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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1894
Page
2
Eastern League schedule postponed as yesterday's Scranton at Springfield was ruined by a light rain turning to torrents. A stiff breeze drove rain across the diamond and spectators scrambled for shelter. The game will be played today on the open date.
Wallace, a pitcher for Franklin, has joined the Pittsburg club. Scranton had been negotiating to acquire him earlier this season. The Springfield Union lists the Eastern league finish as Providence, Erie, Springfield, Syracuse, Buffalo, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Yonkers.
Johnny Gorman the ex champion and Vack Skelly clash in a ten round bout likely before the Atlantic Athletic club of Coney Island. The article notes fall racing plans, sales of stock by Freischman Son and Rodegap, and Eugene Leigh announces selling forty brood mares at Lexington. It also highlights autumn cycling, fall racing records chase, and Dick Burge's challenge to any welterweight for a substantial purse on English soil.
At Cleveland New York defeated Cleveland 9 to 5 with hits by Sullivan Connor Rusie and Farrell. Umpire Betts. At Chicago Chicago beat Boston 8 to 6 with Te Schriver Tenpy Gansel as battery and Lynch as umpire. At Louisville Baltimore won 6 to 0 with Hite Louisville Baltimore 12 11. Errors noted for Louisville and Baltimore. Batteries Inka Lake and Esper Robinson. Umpire Keefe. No other National league games were played.
Fragmentary scores show Pottsville dominating Ashland 7 to 2 at one site, Lancaster defeating Hazleton 6 to 5, and a garbled Harrisburg versus Shenandoah reference suggesting a postgame or postponed matchup with unclear details.
Public warning against unscrupulous dealers selling imitation Carlsbad salts and wines. Promotes genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Waters as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues and urges buyers to purchase only the authentic product imported by Elmer Mandelson Co from New York, with address 182 and 184 Franklin Street.
A passenger diary describes shipboard life on a transatlantic voyage to Southampton bound for Korea. The writer notes crowded steerage, diverse nationalities, deck dances, a Chinese warship sighting, tug of war on deck, and social mingling with a French critic and other artists. The journey is filled with health, humor, and anticipation of landfall as storms, fog, and late ferries delay arrival.
The Rev Dr Talmage urges health as life’s core, arguing proper digestion wins happiness. London physician Dr J Millner Fothergill notes dyspepsia brings misery, gloom, fatigue, and fear of brain disease, while digested nourishment strengthens body and spirit. Paskola, a pre digested starch with ferment, is praised as a remedy by many sufferers including L W Crisy of Fort Hill NJ, with claims of improved appetite, sleep, and weight.
Classified ads solicit goods and services including aluminum novelties publishing work opportunities grocery store for sale rental suites and hall space offered with low rent plus relic reprint offerings and bound book services. Numerous names and addresses appear with offers for catalogs residences and business opportunities.
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year old remedy used by millions of mothers to soothe teething pain wind colic and diarrhea in children. It promises perfect success and urges buyers to request the product by name at twenty five cents per bottle.
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