22 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1896
Page
1
A local ad extols ladies glove stock. It touts rotateless extent, unsurpassed quality, and correct styles. The copy promises gloves to fit any hand in Scranton, claiming affordability and desirability.
Fragmented notice reports price reductions on stock items with unsure numbers and vague product terms. Readers are left with unclear details on quantities and specific discounts.
Shoppers rush to the sale as 25 dozen h hook racing eh gloves go on special at 59 cents. Fans line up for the discount event led by the store ahead of the promotion.
Brief ad touts a $1.00 value item described as high quality attire with embroidered insignia. The short note emphasizes its superior value within the state and hints at military style styling. It reads like a vintage print promotion for affordable apparel.
Dent London offers Coronet TM kid gloves in mink tan modes or blaze colors with a sale price of 1.19 dollars. The showcased item emphasizes value and available finishes for buyers seeking affordable luxury.
Advertisement notes superb Neptune kid gloves in black or tan now offered in four button length with guaranteed value of 125 dollars, sale price 95 cents.
leather gloves offered at a standard quality sale for 59 cents, reduced from one dollar. item emphasizes embroidered black kid gloves as a bargain.
Bargain alert for a popular $1.00 quality ladies' gloves offered at a sale price of 65 cents. Limited stock by the store with emphasis on value for light wear.
Evening sale note promotes washable chamois leather kid gloves offered at 59 cents. Limited stock indicated and emphasis on quality and value for shoppers.
A notice explains that all sizes are complete but quantities are restricted so sizes folded out will not be duplicated during the special sale quotation event.
Heavy rains hindered the second Brigade camp as inspections began at Camp John Gibbon Lewistown Pa July 21 The Eighteenth regiments drill sparked a near clash with Colonel Hawkins Tenth but halted by Colonel Mito The day featured cavalry performances by Troop F1 and a major medical officers meeting to standardize hospital gear Governors Hastings Snowden and Miles attended the events with the inspection schedule listing regiments and inspection results The drowned man Brennan was found and to be taken to Minersville by his mother
Soldiers at Brown Hoist works fired into the yards of H P Nall works injuring a man who ducked bricks, bayonetted a motorman to halt a car, and arrested two who yelled scab as non union wagons moved past Wilson avenue. Pickets fired from the Cleveland and Pittsburg line amid stone throwing and threats. Brown claims he may grant representation rights to locked out workers if they return as individuals.
New York July 21 President Frederick Tappen of the Cullatin National Bank says gold contributions to the treasury come from New York clearing banks. About 1.8 million to 2 million dollars pledged. trust companies may be asked to contribute. Banks expect to deliver gold to the sub treasury before Planet day. Treasury estimates show about 870,000 in United States notes and 660,000 in Sherman notes ready for exchange.
Senator Quay met with a wide range of state lawmakers and local leaders in Philadelphia on July 21. Contests among anti combine candidates were discussed and some pacts reached, signaling momentum ahead of upcoming elections.
A seven year old boy named F Hovey formerly of Philadelphia died suddenly at the Wyoming Camp Grounds six miles from Wilkes-Barre. He had stayed at the Matthock cottage and the cause of death was cited as erysipelas.
A Tully member says Mr Vinaldebilt has improved throughout the day after a brain clot caused paralysis. The clot is believed absorbed and all danger is deemed past.
Mrs Lucretia Perrin dies at home in Exeterborough aged 1 years. Born in New Haimapeshire she had lived in Lugerne county for seventy five years.
Weather shows showers then fair. Camp Gibbon hosts a lively Simm battle. National Populist media alarms. favorable crop reports. mayoral complaints. Burglars target Pittston. Proposition to abandon rescue work. Scranton defeats Rochester in league play. bicycle news and suburban happenings. Scranton's new high school featured. political notes on Republican standard bearer. Recollections of General Grant and an Irish love story. Derby memories and figures in public life. Whitney budget notes and cryptic items close the page.
Dual meetings in St Louis stage a clash of Populist factions led by Taubeneck and Butler. Delegates debate endorsement of Bryan Sewall and the Chicago silver platform while deterring fusion with major parties amid tense scenes and disrupted sessions.
Kansas members of the association opposed the endorsement of Mr Bryan and walked out after the address. They drafted a resolution asserting support for Bryan and Sewall on a Populist platform to relieve the people from gold-bugism and McKinleyism.
Washington July 21 managers of Bryan fear the electoral vote path through the South. Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana and Alabama will get active education drives while four other states may not need stump tours. Worries focus on Tennessee Louisiana and Kentucky with fear movements by gold faction supporters and signs of trouble in Virginia Maryland and West Virginia.
London July 21. The queen arrived at Buckingham Palace from Windsor to attend tomorrow’s marriage of Prince Charles of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales. En route she visited Marlborough House. A minor fire broke out at Buckingham Palace during dinner but was confined to the originating apartment with slight damage.
A morning cloud burst at 4 o clock on Henson's Creek near Frankfort floods the area. Ten people are dead including James Pradley his wife and five children and Mrs Fryant with two children. More bodies may be recovered as wreckage and property damage are reported along the Louisville and Nashville line.
Arrived: steamers M tani Wa from Morecuiles and Nasles from Glasgow and Meovilhe. Trave for Brenton. Scotte for Manmburg. Arrived out: EtRIo plc from Movil. Sighted: Howel from New York for Brot. Ligard from New York for Rot tercam. Patria from New York for Nanlent. Saree from New York for Hamburg. Phoenicia from New York for Hamburg. Teutonic from New York for Liverpool. Mastnot passage noted.
Washington notes the treasury gold reserve stood at 90,0050 with withdrawals totaling S610 for the day. No publication details on any contemplated action or relief from New York lands were provided.
In Philadelphia on July 2 a group of gold Democrats gathered and adopted a draft message to the state Democratic organization. The address will be published at a further meeting scheduled for Thursday.
Mise Heesle Fogle, age 11, daughter of Mark W. Engle of Philadelphia, drowned at Ocean City while bathing. The body has not been recovered.
A blaze tonight destroyed Taylor's Opera House and three adjoining buildings in Terra Haute Indiana causing an estimated loss of 145 Kh. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.
A major blaze destroyed Joseph Kohn’s clothing store in Harrisboro on July 21. Firefighters battled the flames for hours but the shop suffered extensive damage and losses are being tallied.
New York reports nearly stationary temperatures with rising warmth ahead. Winds will be fresh to light, mostly southwest. Thursday brings fair skies and slightly warmer air with south winds and possible local showers in northern districts at night. Friday turns partly cloudy with cooler temperatures.
An advert touts the Silesky Shirt from a leading American shirtmaker claiming scientific cut by expert workers, seven patented improvements, full length bodies in Uilen Nonpareil linen, hand sewn buttonholes, open back or front styles, and a special loise length option. It promises sale at one dollar and invites inspection.
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