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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1894
Page
8
This morning stores present a rare chance to buy stylishly made ladies coats at the lowest prices of the current season. Shoppers may find a wide range of colors sizes and fabrics at marked down rates as collections move to new lines.
Miss Mary Walter visits Canton relatives while others in Bradford county share tidings of illness, weddings, travel, and local improvements. Oil investors discuss the first well as funds await pledges. street signage is urged. excursions to Lake Carey are planned. a marriage at Taylor Street and social details follow with a list of guests and a wedding supper.
Miss Elizabeth Swales wed John Jayne last Monday evening at the Swales home in Peckville. Rev. F P Doty officiated with Miss Esther Banfield as bridesmaid and William Swales as groomsman. A wedding lunch followed under an evergreen arch as many local families attended.
Local churches held holiday services with Rev Rowlands from Wyoming preaching at the Methodist Episcopal church. Childrens Christmas trees and crowded trains and streetcars to Scranton reflected holiday cheer. Several residents planned visits and gatherings in Wilkes Barre and nearby towns.
William Davis, admitted to the hospital after a lamp toppled during night reading, suffered serious burns while trying to extinguish fire from a rug and furnishings. He is a paralytic and the outlook remains grave. The piece also notes Christmas services, hospital donations, and a trial date in Wilkes-Barre.
A sensational claim advertises Myatteo Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia promising radical relief in 1 to 3 days. The text asserts immediate disappearance of the disease and benefit from the first dose priced at 75 cents, sold by Matthews Brow druggists in Scranton.
William Race visits his parents Rev J L Race during the holidays. J Erwin Drodhead spends his vacation with his parents. Miss Abbott of Farview visits at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage. George Drake Jr spent Christmas with friends in Nichols. Emmett Brodhead and family visit his son Ira in MIN City. Silas Randall Sr erects a new dwelling on his lot. John W Thornton and family spend Christmas with friends in Peckyville. Many attend Christmas exercises at the new Methodist Episcopal church Moosie. Presbyterian Sunday school held exercises Tuesday evening. Three ruffians assaulted George Drake Jr on Sunday evening en route to Moosie. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children selling nationwide. Twenty-five cents per bottle.
Nicholson reports the Universalist Sunday school hosted at B and L Tiffanys residence with ice cream and cake after Christmas Day. the Methodist Pereco pal society served dinner and supper at the opera house and the Sunday school performed the cantata The Frost Queen in the evening. The Presbyterian society planned a concert at the opera house Friday evening. Dr Harry Wilkins from Philadelphia Dental College is visiting for the holidays. Dim Wilson of Scranton shared Christmas turkey with Nicholson friends and Mrs W C Williams hosted her gathering.
The passage notes Christmas visits and family gatherings across several towns. E J Raymond and family from Binghamton visit. Will B Raymond from Wilkes-Barre. W F Shields from Springville. Harry Williams from Wyoming Centinary. Myrtle Thurber visit. Chester Butts nee Myrtle Thurber visiting Scranton. Louis Boyle from Marshwood visiting parents F N Boyle and spouse.
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