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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1896
Page
4
The leading millinery shop promotes a wide selection of hats with new styles and bright merchandise. Prices range from 1.05 to 5.98, offering savings of about half compared with rivals and inviting shoppers to choose items to suit taste and style.
A bustling display offers Nobby Turbans and Milan Chip hats at deep cuts. Ribbons in Taffeta Dresden Persian Velvet lure shoppers with large assortments and low prices. Fresh cut flowers and accessories accompany straw braids, feathers, laces, and foliage for hats in many colors.
Jermyn report notes a afternoon blaze at Patrick Cantwell residence on Hill Street Mayfield. The Glenwood Hose Company arrived too late to save the dwelling and furniture. fire started by coals from a kitchen range. Cantwell plans immediate rebuild. nearby notices include Dr. W J Baker planning to practice in Hallstead and Ellhne H Nicholson leaving Jermyn Planing Mill for Rapid Transit Company in Mayfield.
The Sons of Cambria present an evening program at Bethany Congregational Church with a sequence of addresses songs recitations and duets featuring Edith Griffiths Phillip R Thomas Sallie Benjamin Lottie Reynolds and others in Priceburg and nearby.
An advertisement from North Main Street newsdealers outlines promotions for mentions of rent and job work. The notice mentions an education test at the establishment and states hours from 8 a m to 6 p m.
A quarrel over spring water near Last Chance settlement led to warrants and a possible committal before Alderman Jones. Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Mooney resolved to live more peacefully and were discharged. Funeral notices follow for a child of Mr. and Mrs. Davis and for Mrs. James Thomas with services pending. A. M. Atherton departs for a business trip to New York City.
Ralph Healy, after drinking heavily, chased his wife with a butcher knife on Rock Avenue. Neary arrested him. he was too intoxicated to threaten. The matter was settled yesterday morning and Mrs. Healy will seek separation papers soon.
Five year old Joseph Lowry of Belmont street suffered a severe leg fracture and deep foot cut when his foot caught in a wagon wheel while riding on wagons during a boys’ pastime. The incident required immediate medical care and left him with two broken leg bones and a deep foot laceration. In a separate case, Joseph Delosky failed to appear for a Hypprolic Infl uence related assault trial against Henry Booth. the jury found Booth not guilty and ordered Delosky to pay costs.
Superintendent Pryor of Central Pennsylvania Telephone measures ground for the new cable route and pole erecting work begins. Local residents and visitors include Mrs. H G Springsteen from East Windsor N Y and Miss Mary McHale from Dunmore visiting friends. Several town figures move, travel, or report house changes and business shifts while a park board meeting occurs.
The Olyphant Baseball club announces its 1896 lineup with McDermott Walsh Cleary Pettigrew Connors Wheeler Roe Burke Meehan McHale. Opening game to be played after the new park is finished with a May 8 ball at the Club of 65 rooms against Moosic. Mrs Kerwin dies of apoplexy at about 60. funeral Monday at 1. Internment in Catholic cemetery.
Seven miles from Scranton lies Waverly with about seven hundred residents. The early settler Dr Andrew Bedford, born in Wyoming County, studied at Yale, practiced in Dundaff, then Waverly, helped found the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad charter, and influenced regional development. His life, family, and community contributions are remembered, including Madison Academy’s placement, church roles, and local obituaries.
Citizens urge action on the filthy gutter under the Hag side walk in front of Johnson No 1 shaft on Main Street as it endangers pedestrians and health. The note also records local social calls and school staff changes underlines a postponed council meeting due to a missing key.
Mrs Lucy Casgell died suddenly at her son David Bassel's home last Wednesday. The funeral service was conducted yesterday afternoon at 2:30, with sermon by Rev. The record notes Mrs M B Wademan visiting relatives in Carbondale on Friday.
The six to ten lines describe a string of local events including a funeral train to Sidney N Y, a new bicycle model, relatives visiting South Gibson, a family moving to Nanticoke, a Carbondale businessman in town, a church program in Ledyard hall, and mine workers paid today. A worker at Avoca colliery dies after a Lehigh Valley Switch engine strikes him. Maggie Murphy dies at 14 from heart disease. Sanderson Art dies after a short illness, survived by a wife and six children. Mr Ash makes new town ties after a month’s residence.
The community reports new creamery operation with W. R. Reading as manager. Clergy movements include Rev. Warnock moving to Candor and Rev. Quimby arriving. Local residents and visitors such as Miss Cora Ashton, Will Allis, and Robert Carl on bicycles are noted along with a soda fountain opening and minor trades.
Rt. Rev. N. Rullson bishop of Central Pennsylvania will confirm a class in Grace church Sunday morning. He is expected to preach at both morning and evening services. The street sprinklers resumed daily work yesterday. The marriage of Miss Barbaria Guckenbergh to William C D Gerring will occur Thursday night. Miss Essle and Lottie Muir returned home Thursday after weeks with relatives in Philadelphia.
The Frothingham presents a revival of Jules Verne’s Strogoff with William Morris as the czar’s courier and Etta Hawking as Maria plus a strong supporting cast. Also on the bill is Sardou’s Madame Sans Gene in English translation with elaborate sets and costumes, Monday and Tuesday next week.
A reminiscence of famous actors and managers from past seasons contrasts with current stage plans. Manager Davis booked Perkins DPD in A Cold Day for three shows next week. Madame Sans Gene star Kathryn Kidder discusses bicycling benefits, and Tony Denier reports on a Humpty Dumpty mine venture involving Miss Tonina Adams.
An old promotional notice touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year trusted teething remedy. It claims to soothe the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea and notes widespread druggist availability for only five cents a bottle.
A narrator recalls giving Castorla at every life stage from baby to parent. The child’s reactions are described as crying in infancy and clinging in adolescence. Castorla is presented as a continuous remedy across generations.
A skx feet long oak extension table priced at 3.49 with five legs. Described as slides and neat in design, valued at 5.00. Monday only sale.
Ad fragment shows mattresses offered for 1.98 in a sale, listing regular price details and customization by order.
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