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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1899
Page
3
Hourly sales all day Tuesday offer bargains across departments never before reached by us. Christmas prices were low, with some items half Christmas price. Limited lots last one hour only and will be withdrawn when the hour ends. Safe to say the sale brings a Happy New Year to thousands. store closed all day today.
Sale items include Kid Gloves at 7 cents per pair for one hour, children's fancy caps in small sizes for 1.25, brown and bleached Toweling at 3 cents per yard, fine Outing Flannel 6 of a yard, and 250 bisque dolls priced 39 cents each. Alarmed by limited time, the sale lists locations and hours across floors with assorted colors and patterns.
Readable snippet shows home made lawn and gingham aprons priced at 75 cents each, with extra wide and extra quality notes. Also mentions a handsome dressing lacques labeled as 1.49, with an additional one hour sale or option indicated.
One case of extra good quality yard wide bleached muslin offered at 1 worth 5'4c. The notice mentions a sale or deal lasting one hour on Lackawanna Avenue.
Local sale notice lists items including men s kid walking gloves priced in cents, rolls of fine Manila toilet paper, china spice boxes, and other small domestic goods. The ad indicates limited hours and special pricing.
An old newspaper sale notice lists discounted household items including Irish point pillow shams and bureau scarfs, Stockinet dress shields, fancy drapery fabrics, flannelette skirt patterns, and women's ribbed vests and pants. Prices are shown per hour or unit, with dramatic markdowns.
An old advertisement lists items in a De Luxe Souvenir edition including women's and children's hosiery, fur sets, and coney muffs. It notes sizes and occasional price marks, with miscellaneous apparel details and a request for reliable sales timing.
A sale note highlights twelve piece toilet sets in four colors with extra fine glaze and new shades never sold under 6.94 per set. It lists a high quality black boucle cape for women at 3.98 and a separate item priced 2.47, with additional floor item references.
Special from Washington notes that import data show heightened activity by U S manufacturers and suppliers of raw silk India rubber fibers and hides. Eleven month imports exceed prior years indicating domestic production demand, with silk rubber hides and fibers up significantly and wool imports unusually high before tariff changes.
The Whytals present Vagahondia at the Lyceum as the New Year special. Annie Louise Ames headlines with praise for past work and dramatic force. The show features The El More Sisters in comic sketches at popular prices under manager Van Gapen.
The People's Exchange announces five nights of Fred Irwin's Majestic Bur Lesquers starting New Year’s matinee today. Vaudeville by Zene Kart Zeno and stars including Grace Vaughn and the Quigley brothers. Burlesque features The Street Fair with French dances and Bowery belles led by Grace Vaughn. Performances Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday with matinees.
Broadway manager McCormick orders DeKoven and Smith to write an opera with a tight plot The Highwayman stars Roland Reed at Lyceum Tuesday night Reed returns Wednesday in The Wrong Mr Wright a new comedy hailed as a season hit by audiences and critics.
A physician notes an experiment in a hospital ward where children were asked to hold their breath to stop coughing. The report links coughing to wound healing delays, nitrogen in the cavity, and membrane responses, suggesting coughing worsens outcomes unless controlled.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Agnow's Cure for the heart provides relief within thirty minutes and claims to cure palpitation shortness of breath and chest pain. The text names Vinios Bold, Milluthews Kiron, and W. T. Clark as endorsers.
Rail timetable notice lists trains to Philadelphia New York via D and H routes with times around 60 minutes for certain segments. Other trains run to White Haven Plateton Potsville Bethlehem and nearby intermediate stations via D H R. Black Diamond Expresses connect Geneva Rochester and Buffalo with sleeping cars and parlor cars on various routes. Officials Rollins H Wilbur Chas & Leer and A W Nonemachter provide details for tickets and reservations through Lackawanna Wye Scranton.
In effect Sept. 1 ISEG timetable shows Traine Wave Berton for New York and intermediate stops on Erie. Train to Piawhey and local points departs Fe mad 225 p.m. Traine arrives at Beranton from above points at et a. ni ane AG dena 108 pm.
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