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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1894
Page
8
A sales note presents rare opportunity this morning for stylish ladies coats at lowest current season prices. Describes maker selling due to surplus amid limited funds, with wraps exquisitely made and trimmed, 40 inch length, double breasted, large sleeves, right fitting.
Pittston faces stalled Main street paving as funds and sewer plans clash. Barber Asphalt co. holds off amid contract doubts. officials fear a $3300 borrows limit blocks work while property holders' signings could unlock a larger $45,000 project. Local services and Christmas observances noted.
A patent remedy claims rapid relief from rheumatism and neuralgia within 1 to 3 days. It asserts the cure removes the cause and the disease promptly with the first dose, offered at 75 cents and sold by Matthews Bros. druggists in Scranton.
Myrtle Swartz and Ora Van Loon from the State Normal school in Bloomsburg visit family for the holidays. The Main street brick block completion progresses as interior work finishes. School closes for a week long vacation. The High School Literary union held its first meeting and will reconvene in two weeks. December recorded 338 pupils enrolled. The borough lock-up is moved to clear space for a new Methodist church. Adair of the Railroad YMCA will speak at the New Milford Christian Endeavor convention on January 6. Contractor Benson of Susquehanna was in town. Mine Anna Doyle has been appointed.
The local notes report Macklings selling his photographic gallery to Albert Miller who takes immediate possession. Miller studied photography at Oberlin and aims to continue the business. Other items include births, deaths, obits, a game law petition, and marriages in nearby townships.
A claim for a new remedy named Greta South American Kidney Cure relieves kidney and bladder pain within six hours. It supposedly eases urinary passage pain, bladder retention, and back pain in men and women. Sold by C. M. Harris Drugist in Boranton Pennsylvania Pennavnie.
The New Year concert at the Methodist Episcopal church features a cornets solo by Professor Rubenstein, Tri-Valley male quartet, full chorus, recitations by Mr. Bleck and Mr. Reynolds, a piano quartet, violin duets, and various solos. An adjoining diagram promotes Buel Dodge's drug store with Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. The ad touts the syrup's fifty years of use and 25 cent bottles.
In Carbondale and nearby, residents. Cora Estabrook returns from Millersville State Normal to spend holidays with her mother on Garfield avenue. K L Peck arrives from unknown origin to see his parents on Washington street. Mrs Martha Searles returns from West Pittston after a month away. Mrs Libbie Barryman of Pittston visits relatives here. Harry Vandermark of Lexington Ky. is guest of his parents on Washington street. Several locals attend Elias Thoman’s funeral in the city. A list of births, deaths and visitations follows with other arrivals and birthday celebration notices.
The final Archibald University Extension Center lecture by Colonel Homer B. Sprague drew a large audience. He focused on Shakespeare's later years including Hamlet Caesar Lear and Othello noting a higher moral tone and greater reverence for sacred matters than in his early works with less grossness.
The lecture series on Shakespeare drew lively interest and was judged profitable by circle members. Colonel Sprague is credited for sustaining the program and inspiring a broader desire to study the playwright.
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