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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1898
Page
6
This morning at eight the Quo Vadis Bicycles will be thrown from store windows to the pavement and one hundred riders will be served. The bicycle sensation of the year draws crowds with a special price offer. There are 65 men’s and 35 women’s bikes in black olive and maroon.
A Saturday feature lists 294 books by authors such as J. M. Barry Chas Kingsley R L Stevenson Dickens Hardy Hawthorne and Wilkie Collins going on sale at a publisher price of 25 cents. The items are promoted as lively reading for the morning.
The piece blends talk of political heatedness and war with a Montrose sighting of a bright star. A prank by Teddy Lyon and others lights a pole to mimic a star, sparking speculation of portentous events and Cuba’s fate, before shifting to a view on motherhood and skipping pessimists.
Creston Clarke stars as Lorie Cardel in a romantic drama about a prince learning his heir lives and a serf’s rise to claim estates. Strong ensemble including Mira Adelaide Prince and P. J. Barrett contributes solid support in a tale of love, class, and truth with a dramatic duel and concluding happy ending.
Kathleen Maveurneon will perform at Linder with jicknet production this evening. Alice Kemp embodies Kathleen while Thadeus Gray as Bernard Cavanaugh wins praise for his meting. The bicycle contest attracts strong interest though still in infancy. The matinee today features the best harlesque show. The King Pramatic company at the Academy of Music next week presents The Stowaway with spectacular scenery. Chitineey Olcott debuts at Lyceum in Sweet Jonleearra. Sweet Lunessearra repeats Thursday night.
A playful exchange unfolds with jokes about forms and a drevamaker’s dummy. Miss Kerflapple is teased, and the idea of a chicken dressed to kill appears as a cheeky line. The dialogue centers on repetition and wordplay rather than events.
Two brokers at a fashionable restaurant wagered on the first Spanish warship shell striking within the city limits. The tale echoes a Mohawk Valley joke about a church spire bet and a landlord who collected the debt after the storm wrecked the town. The lender vows to stay put, hoping to toast the first shell landing.
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