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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1895
Page
8
A promotional note urges careful business tracking and lively store management. It stresses that yesterday’s results are not sufficient for tomorrow and encourages reader interest to boost profitability through a springy, energetic approach.
A vivid claim that the spirit of the time thrives in Doora when one enters the right doors, promising a transformed view through new life and beauty inspired by interior access.
A bold note promises summer time or any time deals at prices flexible to buyers. The phrasing emphasizes aggressive value and universal affordability through smart purchasing.
A damaged OCR fragment speaks of a welcoming sales environment and appealing surroundings without repeating phrases about assortment or prices. The text hints at a retail ad tone but offers few concrete details.
A Belfast batch introduces women's pure linen handkerchiefs with hand embroidery. The seller touts fresh stock at reduced prices, claiming more affordable options than before and urging shoppers to act quickly.
Bright spring selections await in the store with fresh stock and confident shopping. Styles chosen and goods selected so customers pay no extra for being stylish.
Scranton physician Dr Reeves advertises cures for nerve troubles and a wide range of ailments including heart and lung issues. The notice lists numerous conditions from stomach and bladder problems to vitality loss and male health concerns. It claims rapid improvement in three months and promotes a quick cure.
New York traders saw a notable uptick as foreign buying orders dominated today’s session. J. P. Morton & Co. sold a large block of New York Central treasury stock, yet prices climbed with gains led by New York Central and major rails as Vanderbilts and grangers sparked activity and short sellers covered. The day ended with speculative strength and a 394,000 share total in New York Central.
May reports show flour more active and higher wheat with dull futures. Corn and oats firm, butter steady, lard and eggs firm. beef, hogs, and sheep receipts at Buffalo and Chicago markets reflect varied daily movements with steady to lower closes across categories.
Recepts show cattle stockers and feeders steady to lower with calves, hogs receipts at 34 000 head opened weak closed firm, sheep strong with lambs higher. Sugar, coffee and silver markets mixed with oil opening high and closing lower.
The Ohio River Sheet and Tinplate gains charter. Thomas D West Foundry approves a 10 percent wage advance for its Pittsburgh workforce. Valente Iron’s Bellefonte furnace blown in after idle months. New Castle Wire Nail and Meadville engines and boilers firms raise wages by 10 percent. Rochester tinplate plant slated to open around July 1. Baker Forge at Ellwood City to double force. Oil City Tube raises wages 10 percent. Tamaqua Carter Allen shops resume after years idle. Vulcan Iron upgrades. plant to employ about 600. Reading receivers audits reveal March and April carryovers of 614,395.78 and 902,518.35. H C Frick buys land at Scottdale for railcar shops. full repairs shift to new site.
After declaring the last meeting unconstitutional, the advisory board held a new meeting to elect base and football managers. Fred Nesbitt of Wilkes-Barre became football manager replacing D E Tilson amid opposition. Other officers named include Pomeroy as base ball manager and Heminway as assistant base ball manager. W T Hackett resigned from the board. John Maxwell was elected to the vacancy. Rail rate cards offer two cents per mile for commencement visitors, with orders to The Register Lafayette College Easton Pa. The chess club plans a Lehigh club match in Bethlehem on Friday May 17.
The Robinson Comic Opera company closed a three nights engagement at Father Mathew Opera House presenting H. M. S. Pinafore. The opera was ably presented and the company satisfied the audience. several local notices follow including health updates and social events.
Princeton professor visits family on Center street and returns to the College. Local social notes listMiss Alice Walton Stroudsburg belle visiting metropolis. Obituary notes Mrs Homer Brink East Stroudsburg dies aged 28. School trustees elect officers and plan May 24 meeting to hire teachers. New athletic association forms with officers and equipment orders. Stroudsburg Gun Club grants normal athletic use of grounds. Baseball player Frederick Hummell recovering and may return home. Junior Epworth temperance meeting at Methodist church. Normal campus ball game scheduled Saturday with Dull Hoffeomer as batters. Tuscarora Social Club plans Bushkill drive. Mrs M Scanlon Tobyhanna innown. Harry Dreher painting East Stroudsburg residence. Woices of Nature operetta set for Normal chapel tonight.
An item mentions several drug stores, LaBar's Kerr's and Mutchle's in the area. The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad employees received their pay on Thursday.
Mies Dena Rhodes daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Rhodes married Benjamin Shay at the German Lutheran church at seven last evening. The bride wore a cream silk gown trimmed with his of the valley and carried Miles of the valley. Bridesmaid Miss Anna Rhodes wore blue silk and carried roses. Best man was Ed Lake. A supper followed at the bride's home and gifts were exchanged. The couple will begin housekeeping over Liega's drug store.
Mrs. E. J. Jenks visits relatives in New York City. Dr Reeves a prominent Scranton specialist offers free consultation. Thomas Allens dies at his Bloom street home. Miss Anna Haggerty returns from Philadelphia. Philip Carroll leaves Pennsylvania Coal to join Burke Bros. at Croton New York. Miss Bertha Knittle visits friends from Jefferson avenue. Edward Gilbert to relocate to Paterson New Jersey. Thomas Brink visits friends in Hawley.
Mrs M A Brown of 733 Capouse Avenue recounts severe catarrhal bronchitis and grippe worsened by head and throat catarrh. She credits Dr Smith with rapid improvement after three weeks and urges others to attend his free lectures at Music Hall Lackawanna Avenue. He offers free consultations and plans open and women only lectures at designated times.
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