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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1894
Page
4
The advertisement touts women coats with strong qualities at low prices. Tailor made coats are favored while ordinary ready made coats fail to meet the style standard of simple faultless shaping demanded by fashionable cloths.
Ample supplies of fresh kid gloves for men and women delivered at low prices after quick buying when importers held the fullest stocks.
The message urges buying early to secure best stocks and avoid the Christmas rush. It promotes a fully stocked display of gift items and emphasizes careful, deliberate selection.
Dr Reeves at 412 Spruce Street advertises extensive hospital and private practice experience treating nervous system disorders eye throat dyspepsia rheumatism and many others. He promotes a home cure for catarrh offering three months of treatment for five dollars with a trial free and daily office hours listed.
A large crowd attended Grace church’s turkey supper on Thursday evening, with proceeds expected to reach about 10. Earnest Lemmetser of Scranton visited town, and Miss Hattie Spears of Hawley visited Ming Hattie Lake on Second Street. Eugene Penault Whot’s restaurant was bought yesterday by Guckenbergh Bros. for 4000 dollars. Rev. John M. Lewis will conduct services in Wigmart on Sunday afternoon.
H A Mack unveils a silk spool with finished compressed fibre ends that resist warping while remaining strong and light. Scranton and other manufacturers test it, calling it the finest spool seen.
Pittston Stove company has their workers on half time three days weekly. Exeter Machine works completed a large addition to its machine shop. Mike Kelly, 23, an Exeter shaft worker, was fatally injured by rock fall and taken to hospital. Funeral plans mark the death of P. W. Earley and Margaret McHale dies at Wilkes-Barre hospital. A.G.R. post 245 officers for the year are named and to be installed in January. John Hefferan, 60, injured in No. 4 shaft, Pennsylvanian Coal Co., with leg bite by rock fall. amputation discussed but later not performed and he is returned home.
Forest City notes report visits by Harry Gard and Deputy Revenue Collector Rooney, and returns of Dr. F L Grander and family from Philadelphia. Miss Cora Evans to return home after two weeks with relatives. A teachers institute is held in Great Bend. Plans for a new mine car factory named The Pareat City Foundry Car and Machine Manufacturing company are announced with leaders and directors listed. charter efforts to be secured.
A driver escaping a crossing of the Erie and Wyoming lines near the Fird hotel escaped catastrophe when Wilcox, a Liveryman, risked his life by grabbing a frightened horse dragged before a passing train. Also noted, the Independent church organized a Young People’s Christian union with twenty four active members and elected officers. The Ladies’ Aid group hosted a supper at W. C. Swartz’s home yesterday.
William Reynolds and C. J. Kephart lead a Pennsylvania Sunday School association tour visiting Carbondale with afternoon services at the Methodist Church and an evening session at the Presbyterian. Local residents R. M. Shepherd Edward Yarrington George J. Benton and Will Roberts attended a Scranton football game yesterday. Deceased Mrs. Mary Thompson dies at 89 in Carbondale. funeral at 2 p.m. from Lincoln Avenue home conducted by Reverend William Eidgar. Mrs. J. S. Berry returns from Port Jervis. Minnie Cowles visiting Forest City aunt.
Mrs John Sampson of Priceburg visited Peckville last Thursday. J F Hoyt started a new dwelling on Main Street. Joseph Vaughn digs a foundation for a home near Gravity Bridge on Main Street. Methodist church officers for the year: Chorister George E Shay secretary Herbert McCormick treasurer William Budd organist Miss Cora Savage. Miss Cora Sickler given a farewell ring by eighteen schoolmates at her Main Street home. Miss Sickler to spend winter in California with Dr and Mrs J G Sickler and daughter.
Revival services continue at the Baptist church in Hawley. Miss Katie Cortright of Plainfield N J visits Hawley friends. Mrs John D Holmes of Honesdale calls on local friends. Two property owners are ordered by the town council to lay sidewalks by December 10. Ames has been ill six weeks but shows some improvement. Silk mill work progresses and several old workers may soon gain employment there.
Priceburg records show a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. M J Lynd. Crosswalk posts arrive sparking a dispute over placement. Stephen McGinnis visited South Side friends yesterday. Storra shaft workers received monthly wages Thursday. Diamond vein at Jermyn No 3 contracted with a large Ptallans labor force. Mothers! Mothers! The Winslow soothing syrup advertises fifty years of use for teething and other infant ailments, sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle.
Monday evening marked the twelfth See of the marriage act for Charles Haag as he and Mrs Haag hosted a large gathering at their River street home. Guests enjoyed music, games, and refreshments, with many handsome presents received including a silver teapot and a piano lamp. Notables and friends from Factoryville and neighboring towns attended, and reports note skating and local visits amid funeral notices for Mrs Harriet Jackson of Fiverville.
Tomorrow after noon at 4 oclock regular services led by J M Shore. Guests include Owen Owens of Herrick Center staying with Crippens of Delaware street. Maria Waleh of Scranton elected yesterday. Anna McCormac of Clarks Summit visited town yesterday. Primitive Methodist church youths held a free entertainment last evening with large attendance. Mrs A W Shaw of West Side visiting relatives in Carbondale. Mrs J O Boyle visiting daughter Mrs Patrick Killeullen of Newark N J. Mrs George Watts and daughter of Blakely visiting Scranton.
Montrose notes a performance by the New York Mozart Symphony Club tonight at the armory. Wright misses the event due to a bout of rheumatism. Mary Barney is in Philadelphia for hospitalization. Two Italians and two bears provided local amusement on Thursday with the bear showing surprising awareness.
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