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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1896
Page
1
Stock taking time nears as staff rally to clean stocks and organize for the semi annual inventory. The store implements a Bargain Giving System across departments to clear items and refresh inventory posture.
A fragmented catalog notice promotes a Black Dress in a five piece set with striped taffeta silk. It highlights sale pricing with trims and colors and mentions reduced prices around 50c to 79c.
Market notes show silk remnants in printed china tones with devalued pricing. Lengths vary from 1 to 6 yards and prices adjusted from 6c to 21.00 per yard with most styles in dark hues. Cleaning up price listed at 26c per yard.
A local retailer offers ten inch all wool Henrietta dresses in blue and black with a special price of 35 cents and cleaning up. The ad highlights quality and popular Sic branding.
Ad offers inch all wool Henriettas in blue or jet black. Guaranteed value 4be. Cleaning up price 31 cents.
Sensation as Maryland delegates arrive and back Reed the Maine man. Quay and Hanna maneuver for vice presidency roles while Hastings may be considered. Lackawanna and Luzerne contingents travel in a special car as convention prep continues. Convict labor resolution proposed by Francis Torrance signals labor policy debate ahead.
The St Louis Republican gathering opens with McKinley Reed Morton and Allison establishing headquarters at the Southern hotel and Planters hotel. Reed and Quay campaigns feature electric signs and portraits, while Platt Morton factions shift delegates and a large committee works through New York and Mississippi cases to shape the race.
Platt supporters express displeasure at Governor Morton for not naming Chauncey Depew as the medium to announce his VP stance. They doubt General Tracy’s suitability, while Ex Judge Fort endorses Hobart for New Jersey. Evans supporters push for a southern representative to win Tennessee and Alabama votes. Depew notes imply McAlpin could hurt Morton.
The piece reports on Republican strategy with references to district representation plans for future conventions, tariff revision demands by George P. Engelhard, and a push for sound currency including silver and gold standards. Connecticut backs Bulkeley for second on the ticket as McKinley supporters.
The national Democratic sub committee in charge of convention arrangements met at the Palmer House and reviewed seating, aisles, and interior plans with architects. Col. Martin announced two hundred ice water coolers and sixty door keepers, with equal authority for all sergeants at arms, as preparations continue through June.
Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, a leader of the silver forces, stays at a friend’s suburb residence and will not speak publicly until his delegation arrives. He declines details about potential convention outcomes and criticizes any platform omitting the word gold from the standard.
Charles Warren Lippitt, governor of Rhode Island, visited Canton yesterday for talks and dinner with Major McKinley. He returned to Cleveland in the evening and announced that “Little Rhody” wants the vice presidency.
John Roemley a German carpenter aged about 40 residing at Paul and Brunswick avenues in Trenton New Jersey died last night at 10 o clock by shooting himself with a rifle placed between his legs and the barrel in his mouth. He was described as well to do but dissipated and had been drinking recently. He leaves a wife and three children.
Havana June 14 Thomas Dawley Harper s Weekly correspondent freed after confinement at Morro castle since arrest on charges of rebel contact. Officials report an important Najasa battle where Gomez led about five thousand rebels against Spanish forces. reports vary on outcome and casualty. Dynamite damaged two bridges near Cerro and Jesus Delmonte causing panic but limited damage.
In Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania on June 14 John Formholtz and John Lemon quarrel over a girl both had pursued. Formholtz stabbed Lemon twice in the side. Lemon may die from internal hemorrhages and Formholtz fled. Separate section notes steamship arrivals and movements around New York and European ports.
In New York on June 16 a warmer spell with variable winds followed by coastal rains. Across the middle Atlantic states today showers and rising temperatures. Tuesday brings fall like warmth with southerly winds and rain aimed at northern districts.
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