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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1899
Page
8
A sale offers a varied lot of lace trims in all widths at prices from 3c to 12 4c per yard. The items resemble handmade goods but at much lower cost, with medium to wide widths suitable for curtains and trims.
The article details a Methodist conference session with remarks by Bishop Joyce on appoint ments and finances. It notes gifts to the Preachers Aid Society, calls for equal lay representation, and reports on seminaries and church endowments. Clergy debated Sabbath observance and Sunday train service before a vote upheld restraint.
The article notes price gaps from 850 to 100 for new Paris gowns and 14.08 to 69.50 for copies, detailing material, style, trimmings, and linings. It explains foreign designers, Paris labels, and customs take a share, while American tailors reproduce imports with no copyright, urging quick showroom action as new styles arrive Saturday and may disappear soon.
Manufacturers clear remaining stock of black crepons with two silk and wool patterns at 1.98 per yard and all wool patterns at 1.08 or 1.49 per yard. Limited lots sold quickly as demand peaks.
Berry urged attendance at a well attended gathering as no recent years conference was finished before Tuesday. A business session followed and reperta were read. The bishop and cabinet stayed late, with appointments to be read in the forenoon. A Wyoming land slide displaced several pastors to new spots, and changes shifted Dr. Fiord and Rev. G. A. Price in district plans.
Ten more men were sent to Fort Columbus New York harbor to join regiments and cavalry in Cuba. Eight enter infantry and two join cavalry. Six sworn in Saturday include Giles Tompkine Meshoppen and Scranton men for infantry with others from Jermyn Melrose Lackawanna Nd Forge.
Walter W. Lathrope of Gillson Street waived a hearing and posted 100 bail before Alderman Millar for threatening to kill. Mrs. Mary McGrady testified as informant, while Milo Nicholls faced a fresh hearing on charges of complicity in the Mahon burglary at 40 Franklin Avenue, involving Patrick Mullarkey and John Armstrong.
In a local case Philip Schneider of South Washington Avenue was jailed on a 9500 bail default for defrauding a board bill at Mr Mahon's. He faced a separate suit by neighbor Herman Schaffer for trespass on his property and forcible tearing down of a fence on Schaffer’s island. Alderman Millar presided and reserved his decision.
In Scranton, many residents long for relief after years of unfulfilled promises by unscrupulous or inexpensive doctors. They grow despondent as they face lingering illness and unmet expectations, hoping for genuine care and cures.
Scranton residents plan a rapid build out in New Orange with E A O'Donnell moving his hardware and plumbing business, E T Wheaton starting lumber yards, C L Bell overseeing construction, W F Bross as architect, and James Arthur completing 391 lots and 50 houses already, with 100 more houses and 12 stores to come. Arthur predicts sound investment in New Orange.
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