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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1896
Page
2
A crowded list of clearance prices covers ladies gowns skirts and coats, Merino underwear, men's furnishings including suspenders and ties, gloves, dress goods and linens. Numerous price tags in cents per yard and per item follow, with bold wording highlighting sale discounts.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross, sails on the steamship New York bound for Southampton then London and through Europe to Constantinople to press for Red Cross access to Armenia. She travels with aides and a strong delegation to seek diplomatic backing and hospital support.
Miss Mary Reynolds of Funktown eloped during a St Pauls Lutheran service with Broderick Penteney. They rode to Hagerstown, obtained a license from Clerk Oswald, and wed at Zion Reformed parsonage by Rev Dr J Spangler Kleffer despite parental objections after a long clandestine correspondence.
An advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a universal skin remedy not requiring internal medicine. It claims to cure tetter eczema itch and facial eruptions, leaving skin clear and healthy and urges readers to ask their druggist for it.
The New York Stock Exchange showed no material rise yet a firmer undertone. London reports peace in the Venezuelan question and Senate delay on Davis resolutions boosted confidence, with General Electric rising as high as 27 1 2 while Tobacco and Chicago Gas fell amid transfer-book effects.
Buffalo and Chicago stockyards report cattle steady to lower, hogs varying by class with heavy packers steady and light runs slower. Sheep and lambs soften, veals dull. grain markets in Toledo show firmer wheat with No. 2 red cash at 4 cents and futures at mid spring levels.
A brief report lists mixed cash and No 3 red cash deliveries, No 2 mixed cash, and No 6 yellow grains with several shipments totaling thousands of bushels. Clover seml receipts show LW bags shipped in March at 1.45.
Philadelphia market notes tallow is steady with light demand. Quotes list city prime hogsheads and country prime barrels at 3 percent and dark grease prices, reflecting a thin buying mood and steady offerings across faces and vessels.
Five Fort Wayne young men visited Mother Barnum's roadhouse around 2 AM and caused a disturbance. Mrs Barnum fired toward the intruders after the door was forced open. Wounds reported on Chanvey Batley and others. authorities have not announced arrests or identities.
In Rapil City North Dakota on January 22 the father of Lois Cunningham who had just escaped from jail turned him over to police for a $100 reward. Cunningham was sent to the Sioux Falls penitentiary for five years on a larceny charge after his capture. He had fled to his parents hill home north of the city, where the father initially sheltered him before deciding to claim the reward.
Cincinnati dispatch reports famed soprano Modjeska seriously ill with inflammation of the veins of the neck and swelling in the arm. Attending doctors say she must not leave her bed and cannot perform tonight's Walnut engagement as planned. The condition, described as a sympathetic circulatory issue, follows weeks of hard work and nervous strain, but physicians deem her not in danger.
John Dickson faced public censure for sending a photo of his girlfriend to a rival admirer. The incident prompted consideration of civil action, but Dickson issued a sincere apology published locally. The matter concluded with no court record after the apology.
William Baldwin of Louisville and Misa Tillie Stahl of Louisville wed at night in Jeffersonville Indiana by Justice Hanse after meeting through the bride’s uncle. They risked the river in a skiff to reach the boat, then walked until the ferry left and were finally married.
Mrs. Ira A. Wadleigh files a suit in St Paul Minnesota seeking damages of 1757% plus 10 percent interest from November 28 for alienating her husband’s affections. She had recently replevined jewelry including rings earrings bracelets and a gold watch from Helen M. Troyes. Wadleigh is in Iowa pursuing a divorce.
Help wanted ads show numerous opportunities across cities. Positions include door to door canvassing, stock subscriptions, millinery and dining room work, and various commissions. Firms named include Clifton Soap, Snyders cake icing, Reed c. Fish Co, Michigan Mfg Co, Consolidated Mfg Co, and Mitchell's Dining Rooms with wages from a few dollars daily to large commissions.
A collage of classified notices shows two situations wanted for sales and bookkeeping work with contact hints at the Tribune office. The page also lists multiple Scranton area attorneys with their offices and addresses including Commonwealth Building and the Coal Exchange.
Thomas Ed. Yost, 65, of Mediapolis, received a divorce decree from Judge Smythe at 2 PM. At 4 PM he held a license to wed Mrs. W. C. Frost, a widow aged 11, and was married half an hour later in Burlington Iowa.
On Barney Schloerhols farm in Carroll county a newly struck well whistles and ejects a cyclone of sand water and wind drawing crowds. Reed delegates in Texas: Republican convention in High in Texas district elects two Reed men as delegates to the St Louis convention.
Fragmented classified notice shows requested boarders at 307 North Washington Ave and missing details. It mentions LeBeck & Corin, locations in Wyoming Ave and vague notes about parcel rappers and a Baptist location with low price. The text is garbled and partially unreadable.
Anthracite coal era timetable for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Division lists train departures from Scranton to destinations including Pittston Wilkes Barre and New York with numerous daily and Sunday times. Through tickets available at the station. H P Baldwin and J H Olhausen cited as general agents and superintendant.
Trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie points at 7 00 am and 7 40 am. Through trains to Honesdale Hawley and other towns run at 7 00, 7 40 am and 9 00 am. Service to Wilkes-Barre operates around 8 00 am with continuous departures.
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