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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1894
Page
8
A decorative bridge built from 7 000 cakes of pure Castile soap adorns a north window in Scranton. The white bridge, crafted to showcase Soap-7,000, invites visitors and children to view the art piece and purchase the soap before stock sells out.
A reminder of bargain prices across a mid-summer sale. Ladiey wrappers in assorted colors 85c each Duck suits priced 1.69 to 3.15 Laundried shirt waists 49c each Figures Swisses 12 34 15 18 20 25 cents Allewoo Charlies 39c Printed Percales 8c Black hose 25c Point de Gene laces 19c and 29c were 25c and 35c.
In an Arkansas farm tale Shelby shoots seven hogs raiding a watermelon patch in August heat. The farmer father, initially angered, praises Shelby’s obedience as a possible step toward greatness. An Exchange note ties the anecdote to a Washington hatchet legend and a closing comic aside.
Sister Mary Catherine formerly Rose Harrington of Brooklyn N Y died yesterday morning at St Rose convent in Carbondale aged 29 The funeral with requiem mass will be held at the convent chapel Wednesday morning and will be private with family and friends invited Also various local social notices and schedule changes appear including baptisms and a new Erie timetable bevaff.
Elmhurst residents visit friends in town and surrounding areas while local officials discuss trade work. D. B. Atherton addresses the Elmhurst board of trade, visitors arrive at Hotel Elmhurst, a house is struck by lightning without injuries, and church activities include sermons and an excursion to Lake Ariel on August 7.
Nellie Reckhaw of Great Band visits Montrose friends. Scranton visitors Lizzie Miller and Carrie Shaw in Hallstead. Funeral attended by Mrs Shaw and family. Whitneys Point nine beats Hallstead ten to one. Picnic planned for Presbyterian Sunday School on Aug 3 at McLeod's grove, weather permitting. Mrs. William Scotten dies at 60 from heart disease. Dr Thomas Electric Oil cited for deafness cures.
Miss Cora Pottebone of Dorranceton visited Miss Maggie Switzer. Mrs. Steel of Wilkes Barre was the guest of her daughter Mrs. J Schooley. Mrs. John J. Morgan is quite ill. Miss Emma Vousey rents rooms from Same Brice and will move soon. Mr and Mrs William Rezell of Dorranceton were guests of Wilber Rozell last Sunday. Mrs. H J Beat is quite low. Services began at the eyes camp grounds tonight. R Lafrahe has many men grading Fifth Street. The third child of EP Dennis was born.
A brief notice states all involved have been buried within a two week period ending Sunday, indicating a rapid sequence of funerals or interments tied to a single event or tragedy.
J D Williams and family guests of Mrs E A P Stevenson while Howard Ackerley rests with typhoid fever. Many visits and outings across Scranton area note camping trips, home purchases, and a bicycle ride to Clifford. A runaway on Main Street spooks three ladies, no injuries. Funeral and condolence actions follow Pastor Parsons illness. Baseball defeat for Clark’s Summit Hustlers. mine visit and paymaster travels noted. Scarlet fever and whooping cough affect local families as community ties remain strong.
Morning work is planned on extending the street railway, while local residents report activities in West Pittston and town events. The McKenzie and Company World’s Fair ball team, with a 1 0 record, accepted a library team challenge for a game at Riveraite grounds at 5 o clock tomorrow. Davis and Gordon, the battery, are slated to play against McDonald and Gilmartin's defense.
An old advertisement touts Carlsbad Sprudel Salt sold at drug stores and imported from Europe. It urges consumers to obtain the genuine product and warns against unscrupulous dealers.
Olyphant notes list visitors and neighbors with Miss Lizzie Biewitt from Pittston and Miss Julia Cawley from Delaware street as guests. The Brown and Sunset teams renew a long feud in a recent Archbald game, with Morgans excelling, four hits by Gillhooly, and Archbald defeated 5 to 1 at Colm Dumps.
The article extols Electric Bitters as a pure medicine curing liver and kidney diseases. It claims blood impurities cause pimples and salt rheum and promises malaria relief, headache, constipation, and indigestion relief with full satisfaction guaranteed and refunds offered. Matthews Bros. Drugstore sells bottles for 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Grand jury sessions continue in Montrose while Walter V. Hendrick of Scranton visits his parents. Miss Warren of Nicholson gives a fine recitation at Epworth league. Farmers harvest oats as haying winds down. A W Lyons sails with a Susquehanna River party toward Wilkes-Barre for a two week trip. Judge and Mrs Starle attend Colonel Mason’s funeral. Mason was Mrs Searle’s brother. Susquehanna Transcript editor Birchard and wife visit Fairdale. Rev T A Hughes reports Cleveland convention findings at the Baltic church. the report is said to be intensely interesting and includes a song of welcome.
Local citizens plan a meeting at No. 8 school in Minooka to restrain the school board from building a new schoolhouse at Moosic. Township funds are dwindling with only part of a $30 000 treasury remaining and a $10 000 funding source for the new building is in dispute. Belinda Walsh of Port Griffith has been visiting Miss B Higgins on Main Street and has returned home. Druggist F A Kane on Main Street is constructing a new dwelling beside his drug store.
A Boston Herald piece argues for expanding schoolships and an expanded apprenticeship system to train seamen for the navy, noting better pay and conditions at sea, the need to end flogging, and that U S merchant seamen must be supplemented for national defense. It contrasts British and American practices and calls for systematic development of homegrown officers.
Quote from New York World notes Krupp's cannon as the largest ever made and asserts the earth as the largest revolve r. The remark underscores a hyperbolic comparison of size and scale.
In a fragmented conversation Charley tells George how he cured rheumatism with a “short course of P. P. P.” and praises a blood corrector while discussing Miss Daisy and a boastful governor. The dialogue hints at medical quackery and social attitudes.
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