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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1895
Page
2
The Tribune carries brief serial stories by Bacheller Johnson and Hacheller printed simultaneously with major city journals under a special arrangement.
In a Ratherby household the Sneathy marriage to Mrs. Foster spurs a violent feud. Henry and Robert Foster, facing brutal stepfather Mr Sneathy, vow drastic action to protect their mother, while tensions mount as threats emerge and the split home spirals toward a perilous choice.
Report describes two Foster brothers arrival and a hanging found near the winding footpath in Ratherby wood. A halter was seen in a brother's coat as events unfold, with news reaching Col. Brett's circle two hours after the incident.
A humorous note from the Boston Budget cites a Springfield Republican joke after the Maine election about Democrats nearing extermination. It recalls a Civil War era ball anecdote involving Prince John Van Buren where a woman declares she is an old line Whig, provoking a quip about the extinction of the male Whig.
The New York Bun reports a jest about men who can spell a string of long words without error. The list includes highly complex terms such as Laryngotracheotomy and Hexakl octahedron, with playful reference to “drop to myctic” Agomphinasia and other arcane names.
Newark man James Buckley reports relief from years of rheumatism after using Munyon's Rheumatium Cure. The ad claims rapid cures for acute and chronic rheumatism and offers home remedy consultations and mail order options from Munyon's Philadelphia company.
Weekly column promotes early rising myths debunks, urges home remedies for nerves, visiting to cure morbid thoughts, and natural laws. It cites William Kinnear on distilled water and phosphoric acid, links clean water to lower typhoid risk, warns about electric sunstroke, and offers tips on baths, hand care, teeth maintenance, hot water benefits, and safe toothpick use.
A garbled 1965 style list surveys historical costs from ancient Rome and Greece to colonial America, citing peaches in Italy, a slave price before the Civil War, cloaks, statues, hippopotamuses, headdresses, spices, and fabric costs. It notes varied prices across eras and regions with examples like wine, tobacco, and textiles, plus mentions of training costs for monkeys in Venice.
An advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic to fight weakness tiredness and nervous exhaustion for women. It claims to restore flesh rosier cheeks regulate female ailments and improve digestion and blood strength. Sold by Matthews Bros Scranton.
A garbled promotion from the National Seed Bureau promises seven color pictures as a reward to anyone who locates three hidden faces of a father and his daughters. Readers must mail markings with stamps to National Seed Bureau, Washington DC, for a chance at cash prizes and other rewards, featuring a variety of flower seeds.
Trains depart Scranton for New York and intermediate points on the Erie rail road at 6 95 a m and 0a p m. Also for Honesdale Hawley and focal points at OSa 8 and 224 ppin Ail the above are through trains to and from Honesdale. Trains leave for Wilkes Barree at 6 40 a m and 341 p m.
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