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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1896
Page
8
Straw goods and prices for new shapes
Go slow on your straw shape bales witch you have seen our goods and prices. Fancy Braid and Rough Stray Turbans and large Oe ige priced at $1.08 and $148 for Fine Chips Pancy Lace and Panama Straws. every new shape available.
Sailor Hat Sale Promises Largest Local Trade Yet
Promoters boast a massive sailor hat sale in town, inviting shoppers to view trimmed sailors and straw hats. They claim major price advantages with Panama sailors priced around $1.40 to $1.70, undercutting other stores by half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elores
Panama
Rich Ribbons and Flowers Offerings in Silk Textiles
Vintage advertisement lists FINEFLOWERS and RICH RIBBONS in No 4 pure silk and satin ribbons, with prices per yard and quantities. Mentions decorative foliage such as Clover Lilacs Daisies and Liuttere EPS, plus palms grasses and berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Local Notes and Upcoming Sermons in Taylor Area
Taylor residents note Miss Liliar Fateinger’s visit from Schuylkill county and her return home Saturday. Vernon C. Byers of Peckville led yesterday’s service at the Presbyterian church, while Dr. Farnsworth, a veteran evangelist, will lecture on Armenian troubles this evening at the Congregational church with a collection for relief. The funeral of Thomas Nicholas drew many friends, William Thomas's house near completion, DD E Jones and wife visiting locals, and Congregational church members plan an elaborate Children’s Day program in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilliar, Fateinger
Schuylkill County
Weasley Fateinger
Vernon C. Byers
Presbyterian Church of
Peckville
Presbyterian Church
Farnsworth
Akien
Thomas Nicholas
William Thomas
South Taylor
DD. E. Jones
Lee
Congregational Church
Congregational Sunday Schools
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touted for teething relief
An advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted teething aid used by millions of mothers for over fifty years. It claims to soothe pain soften gums cure wind colic and diarrhoea and sells for twenty five cents a bottle through druggists worldwide.
Kannen & Co News Dealers Classifies Advertisements
In Carbondale readers are urged to send advertisements orders for job work and items for Geblicattes to Kannen and Co news dealers on North Main Street. Ice open hours are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. for prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannen & Co
North Main Street
Wyoming Seminary Club to Play Local Team This Afternoon
The Wyoming Seminary team arrives at Anthracite park this afternoon for a strong matchup with the local squad in a battle royale. Past exhibitions against professional clubs boosted the visitors with creditable showings, promising a competitive game. A special Ontario and Western train departs at 2 40 pm, returning after the game, with round trip tickets at 75 cents including admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Seminary
Anthracite Park
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Carbondale
Ontario and Western
Terribly Burned Girl in Fell Township Accident
Hilah Stone, little daughter of Mr and Mrs G Stone of Fell township, suffered severe burns when her dress caught fire from a hot stove. Her mother smothered the flames with a nearby garment, Dr Burley treated the child, and she remains in a precarious condition amid blistered arm and facial burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilah
Burley
Thrown from a Carriage in Koonewey Accident
A serious morning accident in Koonewey injures Mr Brennan and Mrs Brennan of Dundaff Street. Their carriage tipped by a turning butcher wagon, Mr Brennan unconscious but revived by Dr Wheeler. Mrs Brennan suffered minor injuries, both are resting as recovery begins.
Carre Lous Company to Perform Weekly at Grand Opera House
The Carre Lous company will perform this week at the Grand Opera House. They come highly recommended with Miss Louis praising their strength. The group will be seen each night starting tonight with a new programme each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carre Lous
Grand Opera House
Louis Belting
Salt Against the Traction Company
Attorneys Donahoe and Burns of Scranton represent five property owners on Brooklyn Street in a suit against Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit. Plaintiffs claim their property was damaged by the street railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salts
Traction Company
Donahoe and Burns
Scranton
Brooklyn Street
Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit Company
Local Social Notes and Club Ball Report
A chaperoned party searched Farview for trailing ar tutus while a group of Misses and gentlemen attended the Simpson Athletic club’s first annual ball in the W. W. Watt building with Professor Firth as dance mystic and Professor McGrail as prompter. Community updates include illness and recoveries, travel to New York for millinery, and residents resuming work at the Delaware and Hudson gravity machine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Ulmer
Jennie Weideman
Farview
Artutus
Margaret Marcy
Isabelle Watt
Grace Munn
Elizabeth Gumner
Bessie Teets
Martha Singer
Helen Shields
Nellie Gallaghy
Mabel Carr
Ed. Roberts
Charles Bridgett
Louis Abbott
Ben Singer
Albert Crane
Simpson Athletic Club
W. W. Watt
Firth
McGrail
Archbald
James Gallagher
P. Haley
William J. Davis
South Church Street
Margaret Kelly
South 7
Pittston
T. J. Skinner
Ter-ris Street
Willam H. Wills
Delaware and Hudson
Margaret Kerins
Brooklyn
Scranton
L. J. Adams
W. V. Fuller
Germantown
John C. Ulmer
Salem Avenue
van Bergan
George James
Local hiring changes and social visits noted
The Delaware and Hudson freight house now employs the dispatcher in place of the sick C Morgan. Harry Griffis leaves the round house for the freight house after seven years of service. Mrs. William Edgar of Providence visited friends in the city last week. Mrs. W H Griffis and child return from Philadelphia. Henry Kelly of South Wyoming street will relocate to New York City with his family next week. Mrs. William Brownell visits her parents on South Washington street. Mrs. John Doyle of Sunnycourt shows slight improvement after a recent illness. Mr and Mrs Richard Pyne of Pittsburg travel to Parsons for a brief stay with relatives before returning home. Rev Edward Bryan of Milwaukee, son of the former pastor, will fill the pulpit tomorrow morning. The young son of Mr and Mrs J J Lowry, injured in an accident, is recovering rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson Freight House
C. Morgan
Harry Griffis
Round House
William Edgar
Providence
W. H. Griffis
Child
Belmont Street
Philadelphia
Henry Kelly
South Wyoming Street
New York City
William Brownell
Dundalff
James Courtney
South Washington Street
John Doyle
Sunnycourt
Richard Pyne
Pittsburg
James Ball
Grove Street
Parsons
Edward Bryan
Milwaukee
First Presbyterian Church
J. J. Lowry
White Mills man jailed after horse theft linked fight
Donnell of White Mills recently released from the penitentiary for stealing a horse fought with Fitzpatrick three miles below town on Main Street Monday noon. Constable Brown arrested Fitzpatrick and took him to the county jail. After paying a fine he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lob Gottes
Charles H. Gabriel
Louisa Heft
My God
Johnson
Messia
Rehbein
Tracy
Hodie
Ackerman
An der Weser
Gustav Pressel
Crustav Hepert
Scranton
Sheppard
Miss Maggieberhardt
Gene
Gloseph Wagner
Honesdale
Paul H. Peschel
Hilborn
Messrs
Rehbeln
Bodie
Cujus Aniniani
Rosin
Gustav Repert
Town Visitors and Local Work Noted in Wilkes-Barre
John Hessler of Wilkes-Barre called on friends in town yesterday while Mrs Swetland visited Friday and James Graham was a Scranton visitor. The hose company fair opens May 18 at Dymond's wall. Mr and Mrs John McCrindle visited Avoca yesterday. Thomas Welsh, proprietor of the Forest House, is sick at home. J C Williams expands his house on Tirook street with Davis and Comir as contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hessler
Wilkes-Barre
Swetland
James Graham
Scranton
Hose Company Fair
Dymond
John McCrindle
Avoca
Thomas Welsh
Forest House
J. C. Williams
Tirook Street
Davis & Gomir
Coal Trade and Trade Movements in The Panther Creek Valley
Week before last silver exports reached 880090 while imports stood at 58710 and gold exports at 1072600 with imports of 744. Lehigh Coal and Navigation to close all Panther Creek collieries until May 4 idling miners. Grain movement shows steady wheat receipts but lighter exports and flour shipments. Anthracite market firm at 5.00 to 5.70 f o b New York with potential price rise if legislation adjourns. Foreign trade table shows weekly exports and imports with year over year gains and mixed commodity performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansford
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek Valley
New York Harbor
Dun
New York
Utsler
Italians Given Maximum Sentence For Arson
In Wilkes-Barre Judge Woodward sentenced three Italians Passarello Carone and Speri to twenty years each in the Eastern penitentiary for arson. Defense requested leniency citing prior five year sentences, while the court praised the action of Hazleton constables Zeigler and Trescott who dismantled the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Pasgarello
James Carone
Joseph Speri
T. R. Martin
Passarello
Carone
Woodward
Henry Zeigler
Rhone Trescott
Hazleton
Cave-In at Espy Run Disrupts Siding but Main Track Safe
A cave-in at Espy Run on the Lehigh Valley railroad damaged the siding near Bliss mine workings of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company at Hanover. The main track remains clear and trains run as usual. Officials deem a larger collapse unlikely, though there is concern about further subsidence near the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eepy Run
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bliss
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Hanover
Eapy Run
Lehigh Valley
Afether Cave
Trath
Arrest of James Cartright Over Bawdy House Charge
James Cartright faces court next Wednesday after being charged with keeping a bawdy house at Midvale on the plank road above Mill Creek. Subpoenas are issued for traction company employees used to drop patrons at Cartright’s labeled Muffalo. The case risks tearing families apart as more heart wrenching developments are imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cartright
Midvale
Mill Creek
Traction Company
Cartright
Mr. Hydes
East Lynne Play by Altar Literary Group in Rethel
The Altar Literary association of Rethel Mpkeopal church rehearsed for weeks and will present East Lynne at Germania hall on May 6. The strong cast features well known local young men and women. Proceeds benefit the church. Tickets are on sale at White's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Altar Literary Association of
Rethel
African Methodist Mpkeopal Church
East Lynne
Germania Hall
White's Drug Store
Formula for treating electric shock victims outlined
A French authority outlines revival methods after electric injury. The revived method follows drowning procedures with the victim laid supine and artificial respiration, avoiding contact with wet clothing, while stopping the current and lifting the body with a dry tool. Additional steps include tongue atraction, massage to boost circulation, oxygen, and stimulants as available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D'Arsonval
Paris
Academie de Medecine
Perle
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proclaimed Best Blood Purifier
Hood’s Sarsaparilla claims to cure blood diseases in thousands of cases citing scrofula and salt rheum. The ad touts its unique combination and cleansing effects while inviting inquiries and noting Lowell Massachusetts as the preparation site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
C.J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
U.S
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