Men's Neckwear and Unlaundered Shirts Auction Listing
One lot of men’s fine neckwear at Leader’s Price 80 cents. One lot men’s and boys’ unlaundered shirts double front and back sizes 12 to 17 at Leader’s Price 37 cents.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
2
One lot of men’s fine neckwear at Leader’s Price 80 cents. One lot men’s and boys’ unlaundered shirts double front and back sizes 12 to 17 at Leader’s Price 37 cents.
A San Francisco Armenian community member cites a friend in Adana detailing Cilicia massacres, Turkish looting, church desecration, and Christian persecutions. Attacks target women, Christians fear nightly outings, and officials reportedly offer no protection amid widespread turmoil.
State Forestry Commissioner Rothrock reports fire damage nearing a million dollars with indirect losses far higher. He cites fires from careless camps, brush burns, sparks from locomotives, and possible timber theft in Pennsylvania. He urges harsher penalties and spark arresters for railways.
Governor Morton will not be interviewed about a prospective Republican presidential candidacy. His private secretary Colonel Cole said there would be no announcement from the executive chamber. Rumors say the statement may be issued in New York by supporters who dined with the governor Monday night.
Denver newspapers competed to rush their New Year editions to Cripple Creek and Leadville when the Rio Grande train derailed near Leadville. Fireman Harry Hartman was killed instantly and Engineer John Baker died within an hour after the wreck.
In Prenderston near Beech Grove Kentucky a 13 year old boy Tony Gulf reportedly killed his father with a pistol while the family slept. The案 says the boy stole a penknife and then used the gun to strike the head of the unconscious man, causing instant death.
Four Americans Charles Joiner George Miner Alfred Heard and Thomas Caldwell were executed in Chuquisaca after a quarrel with Pepe J Gonzalez acting mayor. They had arrived from Brazil after a five week journey and were accused of spying after a disputed card game. Public execution followed as authorities seized their property.
General James S. Clarkson, back from the South, says Governor Morton has strong backing there. He notes Georgia farmers admire Morton as a model farmer and cites potential delegates from Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Clarkson says Morton is effectively in the race and will be a force at the convention.
Minnie Adams Brooke buried at Oakwoods. a will probated in San Francisco is alleged to have been written as a farewell aboard the steamer Pacific after the 1875 wreck. The holographic document, found collapse notes, valued estate at $20,000, linking to Jennie Mandeville Parsong, elder Mandeville sister.
In San Francisco Jan 14 Chinese from the Atlanta exposition slipped past about a score of U S inspectors and are now in Chinatown safe from federal interference. Official estimates suggest over 100 may have escaped, with 14 suspected to have traveled overland to the city. The Chinese were landed before daylight and hurried into the district amid alleged treachery by an officer in the customs house.
C. C. F. McBride an eccentric farmer near Greenville was found in his barn on January 1 suspended by a rope from a beam. He had promised his family to die with the old year and had expressed this intention before. He lived in comfortable circumstances.
From Havana dispatches Madrid reports Spanish troops pursue Maximo Gomez forces retreating toward Gueritas. Eastern Cuba sees heavy fighting with Spanish routing about 1,500 insurgents between Vente Casanova and Jiguant. Casualties: Spanish 11 dead 42 wounded. Cubans 17 dead 100 wounded.
Annapolis Md Jan 1 the threatened senatorial deadlock broke at noon with a casting of last night and nominating William Gabell Crace of Baltimore for president replacing John Walter Smith. Mr Bruce elected president as the senate organized at 1 pm. The house of delegates opened at noon with Sydney KE Mudd chosen speaker.
Sought: experienced canvassers for permanent, profitable work selling Snyder's wake leefer and related products. Positions advertised by T H Snyder & Co Cincinnati and Mango Chemical Co New York. Immediate openings for women to guaranteed sales duties without interfering with other tasks. Healthful occupation with incresing stamps.
Mrs Francis Gallemska missing since Thursday was located in Tomhicken Valley last night in a starving condition. Her husband had offered five dollars dead or alive after she wandered seventy miles in rain and snow through the mountains while appearing demented.
A London bureau advertises a flat with names and addresses of 20 successful promoters who have placed over £100 million in foreign investments in six years and £19 million in seven months of 1855. Subscribers may receive introductions and the list covers bonds, shares, mortgages, lands, and patents, with the directors cited.
The dying Charles Thompson told county attorney in an ante mortem statement that the wound came from a highway assailant. He was shot Friday night in St Paul Minnesota, and the case remains unsolved with details still unclear.
A mixed set of early 20th century notices lists a tailor offering to work on pants coats or vests with weekly city or country wages. It also advertises Grand Investment real estate at the southeast corner of Washington and Gibson streets near Erie depot, describing multiple stores and flats. The page includes multiple professional listings from architects doctors dentists and lawyers along with hotels and schools in Scranton Pennsylvania.
The timetable lists departures from Scranton for Pittston Atlantic City New York and other points on the Lehigh and Susquehanna division effective November 17 1895. It includes multiple daily trains to Philadelphia Reading Harrisburg Allentown Bethlehem and Pottsville with special express services and buffet parlor cars. Through tickets available at station ticket agents.
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