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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1895
Page
7
Luce Bros cash stores advertise best patent flour at 3.65 for 4 pounds, granulated sugar 100 pounds, finest cold packed tomatoes, Stower’s sugar cured hams, light bacon, Delaware County butter, pure leaf lard, Clark & Snower tobacco, choice tea and related prices in a dense retail notice.
A day of accidents on the West Side is recounted with four incidents. David Davis, a miner from Mourteanth street, suffered severe injuries in a dynamite blast at the Diamond mine. He lost an ear, blinded in both eyes, and sustained facial injuries and a skull fracture. He remains at Moses Taylor hospital with poor prospects tonight. Other injuries include Louis Moser with a broken leg, Walter Chalmers with a head wound, and Mrs. James Calvin with a sprained ankle. Community notices cover parties, meetings, and church services as residents attend social events and civic gatherings.
Last night the Side-Tracked comedy company failed to open in the afternoon due to heavy baggage and scenery but returned in the evening to a packed house. Horatio Xerxes Husth the train conductor is praised as one of the best in Scranton with the wandering Willies. The show runs through the week and is expected to attract large audiences. A light note mentions a medicine advertisement for rheumatism and neuralgia at the end.
A poem fragment mimics household remedy rhymes listing Camoria Cantoria Castoria and Casorta to soothe a sick child. The lines parody how parents use familiar sounding potions to comfort a girl named Raby and her offspring.
The Carpenters and Joiners union No. 663 hosted its annual reunion at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory. Attendee numbers included 700 Lackawanna county carpenters, with T. V. Powderly addressing on arbitration, labor unity, and municipal railway ownership. Supper followed the program, with tributes and entertainment by the Columbia quartet.
Sunday evening program at Cedar Avenue Methodist Church features the Ming's Daughters Society with a concert by the choir and violin pieces by Olive Coline. Bridget Mahon, seven, injured in sled accident near Lake Como while out roasting yesterday.
Thomas W. Jenkins aged 9, living at 10 Swethind street, received a stab wound below the left rib from an assailant named Tony Rucie. A bystander John A. Reese assisted Jenkins to a station house. Jenkins was treated and taken to Lacka wanna Hospital. The wound is not considered dangerous.
A court order increases Archbald borough council from six to seven seats with three councilmen in each of the three wards. First ward will elect two for one year and one for three years, Second ward one for three years, Third ward two for two and three years.
A five year old girl swallowed strychnine while her father Dr Saam eul Webster was away. The mother rushed her to a nearby physician and then to a drug store but the child died within thirty minutes in the mother’s arms.
A playful verse extols the editor's devotion to shears surpassing all other loves. The piece humorously contrasts enduring affection with the editor's staple tool, celebrating a craftsman's passion.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for digestive woes and nervous complaints. It cites a testimonial from Alfred I'Appl e a fireman from Egdbeth New, claiming stomach inflammation improved after using the remedy, and urges others to try it for neuralgic and rheumatic pains as well.
Taylor reports the Iron Structure of the Ponta Glise project commenced yesterday with Bridge and Iron Building Co of Connecticut holding the contract and pledging rapid progress to ready the site for operation soon. New buildings rise as rapid as those recently completed in Mudtown while poor structures are replaced. Mrs Job Powell visits Plymouth and Miss Louisa Davis of Scranton visited here this week with Thomas Edwards of Grove Street and Mrs G TIMNs and Miss Kate Judge of Duryen visiting yesterday.
In a Kansas-Oklahoma incident a minister Talley and his wife clashed with Rev Tulley supporters during a Sunday service. Mrs Johnson seized a horsewhip and beat Talley. Talley’s wife fought the assailant. Several participants were arrested and fined as court cases proceed amid community tension.
The event titled Poultry and Pet Stock Show is planned for January 22 in Armory Hall Pittston. Doors open with admission for adults and children, details formatted for local readers.
Scranton to Pittston and Wilkes Barre trains run at 6.20 9.16 11.00 12.46 2.00 3.05 4.00 7.00 am daily. Atlantic City New York Newark and Elizabeth express trains depart at 8.20 am 12.45 pm and 3.05 pm. Connections to Mauch Chunk Easton Philadelphia Reading Dennon and Berkhire via Filentows listed with multiple daily departures. Through fares offered at lowest rates with advance ticketing guidance from Gen Boy Agries and J Olhausen, General Superintendent.
Train timetables itemize departures from Scranton to Philadelphia New York Bethlehem Harrisburg and Wilkes Barre with connections via D&H BR DL and WL RR. Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on all routes. Officials Rollin H Wilbur and Wm Nemacher listed.
Trains depart Scranton with multiple services to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the south. Express trains serve Buffalo Cortland Syracuse Oswego Elmira Ithaca and more with various times and connections. Pullman cars are available on all express trains and detailed pocket timetables are available from L Smith city ticket office Lackawanna avenue.
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