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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1894
Page
8
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The district conven tion ministers meeting is set for Caiondale and Forest City with sessions May 5 and 6. The agenda lists devotional services sermons addresses and discussions on church governance rural work revival temperance reform and camp meeting logistics. Key figures include J C Hogan W L Thorpe and Rev C Hogan with rail schedules noting trains from Carbondale to Tatondale.
Forest City notes show Edward Taylor and Alex Bryden visiting New York while A M O'Donnell handles Carbondale business. Burgess elect and council members will take oath Monday night. Electric firms project Forest City as a growing hub with poles rails and wiring under construction. a new company is forming. B I Maxey spent Saturday in Jermyn.
David Heene, a joiner in Greenwood Coal Company No 1 shaft, sustained severe injuries when top coal loosened by a shot fell and crushed his back. He was pinned to the ground but not fatally harmed. Fire and medical staff assisted at the scene.
An 19th century classified style item touts a West salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chipped hands chilblaining verns and other eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and notes price per box with seller Matthews Dros.
The third monthly institute for Mayfield Jermyn Greenfield and Archbald teachers convened Saturday. Speakers included Mina Martin Ella Martholand and Prof Bovard with talks on primary numbers geography and form study. Out of town guests included Forbes Luckenterry Davis White and Gracue. Next meeting set for Jermyn April 7 with talks on school government and consumption prevention.
Moscow March items report Hodgson president of the WBR C and daughter in Philadelphia for an encampment. Wilcox ill in bed. Daleville hosts a Demorest contest with many attendees. Mrs Stem and daughter Eqima visit. Frnk Pelton also in Philadelphia. Friday school exercises praised. Henry Souonenals and Henry Juy Puckington noted in town. Dr Thomas Electric OH offers early aid for sprains and bruises.
Nota from a Delightful Locality reports Borough council’s Saturday organizational meeting and plans for an old-fashioned spelling school at the graded school. Partridge & Co. note business recovering. Rev Mattison of Knoxville seeks a local pastorate. Union Tanning Company anticipates a prosperous year with ten-hour winter runs employing forty to fifty men.
In February the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad moved seven cars or 5000 tons of bark. Last week shipments included 22,000 pounds of hair and 26,000 pounds of leather. The Presbyterian parsonage nears completion and should be ready by April 1. Dan Beisecer will begin new houses March 15. Elmhurst boulevard slated for completion by August. Maier and Lewis of New York received the contract.
Readable items report the First Baptist church in Jennivs calling Aly. Morrie as pastor candidate. Other notes mention a serious illness for Henry Liangman, a rowdy evening concert planned in Gilmore hall, and a new borough council forming tonight at the Borough building. County Superintendent Taylor spoke at a Mayfield institute about the new school building.
The Albatross captain recalls a Christmas at sea when, lacking ice, deep sea pressure forced seawater into corked champagne bottles as they sank to nearly half a mile. The wine arrived flat and salty, prompting a simple solution: sink bottles to cold depths to chill them, yielding a desalinated lesson in a salty mishap.
A visitor, Mr John Revere Middleton, claims not to be on business and asks to show an elegant bound volume to the lady of the house on Pitcher Street. The servant guides him inside but the woman, startled, escorts him to the door after a brief exchange.
Report states a west powerful hydrantic crane is at the Italian government arsenal in La Spenia. It is described as capable of lifting 160 tons.
A fragment from Blackwood's Magazine presents a poetic meditation on labor, thought, and fate. Rich in imagery, it envisions harvests and fish, mind and memory, and ends with a reflection on mortality and divine mercy. The piece interweaves pastoral scenes with philosophical queries about time and faith.
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