GORMAN'S TRAND DEPOT Promises Best, Cheapest Goods
The ad proclaims at Gorman's Trand Depot that shoppers will find the newest, most beautiful, airy items at the lowest prices. It touts a broad selection without detailing specific products or dates.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1894
Page
8
The ad proclaims at Gorman's Trand Depot that shoppers will find the newest, most beautiful, airy items at the lowest prices. It touts a broad selection without detailing specific products or dates.
As warm days rise shops showcase airy fabrics and newer designs. Prices remain moderate with cantaloupe swisses and India dimities, linen blends, and corded অভিযns offered in multiple widths and yardages. Furniturelike plaits and printed lawn muslins appear in black and color variants.
Henry Soby recovered from the grip and went outdoors. St Aloysius society event drew many attendees and a valuable sympathy wig was given to Tinlin and Brady for their plant workers service at the recent fair. Miners at Hillside Coal and Tron received monthly pay. John B. Grinthe to attend Wyoming Seminary graduation and deliver a toast. Count Lilly event at Gilmore hall tonight with many invitations. Local lodge plans and trade committee actions noted. United American Mechanics to be instituted. twenty five members enrolled. A Scranton visitor, John M Graves, noted. Mrs Joseph day hosts relatives from Pleasant Mount. Christian mission camp meeting opens today at Ridge.
Walter Bann, an instructor, was taken to the county jail after an attempted murder incident at Manchon Henge on Thursday afternoon. He faced charges of concealed weapons and felonious wounding. trial before Burgess Burks occurred Thursday evening, bail denied. Miss Fuller, the wounded woman, is recovering though greatly prostrated by the event.
An old ad promotes Encklon's Arnica Salva for bruises sores ulcers and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 2 per box price. It also touts Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a lung healing cough medicine sold by Matthews Bros with a satisfaction guarantee.
Thomas Gibbons of Kingston was instantly killed when a rock slub fell while he was barring down coal at Edwardsville. Pennsylvan ia Coal Co orders workers to resume full shifts. George Basinly, 33, died from a coal fall at Hallstead mine. he fractured his skull testing roof. Christian Endeavor Society elected officers at Broad Street Presbyterian Church. Michael Doran of Market Street suffers facial burns from recent shaft work. Traction company suspends 75 workers along the Port Griffith to West End line amid track-building debates. Burglars rob Willian Sandway’s store at Ransom, escaping with cash and jewelry. second robbery in a year. John F. Dill and wife plan a Denver trip for health. Nellie Albright to give a piano recital in Scranton. Mrs A M Halvey to Albany for weeks with friends.
Henry Murray a 49 year old miner at Bunker Hill colliery died from injuries after a large wedge of top coal fell on him as he returned with a file to sharpen his drill bit. He collapsed at the chamber edge and died within hours. He leaves a widow and eight children. The accident also involved his fellow miner who narrowly escaped. The service will be held Sunday. An Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad incident claimed the life of brakeman Sammon, about 18, who was run over and fatally injured as he sat near a moving car. He died at his home later that night. A sequence of community notices follows including a charity concert at Odd Fellows hall and a moonlight excursion to Lake Ariel by the Green Ridge trimmen. Children’s day is planned at the Presbyterian church with Rev J W Williams delivering a sermon.
A playful verse traces Castoria use across childhood stages with rewritten names and light satire. It reads like a nursery rhyme parody highlighting the familiar remedy’s mention.
Sunday morning services at 10 thirty will feature Children Day exercises in the Baptist tabernacle. A clock prize was won by Lewis Rector after a coinci winding test, with his guess close to the time obtained after thirteen days thirteen hours thirty-one minutes.
In Honesdale a Sunday school festival at the Episcopal church was followed by a gas stove mishap when a mother failed to notice her child turning on the gas. The woman suffered facial burns while a horse riding accident left Edwin Torrey bruised but not severely injured. Torrey was later found and taken home.
Hallstead items report K Fy Bornstein in New York City weighing silks for the enk mill to start next week. Daniel Manan of Susquehanna visiting. W Alus son returns home. Mrs C C Donovan of Scranton visiting her parents. Lizzie Maxwell visiting Scranton. John A Millane new postmaster adds an extension to his Church Street store. Charles VanPormer of Montross in town. Mrs William Birnie and son hosting in Wilkes-Barre. Od Langley in Binghamton. Rev R N Ives and wife visiting in town.
The gospel wagon draws large evening crowds and plans to open two new drag stores. Renahan and McDonell will launch outlets in Avoca and Kennedy branding. Avoca Literary and Debating Society attendees report on last night’s entertainment. Albert Duras, a driver at Simpson Company mines, suffered an accident when his light failed and he was crushed under a car, injuring hands and arms.
The grade school closed Thursday afternoon with a decorated building and a beautiful program. Principal Miss Anna D. Walah led the event with Miss Ella Minger, Miss Bessie Webber, and Miss Ella Benedict overseeing intermediate and primary classes as well trained children performed a polished program.
Pittsburg visitor Thomas Shoardin stays with Jeffers on Davin street. Mansfield Normal student Jon Mullen vacations with his parents on Main street Greenwool. Township auditors met at No 3 school to audit last year’s school board. Martin Flynn of Starbird bitten by a dog on Main street. dog owned by Patrick Flannery. James Kily of Golden Bay Ireland arrived at Murphy’s Inn for first time in America. Ted Anderson, Howard Brooks of Greenwood and Ge J Thomas of West Pittatun returned from Lake Como with about fifty pounds each. Hotel De Kineo on Main Street, run by Joan Kane, burglarized. whisky and cigars stolen. entrance through back door upstairs to bar room. loss estimated at $50.
Social events in Moosic featuring the Women’s Christian Temperance union gathering at Mrs George Pearl’s Main Street home with songs by Joan Green and Mika Dianehe Tregallia. Also reports of a Presbyterian lawn social, parsonage benefit social, and visits of Miss Blanche Fregallis and Miss Stella Ennhs with relatives in North Main Street and Duryea.
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