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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1896
Page
2
Hats trimmed free of charge attract shoppers with updated styles and low prices. The Miller Trimminae stock offers French hats, Milan straw pieces, velvet panels, and Dresden ribbons at reduced rates to draw ladies seeking fashionable dress without high costs.
Cortland county reports the death of 10 year old Nicenal Turver, daughter of George Burves, lost during a Thursday night blizzard while pursuing a runaway cow. Found dead in a snowdrift early Saturday near the Burves farm, despite medical aid, likely died from exposure.
In St. Landry parish, white supremacist Regulators clash with Black voters. At Palmetta they block registration. Rideau is whipped. At Grand Prairie Alfred Fruget shoots a regulator, Thanas Fontenot dies, another wounded. At Point Barre Julien Bletty kills Alice Boutte before being killed. Armed Regulators roam the parish as tensions rise.
Traditional teething syrup praised for soothing the child calming gums and curing wind colic. Marketed for over fifty years by Mrs Winslow and used by millions of mothers worldwide with success. Sold by druggists everywhere.
Washington forecast the coming week in Congress will focus on appropriation bills and routine business. The Arkansas compromise, post office bill, Indian affairs and sealing protection bills are to be discussed, with possible debate on the interior opening of the Unsmaphagre reservation and budget reductions.
London dispatch reports a rumor that the Mahdist forces defeated the Neyotian advance guard near Akushel south of Wady Hall on the way to Dongola with forty three killed and wounded. The claim suggests a Mahdist advance into the Nile expedition area while the main English contingent has not yet departed.
Walter Pray visits Beach Pond as Thomas Pray hosts. A Baker family trip to Baltimore for University of Maryland commencement on April 11 with William Baker among graduates. Local justice grants naturalization to Anton Wroble. A. F. Tripp buys David Hunt's Division Street property. Borough concerns raised after a sidewalk injury. Rev. F Gendall heads to annual conference and attracts praise for water plant stance. Community programs include Prohibition and Civil War talks, Epworth League events, and a large Barnabas Carter funeral.
Tebicce overshadows trading on the Stock Exchange with shifts in shares and rumors that dividends may resume on the common. other sectors rise modestly on favorable railway reports and persistent bear activity. Sugar, Chicago Gas, General Electric lift while gold movement and bank reserves show little change in market conditions.
London dispatch notes strong Dutch agitation for Transvaal independence as Kruger demands British recognition of full independence before any London visit. Troop movements, German recruits, and Boer alliances raise the prospect of war this summer with the Volksraad set to meet April 4, while Chamberlain pursues a pacific settlement.
Chicago March 25 cattle market opened steady but closed weak with lower base on heavy packing and shipping. Calves and cows showed varied bids and hogs reported steady to strong for good quality. Buffalo NY and other markets noted similar trends with mixed price levels across cattle sheep and hogs.
Connolly and Wallace advertise new fabrics including Sicilian Mohairs and Brilliantines in plain and figured weaves. 40 inch novelty suitings priced at 50c a yard, with wide versions of $1.35 goods at 75c. Turkoman silks and handkerchief silks for waists touted, plus Persian and Dresden silks and 19c denims. 300 pieces of ginghams from Bates and Johnson seersuckers offered at 5c after usual 12 1 2 c price.
At Fort Sil Indian Agency near Guthrie Oklahoma a riot followed a race event after 15 000 in horse race money changed hands two Apache killed a Federal soldier and two spectators wounded during twenty races gamblers and con men clashed as whites and Indians fought over losses and alleged horse ripping. Governments last week paid 125000 in annuities to Apache Kiowa and Comanche tribes.
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a trusted remedy across generations. The copy traces a mother’s use from infancy to motherhood, emphasizing Castoria as a comforting solution for children, even as new generations arrive.
A collage of late 19th century advertisements seeks workers and agents. Listings include travel for pay, barber training, sales positions with commissions, home work, and canvassing roles in multiple cities. Also offered are furniture sales, real estate, and various goods for sale or lease alongside importunate rates for agents.
Various help wanted notices include a middle man with mercantile experience seeking position, a young woman seeks work near a town with a band, a stenographer and office assistant job seeker offers references, a bookkeeper seeks grocery clerking, a washer to work at home, and a butcher seeks a hutcher position with good references.
Schedule in effect May 19 1895 lists Wilkes-Barre departures at 7.26 am for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and for Pittsburgh and the West. 10:15 am weekday service to Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown Philadelphia and Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh. 3.17 pm weekday runs to Sunbury Harrisburg Washington and Pittsburgh and the West. 4.40 pm Sundays only to Sun Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg. 5.00 pm weekday service to Hazleton and Pottsville. J R Wood General Passenger Agent 5S M Prevost General Manager.
Lehigh and Susquehanna division timetable listing train departures to Pittston Wilkes Barre and connections. Various express and local times are shown for Philadelphia New York Atlantic City Reading Terminal and other points with through tickets and agent contacts.
Train schedule notes departure from Scranton bound for New York and Erie line with intermediate stops at Hawley and Honesdale. Evening trains leave Scranton at 8 25 pm and 28 pm with arrivals back at 8 3 am and 2 57 pm.
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