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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
3
Immense stock of high grade clothing furnishings hats boots and shoes offered at unprecedented prices. Finest winter suits and overcoats featured in a never-to-be-forgotten sale with reduction of profits as the lever for moving stock.
A Scranton retailer touts sixty percent savings on garments with money back guarantee. It lists wholesale and retail prices for Kerseys Overcoats Diagonal Suits underlined by dramatic discounts, including Montagnac and Satin-Lined Kersey Overcoats and a variety of fabrics. Promo emphasizes low wholesale prices and high retail values with phrases like never-to-be-forgotten price and holidays selections. It warns shoppers to buy now or risk empty funds.
A local ad offers men youths and children suits of all ages at sixty percent off Scranton prices. Garments range from gray mixed suits at wholesale $5 to single breasted outfits at $6.50 retail $10.50 Never-to-be-forgotten price $6.00 to $9.50 wholesale. various colors and patterns with tailored fits.
From the Washington Star a survey shows women patenting items benefiting men and themselves. Patents include a chemical furnace, foot supports for telegraph poles, a lawn mower grain catcher, wall paper hanging apparatus, a heat concentrator, railway track landing gear, a muskete guard, cigar improvements, pine needle extracts for tobacco, eucalyptus leaves for flavoring, pocket spittoons, mustache spoons, tobacco bags, cigarette holders, a combined cane and tripod, an umbrella cane, and fire escape beds.
A Scranton article details diverse women led innovations from fireproof housing to insect guards and convertible travel trunks. It covers bicycle gear, typewriters for the blind, beauty devices, and a wide array of toys and domestic gadgets reflecting entrepreneurial ingenuity.
The piece notes presidents often surprise the public with unexpected cabinet choices and lists historical examples from Grant Hayes Garfield Lincoln Arthur Cleveland Harrison and McKinley. It highlights the rarity of fully preselected cabinets and the evolving personal connections between presidents and their nominees.
This essay recalls English public figures who understood America and valued its ideals despite British critics. It highlights Leigh Hunt, Carlyle, Ruskin, Cobden, John Bright, Thomas Hughes, and Bryce, noting their recognition of American aspiration beyond materialism and their lasting respect for democracy and integrity.
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