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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
8
Describes and contains leading fashions latest dress materials stories anecdotes humorous illustrations valuable information elevating and pleasing reading for the home. Free to those who call for it at our store.
Bound at year end the volume will run about 384 pages with some 500 illustrations of gowns for calling weddings receptions balls and other occasions. It urges every lady to be well dressed and economical in her attire.
An advertisement promotes Gleansoline as a fabric cleaner for Kid gloves white shoes silks laces woolens carpets and similar items. It claims instant stain removal without damage to delicate fabrics.
Mrs Catharine Carroll mother of Pal Carroll dies at 65 after forty seven years in Carbondale funeral planned Friday Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Morgan Hughes buried in Maplewood cemetery. Philip Berryman visits Oneonta Eva Enya Stranton guest Sadie Lewis wins prize at crayon social. Sperl Heater plans new rain shop on Donoi street brick and blue stone building. Mr and Mrs BW Colwell relocate to Lincoln ave. June 19 opening of new park by Traction Co at Mapfield. Miles Eva Budd returns from Scranton. Manville family moves to summer cottage Farview.
Mr and Mrs W Cair and son Orin of Beranton visited Mr and Mrs W F Clements. Mrs William Brown and sister Mrs Wardell are in Brooklyn visiting Rev L H Brown. Women’s Relief corps activities praised. Mrs George Rhoades of Gouldsboro spent Thursday with Mrs William Ivenabite. Mrs M J Keall of Tonkhannock visiting town relatives. Carpet band social at Mrs Dr Lamereaux home Friday night. Mrs Conningham spent part of last week with daughter Mia Mont han of Tobyhanna. Stereopticon show poorly attended as Dr Gardiner and Miss Ruth Gardiner went to Scranton on Wednesday. Fatal neglect described as death by own action. Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup offered for coughs with satisfaction guaranteed.
In Pittston Lehigh Valley train No 455 struck an unidentified man about 35 and dressed for work a short distance above the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg junction. The coroner was summoned but did not arrive by 9 pm. The body was placed aboard the freight car awaiting identification. Other local items note injuries to David Powers from Plymouth, a gas explosion in Hoyt wharf injuring four workers, and a mass meeting in Keystone to discuss business thoroughfares.
Exchange club to use billiard room Saturday night as other rooms await occupancy. Phillips Brooks Memorial church Sunday School hosts ice cream festival in lecture room. Red Men join Hawley for union picnic to Lake Ariel on June 17. Presbyterian church holds strawberry festival June 8. A farce Ries Padding to be performed. Early closing move active with stores closing at 7 pm. Menner & Co and Katz & Co to close at 6 pm on July 5. Accident report involving a Whit ney homestead horse on N T and G V Whitney property. Park fountain gains a new sprinkler. Upr Mile Street curb extensions underway enhancing the green strip.
Local government updates list Peckville school board officers President John D. Peek Secretary Elwin H. Ritter Treasurer Monroe Carpenter Mrs R B Davey of Beech Lake visits brother George Treverton Born to W N Barnes a daughter and to George Woodbridge a son in Hickory Stage makes business trip to Scranton Clifford visitors Mrs Frank Benscouter attends graveyard picnic July 4 at E W Squier’s grounds Ice cream fruit and treats served Ladies Aid Church event. News mentions Grassy Island Delaware and Hudson employee receipt sac hag pg via EB Leah Providence caller W S Vail and Misses Addie Edith Hopper visit Scranton. Lancaster druggist H B Cochran reports over 800 bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for various ailments.
JERMYN Mr and Mrs M J Erk spend a few days in Como Wayne county. The marriage of Mary Jane Ohlinach to John Stirn occurred at the bride’s home last evening with Rev Charles Lee of Carbondale officiating. The funeral of Mrs David Disvies will be held today at 2 p.m. from the Congregational church. A Hungarian laborer was killed in.
The St Thomas church congregation plans a vanity plante in Sylvan Grove for July 4 with preparations beginning soon and promises a pleasant event. Harold Davis, son of Prof and Mrs R N Davis, is ill. Bus company to run an excursion to Farview on July 25. Councilman Laws and Thomas Sidden of Hill Street serve on this week’s jury. Traction company advances on its extension with poles being erected and track graded. line to Blakely to open before the 1th. Democratic candidates for the Fourth district assembly nomination remain contested. Archbald supporters push for a delegate compromise. Wedding of Mamie Oilmacht of Jermyn to John Stirn of Carbondale last night. guests from this borough wish them well. Archbald lodge of Odd Fellows meets Thursday at 7:40 PM. members urged to attend. Health board opened June 1. four houses placarded for contagious diseases. For nuisance complaints, residents must submit forms.
Minooka reports include a railroad mishap killing a cow and injuries to Greenwood Coal Co workers, a hall addition at Greenwood hotel, and a planned AOH picnic at Minooka grove. Local residents John Dougherty and Mrs Conway are noted in obituaries and family events. The Delaware and Hudson Canal freight car break in at Minooka station is linked to ongoing robberies with no suspects.
HALLSTEAD ER W Searle of Susquehanna was in town yesterday. Warren Van Lown bia bought a Hartford bicycle from L B Tiffany. Mrs Lobb of Pon Argyl Pa visits her friend Mrs Neluoy Coon on Pine Street. John A Menara of Scranton was in town yesterday. Ja Nelson Coon returning home from Penn Argyl. Young Men's Christian Association cottage meeting to be held Friday at G A Ward's home. Gospel meeting Sunday at 50 p m addressed by Rev A F Tuarding of Great Bond. Charles Compton, visiting Scranton, has returned home.
The Methodist Episcopal Willing Workers' society met at Carrie Myburdy's home Tuesday with further gatherings planned at Sarah Roose's and Anna Gordon's this week. They prepare for a service next week and a charity entertainment. The school board reorganized with William Rodgers as president Evan C Divin as secretary and M M Williams as treasurer. A thirteen mill school tax and a three mill tax for buildings were fixed for assessment. Mary Moran of Okatre acted as a prisoner before Burgess Griffiths on the night. Jan Carmin, Mra Mora’s nephew, accuses her of maintaining a tippling house.
An incomplete OCR fragment mentions a person arrested for aiding to hide something on a Sunday. It references a monetary amount of $1,000 and possible jail time, plus names that are garbled and difficult to parse.
Keystone Academy reports a busy week with commencement plans growing and an amendment proposal for officers terms. Friends meet in Scranton and Chicago visitors arrive as student activities include a joint Christ in Action and Y M C A gathering in the grove. The almost senior picnic is planned for June 9 at Crystal Lake. Weather permitting, a funeral for Joseph Wrigley and a fatal Delaware track accident near Pactoryville are noted.
Superintendent W A May of Scranton attended Hillside Co interests in Forest City yesterday. Mrs Edward Corey of Uniondale visited friends. C D Burdick of Honesdale greeted acquaintances Wednesday. Powderly Jr of Carbondale was in town. A surprise party honored Miss Boulah Hie on Delaware Street for her sixteenth birthday with about forty guests and gifts. Stanley Evang returned from Scranton after a two week visit. McLaughlin House hosted a lively evening with Eva Mage, Ligzia Anna McLaughlin. A sumptuous late repast followed with many locals attending.
At a Royal Society conversazione sixty Roman period tools were shown from a Silchester pit in Hampshire. The assortment included an anvil tongs haramer axes gouges chisels a large plane two shoemaking anvils plow costs standing ramp gridiron a bronze scale and more. The article notes many items resemble present day tools and highlights a metal plane as possibly Yankee in origin.
A Woodward Avenue druggist sleeping in his store was awakened by a pounding. A man outside asked for the time, prompting the startled pharmacist to shout he had it and lock the door. The incident ends with the door bolted as the intruder posed a trivial question.
The passage of the first vessel through the Erie Canal in 1825 was announced from Albany to New York and Buffalo via cannon signals along the line. The message traveled to New York and back to Albany in fifty eight minutes, a costly but successful experiment reported by the St. Louis Republic.
A former heavy man asserts twenty four days of absolute abstinence from food can cure excess fat. The claim is linked to strict discipline and a single successful trial. The article notes Mount St Elina at about 19 500 feet and Mount Wrangel in Alaska as the highest US elevations, with Wrangel believed higher but not precisely measured.
A fragment discusses a product or method to protect brick walls from crumbling by sealing tin or tinlike coatings. It references Manila and a trade name or supplier, but the text is garbled and hard to parse. The claim is long lasting protection with minimal cost.
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