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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1896
Page
3
The article outlines conservative surgical treatment for the lower bowel focusing on hemorrhoids fissure fistula and ulceration. It details methods and aims to minimize invasive procedures while addressing common anorectal conditions.
Miss Mary Walsh of Archbald visits Scranton friends. Mr and Mrs Walter Briggs return from wedding tour. George H McDonnell of Wilkes Barre in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs E G Murphy of New York register at the Jermyn. Mr and Mrs W H Hazlett drive to Wyoming camp and return. Mayor Paley briefly out of his home. Mrs Richard OBrien travels to Albany to attend a Sacred Heart convent reception. Rebecca Nagle to marry Henry Livingston in Hollando? County. Commissioners Demuth, Roberte and Roberts inspect stone arch culverts in Wyoming borough and Scott township. Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting reports from Pittsburg attic convention. Miss Fannie Silverstone leaves for Syracuse for brother Professor Silverstone’s wedding. Rev Pt McManus preaches in Philadelphia. Republican meetings planned in Pittsburgh.
The store offers new light weight Box Calf shoes for ladies in lace and button styles with heavy soles. They resist wetness and feature a comfortable new toe. Available in extra high lace for skating, and in sizes for misses and children, same style or toe.
J Gardner Sanderson outlines experiments at Columbus breaker using fine culm from waste coal to produce producer gas. He cites economics, engine efficiency, and potential for cheap power and domestic fuel, noting costs, equipment, and tests at multiple mills and gas engines.
Amusements note John W Ishams Oriental America will be staged at the Academy of Music October 21 and 22 with a lavish finale and a large disciplined chorus. Ada Rehan arrives next Friday to star in The Taming of the Shrew at the theater. James Young’s Hamlet and David Garrick receive praise in advance. Mears and Hagen announce fashionable dress goods at moderate prices.
Take advantage of bargains on holiday goods and lay away presents until Christmas. Rit auction sale at Davidoun Bros invites customers to ask McGarrah's Inc-Power for 25 and 10 cent boxes and buy now for later pickup.
The second and last week of criminal court began with Judge Edwards presiding. Michael Cadden and Hugh J. Rush were arraigned for burglary at Howley Bros. on Pond Avenue. Cadden pled guilty and faces sentencing. Rush goes to trial. Eugene Hoff and Benjamin Wilson were found not guilty of stealing from William H. Johnson’s Oriental Club. Several other defendants including Adam Sadlusky, his wife Mary, and Martin Loftus faced trials for assault, looting, and related charges with verdicts not yet final.
John Fitzsimmons and Richard Ti the, editors of the Sunday News, faced a criminal libel hearing before Alderman Fuller on Harriet J. Bender’s charge. Prosecution failed to prove they had any connection to the alleged libel, and witnesses could not confirm the paper’s issued origin. The alderman dismissed the case after defense witnesses testified the editors were associated with the contested material.
Mahoney shines on stage as the curtain falls on a company of thirty performing "The Turkish Bath." Watson is the fan favorite while all comics stand out beyond the ordinary. Vida Nobriga’s voice saves the show, which runs today and tomorrow in matinee and evening performances.
Mayor Bailey signed two measures directing the city solicitor to settle Mathew Hayes’s extra work claim on the Washburn street sewer for 1400, down from 2500, with funds from the 1889 appropriations. The ordinances include an inquiry into the street commissioners department and a hydrant project at Didson and Seneca streets.
Attorneys for the Valley Passenger Railway ask Judge Archibald to dissolve the injunction blocking track laying on Washington Avenue. They cite a state right of way grant over two blocks and municipal consent to proceed, while plaintiffs claim lacking consent and authority.
Rexford's showcases three big drayloads of choice imported china from New York with daily new arrivals for the next two weeks. The retailer promises right prices on the nicest imported china and previews the first chapters of Scranton's greatest china offering.
The ad touts real china pieces with green bodies and gold edges priced as low as 29 cents per item, including creamers and sugar bowls, and a lily of the valley decorated berry set with a large dish and six small plates for a dollar and 40 cents. It also offers Cradley and Stubbard lamps around five dollars each, and a gold plated lamp with onyx pillar, plus a $15 lamp for ten dollars.
General Manager Stillman testified the project links Gibson street to the Suburban line with a loop via Washington Spruce Lackawanna Adams, effectively a double track to ease travel. Delays beyond five or six weeks risk pushing work to next spring, inconveniencing riders. lawyers argued legal points while Judge Archbald reserved his decision.
Dave Williams admits to Chief Robling he stole Mrs. Burke's watch and claims he passed it to another man. Police seek the second man thought to hold the timepiece as they try to recover the missing watch from Mrs. Burke's Penn Avenue apartment three weeks ago.
Morton Til of Lebanon Indiana says his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in all muscles and was bedridden for weeks. He credits the Mystic Cure for Rheumatism with giving immediate relief and enabling her to walk in three days after eight physicians failed. Sold by Carl Lorenz in Scranton at 414 Lackawanna Avenue.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative tablets for a cold cure with a money back guarantee. It promotes Jordan’s stews and claims Beecham’s as the king of pills in a period voice.
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