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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1897
Page
2
The item touts a special line of work with a claim of high quality and low cost. It promises new and desirable coverings and states they perform the work efficiently at minimal expense. The text emphasizes value and capability in a sales-like pitch.
A Tribune reporter recalls theater seating debates as patrons argue for aisle and fourth row seats. A man insists on fourth row orchestra seats, finally settling for back row seats while others swap tickets. The tale ends with the line that the most disappointed buyer is the one who gets exactly what he asks for.
The tale recalls Abraham Sprawls a Georgia veteran with a wooden leg who is struck by a car near a mall. His son shouts of damages but jokes about the missing limb, and the old man laments his bad luck as he returns home.
Hubert P Porter notes in a New York letter that James T Dubois of Susquehanna County is a capable Pennsylvanian chosen as consul general to St Paul Switzerland. Dubois, praised for languages and public duties, sails with his wife and two sons aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Paris then Switzerland.
A humorous dialogue recounts an athletic youth and his friend Willie Washington discussing air, mood, and happiness. The exchange touches on inflated expressions and a jab about contrasting sentiment with a real life annoyance from a theater incident involving birds and a waiter.
The Chicago Combination Clothing Co at 211 Washington Avenue opposite the Court House Scranton Pa advertises a sheriff sale with high grade men’s and boys clothing at ruinously low prices. Buyers obtain stock from bankruptcies and sheriff sales at 25 to 50 percent of value and resell quickly with small profits. The sale is in progress and attracting town discussion.
A narrative warns heart trouble is rising among Americans, often tied to digestion and nerves rather than organic disease. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for stomach problems, claims perfect safety, and cites census church seating data to argue potential seating for worshippers.
The Scranton Board of Trade reports mixed quotations across stocks and bonds. Listings include National Boring and Drilling, First National Bank, Scranton Savings Bank, Scranton Packing, Third National Bank, Scranton Traction, and others with bond notes for Scranton Pass Railway and People’s Street Railway. Market receipts note steady to firm tones with limited activity and several items showing declines in price or volume.
From the Honlelfe Review in Rome a notice states that every person of attable age should attend public worship, urging compliance with communal religious duties and reflecting the era’s civic piety and social expectation.
Omaha firm markets a magical home treatment for weakness in men claiming cure of nervous and sexual weakness. It offers free literature, travel reimbursements, and a $50,000 guarantee to cure or refund, with no free prescriptions or samples.
A humorous excerpt discusses why high speed passenger trains seem dangerous. Engineers insist rapid travel is safe due to larger, better equipped engines and careful operations while others note drivers’ vigilance and track clearance for expresses. The piece ends with a quirky Nevada Justice aside.
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