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A sale advert invites buyers to fill gaps with discounted goods from previously neglected stock. It promises low prices on assorted items and urges early visits to secure savings before stocks run out.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
8
A sale advert invites buyers to fill gaps with discounted goods from previously neglected stock. It promises low prices on assorted items and urges early visits to secure savings before stocks run out.
The Wilkes Barre area hosted a Dental Association banquet at the Hotel Sterling Wilken-Parte Tuesday evening. A dance followed at the home of Miss Gertrude Gilgalion, with a gathering of close friends and a list of guests from New York and the region enjoying the event.
Lovers of rare blooms may tour Colonel and Mr H A Beies’s conservatories Saturday afternoon and evening with a ten cent entry. Donations help fund a sterilizer for Huhemin hospital, costing over two hundred fifty dollars, with committee members available to explain the exhibits. Orchids are in full bloom and access is from the side gate.
Gallagher wins by a wide margin in a local fundraising contest at St. John’s Church fair in South Scranton. The tally shows $1,690.10 for Gallagher after a crowded hall and strong public support. Prominent city figures attended, and Gallagher plans a classified donor list.
Tonight at the high school the fourth number of the lecture course will be presented. The program includes The Pishermin Lotu s Glees, recitals by Miss Faith M Norton and Mira Norton, and various solos and group performances. Several items have been postponed until March.
James B. Russell, a noted check forger, was sentenced to eighteen months in the Eastern penitentiary. Judge McMichael of Philadelphia handed down the sentence after Russell’s trial. John G. Reese, a Scranton victim, testified.
Public notice warns the grippe is contagious and spreads person to person with precautions. An advertised lung healer Dr Alexander promises quick cures and free samples distributed house to house during a promotion. Dr Agnew’s Heart Cure is claimed to relieve heart symptoms in minutes with testimonials from W J Rundle and others.
Miss Minnie Rinker wed Dr. E Y Harrison at Simpson Methodist church with a large city guest list including M Ackerman Lincoln Nebraska and Miss Hart of Jackson Street. Anna Hart and Peter W O'Brien joined in a St Patrick’s church ceremony and a Philadelphia honeymoon followed.
An advertisement lists Coursen’s Java Coffee at 28 cents and a 25 percent discount versus Tea Stores. Coursen’s Triple Blend priced at 32 cents, 5 pounds for $1.50. Finest Old Mandehling at 40 cents. This week only 5 pounds for $1.75.
Ex councilman John E Regan alleges improper substitutions in the Sixth ward Democratic nominations. James Hewitt and Patrick Keegan were named for district offices on a new certificate after Anthony Mahon and John M Casey prepared separate blanks. Mahon and Casey defend the process, while Regan threatens perjury charges and Mahon Casey insist Hewitt Keegan were duly elected.
George W. Forney 50, a feed er at the mud screen of the Parish breaker in Plymouth, collapsed and died at work about 10 am. George Metal found him unresponsive. Dr. D F. Smith cited heart disease as the cause. Survived by wife and six children. formerly of Danville.
Special opportunities exist today for furniture and woodworking firms textile mills shoe and leather manufacturers. The Booth along the Southern Railway offers openage for electrical plants wholesalers and other business men. For investments in manufacturing industries coal timber lands farms or homes in healthy climates, investigate the Southern Railway territory spanning 6400 miles from the Potomac to the Mississippi and the Ohio to the southern seaboard. Send for publications and tell what you seek to locate advantageously. M V Richards land and industrial agent Southern Railway Washington DC.
Lane's shop at 320 Spruce Street offers a selection of fine wines and cigars for customers seeking premium leisure goods in a compact neighborhood venue.
The agreement pledges to refund the money on a bottle of Gretne a Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. It also offers a smaller bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded, signed by J. G. Bone and others in Puasore and Donahue in Ranton.
Alderman W. S. Millar chairs the Republican executive committee as it opens headquarters at 1230 Washington Ave. The group pledges a clean, aggressive campaign to elect the city ticket, with John T. Williams as treasurer and Charles Acker and Jacob F. Miller as secretaries. Millar urges full GOP unity and voter turnout for the February 21, 1903 vote.
The Firemen's Relief Association met in the council chambers with Vice-president John W. Moir presiding. A key change levies dues from the general fund to end annual assessments, secretary Emil Honn's salary rises to $100 yearly, and new delegates from each fire company were seated.
Michael Barrett of Cumberland Hose company and Frank T. Moyer of Nay Aug Hose company led a decision to exempt all fire companies from paying the 1809 assessment of $10. The three daye or six term references appear as historical phrasing surrounding the exemption order.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon for Mrs Joseph Green at her residence 742 Madison Avenue by Rev Dr Chapman of the Linden Street Synagogue. He delivered an eloquent eulogy. Interment followed in the Hebrew Cemetery at Dunmore. Pallbearers included George Phillips Roe Simon Ries Mr Moyes L Driesen and Samuel Brown of New York City.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America shows strong growth with $414 million in in force ordinary policies and $80 million in ordinary life in force. For 1888 it wrote $216 million and paid policyholders over $5 million. Assets total about $25.9 million with a surplus near $1.6 million, signaling solid strength for Gibraltar’s insurer. Also noted are unrelated medical ads and local distribution notes.
Unbleached and bleached Lockwood Sheeting items listed by yard and width including 5-4 6-4 9-4 16-4, with notes on muslin and cambric fabrics and assorted table linen dimensions. Prices shown per yard and various descriptions mix fabric types and widths in this fragmented catalog excerpt.
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