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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1894
Page
8
Hahei promotes unmatched value and service with superior product knowledge and extensive facilities. Ladies' fine white ribbed merino vests and pants offered nonshrinking at 50e, plus garments labeled as the jourment real value 75c. Ladies' superfine natural gray vests and pants praised for warmth at $1.00 per garment, formerly $1.25.
Sanitary black hose for ladies in best qualities at low prices. Also available children’s black hose with double knee and double toes, plus soles and heels.
A fall importation offers Ladies' Plain and Ribbed Beant Tess Wool Hose at 25c per pair and 2 pairs for 25c. Children receive Treavy Seamless Ribbed Cotton Tose with extra heel and toe offered in sizes 6 to 8 at 5c per pair.
The notion department offers more than a thousand articles, providing diverse items used by every family. It claims to carry greater variety than any other department in the house, with almost all pieces serving daily needs.
Doctor Reeved establishes a full practice at 4 Spruce street Scranton offering free examinations and a broad range of cures for nervous system disorders and chronic diseases. A newly opened female department targets discreet treatment. An ad promises four months of catarrh treatment for ten dollars with a trial offered and home remedies.
Miss Nettle Jones hosted her Blakely Sunday school group on Tuesday. Archbald visitors Miss Mary Melvin and Miss Marla Cosgrove attended. Miss Annie Shea’s events and Miss Sarah McNamara and Daniel Vaughan’s Beranton wedding are noted. Julia A Cowley wed W J Brown at St Patrick's, with Mendelssohn music. many locals attended and traveled for the reception. Interment for Douglas Morton is planned in Union Cemetery. A Republican mass meeting is set at Father Mathew Opera House with speakers from Towanda and Pittston. Accidents include a fall from a ladder injuring a man near No. 1 schools. Community events at Assembly Club and weddings of relatives are mentioned.
Archbald council opened bids for the Laurel river dam construction and awarded the contract to Martin Cawley of Archbald as the lowest bidder amid many bids. Two marriages occurred at St. Thomas church with Julia Noon and Fidward Murray and Sarah Stanton and John Buckley tying the knot in ceremonies attended by family and friends. The Murray Noon wedding took place at 1 pm, the Duckley Stanton ceremony at 4:30 pm, and receptions followed in Avoca and Hill street homes. The St. Thomas fair closed for the night until November 10.
Mrs. P. G. Harding visits Scranton friends while Mrs. Thomas Kennedy from South Cillinan calls on town. Thomas Coates improves from neuralgia at home. Beaven of Kingston visits Yorks. Douds works on hotel expansion. Mary Woodbridge of Hyde Park visits son George. Floyd Griever plans a twice weekly meat wagon run. Joseph Haulse’s 8 year old son is very ill. Harry Williams of Hickory Street visits Pittston relatives. Mrs. Harding of York state visits daughter Mrs. F. P. Doty. Mrs. William Warne and son Arthur, Tribune carrier, make a trip to the Electric City.
Local talents present a benefit cantata for the Methodist Episcopal church titled Lost and Saved. Performances scheduled for this evening and tomorrow evening with admission prices 26 35 and 50 cents. W. S. Lambert returned to Honesdale for a brief visit. Mr and Mrs A Z Russell back from a southern trip. General Hastings and party departed by special train to Philadelphia accompanied by Hon E G Hardenburgh and Hon C C Jadwin. Opers glarves at Davidow Bros.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Matlock and others from Carbondale attended the wedding of Miss Driesbach and Mister Taylor in Wilkes-Barre last evening. W. A. Connor, AP eastern representative, was in the city on business yesterday morning. Edward Causey, mute, employed.
The marriage was held yesterday at the bride's parents’ Wyoming avenue home with Rev. N H Mentzer and Rev T C Collins officiating. The couple and guests, including many local families, attended a ceremony attended by numerous witnesses. gifts were described as numerous and handsome. Powerful field glasses, Davidow Bros.
Mayfield notes show Professor William M. Taggart resigning as Mayfield school principal to take a higher salary position in Mexico City and leaving for the term start. Henry Hach of New York and Daniel Mendelssohn on Hill Street are mentioned with visitors from Scranton. Several local residents and visitors including DeGraw Hoyt Bergan and the De Graw sisters appear in social mentions. Local improvements include new stone walks and mention of Davidow Bros silver batteries and designs.
Miss Mabel Tucker and Miss Florence Indertied of Wyoming seminary spent Sunday in New Milford. Arza Brown of Sioux City visits friends here. Edith and Carrie Brooks visited in Binghamton last week. Mellissa Quinlan of Brackney Pa visits Sonia Farrar. The local foundry is busier than usual. A baseball game Saturday between the boroughs pro team and Heart Lake Hustlers ended 40 to 6 for the locals. Co D Dean visited Windsor N Y yesterday. Horace Seymore of Binghamton spent Saturday at home. Mr and Mrs Bradford of Bradford Corners guests of A B Gillet. Marie Crocker of Montrose visited William Smith last week. Schools here closed this week for teachers institute in Montrose. Maud Wilcox of this place visiting her father in Binghamton. Davidew Bros
Hallstead notes teachers attend the Montrose institute while a Friday evening meeting will be at Roy L. Church’s Pine street home. J H Compton invites his father J J Compton. Captain R C Du Bois calls on friends. The Burns infant died of cholera infantum. large funeral. Baptist church Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor hosts a tea at the parsonage Thursday. J S Jacobus andMiss Jennie A Ross visit. Sterling liver table spoons advertised by Davidow Brow.
Officer Richard Barron arrested three men after noon and jailed them in Priceburg. The lock was broken and the prisoners escaped with outside help. No clues to the fugitives or their abettor are available. Due to the dilapidated condition of Jermyns aircraft, travel is restricted until repairs are completed. An entertainment for the benefit of
St Thomas church event planned in Faddens hall on October 20. Priceburg Citizens Band has secured instruments and will display ability soon. People's Party mass meeting held at George Lloyds hall in the evening. Davidow Bros reference.
Old Forge notes report Mrs. B A Avery of King’s were N pean guest of her brother M W ark. Mrs. C W Brodhead and daughter Gal of Montrose visit Samuel Brod ond. William Rumford moved family to Peckville. Phoebe Davis of Dunmore visited Lydia Reed. F C Wood works on new dwelling. Drake and Stewart sold 700 bushels potatoes this week. Berry spoons at Davidow Bros.
Simon Bellas of Stafford street is confined by a cold. The coronation of flowers cantata was staged at the Temperance hall to a full house. Work began on the seronaton at Greenwood skating pond. John McAndrew of Main street attended a Pittston social. Mrs Mahon of Five Points fractured her arm after a stair fall. Chauncey Decker on Malin street caused a fast driving collision demolishing his carriage. the other party escaped with minor damage.
Mrs. Hubert Gleason died at her residence last evening of diphtheria at about 26 years old. She leaves a husband and one child. Miss Julian Fernan was visiting Hallstead this week. James Gunn traveled to Philadelphia for medical treatment. M. L. Blair Alderman, 6th Ward Scranton Pa, noted Nov 0 83. He used Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for sprains burns cuts and rheumatism and was cured every time.
A writer compares American domestic life to England and Australia. He notes American housekeepers strive for impossible standards, rely on nerve and effort, and often sacrifice health. Bread costs and home baking prompt discussion on cooperative bakeries and modern labor division. The piece contrasts heating, space, and travel comfort with English and Australian norms.
A mother explains to her child the fate of martyrs as she shows a picture of lions. The boy interrupts with a focus on a small lion behind them and wonders why the animal is singled out, highlighting a child’s innocent reaction to tragedy.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a remarkable sale in Butler Center where Kike Culiford transferred his wife to Ambrose Dratt for 25 cents. The wife, witness to the affair, agreed to be supported by the buyer who promised to provide. Culiford displayed the purchase as a trophy while Dratt fetched the wife by horse and buggy.
The Albany Times-Union outlines Canadian voting limits: a male British subject aged 21 with a year’s residence may vote only if he owns real estate or rents business property for that period. Property value thresholds apply, and tenants or non-owners may vote if they earn a specific income or are sons of local farmers or estate owners living at home. An income voter need not reside a year in the district and can register anytime.
The Detroit Times commentary questions the Louisiana sugar revolt, arguing it targets Democrats rather than being a genuine Republican movement. It frames the event as a partisan clash rather than a broad political uprising.
Advertisement for Hartmanns patent tinning and soldering process. Claims inclines for tin roofs brick dwellings and sheet iron with crack detection. Promises low cost under standard tinning methods and sole contracts by Stone Hartmann 6 Birch St.
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