The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
TWO LARGE CLOTHING FIRMS FAIL.

The Monitor, Formerly the Newell
Clothing co., of Wilkes Barre, Pa,
Went Into the Hands of Receiver.
The Chicago Combination Clothing
Co., of oil Washington Avenue,
Scranton, Pa, Have Secured the
Bulk of This Stock and viii Inau-
guratc n Great Sale Commencing
Tuesday, Nov. 9--This Stock Must
BE Sold in Order to Make a Final
Settlement at Once,
The Monitor Clothing company, for
merly the Newell Clothing company,
of Wilkes Barre, Pa, has gone in the
hands of the receiver This clothing
company is known by the retail cloth
ing dealers of Northeastern Pennsyl-
Vania as manufacturers of the best
and highest grade clothing. In fact,
| their inability to sell these we'll made
and Eigh-grade goods in this section
of the country; to this fact they at
tribute their failure. This concern
were not retailers: they We're manu-
facturers, and the Chicago COmbina-
tion Clothing company, of 211 Wash
ington avenue, Scranton, Pa, having
secured this stock and also the stock
Of bankrupt firm Of New York CITY,
Will place the same on sale beginning
Tuesday, Nov. O. at a. m., and will
continue the sale until the entire stock
is disposed of in order to make a final
settlement. This is the first time a sale
of such extraordinary magnitude has
taken place in Scranton, and it may
| never occur again.
Below we quote a few prices in order
60 show what tremendous sacrifices
will be made and bear in mind that
goods priced below can be returned at
any time during this sale if not con-
sidered worth the money. No matter
what the cause may be and are not
soiled.
Mems fine WOrsted overcoats at $34S.
This coat is really worth SIS. We all
'ow you to keep it home four days.
end If not soiled you may return the
same and we hereby agree to return
| the $3,4S. Mems fine spring and fall
| overcoats, in silk and satin lining, Sc. 90
| This is really worth $50 Mems extra
| fine satin lined spring and fall over
! coats $7S5, positively worth $26. A
| splendid suit of mems clothing at $3.4S.
| This suit is positively worth SIS. Keep
it home four days and if not soiled re-
| turn the same and we hereby agree
| to refund the $3.4S. Mems fine Sum-
mer weight pants Sl.2i; fine quality,
| really worth IS, latest style and very
| handsome. Keep them four days and
| if not sOiled return the same and we
| hereby agree to return the 81. "a. Mems
! extra fine suits $685.. This .S5 suit is
the finest material, latest style, well
| made and positively worth $40. Ask
! to see ii. High grade goods, wearing
equal to the finest quality Of custom
work, and over 10000 different suits in
silk and satin lined. All must go, re-
gardless Of cost, boys and children's
suits from IS cents up; childs knee
! pants, II cents; boys hats, worth $1.5O,
Is cents; mems hats, IS cents, worth
! $3.50; good handkerchiefs, cents, worth
| 25 cents; socks, cents; mems fine un-
| derwear, As cents per suit, worth $3.50;
| fine silk suspenders cents, worth 75
cents; silk umbrellas, 40 cents, worth
| $3.50; REFERS for boys in all colors from
! Sl.OS cents up, and a thousand other
articles we have no space to mention
! here. During this great sale the store
| will be kept open until p. m.
| 1t will pay you to come one hundred
| miles to visit this great SALE If you
value money, don't miss it, Make no
| mistake. Look before you enter and
| don't he misled by signs and banners
! displayed by other merchants, but
| come direct to 21l Washington avenue,
next to Connolly & Wallace's old
| cto a
Scranton, Pa.
p. S.-We positively will not fill mail
orders, but allow car fare on all pur-
chases to the amount of $500 and up.
wards.