Holiday Price Slaughter Marks Deep Cuts Across Goods
The Drop In Prices Has Come It's a Big One All Holliday Goods are now marked for the slaughter and with few exceptions the cut is deep and the saving is plain to the most casual observer.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1895
Page
1
Pictures Make Acceptable Presents
A brief feature highlights a collection of pictures as ideal gifts. It notes new prices will astonish and delight shoppers.
Books For All Ages At The Hook Counter
Our Hook Counter offers gaudy pictures for the little tat lover and profound argument for the sage. Lighter literature in poetry and fiction is amply represented at half the regular Bookman's prices.
Bric a Brac Prices Spark Interest for Buyers
The phrase is used here in its broad sense and you’ll find a more interesting collection than we submit for your inspection. The new prices will make these articles doubly interesting to many buyers.
Toy World Cuts Prices Boosts Stock Appeal
The Toy World has contributed to new efforts to enhance stock attractiveness and complete assortment, while the small prices under the new cut make buying a pleasure.
Bargain Home Furnishings Auction Highlights
A Pointer or Two Children's Hard Wood Rockers 19¢ framed pastels 98c table mirrors silver plated 39c miniature hard wood desks 2.49 crib in rattan durable and well finished items offered.
Senate Backing House Quietly Clears Venezuelan Boundaries Bill
The senate opened with a moving prayer urging peace among nations and quickly passed the House bill for a $100,000 commission to study the Venezuela British Guiana boundary. President Cleveland urged prompt financial action to protect public credit and prevent emergencies, while the Senate adjourned after debate on executive business. House moves included Smithsonian regents appointments and court-time changes in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Republic of Venezuelan
British Guiana
Sherman
Republican
Ohio
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cockrell
Missouri
Hawley
Connecticut
Lomperrow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republic of Venezuela
Mr. Thomas
Michigan
J. J. McDonnell
W. A. Jones
Virginia
Committee On
Reed
Hitt
Ilinois
Adams
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Alabama
Smithsonian Institution
United States
Keouch
Iowa
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Executive Mansion
President's Message Calls Congress to Reform Financial System
The president delivers a message to Congress urging action to protect the government gold reserve amid large withdrawals and ongoing financial turmoil. He cites bond issuance, volatility in business circles, and the need for a sound policy to ensure solvency and honest payment of public obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Aalenkl
Unfavorable President Financial Message Draws Criticism
Washington December 29 The presidents financial message was received with wide astonishment as public men debated its merits and potential action. Republicans privately criticized the suggestion to retire greenbacks and replace them with gold bonds while Speaker Reed declined to comment. Congress is not expected to adjourn tomorrow and a committee announcement is anticipated after the house meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
House
Congress
United Press
Terrible Mine Explosion Kills Twenty Four at Day ton Nelson Mine
An explosion of fire damp at the Nelson mine entry No. 10 near Dayton Tennessee claims twenty four lives. Rescuers, including both white and colored workers, battled through collapsed roof and foul air as crowds of women and children gather in grief outside the drift mouth. Work continues day and night to reach and recover the entombed miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Nelgton
Dayton
Tenn
Dayton Coal and Tron Company
Protesting Boston Business Houses Demand Politic Crisis Review
A Boston stock exchange petition signed by fifteen houses calls for a committee of three to travel to Washington. The panel would inform the president, Secretary Olney, the speaker, and Massachusetts lawmakers that business leaders are not correctly informed about the current political crisis and urge more careful consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helleyue
Boston
Messrs. Lee
Washington
United States
Olney
House
Massachusetts
Burglar shoots widow and assaults guest near Monongahela
At Sunny Side near Monongahela a masked burglar entered the home of Mrs. Jemima Scott, waking boarder Misa Roth. He fired, striking Mrs. Scott in the forehead, then dragged Beth from bed and tried to assault her before escaping. Mrs. Scott is in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Sunny Side
Jemima Scott
Misa Roth
Debs to Aid Philadelphia Traction Strike Leaders
Eugene V. Debs and John McBride are invited to Philadelphia to address strikers from Union Traction. Mayor Warwick may block parades, while mass meetings and arbitration efforts unfold as clashes erupt on Broad Street routes injuring passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Der
Eugene V. Debs
Union Traction Company
American Railway Union
John ashBride
American Federation of Labor
Debs
Terre Haute
McBride
Mahon
Amalgamated Association
Mr. McBride
Audreas
Csuthor Iles
Warwick
Gloomy view of trade from Dun's weekly report
Dun's Weekly Statement notes 277 U.S. failures in the week, 32 in Canada, with broad dullness in commerce aside from stock and cotton markets. Prices for iron steel and leather fall, wheat and grain decline, and rail stocks slide amid widespread selling largely abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Agannst
Chicago
Bessemer
Roomars
Philadelphia
Baker
George Griffiths
Christian League
Welsh
Union Traction
Beetam
Union Traction Company
Thirty Nine Killed in Cumock Coal Mine Disaster
Raleigh North Carolina December 20 news reports 39 miners died in the Cumock coal mine disaster with 35 bodies recovered and four remain trapped. Officials differ on the final count while investigators consider dynamite ignition and a possible explosion as factors. Rescue efforts are hampered by danger and limited volunteers as Superintendent Cail issues urgent pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cata@ophe
Gumock
Raleigh
N. C
Cumock
Cail
Wall Street Aches as Three Firms Go Under
In New York the stock market plunged amid the Venezuelan crisis with Americans in London down 1 to 4 percent and liquidity vanishing. Three brokerage houses Messier & Co Sands Nichols Frothingham De Neufville failed due to customer margin defaults while Consolidated exchange posted two small collapses as lenders recalled loans and prices sank 10 to 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
London
Cleveland
Venezuela
Confess
Europe
Stock Exchange
Messie
Sands & Co
Nichols Frothingham & Co
de Neufville & Co
Consolidated Exchange
Lito
Protest Against Abington Council Actions By Jermyn First Baptist
Members of the First Baptist church of Jermyn condemn the Abington association council decisions as un-Christian and unjust. A Dec 19 meeting endorsed excluding Jermyn delegates from council over the case of deposed pastor D. J. Williams, with objections to the council's whitewashing and to alleged salary disputes. The letter from J. R. Ellis is cited, and the church clerk signs the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Jermyn
Abington Association
Scranton Tribune
D. J. Williams
J. R. Ellis
Baptist Ministerial Conference
Olyphant
C. E. Helms
D. J. Wasams
D. J. Williama
Te First Baptist Church of
C. BE. Helms
Investment schemes in Mexico by South African financier
A. C. Butler of South Africa arrived with a $15,000,000 letter of credit from Barney Barnato Cecil Rhodes and the Rothschilds. He won official favor from President Dias and secured several million dollars for a drainage tunnel and water works project. Butler also obtained an option on the city street railways estimated at $7,900,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nornato
Rhodes
Rothnchilds
Mexico
Mexico City
A. C. Butler
South Africa
Barney Barnato
Cecil Rhodes
Dias
Butler
Finley's Holiday Goods Silk Dress as a Fine Gift
A storefront pitch for Finley's Holiday Goods promotes a silk dress as an ideal present for a lady. The ad emphasizes quality attire and the store's selection, inviting shoppers to browse current offerings.
Elegant Silk and Lace Goods Offerings
Voluminous display of black and colored silks and satins, Persian silk waist pieces, fancy and plain velvets, real laces, lace handkerchiefs, hand embroidered handkerchiefs, silk and linen initial handkerchiefs for ladies and gentlemen, kid gloves and mittens, silk gloves and mittens, silk hosiery and underwear.
Our Linen Department is Unequaled
Our Linen Department offers dinner and lunch sets, napkins and towels, table and bureau scarfs, pillow shams and centres, embroidered in Delft and fancy colors. Down comfortables, silk pillows and cushions, and an elegant stock of ladies' and gentlemen's umbrellas in latest designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delft
Far eastern Pennsylvania Weather Outlook Evokes Clouds
The bulletin notes generally fair conditions in eastern Pennsylvania with lingering cloudiness and a threat of unsettled weather. Forecasters warn of possible changes later, though temperatures remain mild for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Toy World
M'Bride
Cititoms
Robert F. Pattison
Thomas Martindale
John Wanamaker
The
Maxwell Stevenson
Arbitration Board
Cara
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Street
Baldwin
Locomotive Works
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Willow
Servis
Fairmount Park
United States Marshals
Beetem
Brouht
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Dun
Wall Street
Finley’s Holiday Goods
Our
Lackawanna Avenue
Lewis,reilly & Davies
Wyoming Ave
W. J. Weichel, Jeweler
Dime Bank
Federal District
Kafe Fir
P. J. Doyle
Bethlehem
Hollies
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