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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
2
An advertisement proclaims the store offers the greatest values in every department with prices not quoted directly. It hints that a single dollar today could stretch as far as two in the past, emphasizing exceptional value and old-time savings.
A Passover service near Dinimur featured Moges and the priesthood in royal attire led by Rev. Brown. A lamb tied to a tree was slain, a white pigeon released, the lamb roasted, bones burned, and a large wheel turned by sixteen men symbolizing Christian faith, followed by foot washing.
A Scranton druggist advertises Penicure Little Liver Pills as specially prepared for Jadica women to regulate and strengthen female organs. The tonic claims to ease constipation headache dizziness indigestion torpid liver and related symptoms with a dose of 60 cents per bottle.
The Erie area chatter reports a lightning strike at the Medway home on Grand Street injuring no one but smashing a chimney and starting a stove fire. A hunter in Cascade Valley captures an American eagle dragging a fox trap, fights locals, and is aided by a rope and fence rail to subdue the bird. A MeKune homestead rumor near New Milford stirs debate about old books and winds of truth while local lecturers and coal talks unfold. Reports of army worm damage, failed crops, and drought threaten farms as residents battle pests with trenches and poison. Local politics show Democrats chatting, a Mobkinney vote plan, and public notices on aging industries and rail expansion.
A collage of job notices and sales pitches from a Tribune page item. Entries include agents wanted for stock subscriptions, a kitchen assistant role, a dining room girl at a sanitarium, cottage for sale in Elmoharat with adjacent lots, nursery salesperson positions, canvassers for side lines, and clerical assistant seeks. Also mentions railway timetable details and travel schedules.
An auditor appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County will supervise the distribution of land from a sheriff sale and the personal property of Francia Fitzmithens. James H. Torrey, auditor, will attend at the Municipal Building Scranton Pa on Friday Aug 4 1806 at 9 pm to hear claims. Interested parties must appear or be barred from the fund.
Notice to all parties indebted to the Stephan Gutheing and Barbara Gutheing estate to pay all or part within one year or face collection under the law. Payments accepted at the evidence room 14 Alder Aries Street at the Gedar Avenue furniture store during the day. signed by Alderman C Sturk.
Schedule shows trains from Scranton on June 1 1896 including Express to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and South, Washington and westward connections. Reads times for services to Binghamton Oswego Buffalo Cortland Syracuse Oswego and more with Bath Nicholson Northumberland Nanticoke and intermediate stations and connections to Williamsport and Baltimore.
Fragmentary timetable lists arrival and departure times for Albany Saratoga Montreal Heaton New England points Wilkes Barre Honesdale New York Philadelphia via Lehigh Valley line and Pennsylvania routes. It includes multiple trains with times, notes Black Diamond Express, and stations Carbondale Wilkes Barre and Lis.
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