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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1894
Page
7
The Tribune promotes a large series of standard works in superior vellum bindings at 25 cents per book with four coupons and 20 cents. Many titles from Dickens to Kipling appear, including Romola and Oliver Twist, with over 1000 volumes sold recently and strong reader interest nationwide.
An advertisement touts a collection of over 1 000 clothbound titles for 15 cents each. A young man buys forty books including Dickens and Eliot for about $6, with many titles like An Old Man's Darling and Allan Quartermain cited among the varied list.
A catalog note proclaims a miscellaneous series with over 100 titles across science art philosophy history and fiction. Each tome printed in large type on fine paper in sturdy bindings, regular price ten cents but offered at four tenths of a cent per title, with wide price range from a penny to a dollar.
The World's Fair judges award a medal to Washburn Crosby Co for their Washburn Flour Mills product Nourwang, deemed a strong pure patent flour for family use. The committee calls it first class and suitable for bakers.
Old text lists merchants accepting a 25 coupon on every 100 pounds of flour and 0 on each four barrel, naming numerous stores and brands including Superlative and Gold Medal. It appears as an advertising roster with multiple locations and distributors.
The four part portfolio contains fifty to sixty views per part and forms a superb representation of the exposition. Three coupons plus 10 cents cash secure it. Demand is heavy, but orders will be filled as fast as presses can print the handsome books.
The Wanamaker Panorama of the World’s Fair is praised as an entertaining and instructive illustrated history. A complete history requires all parts, with one new part weekly. Each part features sixteen full-page views and costs ten cents plus two coupons. Part One is available now in unlimited quantities.
The youth enjoyed the Trip Around the World in the Portfolio of Photographs showcasing scenes from Hawaii and other places. Aimed as an educational album it promises a lasting treat with views of Hawaii under Queen Lil. Two coupons and 5 cents obtain this treasure.
The public demanded more than two offers, so three are now offered in the Wanamaker series while the other two continue. Officials claim each new part is an improvement and that orders are rising quickly as pieces sell fast.
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