Spring dress goods sale at half price this week
Readable fragment notes new spring dress goods on sale. Seven week sale features fine novelty dress patterns in winter weights at half price and bleached pillow casing at 71 cents per yard.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1896
Page
2
Readable fragment notes new spring dress goods on sale. Seven week sale features fine novelty dress patterns in winter weights at half price and bleached pillow casing at 71 cents per yard.
The Elmira Cortland and Northern Railroad transfers its franchises and property to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Lehigh Valley assumes management as the Elmira and Cortland division. Officials resign and new leaders from Lehigh Valley are elected. The article notes rail rail orders, rail prices, station outfitting, and Erie railroad earnings for December.
London dispatch outlines political strain on Lord Salisbury as British policy shifts under pressure from Russia and Germany. It notes Russia’s influence in Corea, China’s suzerainty, and potential ministerial changes with Lord Lansdowne as likely successor in the foreign office. Also recounted are anecdotes about Senator Quay and Captain Dravo in Pennsylvania politics.
Senator Quay, returning to Washington from Heaver, reports a flood of letters urging his bid for the presidency. He cites strong backing from friends nationwide and from River interests in Pittsburgh. Supporters in Lousiville and Philadelphia praise his sound money and protective tariff stance.
Charles B Lee will show pictures of the Lehigh Valley line at the Waldorf hotel New York on the 27th and 28th with 20 000 invitations issued. The New York Central seeks 2 000 freight cars for immediate construction and expects to meet road requirements for the year. The Philadelphia stock market report notes anticipated March demand for anthracite near 30 million tons with production likely 2 400 000 to 2 500 000 tons for February and measures to reduce above ground coal stocks.
The text describes severe stomach ailments including dyspepsia and gastritis ending in ulcer perforation or starvation. It states these conditions can be cured, with healing claimed repeatedly through unspecified treatment. The source frames the suffering and eventual death linked to a failing stomach.
An advertisement extols Bovinine as a great blood enricher and muscle creator. Dr Louis Faust of Schenectady New York endorses its aid for gastritis, noting his mother used it during illness. The notice claims over 25000 physicians use and endorse the product.
A ledger style listing shows Scranton area company quotations across industries, from banks and manufacturing firms to utilities and railways with bonds due 1918 and 1920. The markets section details live stock receipts in Buffalo and Chicago, with cattle hogs and sheep prices, plus Philadelphia tallow prices.
In Scranton the local GOP claims a lesson from Reston Pree Pree politics as blame shifts between parties over tactics and strategy. Javor cited as a sign of shifting paths to win majorities.
The Chicago Tribune reports hallway earnings as the most fish worthy blue vets barometer. They were 1 percent more for January lust than for January 1s.
Classified notices run advertising multiple sales positions including cigars tea coffee and table linen sellers. Rewards include commissions with small bonds and express payments. locations include Scranton Chicago New York Baltimore and New York. Applicants receive uniforms samples and prospectus upon response.
Public notice seeks an experienced fitter to solicit work and estimates in each town. Strong local presence required. Address inquiries to Borden Block Chicago Illinois.
FOR RENT upper two assembly halls in a modern building at Lackawanna and Penn Aves with steam heat and passenger elevator. ideal for school office gallery or light business use. The Lackawanna Irou and Steel Company stockholders meet March 4 1806 at 2 pm to elect directors and handle other business. polls open one hour. P Higginson secretary Scranton Pa Feb 20 1806.
A clipped notice offers two volumes of Frank Leslie’s Civil War plates and scenes, with 2,000 pictures available. It advertises easy monthly payments and prepaid charges, directing readers to Moody at 2 Adams Ave Scranton PA for purchase.
Trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie points at 7.00 am and 2.29 pm. Also for Honesdale and Hawkpocal points at 7.00 and 9.40 am. All are through trains to and from Honesdale. Trains to Wilkes-Barre run at 6.0 am and 3.19 pm.
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