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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale notices assign the Tribune correspondence to C R Munn at Salem Avenue and Church Street for news items. All delivery complaints should be directed to Roberta and Reynolds news agents.
The Hendrick Manufacturing Company will ship an ice machine with a brine cooler to Santiago built for Nathan Strauss. The device will help sick soldiers and civilians in the city and symbolize American occupation benefits. The article notes the cooler is made locally and praises Hendrick for supplying the essential component.
Constable Moran brought four men William Gordon John Doyle William Jones and Thomas Walsh before Justice Smith at Flowesdale hearings. Warrants accuse them of fishing in No 4 reservoir contrary to the law protecting communities water supply. Company officials vow to push the case to the extreme to deter future infractions.
Miss Graycee Briggs, formerly with Mrs J G Shepherd, has taken homes on Salem avenue and will reside permanently in the city. She trained at Carbondale hospital and later studied at a Philadelphia maternity hospital, adding to Carbondale’s professional and social circles.
Memorial park faced loss as eight trees were sacrificed to pernicious insects. Park Commissioner Alexander saved the gardener who fought for six years, noting the affected trees spared the maples which still refresh the beauty spot.
The ceremony took place at noon in St. Luke's Church Scranton with Rev. M. B. Nash officiating. About three hundred invitations were issued and the couple departed for a three week wedding trip to New York Boston Newport and more. They will reside at 20 Sixth Avenue upon return and be at home Sept. 1.
Mrs John Mellon visited Scranton then returned home after a week in Philadelphia. The council plans its monthly meeting tonight. A base ball game between Honesdale and Carbon ended early in rain with Planaman knocked unconscious after a hit. Stonesdale led four to nil as Carbon failed to score. Bertha Bell left for Pittston and Harold Northup visited Scranton grandparents.
A long community roundup from Taylor reports Maud Mavis’s twelfth birthday outing with many local families and neighbors. Council and church notes mix with visits, travel plans, and upcoming events at St Marys, Lake Ariel trips, and a rescue of public notices.
The Aug 22 church excursion to Farview is organized with attention to enjoyment. Bridget Lally of Philadelphia visits a Laurel Street home. A lightning strike on Wednesday darkened Laurel Street. Voters are summoned to Scranton to testify in the Kelly Lang election contest. Justice of the Peace Glidea is praised for naval knowledge and is building a seaworthy scale schooner to present to John J. Simpson's son. The American Thug ist features John A. Foote's story What Dreams May Come.
The piece surveys Puritan aversion to water and rise of rum in colonial life. From 1629 appeals to England for ministers and vine plants to shipments of beer and brandy, New England’s water praised, yet beer held favor. By mid 1600s ale, cider, mead, and rum dominate, with rum’s role in the colonial Atlantic trade and slavery noted alongside dense distillery networks.
The London Standart profiles Empress Taitou of Abyssinia as a highly dignified figure with a large household and extensive resources. She directs grand feasts, maintains a formal court, and is famed for etiquette. She appears in public with attendants, while her letters and bearing receive praise.
Mrs Holmes asks for a reference in a comic exchange through the Boston Transcript. A menial offers to swap references, promising a reciprocal referral.
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