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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1896
Page
8
Advertisements reveal orders for job work and items left at the establishment of Bannon and Co new dealers on North Main Street. The notice notes the store opens at 1 p m for crate pickups and related services.
Mrs Joanna Fantz aged 51 of Forest City died from severe burns after being brought to Emergency hospital. She moved to Forest City nine years ago and leaves four daughters and three sons as well as a sister and a brother. Funeral services were held yesterday at the First Presbyterian Church Forest City with Rev PB Kennedy officiating. interment in Brookside Cemetery.
The newly organized fire board met Saturday afternoon with Mayor O Neill and Chief P J Moffit leading. Members include J W Kilpatrick Frank B Clifford C Alexander T E Campbell W J Myers W F Malloy John McCann Abe Sahm. A resolution urging a city fire alarm system was prepared for council consideration. The group discussed contracting for shoeing fire horses.
Belmont street paving is expected before snow. The Traction company, delaying no longer, begins moving tracks from the slide to the street center. Ties for the new track have arrived and traffic will continue on the old line until completion. Residents express satisfaction with the action.
Subscriptions to the Pittston relief fund continue, though at a slow pace. Movingly urged, the appeal asks all mining district residents to contribute generously to aid families of workers who died, with hopes for quicker future contributions.
Miss Katie Brennan of New Jersey returns home after visiting her sister Miss Annie Brennan on North Church Street. Mr and Mrs 8 S Jones and family spent the day at Lake Arles with the Dunmore Presbyterian Sunday school. Mathew Lavey of Niagara College visiting at home leaves Saturday for Bridgeport Connecticut. Prof B E Pitts and C McHogan depart for Starrucca on an extended fishing trip. Mrs C S Hollis visiting daughter in Scranton. Mr and Mrs F E Dennis leave this week for Atlantic City. Mrs P Guinner and daughter Elizabeth depart Saturday for Port Jervis on extended trip. Mrs John Kase returns from visit to her mother in South Canaan. Mr and Mrs C O Mellon, Mr and Mrs C W Mellon and family, Mr and Mrs A W Burdick and son, and Harry also mentioned.
The store highlights a midsummer sale during July with goods overhauled and discounted to about half price. Featured items include rocking chairs and center tables. Discounts claim 25 percent less than actual cost as they clear stock for new items.
Bartlett leaves for Asbury Park while Ida Reese returns from Scranton. Several residents visit relatives in Wilkes-Barre nearby towns including Montclair Honesdale Port Jervis Binghamton and Bradford County. Various guests stay with local families on Drummond Avenue Terrace Street and Salem Avenue during the week.
Tunkhannock saw a thrilling home crowd win as Clark pitched a superb game for the Tritons defeating Towanda 9 to 1. Towanda scored late on an error after two out in the ninth inning while the Tritons displayed strong hitting and sharp fielding throughout.
Large crowds from neighboring towne attended Saturday evening for a fireworks display at the Citizens band picnic. Miss Mertle Scurt of Lincoln street won a silk umbrella for prettiest girl. John Miller, sr. received the cane prize. The St Thomas church picnic was postponed to July 21. A $20 gold prize drawing will be decided that evening with 10 cent tickets. George Munford visited friends in Olyphant yesterday. May and Lizzie O Hara and Ligele Dolphin visited Laurel Hill Park. Miss Matilda Smith of North Main street visits Plymouth. The school board will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening.
The Suburban Wheelmen led by Captain Charles W. Houser will join the McKinley parade in Scranton tomorrow evening. All town wheelmen are invited to march. The McKinley club with the Olyphant band will also participate in Scranton tomorrow night. At a recent Catholic Young Men's Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society meeting, officers were elected: President P J O Poyle, recording secretary Michael McNulty, financial secretary Paul Kelly, directors P T Brennan and P McHale. Misses Anna White and Agnes Timmon a of Carbondale visited yesterday.
Chicago reports Bryan rejecting a World interview spread on the front page two columns wide. He states he never wrote the piece or signed the statements, insisting the World published a false interview about his views on currency.
Frank Harris in the Saturday Review portrays Paul Kruger as a complex leader, balancing courage and personal honesty with political pragmatism. The piece notes Kruger's Calvinist faith, blunt handling of emigration rules, moments of mercy, and occasional untrustworthy-seeming promises, framing him as a multifaceted, near-Cromwellian figure in Transvaal history.
A 19th century health notice urges mothers to give Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to young girls showing emotional distress and physical symptoms. It promises rapid improvement and offers free information from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.
In Ligonier Indiana a man from Cass county Michigan married Cora Huggins the Ohio man William Heckleyman and the two men had a living brotherly pact She would marry Heckleyman and live with him ten years then Krubleman would become her husband after his presumed death both men obtained divorces and the contract was fulfilled with Mrs Krubleman becoming Mrs Heckleyman and Mrs Heckleyman becoming Mrs Krubleman
In Chicago on July 12 Bryan spoke after Senator Jones yielded the floor to defend the Populist platform against gold-standard foes. Altgeld Tillman and Jones debated the issue, with Bryan presenting for about forty minutes as the crowd urged his remarks.
The notice praises the shoe sale at Rhee Store in Scraton, noting exceptional customer response, growing popularity, and daily crowds. It highlights enterprise and determination to make the store the town’s most popular shoe shop.
Local retailer slashes prices on Russet and Calf Shoes across all ages and widths. Men's styles drop from five dollars to four, down to two dollars for Russet pairs. Boys and youths see steep cuts, while ladies and misses see substantial discounts across B to E widths. Child sizes fall to about forty cents with limited stock noted.
Crowds bought largely of the shoes offered below production cost yesterday and today. The store promises the same unequaled prices and invites all to inspect goods before buying elsewhere. One price applies to all, claimed to be 25 percent less than city shoe stores.
Advertises affordable bathroom and bedroom furniture including commodes usable as dressers with mirrors. Mentions many homes need such pieces and lists prices from $2.75 for a commode and 90 cents for mirrors.
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