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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale notices assign news item submissions to Mr CC Ro Munn at Salem avenue and Church street. All complaints about irregular delivery should be directed to W J Roberts, news agent.
John Weidner died Tuesday night at the Carbondale poor farm after weeks of feeble health. Funeral services will be at St. Rose church with interment in St. Rose cemetery. Born in Germany March 24, 182?, he was seventy two. He is survived by sons Casper of Canaan street and Andrew of Mitchell avenue.
Frank P. States of Mill Street and Miss Nellie Matthews of Grove Street wed at the bride’s home after eight o’clock with only relatives present. Rev. G A Place officiated. States is with Hendrick company and Matthews has many admiring friends. Last evening at 3 30 Mary Gallagher of Lincoln Avenue and James Flannery of Band Street married at St Rose church followed by a at home reception.
Hicyt presented A Contented Woman by a company of artists Tuesday evening. Carbondale theatergoers found it a rare treat though few patrons attended. Loyal drama fans remain an enigma to the opera house management.
Architect Rubinson is making plans for a fine new residence to be erected by John W White on the corner lot of Wyoming street and Seventh avenue. When completed Mr White will move his family from Shupson to the new home. The old building on the site is being moved to the rear and improved.
Mrs. Join Dowie of Sickler Hollow died at about 2 PM after several days of illness. She leaves her husband, one son Henry, and two daughters Elisabeth and Ida. funeral arrangements to be announced. John Davitt of Mayfield wed Hannath Kenedy of East Side in Sacred Heart church. many friends attended and gifts were exchanged. Matthew Colling marked a grand Avery hotel opening with Citi zens band and a large out-of-town guest list and a later supper. Nelson Helmes now represents Niagara Insurance in the area. J Pedrick of Olyphant moved belongings to Hotel Bweeney. Miss Della Baker returned home from Wilkes-Barre after six weeks away. Bishop Talbot visited St James Episcopal Church. he recalled the late rector Ros Kronels Strickler with emotion and led a sermon from Paul’s letter to Timothy.
The Mahop’s eight parishioners listened as a new rector was praised by a visiting bishop. Attendees from Carbondale included Mr and Mrs Volley, Mrs Prifetedt, Miss Graver, and others. Della Hoker returns from Wilkes-Barre. a Delaware and Hudson house stands vacant after tenants leave.
The funeral for Councilman William V. Thavis was held on Third Street in Blakely with a large cortege. Rev. Peter Roberts led services, with assisting ministers and honorary pallbearers from Makely council, while members from Cai Pillows and Emlyn Lodge attended. Interment followed at Union Cemetery.
Henry Purdy and William Rooke arrive home after seven weeks away in the Klondike. They met near the Chilkoot Pass but heavy snow halted progress until July or August. Also noted are social and church events including a benefit concert at the Haptiet church and a local Mystic Chain castle organization slated for April 1 at the Odd Fellows hall on Depot Street.
Jenks uses a child’s inquiry and father’s dictionary lesson to trace chatelaine from French castellan to a housekeeper’s key belt, then connects it to castle and chateau roots. The piece then shifts to Indian tribal infanticide data, detailing Khonds, Bennares, Rasputes, and gender-based marriage pressures in 1850s–1860s reports.
The London Standard notes a high rate of infant murder in India with two thirds of births harmed. It questions reports from Fiji and the Randwich islands and discusses missionary work, public disbelief, and the supposed paradox of both sexes preferring adoption yet killing infants.
Dr Charcot’s Tonle tablets advertised as a guaranteed cure for drink habit and nervousness caused by alcohol. The pamphlet asserts it destroys appetite for alcoholic and other beverages and can be administered without patient knowledge. Sent by Wm G Clark of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
From Some Social Aspects of School Teaching Mo Oshea argues teachers earn far less than lawyers doctors and other professionals. He notes over 380000 teachers in public schools averaging about fifty dollars a month and urges higher compensation reflecting their preparation and labor. He compares salaries across government offices and public schools and suggests teachers deserve near government clerks or typists pay for similar work.
The Kansas City Star sent its Havana correspondent to report on Cuban relief efforts after the Maine disaster. Matanzas visit ended with American visitors penniless, prompting a Star plan for Matanzas aid. Within two weeks nearly $10,000 was raised and twenty one carloads of provisions clothing and medicines prepared for Cuba. The community celebrated as the aid trainloads departed Kansas City.
The article details government authorization to charter a New Orleans ship to move about 10,000 cash and 600 tons of food clothing and medicine to Matanza in Cuba. Mr Miller will supervise distribution upon the vessel’s arrival, with crews and funds arranged to support relief within two weeks.
Fragmentary text from Harper era column describes a scene in a shop where a nervous customer asks a clerk about poisons and drugs. Odd dialect and garbled phrases recount a tense exchange near a cigar cave and morphine bottle with stray talk about strychnine and peppermints, ending with a Boston Traveller note about a woman who marries a man who defeated his thrashers.
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