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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1895
Page
8
An advertisement urges readers to keep track of store activity to grow profits. It emphasizes progress from current gains to higher improvements with a lively, springy store atmosphere. It invites customer interest and engagement.
The article extols outdoor and indoor renewal, urging readers to find the right doors to fresh life and beauty, claiming the spirit of the time can be felt indoors when the proper doors are entered.
A promotional note invites readers to enjoy time timeless pricing with masterful buying. It hints at seasonal availability and deliberate value without listing specific items or dates.
A curiously phrased note hints at a shop boasting a wonderful assortment and startling low prices. The writer emphasizes not commenting on the surroundings or atmosphere, focusing instead on the value promised inside.
Pure linen women's handkerchiefs with real hem-stitching and hand embroidery arrive in a new Tielfast lot. Limited stock at low prices, as observed in the rush to buy before sellout.
A bold sale bulletin urges shoppers to imagine what they want and visit the store. It touts bright spring goods and confidence in finding desirable items, noting styles are preselected and no extra charge for fashionable selections.
Scranton based Reeves offers treatments for nerves heart lungs liver stomach and more. He claims to cure eye ear nose throat issues and sexual ailments with a home treatment plan. A three month option is advertised for five dollars with daily office hours and a Sunday opening.
Reports claim a Vanderbilt Morgan first national bank syndicate seeks control of the anthracite coal sector and Reading property. Stocks rose 4 to 2 percent before late trading, then faded. Sugar and Louisville shares advanced 4 to 1 percent as coalers buoyed markets.
The Michigan rail base backs Donovan bill requiring interchangeable mileage tickets for all roads and family use. Hartshorne notes strong freight and passenger demand. Lukens Iron Works in Conneautville pa plans July 27 layoff for several hundred workers. US Geological Survey data show coal output and price declines across states with anthracite down nearly two million tons in PA. Chief Justice Paxson comments on NY coal trade rumors and potential syndicate, while April production exceeded targets at 3,109,128 tons.
The document states April shipments raise the year total to 14,105,015 tons, up 4,711,410 tons from the prior year. It notes average monthly production around 277,070 tons and 80,940 tons annualized, with Wyoming leading gains at 1,018,000 tons, Schuylkill up 10,948 tons, and Lehigh up 26,027 tons. Water stock declined from March to April by 78,002 tons to BIT tons.
Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association holds its annual banquet in Pittsburg on Tuesday May 21 with Rev B J Knox 77 of McKeesport as president. Other events include baccalaureate sermon by Dr Henry C McCook Philadelphia and lectures on science and insect life. Next week features Junior oratorical contest Friday's Lafayette Lehigh debate and two baseball games May 22 Lehigh and May 25 Princeton at Pardee hall.
In New York on May 18 wheat and corn traded quietly with steady to firmer tones for some futures, while live cattle, hogs, and sheep in Chicago and Buffalo showed varied movement. Grain receipts and shipments were listed alongside city prices for No. 2 red and white wheat, mixed corn, and soybeans, with notes on futures for May June July and October.
The Junior Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor held an entertainment Friday at Maonner cher hall that raised about $60. Frissell of Honesdale drove a team of black horses on Friday night. Livbyd Copper, a Scranton student, visited town with his father Rev. A W Cooper, and Mr. and Mrs. 8 T Palmer with daughters Lena and Ella spent Friday in Scranton.
Contractor Benson of Susquehanna spent Thursday in town. Mrs Addie Tyler visited friends in Binghamton. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western paid its monthly visit on Friday. Baptist church ladies held a supper in the Young Men's Christian Association hall on Friday. A railroad concert was held.
The Men’s Christian Association hall hosted a Tallie Morgan concert praised as among the finest in town. Morgan’s leadership earned high marks and Scranton is noted as home to top regional singers. Also mentions Dr Reeves curing diseases and Captain Bache arriving with family to summer at Mount Manotome cottage, plus George Wilcott adding to his Chase avenue home.
Saturday near 1.20 pm Race Shimmel’s horse bolted from a buggy in front of I N Foster Co and caused chaos along the street. The animal struck various objects, knocked a hitching post, damaged a wheel, and injured its left hind foot while bystanders avoided harm. Major George H Whitney’s wagon horse bolted when electric wires were raised. he fell but sustained only minor head bruises. Mrs. Sarah Curtis of Staracea visits Park Street. Delaware and Hudson canal break near White Mills measured about fifty feet long and below canal bottom, with restoration expected by Monday or Tuesday.
The Ladies Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen holds its second annual social tonight at the W W Watt building on Church street. Invitations issued for Friday’s birthday party at Berean Baptist chapel are in book form with a pledge to children to bring or send ages in years for admission. The program includes an orchestra, male quartettes, recitations by Hildah McMullen Grace Hall and Miliah McMullen, and various solo and duet performances. The piece notes local residents traveling to visit friends in Trenton New Jersey and Philadelphia, plus other brief society updates.
C T Bell of Jermyn completed work on a neat substantial building on upper Dundaff street with modern improvements. A concert will be held at the Welsh Congregational church in Wandling on Monday evening June 17.
A merry party of town residents traveled to Edwin Peters' Bus Kill home on Friday evening. They enjoyed social games, a fine supper, and music by Professor Regenberry and Allen Trach. Mascot Stephen Drummer entertained in uniform, while a large group of local ladies and gentlemen attended, including Miss Mae Palmer and Mr. Frank Smoyer. A two week visit brings Mrs. Mellhuney and family to Williamsport, with other local social notes and a Keckel chapel dedication in Paradise Valley.
The article traces forks from ancient finger dining to their spread in Europe. It notes early uses in Venice for show, adoption in Kinland post Queen Mirabeth, and progression from two and three prongs in the 1700s. Bronze forks from Kouyunjik dated around 1873 and biblical three-tooth hooks are referenced.
A reader muses on the name Trilby and asks about its origin. The note laments a town nickname and praises a Tribune office printing service for circulars and letterheads sold to promote grocers and book merchants.
Advertisement by Dr. F B Smith at 312 Wyoming Avenue promotes Orificial Surgery Hypnotic Suggestion and Electromagnetic treatment claiming cures for Brights disease and diabetes. Lists patients from New York areas and offers free lectures at Music Hall with daily hours 9 PM to 1 PM except Sundays.
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