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Repeats yesterday’s items as the best of their kind. Saturday needs are well cared for here for the feast money. Don’t miss any of them.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1898
Page
12
Repeats yesterday’s items as the best of their kind. Saturday needs are well cared for here for the feast money. Don’t miss any of them.
Advertises books including Story of Evangelina Cisneros and Quo Vadis with special prices, plus Soldiers of Fortune and Titus. Also features two day sale on ladies waists, hats, Imperial Organdies fabric at eight cents, boys clothing including Sailor blouses and knee pants, all offered as a two day promotion with low prices.
Woolco Mill construction progresses with machinery in place and mid month target for operation. Local residents follow town events from the Cobblah building Tribune office to church services at Calvary Baptist and Methodist Episcopal chapels. Notables include E G Means Taylorville Lodge meeting, Miss Susie Harris visiting, and various residents’ health and travel updates.
Community notes report convalescences from recent injuries, church events, and meetings. Rev D A Bummer attends conference. Rev John Cavanaugh to lead street meeting at MeOH HE VO dr i MOE mph. Republican primaries slated afternoon into evening. Géorges White visits from Tonkhannock. Charles Parker and Russel visit Scranton. Rev A Bergan to lead Baptist services. Local social life includes barber shop visit and post office trip.
Carbondale obituary notes the death of a peaceful young man aged about three years, due to a violent, mysterious crime. Survived by his wife and one child, with connections to Mrs McDonnell John Healy and Mrs Kane, with the community urged to direct news to Mr and Fr Munn for the Carbondale correspondence.
Hi Bolton's second wife seeks law aid after he desertes her and child and commits adultery with Winnie Finnegan. Bolton, a former prominent merchant, was briefly arrested but released by Mayor ONeill. He plans a temporary visit, while the wife files a warrant and awaits a legal resolution as Morton’s friends dispute the claim. Bolton left with 2709 dollars from a divery sale. His divorced wife and son live in HoneDate. The domestic dispute outcome draws interest.
The prospects for reviving the Young Men's Christian Association in this city look brighter since the old institution closed. A proposal to move funds to trustees and the hospital's involvement sparked renewed interest and belief the association may rise from its ashes. Clergy and the Ladies' auxiliary are considering a modest public reading event as a low-cost, welcoming activity for young men.
The National Game at Anthracite Park facing a sellout crowd prompts fan efforts to fund the team. Organizers consider forming a stock company after ticket sales reach toward three hundred. The Rail Road team opens at Alumni Park on Saturday April 60, with Scranton’s Young Men’s Christian Association squad also on the bill.
Two weeks ago Dr HH ti Nilea of Salt Lake City sustained a left index finger injury during surgery when matter entered the wound. The doctor faced a life threatening period but is now recovering and has been moved from hospital to his home.
Opening of trout season draws city residents including FLA Kelly John tiabert Thomas Coughlin Emmett Walker Joseph Robinson George Bryon J B Shannon and Mr T Jack OT Mrs Cole and daughter Bertha Spring street return from Honlowdale. six freight cars derailed into Erle yard. Miss Gertrude Murray returns to Beranton. Mire MBE Gilmartin of South Main street visiting in Electric City. John Chifton of Eighth avenue takes job at Delaware and Hudson shop replacing Charles Britt. Crushed Tragedian at Grand tonight. Frank Brown heads to New York for several days. D H R selling Scranton returns Monday for Dion Bryan appearance. many Carbondale residents planning to travel down. Mrs F L Smith and grandson Cecil visit Snyder county.
The poem traces a man who starts as a platesman and hopes for career as a Webster or Burke. He labors long in the state’s service, remaining obscure until at last he rises to wealth and power through politics.
At a Jenkins Memorial Congregational church meeting resolutions regret the departure of Rev William Bindival who has been called to Pittsburg. Francis Gendall completes five years at Jermyn then transfers. Membership and services risen amid coal field changes.
Olyphant and J Matthews take over the post office duties today succeeding John J. Carbine who served efficiently. Polish laborer John Precsach injured at Kiddy Creek colliery and hospitalized after leg injury. Various local residents visiting or returning home. Linden Stock Company performs Rast Lane and Uncle Tom's Cabin to fair crowds. A church social honors Rev John Hague and wife with refreshments. Young Martin Heffron injured in mine accident. Councilman William V. Davis home convalescing. Congregational services scheduled with Rev Peter Nobila presiding.
Mr. Thorpe of Wayne county visits his son A J Thorpe. Mish Alive Moon visits friends at Brandt Pennsylvania. Mrs Smith of Plymouth and Mrs Norton of Wilkes-Harre visit sister Mrs Hour Chapmat. Pearces Avilmatoscope to appear at Moethedlat Episodual church April 27 under trustees. Pearce well recommended. animatoscope show. Day Tuthill moved to Lloyd house Main street. Presbyterian services Sunday at 9 00 am and 7 30 pm. TH Moon pastor will preach on Division by Character.
Priceburg hosts a musical and literary entertainment in Stith's Mile hall this evening under John Weasley Castle No 348. Participants hail from Dickven Hyde Park and Scranton with Clarke W. Oke of Scranton as chairman. The program features Tom Thunk's Wedding by the Golden Chain No 44 IOOF in Smith's hall over Griffin's store Monday April 1. A. Ayres of Poevkyille spent Thursday in town and Pay-day occurs at Johnson's collieries.
The funeral for Martin Healy who died from knife wounds sustained Saturday will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from his Pine Street residence. Healy, about 39, had lived there most of his life.
Archbur Depew joined his parents Mr and Mrs J C Depew in Mount Pocono on Sunday. Lillian and Flossie Awaerts of Madisonville visited with Mr and Mrs Fred Post and their children and Miss Flora Sayer of Beran was with Mr and Mrs J F Sayer. Mr Barnes of Madmenville called on friends. Eva Meredith spent Saturday and Sunday with Grace Travis. Annie Bortree of Beranion has …
Pa Vait and C HW Travie attended a Hampton Junction meeting of the Brotherhood of Lomo motive Engineers. Charles Lahar of Scranton visited his mother Sunday, and Miss Kate Lahar of Stroudsburg is visiting hers. The Asaph Concert Company, formerly linked to Wilberforce, will give a concert at Odd Fellows hall on Saturday night April 16. A surprise party for Mrs Fred Kolb was held Thursday afternoon with a seashell centerpiece and a large turnout of Rebeccas members. Guests included Mrs H H Clouse and many others listed.
In Washington Review portrait of Pekin’s silence ruled court. Emperor Kuang Hau, twenty seven, lives veiled in a fortress city behind triple walls guarded by eunuchs. Empress dowager, sixty, directs state from behind screens, schooling the emperor, choosing wives, and shaping policy through favorites. The ruler works at night, governed by ritual and strict form, with limited power and modern ignorance.
Letters from mothers in Rhode Island Minnesota and beyond extol Pe-ru-Na and related remedies as curatives for childbirth, infant colic, jaundice and chronic catarrh. Citizens recount dramatic improvements in babies and adults, crediting Dr Hartman’s formulas and long use in their households.
The article explains two torpedo classes: fixed or mine and movable torpedoes. Fixed mines float near the bottom or sides of underwater hazards, while movable torpedoes include automobile and dirigible types. Mine use requires proximity to contact, whereas movable war torpedoes operate at greater distances.
The passage details submarine mine designs using dynamite charges and underwater mechanisms. It notes the depth of water affecting torpedo shape, mine casings, and electrical firing gear attached to a buoy anchored to the case. It describes a weighing setup and a hollow body with a top ring for detaching a mooring chain, submerged about four feet below low tide, with about two hundred to one hundred pounds of dynamite or wet cotton exploder. A submerged anchor holds the mine. another form explodes by contact with a ship’s bottom.
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