Luce Bros. Offer Fresh Groceries and Candies
Luce Bros. advertise a wide assortment of fresh produce and confections. The ad highlights new dried fruits, assorted nuts, raisins, oranges, and a large candy selection at appealing prices.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
7
Luce Bros. advertise a wide assortment of fresh produce and confections. The ad highlights new dried fruits, assorted nuts, raisins, oranges, and a large candy selection at appealing prices.
An aged resident, Heffram T. Davies, died at 5:58 AM at the home of Officer Hezekiah Peters on Price street after years with miners asthma. Born in Wales, he came to the U S about 25 years ago and worked in Capouse mines. Funeral from Peters' home tomorrow, burial at Washburn Street cemetery. Interwoven notes list local visitors, lodge events, and a home factory opening by W S Hughes and R S Dales.
Chauncey Olcott, star of The Irish Artist at the Academy of Music, draws large crowds with Maurice Cronin’s role and his song encore. The Sans Souci hosts In the Tenderloin with Tom Gould and Cushman. Freeman Bryton leads the dramatic portion at Frothingham tonight. The Stanard Dramatic company presents Hand and aura as a St Pauls Pioneer group benefit at the Academy.
Miss Katie Clark visits Providence and Miss Eva Montgomery visits Plymouth as holiday gatherings fill Dunmore. Local staff changes include John Johnson resigning as foreman at Scranton Cash store. Christmas balls, parties, and a funeral mark the season with Odd Fellows and church services scheduled. Reverend Dreyer heads to China after Canada meetings and Chicago stop. a Christmas purse is raised for him.
Miss Margaret Reese of Plymouth visits her aunt Miss Anna Reese on William street. Park Place Methodist Episcopal Sunday school plans tonight’s Christmas tree entertainment with Keystone Local Club hosting a social. Bauer’s Orchestra will provide music. Joseph F. Hangiaclos reports a surprise at Green Ridge Presbyterian Sunday school. Martin La Baur of Hackettstown, N J attends.
An assorted listing highlights calendars at Pratts Book Store and music boxes from Gautschl & Sons of Philadelphia. It notes repairs and a rare bindings collection, with limited piano lessons and various street locations and specialty items in a period advertising style.
Happy children filled Hickory Street Presbyterian Church with a Christmas tree program led by Rev. August Lange. The service ended with toy gifts for each child. George Stangline had a large funeral at St. Marys Catholic Church with a high mass and a preacher praising his character. Charlies Stone announces candidacy for common council in the Eleventh Ward.
Samuel S Cobb writes to correct an article about dismissed pupils. He asserts his daughter Catherine Cobb left school four weeks earlier and denies misreporting by Miss Holce and others. Cobb claims the retirement resulted from perceived pupil impartiality and seeks to set the record straight.
A brief note advertises double berth sleeper prices on Phillips lock Island Tourist Excursions from Chicago. Fast trains depart Tuesday via Fort Worth and El Paso and Thursday via Scenic Rate. Inquiries go to A Phillips & Co Philadelphia, John Sebastian, GPA Chicago.
Mrs Elia Re Nolan of Auburn New York describes years of rheumatism and rheumatic gout with swollen joints and bedridden days. After trying Dr Potters Rheumatic Pills she reports rapid improvement within days and full recovery after six boxes, endorsing the remedy and inviting verification at 200 State Street Scranton Pa. Price listed as one dollar per box.
The State House Commission selected fifty three Massachusetts worthies for inscription around the dome base of the new House chamber. Notables include Morse Morton Hell Bancroft Prescott Motley Parkman Emerson Hawthorne Holmes Bryant Longfellow Lowell and more with remarks on Morton Knox Lincoln Dane Quincy Allen Howe Putnam and Bulfinch among others.
A profile of Frank L Stanton, his rural upbringing and hard work as a youth, then years as a printer reporter and editor on the Savannah Morning News and Constitution. His poetry attracted praise in Paris and London, with many works set to music in England and America.
A Philadelphia provocateur recalls a Maryland governor bid where a heckler hid his question under a joke about hearing. The tale shows how deafness can shape political misreadings and social exchanges, including a Delaware Bay fishing trip and a chorus of taunts about loans.
A man shouted at a friend asking for 60 cents. The friend turned calmly, tossed a half-dollar, and said, Confound your impertinence, I should have heard you the first time.
Two men forced entry into the Green Ridge Store on Dickson Avenue and Green Ridge Street last evening at 4 20 pm. They pried a bar from the cellar door but fled before taking any valuables.
A scattered digest cites barley, wheat, rye, oats, millet, spelt and maize with notes on origins, uses, and historic mentions. It touches on Pliny, Egypt, China, and Europe, alongside snippets of quotations and playful anecdotes about wisdom and games.
Beecham's pills are claimed to relieve biliousness bilious headache dyspepsia heartburn torpid liver dizziness sick headache foul taste and coated tongue caused by constipation with constipation listed as the most frequent cause. Book free pills 25c at drugstores or write B F Allen Co 365 Canal St New York.
An advertisement promotes Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for women's weakness and exhaustion. It claims to restore flesh and color, aid digestion, and enrich the blood, urging mothers to use it for daughters. Matthews Bros. in Scranton sells the product.
Mercereau and Connell announce their holiday arrangements with a vast assortment of watches in gold, silver, and gold filled cases. They secured many manufacturer concessions to pass savings to customers, offering top quality watches at prices close to inferior goods elsewhere.
Dealers boast low silver prices after tariff changes and robee of 1 per cent. They claim to offer perfect color and cut stones in brooches rings earrings and studs. A wide variety of silver items from cake baskets to toothpicks is presented, with astonishment at the quoted prices.
A vivid notice touts brilliant glasswork and a doxeling display. It claims low labor costs and perfected machinery have driven prices downward, highlighting remarkable improvements in value.
New and elegant designs in banquet lamps and onyx top tables headline a display. Art porcelains are included among items brought in since the tariff took effect.
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