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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
8
Notices inform readers that orders for job work and items for publication left at Hannon & Co newsdealers North Main Street will receive prompt attention They operate daily from 8 a m to 10 p m in Carbondale.
The contracting firm Wetherby and Mallory of Wayne Street will move next week to Daytona Florida where they will establish a growing business. Both men are well known builders and contractors with many friends in the city who wish them success. Mrs Wetherby will reside in the vacated home with the family moving to Daytona and the business will continue under the same name.
J A Stanton secures Alva Daley as bondsman after Stanton withdraws his bond. Tiley becomes bondsman on Blunton's pledge to reform but Daley withdraws upon learning he still pursued Miss Cook, leaving Blunton without bail support.
Early morning death of Mrs. Ann Surdival, longtime resident of Greenfield Road. Described as untiring with strong Christian character, she made many friends. Burial arrangements not yet settled as relatives to be heard from before final plans.
While at work in the Coal Brook mine James Fee suffered a thinly described injury. A piece of flying debris struck his head causing a bad cut on his lower lip and he fainted. Dr Fitzsimmons treated the wound with several stitches.
The Rebekah Lodge members elect Noble Grand Mrs Elisha Dills and Vice Grand Mrs Frederick Dix. Secretary Miss Curnew and Assistant Secretary UF HH Hughes. Treasurer Mrs BN Bayley. On Tuesday the Lucretia Lodge will travel to Aldenville to attend the installation of new officers.
Charee Chapman leaves Western Union to join the Delaware and Hudson Farview station as operator and ticket agent. George A. Lauback of Lauback & Sons visits the city. Dwight McMullen spends a few days with relatives in Scranton. A. H. Thuiellen suffers severe burns in an Erie shaft powder explosion. Invitations go out for T. P. Duffy to attend the Carlisle Law commencement. Attorney J. F. Reynolds travels to Oneonta for a weekend visit. Mrs. A. Lown visits her parents in East Windsor New York. Miss Lida Nicol visits Scranton. Miss Mary Corrigan returns from Aunt Burke’s in Scranton. Miss Marion E. B. Jones, Rochester, NY, visits Clayton Curtis in Canaan Street. The Will iam A. Davis post entertainment diagram opens at Reynolds drug store. The telephone firm replaces short utility poles near trees with fifty-foot poles. Mrs. Frank Kilpatrick of Darte Avenue...
Rapid convalescence is experienced in this slow and dangerous disease when the patient’s strength is properly maintained through the crisis. Do not force weakened organs with improper foods. Feed the sufferer with milk and nourishment as advised.
The passage praises Bovinine as a fast absorbing food product that aids all organs, builds new flesh, strengthens vital centers to expel poisons, acts as a germicide, counters fever microbes, and greatly improves ulcerated bowels associated with the disorder.
A long report from Roxbury outlines Langley's aerodrome evolution and the principle of flight like a bird. It details the lightweight frame, steam engine, and propellers, plus hopes for military use and the future of aerial navigation.
Memorial Day exercises will assemble at 2 p m at Shoemaker avenue and Elphth street led by the Luserne borough band with parade routes along Eighth and Wyoming avenues to the cemetery. The program includes prayers, music, a roll call of dead veterans, a memorial address, decorations of graves, and visits by relatives to Searfoss in Dallas. funeral of Sarah Breese noted at Wyoming avenue and Sixth street.
A fragmented verse recalls Castoria as the remedy for a sick child across generations. The poem strings together lines about giving Castoria to a baby, a four year old, and later children, with a mixed cadence and repeated brand mention.
An advertisement extols modesty as natural for women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for uterine related ailments. It claims Pinkham understands women's suffering, offers relief, and has cured thousands over twenty years.
Local residents report an unusual calm in Scranton as fresh snowfall accumulates across the city. Officials urge residents to limit travel while crews clear main streets and sidewalks. No major incidents reported as of evening.
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