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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1897
Page
1
A regional retailer notes woolen goods like blankets will be carried over to next season due to pending tariff measures that will raise prices. The store says it prefers not to offer blankets at sacrifice now, maintaining stock for the future season amid evolving tariffs.
The article notes a yearly commitment to the Tale with no deviation this season and explains that if offered quantities fall short, the reason is understood.
Advertises lower quality blankets with discounted prices. Cotton blankets in 11-4 and 12-4 sizes reduced from 75 cents to 1.12 dollars, 1. for 11-4 white wool blankets from 2.50 to 2.75, and 11-4 100 percent white wool blankets from 5.00 to 4.25, noting the last as extra full size and heavy.
An advertisement offers 10 pairs of extra heavy 11 4 White Wool Blankets at sale price 5.75 after originally 8.50. It also promotes 10 pairs of 11-4 finest all wool White Blankets at 8.50 normally, calling it the best value offered.
The notice lists price reductions on various colored and wool blankets. Grey cotton blankets in different sizes drop from $1.00 to $1.12 per case. Grey wool blankets reduce from $4.50 to $2.25 for 5 pairs. New England Scarlet All Wool blankets of full 11-4 size fall from $5.00.
Lilluokalani known as Mrs Ly dia Dominis arrives in Washington at dawn as reports say the President, away hunting ducks, sails down the Potomac. Ex-queen travels with Lydia Dominis party and a Honolulu delegation while officials watch for an audience.
Fourteen of seventeen members of the house committee on rivers and harbors, with guests, depart Washington by Southern railway to inspect federal improvements on waterways. The itinerary includes Mobile, New Orleans, Pass a Loutre crevasse, Southwest Pass, Buffalo Bayou, Galveston, the Tennessee River works, and returns via New Orleans and Chattanooga after ten days.
Des Moines reports 14 below tonight with trains delayed but not severely. Fort Wayne records seven below, Denver shows a rapid fall from near above zero to below zero, Omaha endures its coldest day in two years, with the Missouri River frozen. Adirondacks and Utica see deep cold as well, and Chicago notes four below with Mayor Swift planning a bread proclamation for the poor.
The first squad of the Cuban battalion departs Parkersburg West Virginia on January 24 as part of the recruitment drive. Local officials confirm the unit prepared for overseas deployment and future training abroad under Cuban military liaison.
A powerful cold wave extends east to the Ohio valley and south to Texas with temperatures from near zero to 40 degrees in 24 hours. Below freezing covers Tennessee central Texas and the Dakotas. Light snow falls in parts of New England and Ohio valley while most of the northwest and South Atlantic states stay fair. The cold is expected to push east and south toward the Gulf and Atlantic coasts by Monday with freezing weather reaching to the Gulf and South Atlantic.
Readers learn the ex-queen plans to avoid interviews and meet President Cleveland only after privately confiding her project. Cleveland must return to Washington soon. the ex-queen awaits him at the White House, hoping to secure support before her public steps.
Captain James Woon lists 200 men enlisted in Cincinnati and Jacksonville under Captain G I Crawford of Rockland Ohio. The men are organized into squads of five or six and supply their own arms and pay their own way.
County Clerk J. oH. Bullman, back from a Columbus legislative reunion, states Lt. Gov. A. W. Jones of Youngstown will be appointed Senator, while Sherman, Mark Mann a will not. Governor Bushnell reportedly plans to appoint General Jones to a Benw residence.
Several state associations will meet in Harrisburg this week. The state convention of photographers, the state board of agriculture, the State Editorial association, and the state film commissioners are among those attending.
The novelist Mrs Hungerford known by the pen name The Duchess died today in Bandon County Cork Ireland. Her death is reported from London with details limited by the dispatch.
Harrisburg議 January 24 reports a split in the Pennsylvania House as factions align to reconsider Senator Mitchells resolution for a three senator five member committee probe into the treasury and auditor general. The measure passed the Senate then failed in the House by a slim margin, with activity aimed at amending the report deadline to March 15.
Chicago reports the death of Mrs Fajah Carson in Anamosa Ta at 74. She crossed the ocean 250 times and never missed a voyage on the Lucania since launch. A 2 year old guardianship bid by Julius Rohrbach failed after she vowed to keep voyaging. She left substantial sums to a Belfast banker, a New York agent, and the Lucania crew.
Letters from India report the plague and famine worsening in Bombay. One third of the population fled as six extra trains ran to evacuate, with the disease now in all wards. Deaths likely 200 to 300 daily, while native Christians remain reportedly protected.
Snow began Friday and continues causing travel disruptions and coastal damage. Farmers report heavy losses from snow and wind with sheep perishing. trains blocked in deep drifts. Vessel wreckage washes ashore on Norfolk coast as crews face peril at sea.
The arrival of Gas cogne from Havre and La Champagne at Havre is noted. Windria sailed from Queenstown to New York. Southwark arrived from New York en route to Antwerp and Kensington from Antwerp to New York passed the Isle of Wight near Prawle Point.
Canton sees cabinet likely within weeks with McKinley forming his official family. Woodford could become New York member with war or navy post, Algers valued but Gage prospects rise, Smith of Philadelphia remains strongest candidate. Senate leaning toward protective tariff legislation is reported from Canton and surroundings.
Milan Trenn reported the funeral notices for attorney Nicolonel FL of the Alvioa Central Railroad after he shot himself in the head. Authorities cite mental distress and financial troubles as possible factors in the tragedy.
Judge Horton granted an injunction against a Philadelphia publishing house to prevent imitation of W. J. Bryan's named book. A second Bryan book appeared with similar wording and small type implying Bryan authorship, titled The Great Battle.
Generally fair and colder conditions forecast across the region. State legislature work mapped as Congress forecasts, with local sermons and editorial notes included. Reports of local trouble, arrests and mine wage discussions appear in the day’s community items.
Miss Susan B Anthony, Mabel Poster Avery, Anna Howard Shaw and others prominent in women suffrage arrived in Des Moines for the national convention opening Tuesday. Delegates from across the country are arriving, with strong western representation anticipated.
In Des Moines Iowa January 4 a Northwestern Coal company failure was linked to the war on coal prices. The firm faced a ten day collapse after being cost by higher operator expenses over four months. Maple Grove Coal company attached the claim for $15.
Deputy United States Marshal John J. Shea plans to resign, forwarding the resignation to Pittsburgh within a week. He cites distaste for duties and hotel travel, notes the job’s demands, and mentions his replacement remains uncertain amid interest from Wilkes-Barre and Buranton.
Fire gutted the five story Lelok building at 1a Third Avenue early this morning causing 250,000 damage. George Stevenson living at 2268 West One Hundred Twenty First Street was severely burned. his wife reportedly fainted and was carried out. Stevenson’s injuries may prove fatal as investigators probe a match caused blaze in his apartments.
A collision between a runway council car unit and an electric passenger coach near Drvid Davids Michigan last night killed motorman Frank Kelner and seriously injured conductor John Hake. Several others aboard the train were injured, some seriously.
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