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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1898
Page
6
Beautiful dress fabrics advertised at deep discounts with patterns in Fancy Plaid Pebble and Tweed Suitings and All-Wool Serges. Specials include 24 inch Fancy Check Suitings with ten styles and 48 inch All-Wool Covert Cloth, plus 529¢ Silk and Wool Armure Plaids and other fabrics at reduced prices.
A bold retail pitch invites customers to come downtown for a special Wednesday bargain sale. The store touts quality items, lowest prices ever, and an offer to turn a one dollar purchase into two dollars worth of goods across departments.
A portrait of Richard Armor, a gifted tenor who abandons law for the stage. He defies critics, endures setbacks in Paris and London, marries Kate Landon, and lands a Covent Garden debut after years of study and travel. His journey from amateur to star climaxes with a celebrated Faust night at Covent Garden and a move toward grand opera glory.
Domestic bargains highlight price cuts across textiles and linens. The listing touts Fancy White Check Nainsook, Apron Ginghams, Outing Flannels, Bleached Crash, Pillow Cases, and Sheets with marked specials in cents per unit. Includes note of Right of Lackawanna Entrance.
Great day for hosiery with early buyers getting first pick of men's women's and children's fast black stockings. Sizes vary and prices were advertised as low as 5 to 15 cents per pair. Main floor main aisle displays feature lisle thread and fleece lined options for women with superior fast black quality.
The listing promotes perfumeries with new and fresh goods. Bradley's triple essence of Woodland Violet comes in fancy bottles and large size assortments of odors. Special at 25c Violette Savon French perfumed soap in a fancy box three cakes per box offered on the main floor center aisle.
An old newspaper fragment markets notions and accessories. It lists dress shields, shell side combs, sperm oil, garter elastic, whalebone casing, skirt facing, pins, steel items, corset clasps, tape, and bindings with scattered prices and vendor hints. The ad notes a right of main stair and includes garbled filler text.
Carpet types including Brussels and Moquette advertised with prices per yard. Third floor display notes made laid and lined options with 60c to $1.00 per yard.
Local store promotes boys clothing with durable knee pants and corduroy pants advertised at steep savings. Special Tam O’Shanter hats in multiple sizes and colors, 200 pieces must go today. Reefers, coats, and camel hair options priced to attract families. second floor displays highlight markdowns.
Big stock available with many rooms to be decorated. Yesterday’s sales show strong demand. don’t miss the remaining stock. White Back Paper double roll with border per yard five cents gilt or glimmer paper. Ingrain or Felt Paper also double roll priced at twenty cents.
January sale offers antique bedroom suits and chifoniere in oak on the fourth floor. The 11 piece bedroom set includes dresser bedstead washstand and chairs with woven springs and pillows. The complete dresser bed and furniture valued at 41.55 is advertised for 29.00 during this January week.
A vintage sale notice touts low prices on curtains and draperies with French fish net curtains up to 334 yards long and Saxony net lace curtains, plus tapestry portieres. It emphasizes quality and designer designs though the exact storefront is not specified.
Multiple aprons described including extra large cambric, wide hems and tucks, embroidered and ruffled edges. About 100 styles offered with many tea aprons in stock at MAIN AISLE Allat aic.
In Paris, Richard Armor rises to fame after a triumphant opera premiere. Stroebel, bankrupt and ill, stays in Armor's home. a dramatic sequence ends with Stroebel’s death and Armor’s collapse from a brain bleed as critics laud his performance.
The defense questions a witness about late night observations claiming darkness while she says her husband was at the club. The attorney presses how she could see prisoners but not her husband, seeking to undermine an alibi.
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