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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
2
An advertisement promises unbeatable values in every department and hints that a dollar has more buying power in the past without listing prices. The note invites readers to compare value and consider timely purchases.
Manchester photographer recalls taking a portrait of a healthy child whose face showed a thick emotion in the negative. Three days later prickly heat caused spots to appear on the child, revealing the eruption earlier than it could be seen. A similar record exists where a portrait showed spots invisible earlier before smallpox attack.
A German journal presents a fire-adjusted view on alcohol use across Europe. It ranks Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, Holland, and Russia by annual per person intake, with varying percentages and figures noted for each country.
An advertisement touts FEMICURE LITTLE LIVER PILLS as benefiting women by regulating organs and functions unique to the sex while acting on the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It mentions relief of constipation headache dizziness indigestion torpid liver biliousness faintness and a list of symptoms. Sold by Carl Lorenz at 418 Lackawanna Ave Scranton.
Washington dispatch outlines forthcoming publication of correspondence among Olney, Pauncefote, and Lord Salisbury. The letters discuss a general treaty of arbitration and the Venezuela boundary dispute with Britain. Officials seek a middle course to advance an early winter framing of the treaty ahead of Senate action.
Walter C. Lewis, credited with building the original telegraph line from New York to Randy Hoon and shaping early ship news, died in Germantown. His network joined the precursor to the Associated Press, now United Press. Funeral set for Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn.
In Pottsville Pa on July 1 Judge Albright ruled against Kate Zerbri widow and her minor children seeking $6,000 damages for a life lost. The court overruled their motion to remove a compulsory nonsuit finding no proven negligence and noted the first verdict was $6,000, a just sum. The case hinged on liability of a certified mine foreman and a 1491 act later deemed invalid by the supreme court.
A judge concludes the plaintiff has no cause for action based on the evidence in a Minersville colliery disaster case. The husband was among fifteen who drowned in the incident about four years ago, affecting related suits arising from the same accident.
William Fussell a former three term Massachusetts governor and prominent Democratic figure dies of heart failure at Little Pabos near St Adelaide de Pobas Quebec. Colonels Peabody and Henry Russell find him in his tent. coroner to conduct inquiry. body to Boston.
Guy Chris of Glan Loch pleads guilty to causing a disturbance near Kinners station in Lancaster County. The youth admitted placing a trip on a Pennsylvania railroad track to see the engine’s reaction but stopped the train when frightened, fearing casualties. He is confined awaiting a hearing.
A Baltimore and Ohio train, Magnet No. 61, ran into a washout near Gully station and overturned at Rankin on July 16. Engineer Hughes was killed, the fireman Thomas Jacquay aged 25 died instantly, and a friend of the engineer was seriously injured. The crew were trapped under the wreck.
A Berlin physician advocates thiol based burn therapy detailing cleansing with corrosive sublimate, removing loose skin, boric acid dusting, and applying equal parts thiol and water under greased cotton. He contrasts this with the traditional use of pure leaf lard and flour for rapid home treatment.
A Columbia bicycle model 44 with ram’s horn handle was taken from the entrance of Frey’s Photograph Gallery at 42 Ackawanns Avenue. O To Conrad or the Columbia Bicycle Agency in Canton, Pa, offer a reward for the return to the owner.
Classified notices for help wanted with varying pay terms and duties plus a dense railway timetable for Scranton area. Includes ads seeking a nurse, stenographer, agents, a boy for odd jobs, and travel schedules with connections to New York Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
The timetable lists Monday June 1 1894 departures from Scranton to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia South Washington and more. Expresses to Binghamton Oswego Elmira Corning Bath Dansville Mount Morris Buffalo and connections west. Local and intermediate stops include Bath Sing hamton Ithaca Northumberland Pittston Nanticoke and more.
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