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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1897
Page
6
The note outlines a plan to improve the store and building after selling remaining stock at reduced prices. It mentions the Banister Shoreh Cor Lackawanna & Wyoming avenues and implies a fast sale strategy.
A vintage ad touts laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta for curing a cold in one day with a money back refund offer. Priced at 25 cents.
A brief notice notes Colchester boots for 31.08 at the Brothers venue with a chance to win a gold watch. The sale runs and a Saturday night event is mentioned.
Judge Gunster calls the assault case an outrage as the jury weighs three defendants charged with assault and battery. Witnesses including Carrie Walton and Dr Beck testify amid defense noting attempts to justify the attack. Insurance agent Rice faces embezzlement charges as court adjourns with other minor rulings and sentencing follows for several defendants.
The International Club of Lackawanny County held a meeting in Frank Hin Avenue rooms presided by County Surveyor Admirnd Hyril. Delegates discussed reports from Mell township and Magstleth focusing on promoting foreign education and the club’s countywide branches since its formation last November.
Heavy snow fell Thursday and Friday totaling six inches blanketing streets and fields. Accidents were minimal but drifted roads slowed travel with no wind or blizzard conditions reported. The storm disrupted local activity and delayed deliveries while children's play appealed to the white landscape.
Voters head to the polls next Tuesday for common council seats across multiple wards with only one candidate for school controller. The article notes lively contests in wards such as the Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth, lists Republican and Democrat nominees including incumbent ward representatives and challengers, and mentions specific figures like Michael Cilrasy, Harry Vane, Philip Wirth, C. C. Trontivan, Bodackson, M. J. McDonnell, and George Wirth Jr.
The Moulin Rouge Entravaganca company opens at the Academy of Music with a satirical sketch titled A Pack of Cade. Critics find the show overly suggestive and too risqué for general taste though Sam Culling of the Black Creek company delivers the strongest skit. The troupe performs this afternoon and evening.
Semifannual statement for a Scranton Pennsylvania firm lists officers and directors headed by Colonel George Sanderton and Edmund A Barth. The document shows assets including cash in bank, real estate, office furniture, and insurance reserves. liabilities include dividends and net profits, with 4,504, shares in force and totals around 32 thousand dollars.
In the city’s Third ward Democrats battle for the common council seat with John J. Loftis facing Tir David AH Reese. Regulars back McNunn and Noone while Independents back Gilbride. Disorder over party lines fuels a tense contest across wards.
New York reports the second International chess match underway between the United Kingdom and the United States. A telecasted event at the Brooklyn Chess Club venue hosts players, officials, and spectators with early games in progress and listed pairings including Plackbiornova, Showlutter, Atkins, Barry, Howes, Blake, Meltme, and Cole among others.
Fragmented report notes players McCutcheon and Jadote in Ghent. White versus black on odd and even boards. adjournment at 2 o'clock. McCutcheon on the tenth board resumes after YF moves with unclear positions and further play to continue tomorrow.
Lorim A Thurston former minister to the United States arrives in Honolulu as head of the Annexation Club of Honolulu. He says his mission is to aid annexation, not to seek government orders, and notes the islands’ heated debate as McKinley’s policy approaches. Local sentiment sees annexation as salvation from Japanese competition.
An advertisement touts low excursion rates to Washington for McKinley’s inauguration. It promotes train service through Pennsylvania, access to scenic routes, and asks readers to contact agents for schedules and fares.
Hundreds of special values arise in an odd ware sale featuring open stock patterns of decorated dinner ware sold in sets. The price decisions favor quick sale, with Traviland & Co. and other French China and Maddock's English Porcelain among the notable goods.
It's a slow week in the framing shop so a special offer cuts 25 percent from all orders placed this week. Customers are urged to bring pictures in, select moulding, and compute prices from marked moulding prices to reveal the sale price.
Ey examination is free at 1 Lackawanna avenue with low prices on solid gold rimmed spectacles, nickel bows, aluminum bows, and colored glasses. Reading glasses offered at 50c, with office hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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