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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1896
Page
2
The establishment promotes a week long sale featuring a large stock from Birkenfeld Strauss & Co with items marked down to Leader's prices. Includes shirt waists, silk garments, umbrellas, percale shirts, muslin gowns, corsets, dimities, zephyr ginghams, wool dress goods, ribbons, and more with heavy reductions across departments.
The Mascotte reports 60 000 bales of tobacco at Havana and 13 000 bales aboard the Algiers will depart Monday. Eight thousand bales left Havana on the Ward line for New York. Reports confirm a battle between Segura and Gomez and insurgents concentrate near Guaranbacoa. Weyler fled Havana on a gun boat and naval damage to Ensenada is minor after it stranded at Cabana. Canovas notes the US has not protested Weyler tobacco export decree but seeks contract clarifications.
A Memorial Day sermon by Rev. S C Shapkins of Peckville Methodist Episcopal Church emphasizes liberty progress and the dangers of luxury and faction. It links patriotism to moral public life and condemns Sabbath desecration liquor interests and civil unrest while recalling Civil War sacrifices.
Miss Leake, who rode a bicycle in bloomers, fled to White Hills for the summer and sparked a scandal after William Wellman was arrested for alienating the affections of Mrs. Walter H. Larkin. Detectives and the injured husband joined a police stakeout and divorce papers were served. Wellman, once active in the Baptist church, helped organize the Church of the Strangers before its collapse.
Hot Springs Arkansas May 24. One of the most sensational killings in the city occurred last night on Whittington Avenue opposite the Catholic church. The principals were W W Watres mayor of Hot Springs and H H Martin drummer employed by doctors. Watres has opposed the disreputable drummer element and has had many drummers arrested and fined by the city court.
Two detectives arrested leaders of the bogus firm of B. Blank at 29 Murray Street for an attempted grand larceny. Henry Soreile, 42, claimed to be a merchant of 207 Lenox Avenue. A third suspect was to be arraigned tomorrow. Investigators recovered 776 letters linking the scheme which took wines, brars, leather, canned goods and groceries from victims nationwide including J. W. Dion Gordonville PA and several Red Lion PA residents.
Maude C Williams of Stonington is located in Montreal after six weeks away from home. Her brother identified her at noon in the Sheltering Home of the Young Women's Christian Association. The missing heiress had fled Providence sanitarium due to fear of being placed in an asylum. She traveled through Ottawa and other places before arriving in Montreal last night.
Early this morning a missing patient named Miss Williams was located after a caretaker alerted the matron. Dunn restrained the girl to prevent her escape as her clothes differed from what she wore when she vanished. She claimed to be an English girl with few contacts. She was taken to Stonington.
Otto Malm, a carpenter, his wife and three children perished as gasoline exploded in their Townsend Street home. Mrs Malm died at the scene while Otto and the three youngsters were trapped on the second floor. the father died before aid arrived and two children survived badly burned with the mother expected to recover.
Pain cured at once on first indication of discomfort with Tadway's Ready Relief. Claims quick action within minutes for headaches toothaches neuralgia rheumatism back pains liver and kidney discomfort and swelling joints, promising temporary relief followed by lasting cure with continued use.
The item touts Radway’s Ready Relief for summer illnesses including dysentery diarrhea cholera morbus and malaria. It claims rapid relief with internal dosing and suggests applying a Mandel saturated with the remedy to the abdomen. Travelers and workers are urged to carry a bottle and use a few drops in water to prevent travel sickness. Price listed as 60 cents per bottle.
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