade with 6000 firms in the United States and South America and control stock in Olympic Cycle Manufacturing Company.
Vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea. Claims universal use and urges asking druggists for the product with a price per bottle.
The western silver mine owners and Democratic campaign committees plan to inflame eastern poor against corporations to defend free silver. Bryan’s Mississippian pivot fades as tactics shift to wage labor clashes, tariffs, and regional balance with Nebraska and New York figures shaping the national contest.
Montreal January reports indicate Canada aims to renew friendly ties with the United States through policy similar to the 1870 Washington treaty. The Liberal government seeks freer trade and reduced friction on fisheries, while Canada notes railroad and canal routes across Ontario and Quebec as part of a broader commercial realignment.
The proposal promotes creating a Bird Day with a wind-based trapping and pest-control program to protect crops from insect pests. Fort Macleon Wisconsin hosts the first celebration May 29 and Oil City schools report three bird days. officials estimate nationwide crop losses at $10 per day without birds. Secretary Morton supports the measure and many women join the movement.
Detectives and Hamilton County deputies pursued three men alleged to have planted spikes and cut poles to wreck a freight line on the Erle and Western railroad north of the city. The trio fled during a gun battle, were later captured, and one man admitted renting the heels for two pairs of spikes. The incident prompted vigilant policing in Fleming and surrounding areas.
In a Commons debate Sir Matthew White Ridley and Me Lawton Capes discuss a Home Office inquiry into the dynamiters Daly Gailvsher Whitehead and Devany. They claim the review aims to extend leniency, with doctors backing lighter sentences and potential release for the prisoners under consideration.
A Vincennes case reports a Indiana Sunday school teacher firing a revolver at her husband after jealousy erupted over a church meeting and alleged affair. Police say the woman claimed she only sought to attend a Sabbath meeting and denied love entanglements, with the situation unfolding in Knox County.
A puzzling statement from ten year old It-Chaplé Cushing in Shelbyville Illinois sparks debate after claiming Bryan is more handsome, with authorities noting the case relates to a city death inquiry and legal considerations.
A letter from Kate of Cincinnati credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending years of falling and neuralgia of the womb and kidney trouble. After nine bottles her weight increased and she urges other women to try the tonic, noting friends also began using it and requesting guidance from Mrs. Vinidayim of Lynn Mississippi for free advice. The notice promotes the product as an easily obtained remedy.
A bridge tender at Superior Wisconsin and a Duluth resident died after attempting a rescue in the St Louis River near the Minnesota line. He saved a boy from drowning but both men perished under the water before help could arrive.
A strange case in Augusty shows a body theft at Central Imbanga Hospital where the body of a local patient is missing from the hospital cemetery after the burial vault was found tampered with. Investigators will examine hospital records and storage tanks as part of the probe.
An old device tale describes a borrower who swaps white corn for cheaper yellow corn, expecting to repay in kind. Two years later he borrows again and faces a neighbor’s insistence on fair pay, while a market price gap pits white against yellow corn. A stray note praises a patent remedy and mentions a local druggist in Scranton.
Scranton schedule details trains to New York and points north and south with various departures. Easton Trenton Philadelphia and South routes listed with morning and afternoon times. Connecting services at Pettitte and Northumberland provide through cars and sleeping coaches. local intermediate stations noted. ticket office contact at Lackawanna Avenue.
Fragmentary notice from Gould Building at Linden Street mentions Freeman Man's Co. in a local listing. Details are unreadable but reference to a position and building opposite a post office.
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