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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1895
Page
1
A fragment notes summer travelers lingering in chilly rooms and draughty porches by the sea and mountains, hinting at social habits of half the season’s visitors and the lingering chill of late evenings.
The text reflects on the idea of home and hospitality, praising the best boarding house or hotel as unrivaled and invoking the saying there’s no place like home. It shifts from a formal lecture tone to a more personal musing on comfort and belonging.
A home lacking fireside comfort in contrast to well kept curtains invites reflection. If your curtains are worn or your stock a bit scant, you have a prime chance to improve.
A Curtain and Drapery Department announces a full campaign to push stock to the front and save customers money on all house furnishings in this line. The message emphasizes ongoing cost savings and future availability.
We offer the latest weaves of Nottingham lace curtains at striking prices that prompt wonder at the source. Our shop presents a practical test of the old maxim mind thyself and urges belief in prudent choices amid widespread fever.
The advertisement promotes lace curtains at special ten day prices with various styles and colors in Nottinechams, nottinechams, and erue shades. It notes post sale profits and lists multiple product lines like Hnet In Irteh Points and Antique Cluny Edged Muslinas with price points and color options.
Odd lot curtains advertised with various chenille styles and prices. Plain curtains sold cheap from $2.74 up to $4.26, with fig- ured all over patterns marked down from $7.00 to 35.76. Small selection limited to one or two pairs.
A sale advertisement notes a wash goods sale across from the drapery department. It hints prices and stocks are low, yet some shoppers find a bargain daily, likening curious patrons to Isaac Walton’s anglers by streams.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Senator Quay will not oppose Governor Hastings's six Republican superior court nominees and will support renominating them. A secret late-night conference aimed to unite factions and hold one convention at the opera house with limited press and delegates, as Hastings and Gilkeson secure a majority.
Harrisburg August 27 The largest Pennsylvania convention crowd in history gathered with an estimated 16 000 as fireworks music and cheering filled the night. Delegates from Lackawanna Hastings and Quay camps prepared for a tense caucus with guards posted at key sites.
At a Quay caucus, 153 delegates voted to instruct the state committee to call a Republican convention at a suitable place, believed to be the Chestnut Street Market House. Gilkeson says the opera house is policed by borrowed officers to keep order, while Quay partisans claim bias and credentialless polling. A midnight committee was formed to secure a hall, risking two conventions unless the Quay group abandons its bluff.
Lively Luzerne delegates and Wilkes-Barre residents turnout in large numbers to back E Rice for the new superior court seat amid a tumultuous Harrisburg convention atmosphere with marching clubs bands decorations and crowded streets.
Boston August event draws 10 000 spectators as thirteen divisions march along Commonwealth avenue. Gally bedecked horses, plumed uniforms, bands, and silver emblems illuminate the monster parade ending at the reviewing stand. Moet Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy then opens the twenty sixth triennial conclave at the Masonic temple.
Jaques T. Northenius of Kansas City assistant secretary of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Trust Company was arrested in New York on smuggling charges after customs officers found jewelry hidden in a handkerchief. He admitted possessing items and claimed they were gifts for friends. Bail was set at 5000 with potential fines and imprisonment up to two years. confiscated jewelry would require a public sale for restitution.
City of Mexico August 17 The first dueling conviction in Mexican history ends the six day trial of Colonel Francisco Romero who killed Colonel Verastegui in a duel on August 9 of last year The court sentences Romero to three years four months in prison plus 1800 fine or equivalent but orders 4500 annually to Verastegui’s widow for eighteen years and covers funeral costs 460. Romero to be confined in a military prison as he remains an army officer Seconds acquitted and General Ding may later relieve Romero from imprisonment but not the monetary penalties. Verastegui headed the stamp department and Romero remains a noted duelist with many lost friends
Aug 27. A 1,200 foot Bristol tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Somerset and Straitaville is burning near Vanesville Zanesville. About 100 feet of the tunnel has collapsed and crews from Ziwanee and Newark work to stop the blaze from reaching an exposed coal vein. The fire originated during the 1888 strike, causing extensive prior damage.
Sioux Falls Aug 27 J B Mills conducts a cresenery at Mellette early in spring he discovered a plane at Fins 94 little hole at one creastery He did not at once know what it was so he conducted experiments every morning pulling apart milk on the plant The item turned out to be a novel dairy gadget of unclear purpose floating in the setup.
A squash vine yielded ripe fruit with one specimen cut open containing a substance resembling Dutch cheese in taste. Mr. Milla plans to keep and plant the seeds next year to observe what they produce.
The White House issued a commission making Matt W. Ransom United States minister to Mexico dated August 24. He had been declared ineligible due to a constitutional clause affecting congressmen holding offices with increased emoluments. Ransom had spent months in Mexico City before a delay cleared legal obstacles and he is currently in North Carolina recovering from illness.
A Bellefontaine man married his former fiancée years after both had remarried. He left town years earlier, exchanged letters with a new partner in the south, then wed her. Later, both spouses died and the two widowed lovers remarried each other.
In Cordele Georgia Aug 27 doctors Baker and Wallace amputated the right arm of William Fuller a black laborer from Abbeyville after blood poisoning from a bite by a blue gum negro Fuller earlier fought with Jim Pope another Wright and Scandrett employee who bit him on the forefinger Aug 6 causing rapid swelling and dangerous infection with toxin described as as poisonous as a rattlesnake
Frank Hearst and Miss Levi were attacked by James Kroshearn and Charles Williamson on a covered Bridge in Rockport Indiana. Hearst was near fatally stabbed after a struggle to protect his escort. The motive cited is an old feud over a prior romance. The attackers face formal charges.
William Overton confessed at Harlan courthouse to killing Gus Loeb and his wife on June 22. He implicated Charlen Henelwy now jailed awaiting the next grand jury. Overton said Henney planned the crime after a woods theft the night before and the murder was to cover the theft. Overton has been sentenced to death.
The report notes 18 typhoid cases in Mitteburg hospitals with a high death rate and six deaths from an outbreak in Coleville Center County within weeks. Other items include a Gale Manufacturing charter in Warren and a fatal fall around Pittsburgh, plus a German Candletatter festival opening in Reading.
The North Atlantic squadron vessels lie at Portland Maine. The Marblehead reached Alg ers Saturday en route to the Syrian coast. Future national bank applicants will be publicly named, not just the principal. Torpedo boats built for the Sear in purpose were noted. A death sentence for Cephan 6 Choctaw In-Blaise was commuted to life imprisonment pending Eastern riot cases in Texas.
Bremen observes a warm welcome for 184 German veterans of 1870 aboard the Fulda. Veterans associations from Germany greet them with speeches, band music, and exchanged medals. The group departs Bremerhaven at 4 P M.
Williamsport Aug 27 Following sharp state board criticism of Lycoming county jail prisoner Mrs B A Taylor reveals the Woman's department is visited nightly by Tom Taylor and his favorites. A soap impression made a false key unlocked a door suggesting security lapses at the jail.
Thieves raided Autry P. Wreners residence, wrecking interiors and stealing about 8000 in property. They also took liquor, about ten quarts of champagne and two quarts of whisky. Religious portraits were turned face down during the break in. The Wageners were vacationing at Rockaway Beach.
Martin Gerard, a prominent citizen in Mannington West Virginia, was shot dead by James A. Riddle who confessed jealousy and claimed Gerard tried to enter his house through a window shortly after midnight. Riddle is under arrest.
In Oswego New York at about 2 AM Mrs Hattie Kellar a nearly 60 year old widow killed Kempthorne a meat peddler who forced entry into her North Scoiia bedroom and assaulted her He was intoxicated and died instantly from a gunshot wound Mrs Kellar acted after vigorous resistance and is not named as charged with any crime.
In an open letter to be published in the Dispatch, Governor OFerrall states his opposition to free coinage of silver in the United States. He argues that parity between gold and silver cannot be maintained by the U.S. alone and suggests support only if an international agreement with major commercial nations exists.
Flashed from the wires reports insurgents in Mesten recruiting amid strife. A train killed Louie Vetter near New Hovhelle. Frank Welch, an American insurance agent, was killed by Yaqui Indians in Sonora. A. J. Gabler and Mrs Eva Hannam drowned at Nor folk, Ned. John, Matthew, sons of John Anderson, burned to death in Meniomines Michigan. John Dame sentenced seven years for go goods awindling in Huntington. Baltimore battle injures Potcoman John J. Dalley fatally wounded by his own revolver during an arrest attempt. Bishop Foley of Detroit remarks no hope for home rule in Ireland. Councilmen Haley and Canfield jailed eight months for bribery in New Orleans. Labor Day orators slated at Topeka by Ingalls Burton and Mary Lease. Rev C F Guten elected president of Buprates colleges after years in Turkey service.
Wet eastern Pennsylvania with unsettled conditions during the day and possible showers in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds expected from the east with cool surface temperatures.
Store highlights new imports from London and Paris featuring brocade and jacquard mohair fabrics including lizard mohair and iridescent moeren effects. The collection showcases the newest weaves and effects.
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