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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1896
Page
2
A local sale at 124 126 Wyoming Ave marks down every merchandise item to attract buyers. The event proclaims itself the greatest in the store history and invites customers to take part in a limited buying opportunity.
In Racine Wisconsin July 27 a fight at Western Union Junction involved a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul freight crew and about twenty five tramps. The crew fired two pistols to deter attackers as they repelled the mob. Several men were hurt including a brakeman with a cut head and a finger shot off. The train then continued to Chicago with no tramps aboard.
The funeral of Margaret EB O Connor, the St. Louis woman who drowned at Eagle Lake Wisconsin, was held at St Patrick church and her body sent to Marysville Missouri. A diary found after her death contains a dream of waves with a child, eerily mirroring the fatal boat capsizing at Eagle Lake.
Arthur Osburn, shouting that God deputized him to perform miracles and free silver, ran with corn knives in both hands. He smashed doors and windows at his home before neighbors hid his family. He was taken to Taylorville to face Judge Grundy. He had a religious mania about free silver years earlier.
News from Lima dated July 7 reports Indians threaten the Perene colony where Americans and English are settled. Telegraph offices are abandoned and awaited detailed reports. An armed force has been dispatched to assist the colonists.
A critical portrait of Thomas Watson, Georgian Populist, his blunt rhetoric against Democrats, clashes with Speaker Crisp and General Wheeler, and his dramatic House career marked by repeated clashes, loyal defense of his book, and a sharp attack on Bryan and tariff reform. The piece labels him a windbag and notes the Senates prospects.
Farmers near Alexandria in the northwest report a dark green potato pest never seen before in the area. The half inch bug bites and blisters skin, moves quickly, and devastates vines. Farmers drive it into straw, scatter flames, and burn infested patches to combat the pest. Thus far numbers are small and widespread damage has not yet occurred.
A wild Texas steer roamed central Allegheny for two hours after breaking from a herd near Herry's Island stockyards. It dashed along River Avenue and Federal Street injuring Mrs Joseph Neal, trampling bystanders, and entangling a man with his umbrella before authorities shot the animal in West Park.
A Greencastle historian John Clark Ridpath has consented to be the Democratic candidate for Congress but recently declined to permit the use of his name. He will be nominated by acclamation at Brazil next week.
Vigilance committees announce delegate elections for August 1, 1806, from 4 to 7 p.m. Each district to elect two qualified delegates for one year with credentials to county convention. Representation based on last state election votes for Benjamin J. Haywood. Districts listed with wards and districts, totals and official signatures.
Paterson New Jersey July 27 George Van Hindle silk designer seeks absolute divorce from Henrietta on statutory grounds. The couple wed three years ago and drifted apart after she took up late night bicycle riding and wore bright red bloomers. Neighbors followed her to a road house with a prominent local businessman believed to be involved. names withheld as court proceedings begin.
An advertisement touts Ewaynes Ointment with promises of cure for eczema and skin eruptions on the face hands and nose claiming internal medicine is unnecessary. It asserts the ointment leaves skin clear white and healthy and urges readers to ask for the product.
Train times and routes for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Division rail service listed for June 7, 1894. Includes routes to Pittston Wilkes-Barre Mountain Park Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Bethlehem and Philadelphia with varying prices and Sunday service notes. Officials H P Baldwin and J H Olhatsen are named as contacts.
Effective June 2 Traine Wave Beranten for New York and Newburgh with listed intermediate points on Erie line. Local points at TS and Reim end Lh noted with timetable e.g. 21.18 a.m. and S&H p. ta. A Scranton to Lage Artel train departs at 15:00 returning at 19:42 with 13 to 15 propuesta prices.
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