The Brown Brocade Quest That Built a Tapestry Merchant
A Paris shop helper recalls a tale of M Lamotte who refuses a fake fortune from a bronze brocade but earns real wealth through persistence. A Marquis funds his rise, enabling him to become a respected tapestry dealer and eventually ennobled for honest industry. The story contrasts rumor with earned success and moral merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt. Cloud
Paris
Victor Lamotte
France
M. Lamotte
Bentlemin
Tuck
God
Pat Ones
Stll
Madame
Marquise
Qwork
Marquis de la Hayenne de Cluny
Champa Elysee
Paria
Monsieur le Marquis
Numerous Local Visits and Incidents Reported in Scranton Area
John H Sickles learns of his father's death in Montawan N J and travels to attend the funeral. Excursion to Sylvan Beach draws about twenty five attendees. Local social notes include wedding trip return and residence plans of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Monahan. Various visits and calls reported among residents, and a gun discharge injures Charles Druffner in the hand. The L A B A WIN meets in regular session Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Sickles
Montawan
N. J
Sylvan Beach
Lawrence Monahan
York Avenu
Martin O'Mara
Catasanuqua
Myra
Patrick Heston
Hugh McQueen
Susquehanna
Weat Side
Fowler Curl
Grove Street
David Curl
Lewis Riedinger
Hackettstown
N. A
Ed. Huffamith
West Pittston
Newlin
Robert Golden
Andrew Pruffner
Lake Winola
George Dewey Carey
George Carey
Dangerously
Maggie Tougher
Marie Tracy
Scranton
L. A. B.A. Win
Social Roundup Ties Neighbors and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Hirschel Hall return to Scranton after a Glenburn visit. John Crowe recalled to Albany for business. Mrs Frank Miles and Miss Leighton hosted a tea for about twenty friends, deemed among the season’s pleasant social events. Mrs William Pall recovering from illness. Miss Charlotte Avery to spend summer with her maternal relatives in Newry Carrollpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirschel Hall
Pcranton
Glenburn
John Crowe
Albany
Frank Miles
Miss Leighton
William Pall
Mire
Charlotte Avery
George Leighton
Norey Curollpa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure For Deafness
An advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed mucous lining and tube blockage. It offers a $100 reward for proof of cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges readers to send for free circulars from F J Cheney Co of Toledo. It notes the product is sold by druggists and promotes Hall's Partly Pole as the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choe
Hall
Tree
F. J, Cheney &Co
Toledo, CO
Ted Hall
Bellavit Aseeres
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton & Jackson
All Druggists
Chicago
McGarman & Thomas
Lackawanne Ave
Bcranton, Pu
School board sets nine month term for 1809 140
A school board committee approves a nine month term for 1809 140 but may not adopt it due to possible conflicts with state law. The central school building addition won’t be ready by September 1 and interior finishing likely can’t be completed before November. The board meets again tonight to try to elect a principal. Professor Howkenberry has not withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Howkenberry
Numerous Local Residents Named in City Gossip
Mrs. Catharine Bolton plans winter with daughter Lelia after selling home furnishings. Several residents, including David Hines back from Detroit and Miss Kate Kennedy visiting Scranton, are noted with travels and visits. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a blood purifier and tonic, with Hood's Pills claimed to cause no gripe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Bolton
Lelia
David Hines
Detreit
N.Y
Charles Cannault
Susquehanna
F. Rove
Wyoming Street
Frank Albright
Scranton
Roge Foolan
Pittaton
Helen Mitchell
Cecil Stephens
Pitteton
Ethel Burt
West Clifford
Joseph Hammette
Wilkes- Barre
Heeste Shiffer
Afton
A. Histed
Binehamton
Frank Cohler
Wheeler
A. C. Purple
Honerdale
Kate Kennedy
Alice Biriedett
Lake Ariel
Walter Wilson
W. H. Gillies
Allentown
Isaac Colvin
Oak Avenue
Funeral notes and local events in Jermyn and Mayfield
The report covers the funeral of Mrs. Missett at Sacred Heart Church with pallbearers listed, a boy injured by a hay cutting machine, upcoming services for Alice Harris in St James church, Crystal Fire Company drill for a Scranton parade, and attendance at the Daughters of St George convention in Pittsburg. It also notes a burglary incident, a large Methodist service with special collections, visits by Carbondale residents, and an open air Mayfield band concert in front of the Mayfield House with a detailed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ef. HH
Greenslade
Cemetery Street
Daughters of St. George
Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church
Franela Gendall
D. Blocker
Sayre
John Hogarth
Third Street
Peekville
William Russell
Lily
Michigan
John Maynard
Boywth Main Street
Mayfield
Handy
Bea
DeWitt
Will Byrne
Whitmark
Tara
Bennett and Miss Maxwell Suffer Attack Rumor
A fragment notes Bennett and Miss Mary Maxwell of Cemetery Street suffering from an attack described as auleiwy. No authorities or locations beyond Cemetery Street appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Gavotte
Eugenie
America
Mary Maxwell
Cemetery Street
Advertising car showcoming to Towanda on August 24
Notice details J. W H La Pearl’s traveling exhibition visiting Towanda for a large one day event on August 24. It promises a grand, first class hippodrome with praised features and no fakirs, drawing a sizable crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. WH. la Pearl
Towanda
William Kirwin
Baker Band
Binghamton
Hale
Opera House
Franklin Bleamer
Tunkhannock
Taylor News Roundup of Obsequies and Local Events
Funeral services for Daniel Lewis were held in Taylor with sermons at home and at the M B church. Lodges and associations attended the funeral. Taylor hosts a Welsh Temperance excursion to Wilkes Barre with about 600 members expected. Carbondale high school loss to Reds noted with details. Various visits and society notices populate the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Lewis
John Lewis
Taylor Street
M.B. Church
Sev
Ivor Thomas
Jonon
Inoonent
Forest Home Cemetery
Emblem Division
Sons of Temperines
Lackawanna Lodge
Sons of Temperance
Messrs
Bayard
Griffitha
Evan Davis
Arthur Morgans
William EB. Thomas
Taylor
Wilkes-Barre
Slackawanna
Baker
Nicholsow
Richard
Richard Mog
North Taylor
Harris
Forest Home
Misa Lizzie Bowen
Hyde Park
Reds
Carbondale
Lake Ariel
Lodge
Morris
Gendall
Dunlap Child Death Notice Recalls Local Funeral Plans
Marl Dunlap, five, son of Mr and Mrs Archie Dunlap, died after a long illness. Funeral is set for Sunday at the family home in Tucaddy with Byron Travis of Factoryville in attendance. Relatives and friends from nearby towns visited and traveled yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marl
Archie Dunlap
Hines
Byron Travis
Factoryville
Victine
George Th Reed
Thomas C. Warne
Nanticoke
Charles G. Jenkins
John
John 8. Jenkins At Pittston. Mr. and Mra
H. Briggs
Mr. St. B. Briggy
Carbondale
Pittston News Bits Show Crowds and Local Incidents
The Pittston area reports crowded shops on general pay day with disturbances on the outskirts and a police-free melee in Smithville. An elderly man found in a jail cell set his clothes aflame with matches, narrowly escaping injury. Community events include a Budding strike impact at Babylon colliery, a large birthday at John Moore’s in Pittston, and a wedding soon for John J. Judge and Missellie Donovan. A local family recommends Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, endorsed by H. P. Ritter of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayenne de Clanye
France
Monsieur
Hocigne
Chen
Mills and Machine
Hopa
Cur Maln
Robert
Babylon
Peresman McCarthy
Smithville
Mudtown
Dur Yea
Boston Works
Bmithville
Duryea
Aselet
Port Manchard
A& Pittston
Mauch Chunk
Glen Onokoa
State
Browntown
Rough Riders
Cork Lane
Crystals
John Moore
Pittston Township
John W. Mrrie
John
Clara
Lissie Morris
Herman
Willie Smeron
William Armstrong
George Moore
George Laren
Edward
Ruth Guilford
Edward Paulanus
Maggie
Lizsie Maton
Patrick McHale
Mia
Morrie
John J. Judge
Sinclair House
Misaellie Donovan
St. Leo's Church
Ashley
Fairview
Doctor Newth
Lake Winola
Joseph Burke
Wilkes- Fourre
Marie Gill
Parsons
H. P. Ritter
Fairfax Avenue
St. Louis
Matthews Bros
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Howard Paul
Philadelphia Times
Lomoline
Louie XV
Charles X
Marehalk
Husbind
Chateau
Monsieur Lemoine
Madame la Matousse
Buhl
Marquise de la Bayonne de Mluny
Frances
Ln Maraige
Chateau de Bayonne
Normandy
Faubourg Saint Germain
Seine
Etsolge
Thad
Ponteles
Deiere
Monsieur Brown
Moneleur
Chateau de la Rayenne
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo
Horsford
Genuine
Nane Horsford
Avoca
Mre
P. F. Coogan
St. Rose Church
W. A. Nealon
St. Res
J. J. Gruffin
Joan
Henry Kelly
St. Rose Cemetery
Allies
Joseph Harrie
Jermyn
Belmont Street
St. Oot Church
Charles Fesrenen
Hood
Jermyn and Mayfield
M. E
Taylor News
R.H.E
Glynn
Duffy and
Loftus
Walsh
Georgetown University
Thomas J. Hughes
Lancaster
K. of P. Lodge
Grand Lodge
Taylor Colliery
Renaire
David Willams
Fidith Powell
Plymouth
Michiel McDonald
Cherry Ridge
Thomias Jones
Bellevue
Thomas M. Davin
Malmstrowt
Noary, Sona of
Temperance
van Horn's Hall
William Morgens
Providence
David X. Lewis
Edith Watkins
Harvey's Lake
Lewis Davis
Kingston
Peceville
Pitiston News
Pei Chichester
Tadlen
Italy
Beranton
Matthews Broa
H.C. Sanderson
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