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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1895
Page
4
GORMAN'S GRAND DEPOY offers half pieces from former full bolts at reduced prices. Ideal for updating old costumes or making school dresses. The shop emphasizes customer interests and preparations for daily new stock arrivals.
In Carbondale a severe blizzard halts streetcars, trains, and colliery work. Many services suspend as pipes burst and routes fail. schools close, funerals delayed, and residents endure travel disruptions and isolation amid ongoing snowfall.
ArchbalD James Gownley fourteen year old son of John Gownley of South Main street was kicked in the head by a mule Thursday. He was found insensible with a deep head wound but the injury is not fatal. A younger brother was killed in a mine about six weeks ago. A daring burglary at Hiverside store occurred Wednesday night with two men entering through a rear window and firing at the watchman as they fled. No valuables were taken. The school board held a special meeting to fill Miss Quinnan's vacancy and appointed Miss Corcoran with each candidate teaching one month. Heavy storms delayed work and some schools closed. Miss Annie Philbin of Scranton is visiting. Miss Bridget Gilroy’s illness worsens. An advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claims fifty years of use by mothers and promotes as a remedy for teething pain and diarrhea, sold by druggists worldwide.
The Trish Statesman produced at the New Opera house by home talent drew praise for Osamunde O'Sullivan acted by 8 J Evans and Richard Talbert portrayed by F B Ferguson. Peter O Malley played Lord Noddledin with others, while Miss Minnie Hoban earned praise as Annable Love lace and Mrs O Sullivan by Miss Liggle Dempsey. Adele club hosted a reception at Martin's hall after the show. DeMoes family concert planned at Susquehanna Street Baptist church tonight. Mr and Mrs William Lloyd guests in town from Deposit NC. Gravity road mentioned as completely tied.
Keystone Academy reports enrollment over four hundred this quarter and adds physiology chemistry Latin political economy English literature and geography to its courses. Phi Mu elects officers for the third quarter while Anabasis class popularizes Greek study at Professor Hulley’s home. Board of trustees holds annual meeting electing Dickson Partridge Hart Langstaff Sisson. senior class re elect Kemmerer Peck Dunklee and Barnes. Current TopIe league selects Beardsley Archibald Swallow Thompson.
Easington lodge of the Sons of St. George calls an evening meeting for important business. Joseph Davenport suffers rheumatism at home. Thomas Meehan unsettled by wage dispute with Albert Race and judgment to Squire Logan. Streetcar service blocked by storm. Storrs shaft work halted. Patrick Rielly seeks school director seat for People's party. Mrs. Malone also confined by rheumatism at Carmalt Street.
James Jones moved his family to Lickawanna. The Druckenmiller family offered a first class entertainment at Brick Methodist church last evening. Sunday services planned at Presbyterian chapel. John Kinney and Miss Kitty Merrick from Plaths visited Miss Kitty Judge Thursday. Squire Gilboy enjoyed a sleigh ride to Pittston last evening.
Dr J E Rader, once rival of a killed killer, was found shot to death in Breathitt County near Jackson. The widow Cot McQuinn confessed to firing two bullets into his heart and gave no motive. Her lover Timothy Smith is believed involved, and he remains at large.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania February a feared ice gouge and flood threaten local wealth as residents worry banks may fail. A trustee sought legal guidance on recovering deposits if banks collapse by act of God not trustee negligence. Some notices mention remarkable cures of deafness with Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
General Daniel Sickles sues in New Rochelle for partition of about 250000 dollars of land tied to his father George Sickles estate. Heirs include three step-sisters from the second marriage: Mrs. Mead, Mrs. Quinn, and Mrs. Dinham, who eloped with local men. The suit follows the age of Mrs. Dinham and involves land holdings including 300 acres at New Rochelle and other parcels. General Sickles notes the matter is private.
A Belgian inventor unveils a colossal lamp made of 3 000 pieces, six feet thick and 7.10 feet in diameter. Fed by lard oil, it reportedly consumes little fuel and can illuminate enough to read by at a distance of 100 feet.
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