Gormans Grand Depot Sells Low Priced Wool Serge
Busy days among the dress materials as new invoices arrive. A 36 inch all wool serge is offered in a beautiful assortment of spring shades. Previously 39 cents a yard, now reduced to 25 cents.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1895
Page
8
Busy days among the dress materials as new invoices arrive. A 36 inch all wool serge is offered in a beautiful assortment of spring shades. Previously 39 cents a yard, now reduced to 25 cents.
Trimmed and untrimmed hats and bonnets offered by expert milliners at prices from 15.00 to 175.00, with trims and artistic productions emphasized.
An attractive display presents up to date styles with stylish short capes featuring the new fall sweep ribbon collars and the latest trimming.
Local retailer proclaims lowest prices in town with choicest dress linings and best qualities, inviting shoppers to compare and save on a range of fabrics and finishes.
A brief public notice states that the April issue is prepared and given away to anyone who calls for it. The distribution appears open to all interested readers without specific eligibility or location restrictions.
K W Harris of Philadelphia visits East Stroudsburg for Salvation Army opening. Local events include German Volunteer performance, athletic association season tickets, social clubs, factory moves, and campus enrollment at the Normal. Multiple personnel changes, engagements, and community notices fill village life in this period.
The annual election in the Torent Baptist Sunday school chapel chose Superintendent Jo. Peak, assistant W. F. Nye, secretary A. S. Lownley, treasurer Charles Perkins, librarian Walter K. Bennett, chorister R. Hall, organist Miss May J. Avery, and more. A scarlet fever death of 4 year old William White was noted with a private funeral at St. Hoge.
Excavation for the new mill will start today with Mulherin & Judge of South Scranton holding the erection contract. Mrs Percilla Watkins of Taylor Street is named in connection with the project and individuals IL Casper Troufer and Andrew Steler are noted in the notice.
Mrs. John E. Davis of Main Street is ill. Taylor mines report only two days of work last week. Miss Florence Swarts of Pittston visits the Mosingers on Malin Street. Price Library Association hosts a Bachelor’s social on the 16th.
Keystone Academy held final examinations for the third quarter last week and closes Friday for a week’s vacation before the fourth quarter starts Monday April 1. Students plan to work during vacation to fund the next term. Miss Nellie Taylor, Bucknell University alumna, visited. The annual prize speaking contest at the Bap tist church drew a large attendance and high praise. Milas Vida Cramer won the prize with Martha Taylor honorable mention. The program featured multiple recitations and musically and a band performed. The O. I. club held a quarterly spread at Capwell’s ice cream parlor after the prize. Also noted, Now Treat South American Kidney Cure offers rapid relief for kidney and bladder issues. Sold by C. M. Harris, Druggist.
The Lafayette College term began on Thursday. The baseball team, tired after a southern trip, won two of three against the University of North Carolina with scores of 4 to 1 and 6 to 4. Professor Homer E L Sprague of North Dakota University lectured on Shakespeare. John F L McGos, former college trustee, died at 47 while returning from Jamaica to New York. A prize essay contest in English on Old English Language and Literature from Beowulf to 1000 was announced in the English department.
A testimonial from Mrs H Venable of Keithsburg Illinois touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as an excellent nerve tonic and blood purifier. She describes fatigue body aches and weakness improving after use and claims it is cheaper than doctor bills plus Hood's Pills as a preferred aid.
An 19th century style inquiry questions human longevity and hygiene, noting babies’ reliance on bottles. It cites Dr. A B Robinson of Dudley Street Boston endorsing Bovinine as a life enhancing feed to rescue frail infants and support nourishment.
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