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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
4
We announce first to make you aware of bargains in our Cloak and Suit Department Duchess May Gloves priced at one dollar. Also three Dress Goods items deserve attention and reduced Millinery prices you cannot miss along with 25 Cent Dinners served in our restaurant.
Three bargain groups highlight a department store sale. All wool jackets $4.40 after discount, tailored women suits $14.45, and black kersey capes with trim priced to attract shoppers. Duchess gloves offered at $1.00, millinery trimmed hats reduced from $3.92 to 2.50, plus dress goods and silks at striking prices.
An old newspaper notice advertises a basement restaurant offering dinners at twenty five cents from 11 30 to 3 30. It promises rapid service and polite attention for several hundred diners and touts a specialty in oysters and the finest oyster cook in the city.
Terrible accident at Cragsy in Wayne county leaves 2 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jace Mendel fatally scalded when she fell into a boiler of hot water left unattended by the mother. Dr Bickler of Peckville rendered aid but no hope is given. Viewing at home today 1 to 6 pm with funeral at Union Hill Presbyterian church Gibcon Thursday. Survived by husband Lewis Mendel and several relatives across Gilwon Corning and Olean.
Yesterday morning Mrs. John L. Westgate died after an illness of over two years. Grieving hearts note her devout Christian life and faith as a legacy. She was a member of a local church and known for qualities worthy of emulation.
Funeral from 128 Church Street proceeded to St Peter's Cathedral for a solemn service led by Rev. P. J. Gough. Interment followed at Cathedral Cemetery with pallbearers Patrick McNulty John Crowley P. L. Harrett Michael Gaughan Thomas Brown and Patrick Walsh.
Large audience at Albright Memorial Hall hears Dr Helmuth and officers report on the Hahnemann Hospital’s first year. Highlights include patient numbers, charity care, additions like a maternity ward, ambulance plans, and fundraising progress amid a strong women’s committee effort.
A discussion of backache in women as a sign of uterine or ovarian issues and a promotion of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound claimed to relieve such ailments. Testimonials praise its effectiveness and emphasize Pinkham’s expertise and free confidential advice for women.
A reader summary describes debates on medical theology and social reform with references to Canterbury and New York hospitals. It notes a speaker who blends sermons with popular information, delivering extemporaneous talks without written works for a decade.
Dr Conwell will speak in the high school auditorium next Friday evening as the second entertainment of the new school course. The New York Sun notes him as a preacher of moderate tone rather than sensational.
The Erie and Wyoming Valley rail line orders a court for Superintendent George T U Smith as it prepares to handle extra traffic. A mammoth pump test at the Lehigh Valley slope discharged 1 300 000 gallons in an hour and lifted water 545 feet, the highest height recorded, showcasing new pumping machines from Dickson for the anthracite mines.
An old report notes visitors from across the country coming to inspect large machines at the No 40 slope. A coal shaft accident at No 1 shaft of the Permeyivaria Coal occurred Monday afternoon as a coal car was hoisted. machinery jerked the car, damaging a sheave wheel and timber. The shaft will be idle for days while repairs proceed. Frank Jones of Malis is appointed foreman inside at the Harry colliery in Forty Fort.
Miss Alice Guest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Guest of Watkin Street wed Miss Kint erie Vo Hurtteli at Providence Methodist Church in North Scranton. The ceremony followed by reception at the bride's parents home with many guests. The bride wore white organdie and lace trim, bridal party included Misses Leonia and Lautia Pickwell. Reverend William Edgar officiated. After, couple to reside in Cir e Ridge as Mr Hartnell enters mercantile work. A turkey supper and grand concert planned by local groups.
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