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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1896
Page
5
In town shoppers find a busy display of Milan Chip and Panama hats and toques. The store promotes a large assortment with many new styles and prices around $1.33 to $1.48, about one third off usual rates, including Van Dyke and Tuscan Hrald Hales in stock.
Fragmentary notes describe Leghorn data for fetters misses and children at C Ze appearing in separate arcs. The text is incomplete but indicates measurements or figures labeled for a sequence involving youth and adult sections. No clear event or outcome is established.
In town selection includes the 480 Styl fh Knox Shape Sailors and Milan Satin Straw hats with ribbons and leather trimming. Prices range from $1.25 to $1.73 and higher in other stores. The New Panama Walking Hat is advertised at $2.25 as finest made.
Local shop promotes a wide selection of ribbons including Tuffeta Ribbons in multiple colors. Claims the largest stock ever seen in the city with blooms, blossoms, and garden leaves reflected in their offerings. Prices touted as lower than competitors.
Detroit Free Press recounts a crossing by the Kaw River where a group encounters an eccentric ferryman. A tense bluff escalates into a brief show of force as bullets are fired to drive home the price drop for cartridges from fifty cents to a quarter, reflecting frontier bravado and changing times.
A beggar pitches a melancholic plea for coins to buy whiskey, claiming a rugged identity as an Anneke Jana heir. Fellaire dismisses him with scorn and hands him a dollar, ordering him away as a dirty scoundrel.
A child of Mr and Mrs Charles Adkins of Austin Heights died after a brief illness. Funeral is today at 2 PM from the family home and will be private. Interment追 in Washburn Street Cemetery, Hyde Park. There is a dining car service on the NP line.
Special to the Beranton Tribune from Susquehanna April 21 reports a prohibition and reform conference set for Forest City on April 22 and notes county farmers see grasshoppers. It covers court fights over the Edwards estate in New York, changes in county superintendent candidacy, upcoming industry patrons convention at East Rush, and various local notes from Great Bend to Towanda including rail news, trout catches, Memorial Day plans, and a mixed family tale.
The Montrose term opens with jurors drawn for the week and key defense and prosecuting attorneys seated. The trial covers the death of Walter McEroy at the Forest City breaker on December 18, 1893, with sentences handed to Charles and Litsle Walker, Peter Walsh, and William Moran for larceny.
Mr and Mrs William Jones and son Allen Stanley visit the Alling home Sunday. James Hamilton and Blanche Worts of Wilkes-Barre call on Mise Lide McRell. Misa Rose Sutter of West Pittston calls on Misa Lida MecRill Saturday. Judd Stevens of Scranton spends Sunday with his brother Ben and families. Eliza Eagleston calls on Mrs Byron Whitlock of West Pittston Saturday. E M Regell and family spend Sunday with Mrs France of Lehman.
Stubborn due to disease or an impoverished blood condition annoy physicians. As sores grow and the surrounding diseased flesh expands, tissue replenishment ducts close. Physicians nationwide praise results achieved by the use of a treatment described in the article.
Advertisement claims Bovinine supplies new flesh tissue and pure blood for a reinvigorated body. It asserts rapid healing by nourishing internally and absorbing externally to combat disease, urging readers to consult a pharmacist for confirmation.
French customs receipts for the first quarter of 1899 show gains over 1896 with higher imports and exports. The piece also surveys the bicycle industry in the United States, noting about 1,000 makes, rapid capacity expansion, rising wheel sales, dealer margins, and the influence on roads and transport.
Public notices mix in a single OCR fragment: Silver Creek Mining Co of Pennsylvania plans to petition Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on May 21 to dissolve the corporation under an act of assembly. Also included are stray items about a lost fox terrier, a reward for returning a game, and room for rent with gas and cold bath features at 244 Jefferson Avenue near Dunmore.
A collage of brief classifieds includes home work offers, sales of sheds and cottages, horses and buggies for sale, rental listings for houses and rooms, a Presbyterian manse for rent, and employment ads. Names like Lawrence Michigan and Dunmore Pennsylvania appear with addresses and contact pointers. Also listings for cigars, farm equipment, and a general help-wanted pitch appear among the dense, fragmented notices.
Train schedule for Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division lists departures to Atlantic City New York Newark and Elizabeth including express services. Also notes connections to Easton Reading and intermediate stops with through tickets available at advance ticket offices and stations. Station superintendent J A Olhausen signs as general superintendent.
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