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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1894
Page
8
The seaside and mountain retreats offer relief but only with the right wear. Our August selections feature suitable articles chosen for usefulness reasonable price and desirable quality for keeping cool this season.
A note on the ongoing challenge of maintaining a sharp wardrobe without overspending. Fashion guidance highlights budget items and practical choices for readers seeking affordable style.
A business claims its achievement rests on offering goods with the appearance and finish of high-priced items while maintaining low costs. The statement emphasizes value and affordability as its market edge.
A New York Mail and Express excerpt discusses internal water use as health therapy. It advises drinking a pint of water before breakfast, in stages, with careful timing and posture, to aid bladder issues and general vigor. It warns against hot water first thing and before meals and notes the method’s benefits may stem from mechanical stomach emptying and systemic hydration.
A Boston Courier remark notes that amid a day full of worries and plans, the moment a barber strokes the face brings a calm, offering a blessed quarter hour of quiet in the brain. The piece highlights barbering as a brief respite from turmoil.
A fragment discusses light, breakfast room sun, blooming plants, and greeting the day with cheerful talk. It cites a Yankee Blade quote urging cheerful start to duties. The text shifts to notes on the black ironwood Condalia forrea from southern Florida plus a cough remedy ad.
The Scranton School Board held a special meeting at the high school to review teacher placements for the coming year and to approve contracts. A tense exchange occurred when attorney C Donnelly sought to present charges, prompting a later meeting date set for Friday August 24. The board awarded a building contract to G Korant for $5,449 and approved salaries for returning teachers while new hires were set under established rules. Local notes report on construction progress at Oregon school and various community notices following the session.
The Maple City wheelmen plan an October 4 race in Honesdale to attract riders from Scranton Wilkes Barre Pittston and Port Jervis with John M Harris and Eleard Stone of New York among organizers. Other news notes include local stubs on a tariff bill pass and residents recovering from illness.
A man sprained his ankle after stepping on a blocking pin while boarding a train at Farview Tuesday. A parade of wheelmen is planned for tonight starting from City Hall at To’oliek and will pass through the principal streets.
Scranton residents report family visits to Canada and Kentucky travel plans. Obituaries note Lewie Kir of 108 Spring Street and Bernard infant son of Mr and Mrs John Henau with services in At Rowe and Maplewood Cemeteries. Local officials address water concerns and health board duties as inspectors arrive.
Throop area letters report two week vacation at Wild Kine cottage Lak Winole with return home and comments on local writers, a tour with Belgie and Cilat, and plans to walk and refresh with wild cherry product. Misa Natie Berny and Mrs Grirul Sheeps from Bloomavurg also travel home.
Local note reports several visitors from Borenton and Piteton arriving yesterday at the Wear Site. Miss Lizzie MeOwiler returns home with her family, while two Newark residents come back after a town visit. The Browns split two games, beating Green Ridge Athletics 14 to 4 and losing to Taylor Vote Victorians 17 to 16.
A historical note shows a mother referencing Castoria when her child was sick or teething, using playful phrases about remedies and names. The text lists alternate spellings like Comorta Casteria Castoria and Ukern Castorty in a nostalgic, informal tone.
Minooka residents recount visits and farewells with Miss Jennie Loughney returning from Atlantic City. St Thomas student John McGowan attended a farewell at Egan's. Knanes moved to 8 Ford Street. Miss Mary Egan visited Minooka friends. June Monk's Institute members attended and received Homary's standard diet book. W H McDonough of the Young Men's Institute presided, with speeches by Rev Loughran and others, and several St Mary's seminarians gave addresses amid songs.
A jumble of short items reports on travelers returning to Wilkes Barre, workers moved for a temporary railway line project, a burglary at the Ontario and Western station, a clerk’s clothing parcel marked for Lon Splis, veterans visiting Parview, and a vacation for dispatcher P. I. Flaherty. It also notes a mother seal at the zoo splashing crowds, a Barnabee joke encounter, fungi growth anecdotes, Geissler tube light prospects, a Hallelujah Chorus origin, a note on a long geographic feature, and religious periodical circulation totals.
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