How to Keep Cool and Dress for Summer Comfort
A seaside and mountain retreat lead to cooling ideas but proper attire is essential. The August offer features suitable articles praised for usefulness, reasonable price, and desirable quality.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1894
Page
8
A seaside and mountain retreat lead to cooling ideas but proper attire is essential. The August offer features suitable articles praised for usefulness, reasonable price, and desirable quality.
A note stresses that many people face the problem of dressing well without spending heavily and offers practical guidance on achieving neat attire within a reasonable budget.
A bold claim that success stems from supplying goods that imitate highpriced style and finish at a low cost, promising value without sacrificing appearance.
An Italian engineer outlines a gravity assisted system that uses down grade air compression to power ascent on the next grade. Three cylinders connect to an axle, acting as a compound motor on climbs and compressing air in descents. The method suits mountain railways and long tunnels with ventilation needs, pending local conditions.
A 13 year old Polish boy defended himself with a pen knife during an incident near the Ravine shaft on North Main street. The larger boy was wounding him and received two cuts to the chest but no serious injury occurred. The board will decide staffing at Cork Lane and Browntown schools after tie votes on O’Hara and Cohen placements.
The Delaware and House company paid some of its employees on Saturday. Mrs. J W Dimock will leave Tony for a two weeks stay at Cozan G for Misa Minnie Marcy then return home from an extended visit at A lunde City. Homer Greene will deliver an address of welcome to the Seven County Veterans association at Farview on Wood ueaday of this week. Joseph Gerald died Friday evening of cholera infantum. funeral held yesterday at 3 pm. interment at St Rose cemetery. Mr and Mrs W A Spencer spent the Sabbath with friends in Waymart. W G Scurry leaves today for a month at Asbury Park. church service featured by J L Schnider from Boston. Mr and Mrs H O Watrona visit friends in Montrose.
Advertisement claims Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds can be returned for a refund if no benefit after fair trial. Trial bottles free at Matthew Bros' drug store. Large size 50e and Bi.
Miss Annie Probert of Sucquehanna street visits her sister in Kingston. A large crowd joined the excursion to Poyutelle on Saturday. O’Hara pitched for the Browns but was struck out in the third. Wheeler’s fast catches and Cleary’s shortstop work highlighted the game. Score Browns Junior 12 Browns 8. Batteries Walsh and Gillespie, O’Hara, Morgans and Meehan.
At a Friday meeting the Maple City wheelmen were voted a league club and a charter granted. They planned a race meet for about October 4 with sanction requested. Martin Dauiso, visiting his parents, returned to Brooklyn. Ray Hardenberg left for Monticello. Miss Flo James of Lanesboro was a guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Forest City residents host visits and social events while local officials and clergy move to new posts. Obituary and funeral details for F. Canningham Sr. outline services in Carbondale and related clergy from Scranton Pleasant Mount and Honesdale. Political delegates named for Montrose convention. local candidate Thomas Brown seeks state office.
The fragmentary item list reports deaths and attendances: the remaining twing relative to Mr and Mrs Patrick McDonald died of a whooping cough Friday and was buried Saturday afternoon. H J DeGraw visited Scranton Friday to see the boys heading to Gettysburg. Miss Katie Kilker left for Sugar Notch Saturday to begin vacations. Miss Rone Farrell of North Main Street visits Miss Routing at Pitts ton. A M Place is operating again after a fire. S Seamane of Scranton shopped in Mayfield Saturday. Gorge Pendred of Jermyn called on Rivada Saturday morning. B Crawford, a steamship agent, has word on about thirty tickets to the old world this month. E F Edmunds was in Archbald Saturday afternoon. Mrs Robert Murray plans a hedge on Malin Street next to Robert Rooa. Timothy McGuarty visited the Pioneer City Saturday evening.
A nostalgic verse recalls Castoria as a constant presence from infancy to adulthood. The narrator notes Castoria’s continuing role as a comforting remedy for children and adults alike across generations.
Judie Charles laments the ubiquitous sprinkling cart as a hot season nuisance. The piece details muddy streets, ruined footwear, and untidy appearances caused by wet dust. The author also muses on fish respiration and air in water during winter.
A fragment describing fashion tips and household crafts. It mentions fringe tassels, colorfast hosiery tips with lukewarm water and vinegar, Japanese cotton crape for patterned designs, cushion covers and artificial flowers, and children’s garments shifting from heavy coats to lighter French styles. It also notes black hosiery’s ongoing popularity and delicate embroidery trends for baby items.
A reader letters Nature asking how fish breathe under ice in Siberia and Maine ponds. The author notes fish remain comfortable as long as water stays liquid and questions air transfer beneath ice, suggesting abundance of fish content when their habitat freezes.
A Lewiston Journal item recounts Dr. L. M. Alderoy noting a rare death caused by fright after a museum skeleton scene. A young worker in South America died days later, allegedly from shock after a quake prompted the eerie display, before the tale was traced to a sales offer for talanca.
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