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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1895
Page
2
Catalog note lists 16 double beaver capes at 3.15 Leader's Price and 20 black beaver jackets at about cost of material with large Mellon sleeves priced 1.49. Also 15 chinchilla jackets with silk velvet collar sizes 4 to 42 priced 3.98.
Bleached damask offered at 22 cents per yard and red damask at 21 cents in Leader's Price promotions. Large bath towels advertised at 2 cents each with low prices noted, reflecting the stark sale style of the period.
Advertisement lists bulk fabric offers including 39 cent pieces of Fancy Silk Velvet and 16 cent yard satin ribbon 4 inches wide. Also notes 20 yards of Fine Silkaline for comforts or curtains and 2 cent per piece buttermilk goaps. Aimed at bulk buyers seeking value.
Local brief items include a Valley road wreck delaying through trains after a westbound freight collision near Falls, Benjamin Place's 81st birthday husking corn, the funeral of Frederick Smith, sheriff sale of Elmer White property, a fatal double train accident near Meshoppen in which a wagon hit by a milk train killed two men, George A. Luce and John B. Gray. Also mentions W M Wood candidate for county superintendent and the Miller Studio on Warren Street nearing completion.
Theore Stipp is building a dwelling on his recently purchased lot from Mrs. Margaret Wardell. Loreland and Lear repair their mill at Cooper and Brown Street aiming to run early winter. Various local projects progress including a new iron bridge abutments and a new road opening to improve Madisonville access.
Old Forge schools shut this week for an institute in Scranton. Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of Wyoming visited friends Thursday. Ladies' Aid Society met Wednesday evening and raised a neat sum. Madame Celeste performed at Bendham school Tuesday evening for a delighted audience. The Lackawanna station burglary occurred Wednesday. Stewart attended Mrs. W. Austin's funeral in Luzerne Friday. Shelly of West Pittston visited here last week. Rev N G Parke preached in Drake's BHA. Read The Tribune early in November.
Kate Field recounts Oliver Wendell Holmes visiting the Senate chamber eight years ago. Evarts guides him inside and the doorkeeper mistakes Holmes for Evarts’ private secretary, allowing the absent member’s entry to hear the debate. The episode ends with light, humorous commentary.
A Chicago hotel poker tale shows Jay Gould as a temporary philanthropist who stops a reckless gambler. Gould raises the pot to twenty thousand dollars after the player wagers seven thousand, then covers the note with four kings and leaves a sobered loser. Gould later visits the man and writes across the note to forgive him, urging home to his wife and child, and to spend money wiser.
Classified notices and employment requests appear, listing wants such as a butcher with experience, agents for lubricating oils, a reliable townwide man for side line sales, a few clerical and legal positions, and a phrenologist clairvoyant. Addresses include Tribune office and Spruce Street locations in Scranton.
Time table for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division shows trains from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and connections to New York Newark and Atlantic City. Listing includes departure times 8.2 to 9.05 a.m. and 1.23 to 7.10 p.m. with Sunday schedules. Returns from New York 9.10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. numbers and destinations scattered in OCR.
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