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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
5
The Leader's announces a major sale running Saturday through the week with large lots from manufacturers. Descriptions include all wool crepe dresses silks brillianteen skirts and ladies waists at drastically reduced prices. Stock highlights feature trimmed millinery and various ready-to-wear items at about half to a fraction of former values.
L A Bingham of Binghamton was in town Thursday. Mrs B L Walker suffers a paralytic stroke. Sunday evening Children’s Day observed in the Universalist church. On June 17 at the bride’s parents home Mary L Quick wed Dyer Williams of Lathrop with Rev Grant E Van Wort officiating. Epworth league lawn social at Horace Mack’s was a success. Universalist Aid Society met at Mrs L Bacon’s home with good attendance and time socially. Tritons of Tunkhannock to play our team next Monday afternoon. anticipated a strong contest.
Old Forge hosts a June 21 game between the Dodgers and the Browns of West Side at 3 o clock. On June 28 the Dodgers challenge the Mayflowerers of Minooka at Old Forge grounds, manager Hugh McPeak. Mrs E Davis is ill. Lawrenceville Congregational church ladies plan an ice cream and strawberry social on Monday evening June 22.
The senate bond investigation in New York resumes with J Pierpont Morgan testifying that no private bargains involved government bond sales and that he aimed to aid the government and avert a panic. He said if market prices fell his associates would cover their shares and the government could be kept whole.
An old advertisement extols Swayne's Ointment as a cure for totter eczema itch and facial eruptions. It claims the ointment cleanses the skin making it white and healthy and positions it as a merchant’s superior remedy.
A secret conference of bolting silver delegates signs an address urging the nomination of Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado on a free and unlimited coinage of silver platform. The document, signed by delegates from Idaho South Dakota Utah Montana Colorado and Nevada, declares the need to revive direct naming of national leaders beyond party name.
The document records calls for monetary reform and withdrawal from the Republican convention over the gold standard. It cites bimetallism as key to stopping falling prices and stabilizing debt relations, listing signatories including Fred T. Dubois and James M. Downing, and notes Senator Lee Mantle's refusal to participate after the gold standard adoption. The page is dated St. Louis, June 19, 1906.
An excerpt from the Chicago Inter-Ocean recounts Bismarck using a staged Napoleon behind a door and a calm cigar debate with Jules Favre to pressure terms after Paris fell. It highlights his tactic of calm smoking guidance to defuse heated discussion during the surrender talks and indemnity demand.
The passage notes that mental condition does not strip intellect but induces gentle repose. Elgar becomes a diversion and blue smoke’s curves captivate the eye, pleasing and relaxing. The observer’s senses engage, leading to happiness and a tendency to concede, a behavior diplomats repeat in negotiations.
R G Dun reports weekly failures 276 in the United States and 25 in Canada, with signs of recovery in business. Stocks rise post agricultural break, wheat and cotton demand improves, and confidence returns in monetary circles though crops and Democratic convention outlook remain uncertain.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a ticketing note mentioning connections to various points. The readable names include H Baldwin and Olhausen, with a general supervisor designation. Additional context is unreadable, preventing a fuller report.
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