19 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1896
Page
1
The article notes various specialty lines set aside for the holiday trade alongside abundant gifts like toys and pictures. It emphasizes attention to items framed for present buyers and showcases store selections suitable for holiday gifting.
A range of Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs priced from 1.29 to 3.79 gift price, plus 2.25 to 7.50 for Fine Linen and embroi dered Swiss and Irish pieces. Japaneses initial hem-stitched items offer selections to 2.50, with emphasis on pretty, desirable gift options.
Fur tippets appeal with NBSA style and various skins. Prices from 1.50 to 12.00. Children's fur sets offered in popular skins. Extras well finished and cut. Prices 1.00 to 2.75. Ostrich feather bows in various lengths. Select stock priced 2.25 to 17.40. Lace and velvet collars and fancy fronts noted as stylish neckwear of the season priced 0.50 to 20.00.
City agents advertise Dent's Alcrofts Coronet real kid gloves in black tan brown and model shades. 4 button and 4 hook models offered with gift price of 1.00. Evening wear 4 button gloves priced 1.25. Children's kid gloves and mittens in all sizes colors priced from 0.60 to 1.00.
High grade gentlemen’s furnishing items advertised with durable kid gloves in all sizes and shades. Men’s suspenders in many styles with gilt nickel or sterling buckles. Teek neckwear in Four-in-Hands and bands plus linen and silk handkerchiefs with optional initials. Prices range from fractions of a dollar to several dollars.
Regulation sweaters presented for men and boys feature conventional everyday styles alongside distinctive peculiar designs aimed at niche buyers. The piece notes everyday wear options and identifies cranks as a target for the fashion line.
An advertisement lists three piece toilet sets with comb brush and mirror in porcelain finishes on white metal priced from 41.25 to 3.50. Celluloid sets praised for finish range 2.75 to 6.00. Heavy French plate hand mirrors 1.00 to 1.50. Fancy cloth brushes 1.95 to 2.00. Pocketbooks and purses in leather and skins including alligator crushed levant Morroco snake in various shades and evening wear items with prices from 0.50 to 5.00.
Colgate & Co. advertises celebrated perfumery with new extracts and toilet waters including Alba Violet Alba Rose and Hermosa. The firm emphasizes selling at popular prices without extra charges for the name, promising real value.
Washington report states the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ordered a favorable report on Cameron's Cuban independence resolution with near unanimous support. Olney testified on Cuba policy, while debate focused on possible war with Spain and executive veto risks. most members favored restraint and delaying action until January.
Washington December 18 The senate foreign relations committee’s recognition of Cuba’s independence shocks the House with many lawmakers viewing it as jingoism. The sentiment from foreign affairs leaders and party members suggests the lower chamber may oppose or question the move.
Cubans and Cuban sympathizers in New York express great resolve after the foreign relations committee of the senate acts. They believe the senate and house will pass revolutions and declarations recognizing the Cuban republic, ending Cleveland's opposition and signaling deliverance for Cuba.
Washington December 18 The Spanish minister declines to discuss the Cameron resolution in the senate despite sensational reports. He states he will uniformly refuse to be drawn into any discussion or criticism of a matter under congressional consideration and warns against attributed statements.
Reports from financial circles state Carnegie Steel has purchased the Mountain and Rathbun Dron mines in the Meselba range Minnesota from John D. Hockfeller. The price is undisclosed, with Lake Superior Consolidated Iron’s President Gates saying details are private. The Carnegie office confirmed it as a private matter with no public interest.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Olney declines to comment on his visit to the capitol or on the state of relations between the United States and Spain.
State wide convention in Philadelphia aims to standardize court rules across 68 counties and create a universal legal education system. A state board may require passage for admission to practice in all counties, enabling attorneys to practice statewide. The gathering on December 29 will hear rules and education proposals with judges, examiners, and Philadelphia bar members in attendance.
In Harrisburg on December 18 verdicts in state tax cases favored the commonwealth. The panel awarded sums to numerous lines of business including Union Tanning, Elks, railroads, gas firms, coal outfits, and refiners. Notable verdicts include Dunbar Furnace, Scranton Lace Curtain, and Welsbach Light among others.
Arrived in New York harbor Norge from Copenhagen and Ems from Genoa. Karlsruhe sailed to Bremen. Outward: Werra at Gibraltar Patria at Hamburg Umbria at Queenstown Normania at Genoa. Ethiopia departed Glasgow bound for New York on December 17.
Alexander Salvini died December 15 near Florence Italy. He gained fame in America for his D artagnan in The Three Guardsmen and showed promise in tragedy but struggled with English and a perceptible foreign accent in Hamlet. He was about twenty five years old.
A mob broke into the Logan County jail at 1:20 am, hanged Dink and Arch Proctor, and shot Dill Proctor in his cell. The victims, from Adairville, were taken to the Nashville road and killed. telegraph wires were cut to prevent notice. The mob, about 200 strong, justified the acts while the widow mourns.
New York reports a violent stock market break following news that the senate committee on foreign relations approved Senator Cameron's Cuban independence resolution. Declines ran over 4 percent as bear traders hit stop orders amid fears of a Spain war and wider financial panic in Paris and London. A lively session is expected tomorrow as markets digest Washington’s action and continental reception.
Tom Sharkey presented a certified check for 510,40 from Referee Wyatt Harp after the Anglo-Californian bank opened. Attachments totaling 1000 were levied against the certificate, delaying full payment. Sharkey said he was ready to fight anybody as he left, while grand jury inquiries sweep over boxing indictments.
Acting Secretary McAson summoned chiefs of construction engineering and ordnance plus Commodores Eichborn Melville and Sampson to expedite repairs on all ships in commission at Atlantic coast navy yards. The aim is to have ships ready to rendezvous for drill with Admiral Brice's fleet at Hampton Roads by January 1.
Reform committee actions are noted on Cuba independence, while state judges plan a convention. A lynching of a father and two sons shocks readers, with other items on Wall Street, union wage talks, and merged hallway firms.
Lancaster Pa December 1 1900 Deputy Ayers of Sadbury township aided by a constable raided suspected turkey thieves in the Welsh mountain. In the confrontation Diller Fryberger was shot in the abdomen and injured. Fryberger was captured while the others escaped.
Division superintendent for the Lehigh Valley Coal company Isaac 5 Molster died at his Wilkes-Barre home from typhoid fever. Born in Pitteton in 1850 he directed the State Geological Survey Hazleton district and held multiple trusted posts.
In the Middle states today clear and considerably colder weather with brisk westerly to northwesterly winds. Temperatures will drop tonight below 20 in the Delaware and Hudson valleys. Sunday brings clear slightly colder conditions with fresh to light northwest and northern winds followed by a slight rise in temperature.
Finley’s advertises black and fancy silks and satins with an elegant line of evening shades. Moire velours in black and evening shades offered for the season.
Handkerchiefs lace handkerchiefs in duchess, Valenciennes and point French and Irish hand embroidered pieces. Black lace scarf fichus ladies fancy neckwear and initials on kerchiefs. Black and fancy silk under skirts. Gentlemens blanket bath robes and furnishings shirts neckwear collars cuffs.
Best stock of kid gloves in the city features updated handle styles and a wide range of sizes. Local shops promote new designs for refined dress and formal wear, attracting shoppers seeking quality accessories.
A historic advertisement showcases Atlantic Lead French Zinc Ready Mixed Tinted Glass Paints Strictly Pure Linseed Oil and a guaranteed quality claim for home painting supplies.
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