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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
6
The Oregon arrives from the Pacific to join the Atlantic squadron and goes through full battle-readiness. Officers and crew drill for action as the ship clears for battle, primes its boilers, hoists flags, and crews every gun with precision for an impending encounter with a rival battleship.
Merchants face delivery delays as manufacturers run to meet a large order rush. A Scranton sale offers over seventy thousand yards of fabrics at deep discounts including Imperial Organdies 12 1 2c yard, American Madras 4 3 4c, Lappet Lawns 12 1 2c, and various Domestics and Madras, with ready stock and extra clerks to assist. The sale starts tomorrow morning with substantial savings noted as unmatched in Scranton.
A large crowd gathered for Quarter Dinners with families attending and praising the cheaper, better variety than at home. Dinners served from eleven until two, with room for newcomers as more patrons arrive.
In Bosnia and Servia gypsies are described as horse dealers and thieves. An engineer recalls a horse fair where a gypsy tricked a farmer by switching a lame horse for a capable one then vanished. He notes lack of police telegraphs and frontier evasion. The cycle ends with color changing horses and disappearing buyers.
Hazleton Letter invites readers to imagine a first mine descent as a perilous picnic through a sunless shaft. It contrasts nervous elevator trips with the grim, crowded galleries, describing miners, lamps, dust, water, and the constant danger of explosions.
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