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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1896
Page
8
A promotional feature outlines a health guide by Manyon detailing affordable medical costs and a home medicine chest for families. It emphasizes practical tips to reduce doctor visits and manage routine care at home.
An advertisement claims Munyon Remedies act quickly and cure many illnesses after a few doses. It touts separate remedies for various diseases with clear directions and offers free medical advice via a personal letter to Professor Munyon at 16 Arch Street.
Readers are asked to note that orders for job work and items for publication left at the Homon Co newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Office hours are 8 a m to 10 p m.
A stabbing affray at White's on the Gravity Sunday afternoon wounded John Wetowleh a Phan rarian residing at Sinpsen. He and John Hlemmaan a fidlow country man argued. Herman stabbed Wetowleh five inch wound. Wetowleh reached the city with two men and was treated by Dr Gis then to hospital. The assailant was arrested.
Adam C Miller a prominent Greenfield man died at his daughter Mrs J H Shannon's home on Wyoming street from phthisis after years of illness. He was born in Greenfield township on March WW and lived there before moving to this city. He leaves a son CL El Miller of Clifford and three daughters Mrs J Shannon Grace Go and Maud B Miller. Body to be taken to Greenfield for internment.
The funeral and Mass were held Saturday morning for Miss Nellie Leng who died at her home on Parview site. The attendance was large and the service followed the Bret eastern verse. Miss was celebrated in St Rose church by Rev Wy A Nealon.
Miss Maud Copeland participated in a recital by Haydn Evans pupils in Beranton. Numerous visitors arrive or stay with relatives in this city including Misa Twig of Sidney NL visiting Mrs Edward Bronson on River street and Miss Francie Kilkur of Scranton visiting friends. Other guests include Miss Agnes Helly from Honesdale, Miss Aliee Waltz from Clinton, and John Missett with Fanny from Schenectady visiting Joseph Missett on Brooklyn street.
The notice advertises a July sale on renovated goods including rocking chairs and center tables at discounts of about fifty percent. It states the sale runs through July to make room for fall stock and invites customers to come and go as items are cleared out.
Hyde Park resident Rooney visits the city while numerous guests arrive from Brook Street Philadelphia Scranton Wilkes Barre and New York for brief stays. Local residents depart for Asbury Park Cleveland and other destinations as out‑of‑town relatives call on friends and family in the area.
The Fourth passed quietly in Jermyn aside from fireworks by juveniles. People fished lakes and visited Carbondale for a parade. A large crowd watched fireworks from No. 28 pinda, part of Carbondale’s celebration. Funerals included Griffith Ellis in Lostreet and Alice Hennessey in East Shie with local clergymen officiating.
fcorpre, oldest son of C. B. Snyder, has been ill and slowly recovering with Dr. B. B. Watson as attending physician. The joint excursion of the Moogle and Langcliffe Presbyterian Sunday schools to Lake Artel on July 1596 is noted as a marquee summer event. Mrs. S. N. Snyder of Avoca was a caller in town yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Robertson were callers in Scranton yesterday.
Lerrysville and North Orwell residents are noted visiting relatives. A stabbing at the Cogswell house in Skinner's Eddy kills Ben Carter of Auburn after a French attacker nicknamed Jumbo wounds him repeatedly. The killer is jailed at Tunkhannock. The Wyalusing celebration features parade numbers, boatloads of attendees, and a large ball game was rained out. William Hillis of RushTownship dies after a horse accident near McMannus home.
Lewis Heller and Fred Mitchell of Tinehamton attended Heart lake camping then returned to Binghamton. Miss Bucknell of Auburn spent July 4 with Montrose friends. Horace Hand of Scranton and his family visited Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mulford. Hand left for Scranton yesterday. Miss Josephine McNerny of New Milford and Miss Mabel Baldwin of Fimira joined local festivities. Colonel ES. Warner and guests left for Lake Carey for a week. Eddison W. Avery, on vacation at Lake Carey, is expected home today. William Ehrlenburger returned to Montrose after July 4 with kinfolk in Mansfield Pa. Attorney Charles Fost and W. S. Mulford and family fished along Wya-Jucing Creek. Montrose residents Howe, A. Cray, W. Purtle, M. Daniela, J. Etrow and Monroe Brown spent the holiday in town. Mrs. PD. Marke of Tunkhannock, with her child and Miss Loewns of Townville, visited M. Sussman. The Montrose band was augmented by three young musicians for the Fourth.
Funeral services for Thomas J. Jones of Third Street were conducted Sunday at the Welsh Presbyterian church on Susquehanna Avenue with Revs. Jones and J. J. Williams officiating. Pallbearers included John Parry Hugh Rowland Samuel Parry John Owens Thomas Parry and John Davis. interment followed at Union Cemetery.
Regular meeting of the division 9 A. O. H. and BB o f A. H. will be held in the church hall this evening. Various residents and visitors are listed as spending time with friends or traveling, with updates on illness and health. The Moosle Populares plan a baseball game with the Tunkhannock Tritons tomorrow afternoon, and several residents are noted relocating or visiting Albany, Scranton, Carbondale, and Bangor.
The text lists several families and individuals visiting relatives in various towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Harry Bartholomew Bethlehem. John Robinson Verne De Wolf Mehoopany. Miss Maggie Lloyd Dorranceton and sister Mary visiting Ohio. Mr and Mrs Samuel Shook Weet Pittston visiting Mrs William Swisser. Edward Rogell Joseph McRI Pittston. Miss Fannie Rozell Mount Zion with cousin Nellie Rexel. W J Thomas Newt McKechniie Lugerne. Maurice Shaffer Sunday with his father Carverton.
Fourth of July passed quietly in Nicholson with two forenoon games: capital vs labor merchants beat clerks 6 to 0 after cream time at the Opera house served by Methodist Episcopal Church ladies. Afternoon tilt New Milford vs Nicholson shortened by rain three innings Nicholson 11 Beere 3. Titus of Wilkes-Barre with bride visited his parents.
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has aided mothers for fifty years and promises relief for teething infants. It says the syrup soothes the child, softens the gums, stops wind and colic, and cures diarrhea. Sold by druggists nationwide at twenty five cents a bottle.
The Misses Santee of Wilkes-Barre visit the Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Miss Minnie Reed of Plymouth stays with her uncle D. C. Reed. Rev E L Santee delivers a Sunday sermon on proclaiming wherry throughout the land. The Brick church hosts the second quarterly conference Friday. Sunday schedule includes Sunday school at nine, love feast at ten, then preaching and the Lord's supper, followed by 7 p m preaching by J G Eckman.
An old ad touts Awayne’s ointment for piles with moisture and intense itching. It claims relief from itching and bleeding, ulceration healing, and tumor removal in many cases, offered by Dr. Swayne & Son of Philadelphia for 6 cents by mail or at druggists.
Clearing sale begins today with heavy price cuts across stock while other shops sell at regular prices. The ad emphasizes a real clearing sale not a forced or ordinary sale and notes stock is in good order despite the emphasis on clearance.
A sale features many small lots and discontinued patterns. Early buyers grab the best pieces in the lounge department with about 18 odd Moquet upholsteries. Prices range from 5.98 to 7.85 as remaining stock sells.
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