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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
8
The Tribune urges readers to use the want columns with a headline style sales pitch. It touts one cent per word in advance as the lowest rate and claims quick returns on investments of any size.
Advertisements and orders for job work and sublications left at Hannion & Co., North Main Street, receive prompt attention from staff. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Report describes a gathering at an unnamed unit with officers appointed, listing several titled roles and accompanying personnel. Notable names and ranks appear, including officers and adjutants, alongside a roster of attendees and guests. The text presents as fragmented OCR with many garbled names and unfamiliar terms.
A large gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O P Patterson celebrated forty nine years of married life. Three generations attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Chas Sellinger and daughters Lovlee and Nene, and many Patterson relatives and friends. The event was a warm, memorable reunion for the Kilests and extended family.
The social event on Wednesday evening at the Burke building was a success with hosts RD. Yarrington and H. OH. Jadwin drawing praise for their efforts. Mozart Orchestra directed by Professor Rumsby performed for a delightful crowd including Mrs. Divi Ailey and others from nearby towns.
City board of hearth forwards 1896 health report to state secretary noting 44 fewer deaths than 1895, total 224. Measles season caused 67 cases with one related death. diphtheria and allied diseases caused 12 deaths. typhoid fever caused 12 deaths. Sanitary department cites progress against contagious diseases and overall city health improvement.
The board of revision and appeal members were swan out of office by Mayor O Net. In the select council chamber Wy. J. Glennon was elected president and the City clerk was named secretary.
Mrs TL A Biasectt entertained a number of friends on Wednesday evening in honor of her mother Mrs Daniel G Smith. Among those present were Mesdames W Bu Fo Murr Shields and B A McMullen with William Mc.
Local store announces an annual stock inventory sale with many desirable lengths offered at half price and short lengths also closed out. Edge your room, bring a cart, and grab bargains before the sale ends in ten days.
A long fragment lists many individuals including Mullen Yarrington Pasese D Seurry Tennis Raynor Gritman Simball Jenkins Matese Bhitler Stunt WW uA Manville Pennian Bolstey Traut woeth Filler Harrison G B Mills Frick G W Teynolds BR A Smith and Misses Mary Hubbard Stella Hathaway Belle Vannan Mrs Zieley of Brodiklyt M Manville of Whitehall New York
Scranton society pages list Miss Cora Giles and Mr Clarence Giles hosting about thirty two friends on Wednesday. Various locals such as Edward Burke and Mitchew Lavey returning to Niagara University and Miss Helen Mitchell visiting Wilkes-Barre are noted along with several visitors and residents on Park Street and Scranton addresses.
The Midniight Charge will be produced tonight at Weber's tank under the Knights of the Golden Eagle commandery. Tickets sold well as the show continues tomorrow evening. Admission 26 cents. Skating on the reservoir near Jermyn breaker draws local youth as tee dealers plan harvest. Local primaries yield council and school director results across wards. Death notice for Mrs. Welsenhuh appears with funeral at Grove Street and Forest Home Cemetery.
A Philadelphia Press column critiques the Seeley dinner as emblematic of vice and double standards in society. It argues hypocrisy in gender norms and stresses home and church failures to foster decency, noting religion and emotion have influenced moral rigidity.
A jury in Jermyn found Rich and Litth died after being struck by an engine on the Ontario and Western railroad in the borough. They ruled the death accidental and absolved the company and others of blame. Funeral for Richard Little held at the Methodist Episcopal church.
A string of insurance curiosities is recounted from London notes, including a Shields worker who died after a fall while retrieving a life policy delivered to him, and a Swiss tourer fatally struck after leaving the insurance office. A country carpenter’s timely paper theft ends in his death, underscoring the value of newspaper ledgers and swift claims by families.
The article explains extreme ocean depths with near freezing bottom temperatures and immense pressures near 1000 fathoms. It notes light absence, deep sea animal adaptations, enlarged or reduced eyes beyond 900 to 1000 fathoms, and phosphorescent organs in some species.
A warning on misdiagnosis of female illnesses presses women to trust medical science over male doctors. The letter from Mrs I Braun of St. Louis describes prolapse, back pain, and lifelong weakness, attributing relief to Compound recommended by a friend.
The business shifts one door from the old stand to the left of The Arcade as growth demands more space. The note highlights low prices, good workmanship, and honest dealing as reasons for customer appreciation.
In Altoona on January 14 Tony Statra Tom Carlla and Noel Dominick were arrested for wholesale assault of underage girls. Twelve accusers aged from eleven to sixteen described being enticed into houses and assaulted, sparking public outrage over foreigners.
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