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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1895
Page
2
The store cuts prices on remaining holiday goods to clear stock before new spring arrivals. Immense reductions across the entire store promise money savings and gift-worthy items as inventory is unloaded to make room for fresh stock.
Alton Iowa December 24 Local physicians show strong interest in Henry Hackman a 70 year old farmer four miles east of Alton after a runaway left him with a broken neck His body is paralyzed from the neck down yet he remains conscious able to talk and suffers little pain Doctors hope for a prolonged life and possible recovery over several months
Aurora Newfoundland December 24 After the morning service at the Park Place Baptist church the pastor F O Cunningham read his resignation citing lack of conversion and indifference to church duties. All but one deacon submitted resignations to take effect February 1. Cunningham served ten years after coming from Boston.
In Newcastle Pennsylvania the home of A L Fisher was broken into through a downstairs window. Three overcoats a watch and much silverware were taken. The burglars made a fire in the cook stove and ate beefsteak and other food while six residents slept upstairs. They left a note of thanks.
Mount Vernon Illinois December 4 Dr W P Biles an oculist opened the lachrymal duct and removed a tumor from the eye of Philip Eltman of Duquoin. The patient was hypnotized instead of using chloroform. the operation is extremely painful yet he felt no pain during the procedure.
Residents of Ashland Ohio and nearby cities join a protracted litigation seeking $68,000,000 due to the Pegge heirs in Philadelphia. The vast fortune stems from an expired property grant and has persisted in court as a multi-state legal dispute.
Max L Frey tag s fur store on West State street was entered by burglars early today. Items valued at several hundred dollars were stolen including seals and cloaks. Footprints at the rear suggest a woman aided the robbery.
Washington December 24 a leading Republican member of the ways and means committee said the house tariff bill to be presented Thursday is a pure revenue measure not a revision. The committee refused to hear wool men and eastern manufacturers pressing higher rates and kept the plan simple with a 15 percent horizontal increase for most schedules and sugar exempted. Carpet wools will return to the McKinley rate with sixty percent duties, lumber at sixty percent, and the bond bill completed for printing. The bills will go before the full committee and then the house with Friday set for the bond measure and Thursday for the tariff bill.
Articles report evangelist Jim Burdick delivering two talks in the Electric City on Monday. Other items note a new Chamberlain district church, land donation, and funds raised, plus meetings of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Masons. Officers of the C M and B A are listed, and lodges plan changes in 1896. Various residents travel, visit, or host relatives for Christmas and holidays.
Major I B Brown head of the Bureau of Railways outlines 1895 total equipment cost at 184 585 811.98 with 9 760 locomotives and 429 606 freight cars plus 11 243 maintenance cars. He notes private shipper cars distort revenues and urges abolition or strict regulation. President J M Hill cites immigration trends and Great Northern projections for wheat transport, with 66 million bushels expected to move this year.
A 1895 report tallies 1648 mine accidents in Pennsylvania from November 1894 to December 1895, with 991 fatalities and = orphans. Districts list accidents, fatalities, widows and orphans by inspector, including Scranton Lackawanna and Wilkes-Barre areas.
A dense ad listing seeks traveling salesmen with routes and commissions, agents for subscriptions and staple goods, and housework help. includes pay ranges from $3 to $75 per day and monthly salaries. Also notes rental listings in Scranton and nearby, with multiple rooms and buildings to rent or sale.
Fifty dozen Japanese silk hemstitched initials in all letters priced at 25 cents each. An extra large size for gentlemen at 45 cents each or 2.50 per half dozen. A large lot of ladies lawn hemstitched initials sold in fancy boxes of half a dozen at 75 cents per box. Extraordinary value.
Mixed notices seek employment and services in Scranton. Nurses clerks salesmen bank staff chauffeurs teachers and professionals advertise for work. several addresses and names listed for responses. Includes store, office, wholesale, and mercantile roles with references and rate offers.
A fragmented timetable notice from the Central Railroad of New Jersey outlines departures and arrivals for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Division with multiple routes including Scranton Pittston Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth Mauch Chunk and Philadelphia. It lists express and parlor car services with varying times and Sundays schedules, noting a general low fare offer and a prospect of advance ticketing via Baldwin. The notice is signed by N. J. H. Olhausen, General Superintendent.
Inquirer questions a professional politician about backing a party in its new platform. The politician asserts the party should support him as it has for years, implying reciprocal support and loyalty within political dynamics.
English capital for American investment aims to attract funds and introductions to promoters. The notice mentions fees and commissions totaling over £16 000 with seven months terms and payments via order to the Oeaden and Unive puress.
Railway timetable text lists departures from Scranton to Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and intermediate points via D H R and D W R lines. It notes Pullman parlor and chair car service, connections to Elmira Ithaca Rochester Niagara Falls and Chicago routes, with various times and rates. authorities Wilbur and Chage coordinate the schedule.
Timetable shows multiple trains and connections from Lackawanna and Western lines on Monday June 24 1896. It lists express and accommodation services to Easton Trenton Philadelphia Washington and points west with assorted departure times, connections at Buffalo Cortland Syracuse Ithaca and Northumberland among others. Pocket timetables or depot offices provide further details.
Erie and Wyoming Valley lines list through trains from Scranton to New York and intermediate points at 7:00 am and 2:29 pm. Additional through trains to Honesdale Hawley and focal points depart at 7:10 am 9:40 am and 3:29 pm. Wilkes-Barre service runs at 9 minutes past and 2:19 pm.
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