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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1894
Page
6
A mixed catalog of titles and authors appears in an advertisement style list including Dickens, Trollope, and romance authors alongside translated works. The text mentions numerous novels such as David Copperfield Gr to be available with a note on Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a cure and a sales guarantee.
Minooka news reports Annie Cunningham visiting Maggie McCrea in town and local youths to attend a college hall entertainment. Glee club rehearsals, St Josephs Abstinence delegates named, a Greenwood rooster fight postponed, Miners Hill football progress, Borderland Dramatic company ending, a new two story building at Stafford Street, local baseball match between Big Six and Mayflowers, and remarks about misidentification of a Rice correspondent.
A Scranton area column reports visiting friends in town from Mayfield and Dunmore, a charity entertainment by the Peak sisters from Alaska at the YMCU hall, a miner injured by a coal fall, a Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting, and a sacred cantata at Father Matthews Opera House. Also included is a sensational past life hypnosis dialogue involving Dr H R Lewis and a patient, described in vivid detail by a London Spectator styled observer.
Two children share a box of bonbons on a New York City elevated line. A well dressed boy with a bright face and a poor, thinly fed child sit together as the candy giver offers a sugared cherry, and both laugh at the exchange witnessed by a reader.
A gentleman telephoned in the afternoon to pay ninety thousand francs to a Paris banker for a financial transaction. A cablegram went to the Paris correspondent, and early the next morning the recipient confirmed receipt of the funds.
A fragmented verse recalls Castoria used for infants and children, noting mother and family usage across generations. The lines mix illness care with parent child routines and Castoria branding.
Forest City March 18 reports Lizzie Moyle of Moscow will visit friends a short time. Soo Hoo Lee of Jermyn visits, considering Susquehanna. H A Purple plans a large stock auction after payday. John s & Maxey resident James Johns visits with his son H P Jobing. Local dentist Dr E W Maxon recovering from illness. Cantata Rabegea at Opera Tongs March 17. Epworth League debate tackles England decay. Fourth armistice Demorest contest set for tomorrow evening at Methodist church. Excursion tickets to Wilkes-Barre on St Patrick’s Day $1.72 via Ontario and Western RR. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promoted by local readers.
Advertisement touts Paskola as a great flesh forming food that builds healthy flesh, enriches blood, and strengthens thin people. It claims easy digestion and quick absorption, targeting delicate stomachs and replacing fatty oils. A pamphlet offers full details from the Pre Divested Food Co. in New York City.
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