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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
7
Luce Bros Best Pat Flour priced at 3.65 for 24 pounds. Granulated sugar 1.00 per 100 pounds? Fancy full cream cheese, tomatoes, Stower's sugar cured hams, bacon and Delaware county butter featured. Clark and Snower tobacco, tea and lard also listed with varied prices.
Milk dealer William H. Snover reported a stolen buffalo robe and goods seized during a break in while his wagon traveled to Newton. A search warrant was issued as headlines note ongoing incidents including a wife threats case against Herman Bauchman and funeral details for Patrick Riley. The West Side column also lists various local society notices and upcoming meetings.
An ad listing J. C. King hardware stock at 104 and 108 Jackson Street. Fred Reynolds offers wall paper paints and window shades on North Main. Wren Griffiths advertises plumbing steam heat and gas fitting at 114 North Plain. R. E. Day markets oysters and fruit at 310 North Main next to Clarke's.
City brief notes multiple local items including a Prohibitionists caucus next Monday for alderman and council candidates in the ward. Also tonight a North End Christian Doctrine Society entertainment at St Marys hall featuring J H Hitchner and Pittston quartet.
Nicholas de Giers a Finlander known for shaping Russian policy and guiding the czar, rose to power through diplomacy rather than force. Born 1820 in a Swedish Finland, he served in Danubian campaigns, Constantinople, Moldavia, Egypt, Teheran, and Stockholm, reorganizing Russia's diplomacy before Alexander III and playing a key role at the 1881 Dantsie conference with Bismarck.
A letter from C B E Mills of Auburn New York claims Dr Potter's Rheumatic Pills cured his seventy five year old father who walked with two canes after a wagon accident and rheumatism. He cites relief from facial cancer pain and says the pills enabled him to drive forty miles. Pills are $1 a box and sold by Matthews Broad Scranton Pa.
Enduring product jingle notes Castoria used for infants children and even adults, highlighting relief and comfort across life stages. The ad tone emphasizes loyal usage from babyhood to parenthood and beyond.
Scranton Athletic club members will vote tonight at Germania hall on Cedar avenue for president and treasurer with two candidates each. Candidates include Charles G. Rosar and Fred C. Erhardt for president, Robert Robinson and William Koch for treasurer. The election is spirited but cordial as the club, with about 150 progressive young men, prepares for a masquerade ball at Pontello Svelal club.
An old man who trusts fate travels with a gun despite warnings that danger lies ahead. He jokes about meeting an Indian and his time coming, insisting on carrying his weapon. A Petersburg siege anecdote follows a Confederate lieutenant wounded in battle whose arm is saved by bone section removal.
In Harrisburg during the Lincoln campaign, the late General Gibson of Tiffin Ohio, nicknamed The Old Man Eloquent, captivated a courthouse audience for two hours. A national figure spoke first, but Gibson’s plain dress and powerful voice drew hundreds back inside, prompting an intense, memorable address.
A Kansas anecdote recounts Senator Ingalls, noted for his slender build, as a doctor’s friend in Atchison. The tale centers on a persistent newsboy who intrudes into the office, pestering the physician while the senator is present.
The Boston Herald notes English teetotallers mock Gladstone for endorsing the Gothenburg system and portray him as a drinker who clings to liquor as necessary, while brewing and liquor interests quote the remark, claiming his vigor resembles that of a much younger man.
A compact summary of tobacco knowledge including plant height up to six feet, curing twelve weeks, nicotine content in Cuban and Brazilian varieties, seed vitality ten years, European origin in Portugal around 1020, nightshade family, tobacco leaf yield 400 to 1400 pounds per farm, value of leaf exports near 20 million dollars, and notes on snuff production, fermentation color, and age-old pipe traditions.
A compact survey of global industry history notes Japan has 200 newspapers and various outdated production figures. It mentions railcars, locomotives, mining, textile origins, Damascus damask, Rome leather, wine transport by tank cars, calico origins, and ancient health remedies with Burdock Blood Hitters.
Hartman Patent Paint offers a coating for tin and galvanized tin roofs and brick dwellings. It claims to reveal crumbling or cracking in brick and outlast traditional tinning, reducing long term costs. sold by Antonio Hartmaddin, Gy Birch.
Local merchants announce they have finalized holiday arrangements with the largest and most complete stock ever shown. The display highlights a wide range of goods and seasonal items to attract shoppers during the season.
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