A Bargain Counter Novelty Dress Goods Sale
We have marked down the entire imported dress goods stock. No last year goods remain and every item is a new novelty with the finest styles offered. Temptation to buy should prove irresistible.
30 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1896
Page
1
We have marked down the entire imported dress goods stock. No last year goods remain and every item is a new novelty with the finest styles offered. Temptation to buy should prove irresistible.
The release asserts that the figures cited are guaranteed accurate in every instance and will be upheld without variance. It emphasizes reliability and commitment to truth across all presented numbers and data.
A vendor markets 38 inch fancy Tweed Saltings with Winter weight and a splendid assortment of neat effects in favorite color combinations. Present season price is listed.
Describes 41 inch wool Persian novelties with refined color harmonies echoing Paris and London trends. Notes season's price is steep but current.
Scotia lists 45 inch Scotch Cheviot Saltings in soft color mixes for winterweight. Present season price is 75 cents.
A dressy 40 inch all wool fabric proves a leading favorite with seasonal price presented, highlighting its trio color options and quality for stylish garments.
Subdued colorways offer a refined look for quiet dressers. New Silk and Wool Pin Stripes priced at 7 cents per yard with sale price listed as 62 1 2 cents. Manufacturer or store names not provided in the readable text.
A brief notice describes 42 inch Brocade novelties offered in superb two tone combinations. The item is presented as a present season's price offering.
Silk and wool granite cloth offered with mixed effects and a highly finished face. Present season price one dollar per yard. Sale price is seventy five cents per yard.
A fiber listing presents 45 inch boucle novelties in Black effects over Green Plum Garnet and Brown grounds. Present season price is one dollar.
Silk and wool 40 inch fabrics feature in the latest season sale with a notable price of 85 cents. The listing highlights present prices and emphasizes available sale offerings for buyers seeking durable textiles.
Exclusive silk and wool novelty styles offered at a sale price of one dollar, reduced from the usual price of $1.95. Limited season selection sold quickly to shoppers seeking refined fabrics and affordable luxury.
Colonel Henry Watterson returns from Europe to warn readers that the East’s wealth concentration and agrarian agitation threaten the republic. He forecasts tariff reform debates, predicts McKinley’s presidency will endure, and urges wealth and political leaders to unite against dangerous radical movements.
A well dressed man about 30 registered as E. L. Bryan at the Kimball hotel Chicago and died by laudanum after destroying identifying marks. He left letters to the proprietor and press, wrote a clarifying note on the drug’s effects, and carried Rochester mirror and McGloy trade memorandum.
The Times will run a leader on Cuba saying Spain lacks capable generals and funds to win the island. It warns intervention by the United States cannot be excluded. Also report: Beauregard Bons, 66, professor at the College of Charleston, died after a short illness. born in Virginia and a Virginia graduate.
Superintendent A Lt Richardson of the State Asylum for the Insane received a dispatch from Marion stating that Henry Powers, a patient who had been allowed a trial home visit October 15, returned to the asylum and killed his wife before taking his own life.
A group of Pittsburg glass manufacturers left for Indianapolis to attend an eastern and western glass manufacturers meeting. The eastern firms have reportedly not been working in harmony.
Washington November 2 report of new fourth class postmasters named in Pennsylvania detailing appointees including J C Adams Carn Cumberland Worden Knuckle Perego Laketon Lu erne Lyons Ovid Erle Haw Becker Williamson and Franklin with several small towns listed in the Cumberland and Franklin counties.
Sadie McDonald an actress died here today at age 27 after leaving San Francisco in May for an Australia tour. She performed in A Trip to Chinatown and A sk White Flag. Her parents reside in Brooklyn.
A fire at 4 a.m. destroyed the Queen street shops of the Martin Carriage works in York Pennsylvania causing about 50008 dollars in damage. Insurance covers roughly half the loss.
The French government published five articles detailing wartime port rules for vessels in French waters. Rules require ships to stay three miles offshore during the day, display national colors, seek permission to enter restricted zones, and obey semaphore signals or naval orders. Violations risk destruction. measures may be mobilized during war or mobilization periods.
Andrew D. White of New York remains a figure in the talks about the same post. A New York Republican here today says Thomas C. Platt plans to go to Canton in a few weeks to meet Major McKinley and protest the recognition of men in his arc whom he views as unfriendly.
A Seneca Alabama report confirms Jackson Young was hanged at the county jail in Columbus Georgia after being found guilty of murdering his sixteen year old sister. He died without confessing, claiming readiness to die as authorities prepared the trap. The crime involved a brutal axe assault and severe mutilation of the victim.
St Paul Nov 29 reports severe cold sweeping the northwest with many deaths expected. Frail stockmen face heavy losses as cattle and sheep perish in drifting snows from Minnesota to North Dakota. Temperatures range from six to twenty below zero, with railways nearly on time again.
Chicago reports that Samuel W Allerton is expected to be the next secretary of agriculture. Prominent stock exchange figures traveled from Canton to return with praise and support for his appointment. They cited his financial acumen and business experience as qualifications for the cabinet post.
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports October and ten month 1896 comparisons showing declines in gross earnings expenses and net earnings across lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie west of Pittsburgh and Erie and the lines directly operated. Net earnings fall by hundreds of thousands to over a million across regions.
An expedition of over 200 Texas cowboys is preparing to depart from Point Isabel near the Mexican border to Cuba. Organized by a Cuban insurgent agent, the party will carry a large quantity of arms and ammunition for the cause.
H. L. Humphrey, superintendent of the Builders and Traders Exchange on Clinton street, is accused of embezzling funds. Shortage reported at 21.00. books under examination while Humphrey remains ill and under surveillance at home.
Steamship arrivals and departures in New York on November 2 include the Massachusetts sailing for London and the Umbria sailing for New York from Queenstown. La Touraine, en route from New York to Havre, passed the Lizard.
Canton Ohio November 29 Major McKinley shows a quiet day with church and dinner with his mother Ex representative John S Thomas of Illinois was a notable caller Mrs Estly and daughter walking from Spokane to New York met McKinley Cabinet gossip grows livelier with renewed talk of General R A Alger for secretary of war and Senator Allison as a possible secretary of state over the next ten days.
The report notes much colder weather in the middle states with snow possible along coasts. Interior areas remain cloudy and cold as a disturbance south of Hatteras shifts northward, threatening dangerous winds and a 20 degree fall in the Hudson River valley tonight. Tuesday brings further cold.
Rain or snow and freezing temperatures forewarned as local notices cover naval orders, a large union railroad men meeting in Carbondale, a Rev sermon on Jermyn survival, and local market mentions. Also a verdict for the traction company, senatorial candidacy of ex lieutenant governor Watres, and a feature on “Vernor the Traitor” with suburban happenings across the valley.
A thousand railroad workers from engineers to trainmen gathered in Carbondale for a Brotherhood of Engineers Conductors Firemen and Trainmen meeting. Grand officers attended though engineers were absent. secret sessions opened at Coe locks with routine business and talks on the order.
This week features 16 pieces 40 inch all wool tweeds in greys and browns, 6 25c goods, 10 pieces 48 inch silk and wool mix at 19c, 16 pieces changeable glace saltings 4 inches wide netting 25c, 12 pieces all wool saltings mixed jacquard effects 40 inch 35c wide, regular value silk and wool plaids 35c. Limited lots. early buyers gain benefit. Special low prices on all fine and medium dress patterns this week.
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