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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1896
Page
1
Store officials announce a semi annual lace curtain clearance as the stock tightens for season end. Patrons are told the sale aims to reveal only the latest goods and sacrifices are offered to clean up remaining inventory.
Cottagers planning summer quarters are advised to review listed bargain lots with guaranteed savings in price. The notice promotes choosing from a selection of reduced-price properties to finance seasonal residence plans.
Curtain sale notes describe tamboured Swiss curtains with spring styles. Quantity details show different quality levels and pricing for multiple pairs, with mentions of white color and full width fabric.
Exquisite lace curtains in white feature full width and new yards long styles. Pairs priced at 5.50 quality now 4.95 or 6.50 quality now 5.95. Limited stock advertised with emphasis on premium craftsmanship and modern home decor.
Classified line advertises reduced prices on Irish Point items. It lists multiple quantities with the phrase quality, now followed by new prices such as 5 pairs at 20 dollars and 3 pairs at 4.26 dollars, plus other bundle offers and a final line noting 0.95.
Nottingham lace curtains offered in ecru or white with wide options and season pricing. Numerous bundles list various quantities and sale prices, detailing quality marks and discounted figures for buyers.
William McKinley visits Cleveland for a few hours to confer with M A Hanna on questions about the Quay meeting and money. Hanna plans to move to St Louis within ten days to prepare for the convention. Talk centers on Speaker Reed as McKinley’s running mate and a ticket aiming at victory.
A seven year old child was found dismembered near Colebrook on the Lancaster Lebanon line. The body showed arms and legs cut away and was wrapped in packing material. Authorities suspect a murder two months old and pursue possible relatives as no clues have emerged.
In Lebanon Indiana at 9 this morning Thomas Allen and Wallace Riley dueled in front of the post office. Riley was killed and Allen's son injured as a carriage passenger. The fight followed news of a secret marriage between Allen Jr aged 17 and Riley’s daughter aged 14 aided by a friend who claimed the boy was 21. Allen claims self defense and is jailed as the community reels from the incident.
Australian fighter Griffo defeats Sam Tonkins of Astoria in a ten round match at the South Brooklyn Athletic Club. Fisher of Brooklyn and Read of Ireland draw in ten rounds. Smith and Lyons also compete with a disputed decision.
George Mack killed his wife Marysville Kansas in a field dispute and fled. He cut his throat and jumped into the river as a pursuing crowd closed in. His body was recovered.
Laporte Indiana June 1 Mia Henry Ingram of Calhoun County Michigan today began the 100th day of her record breaking fast. During this period she has not eaten a morsel of food or drank liquids and remains in a fragile condition with doctors watching closely.
George Ingram of Lyons recalls and reunites with his long-lost brother Henry Ingram of Detroit at his bedside. Both brothers had mourned the other's death, and the reunion occurred today as they were brought together.
Chicago reporters note that on June 1 Chicagoans will redeem their pledge to the Democratic committee. Mr Harrity and colleagues meet with the local committee to settle arrangements for the convention hall and the remaining 11000 of the 40000 pledged will be handed to Harrity. Final Coliseum inspection and press privileges distribution are scheduled as part of preparations.
St Louis reports 196 known dead and 118 missing with 490 total fatalities across Missouri and Illinois. Bridges reopen for wagons, trains run every twenty minutes, and relief funds exceed 100000 dollars. Damaged lines and ongoing searches accompany continuing rain and cold.
Cairo reports serious disturbances at the Afoslem University Mosque as sanitary officers attempted to visit a cholera case. Students resisted entry, police opened fire, two hundred arrests were made, and the governor was wounded while one rioter was killed and three others fatally wounded.
An alarm sounded at 2.46 am for a fire in a house at Adams avenue and Larch street Greenlces. The residence occupied by baker Branberg was extinguished before much damage occurred.
In Wilkes-Barre on January 1 James Britt, a well known miner, collapsed while returning home from work at noon. He suffered a violent stomach issue and was found dead by his brother William about a half hour later on the grass near his residence.
June report from Havana describes insurgents under Alberto Rodriguez entering Puerto de la Guirre near Gulirre, burning forty houses and sixty huts, with Cayajabo ordered rebuilt after fire. Zayas forces demoralized after Molina defeat. 84 lost. Insurgents destroy cane at San Jose plantation. Feliciano Hernandez killed by a shot during escape. Army trains derailed by dynamite. Bolondron culvert destroyed. Sancti Spiritus reports 15 locals join insurgents. Cardenas guerrillas suffer five killed. Castillo wounded, possibly dying. Alberto assumes supreme command after Cristo surrenders to Spanish authority. General Johnson visits Weyler seeking access to Antonio Maceo.
McKinley replies to questions. Haurrits stands on silver plank. year old child murdered. lynching and dynamite incidents reported. Congressional actions and business briefs mix with local court news, missing person, and alien investigations.
Chambersburg June 1 The annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment of Pennsylvania is ready to open on Wednesday with flags, veterans, and cannons filling the town. Regimental reunions and a grand parade are planned as state officers arrive to headquarters amid a heated race for commander between Carte and Denworth likely to draw record attendance.
G N Nolan an employee of the California Wire company reports he met Rev Francis Hermanns in recent gravels and rode a train with him. Nolan and two officers departed Salt Lake to pursue the suspected location believed to lie in Idaho about seventy miles from any railroad or telegraph line.
A dispatch from Athens reports Christian insurgents in Vamos have retreated to the mountains. They joined other insurgent bands and proclaimed the union of Crete and Greece.
The Madison county Democratic convention in Alton Illinois named delegates to the state convention. Delegates were instructed to back Altgeld for governor and Morrison delegates to the national convention. The resolutions advocate for silver.
Steamship arrivals at New York include the Obdam from Rotterdam and the Massachusetts from Bremen. Vessels sailing for New York departed on May 20, with ships Virguser and Tess listed in the voyage notes. The foggy OCR shows incomplete spellings but preserves the key arrivals and departures of ships.
Moscow reports describe a massive disaster near Hodynsky Plain with many dead and injured. Crowds attend coronation events as bodies are recovered, with authorities noting identification progress and mass burials while London cites higher death estimates and reports violence between Cossacks, gendarmes, and peasants.
George A. Fulton, about 40, gouged his eyes and tore his ears with an oil can in a deranged bid at death. Detected by a servant before brain injury, he is hospitalized in Maryland. His sight is destroyed but doctors expect to save his life as he refuses to explain his motive.
In Kokomo Indiana on June 1 a woman who had divorced Fred Nichols of Greentown remarries him after he completes a year long Oklahoma horse stealing sentence. Nichols, freed, sought to resume the marriage and the ceremony was reenacted promptly at the wife’s insistence and with her father Rev. James Stone listed among observers.
Newport Kentucky June 1 Judge Helm after a personal jail inspection ruled Newport jail unsafe for murderer Scott Jackson and ordered transfer to Covington jail noted as strong and secure. The case cannot reach the court of appeals before September term so the sixty days stay must be extended. If the lower court is sustained the governor will set the date of execution.
Newport June 1 Policeman William Henry Dewick was struck in the forehead by a bolt of lightning as he stood in his bedroom at 6 PM while playing with his child. He died instantly the bolt left no mark on the house beyond a small bullet-like mark. The child escaped unharmed.
Krienhola village in the Bernese Oberland is partially destroyed by landslides caused by water springs. Residents have deserted the area and railways and adjacent farms suffer extensive damage.
E F Bogart formally took charge as head of the Wilkes-Barre policy office on June 1. No changes will be made in the working force according to the appointment notice.
Chicago June 1 subcommittee members discuss Coliseum decoration music and assistant sergeant at arms. They anticipate funding from Donnersberger and await further decisions on convention band decor and a possible silver plank affecting state support amid Kentucky’s influence.
A mob in Columbus Georgia hanged two Black men on Broad Street at 10 am. Jesse Slayton attacked a white woman and was taken from the courthouse after being indicted. Will Miles, jailed after a prior alleged crime, was surrendered by the jailer to the mob. Both bodies were riddled with bullets and left hanging.
William Scarier a coachman was removed to Hellevoe hospital for insanity after a midnight thunderstorm frightening him since childhood. A thunderclap lightning flash startled him from bed he grew demented dashed about and threatened to cut the electricity from his body with a knife seven policemen wrestled him into a patrol wagon.
Fire of unknown origin swept the D Lutz & Son brewery in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, causing an estimated 945000 in damages. The blaze, reported today, was fully insured and no injuries were reported.
The convention auditorium in St Louis was repaired and handed over to the Business Men's League today, with the facility ready for their events and activities.
Herald reports fair and warmer weather in New York with bright skies and northwesterly to northeasterly winds, followed by cloudiness in the south. Wednesday brings fair to partly cloudy skies, warmer temperatures, variable winds, with a likely rain on the middle coast.
Weichel the Jeweler promotes Bicycle Belts as part of a new line for cyclists. The ad touts fashionable belts and novel ties for riders.
A listing of paint and finish products including Atlantic Lead French Zinc enamel paints carriage paints Reynolds Pure Colors Reynolds Wood Finish Crockett Preservative Ready Mixed Tinted Glass Paints Strictly Pure Linseed Oil Guaranteed categorized as a period trade inventory.
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