19 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1896
Page
1
The article argues that national politics disrupts trade as the money question tightens credit and commerce. Hanks deny courtesies to top clients while tilt-edge securities fail to secure loans, causing commercial paper to lose value and forcing manufacturers to liquidate stock for cash to survive the credit squeeze.
We received a last week offer from a large importer and jobber to sell us silk at a substantial cash discount. Knowing the stock was one of the richest in the country, we accepted the deal despite full seasonal stocks.
A sale notice announces the first portion of a purchase going on sale tomorrow Tuesday October 20. It describes Lot I as a pull line of men combinatios effects and full items priced at 42 1 2c, with a sale price noted.
A fragment describes Tekin Brocnite silk entering the latest fashion lines. Designers highlight premium fabrics offered at standard market prices.
An advertisement touts72 pieces of Cheney Brow best prints in warp Talvern silks and striking elegant styles that are new and novel and worth not less than 125.
Fragmentary text describes ten pieces of taffeta silks with splendid color harmonies and superior quality once sold at a Wisconsin store.
Describes Epingle Chameleon silks in rich subdued triple tones with contrasting foliole and figure effects. Notes these are the latest Parisian novelties. Mentions select New York stoves fetch 81.75 for the same goods.
Ten pieces of black gross grain brocade fabrics described as new with standard 100 quality. Includes four 22 inch pieces of black silk rhad times with superb finish. Market value noted as at least 85 cents.
A catalog entry lists Lot VIL four pieces of Black Satin Duchess fabric, 20 inches wide, with stated value for the item.
The notice warns that the listed quantities cannot be increased and once sold out the bargain opportunity vanishes. Sale price is shown as 53 cents.
Delegations from Maryland West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Indiana flood Canton to hear Major McKinley as visitors number in the hundreds. He urges unity warns of the perils to property and labor under federal policy and recalls past elections while addressing traveling salesmen miners and workers.
Major McKinley entertains a party of Union generals, including Sickles and Toward, at Canton. The group toured about 600 miles, attended church, and discussed politics and public sentiment as winter weather and travel conditions influenced plans for the week ahead.
Constantinople reports growing doubt over whether the vessel Bancroft will be allowed to pass the Dardanelles. The Washington government has not applied for permission, as the Ottoman Porte fears a precedent that smaller nations would seek similar access for American ships.
Pittsburg closes the eleventh annual Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention at Carnegie Music Hall with a farewell meeting. The anniversary sermon was delivered at Trinity Church by Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota. A mass meeting on social righteousness drew workers and speakers Dean Hodges, J. H. Canfield, and Rev. C. H. Brent. Delegates will tour local plants before departing.
The New York wheat market rose sharply with a 4 cent one day gain and over 20 cents in three months as traders faced volatility. Reports cite strong export demand, higher futures in Liverpool, and widespread speculation about prices and policy. An interim note discusses a Broadway theater casting change involving Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Urquhart in Daly's production.
Governor Altgeld enjoyed a cordial reception in New York with visits to Democratic headquarters and friends at the Fifth Avenue hotel. He rode to Grand Central, met with Congressman Sulzer and St. John, and praised the audience at a Saturday night address while predicting strong support for his policies in New York and Minnesota.
Amy Price a Philadelphia stenographer formerly of New York shot herself after learning her fiancé died. She had attended his funeral, visited her married sister in Philadelphia, and was found dead in her sister's home with a pistol in her hand. The body to be brought back to New York for burial.
A San Francisco dispatch reports Chinese Highbinders in Chicago and Ort IL plan to strike as police vigilance rises. See Yup society leaders face alleged treachery and embezzlement accusations, while Fung Yung Ha the Chinese consul seeks to curb violence and safeguard leaders amid court injunctions.
Washington dispatch reports revised estimates from Ohio’s Coverall Grosvenor on McKinley's electoral prospects. He lists states with projected votes and notes Florida and Texas tentative, totaling 202 with possible adjustments over three weeks.
London reports talks of boosting naval defense by arming additional merchant vessels as cruisers. Goschen hints at funding increases from 470,000 to 600,000 to fit out more ships with improved crews and equipment. Estimates set the first class cruiser price at 248,000 each, with Armstrong’s submitting the highest bid near 360,000.
Six unknown desperadoes rode into Carney Oklahoma yesterday and held up twelve stores and the post office. Officials report thousands of dollars stolen and a purse of about one hundred dollars seized as the outlaws fled. Details reached Guthrie by telegraph with few particulars available.
Weather today generally fair and cooler with notable mentions of Canton record warmth. Wheat prices rise while markets and stocks report modest gains. Local items include St Peters St Luke’s anniversaries, Florence Mission meeting, sound finance lesson, Greaves two year sentence, highwayman captured, Prytherick named for Blewitt’s Place, and subdivision news.
Thomson Georgia October 18. Thomas E Watson and Populist leaders Reed and Washburn met at Watsons Georgia home amid talk of fusing with Republicans and to check Republican efforts to ally with Populists. Watson may stump in West Virginia next week as conference results determine his stance.
Governor Hastings and Mrs. Hastings arrived in Pittsburgh after stumping for McKinley in the west. Hastings predicted large Republican majorities in Indiana and Minnesota and praised McKinley’s nomination. He plans several speeches including Bridgeport and New York.
The memorial gathering for William Tort drew the empress and many notables to Minden. The town hosted crowds from surrounding regions while Palmer and Buckner chose not to speak at the depot on Sunday, citing the Sabbath.
Edward Poley aged 4 years, former river steamer ticket collector, killed his wife and two children with a razor last night. Police found the family slain amid revealed family troubles and the killer is at large.
The Expert Fitter of Mer Majesty's Corset Company offers a week long engagement from October 19 to October 24. She will explain corset terms, showcase satin models, and promote the long water Her Majesty's corset. Appointments with Mrs Ruth by mail or telegraph are available.
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