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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1895
Page
7
Luce Bros Cash Stores at 363 Main Street Taylor list staple goods with prices including flour 24 pounds at 3.65, sugar 30 pounds at 1.00, cream cheese 12. per dozen, tomatoes, hams bacon butter lard and tobacco brands shown with unit prices, reflecting early 20th century grocery offers.
Advertisements list offerings at 2 North Main avenue including wall paper paint and window shades. Plumbing services by William D. Griffiths at 113 North Main avenue with steam heat and gas fitting and guaranteed satisfaction. Oysters are sold by HK. E. Davis at market house offering foreign and domestic fruits and oysters at 60 North Main avenue beside Clarke's.
At a Vesper Literary society gathering J W Browning and Professor Louise Lange pressed for shifting meetings from the Penn Avenue Baptist church parlor to the Albright library. Councilman Browning spoke 23 times and Professor Lange raised numerous points of order before the motion was tabled. The group plans a public entertainment soon.
A monthly City Pastors union discussion at the YMCA examined evangelists in the Armenian meeting topic. Rev Floyd argued evangelists draw churches from stable moorings and socialism taints some. others defended evangelists as vital though flawed, urging local control and genuine revival through personal work. A Saturday Elm Park gathering was planned with a Roman Catholic representative invited.
Bernard Davis announces himself as Alderman candidate for Second ward. Miss Cora Griffin returns to Mansfeld to resume studies. Green Ridge church groups hold monthly meeting. Council No 2 to present first annual entertainment at St Marys hall. Local collision injures Mrs Lynott and Mrs Reagen. Funeral for Henry Kennedy at Holy Rosary Church with interment at Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery. Rev T W Jones on a mission tour through the valley with a sermon on The Seven Churches of Asia.
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Police on the South Side crack down on loafers as four wanderers are rounded up and remanded for snow cleanup duties. Century Hose Company No. 10 installs new officers led by President S. S. Spruks and foreman Jacob Hafner.
J M Manchester is excused from jury duty and John Moran returns to work after rheumatism. George Baldry of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western is ill. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Y M C A marks its anniversary on Thursday January 17 with a reception committee listed for each weekday. The Railroader prints a fine portrait of John W Lewis, and George Pain shows recovery after a box car accident. condolences go to A B Fournham’s family. The DL&W yard reports skilled checker players and possible formation of a checker club during noon hour games.
The Frothingham hosts Whallen and Martell with plantation sketches led by Slavery Days and Under the Southern Sun. Other acts include Buckingham Eclipse Twilight quartettes and buck and wing dancers. Lew Dockstader leads a top minstrel program at the Academy of Music next Friday. Wilfred Clarke stars in A Widow Halt at the Frothingham Friday and Saturday with Tit for Tat at the end. Daniel Sully presents O Neill at the Academy of Music Monday evening with his company.
Public school teachers met at Liberty Hall with Professor George Howell presiding to discuss forming a benevolent association modeled after large cities. AReading by Miss Lees prompted a committee on a plan of organization to gather information and report recommendations. The next meeting is set for Monday Jan 21 at 4 PM in Liberty Hill.
Multiple Scranton plants report full staffing and brisk demand this week. Scranton Firebrick Manufacturing and Scranton Forging run at capacity while Mesers Robinson and Pearce at Green Ridge street foundry note strong orders. Scranton Glass factory operates double time and Green Ridge Iron Works resumes with workload ahead.
An advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for women, claiming it cures weakness exhaustion and nervous debility. It promises to restore flesh, provide lasting strength and improve digestion while enriching blood, with Matthews Bros. in Scranton selling the product.
Annie Githool daughter of Thomas Githool dies of scarlet fever at Jermyn plus Mary Shields returns to school in Stroudsburg. Thomas Jay named warden welcomed by friends. St Mary’s church fair draws crowds with prize drawings and surgical instruments contest between Dr Scanlon Mayfield and Dr Manley Jermyn. Last night program featured Tobles quartet baritone J L Bengough Serenade band Archbald. Harry Bovard joins Press office. Ball and C D Winter back from Buffalo trip. Sleighing rides noted as two lands go to Thompkinsville and one to Vandling.
A Dear Sir letter from Hiram Ohio reports dramatic bladder and kidney relief after using Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The writer cites long term pain and rheumatic suffering improved daily and notes a neighbor quickly benefiting from a sample.
An old three line advertisement notes Castoria as a remedy used from infancy to motherhood. It claims continued patient use as a comforting remedy for children and a product passed to the next generation.
AERCEREAU and CONNELL advertise a vast holiday display featuring watches in gold and gold filled cases, rich stones, brooches rings earrings and many jewelry articles. They claim low prices due to factory concessions and tariff-driven reductions, with porcelain onyx marble clocks and glassware included.
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