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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1896
Page
4
Carbondale notices state that demandes for job work and publication items left at Cannon & Co. newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Large crowd gathers yesterday afternoon at the Hendricks home for Mrs Grow’s funeral. Rev T E Jepson delivers a Psalmic tribute. Quartet sings two selections. Honorary pallbearers include Bryce Th Maer and others. services end at Maplewood Cemetery.
The Germania band directed fair events with strong crowds and varied entertainment each night. On Thursday the Up-to-date trio from Scranton consisting of Newman Rooney and Wye performed to satisfaction, with instrumental and vocal numbers drawing hearty applause, aided by the West Side drum corps.
A large audience in Washington on Thursday evening welcomed Hon. George B. Wendling as he presented a brilliant lecture on Unseen Realities. Introduced by Cheoree Ringhatl, the speaker held attention for an hour and a half with eloquent, original, and promoting oratory on the supernatural. He was frequently interrupted by applause and charmed by his oratorical power.
Over one hundred genesis participated in a social gathering of the per cent club in Liarke Walk. Profoesor McLouehiin noted as the printer. Patrick Drennan, prominent Croncents member, will leave for a visit to the old country. entertainment was held in his honor.
Mr and Mrs Sayles of Cooperstown NY visit Mrs Maria D Pettigrew Seventh Avenue. Henshaw Ter Broeck in New Niobele opening at Reynolds. Youngs Lailen Cooking Club invite reception Wednesday evening Nov 5 at Miss Frances Daley home. Miss Lizzie Bamuel of Waiporia Euness visiting Mrs Flaherty. Mr Feesender pastor Jermyn Episcopal church visiting. Miss Mera Found of Prompton visiting Alias Gertrude Alvord. Hendrick mfg company employees attend funeral of W R Grow. Miss Sadie Daweon ill at home. Benjamin Galpin of Norwich NY visiting town. Miss Falalle Carey visiting in Tunkhannock. F P Forbes and Z D Jones in New York for Yale Princeton game today. Mrs William Johnson and Miss Jane Graves visiting in Wilkes-Barre. Miss Suele Jadwin visiting Miss May Albra in Scranton. Mrs Isaac Phillips entertained many ladies at tea Thursday. Misses Mary Dunn and Margaret Butler visiting town Thursday.
The Calvary Baptist church holds services tomorrow at usual hours with Rev Dr A H Waris preaching a fifth anniversary sermon at 10 am on The Vine and the Branches. Sunday school follows at 2 pm and evening worship at 7 pm on the Impenitent. A grand concert at Congrestional church Rendham on Nov 2 lists agreed participants.
A listing promotes a wide range of home goods including carpets from 20th century grain to Wilton, oil cloths and linoleums, window shades and curtains, settees, rockers, and upholstery. It emphasizes low prices as a constant.
Hyde Park hosts a concert with doors at seven and a Tait p. ml start while Hyde Park residents join Miss Rachel Stevens Old Forge for a social gathering. John Richards aged 62 dies in Pellsville with Welsh birth and buried at Washburn Street Cemetery Hyde Park. The Christian Endeavor meets and Methodist services slated for Sunday with choir and Sunday school. A missing Providence boy, David Evens, hired a buggy for a funeral in Arch Switch's livery and disappeared with its bay horse marked by a white star.
The text lists guests visiting Afton and nearby towns from Lawrence and Susquehanna, with anniversaries and social visits. Evangelist services are planned at the Methodist church, and a sunrise prayer meeting is noted for Thanksgiving. A sacred concert by the Wyoming Conference quartet is announced with a schedule of lectures by Rev Sweet Rev Olmatead Rev Peares and a grand concert. The Railroad Y M C A plans a men only gospel meeting addressed by John Young and Thatcher visits town.
Mrs. John F L Williams and daughter visit Stroudsburg hosts Mr and Mrs J M Nonek. Several locals attend weddings and visits in Scranton East Stroudsburg and Watertown with friends and relatives. Attendees include Miles Swarts M iss Trene Malone Justin Swarts Nelle Kelly James Corbin and Rev Walsh. Mae Hinds visits Clark s Green.
Local items report a dissolution notice of Hell and Chapman with Chapman and Loughton taking over the business. Five new diphtheria cases noted by the board of health. Church services announced at the Methodist Episcopal on Sunday with a 7 p m sermon and Sunday school at 2 20.
Mrs Bell of Wayne county visited her daughter Mrs E Tallman last week. Mrs Al Buckingham has been visiting relatives in Wayne county. Mrs Freeman of Summit Park moved to Hyde Park to open a boarding house. Mrs Asa Philo visits daughter Cora at Park Place Scranton. Ladies Ald society to hold church fair at the Methodist Episcopal church December 16 and 17 with oyster and New England suppers. Everyone invited to contribute.
Students in the graded school Wilding held Friday afternoon exercises with readings by Miss Mertie Howard Ida Crump and George Thomas. Recitations by Misses Vina Bossard Mary Duggan Retta Church Mamie Jones. Singing by Ethel Trequelias Mary Graham and Nellie McCormack from the Intermediate. The younger rooms united for an engaging program.
The Towanda region records a two week court recess as 1844 approaches. Farmers frequent the courthouse as jurors, while a funeral to Pitts ton marks a family loss from a deadly clothes fire. Local crime, papers, transport news, and civic notes fill the page alongside movements of judges, editors, and legislators.
A letter describes a 19 year old daughter named Cora in poor health with exhaustion and declining strength. The writer claims Hood's Sarsaparilla improved blood quality and health, urging others to use the remedy for consumption and general debility.
Miss Addie Wilson of Carverton and Matt Aten of Northmoreland visited relatives yesterday. Several Baptists will be baptized Sunday. Mrs. Cleveland of Ashley stayed with Mrs. Byron Sutton. E W Stiff sprained his ankle in a bicycle accident. Dr Stewart of Wilkes-Barre attended Mrs Ed Howell who is seriously ill. Mr and Mrs A F Farr and mother of Wilkes-Barre were guests of Mr and Mrs Alvin Robinson Thursday. The Hapy Gleaners gave a supper at the Baptist church to aid missionary work with participants Mary Crocker Ethel Reidy Mary Phillips Ida Jenkins Jessie Fenner Jennie Evans Anna Smith Rena Jeffreys Ruth Heaney Rachel Davis in yellow attire. Mrs George Stevens visiting relatives near Carbondale. J A Hutchins left for New York. William Hancock returned from Alexandria. Frank Filkins was surprised at home with music and games. guests included Georgiana and Ligeie Antrim Cavaland Lavina Space Ruth Beaney Mae Clocker Mattie Sink Bessie Webb Ethel Reidy and Viola and Lettle Clark Parsons Arthur Chesworth Ike Hess Arthur Webb John Sink George White Wille Hoffman Steve Jeffrey Fred Stocker Howard Shutte Arthur Alpaugh Frank Filkins John Johns Allen Reese.
James Lutey, an employee at the Delaware and Hudson mines, was injured yesterday when a rock fell from the roof while he was making room to stand a prop. He sustained a deep head wound and bleeding from the nose and mouth, but recovery is expected. The article also notes a Congregational church event last night with a large crowd and praise for Miss Jones and Sunday school work.
The firm touts itself as the sole operator under the Damon River name, promising high grade shoes at the lowest city prices. It credits rising business to cash purchases, aggressive buying, and a drive to undersell competitors, drawing enormous crowds.
Gray Bros. offers a wide stock of ladies shoes in hand turn make with prices from two to five dollars. Styles available in A B C D and E widths to fit varied foot sizes and preferences.
Menu of men s footwear including 200 pair calf street shoes 98c 72 pair hand sewn lace shoes and prices slashed from 3.00 3.50 to 1.69 The seller stocks French Calf and Patent Leather styles priced 2 3 4 and 5 from Stacy Adams Co
125 pair boys shoes sizes 3 to 4 1 2 worth 1 25 for 75c 24 pair youths shoes at 69c Misses and children's shoes and slippers priced 40c 50c 75c and 1 up to 2.
The store emphasizes being the largest popular price shoe house in Scranton offering high grade reliable goods with warranties. They guarantee refunds if not satisfied and invite customers to inspect goods before buying elsewhere, promising savings and easy viewing.
A Philadelphia doctor extols electricity’s promise over drugs, citing Galvanism’s 1790 discovery and decades of use. Dr. Green offers consultations for rheumatism, paralysis, skin conditions, indigestion, and nervous diseases with machines like Galvanic and Faradic devices and ozone inhalation.
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