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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1898
Page
6
A citywide mood shows financial distress and widespread departures for cooler locales. Scranton society notes desertions from clubs, summer fashions and events, with local committees, weddings, and visits shaping a crowded social column.
A notice lists residents and visitors around Lake Ariel and area towns. Names include Mr. Robert Gouldin at Aswary Park, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Connell at Lake Heney, Miss Kate Gullazher visiting Aghley friends, Miss Alice Hvans with Miss Colvin at Parsons, and others such as Dr. G. D. Murray able to ride out after an accident. Also mentioned are travel plans to Blacklerland, Atlantic City, and Norwalk with various families noted.
Dinan Anes argues that Scranton leaders should follow Guggenheimer and pass a swearing ordinance. She laments rising profanity since the war, noting even educated people and a 4 year old use crude language. She questions whether sensational journalism fuels the trend.
Mrs Culston B Carr of Buckingham Valley Pennsylvania touts Hood's Sarsaparilla for typhoid recovery eczema and rheumatism noting rapid improvement in her daughter and husband. She claims the remedy strengthened the girl after sickness and she now appears fat and healthy with eczema clearing. The letter cites price per bottle and promotion by the makers.
Newport fashions describe the wrap as essential from toy silks to velvet capes with gilt buttons and military braids. Several outfits detail jackets, skirts, and contrasting trims for young and older wearers, with hats, lace fronts, and seasonal color changes for day and evening wear.
Local notes report Philip Warren of St Luke s church leaving for Ocean Grove to sing in covert and returning August 21 to perform in Lewisburg. Moth Bittner s band to contest at Binghamton August 19 with hopefulPennsylvania entrants. The Laurel Hill park concert features a prize selection with forty musicians from Professor Hauer s group. The Schubert quartet and Elm Park church quartet are active, with Washburn Street and Green Ridge presences noted. A grand festival by the Ninth Regiment band and Bauer s band is planned at Mountain Park late August or early September with a parade of Scranton Wilkes-Barre directs.
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