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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1896
Page
4
Advertisements orders for job work and items for publication left at Hannon and Co newsdealers North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time.
A runaway on North Church street yesterday morning toppled a wagon carrying James J. Loftus of the Scranton Brewing Co and Kiernan Banks. Loftus suffered head wounds and Banks was badly bruised as the horse bolted from Belmon t street past No Db bridge up Carfield toward Wyoming and Lincoln avenues before crashing on the curb. The vehicle sustained extensive damage from the tipping and crash.
An excursionist named Tose O'Hara was injured at Farview when her foot hung over a swing frame and struck an upright, fracturing the leg between knee and ankle. She was sent home on the 1:28 train and is reported comfortable.
The city’s opera house hosts a vitascope and vaudeville performance hailed as a standout. Vitascope debuts to great success while Madame Flora’s dances charm the audience with enduring grace and calcium lighting effects. Affordable prices invite all to attend.
The Ban dav schools of Herean Baptist, First and Second Presbyterians and Welsh Calvinist churches plan a picnic at Riverside Park Taineaboro on the 28th or 29th. Fare is eighty cents for adults and forty for children for round trip, with an eight mile steamboat ride included.
Miss Katie Scott of Brooklyn N Y visits her parents in this city. Miss May Kilpatrick returns from Bainbridge New York after weeks with friends. Rev Pather Kennedy of Niagara University visits friends in this city. Mr and Mrs Loren Paine and children, who have been visiting…
A family letter describes a ten year old girl named Cora suffering from severe illness and dwindling health. The writer claims Hood's Sarsaparilla can restore blood quality and strength, citing a hopeful recovery narrative to persuade readers.
Local society notes show Mrs GQ A Place returning home in Binghamton NY while James Bailey sails to Old Guernsey England to visit relatives. Dr F S Weeks vacationing with the Hall family. Mischa White back from Bloomsburg PA Teachers meeting. Numerous guests visit Magh Scranton Jersey City and Bridgeport. A wedding at Trinity Church unites Annie Taylor and Charles Cobbledick, with a wedding tour to Fallbrook Street. Bayhurst camp at Lake for Carbondate youths named and chaperoned by Mrs J P A Tingley.
A concert will be presented next Monday evening at the BL air opera house under the Hiwent Glee club direction of Prof J. W. Wat kine to benefit Airs. Caskey is out again after ten days illness. Various locals, visits, and returns noted including trips to Blooming Grove and Heart Lake.
Mrs. D Evans is ill. Wednesday Mrs D D Jenkins hosted a Sabbath school class and children at her home. After meals outdoors the Hith ones viewed a magic lantern by Albert Jenkins then a lake row. Ice cream and cake followed then departures. Philo Burvitt sprained a ankle from a hay rigging mishap. Mrs Dr Lyon and her son visit Mia Lyon’s home in town. The Rev H J Crane and family attend a Christian Endeavor convention in Washington DC. The Methodist Aid society dined at the old campground. Mrs H H Lewis visits Pittston to see her uncle. Many attend Miss Bessie Carpenter’s wedding.
The report describes a Wednesday evening ceremony at Starracea with Arthur Foster and others enjoying the event. Austin Smith’s two year old Ruth suffered spasms but is slowly recovering. Rev D D Jenkins led the Presbyterian pulpit on Sunday as Mrs Johnston of Scranton visits her parents. Elder Thorp and family of Wonesdale are guests of Rev D Evans. Methodist church quarterly meeting was held Friday evening.
The late Mrs. E. Y. Evans will be buried at Forest Home cemetery after a 11.10 am funeral in Taylor. Meanwhile, Union Street residents Mr. and Mrs. William W. Reese left for Atlantic City. Aug 28 marks the Emblem and Williams Divisions Land of Temperance excursion to Lake Ariel with games, contests, baseball, and the Taylor silver cornet band. The Redstage ball club will perform at Weber's Park this afternoon and evening, urged to attract patrons by local supporters. Arthur English of New Jersey visits Mrs. B. C. Jones on Main Street. The Calvary Baptist Church youth union plans August events. The Anthracite Glee Club rehearses for an open-air concert, with call to relocate the band stand for better acoustics and safety near the recent excavation.
Attorney Paul Sherwood of Wilkes-Barre, a former resident, was in town. Lake Carey campers include Frank Miller and others. A First ward beat 44 to 2 over the Second in a Triton park game, six innings, time for supper. Trains serve Lake Carey Saturdays and Wednesdays and weekly to Wilkes-Barre. About seventy-five men work on a sewer on Second street. Various residents and visitors are noted, including Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carpenter’s Atlantic City trip and local sickness and travel. Representative candidate F J Grover prepares for convention delegates, while Joseph Altimus trout fishes at Spring Brook.
Local clubs schedule a $10 a side match between the Moosie Populars and the Sunsets of Scranton this afternoon. Several Regulars will play elsewhere. manager Muir seeks a strong lineup. Community notes include Twin disaster relief gifts, local society meetings, and a fire loss on Spring Street with no insurance.
An enduring remedy used for over fifty years by mothers to ease teething pain and diarrhoea in children. It soothes the child and calms wind colic, advertised as the best remedy and available from druggists worldwide.
R. P. Culleen of White Haven called in as District President A. J. Colborn Jr. of Scranton installed Washington Camp No. 174 Patriotic Order Sons of America officers on Thursday evening with FP L Willard as President and G L Britton as vice president.
Work is being rapidly pushed on the new Congregational church. Miss Jennie Wildrick was visiting trends in Dunmore this week. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kennedy have moved into their new home. Walter Porter is visiting in Wayne county.
Symptoms include moisture intense itching and stinging worse at night. If untreated tumora form bleeds ulcers and becomes sore. Swayne's Ointment stops itching and bleeding heals ulceration and in most cases removes the tumor. Available at druggists or by mail for cents from Dr. Swayne and Son Philadelphia.
A playful dialogue from Denver Road contrasts irrigation science with habit. The man from Kentucky argues irrigation is not science but habit, highlighting a regional banter about practical farming approaches.
The town is abuzz as bargain offerings draw old fashioned crowds to a quick sell out week. Shoppers travel from nearby areas to buy shoes at prices around two or three dollars, with values equal to higher priced rivals. Neighbors share purchases, influencing others to join in.
Today’s bargains feature men’s dress shoes at 99c and large men’s double sole shoes at 95c. Boys and youths’ dress and working shoes range from 85c to 98c. Women’s street shoes are scarce at 70c while misses’ shoes are 69c. Child’s wedge-heel shoes, sizes 5 to 8, are 43c.
A store advertises a single price policy with no volume discounts. Customers can purchase one or twelve pairs at a flat price, claiming the One Price is 25 percent lower than any other shoe store in the city.
Advertisers promote affordable dressers or commodes with a mirror option for $2.75 and mirrors at 90 cents. The ad notes many homes lack space for a commode but could use a dresser with a mirror, suggesting repurposing available furniture for storage and vanity needs.
A retailer explains that breaking a set of chairs reduces prices on the rest, arguing it is better to offer two-thirds of regular price than supply incomplete subsets, and expresses willingness to discount to that level.
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