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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1894
Page
3
Entire new stock received all destroyed in a fire at the old Lacka Avenue store. Miscellaneous books in cloth and leather bindings single volumes and full sets likely wedding gifts. Also stock of stationery school books Bibles hymnals blank ledgers and popular new titles in cloth and paper covers.
Personal items report Mrs John W Maly visiting parents in Philadelphia Anja Powell of Clinton Place and Rev J W Mosin of Carbonslate attend New York events Judge and Mrs HLOM Edwards spend a few days in New York Attorneys Mr and Mrs FF Sendo travel to Albany for Alte Sanio’s funeral Sheriff John J Fahey falls ill and recuperates at home W E Penne plans Haven trip and Palmas Car HOPI ride in New York Klein a six Jury Commissioner teaching in Simsbquehanna county travels citywide to attend the NY Teachers Institute session at the court house.
A letter section critiques M T Burke over a water issue and a “Pre Text Book Bill” while urging Fourth District electors to back the upstart candidate P O Malley. The writer accuses Burke of vile epithets toward a worker and asserts Burke has been exposed, urging voters to withdraw support. Powell's Music Store advert follows.
West Side events note a social in honor of Mr and Mrs Evans. Football games involve 18 schools at 180 oclock with No 14 strong. Funeral for Patrick Fleming of Lafayette Street followed by rites at Schiek and Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery. Ecclesiastical talks and student debates mark community activity.
Testimony and cross examination occurred in a restraining order case involving the Silver Creek Mine. W H L Vosxler disputed statements by W H Taylor on the stand. Key witnesses included George Delig, W S Boyd Jr, Harry W Kingsbury, and J Alton Davis, whose name was ordered stricken.
A Baptist Pastors union meeting at Penn Avenue church heard Theo Dod Williams of Peckville review General Booths Darkest England and the Way Out. The discussion of the plan to reach the submerged tenth of England’s population was regarded as highly interesting and well written.
The Boston lecturer Rev Joseph Cook will deliver a Bristow Monday address this Thursday night at the Prothing ham. He is praised as best suited to discuss progress era problems with keen analysis and wide subject range.
A large audience at North Main Avenue Waipilat church heard Rev. W. G. Watkins discuss Olver Wendell Holmes born August 28 1808 in Cambridge Massachusetts and died this year. The talk noted Holmes education at Phillips Academy and Harvard and his early poetry writing alongside his medical career.
A patchwork of local happenings includes N Ferguson visiting Avot Ars Missouri McDonnell in Philadelphia and Stanley Gain holidaying at his home in Hayley, Mra. James Kirwhy visiting in Pride, and Mr and Mrs Edward Anewly Jr visiting Hawley. The Democrats held a solo rally at Temperance. The Turnpike Company upgrades Drinker street. coal and oyster markets show activity. Rev JW Williams preached a Patriotic sermon. Harry Beckendorf survived a railroad accident. George Crabb moves house. Mr Sanders relocates for Penn Cowl work. gatherings at Henry Weber’s Centar street home highlighted mine and cowlmin views.
A fine company staged Tom's Cabin at Davis Theater yesterday and drew a large audience. The performance featured a fresh, nearly new plot and strong acting, with Miss Dialay Markve praised as Topky and By Fucking 28 Uncle Tom. Manager Davis promised continued showings and a special opportunity during the current week for interested patrons.
J. S. Mills of Shortsville reports relief from rheumatism after using Dr Potter's Rheumatic Pile. The advertisement claims the remedy cures rheumatic pain and related conditions, with a price of one dollar per box and sales through Matthews Bros Wholesale and retail.
An advert invites teachers visiting their nativate to shop at Lewis Heilly Pavied on Wyoming Avenue for a superb stock of ball and winter footwear. The dealers promise special efforts to please those who educate the rising generation and invite customers to call and see the stock.
A South Side column recounts Squire Pollard estrangement rumors involving his wife and a rival woman, plus a near-fatal fall at a West Pinstey Avenue construction site where a worker clung to a ladder until aid arrived. Also noted are traction trips to map Moople service, a dangerous Thurston Avenue incident, a Turners concert canceled, and local church and city events upcoming.
Last week the city saw a dip in overall deaths from the prior week. Seventeen deaths occurred, a drop from September and October when weekly totals reached twenty five to thirty. Notable causes included typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria, with several deaths linked to diphtheria and other infectious diseases.
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