Establishment Promises Always Lowest Prices
A brief notice touts this establishment as the place to find items at the always lowest prices, inviting customers to shop for bargains.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
2
A brief notice touts this establishment as the place to find items at the always lowest prices, inviting customers to shop for bargains.
Chicago reports Hugh McCaul a noted thief killed while breaking into G W Hoof s commission house at 274 South Waters street He pried a wire screen and entered an elevator shaft triggering the car which descended and crushed him leaving his chest and back mangled and the body jammed in the shaft rescuers cut away part of the elevator to recover him.
Baltimore December 19 Miss Helen Culver known for philanthropy and a $1 000 000 donation to the biological department at the university is a sister of local real estate dealer Robert Culver. She inherited about 4 000 000 from cousin Charles St Hull whose property ventures made him wealthy in Baltimore and the West. As confidential secretary she showed notable business acumen and later entered real estate in partnership.
Duluth Minn December 19 The Mendenhall divorce case proceeded with Miss Kate as co defendant not taking the stand Miss Haire and Miss Hardy testified the relationship was platonic Plaintiffs rebuttal weakened several of Mendenhall’s explanations Tomorrow the case will be summed up for the jury
Mrs Hiram Finney of Gallen Michigan learned she is heir to an improved German land tract valued around one million dollars. Upon hearing the news she fainted, adding a note of local astonishment to the fortune report dated December 19.
English capital for American investment appears in a fragmented notice seeking 20 promoter names and addresses who placed sterling abroad in the last six years. It references a Universal Bureau in Cheapside London and promises introduction letters or patents to successful ventures, with a likely legal order and director arrangements.
In Wilkes Barre officials report that the Crystal Spring Water company supplied water from Crystal Lake Pink Pond and Solomon’s Creek despite condemnations by the state board of health. The secretary of health orders District Attorney Fell to commence suit in the name of the commonwealth and state board of health for noncompliance and possible nuisance, with costs emphasized.
A group of skilled thieves targets crowded shops during holiday shopping. A woman at Kirby's on East Market Street reports her pocketbook with $15 stolen. An old woman on Rail Road Street feels a pocket pinch at Boston store. At Parker's auction, a well dressed woman steals a ring by a sleight of hand trick and exits before staff realize the theft.
On Wednesday the Ancient Arable Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine elected officers for the year with J Ridgeway Wright as Potentate and William L. Raeder as Chief Rabban. An initiation of about sixty candidates was held with Rajah Temple Reading aiding Wilkes-Barre in escorting them to the lodge room.
The Mastet colliery at Sugar Notch formerly run by Han over Coal is leased by a Scranton backed group led by George W Milnes and John M Grouty with B Felts and B B Leonard. Repairs will start, a washery built, and culm banks screened. Patrick Boyle will be superintendent and Milnes general manager. The same outfit has a charter to furnish heat light and power to Ashley Warrior Run and Sugar Notch with an electric plant at Sugar Notch near the breaker.
Recorder-elect Phi Richards filed two bonds yesterday. A $600 bond covers performance of duties and transfer of all records at term end. A separate $20,000 bond secures payment of obligations.
The statement names John Zukocki of Plymouth and George J. Liewellyn as sureties to the state treasurer for all moneys collected for state tax.
A coroner’s jury in Pittsburgh returned a verdict of murder in the case of William Dangelio who died Tuesday from knife wounds inflicted by John Distastio. The jury ordered the prisoner held for trial.
The boy who drowned in the river near Nanticoke was found at noon yesterday. Rescuers John Derr and Harry Treglow had been searching, cutting a strip of ice and locating the body about thirty feet downstream.
The Social club hosted a pleasant evening at O'Malley’s hall on Wednesday with prominent Pittston and Scranton attendees. Miss Kate Reardon of Scranton provided music, and Miss Kate Bruffner of Williamsport visited cousin Miss Nettle Bruffner. Attendees included Attorney Paul J. Sherwood of Wilkes-Barre and local residents. Public school closes for holiday recess until January 6 with interbuilding exercises planned. The Star of Bethlehem cantata is set for Christmas Eve at the Calvinistic Methodist church. The Langcliffe Coal company will pay its employer today. Miss Jennie White attended the Baker Gardner wedding in Jermyn Wednesday.
Five investors led by Tsate i Felts HB Leonard George W Milnes and George McDonald of Scranton and John S McGroarty of Wilkes Barre have leased the Sugar Notch colliery from the William Maffitt heirs and plan to restart operations within four weeks. They also form a Heat Light and Motor company to build a power plant and wire system across Avoca Ashley Sugar Notch Warrior Run to heat and light the area, using culm as fuel.
A specialized six wheel brake van equipped with dynamos has been built to accompany the train. The addition aims to enhance braking control and power supply for onboard equipment during operations.
A Rochester Post Express discussion reviews Robert Barr's stance on abolishing shall and will usage. Barr argues Americans and Englishmen misplace the words, citing Davie and Dean Alford, noting that English rules drift with language and that context often dictates meaning. The piece concludes that usage should guide choice rather than strict rules.
W E Curtis describes Senator Quay as a meticulous record keeper who files all letters with notes on outcomes and motives. The excerpt includes assorted notices about board and room ads, a stockholders meeting, a court notice, a church charter petition, and a will with executors and claims pending.
Classified notices show dozens of help wanted and rental postings across Scranton and nearby, including agents needed for sales and canvassing, house and room rentals, professionals, and skilled trades. Advertisers include Clifton Soap and Manufacturing Co, Snyder's Cake Factory, and local firms offering commissions and steady pay.
The notice lists trains in effect November 17 1895 for routes including Scranton Pittston Wilkes-Barre and Atlantic City and New York with express parlor car services. It provides departure times from Liberty Street North River and returning times from New York and Philadelphia with several suburban and regional connections and a brief ticketing reminder.
Through trains depart Scranton for Erie Wyoming Valley and intermediate points at 7 04 am and 3 pm. Local trains leave for Honesdale Hawley and local points at 7 am 9 40 am and pm. Services to Wilkes Barre run at 6 39 am and 2 19 pm.
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