Advertising fragment on fashion finishes and styles
The passage touts larger clothing finishes with sheared and pulled features claiming the best finish, choice skins, latest styles, and lowest prices.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1894
Page
8
The passage touts larger clothing finishes with sheared and pulled features claiming the best finish, choice skins, latest styles, and lowest prices.
An ad announces a doctor opening a female department for women seeking treatment. It claims a special cure for catarrh and other ailments with a cheap four month course offered at ten dollars, valid thirty days, with home treatment and a free trial.
Stroudsburg reports land purchase for rail yard expansion by Wilkes-Barre and Eastern, a probation discharge of Seymour Jones after a train dispute, and multiple community events. Clergy and students attend Epworth League activities. local roads and rail projects progress. deaths and weddings mark the week alongside weather damage and parade planning in nearby Pittston.
An old advertisement promotes Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for women. It claims to restore strength, enrich blood, aid digestion, and improve appearance, targeting mothers and daughters and selling through Matthews Bros in Scranton.
Montrose fire department adds a new chemical to its equipment. P Ball of Scranton visited town yesterday. Draggitt A B Burns returns to activity after illness. Woaters Hose company No 2 photos taken after parade last Friday. Gate receipts at last week’s fair exceeded $1,000. Daniel Growster plans a winter trip south for health. Epworth League holds nightly meetings this week. Fifty years ago yesterday Mr and Mrs David Hendrick celebrated 50 years of marriage with a large Montrose gathering at the Montrose House and a banquet. Dozens of relatives and friends attended, with gifts and festivities. Mrs Hendrick and Mr Hendrick are longstanding community members. A long list of attendees is named, including local doctors, merchants, and officials. Mrs William Rosa will move to Scranton today. Mrs Ready, mother of Thomas Ready, near 104, has nearly recovered from illness. A social war was held at John Wilde’s home. Ralph Robinson is ill.
Branch 184 Young Men's Institute in their rooms eschew tonight's 7 30 meeting but warn notable business. Washout near South Side barn disrupted streetcar service yesterday. An October 92 program includes multiple vocal and instrumental acts, recitations, and dances featuring local performers.
The Epworth League convention in Jermyn drew 160 delegates. Rain and a clogged creek caused flooding and delays, delaying Ontario & Western traffic and scuttling a Father Mathew parade. A Jermyn picnic was planned with renewed hopes for fine weather and large attendance.
Miss Denmeye Williams is on the sick list. Rain began at 2 a.m. Wednesday and continued to noon. By 5 p.m. water reached 80 in Tunkhamock Creek, flooding under the Delaware Lackawanna and Western bridge boilers.
Worthy Groat Pocahontas of Easton will attend a gathering at the Pocahontas rooms Friday evening. A reception honored Mr and Mrs Jobo Ready of Sixth Street on Monday evening with attendees including Dr Barto Charles Penny William Davis George Daily Albert Barnett Rev Robert Ready Kent R Jones Meme Davis Laura Davis Jennie Garnett Emily Harsch Mama Chesworth Hannah Ready Mary Reidy and Bell Robinson all of Wyoming and Miss Lizzie Williams of
Edward Yarrington visits Jersey City while Mr and Mrs L Gri swold host in Canasan Street. Lena Overetts and John Reynolds announce forthcoming marriage at noon on Wednesday October 17. Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit buys Fell township land for a power plant near Wilson Creek tunnel for 1050. Delaware and Hudson pay shop and steam road employees. High school football game set against Wilkes Barre. Nineveh branch adds a freight train due to rising traffic.
Miss Amy Cosner of East Newton was the guest of Miss Mabel Reynolds on Thursday. Charles Tourpe, long ill, is reported better. Stanley Reynolds of Avon made his parents a flying visit this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Tourpe attended the cornerstone laying of the Commercial Travelers Home in Binghamton Tuesday.
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