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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale Tribune correspondences now go to Mr. C R Mun at Salemaverun and Church street. Deliveries and complaints should be directed to Roberta Reynolds, news agents.
The Methodist church cook book prepared by the Young Lady Workers, printed by R Munn and bound at Professor Thomne, has a 140 page green bound edition of 1000 copies with about 200 delivered. It features 35 pages of ads and 70 tested recipes, organized by soups to beverages, plus a church image on the first page and an index. The first edition is near sellout with a second planned. Local notables including Mrs A W Reynolds led advertising and supervision.
Miss Annie Walsh of this city and Joseph McCann of Susquehanna were wed June 21 at St. Rose of Lima Church. Rev J J Griffin officiated with Teresa Higgins as bridesmaid and Jeremiah Buckley as best man. The groom works for the Erie Railroad and the bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Walsh.
Entries for the Clyde races at Wilkes-Barre Y M C A Athletic Park next Saturday under Guy DeWitt include T K Lee and G M Aitken in the one mile open event and a one mile lap, with heats and a final. A two mile handicap also features Lee and Aitken.
Miss Lucy A. Conner of Carbondale will soon join the D A R Hospital corps of nurses for service in the United States army and navy. A graduate of Carbondale hospital, she is regarded by local medical circles as a proficient nurse and will undertake her patriotic duty with the well wishes of many friends.
Sergeant Glass a local resident and cousin of Attorney Louis Gramer was wounded at Guantanamo Bay when Spanish attackers struck Camp McCalla. Initial reports say his injuries are not serious.
A large turnout from Trinity Episcopal church and St James church Jermyn plans an annual Sunday excursion to Purview today. Mozart band baseball game and athletic events are listed as attractions. Mrs J O Hearn and daughters Nora and Carmel depart yesterday for Pittsburgh to visit friends Frederick Manheim New York and Isaac Singer Mrs G Nicholson to leave Saturday.
Elizabeth Fairclough, wife of Joseph Fairclough, died at her Main Street home yesterday at 8 40 after a brief illness. She was born in Abdeary Wales and esteemed as a noble Taylor woman. Funeral arrangements to follow. A Calvary Tabernacle Young People social is planned this evening with ice cream and cake. A 25th wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Evans of North Taylor was held Monday with many presents and friends in attendance. Local notices also mention meetings of junior order and Knights groups, plus a lecture by Colonel Ripple at Calvary Baptist church and a stereopticon show by Professor Bauer.
Master Howard Davis visits New York relatives while William Maxey visits Forest City kin. The Methodist Ladies Aid announces officers for one year and a Presbyterian event is planned. A sea bathing warning by Dr Henry Dimmert urges moderation, warns against overexertion, and cautions about eating before swimming.
The Susquehanna Street Baptist church in Olyphant installed Rev George Hague as pastor amid large crowds yesterday. Afternoon services featured multiple addresses by visiting pastors, choir choruses, and prayers in English and Welsh. Evening services included charges to the pastor by Rev W Thomas and Rev W F Davis, with a benediction by Rev B Hammond. Hague’s arrival follows strong endorsements from Swan EE n Wales and local attendees Mr McLoughlin and the Paddens.
Michael Rogan of South Scranton received a letter from his son Thomas Rogan stating he was wounded in the Santiago battle with a gunshot to the arm and is en route to a hospital in Key West. He serves as a sergeant in Company G Ninth Infantry. Mrs. Patten and Miss Patton visited relatives in West Scranton yesterday. Miss Maggie Rossar and Isaac Penbertha, of this place, were married by Rev. DePugh Griffin at Conklin Avenue Baptist Church in Binghamton on Monday. they will reside in Blakely. Belinda Higeineg and Mary Thorn of Carbondale visited Miss Sadie O’Malley on Tuesday.
The Primitive Methodist congregation plans a July 23 picnic at the Thirteenth regiment rifle range grove with an expected strong program featuring singers from Hyde Park Scranton and Olyphant. Ice cream and refreshments will be sold on the grounds. Members of Golden Chain lodge No 5 and the Citizens band joined a parade in Jermyn Tuesday. Miss Cordelia Barrett of Halstead Avenue visited Wilkes-Barre earlier in the week.
An ex Confederate soldier recounts a night on the skirmish line when a Union picket sang a prayer and the Confederate could not fire, sparing the sailor’s life. The piece touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a life changer, citing Stillwater patient letters claiming cures from consumption and other illnesses, describing dramatic recoveries and gratitude for the medicine.
Two hundred thousand shoppers have flooded into Scranton for our first great semi annual clearing sale. We added salespeople and will add more as the massive store fills daily with pleased buyers. Honest values and no deception guide this Shopping Klondike which won’t last many days.
The advertisement lists prints muslins and ginghams with 5 to 7 cent prices, including Indigo Prints and Best English Percale. Featured items cover muslin, unbleached and bleached sheeting, cambric, mourning prints, apron gingham, ladies skirt patterns, and dress ginghams. The offer highlights weekly specials and prices at 6e to 44c per yard, with store location at Lagawanna Ave.
Advertising notes various damask and linen tablecloths and damask patterns. Items include 56 to 64 inch widths in Turkey Red and Unbleached Damask, with regular prices ranging from 18 cents to $2.00, and clearing sale prices from 19 to 39 cents. Includes fringe edges and assorted borders, plus a 24 by 2 yard table cloth option.
Various lace and edging fabrics offered by width and material. French and Normandy Valenciennes, hand made linen edges, white oriental edges, and silk dress net priced from 15 cents to $1.25 per yard. Some pieces are shorter remnants from broken sets. 69 cents near main aisle.
Readable text notes a display of white goods and linens including fine checked nainsooks and showy fabrics. The snippet mentions White India Linen and similar fabrics, with references to seasonal stock at a main shop.
Local shoppers find discounts on Scotch Lawns and India Nainsooks with patterns in navy black and cardinal grounds. Arcadia Organdies and French Organdies join the sale with prices dropping from 15 to 74 cents and 25 cents to as low as 6 to 12 cents while stocks last.
A retail display lists children and men's hosiery with sale prices. Items include fine ribbed seamless knee socks for children, double knee bicycle hose for boys, men's mixed working socks, and women's seamless fast black and tan hose. Prices range from 5 to 50 cents, located on the main aisle of Lackawanna Ave.
An itemized list of house furnishings on sale with heavy discounts. Includes steel fry pans, jelly glasses, china plates, jardinieres, agate cooking pots and pans, dish pans, wash boards, copper nickeled tea kettles, tea sets, flour bins, crumb trays, baskets, galvanized pails, fire shovels, and lamp globes. Prices slashed from prior figures to sale levels.
An array of grocery items is advertised including Finest Grade Teas Oolong English Breakfast and Japan equal, Aurora Blended Coffee, Creamery Butter Sugar Cured Hams Condensed Milk Full Cream Cheese Rolled Oats Washing Blue and canned fishes with prices from a penny to a few dimes, emphasizing value and assortment.
An advertisement lists leather belts in black or white for 1 cent and black silk belts for 9 cents. Fibre lunch boxes sized 5x7 and 6x7 are 9 cents each, with 6x8 also mentioned. The sale is noted to be in the main aisle near Wyoming Avenue.
A catalog of women’s knit summer underwear including ribbed sleeveless vests in pure white and lisle thread blends. Prices show regular values around 25 to 75 cents with sale pricing noted. children’s ribbed cotton vests also listed. Address line appears as 16 Main Avenue, Ickawa.
The listing promotes washable neckwear by P. K. Puff Searfs in the latest styles at 25 cents each. Extra quality Puff Searfs in a new shape priced at 25 cents. Windsor Ties for boys appear in new plaids and patterns priced at 25 cents.
A vendor offers 2000 paper novels at below value with many popular authors represented. Buyers can choose any titles for 25 each, a strong bargain for collectors and casual readers alike.
Large lot of boys clothing reduced with wash suits all wool sailor styles 3 to 10 and 2 piece suits for 9 to 15 years at heavy discounts. Fast color shirts waists and blouses heavily cut. straw hats and wash pants offered at low prices on the second floor.
Ladies and misses fall merchandise featuring 3 inch hems on duck skirts in navy blue, figured brilliantine skirts, Sicilian high grade lustrous skirts, and silk lined blouse suits. Fly front jackets, braids, taffeta linings, and silk waist styles shown. children’s reefer coats offered. Second floor.
A fragmented shoe price list shows men and boys styles from russet to mining and calf leather. Notable items include Men’s $4.00 russet, $3.50 and $3.00 russet shoes, $3.00 calf lace and congress, $1.50 calf lace and congress, and boys’ $2.00 Russia calf lace shoes.
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