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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1894

Page

8

Silk Department Announces Bargain Prices on New Goods

The Silk Department offers only new silks at bargain prices, highlighting two years of declining prices and the department moving with market trends while competitors remain still.

Textile Price List Fragment

A catalog snippet lists widths and qualities with prices and stated values. Items include 24 or 22 or 21 inch fabrics such as Faille, Royal Armure, Satin Duchesse, Satin Luzor, Gros Grain, and Satin Rhadama with prices ranging from 85 to 90 cents and corresponding worth from $1.00 to $1.50.

November T

Snow and sun mark a bustling town day with churchgoers, shoppers, and a council meeting on the horizon. Local injuries mount as Martin Gilroy, Frank Brussa, and others are treated. a bombastic legal suit emerges in Wilkes-Barre. civic events, weddings, and funerals fill the week with official notices and social chatter.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Pain

A long running remedy touted for teething relief. Claims to soothe the child calm gums ease wind colic and cure diarrhea. Sold worldwide by druggists at twenty five cents a bottle under the name Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.

Republican league club monthly meeting in Taylor

An important monthly meeting of the Republican league club of Taylor will be held in Weissenfiuh’s hall this Monday evening, November 12. A cordial invitation is extended to all citizens to be present as practical politics will be discussed in a thorough, able and interesting manner. An opportunity will be offered to those wishing to become members to add their names to the club’s roster. J. M. Harris esq president. J. E. Watkins secretary.

Republican League Club of Taylor Weissenfiuh’s J. M. Harris J. E. Watkins

Obituary for David E B Stearns in Peckville

David E B Stearns aged 46 died at noon yesterday of pneumonia. Funeral arrangements will appear later. The Wanetah Tribe of Red Men will…”

David EB. Stearns

Thackeray’s Early Fame and Kindness to a Youth

A youth recalls Thackeray at 18 Young Street Kensington during Easter holidays in the 1840s. The writer describes Thackeray’s generous nature, generosity with money, and affection for boys, noting visits before going to Eton and later Oxford. The piece also references Thackeray’s rise with Vanity Fair and Punch collaborations.

Thackeray Buck Eton Young Street Kensington Major Carmichael Smyth Addiscomby Newcome Vanity Fair IMM Punch Oxford Leslile Stephen Well Garrick Club

Carrion Toadstools in Hammock Parlor Lure

A New York Times note recounts a country home remedy story. A woman describes a foul odor in a hammock circle caused by a cluster of redolent toadstools under a plum tree. She uprooted fifteen fungi, scent vanished, revealing the carrion toadstool as the odor source.

New York Times

Wit Whetted by Appetite in a Lawyer’s Office

A renowned city lawyer and author, related to Senator Sherman, once employed a head clerk whose literary training turned him into a regular contributor to Lamorouma publications. The clerk printed a squib about the lawyer’s habit of returning late, asking why the employer would not come back till 3 o clock.

Sherman Lamoroua Philadelphia Press

Marriage Ties to Trade Waves, Notes an Old Minister

An elderly minister observes that marriage rates rise with thriving trade and fall during downturns. He recalls Dundee’s booming jute era after the Lancashire cotton famine, noting how prosperity led to many marriages and wealth growth, while hardship restrained nuptial unions.

Dundee Glasgow Herald

Bohemian reformata prisoner crafts tiny running straw ware

A Bohemian reformata prisoner completed a perfect running straw ware described as no larger than a shirt button. The remarkable item highlights ingenuity in confinement and draws attention to craftsmanship within the reformatories.

Bohemian Reformata

Carbondale Deaths and Local Highlights Note

Funeral services for William D. Lewis at 151 South Church Street were led by Rev. D L Davis of Edwardsville with the text Boast not thyself of tomorrow. Interment in Maplewood cemetery with pallbearers listed. James J. Davis funeral held at River Street residence with interment in St Rose cemetery. Local social notes include visitors from Scranton Cleveland and Zanesville, a 14 to 0 Carbondale High vs Scranton Wells Business College football win at Alumni Park, and various residents' activities around Carbondale.

William D. Lewis South Church Street D. L. Davis Edwardsville Maplewood Cemetery William Rood Clinton Jol Mathews William Graha Clark Thomas Jordan Morgan Thomas Thomas Lister Thomas Savis Ella Davis Mary Davis Henry Davis Scranton Walter Pannett Buell Cleveland, O G. M. Lewis Blackmore Zanesville Hesteher James Allen Alumni Park Carbondale High School Wools Business College Carberdale WI Peuckert Spaule & Coogan Spraule

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