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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1896
Page
8
Readers are invited to place advertisements orders and publications at Suunaon Co newsdealers North in aired. The article praises a finely rendered Nearer My God to Thee with harmonics, noting frequent encores and audience delight. It highlights a rare opportunity to hear a skilled zither artist.
Archdeaconry meetings at Trinity Church drew strong attendance and interest from reports on the mission field. Overhead expenses for local missions last year exceeded eight hundred dollars. Addressers included Rev. Hebel of West Pittston and Rev. Lewis of Honesdale. Sunday school sessions featured talks on spiritual culture for children and methods to retain scholars. The program closed with a devotional on Sunday school intercession.
A sizable party gathered Tuesday evening in Burke's hall for a social given by the Mozart orchestra. The renowned band upheld its reputation as guests enjoyed music and dancing in a successful entertainment with social features.
About twenty five invitations have been sent to physicians of adjoining towns to attend a lecture at Hotel American next Thursday evening. Dr. Whelan of Scranton will deliver an address.
Mrs William Crocker of Eldred Wayne county has returned home after visiting friends in the city. Mrs John James of Honesdale visits Mrs John Ammerman. Mrs Jones of South Washington street suffers a fractured arm from a horse kick. Mrs John Moon of Belmont street entertains Mrs Elizabeth Pawley of Wilmington Delaware. Patrick Bridget is seriously ill at his Carte avenue home. L L Leveland returns from a business trip to Syracuse NY. A leap year party was hosted by Mr and Mrs M J Smith. Mrs William Male and daughters Mary and Belle visit West Brookville NY. Will Hathaway and Sheff Male travel to Westbrookville on bicycles. Robert Tulley confined to home. Edward Krantz returned from Germany. Harry and Beatrice Dennis return from Wayne county. George Wilson leaves for home in North Carolina after eleven years away. A St Sawyer with millinery businesses in Binghamton and Scranton will locate in the city. Miss Alice plans to open a new fancy goods store in Odd Fellows hall on Salem avenue. R M Gaylord of Aldenville visited the city Tuesday. Kirmess organizers met and closed affairs, reporting six hundred dollars in the till.
In Moosic the zither concert by Professor J. Franklin Crowell at Moosie Presbyterian Church drew a large appreciative crowd despite bad weather. His classical program featured War era pieces like Grand Army Memories with vivid instrumentals and dramatic War sounds.
An ad advertisement touts oil cloths and linoleums in all widths with prices, window shades and curtains, and a selection of rocking chairs and upholstered settees. It emphasizes low prices and a broad stock including rockers and seating.
Jack Swartz awoke in the night to a growl in the big orchard near the center of the area. He chased the source, a large black bear under a sweet apple tree, amid moonlight. Swartz sprinted to safety as the bear vanished and he recovered from a heart scare.
William D Howe appears at the Price Library associa tion with a one hour play and two humorous recitations. Doors open 7 14 p m and show starts 8 pm admission 10 and 15 cents. Rev T M Furey present a stere opticon lecture on Eighteen Months in Dixie at Stewart Memorial church Rendham. Next month Taylor Silver Cornet band plans a grand fall at Weber's rink. Pride of Lackawanna Lodge No 18 installs officers Tuesday night with District Deputy Mrs Davis presiding.
Washington reports secrecy surrounds board talks on selecting a new rector. Bishop Keane resigns from the board and headship is declined. Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco joins the board, likely shifting control to the pro Treland faction. The meeting, led by Cardinal Gibbons, saw notable archbishops and bishops present as candidates for the rector position are discussed.
Washington October 21 Mark Hanna faces accusations of a campaign outrage tied to a bicycle maker after Butler of the Populist national committee bought a bike and nearly fell on Capitol hill. He stayed in the saddle and reached the hill’s bottom, ending with arnica bandages but no injuries.
A Berlin dispatch reported by the Daily News says Alsatian recruits traveling in France mutinied wrecking railroad carriages and shouting Vive de Prater and Vive in France. The incident occurred during a rail journey and was described as a loyalist act by the Alsatian fighters.
A union joined Misa Katie Fannon and Frank Lells in a Jermyn residence wedding at Olyphant Catholic church. Attending were Miss Mamie Walker of Carbondale and Frank Rells, brother of the groom, with post ceremony travel to Scranton and a St James hall Jessup dance.
Old Forge reports George Safford visiting Pittston friends and E. Drake with family spending a week at Mt. Pocono. The township Republicans arrange a grand rally at Patton's hall tonight at 8 o'clock with several of the county's best orators expected to speak.
A promotional lament urges knowledge of female physiology and fertility to prevent early widowhood. It touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for weakness and disease, promises easier childbirth, and cites testimonials from Nova Scotia. It warns against neglecting constipation and touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a permanent remedy.
The Tuesday night event at E. J. Fallon’s rink drew a large audience. Miss Ella Guson of Brooklyn, N. Y., was the guest of Mrs. A. J. Cooper for the past week.
A local shop promotes heavy weight fall and winter wardrobe with elegant suits and overcoats priced at 15, 16, and 18 dollars. A new selection of overcoatings and novelties has just arrived and is on display. The ad promises realistic stock and capability.
In a late work Dr Green claims electricity will replace many drugs, citing galvanism's nerve effects since 1790. The Philadelphia physician, supported by notable colleagues, offers consultations by mail and lists equipment from electrostatic machines to X ray gear as proof of electricity’s cure scope for rheumatism gout paralysis eczema indigestion and nervous diseases.
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