Seasonal Stock Clearning Sale Of Intent Goods
Local merchants announce a cleaning up of seasonal stock with summer quarters in view. Notices promise savings and price guarantees on a range of goods to boost turnover and maintain steady inventory.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1896
Page
1
Local merchants announce a cleaning up of seasonal stock with summer quarters in view. Notices promise savings and price guarantees on a range of goods to boost turnover and maintain steady inventory.
Curtain sale offers four pairs of Tamboured Swiss white curtains in spring styles. Quality and length details suggest yardage and pit width. prices shown include 4 pair at 4.25 and other at 5.50 each. Ends with sales figures and unclear final numbers.
Advertises new Brussels lace curtains in white, 30 yards long for full width drapery. Offers 8 pairs at 5.50, reduced to 3.95. 6.50 quality reduced to 4.75. 8 pairs at 7.60 reduced prices. Sewew enn God.
An advertisement offers Irish Point socks in multiple quantities with marked price reductions. Deals include 6 pairs at 3.60, 8 pairs at 4.25, 7 pares at 6.09, and further bundles priced to move, highlighting aggressive discounting on quality hosiery.
Nottingham lace curtains in Bern or white 34 percent yards long with extra wide width for this season. Advertisement lists multiple quantity bundles with original and sale prices per pair and total amounts, showing discounts from 65e to 83.45 across 6 to 16 pair lots.
At the Moscow coronation fete crowds surged forward as barriers failed injuring and killing hundreds. Authorities and Red Cross aided the wounded while the czar ordered 1000 rubles to each bereaved family. Official tally places victims at 1138, mostly Moujiks from the provinces with some Moscow residents among the dead.
May 21 reports from Saint Louis describe extensive search and relief after the Bellefontaine and Calvary devastations. hundreds of workers search ruins at city hospital Vandalia depot and western Eads bridge approaches while railroads issue tornado rate tickets. Health officials estimate many bodies remain buried and funds to aid applicants reach over ninety one thousand dollars as volunteers coordinate recovery.
Representative Bailey of Texas predicts a clear Democratic shift toward free coinage at Chicago. He says old Democratic strongholds are in line and western support is solid, with audiences showing strong interest. He urges a party platform and candidates unified to free silver and rejects further compromise.
Father Thomas Major of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Frankfort Kentucky stirs talk during a sermon by reading a bishop's letter directing the Young Men's Institute to mail letters to Governor McKinley Senator Allison and other presidential contenders asking for their views on the American Protective Association He expects few will answer but says Catholics should ally only with those who openly oppose the order.
The United States Brewers Association holds its thirty sixth annual convention in Philadelphia starting June 2. About 700 brewers from across the nation will attend, with a lavish banquet for over 700 guests at the Hotel Walton as part of the hospitality planned for the largest trade gathering in the city.
A South Side trolley on the Second Avenue Traction line overturned at Six Mile Ferry in the afternoon. The car fell fifteen feet into an embankment and twenty seven passengers were thrown into a mass at the top of the car. Ralph Clark of Mount Olives sustained a broken arm. C Bierman of Thirteenth Street suffered a severe facial injury.
The circular appeals to Friends of Silver to unite and push rapid organization, arguing unity breaks party splits and advances free silver. J. J. Mott, chairman, urges immediate action before old-party lines hinder monetary reform and names the July St Louis convention as pivotal.
Senator Morgan, chair of the foreign relations committee, warned action on his Cuba war resolution may fail before adjournment if Mr Hyde's identical measure stalls in committee. He urged caution over presidential power to declare war or a state of war without Congress, linking it to constitutional balance and the upcoming presidential campaign.
In Defiance yesterday the county Democratic convention chose a solid silver delegation to the state convention and instructed it to support the candidate for delegate at large who will not pledge to vote and work for free silver at the Chicago convention.
The report lists vessels sailing toward New York with origins including Queenstown Sawa from Southampton and La Nor mane from New York heading to Havre. It notes firemen from New York and other ships passing the Lizard and Taio of Wlhirht.
A notice from Hasleton Pennsylvania reports the resignation of a local supervisor or superintendent amid unspecified personal reasons. The item notes the change in leadership at a mining or inspection office with names obscured in the text.
Weather today fair with northwesterly winds. Reports from Czar’s Lie Movement inquiry and telegraph notes on religious assembly disruptions. Bodies searched in St Louis incident. Prohibition topics amid political notes. Decoration Day observance covered with editorials. Local mining, political chatter, Scranton events, and amateur ball updates.
Philadelphia dispatch recounts the filibuster Bermuda’s voyage from Jacksonville to Honduras aboard 96 men under General Vidal. The cargo included 8400 banana bunches and 000 silver dollars, with arms and munitions. A failed landing near Cardenas led to a chase, casualties, and many missing aboard or ashore. The expedition’s fate and potential Spanish knowledge of the landing site are noted.
Reports from Havana say three Spanish columns joined to attack rebels at Manicaragua in the Medios district. After a sharp fight the insurgents were driven from strong positions, leaving fifty dead and forty wounded. Leaders Toto and Monecca were killed. General Ochoa reports that his forces defeated rebels near Jaruco, with fourteen insurgent deaths and three wounds among Spanish troops.
New York May 21 Engineer Frank Mellaugh was arraigned in Harlem police court and held in default of 5 000 bail on criminal negligence after the collision of the steam launch Ben Franklin and transfer boat No 5. Lizzie Mec Keon died at Harlem hospital and Kate Murray drowned with bodies recovered near the sinking site while Mabel Wolfer remains missing.
The Middle states today show fair to partly cloudy skies with variable winds mainly southeasterly and a chance of local rain in western districts and along the seaboard. Tuesday brings partly cloudy to clear weather with southeasterly and southerly winds followed by local thunder showers.
Twenty thousand Cretans are armed to defend Crete against Turkey as Greece eyes union with the island. Berlin fears European tension while Greek volunteers bolster Cretan forces amid Turkish reinforcements. The Louis Stern case and press debates also illuminate German-US diplomacy. The Turkish legation reports a minor incident near the Russian consul, with casualties but calm restored.
The Saratoga assembly closes after nine days with five sessions and a heavy downpour. Commissioners filled Puritan seats while Rev. D Breed of Pittsburg led the opening sermon. The period saw decisive action on seminary control, disapproved institutions, and judiciary matters with ongoing debates on youth societies and constitutional issues for candidates.
Notices warn that smallpox is active in Havana and nearby areas including Castle and Key West as health authorities advise vigilance and preventive measures. The advisory urges residents to seek vaccination and monitor for symptoms.
Weichel the Jeweler promotes a line of Bicycle Belts for cyclists with new styles and novel ties. Call to inspect the latest offerings and enjoy a practical accessory for riders.
Advertising copy lists Atlantic Lead French Zinc enamel paints carriage paints Reynolds Pure Colors Reynolds Wood Finish CrockettPreservative Ready Mixed Tinted Glass Paints Strictly Pure Linseed Oil Guaranteed as available items.
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