Very Handsome Assortments of New Silks Shown
A holiday display showcases silk assortments with prices highlighted and a broad stock reaching peak levels for the season.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
8
Local clothiers boast best taste and lower prices
The advertisement touts high style and lower prices than rivals. It highlights Blue or Black Beaver, Kersey and Cheviot fabrics with tight-fitting and loose fronts in 32 and 36 inch lengths to entice customers.
Handkerchiefs at Reduced Holiday Prices
The advertisement touts a marvelous selection of handkerchiefs for the holiday season with silk and line varieties on sale at reduced prices.
Local Notes Advance In Tunkhannock District Affairs
Mrs. George Bunnell shows improvement after illness. Judges decide to proceed with petition contest. ballot boxes to be collected, with county boxes handled by Sheriff Knapp. Dunham and Sittler cases set for Jan 5 answer. Local officials and attorneys named. various residents noted. Community events include lectures, concerts, and social plans while trolley ditch issue raises safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bunnell
Laporte
Knapp
Sullivan County
W. EB. Little
Rodney J. Bardwell
BE. M. Dunham
James W. Pratt
W. BE
Lite
John G. Scouten
Sittler
D. C. de Witt
BE. C. Jordan
James E. Frear
Ingham
Dunham
BE. J. McCrossen
Meshoppen
Clara Conner
MI City
Patrick Reilly
Coxton
Mies Lixtle Rodney
Scranton
John Reilly
Lehigh Valley
Injuries At Exeter Colliery and Sheriff Sale At Pittston
John Steed of Elizabeth street Oregon suffered a painful right shoulder injury when a heavy prop toppled at Exeter colliery on the West Side. The stock of Rickett’s store was sold by the sheriff to Attorney McAtes for W H Walters and other creditors for 1255 dollars. A lone robber assaulted a woman at Harters confectionery and fled with her pocketbook after a brief chase ending when a passerby arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steed
Elizabeth Street
Oregon
Exeter
Rickett
McAtes
W. H. Walters
Harters Confectionery Store
Min
William Street
Minooka Local News Roundup and City Meeting
John Moran of Main street suffered a painful wrist injury at Austin mines. Frank Martin of Dunmore and Bridget McGraw of this place were tinted in tarridge at St Josephs church. Putvelek Sweeney was released from Eastern penitentiary after nine years. Main street is muddy and deplorable due to soft clay laid by supervisors. Mike Lyden on Gillmore avenue is homebound. Annexation petition will be presented to city councils this evening. Union Athlete club holds a meeting at Fasshold’s hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moran
Main Street
Austin
Frank Martin
Dunmore
Bridget McGraw
St. Joseph's Church
Putvelek Sweeney
Mike Lyden
Gillmore Avenue
Ies
Union Athlete Club
Fasshold's Hall
New Greta South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Relief in six hours. It relieves kidneys bladder and urinary passage pain in men and women. Eases water retention and swelling almost immediately. Aimed at rapid cure with prompt results. Sold by CM Harris Druggist Scranton Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Spruce Street
Scranton
Hocter
Powamell
CM. Harris
Pennavihue
Local residents report injuries and election candidate scramble
John McAuvick of Pine Street was wounded Monday when a mining needle penetrated his left thigh. James Flynn of Main Street does jury duty this week. Election fever grows with many candidates for borough offices, including McAuvick seeking re election in the Second ward opposed by P J McDonnell. Lackawanna Valley Transit adds covered cars and refrigerators are being called in. Ditch on Dutch Hill remains open and needs covering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McAuvick
Pine Street
John M. Dougher
Till Street
Scranton
James Flynn
Main Street
Thomas Price
Sid Mr. McAuvick
P. J. McDonnell
Mount Vernon
Lackawanna Valley Transit Company
Dutch Hill
Local Social Notes From Hallstead Scranton Candor and More
Hallstead reports B R Tanner in Scranton and Pred Van Wormer in Hl. Mrs. Smith of Candor visits Great Bend. William Day the butcher loses a valuable chorus. Miss Jennie Sawyer of Candor visits her brother L D Sawyer. John S Adair of Corfu left for Lakewood NJ after visiting his brother Secretary Adair. Y M C A painters improve the Y M C A building. Anne H Dunham of One returns home after typing for Charles Ly Crook. An orchestra forms at the Railroad Y M C A and aims to boost membership by Jan 1. Perry brothers of Brooklyn with Lena Clark present an entertainment at Y M C A hall on Tuesday evening Dec 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.R. Tanner
Scranton
Pred van Wormer
Mrs. Smith
Candor
N. Y
Great Bend
William Day
Jennie Sawyer
L. D. Sawyer
John S. Adair
Corfu
No Yi
Adair
Tailroad Young Men's Christian Association
Lakewood
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Youn Men's
Perry Brothers
Brooklyn
Lena Clark
Young Men's Christian Association
Tussany
Hillside collieries to be paid today and town visitors noted
Forest City reports Hillside collieries will be paid today. Local visitors include John Of Mintley from Carbondale, W J Murphy from Olyphant, Samuel J Foote from Scranton, J D Thompson from Williamsport. Maykee's Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Opera House tonight with 25 10 cent prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
The
Baptist Church
Goelal
John OF
Mintley
Carbondale
W. J. Murphy
Olyphant
Samuel J. Foote
Scranton
J.D. Thompson
Williamsport
Maykee
Opera House
John BR. Jones
William D. Jones
Curlondate
Tone Tyler
Avoca Man Killed By Freight Train At Minooka
John Martin a middle aged Avoca resident was killed by a locomotive attached to freight train No 410 on the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Minooka 7 20 Tuesday night. He leaves a wife and several children and worked as a carpenter at the Hillside breaker. Coroner Kelley went to Moogle and empanelled jurors J Russard B Hinds John Deans William McCormick Edwin White and Thomas Grimes. James Clark visited Pittston yesterday and Miss Mary Jane Beer of Richmondale visits Miss Ada Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin
Avoca
Minooka
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Martin
Kelley
Moogle
J. Russard
Hinds
John Deans
Wiliam McCormick
Edwin White
Thomas Grimes
James Clark
Pittston
Mary Jane Beer
Richmondale
Ada Webster
Alice Moralian
O'Malley
James Haste
Carrie McDonald
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
Mystic Cure claims rapid relief from rheumatism and neuralgia within one to two days. The remedy allegedly acts on the system to cure the disease, with the first dose providing noticeable benefits. Sold by Matthews & Co., chemists, in Beranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews Eros
Criegists
Beranton
Local man Williams dies after hospital admission
William Williams of Carbondale died at the hospital yesterday aged 44. He was a brother of Llewellyn Williams of Cemetery Street. George J. Venton will spend today at Afton New York. A serious wreck occurred on the Ontario and Western railroad near Hollensback switch when an un signaling second train collided with a standing freight, overturning the locomotive and demolishing several cars. No one was injured. Miss Lona Tyler of Forest City visited Carbondale yesterday. Mrs James M Nicol, visiting relatives in Kansas, is expected home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
Llewellyn Willams
George J. Venton
Afton
N.Y
Ani
Ontario and Western Railroad
Hollenback Switch
Miyfield Yard
Mise Lona Tyler
Porest City
Carbondale
James M. Nicol
Kansas
Concert at Honesdale Methodist on New Year's Night
A notable concert at the Honesdale Methodist Episcopal church on New Year's night features a 26-voice mixed chorus from local churches, strong soloists, and instrumental pieces on two pianos by noted performers. Included are vocal solos, a New York City guest pianist Professor Rubenstein, and Wilkes-Barre tenors Reynolds and Parker, with admission priced at 25 cents and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
New Year's
Honesdale
Joe Talent
Rowland
Reotmeyer
New York City
Adam Bleck
Monsrs. Reynolds
Parker
Wilkes-Barre
Tris Valley
A Narty the Suffrage Poll Debate
Fragmentary Chicago Record item shows Mrs Mont Martre and Mrs Hubbers discussing poll turnout and attire. The piece cites a gray gown worn at two elections and hints at suffrage activism amid mothers observing voting customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mra
Mont Martre
Hubbers
Mistaken Identity at Leavenworth Cake Walk
A humorous exchange on the Leavenworth street recounts a man mistaking Miss Jackson for Evangeline Thompson after a lively cake walk. He praises her dress and manners and apologizes for the mix up, noting she recently married Moses Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Jackson
New York
Moses Phillips
Evangeline Thompson
Moses
Workshops of Geniuses in Motion Across History
The text links poets and thinkers to riding or walking as catalysts for writing and invention. Burns, Mil, Hale, Wesley, Byron, and others reportedly produced notable works while in transit or on horseback, aboard boats, or during lengthy journeys, showing creative bursts tied to movement and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Chamber
Cenine
Robert Burns
Wallace
J. S. Mil
Matthew Hale
John Wesley
Byron
Coreair
London
Albemarle Street
Gratton Street
Piccadilly
Lara
Shulley
Thames
Marlow
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Gorman
Grand Depot
Handkerchiers
Gorman's Grand Depot
J. Scott Inglis
Lackawanna Ave
Wyoming Hous
Justice Sullivan
M. Shorak
B. Hoyt
T. GB. Crawford
George Milhaus
Archland
HL. J. DeGraw
P. J. O'Boyle
Columbia Hotel
Mayfield
C. A. Fitewilliams
William M. Moscript
Towanda
William Noetling
Bloomsburg Normal
Coughlin
Noetling
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Ald Society
Archibald
Hallstead
Forest City
Ir. D. Sterling Mitzele
Whiterstown, Pa
Hood
Mtr
Sterling Mitzel
Winterstown
Hood & Co
Lowell
Mas
D. SrenLiona Mirges
Justice of Peace
Hunt & Cornell
Ror
Trenton Iron CO
van Alen & 60
STEEL
Oxford Iron CO
Revere Rubber CO
Fayerweather & Ladew
MT. Pleasant
Wyoming Avenue
WM. T. Smith
He Wearwell Suit Co
Brodek Freudenthal & Co
Tryde Park
West Third Street
Waverly Plack
South Main Avenue
Cape Rci
Boys’ Melton and Kersey
Melton
Lackawanna Avenue
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Nton and
Ral Oilice
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Pheettvt
Lackaave
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