Bargains Ahead in Fall Trade Rush
Local merchants announce a space expansion to showcase Fall Trade and move Summer Goods. They urge customers to take advantage of new bargains as inventories clear before the season shift.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1894
Page
8
Local merchants announce a space expansion to showcase Fall Trade and move Summer Goods. They urge customers to take advantage of new bargains as inventories clear before the season shift.
Our Fall Goods arrive daily and include kid gloves in new shades and lengths, corsets in all sizes, laces, dress trimmings, umbrellas, hosiery and more. Every department offers style and elegance with values beyond the economic limits.
The retailer states its Fashion Monthly showcases the latest fashions and invites readers to dress well and economically, noting it is the only dry goods house publishing such a periodical.
Noted Philadelphia physician Dr El Breves has opened a permanent practice at 412 Spruce Street Scranton. He offers treatment for acute and chronic diseases in men women and children with a staff of assistants. Office hours include days and Sundays.
Eystone Academy Factoryville offers thorough courses in music and art with a Piel Class for best preparation. The Commercial Course covers typewriting and shorthand and positions are secured for graduates. Send for illustrated circular. Principal F M Loomis A M.
Hawley Dexter Lambert Co employs 100 carpenters masons and laborers to rebuild their silk mill destroyed by flames two weeks ago. Dr Reeves 412 Spruce St Scranton treats Tamora and Cancers. Leona Ellwanger departs Erie train for LouisvilleKy to settle. Rodmans tour South then Nashville Ph Pharmaceutical convention. Fifth Friday club meets at Wayne county hotel Aug 31. Wyoming Valley RR builds culm transfer line. Local trip to Honesdale Far View. Pump station set for NY, Erie and WV Railroad engines. A Vicker of Brown's Beehive Beranton departs for New York on business.
Longstanding power struggle erupts as Richard of Pittston faces plots by Richmond to oust him from the council presidency. The reformers draft new ordinances to remove leaders, while the Shiel inquiry at the school board escalates as Donnelly demands sworn affidavits and broad scrutiny.
For a quarter of a century Dr Kings New Discovery has been tested and millions attest to its curative powers in diseases of Threat, Cheat and sings. Each bottle is guaranteed to give relief or money refunded. Trial bottles free at Matthew Bro's Drug Store with large size at 50 cents and one dollar.
Poem echoes a familiar line about Castoria across generations from infancy to motherhood. It blends nostalgic tone with a repeated remedy phrase. The verse notes a child’s cry for Castoria and a mother’s gift to her children.
Archbald reports visits by Misa Nellie Curran and Miss Rusie Brennan with notes on Mary Aon's Moscow trip. Republican primaries elect Henry Myers P F Spellman and Frank Somers as delegates with hints of support for Scranton and Jones. Residents comment on drought, water distribution, Wayne Street turnout, and a heated council vote over a Lackawanna Transit franchise. call for repeal or burgess veto amid council criticism.
Advertising of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims over fifty years of use by millions of mothers. It soothes, relieves wind colic, and diarrhea in children, and asks buyers to insist on the product from druggists worldwide. Price twenty five cents per bottle.
Carbondale residents report a quiet weekend with visits and travel. A Gowler and Bronson horse team was injured after an electric car collision on Belmont street Saturday morning. Clarence Walters, nephew of Mr and Mrs Walters, died, prompting a Sunday funeral. Elizabeth McNair visits John Harvey in Canaan street. The Mozart band hosts its annual picnic at Farview on Labor Day weekend. Effie Van Demark leaves for Millersville State Normal School. Hattie Phillips of Wilkes Barre visits Eiola Edwards on South Church street. W M Lathrope stays at Preston Park.
Mrs W F Waterman and children Clyde and Lena left for Herrickville Bradford county to visit friends for a few weeks. Dr Reeves of Scranton advertises kidney and bladder cures from 6am to 9pm. Mrs Nancy Howard of New Jersey visits Dr Wildrick. Rolland Bellis and wife welcome a son. Olive Pearl left for Stroudsburg to attend school. The remains of Dr Fragonia to be buried in Philadelphia today.
Forest City reports complete arrangements for the Eleven county temperance and prohibition reunion to be held at Mountain Park on Sept 7. Speakers include Hon Samuel Dickle LE J Wheeler editor of the Walos and OC L Hawley candidate for governor. The New York Ontario and Western railroad offers tickets at two cents per mile from points south of Hancock to Scranton for the regular NYO&W train.
Hancock at 6062 m will connect with the Central Rail Road of New Jersey special train leaving Scranton for Mountain Park at 8 50 m. The fare from Scranton to Mountain Park and return is 70 cents. From all stations between Hancock and Scranton, two tents per mile.
Detectives with District Attorney Gorman and Constable P J Etrley probe Duryea after John Cardish dies in hospital from injuries linked to a possible onlooker attack at an Aug 18 saloon gathering. A stranger who watched Cardish and left with him is suspected of aiding the assault. Skull fracture points to foul play.
Ralph Rymer returns from Utica after vacation work as extra station agent on the Ontario. John M. Lewis funeral held at Congregational church Saturday afternoon. Public schools reopen today. Richard Simone sails Wednesday on the White Star Majestic to England. Milk prices up due to drought, a penny per quart increase. C. D. Winter back from ten days at Dewantrove. Ontario and Western street poles hinder pedestrian traffic mid sidewalk. George S. Dann, Ontario and Western station agent, visits friends in Laone rne. Will Jenking of West Pittston visits parents in North Main.
In Honesdale a small group of wheelmen rode in lantern parade despite poor streets and stones making dodging difficult after dark. A Mozart band concert drew a large crowd in court house square as Miss Lizzie Ammerman visits Nellie Kimble. An October race meet at Maple City aims to beat the one mile record by a noted rider.
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