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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1894
Page
8
The piece notes special inducements due to good qualities and low prices. Tailor-made coats are favored now while ordinary ready-made styles fall short of the standard for fashionable cloths.
Ample stocks of fresh goods and quality kid gloves for men and women are available at low prices due to quick buying when importers' stocks were fullest.
Handkerhings from of. Cloves from 06. The tide of Christmas shopping has set in. It is well to purchase in good season when stocks are at their best and before the height of the inevitable Christmas rush, thus securing the choice of the large assortments and acting with the deliberation of judgment which is essential to wise selection. Our Stock Brimful of Choice and Appropriate Gifts Is Now Ready for Inspection.
Charles Burke of Davis Patch travels to Philadelphia for leg operation after a broken bone was improperly set in the Taylor mines eight months ago. The Young Men's Institute Dramatic club rehearsed Among the Breakers for the first time. A large crowd enjoyed skating on Greenwood pond last evening.
The town discusses buying a large plot near the borough for a public park with facilities like a baseball diamond and tennis courts but party leaders prefer borough ownership or a stock company. Proponents worry over sewer shortages and question public amusements without park access. A talk by William Heynolds and J C Kep hart may not occur December 12 due to scheduling.
Keystone Academy emphasizes skating as a healthful activity and reports a busy program. The Young Men's Christian Association plans a lecture course. The Current Topic league moved its meeting to Wednesday due to a Monday program. The Nicaragua Canal governance topic drew interest at a forum. A Friday social in Ladies' Hall was a grand success with strong attendance.
A largely attended funeral was held yesterday for John Healey, who died Monday. Interment followed at Dunmore Cemetery. Notices also record visits by Misa Kate Connolly to Avoca and Miss Elizabeth Graham visiting Avora, along with a 20th birthday celebration for Misa Sallie Williams on Main Street.
Rev G D Moore and wife of Bridgton NJ assist at the Dalton Methodist revival. Several locals visit relatives and attend services. Miss Harriet Tavison dies in Chicago. Miss May Gilbert visits from Tunkhannock. church roof and seating work noted. Oscar Reynolds recovers from finger injury. Baylor Gilbert travels to Columbia NJ for hunting.
Wilkes-Barre Loader reports Hilly Craig, famed for singing dancing recitation and humor, visited Scranton yesterday. The entertainer joked about political pull and turnout, marveling at the city’s small size and weather while praising its people’s intelligence. He noted his frequent travels and wide acclaim.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain, gum swelling, diarrhea, and wind colic. It claims long use by mothers, urges asking for the specific syrup, and notes a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Colonel Sprague spoke on Shakespeare's Wand and Sceptre before Archbald University Extension, noting the last lecture of the profitable series will be December 1 titled Shakespeare's Diary and Creed. A petition circulates to elect three councilmen per ward to balance borough representation. Ridge may have become a Fourth ward, but the plan stalled.
The Tribune reports the council committee opposing the charter seeks a 50 day default. Myrtle Helme, 11, West Side, was injured internally after a wagon collision with Evans Bros. During the same period Patrick F. Early, 46, Luverne borough constable, dies of pneumonia at his North Main Street home. Hospital funds include a $25 check from Miss Brown, daughter of A. R. Brown.
Michael Sharak visits New York City while Alexander Schloento was a Scranton visitor yesterday. Mrs. W. J. Bergen hosts friends in Carbondale on Thursday. Michael Breen of Second street buried yesterday. An infant of M. White died Thursday morning with funeral planned for Friday afternoon. Miss Alice Pidgeon of Carbondale visits W. J. Bergen’s on Lackawanna Avenue. Mrs. Hughes of Carbondale visits her parents here yesterday. Miss Mamie Bergen and Mrs. Hughes were Scranton visitors yesterday. C. I. Cobb was in Scranton yesterday. Hoyt was in Carbondale Wednesday night. Bor Kilker owns on Jermyn last night. Local youths in Jermyn and Mayfield enjoy skating under moonlight.
In Carbondale Rev T E Jepson of the Baptist tabernacle will travel to Sidney New York next week to conduct a two week revival. Miss Grinell of Forest City visits Carbondale friends. A post prayer revival series will start in the Baptist church the following week. The funeral of Mrs Clarissa A Rowley was held yesterday from her daughter’s home on Canaan Street with burial in Maplewood cemetery. Stores will close early again after January 1. Misses Cora and Lizgle Sharpsteen of Honesdale were visitors yesterday.
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