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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1894
Page
8
The store reports an extensive and varied stock of novelty and fancy dress goods with beautiful effects. Many of the handsomest styles are claimed to be unmatched elsewhere, appealing to customers seeking unique fabrics and patterns.
The excerpt notes that at the stated price the goods would not be cheaper even if admitted to the country with full duties, indicating a discussion on tariff impact and import costs.
Silks and headpieces emerge to test revived demand for dress trimmings as fashion evolves.
Describes new chenille table covers with rich colors and dainty tints and artistic designs. Mentions purchase on favorable terms. Notes items are one and a half yards square with heavy ball fringe.
Clark's Green and Dalton hosted a busy social week with weddings planned for G. H. Nichols and Fanny Deacon at the Swallow home. Nat Callender and Nellie Callender attended a local wedding, while Archibald Courtright returned to Cayuga Lake Military School. A Patriotic Sons of America delegation held initiatory services and a large repast at Camp No. 418. Frank Barrett of Binghamton visits, and Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil is praised for croup and colds.
The Factoryville Tidings office relocates from Brick Hall to Mainstreet Scranton and reports hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Six Princip Baptial church annual meeting ends after a three day session. Rev W R Turner of Binghamton will speak Friday Oct 5. The Pepper’s group loses 18 to 29 to Wyoming in Fleetville in a baseball game umpired by a colored man. Large turnout with Factoryville, Dalton and Waverly represented. Bardock Bitters sales exceed 800 bottles for digestive and liver complaints.
Thomas Crossley of Forest City dies Sunday at home to mourn his parents in the community. The notice also lists local social events and movements among residents including travel of Fred B Crossley to Harvard law, Augnatha Thompson and George Weston back from Yale, and visits of several guests from Washington DC and South Canaan.
Miss Rena Daley of Church street travels to Lawrence and On eonte N for a visit with friends while organ duties at Baptisl tabernacle are filled by Mrs Lowrey. Mrs Haydn Evans of Scranton visits her mother Mrs Wilhiaw Rivenburg. Riv. Charlee Leo H Major to represent the Firat Presbyterian.
The Lackawanna presbytery meets in Wilkes-Barre this Monday through Wednesday. George R. Merrill, ex-general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, plans to seek licensure to preach. Miss Jesale Kolfer of Honesdale visits Charles H. Rogers of Park Place.
F. Watrous Jr and bride of Pittston visit his parents on Mill street. Will Read of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western freight office Scranton spends Sunday and yesterday here. Montrose businesses may close 11 am to 3 pm for fair attendance. Will Maxey and Joe Barney of Company G recover from fever and will be out soon. Weather prophet Foster predicts a cold wave. Twenty five fall overcoats speak to chilly times. Neo Warner and Robert Jessup report to the State Firemen convention. Montrose led with 9 votes for next convention site. Dr C A Hall of Dunmore to reside here, replacing Dr H D Baldwin who moves. Reno and Williams presented Arabian Night at the armory. Clemenceau Case drew a larger crowd last night. Tonight the same Company returns. expect a full house.
Heavy rains swollen streams inviting industrial growth along the Wallenpaupack. Dexter Lambert and Co silk mill J S O Connor and Sons glass works Taft and Pierson grist mills rely on the water. two miles of bank could host more mills as the area develops. Local residents and business owners are highlighted with brief notes on activities and changes.
The Home mission of the Primitive Methodist church will meet this afternoon. The Methodist Episcopal church choir hosts a social and entertainment tonight with refreshments. All are welcome. Miss Agnes Bigger of North Main Street visited Pittston yesterday. John McKeon of Newport News Virginia visits his parents here briefly. Mr and Mrs Robert Allan, lately with Avoca relatives, depart for New York and then Scotland. Miss B O'Brien visited Carbondale friends last week. L J Baxter and Mr and Mrs Thomas with Miss Agnes Morahan attended Jusina Cwuar at Scranton last evening. Miss Annie Aikman returns home today after months with Wilkes-Barre friends.
An advertisement touts Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as a cure for freckles blemishes and stomach disorders. It claims skin improvement and overall lightness, warns against imitation blends, and insists on genuine imported salt from the Sprudel Spring at Carlsbad with official seals and New York agents.
A social meeting of Ceveral Firemen in Jermyn plans fair arrangements and a fall house for the Silver Lake quartet. The Republican convention for the Fourth legislative district meets in McKinley club rooms this evening. Father Mathew societies from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties parade in Jermyn on October 10 with many officials expected. Hogarth’s Temperance band shows new uniforms on October 10 and will join the parade, noting diverse band members yet unified music.
Greenwood resident Misa Lizzie Lovering returns from West Virginia. Mrs John Fitzhenry funeral held at St Josephs church with high requiem mass and Minooka Catholic cemetery interment. Bridget Philbin to enter novitiate in Wilkes Barre Sisterhood of the Immaculate Heart. The Flower Queen cantata at St Josephs Mathew hall with large crowd. repeat performances planned. Mary O Malley visiting Minooka. Nors McGlynn visiting Mary Mabady Sanday. Eugene Driscoll and Ellen Mangan to wed at St Josephs church. Lost black and white 16 month heifer near Main street Feltz. information welcome.
Baseball results across multiple games with teams Cincinnati St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Pittsburgh and Louisville. Notable tallies include Philadelphia shutting out St Louis 7 to 0 and New York beating Louisville 28 to 7. Batteries and umpires listed for each fixture.
Harrisburg and Pottaville baseball game details include battery pair Joran and Wente for Harrisburg with Wilson and Digne as another battery. Umpires listed are Holland and Wetzel. Score and exact outcomes are unclear from the fragment.
A union temperance gathering was held Sunday evening at the Baptist church with a large attendance and several engaging discussions. Local activity includes new pole work for the Postal Telegraph company and a residence being erected on the Boyle farm in the northern suburb. Charles Dean returned from New York state fair with prize horses. Jacob Bell left for Stoneham Massachusetts for a lucrative job. Miss Jeesie Brown of Kirkwood visits H Brown. Stone walks being added to residences. Marie Merchant returns home from Sherburne after visiting H Garrett. Mrs Edward Tiel of Scranton visits town friends.
Mr and Mrs William J Sykes of Green Ridge were callere tere last Sunday KE A Lewis of Potter county visited his uncle S W Arnold Mrs A J Brooks and daughter Hattie returned to New York after visiting Mrs Edward Barber Mr and Mrs Isaac Cheney visit their daughter in Wyoming Thomas D Powell of Bell Place is very sick with pneumonia Henry Chapman filled the pulpit at the Methodist church Rev F P ty ill Consumers Powder mill resumed work after several weeks idle Mrs Pierce of Carbondale guest of Miss Grace Barber last Friday
Rev Waterbury and family returned from a short vacation with York state friends. Mrs Snyder is seriously ill. Mr and Mrs Hall and daughter Mabel of Wilkes-Barre visited Nicholson friends. Miss Lizzie Coil convalescent after severe illness. Morrie Bacon breaks ground for a new house on State Street. Ogden Harding of Binghamton called on friends Sunday. Miss Grave and James Humphrey of Olean have returned home after weeks with friends and relatives.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cures headaches and habitual sick headaches, improves constipation by toning bowels, and offers large bottles for fifty cents at Matthews Bros. drug store. It also notes hearsay cures for deafness and earache attributed to Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
A whimsical rhyme recalls childhood remedies as the speaker notes giving Castoria to a baby and child. The playful cadence mentions loving the medicine and its pairing with motherhood across generations.
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