The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-08
TWO LARGE CLOTHING FIRMS FAIL.

The Monitor, Formerly the Newell
Clothing co., Of Wiikes-Barre, Pa,
Went Into the Hands of n Receiver.
The Chicago Combination Clothing
Co., of 2H Washington Avenue,
Scranton, Pa, Have Secured the
Bulk of This Stock and Will Innu-
gurate a Great Sale Commencing
Tuesday, Nov. 9--This Stock Must
BE Sold in Order to Make a Final
Settlement Mt 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-
Nania as manufacturers of the best
and highest grade clothing. In fact,
their inability to sell these we'll made
and high-grade goods in this section
of the country; to this fact they at
tribute their failure. This concern
We're not retailers; they were manu-
faCturers, and the Chicago Combina-
ton 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. 8, at 8 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 few prices in order
20 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 S34S
This coat is really worth SIS. We al
'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
! 1vercoats, in silk and satin lining, Sc 80
This is really worth $40. Mems extra
dne satin lined spring and fall over.
| coats $7.S5. positively worth $26. A
! splendid suit of mems clothing at $3.4S
| This suit is positively worth Sl5. Keer
| it home four days and if not soiled re.
| turn the same and we hereby agree
! to refund the $34S. Mems fine Sum,
mer weight pants $1.24; fine quality
| really worth So, latest style and very
! handsome. Keep them four days anC
! if not soled return the same and W,
| Ia, ,I,Nr. 40 he Fl IL,
extra fine suits $685. This $685. suit Il
the finest material latest style, wei
made and positively worth 500 Asl
to see it. High grade goods. wearing
| equal to the finest quality of custom
work and over 10000 different suits il
silk and satin lined. All must go, re
| gardless of cost, boys and children
suits from rs cents up: child's kne
pants, II cents; boys hats, worth Sl.5C
10 cents; mems hats, IS cents, wort
$3.50; good handkerchiefs, cents, wort
% cents; socks, 3 cents; mems fine un
derwear, As cents per suit, worth $3.50
fine silk suspenders, cents, worth Z
cents; silk umbrellas, 40 cents, wort
$3.50; REFERS for boys in all colors fror
Sl.0S cents up, and a thousand Othe
articles we have no space to mentio
here. During this great sale the stor
will be kept open until 8 p. m.
1t will pay you to come one hundre
miles to visit this great sale. II yo
value money, don't miss 1t. Make n
mistake. Look before you enter an
don't be misled by signs and banner
displayed by other merchants, br
come direct to 211 Washington avenu
next to Connolly e Wallace's ol
stand, directly opposite the court hous
Scranton, Pa.
p. S.-We positively will not fill ma
orders, but allow car fare on all pu
chases to the amount of $500 and VI
wards.