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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1895
Page
2
Hats trimmed at half price with several options listed from five dollars down to two dollars fifty. Caps in Plaid Rob Roy and Velvet Rob Roy varieties priced under one dollar per dozen. Infants and children's silk and wool caps offered from twenty five cents to two dollars. Free trimming offered for ten days.
A dated catalog itemizes items for sale including 10 000 cakes pure Castile Soap and 100 Ladies Hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 2 cents each. It lists 200 pairs Sulta Men's Underwear, 60 Ladies Wool Vests and Pants at 49 cents, 60 Wool Flannel Underskirts at 79 cents, and 60 pieces All Wool Dress Goods 40 inches wide at 22 cents. It also mentions Turkish Bath Towels 40 inches long at 10 cents, 10 pieces Crash for towels at 2 cents per yard. The notice promises prompt mall service and pre paid express charges on out-of-town shipments with money refunds on request.
A child of Patrick Scanlon is seriously burned after falling into a tub of hot water. Miss Sarah Giblin and John J. Rooney announce their engagement. Pierce Coal plans immediate operation within three weeks, with many local workers to benefit. Borough candidates include Mart Murphy James Gildea and possibly T J Kielty Toolin. A St Thomas church sale and phonographic show enliven the East Side. Joseph Dougherty, killed by an electric car, had resided in the borough for just over a year and left two sons employed as railroad brakemen.
Murray and Rickard take over the bus once owned by F. F. Abel while Burt Bryant leaves the shoe trade for a fireman post with the New York Lake Erie and Western railroad in Port Jervis. Nicholas Loria plans to join Durland Thompson Co. on January 1 and may part from Mr. Checkley, leaving Dusthens to continue at the Allen House. A Junior football game is set against Honesdale High School on Thanksgiving eve at Silk Mill grounds with ticket sales in progress. The Deephaven church hosts a free program Friday evening December 6 at 8 o'clock inviting Beranton friends.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted remedy for teething and colic. It claims the product calms babies and eases wind, urging mothers to use it for over twenty years and to request the twenty cent bottle by name.
Harry Posten describes ambulance role after Barney Reick’s killing as trial reveals alibi details. Fisher recounts a long fruit delivery route through Nanticoke Plymouth Edwardsville and multiple stops before returning to Wilkes-Barre.
The court postponed further action in the case of W. R. Rus se tetera naan, with no decisive ruling reached at this session. Proceedings will resume on a later date as parties await additional evidence and arguments.
In a Blackman mine murder case, Anthony Zimmight and Annie Yiesley are held without bail after a habeas corpus hearing before Judge Bennett. The body of Yiesley showed two bullet wounds, with a prosecutor noting no conviction possible from the evidence, leading to a nolle prosequi before re arrestment.
A New Year’s watch contest at St Ienatius church Kingston pits P F Corrigan baggage master of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad against John G Hayes superintendent of the Simpson Watkins mines for a handsome gold watch. Proceeds go to liquidate the church debt and aid in recovering from past building setbacks.
Monday night a gang burglarized George Brown's candy store in Georgetown then entered Patrick Donohoe's saloon run by a Pole, stealing goods totaling 200 dollars. Both properties lie on Northampton Street in a dense neighborhood. No clues or arrests yet.
Joseph H. Hart formerly of the city files a bill in equity against theater manager M. H. Burgunder over funds secured by Music hall In Allentown. Judge Bennett hears the case, reserves decision, with Hart represented by Gibbons and McLean and Burgunder by McGahren.
Matthew Evans of Larkaville was before Alderman Ford charged with cutting Steve Sywan ko in the neck. The wound neared the jugular vein, and Evans was committed to jail without bail until the full extent of injuries is known.
Charles Fine of Wilkes-Barre filed for divorce from Frances Fine also of Wilkes-Barre alleging desertion shortly after their marriage. The case seeks a legal dissolution of the marriage based on the claim of abandonment.
The Robert Emmett club of this city along with several other literary associations will be guests of the John Mitchell club of Scranton on Thanksgiving Day.
Brief notes report an indoor baseball game planned for Armbury tomorrow night. The Luzerne county election boards were paid 7514.12 for services on last election day. The Oratorio Society proposes selling $5 bonds to members to raise about 1000 dollars to pay debts. Dr Weaver gave an address to the Royal Society of Good Fellows Assembly. F P Gromel of Pittston plans a new hair goods factory near the city center.
The funeral for Patrick Welsh aged 21, badly injured by cars Saturday night and died Sunday morning, was held Tuesday at St Philomenias church. A solemn high mass of requiem was followed by interment in the Catholic cemetery. The report notes the event drew a large attendance. The piece also mentions a Canadian Jubilee singers entertainment at the Standard House with limited legible details.
Mixed advertisements show help wanted grain for a dressmaker and cigar sellers, real estate rentals in Scranton, and loan offers. Listings mention Mango Chemical, Figaro Cigar Co, and Rudolph Bloeser with rentals on Capouse Avenue and Spruce Street areas.
Connolly and Wallace announce a large sample lot of coats and capes sold at the manufacturer’s cost, saving customers five to ten dollars per garment. Garments are the latest production, in perfect condition, and guaranteed correct in style, workmanship, and fit.
A string of classified notices seeks help including a housekeeper position a stenographer or typewriter role a general man for light work a nurse for the sick and a clerk or manager with mercantile experience Also an auditor for Irene seamons estate to attend a court hearing in Lackawanna county on December 27 at 9 o clock a.m. in Veronton Pennsylvania.
A dense directory fragment lists multiple professionals including Dr William A Taft dentist offices on Washington Avenue and laubach burgeen dentist at 115 Wyoming Ave Scranton. attorneys at Commonwealth Building Library Building Spruce Street Lackawanna Avenue and Dime Bank Building. various lawyers by name with addresses on Spruce Street Wyoming Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue. clairvoyant Prue Ao noted.
Scranton area business notices list schools and kindergarten openings, including School of the Lackawanna in Scranton, Miss Worcester's Kindergarten at 412 Adams Avenue, and Frank P. Brown & Co wholesale dealers. Other entries advertise accountants, a cafe, a Rex Fire Extinguisher agent, and hotels like Scranton House and Westminster Hotel with European plan.
Central Railroad of Newhere timetable lists daily departures from Scranton to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other points. It shows express and local morning and evening runs, special Sunday schedules, and connections to Atlantic City New York Philadelphia Reading Terminal and other destinations. Tickets and through routes advertised with lowest rates and Cincinnati-like timetables.
Timetable notices list Monday June 34 1996 departures from Scranton including Fire Press to New York and points east and 1265 Express to Trenton Philadelphia and the South with multiple morning departures. Additional services cover Washington Tobyhanna Oswego Cortland and Elmira with connections to Norumbeland and Williamsport and a Norfolk style parlor car service.
Trains run from Scranton to New York and intermediate points through Wyoming Valley. Services to Wilkes Barre and Honesdale are listed with times around 4:29 and stops including Invermedate points.
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