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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1896
Page
10
A pair of handsome black horses drawing a wagon bolted from Franklin Howell on Scranton Street. The coachman hung on a block, was thrown off on Main Avenue, and the team tore toward South Street before stopping at Eynon Street. No damage occurred.
Harriet J. Davis florist offers cut flowers and funeral designs at 104 South Main Avenue. Starner's Photo Parlors advertises cabinet photos at 101 and 103 South Main Avenue. J C King buys second hand furniture and tools at 104 and 1 Jackson Street. Pillsbury Flour Mills can process 17 600 barrels daily.
A nationwide call urges informed voting and open views across parties. The text notes voters want understanding of doctrines and differences on Gold, Silver, Tariff, and Free Trade. It announces a complete political handbook edited by Lawrence F. Prescott offered with any men's suit purchase.
A petition circulates among property owners and voters of Minooka Greenwood and Moosic to consolidate into a borough if a majority signs. Residents of Pyne Archbald Sloan Hampton and Continental villages seek leave to organize the borough of Pyne with support from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company. It is seen as likely Pyne will form leaving Minooka Greenwood and Moosic in the township, while locals push for a borough to gain direction.
A gospel meeting is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 3 45 p m in rooms 1 021 Cedar Avenue with expectation many attendees. Miss Root is hoped to rejoin the association in the early part of next week.
Secretary A G Hewitt calls all young men who favor sound money and protection to join the Colonel E H Ripple club of the Twentieth ward. A meeting at Phillips hall tonight will elect a delegate to the state league convention in Erie. Cedar Avenue Methodist Episcopal Sunday school hosts a picnic today at Artesian Wellgrove with Edwin Jones in charge. Mr and Mrs Simon Scheuer and daughter Lizzie of Cedar avenue are visiting New York City.
Dr Bower performed a critical operation yesterday to remove an abscess from the mastoid skull region behind the ear affecting the child’s brain. The Toomey family resident on Spring Street is listed among numerous local notes and social visits.
The St Agnes guild of St Mark's church prom pres drama Anita's Trial to be staged at Manley’s hall on Sept 17. Notable visitors include Professor N T Houser returning from vacation in Stroudsburg. Walter Bone of Prospect Park and guests from New York and Buffalo were seen in town.
The Beatrice Rebekah Lodge No. 70 L O C F initiated four candidates last evening. Various residents report recent travels, purchases, and visits, including Mrs C Scrambler returning from Wyoming avenues and M H Carpenter and J M Atherton family returning from Fleetville fishing with 70 pickerel caught. Other residents noted are Mrs Coleman and sons at Delawre street after Ararat visits, Erhardt family from Capouge avenue, Edith Jones visiting sister Mrs Will Mainard, L D Coleman’s Elkdale trip, Mrs Carr hosting a niece from Binghamton, and Mrs Kiefer slowly recovering from illness.
Miss Lisale Walsh of Plymouth visits Miss Eleanor Casey on Stafford Street. The South Side team schedules a game against Carter's Cuban Giants at Brickyard Grounds on Saturday afternoon. Mrs Bert Hanks of Lee Pa visits her parents in Greenwood. The Corey Hollow Pounders will clash on Coyne's grounds Sunday morning. Greenwood collieries suspend work until Tuesday.
Dun's Review of Trade notes weekly failures in the United States at 28 percent versus 186 last year and 33 percent in Canada versus 42 last year. It cites gold inflow about 10 million, higher loaning rates, improving monetary outlook, and reduced imports with rising exports as factors easing strains. It also mentions factory stoppages, iron works lingering weaknesses, and price moves in wheat corn cotton leather and anthracite.
Heavy withdrawals of deposits caused the failure of Sioux National Bank this morning in Sioux City Indiana. No precise figures on assets and liabilities are available but they will likely be around 950000 dollars for both sides.
A prospectus offers a 250-name register of successful promoters with over £100,000,000 in foreign investments in six years and £15,000,000 in seven months of 1895. Price five pounds or twenty five dollars via postal order to the London and Universal Bureau of Investors, 20 Cheap side, London.
The Tribune notes Democratic leaders chafe at William J Bryan's lengthy speeches while comparing his style to Ex President Benjamin Harrison. It reports Bryan's shift to the south and west, criticizes East Coast reception, and cites campaign skepticism from supporters and rivals including Representative Richardson.
A reader recounts a tale from Indiana county about a hen fitted with a clothes pin on her stump after frost damage. The hen later hatched eggs despite the improvised leg, astonishing the farmer and the farm family.
New York August 23 stocks advanced modestly with total volume at 130 744 shares. Gold imports dominate the market with engagements near twelve million dollars since the movement began ten days ago. Foreign exchange remains unsettled and the gold flow from Europe to the United States continues. Speculation grows as prices rise toward the day’s best figures with net gains around one eighth to one half percent.
Wheat futures and spot prices show modest gains and steady options with August to December ranges. Corn and oats display firmer spots and dull options, while cattle hogs and lambs in Buffalo run mixed to lower, with buyers noting steady to soft demand and specific price bands for various grades.
A Detroit Free Press report quotes a woman detailing her 8 to 9 am routine between Wednesday morning and the moment the clock neared nine. She lists household tasks from washing children to sewing buttons, tidying the home, caring for plants, and a note to a teacher before resting.
An aged testimonial highlights Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup used for over fifty years to ease teething pain and colic in babies. The text notes it calms crying, softens gums, and is sold by druggists worldwide.
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