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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1896
Page
8
The advertisement lists doubles on various ribbons including Dresden and Persian patterns. It highlights large bunches of dahlias, pangles, clover and thistles, with roses and lilacs and mentions palms and grasses. Prices imply quantity discounts and multi-item offerings in a local sale.
Price Burg and the Dickson Brewing company are excavating for the foundation of a new building that will nearly double capacity. William McLoughlin moved his family to a new hotel on North Main Street yesterday.
Ales Young and George Marsland, two local residents, have left for Colorado with plans to locate in Cripple Creek. W A May of Scranton visited yesterday as a caller. Members of Hennett Judae No 97 Independent Order of Odd Fellows will meet Friday night at 7 40 in Raymond's hall to transact lodge business.
Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for teething children. It soothes the child, softens gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic and diarrhea. Sold by druggists worldwide. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and take no other kind. Twenty five cents a bottle.
The body of a man, later identified as Dobinski who had drowned at Nanticoke a week earlier, was found in the river about two miles north of Shickshinny. Herman Kemp, with Squire Atkin of Shickshinny, reported the discovery and Adkins recovered the body. A jury was convened and the body sent to the COP OER.
Euward Jones, a New York banker, and Lulddon Pick, editor of the Evening Thess, yesterday purchased the entire plant operated by the Consumers Gas Company. The investment is said to secure good on. The company has paid six percent dividends since the start of its operation and this year has twice declared dividends.
The readable text references John Reese with his wife and two children and a meal described with horse radish on a Monday morning, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
The new Honesdale National Bank, supervised by Conrad Schroeder of Scranton, nears completion and will open for public inspection on May 26 and 27, with business ready by June 1. The building at Main and Eighth features a quartered oak facade, a steel vault, and modern electrical and ventilation systems.
Robert Linney of South Taylor plans to build two single dwellings on his property. August Nelger, an elderly local resident, died Tuesday evening at 8 45 from heart failure after brief conversation with his son Leopold. He was born in Melringen Switzerland in 188% and came to the United States 32 years ago. Nelger belonged to the German Friendly Society and the Scranton Gruetli Verein and is survived by his wife and two sons William and Leopold.
Sympathy for a deceased person noted with funeral Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Revs King and Weber. A tailor plans a Union Street shop in a new building, Lissie Williams returns from teaching and heads to Ithaca for summer. Attorney Watkins adapts a Tennyson piece for a band stand. Teachers to receive monthly stipends tomorrow night. David Williams to build a Ridge Street home. Gomer Jones and Nellie Edwards announce upcoming marriage next Wednesday.
A union birthday party at the Mol street home of Lewirter in Jermyn drew a large, congenial crowd with social and financial success. Jermyn clerks named H J Degraw manager of the loan and Frank Cain captain. plus baseball lineups and park plans fanned community activity and Memorial Day arrangements.
The ad promotes Swayne's Ointment as a cure for moisture itching and nocturnal irritation, claiming it stops itching bleeding heals ulcers and even removes tumors. It lists AI druggists or mail order for 50 cents from Dr Swayne & Jon Philadelphia.
Montrose stands as a key northeastern Pennsylvania summer resort hub drawing visitors from Philadelphia to New York. Hotels multiply as residents lease homes and boarding houses serve summer guests, while local figures like Charles F. Moxley depart town after a warm reception. Dr. Alfred Post visits family as Company G of the Thirteenth Regiment plans a banquet at the Montrose House on May 1.
Peckville reports the Epworth League of the Methodist church plans an entertainment and social at Ledyard hall around June 20. The event aims for a grand success with a well-prepared programme. M. B. Shaffer of Wilkes-Barre visited town yesterday. A large picture of the Dueber Watch works at Canton Ohio decorates Jay Barrett's Jewelry storefront on Depot street. The image, framed in a park-style frame, shows the building and grounds, drawing admiration. Miss Blanche Taylor visits former pastor Rev F P Koty of Beranton. Delaware and Grassy Island employees were paid yesterday. Thomas Warnele is listed as quietly sick.
Patrick Moran died Tuesday night at his daughter's home on Cemetery street after a morning injury. He was one of the borough’s oldest residents, among the first miners here, and survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs Wings, and son William Moran of Scranton. Funeral services set for Friday at St Thomas church with high mass.
Mres Harry Culp visits from Wilkes Barres with Mrs Brower. James Boyd rides Fred Foster's horse to water and is thrown, suffering a broken wrist and facial injuries. Lyman Chase residence remodeled to new look. Funeral for S. Reynolds of Lake Sheridan held Saturday amid large attendance.
Will Titus of Wilkes-Barre visited town Monday for optical work. Ed Graves left Tuesday for Erle Pa to stay with his Crocter. Mrs Gertrude Shoemaker of Scranton visited her sister Mrs Charles Williame on Tuesday. Lewis Mack celebrated his nineteenth birthday with about twenty friends. Mrs J Henner plans to return to James town N Y today. Mr Bell shows health improvement. Mrs Sarah Williame visited Miss Liggie Matthews in Scranton over Sunday.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as proven by the large number of people it has helped recover from disease and despair. It claims unmatched cures and the largest laboratory in the world to meet demand, urging readers to try a medicine that has benefited others.
A vintage sale ad lists discounted items including ladies shirt waists infants and children wear boys coats and men's suspenders belts and undergarments. Prices show unit bundles like dozens of shirts waists and suspenders with bold Leader's Price mentions and Bishop allowances noted in the copy.
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