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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1894
Page
8
A description of a forthcoming book project bound at year end, promising a 384 page volume with about 500 illustrations detailing gowns for calling shopping weddings receptions balls parties and other occasions for economical dress.
Yesterday and Sunday events in Gorman include Miss Lilian Baker hosting a tea for the Young Ladies Cooking club on Church street and Rev T E Jep eon delivering the third sermon in a New Testament conversion series at the Baptist tabernacle with baptism to follow. Obits note infant death of Mr and Mrs Patrick Coohan and Mrs Edward Melody's funeral planned for Deposit NY.
A Household Treasure from Cunajdurie N Y and a Jaitbkill N Y druggist praise Dr Kings New Discovery as the best cough remedy. They note long use eight years in one family and universal effectiveness. Trial bottles free of Matthews Brown drug store. Regular price 50 cents and 1.00.
Out of town correspondents present uneven notes on regional events. The message trains focus on correspondence ratios and a caution against publication while guarding against decryption.
At the courthouse last evening a flute solo by Edward Rued and piano by Rechtinger with Jefferson Freeman on violin preceded a lecture by Dr. Warfield of Lafayette College on the meaning of names. Professors Albert and Twitmyer gave short talks. Officers were elected, committees formed, and the institute adjourned sine die amid good attendance and teaching.
A readable service list spans several churches headlined by Rev. George Hall Baptist Rev. PL Tal pastor and others. Morning prayers and sermons at 10 a.m. with Sunday schools at late mornings. evening services at 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor and Epworth League meet in late afternoons and evenings.
The Play of Thrilling Pathon greeted a crowded house last night at the Opera House. The Burglar is a pathetic drama mixing crime and sorrow with few lively scenes and restrained applause.
Advertisement for a salve claimed to cure bruises sores corns and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It boasts nine positive cures for piles and a fixed price of 20 cents per box, sold by Matthews Bros.
Local notes from Honxespate recount a Methodist church prayer week starting January 8 and ending January 12. Citizens Wardenbergh, Wood, and Louis returned from the Worrisburg convention. An exchange club meeting is set for Saturday evening. Liambert returns from Thomasville after two weeks, and Hilwroians invite members to a reception and ball June 12 with Maetzgar’s orchestra. Kallighan dies at home. a wheel detaches from Ordang’s wagon on Main Street. Estelle Hallock returns to Campville, New York.
Mrs Henry of the East Side is very ill with typhoid fever. Berton Pires fell twenty feet while working on a new home on Second Street and was injured when scaffolding was removed. Dr Divia hopes for his recovery. A horse and wagon of Alexander Shianta in Mayfield was struck by an electric car in front of the Jermyn Pharmacy. the wagon overturned but only the harness was damaged. Mrs J Mitchell of Fifth Street is seriously ill. John Kennedy of the East Side suffers a severe pneumonia attack. Edward Neary of Mayfield fractured his collar bone while at play. Michael Fick, accused murderer of John Page, returned yesterday and is in custody in Scranton after surrendering in Plymouth.
A fragmented children’s verse references Castoria as a remedy from infancy to adulthood and mentions Cayluria in association with giving it to children. The lines reveal a playful, oblique look at a familiar medicinal product through repeated Castoria mentions and altered spellings.
The Ladies Aid society of Cap tiat church will serve a supper in the church lecture room on January 17 for ten cents. The society is newly organized and seeks support from the community.
August Fisher was in Wayne county yesterday. Robert Burleigh, chairman of the Republican conferrers of Lackawanna township, has called a meeting of the conferrers for next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the Davia hotel.
The community notes the election of Thorpe and White to three year terms as trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Peckville ATT. Plans for a new Abb odist Episcopal church begin in March with work on a lawn front area of the existing building and a reconfigured space to serve as a chapel. Dr Peares of Elm Park Methodist will deliver the closing address at the Peoples’ Legislative coun…
The Priceburg fair continues with varied attractions and a schedule of events. A barrel of fannie is offered this week, while Joe Meloni, a local figure, died Monday and was buried in Priceburg cemetery on Thursday. Reports note burglaries on Mato Street and thefts of watches and valuables from Miraén, with police pursuing leads.
Residents attended lodge installations in Livlle Park and nearby towns. Notables include Karl Decker of Pittston and Prof MoLevand returning from a wedding trip. Boulevards report Lackawanna Valley Council officers installed, and Loyal Knights of America held public installations with large attendance. Community events cover cantatas by the Wen Congrega tional church and a Knights of Golden Eagle gathering. Borough election caucus hints, library reception plans, and social gatherings surface amid routine town business.
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