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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1896
Page
4
Carbondale readers are urged to pick up job work orders and education items left at Hannon & Co. new dealers on North Main Street. The shop offers peep ready pricing and will open from 8 a.m. to ...
Hendrick Manufacturing Company plans to enter bicycle spokes production. The spokes use a patented metal from Pendleton Hobbin works, praised for rust resistance and bright appearance. Pendleton controls the article and its quantities, promising strong demand once introduced.
Fittings for the new post office at Simpson have arrived and the office will open to the public Monday morning in the Simpson and Watkins store. Postmaster Hoyt organized preparations and mail pouches will run daily from the city on the 11.4 Ontario and Wester road and return on the 2.4 p.m. train. If needed, more pouches will be added and mail routes adjusted to serve residents, easing previous trips to the city. The community anticipates great convenience since mail could previously be obtained only in the city.
A local resident proposes a 1000 mile challenge in 1000 hours to test endurance. He aims to run a mile each hour, using spare time for mating and sleeping, with the course set at a park and the total duration spanning over forty one days.
John Landresh a Polander living on upper Melmont was injured yesterday morning at the Delaware and Hudson pockets when his right arm was crushed between two coal cars. Dr Bailey attends the injured man.
Mrs Leolamatron at the station is bed bound with illness and may need an operation. The Sunday school groups from the city Honesdale and Jermyn plan a Farview excursion on Aug 1 with music by the Honesdale Cornet band and Jermyn Temperance band. Krants brewery installs a new fee machine and a pumping device to drain an artesian well. Mrs Anthony Henigan of Scranton and James Doughtry of Albany visit, while Mr and Mrs H S Baton begin housekeeping in their apartments.
Residents and guests featured include Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Frankel and daughter Edith of New York visiting the Singers. Miss Martha Singer's two week stay at Nineveh. Mrs. Fayette Wash preparing an extended visit to Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach. Miss Margaret and Adelaide O'Brien of Pittston visiting Miss Mary Fineran. Rev. B. E. O'Byrne of Honesdale visiting. Miss Mattie Klock of Elmira visiting Miss Teresa Durkin. John O'Brien of Oneonta visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Wilcox of Great Bend returning from visiting A. C. Parble. Miss Alice Rashleigh at Hyde Park party. Miss Mollie Day of Wilkes-Barre visiting Miss Sarah Grady. a two week Crystal Lake outing planned for Moore Crago Scranton Theodore Morwan A. F. Birkett A. L. Birkett Wyland Gregory and I. Abbott. Miss May Merritt confined at home by illness. Miss Alice Reilly of Pittston home after visiting friends in town. Miss Lizgle Lucen returning from Wilkes-Barre. Miss Mary Dugan returning from Archbald. John Brown leaving for Jersey City to join Mrs. Brown. Rev. John Mary of Canada guest at St Rose rectory. Pittston relief fund approaches four hundred dollars with J J Griffin donating 10 and concert receipts totaling 391 65. Mr. George Love of Brooklyn and his niece Miss Margaret Loy visiting friends in this city, former residents now visiting Benton.
Services in the Methodist Episcopal church include morning and evening sermons by Rev C Simpkins with themes Man Sheltered Beneath Gods Wings and Fixing Responsibility Where It Belongs. Baptist services tomorrow morning at 10 90 with Reasons for Christians to Rejoice and Temperance in the evening. social events include a trolley party at the Williams residence and a public entertainment for Mine Superintendent Salboth Williams. local concerns include policing near the church to curb disturbances and proposals to regulate street gatherings amid crowds after services.
Mrs Jane Wheeler of Tompkingville visits relatives here. Messrs Harry Austin and Willard Cole of Mont Clair New Jersey spend several days with friends. Electric Star lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will confer the ceremony here.
Sunday visits and weekend activities appear as residents spend time with family. Haydn Austin spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs J B Austin while Lizzie Luker and Edith Wilson returned from Scranton visits. Mrs Mae Bennett and Lena returned to Newark New Jersey. Hiram Zimmerman visits here as Lizzie Trace heads home for vacation. Mr T W Pentecost works on dwelling improvements. Mrs Abram Singer of Scranton visits Andrew Singer.
Rev J G Evans of Wandling to lead Young Men's Christian Association talk on ambition at Odd Fellows hall tomorrow afternoon at 3 30. Susquehanna County Medical Society holds first quarterly meeting August 4 at 10 in Great Bend Central house. Susquehanna County Veteran Association encampment in Montrose August 19 20 and 21. No preaching services in Methodist church tomorrow. Army worm reportedly avoids tobacco. Jeffers Loomis and Titus families gather August 19 at O D Roberts residence Hepbottom. W L McMillan of Nicholson advised on insurance here yesterday. John McDonald president borough council to serve on Montrose grand jury next week. Postmaster John Connolly of Starrca visited borough yesterday.
Miss Ada Dennis of Montrose performs at the opera house last evening. Numerous rattlesnakes noted in the area with several killed. Mrs. D. B. Replogle and child from Scranton visit at 3 W. Trumbull’s. John V. LeRoy and wife from Forest City visit his parents. J. E. Payn’s family from Wilkes-Barre occupy Loch Eden cottage. Mrs. D. W. Knapp of Detroit calls on friends. Miss Florence Summers from Syracuse visits Mrs. L. G. McCollum. Thayer family reunion set for Aug. 14 at a park. Merle Shelp and Fred Badger camping at Upper Lake. Mrs. Dr. Hakes from Earlville visits town. W. B. Phinney from Nagle bikes Halstead to town.
A fragment notes a rider described as the heaviest cyclist in this end of the state and a reference to a timed event lasting sixty minutes. No additional context or names are provided.
Dr. Knapp of West Pittston waits with friends on Thursday. Henry Garbutt is confined to his home by rheumatism. Miss Lennie Owens of New York visits Mrs. Bynon. Evan Pickrell and L. Shotwell open an ice cream parlor next to Drake and Stewart, selling Wil Hume's Dream. Thomas Faraday's Crackers face Thomas Pickrell's Base Stealers in an 11 run game.
From New York state she has been treated for eye issues and shows slight improvement. Rev. F. E. Adams, pastor of the Universalist church, is on his usual vacation. Preaching services will be discontinued until the last week in August.
John Courtright Nicholson served as a caller in town yesterday. L A Bingham of Binghamton is staying a few days. Mr and Mrs W E Lord and General Glenn spent several days at Hart Lake before part of the week. Mrs N L Walker has returned home.
Members of Washington camp No 14 Patriotic Order Sons of America will assemble at their hall on Main street to attend the funeral of Brother Clark Knapp. Miss Edith Winters of Nicat Montgomery county was visiting friends in town yesterday. Price was a caller in Scranton yesterday.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touted as a fifty year remedy for teething pain in children. The ad claims it soothes, calms, cures wind colic and diarrhoea with perfect success. Sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents a bottle.
Note the bargains offer Stacy Adams & Co. men s calf shoes many pairs in various styles. Regular world prices range from 3 to 5 with special sale prices from 1 69 to 3 00 per pair.
Advertises wide range of men's boys and youth shoes at prices from 43c to $1.00 with many items under a dollar. Claims best makes and one price for all, with satisfaction guaranteed and refund on return. Invites comparison and defies competition.
The text argues against credit urging cash purchases by customers while denying reliance on credit. It claims clothiers offer equal prices for cash and credit buyers, emphasize fair treatment, and aim to win trade by providing the best clothing values and available credit when needed.
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