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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1898
Page
9
The supply committee minutes of the board of control will meet tonight at the Country club. Numerous items include marriages, a public re-opening of the Industrial School, pay days at coal facilities, an organ recital, and upcoming meetings for veteran groups.
We open new lines of Ladies Jackets this morning at $1 74 811.50 and $15.00. Great bargains are offered by Mears and Hagen with photos and finial finishing options. Limited time only as the shop remains open briefly. The Gem Photo Company at U4 Werceming avenue DeWitt lists turkeys, chickens and ducks at Hughes' market nearby.
To be and Mrs Bush announce the birth of a child with expected arrival in the family circle and social notices.
The twentieth annual Lackawanna County Teachers Institute ends with praise for Superintendent Taylor and the faculty. Resolutions express gratitude to hosts and contributors, financials show a $80.70 balance, and programs include Miss Harris on reading and Dr. Smith on children’s health. Reverend Halles urges discipline and government in schools.
An audience of about a thousand attended Clarke's memory lecture at the local auditorium. The lecturer showcased his method with striking demonstrations and promised promising students join a course starting at Cuertsey's reception room.
A letter from Lewis Dewart of Sunbury praises Dr. Charles D. Shumway at 6 Jefferson Avenue for painless treatment of a rectal condition and recounts another patient from Shamokin who was cured in October 1997 without surgery. The author notes the doctor opposes physician advertising but urges Beranton residents to recognize his skill.
A Beranton appeal notes the Joseph’s Foundling Home near Green Ridge needs funds and materials to finish construction. Donors are asked to provide money provisions clothing and fuel as the looming costs from architects builders and winter care mount for forty orphans in the care of Mother M Celestine at Jefferson Ced.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd thank friends and patrons for donations during donation week. Amid low industry mood and curtailed ventures, gifts from many donors help sustain inmate work and ongoing projects at the institution.
The readable fragments describe a local event or item involving Toitee and Crane's with mentions of clinical tests and oysters. Sparse details point to a community notice or brief about a medical or food-related occurrence. Names and places are unclear but imply a local scene.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad plans to switch from pusher crews to colossal freight locomotives on the Avoca to Fairview cut off. The new engines, stronger than any in the country, will haul trains over the grade from east and west, affecting workers from Coxton to Fairview as crews may lose employment. The article notes broader coal trade pressures and momentum on Midvale’s upcoming breaker, plus ongoing industrial activity at Finch Manufacturing and the Anthony Con company washery.
About fifty men at Carbondale lose work as the gravity railroad order takes effect January 1 1892. Discharges affect gravity car and machine shops where gravity cars are repaired. Abandonment will end gravity coal wars and prompt widespread counting of ties along Lehigh Valley tracks.
A historic letter from a U S Army Recruiting Officer invites volunteers in Mindbed State area to a three day enlistment drive. The notice targets single men aged 14 to 40 who have a parent or guardian’s consent and emphasizes recent volunteers as potential companions. The officer promises precise dates and requests cooperation from local communities to announce the event.
The old Gravity railroad between Carbondale and Stonewdale will be abandoned January 1, 188). The Delaware and Hudson railroad will run a popular excursion to Monesdale, Thursday, November 10. Tickets at low rates will be sold for all regular trains.
The piece extols travel from Baltimore and Washington via the Philadelphia and Reading to reach Philadelphia then connect with the Royal Blue Line. It praises swift safe trains and comfortable service while noting connectivity to comNY capitals and major cities.
This city’s best overcoat bargain offers English Kersey overcoats with raw edge and Italian lining at $8.50. Richards Wirth and Lewis advertise the maker’s guarantee and cite 26 Lackawanna avenue as the selling address.
An advertisement promises a Dr Agnew Ointment cures eczema and rough skin diseases in one day and treats itching, blepharitis, tetter, barber's itch, and piles within three to nine nights. The product is sold by Matthews Bros and W.T.irk at 45.
Experience teaches the value of Hood's Sarsaparilla as it constantly cures and is taken by people in all sections who believe it will do them good. Hood's Pills cure liver ills. Mailed for 5 cents. Hood & Co. Lowell, Maine.
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