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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1896
Page
6
An advertisement touts a large assortment of wall decorations to make rooms cosy and cheerful. It emphasizes wall coverings over floors and claims decoration can suit all pockets from cottages to palaces, offered at half NYC retail prices.
The text lists two street addresses: 42 South Main St, Wilkes Barre, and Norton, Gat Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.
The Nickel Plate Road operates from Buffalo to Chicago with stops through Cleveland and Fort Wayne. The line emphasizes its service corridor and key intermediate cities on the route.
The Tri county Christian Endeavor union met in Pittston with 77 societies from Lackawanna Luzerne and Wyoming counties. Delegates received as Endeavor members. Committees named by President Manning and a sermon by Rev T E Jephson followed. The day included reports, elections, and a large evening program.
The Kentucky senator, seated beside a Chicago paper, recalls camp meetings and the power felt by crowds. He describes a vivid scene of a beautiful young woman at Foxtown and the intense religious excitement he witnessed, contrasting past fervor with present methods.
A speaker reflects on passing a tempting offer, rejecting vanity and power for a higher sense of providence. The dialogue underscores moral restraint, self governance, and restraint from manipulation or deceit.
The Kennedy players presented Tracked Down to a large audience at the Frothingham with strong interest and fine scenery. A matinee is scheduled this afternoon and the engagement closes tonight with a splendid production of Around the World in Eighty Days.
A Terre Haute dispatch profiles James A. Mount known as Farmer Jim, a Montgomery County farmer turned political candidate for governor. The article details his 600 acre Willow Dale farm near Crawfordsville, his scientific farming methods, self education, and support from farming allies rather than party wires. It notes his war service, academy education, marriage to Kate Boyd, leadership in farm institutes, and roles in road and highway groups plus the National Horse-Thief Protective association. A stereoptican show is announced for Court House Square at 8 o'clock.
Hattie Reid seeks to restrain George W. Stansbury Wade M. Finn and others from laying a city sewer in the alley between Short avenue and Philo streets claiming the discharge into a nearby creek will cause fetid odors and a nuisance. Judge Gunster grants a preliminary injunction and sets a show cause hearing for the following Monday.
Fifty one trained horses and twenty four elephants perform together showcasing time and patience behind animal training. The program includes storks and a variety of other creatures such as monkeys, ponies, bears, hyenas and panthers, presenting a remarkable multi species act.
Dr. E Grewer returns to his Scranton office on the 26th after a long absence in the Golden Rocky Mountains He will resume practice and be welcomed by friends and patients A stereoptical display at the Square begins at 8 o clock The Nickel Plate Road offers notable dining car service Hood s Sarsaparilla and Hood s Pills are advertised as health products.
The article urges improving a summer cottage with flowers in stands and pedestals to enhance beauty. It notes affordable attractive dinner and toilet ware, lamps and lanterns are available, and emphasizes making a feature of summer cottage trade with practical decorative items.
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