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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1894
Page
8
A bustling catalog style piece promotes silk and wool garments with a wide range of items. It highlights silk displays bold fashion items across coats cloaks parasols umbrellas and towels while promising low prices and frequent new arrivals to draw customers to the department store. The ad emphasizes value and a wide selection in fabrics and ready wear.
A fragmented reminiscence describes an elderly man boarding a western New York train at a hamlet station. He believes he will visit Mary and his grandchildren for Thanksgiving, but dies peacefully in his sleep before reaching the depot. Mary and family arrive to mourn and announce his passing.
Out of town correspondent reports caution about aligning numbers in fall to a single letter not for publication. Authorities advise guarding detention and ensuring accurate records.
A fragment from Scranton Tribune notes white residents mentioning a program to relocate Black residents to Baltimore, reporting costs and social effects after a lynching. It also lists local meetings, church notices, and small town updates in Stromspung Pennsylvania on April 1.
Entertaining budget from Scranton Tribwire reports silk mill to begin in about three weeks Jennia Dean opens millinery on Front Street Mya Theodore visiting Washington Miss Hanghunt organizes IC physical culture class Hallatead Cornet band receives three instruments Pay school to start about May 15 taught by Misa Kittle Pike and Misa Faoule Simmrell Dalla Douglass celebrated fourteenth birthday Doctors focus on Vaccination Mrs McIntosh of Hancock visiting Mrs McIntosh H Miracle and daughter Lizzie visiting minus Gertrude Nichols J J Compton and William Ross in New York William Smith of New Milford calls on friends Warren Simmidell visits Binghamton Mrs Noonan returns from visit to son John in Binghamton Singer Sewing Machine office moved to J J Champton store Charles Saphar is company agent at this place C E Swartz and Secretary Curry attend National Railroad Y M C A conference Presbyterian parsonages painted Dr Thomas Electric Oil recommended for burns scalds and pains.
Local notes from Scranton Tribune keyed to Carbonvale Pa Apr 1 include visits by Benjamin Maxey Jr Forest City and James Staples Waymart. March cemetery interments total 25 with 6 out of town, Maplewood 10, St Roses 15, 23 deaths in city, 4 former residents disinterred. plus social invites at First Presbyterian Maplewood and other small items and jokes from New York Evening Sun and Detroit Free Press.
Nicholson Pa April L De. Wheeler adds a tin roof to his drug store porch and L G Stephens is plastering his Main street dwelling. Samuel Pease moves into D Merrill’s State street house. J M Carpenter visited Scranton Thursday. Sheriff Knapp in town Monday. Mrs D Merrill of Montrose visiting Friday. Orlander Taylor may move to Mactoryville soon. Frank P Stephens trips to Clark’s Green Saturday. Junior Epworth league meets Saturdays at the Methodist church. W W LeRoy trips to Blotrie City Saturday.
An April 1 social in Honespalle featured a piano solo by Miss Myrta Woodward and a vocal duet by Miss Sadie Ray and El Clark. Refreshments followed. Miles Rowland and wife visited from Rowlands. The German Lutheran church fair was successful. Mrs. Lambert hosted Grice church choir at the Cottage Saturday night.
Miss Malinda Cole of Dunmore visits at Miss Maggie Palfrey’s home in Railroad Street. John McCrindle of North Main Street returns from a business trip to New York City. LH Davey of South Main Street was a caller in the Electric City yesterday. Miss Balle and Grace Don of Scranton spend Sunday with Miss Rose Warner on South Main Street. Mrs. William Wilkes of Pennsylvania has recovered after a three week illness.
Means strength to with stand chronic ailments, coughs, colds and disease. Sound flesh is essential to health.
April diary notes from Forest City include W G Trim family visit in Jermyn and church upgrades with a 4 horse dynamo powering about twenty five lights. Addie S Lappens graduates from Philadelphia missionary school and delivers essay on Practical Christianity. Funeral for Mrs James Bell held at Christ Episcopal Church with burial in Carbondale.
Local column reports the burial of Albert Carey of the powder till and a visit from Misa Mabel Jadwin to Carbondale. A letter urges sewer construction in Jermyn as a public works plan amid hard times, arguing workers will do the job and taxes pay for it, with funds returning to the chamber.
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