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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1896
Page
8
New Scranton Store Promises Largest Carpet and Drapery Stock
Opening around September 20, the new store will be the state’s largest Carpet Wall Paper Drapery Curtain outlet. It will showcase the biggest stock of goods in every department ever seen in Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Nis and Mk ies and Wall P at 127 Wyoming Ave
A brief public notice lists Nis and Mk ies and Wall P at 127 Wyoming Ave. The fragment confirms a location and address without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nis & Mk ’ Ies and
Wall P
Wyoming Ave
Election Speakers Schedule Across Towns in October 1890
A dated list details numerous political meeting venues and speakers from October 1860s through October 27 1890. Named figures include A J Colburn Jr Major Everett Warren John F Reynolds H C Reynolds and others across Hyde Park Jermyn Moscow Dunmore Carbondale and more. The fragmentary schedule shows speakers at halls such as Potter's hall Mears hall Odd Fellows hall and Watson's hall with dates from October 17 to October 27 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waniling
Charlie W. Dawson
Kev
Henry H. Harris
Mark Edgar
Potter's Hall
Pleetville
John Nall Osborne
Tinkham
John M. Harris
Hyde Park
Mears’ Hall
Speeakers
John H. Kellows
John J. Farr
James J. HW. Hamilton
J. Hat] Osborne
United States
Belstorm
Green Ridge
Oet
Oak Hall
A. J. Colborn, Jr
John M. Martin
P. Ball Oehorne
Binkely
Owen's Hall
Major Everett Warren
J. F. Reynolds
John Kt. Jones
Jermyn
George D. Taylor
Geofre Steale
John R. Edwards
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Moscow
Esq
T. A. Zimmerman
Watson’s
Watson’s Hol, Od Forge—Speakers, James J. HH. Hamilton, Ag., Fred W. Fletta
Eng
John KR. Jones
J. M. Morris
George Okell
John F. Reynolia
Dunmore
Hon
F, Hughes
E. Ha
Shurtleff
A. Zimmerman
Pockville
Pin
Spenlern
AL. W. Lowry
Reynolds
Eaq
Dobn
Reynolds, Esq
Peckville
Gct
H. C. Reynolla
MW. Lowry
Himdale
H. WH
Harris
Mark Hilgar
Faesold’s Hall
Minooka
Monley
Fred W. Fleug
E.q
John AR. Elwarda
Dalton
A. J. Colburn, Jr
H. C. Reynolds
City Notes and Local Meetings and Offenses
Reports include a donation drive next Thursday for the Home for the Friendless, arrests of James Kennedy and John Rogers for beating their parents, and notices of meetings by Irish American societies Lackawanna council and Teachers Mutual Benefit association. Also listed are marriage licenses, a Catmen’s union ball at Turner Hall, Scranton Business College Lyceum activities, Women’s Christian Association class schedules, and charitable donations to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd with donor names and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kennedy
Eleventh Ward
John Rogers
Fifth Street
Lackawana County
Josle
Lees
Telory
John W Wurrall
Michael Barrett
Kerry Cotter
Isane Bumtough
Michael Dutin
Joseph Bennett
Gwen Sweeney
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton Business College Lyceum
Hell
College Hall
Mayme Cloutwater
I. A. Dincan
Charles H. Constantine
G. Edwin Mitteer
Milas Mae Brown
Young Women's Christian Association
Laurel Club
Conrad Schroeder
Hoban
E. Barrett
John Coll Kah
D. Fitzgerald
Marty Chase
Elizabeth Walsh
Michnaellyn
Ann Boyle
Mra
PF. O' Hara
George Be MeCary
Ellen Metarty
Duggan
Margaret
Ary A. Hayes
Herry
P. Blewitt
A Garrison Tangle Captures Fresh Military Flair
The piece charms with a brisk military plot alive from start to finish. Goldsman, the bookman, and the mention of Steam clams, spring chicken and mood beer feature in Lohmann's at Spruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benning
Close
Go Idsleman
Lohmann's
Spruce
Presentation to Ex Mayor Connell in Scranton
A formal presentation at the home on Clay avenue honors ex mayor W L Connell with engrossed resolutions from Scranton's select and common councils. Colonel George Sanderson led the event with city officials and department heads in attendance, praising Connell's three years in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sanderson
Connell
W L. Connell
Clay Avenue
O'Clock
Conentl
Ripple
William Connell
Simpson
George Barnard
Select Counell
M. T. Lavelle
Scranton
W. J. Connell
Gi. Boland
William LL Connell
W.costello
Scranton, Pa
City of
M. J. Barnes
William L. Connell
Ts Hhout
City
Offaire
Sehmo Skull Removed In County Coroner Inquest
Coroner Longstreet empaneled a July jury to investigate the death of George Sehmo a Hungarian man who died at Lackawanna hospital from a skull fracture after a drunken quarrel at Sport Hill Dunmore last Saturday night The post mortem showed a one inch hole in the skull and three small lacerations A boarding boss Andrew Pallyo and another boarder John Bonta are jailed as suspects with Pallyo charged with murder Sehmo's brother is jailed on a warrant by Pallyo for fighting the death remains under inquest next Wednesday evening at 8 in the county courthouse arbitration room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longstreet
George Sehmo
Lackawanna Hospital
Sport HI
Dunmore
E. M. Pennypacker
George A. Blanchard
G. F. Chamberlain
Com. Sitterly
GO. M. Custard
John Bonta
Sehumya
Pallya
Pallyo
Sehmo
Bergmanns Swiss Village Exhibit Captivates Scranton
In Scranton on Lackawanna avenue opposite the Wyoming house the Bergmann Swiss Village exhibit, paired with Professor Berger's automatic display, draws throngs. The marvel is praised as a masterful mechanical expression, showcasing labor, patience, energy, and faith in achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Bergmann
Lackawanna Avenue
Wyoming House
Ant
Berger
Uberal
Scranton Business College Draws Local Interest
The Scranton Business College promotes its programs noting successful placements and counsel from professionals. Recent registrations include Fred Greene Riverhead L and Irvin Decker Lenoxville with others from Moscow Moscow, Torrey, and Mt. Pleasant Mills. Lectures on money proceed as prospective students seek guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Losey
Providence
James J. HW. Hamilton
Business College
Scranton Business College
Fred Greene
Riverhead
Will T. Stiner
Orangeville
Irvin Decker
Lenoxville
Horace Taylor
Torrey
Paul J. Kelly
Moscow
Clarence Schnell
Mt. Pleasant Mills
John Stout
Stull
Hemlock Hallow
Wandling
Factoryville
Macedonia
Thornhurst
Glenwood
Fire Doused at Babylon Can Mine in Duryen
Fire in the Babylon Can company mine at Duryen was quickly controlled with active suppression efforts. The mine resumed operations yesterday and damage was reported as modest while a fall sale from TLORAN & MERRILL advertised custom goods at discounted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon Can Company
Duryen
Davidow Bros Auction Sparks Scranton Bargain Fever
Promo copy touts Davidow Bros auction as greatest bargains in Scranton history. Mentions Lohmann's on Spruce Street offering private dining rooms and unmatched service and cuisine for dinner parties in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohmann's
Spruce Street
Crystal Laundry Ad with Free Bicycle and Cakes
The Crystal Laundry offers careful work with prompt service. An unexpected perk includes a free bicycle with orders and periodical tickets. Jordan's butter cakes and coffee are featured at 10a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Chain of One Day's Mining Accidents Strikes Richmond Shaft
Anthony McGuigan fell sixty feet in the Richmond shaft while standing on a shifting plank. He survived with scalp lacerations and brain concussion and is under care at Dr. Thomson's hospital. Two miners Michael Mehir and John Regan were trapped by a coal fall in the Hampton shaft. Mehir has a broken hip and internal injuries, Regan faces potential internal injuries. both men are hospitalized near the Hampton shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony McGuigan
von Storch Avenue
Richmond
Arndt
Green Ridge
Thomson
Wyoming Avenue
Dions
Uuth
Edward Mellulgan
Tribune Job
Michael Mehir
John Regan
West Side
Hampton
Moses Taylor Hospital
Regan
Hehir
Hye
Hampton Shaft
Miner Thomas Sheperd Injured In Oxford Mine
Thomas Sheperd, a company man employed at the Oxford mine, was crushed yesterday when a trip of loaded cars toppled while he walked down a branch. He suffered internal bruises and serious injuries, was taken to Moses Taylor Hospital, and his home is in Sadie Place. He is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sheperd
Oxford
Moses Taylor
Shepherd's Home
Sadie Place
Carpenter Fractures Leg in Barn Roof Fall
John Flack, a carpenter, fractured his leg yesterday after slipping from the roof of TJ Hor an’s barn on Chestnut Street, Dunmore. He fell about twenty feet, was treated at home on Walnut Street, and remains under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flack
TJ. Horan
Chestnut Street
Dunmore
Tragic Roof Collapse Kills Boy at Dickson City Shaft
Michael Lomax a one year old driver boy was killed when a roof fell at Dickson City No 2 shaft. He had just released his mule after pulling a car into a chamber and was crushed as he prepared to leave. Remains sent to his parents home on Highre Hill outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lomax
Storrs No. 2
Dickson City
Highre Hill
See Mist night prompts active Young Republican push
The Young Men's Republican club held a See Mist night in Central Republican rooms with Vice President Widener presiding in President Woodmansee's absence. Ninety five applications were acted upon though the club is only three weeks old. Plans discussed include securing quarters and participating in the October 29 Republican demonstration. Major Warren and others named on the eastern and southern states campaign supervision committee. Enthusiastic meetings at Milwaukee and Throop featured speakers Colborn Woeburg Edwards Dawson Thayer. A French Roof hall meeting is planned to organize a Republican club. Nobeoh Teets organized a McKinley and Hobart club in Carbondale with fifty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Central Republican Elit
Nelson Toots
Widener
Frank Schroeder
Woodmansee
National Republican League
Major Warren
HW. Dok. Clay
Milwaukee
Throop
A. J. Colborn, Jr
A.A. Woeburg
John M. Edwards
C. W. Dawson
E.W. Thayer
Obituary notices for Stearns wife and Tinkham in Chinchilla
Mrs Stearns wife of Rev D M Stearns former Grace Reformed pastor died at Germantown on Thursday. Mrs Molisea Tinkham died at age 61 at her home in Chinchilla. survived by sons Fred and Ebenezer, daughter Mrs Roger F Thilo. Mrs Tinkham belonged to the Chinchilla Methodist Episcopal church. funeral Sunday at 1 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinchilla
Molisea
Advanced business education offers 100 scholarships
W P Gregory and Co promotes a school of real business from the start featuring 100 scholarships at fifteen dollars each. The program promises advanced thought in business education and rapid learning in one quarter the time of older systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Gregory & Co
Baby Bazaar and local shops advertise goods and sales
A dainty line of Children's Coats at the Baby Bazaar 512 Spruce street Twining optician 125 Penn avenue In Harris drug store Hours 9 a m to 5 p m Join the Crowd at Davidow Bros great auction sale for bargains Periodical tickets Better than savings bank Try Jordan's one half minute stews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Bazaar
Spruce Street
Twining
Optician
Penn Avenue
Harris’ Drug Store
Davidow Bros
Sawyer’s
Fi Eine
Found Dead in Bed Martin Keenan of Washburn Street
Martin Keenan of 1519 Washburn Street was found dead in bed yesterday morning at 6 o clock. Coroner Longstreet and deputy Dr Pennypacker held an inquest. a jury for the West Side included A E Vorhis and Thomas McGraw. The verdict cited death from old age and heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Keenan
Washburn Street
Thomas McGraw
Longstreet
KE. M. Pennypacker
West Side
A. E. Vorhis
William H. Garvey
William Garrity
Charles Sillick
Edward Serantes
The Kinsley Investigation Remains Unclear
Mayor Bailey said he will obey the council resolution but cannot yet say how he will conduct the Kinsley Investigation. He is laid up with rheumatism and expects to be out by Monday. Mr. Kinsley stated he has nothing to fear and will prove he has run the street department with honesty and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Kinsley
Faculty instills study over sport in local institute
The institute reports large classes and full faculty utilization with daily attendance in the shorthand department. Topics covered include Tender and Payment in commercial law. The Willams' Literary society meets regularly as the English department nears 150 students praise teachers. Profs McCloskey Barney Layman and President Williams are credited for strong teaching. football is de-emphasized as risky and unsuitable for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Institute
Lin
Willams' Literary Society
J.J. Brown
McCloskey
Barney
New Fabrics and Gentlemen's Wear at Horan and Merrill
The Custom Department at Horan and Merrill's 716 and 318 Lackawanna Avenue offers complete services with the newest and nobbiest patterns in fabrics and gentlemen's wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horan & Merrill's
Lacka- Winn Avenue
Cure a Cold in One Day Offer Promises Refund
Advert sees Bromo Quinine tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day with money-back guarantee. Customers pay 25 cents, and ticket savings of fifty cents to three dollars through Nickel Plate Road are advertised.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman & Moore Fire Insurance
THE
Suburban Electrig Light CO
A.B. Warman
City Notes
Chas
King’s
Imes
Alma
MR. Connell
Elty
Sanderson
Councila
W. le Connell
Cornell
Ames G. Bailey
Cc. W. Westpfahl
Select ‘Council
J J. Ort
J Ames J
Tamon Council
H. C. Hatton
P. W. Costello
City Hall
Costello
T’onnell
Coannell
MH. Williama
Joseph Oliver
Edward Frable
J. A. Lansing
William Dawson
C. Fowler
C. BE. Chittenden
M. J. Burns
James Moir
Edward Wenzel
Phillip Wirth
Lorenz Zeldher
Luther Keller
K. E. Thomas
H.T. Fellows
John Nelson
Adam Schroeder
Thomas McGrail
John J. Flanaghan
Robert Robinson
W. J. Thomas
John J. Loftus
M. J. Clark
P. J. Hickey
the Scranton Business College
the Real Business College
Tloran & Merrill
Thomas Shepherd
Driver Boy
Nobeoh
Carbondale
McKinley
Hobart
Wood's Actual Business College
Savings Bank
Kinsley Investigation
Williams’ College Notes
A. R. Sawyer
Reeves Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Herr Kopfp
Adams Avenue
S. C. Snyder
Sprece &T
Berry
Jeweler
Lackawanna
Ivers & Pond
Powell
Music Store
China Hall
Chas, J, Weichel
Mears Bldg
Wash
Spruce St
idUhis Way
Astrakhan Cape
J.bolz
Hallacher
Langfeld
Carlsbad
Rappreght
Penn Ave
Baptist Church
William S. Millar
GAS and Water CO
Center ST
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