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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1896
Page
4
Advertisements and orders for job work and items left at Hannons Co newsdealers North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Office open from 4 a m to 10 p m.
Rev T F Covey led a Monday forty hours devotion in Hawley while others departed for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chambersburg, and local residents engaged in varied activities from weddings to illnesses. J M Alexander John Kelley and A W Waley head to Chambersburg for a week. James Boyle resigns as Buffalo colliery foreman. Hypnosis lessons attract R T Maxwell in New York City.
The reorganized school board met last Monday with Director Davie as president in Neyrin’s absence. The minutes noted financial issues including a $1220 bill and a 19 cent discrepancy with Dickson Water. George Karlat was elected permanent president and W A Morgan as permanent secretary. Davin was chosen treasurer with a $9000 bond set, and the board planned to meet again on June 1. Miss Clara Brown of Rome, NY, visiting locals.
The new school board elected Andrew Carter as chairman and Mulheran as secretary pro tem, with permanent officers James Nicholson president Charles Baker secretary and Thomas Gilhool treasurer. A building committee and supplies committee were named, a principal reported, and meetings moved to the first Tuesday each month. The Citizens Band will play at an open air concert June 6 on the lawn of St James Episcopal Church.
Fragmented note urges customers to come early for a sale of goods described as packetienion. Readable details hint at limited quantities and a first come, first served approach. No dates or locations provided.
F Goetz leads a varied program with Myrti Barnard and a trombone solo by E Brooks while Douthwaite and Gordon present descriptive overtures and pieces like The Indian Campfire and Heart's De Merit. A friendly surprise welcomed Master Harry Van Allen as friends gathered on Main Street.
Reports on cashier John B Fassett moving with his mother to Bardwell block near the post office and county Institute planning at the commissioners office. Also updates on cemetery officers, road projects, school staffing applications, a hospital fund drive, a scotland bound pastor, a high school commencement, a fatality from typhoid, and regional business developments including cotton spinning in Japan and rail ventures.
The Archbold school board assembled Monday for organization after adjournment. John J. Barrett elected president, J W Beck secretary, Thomas Price treasurer, with James McAndrew Michael Toplin Henry Probst among the new members presenting certificates of election. Tax Collector Philbin reported accounts and readiness to settle after approval.
Andrew forms the committee as the tax levy is debated and a new building may be needed if the Farr bill passes. The school board’s officers remain disputed while the council considers a fire tax, arc lights, police staffing, and road changes. Officials discuss boundary markers and new ordinances pass.
Mies Lene King will commence her select school in Taylor on Monday June 8, and salicita patronage.
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for sour stomach waterbrush burning pain and dyspepsia. It claims to purify blood tone the stomach and digestive organs strengthen the liver improve appetite and promote restful sleep. The copy cites a patient who suffered twelve years.
An 1890s Philadelphia Record report compares Edison Tesla and D. McFerlane Moore in developing more efficient light. Edison’s X-ray based lamp promises lower energy use. Tesla works with high frequency current and vacuum tubes. Moore showcases a cold light system and a 66 watt hall lighting test at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
A Liscomb Iowa woman reports years of suffering ending after eight bottles of Vegetable Compound and three of Blood Purifier. She details headaches back pains and other ailments before praising the Pinkham remedy and recommending it to friends.
The article hints at Edison and Tesla pursuing cold light developments with minimal heat. It predicts further announcements and describes this as a future breakthrough in electrical innovation.
A turbulent stream of arts notes covers operatic salaries, London stage mishaps, and star earnings. We report on performers like Paderewski, Melba, and Abdullah, plus injuries and mental health incidents affecting theater life, with Paris and New York connections.
A garbled quotation shows an emancipated woman asking for input while a misheard reply mentions Miss Omasa Buoy and a president taken to smoking. The fragmentary lines reference a Washington Star excerpt with misread names and unclear context.
A humorous exchange explores why a husband’s two hour delay provokes a quarrel at home while a two year absence earns a royal return. The remark labels women as peculiar in a satirical Truth publication tone.
An old ad fragment recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to parenthood. The jingle highlights Castoria as a trusted product for babies children and mothers.
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