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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1896
Page
8
Advertisements, orders for job work and publication items left at Hannon & Co. newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Clemmon Arnold of No. 4, charged with shooting Joseph Hawkins after a dispute over a wife. Arnold says Hawkins pursued his wife, Hawkins claims jealousy motive, two witnesses heard shots as Arnold chased Hawkins. Arnold jailed. Hawkins lightly wounded, bullet lodged near spine.
Under a fall of coal at the Erie mines Satori Meming, Andrew Swanchuck was trapped. He was carried to the hospital where Dr. Shields treated his injuries, including a shattered thigh and head wounds.
A garbled report mentions field day events between Carlon Hole and Scrinton postponed to today due to a holiday. It references threatening weather and a disruption at the Merk, with widespread attention from observers and local figures.
Local residents are hosting and visiting family and friends in multi city travels. Names include EO Crame M A Pharrison Z Kon Frank Smith Sunbury Miss Sallie Phillips Miss Dior Dellix Miss Stellie Weatherman Josephine Jide Margaret Gilhivin May Aalhew Hertha Prawn Robert Tale George Van Kreuren at Hotel Anthracite George Fulton Taylor and others visit relatives and attend gatherings across Jersey City Susquehilla Dundaif and beyond as social ties persist this weekend.
Miss Sallie Morgan of Scranton visits Miss Maggie Campbell on Canaan street. Mrs. A. H. Griswold returns home to Peckville from visits with Mrs. J. Berry on Canaan street. Miss Trene Jenkins leaves Dundaff street for Kingston after two weeks with Mrs. Martin Healey.
George E Maxey was elected delegate by the Enterprise Hose company. The convention will convene at Johnstown on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of October. The eighty-ninth anniversary of the Abington Baptist Association will be celebrated in this place next Wednesday and Thursday. The programme of the meetings will appear later. Edward Stubbs of Jermyn was a Forest City visitor Saturday. Miss Maggie Hultzmaster of Carbon dale was the guest of Mrs M McCrath Friday and Saturday. Doctors Knapp and Grander went squire rel hunting Friday and were successful.
Reports list elected delegates by ward for the county convention including John McDonnell George Virline Felix Chay and Shields. Community notes mention visits from residents to relatives and a theater event at Weber rink with the Calvary Baptist group offering admission.
A nomination for representative of the Bourth district draws crowded attention on Main street with supporters from Mes WoL Sanneen and Storrs avenue. Carrie McLoughlin recovers after a week of illness. Local social notes mention visits by Henry Ries and Frank Wie nach to Archhbald, Cracker Jack baseball team seeking players, and communications handled by Morley Farrett.
Mrs Wintermute of New York City hosted Mrs W H Harding last week. Charles Walter and wife returned from Montrose. Mildred Smalley celebrated her fifth birthday with friends. Estelle Bailey of Waverly visited Miss Helen Bard. Martha Pike returned from Bloomsburg. Myra Sprague attended a Wyatsburg wedding. Rufus Lindley and family visiting in Brooklyn. Wille Capwell family back in Bloomsburg. Ladies Circle to meet Saturday evening September 12. all members urged to attend. Pansy Wrigley returned to Lake Carey. G C Courtright of Philadelphia spent Friday with his sister.
Washington reports on Li Hung Chang's arrival and the refusal of local police to carry his sedan chair. Bureau and campaign hubs spread politik chatter from Normandie to Wormley hotels, while Pennsylvania and Kentucky votes loom in the doubtful column as Palmer Buckner discuss potential impacts on McKinley and Bryan.
A meeting will be held at Pullman hall on Wednesday evening September 6 to form a McKinley and Dubart club. All are invited to support the Republican party and align on principles ahead of the November election.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best teething aid for children. It claims over fifty years use by Mil Jones of Mother, soothing gums, relieving pain, curing wind colic and diarrhea, with a twenty five cent bottle sold by druggists worldwide.
A testimonial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for melancholy fatigue and related female ailments. The letter cites improved health, energy, and the joy of motherhood after using the remedy, urging readers to purchase from druggists.
W J Davis announces expanded tailoring capacity due to strong demand. The shop emphasizes all wool goods, fixed prices, in-house garment making by skilled craftsmen, customer satisfaction, and a range of suits from 12 to 15 dollars.
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