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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale correspondence for The Tribune now handled by Mr. Co, R. Munn, Salem Avenue and Church Street. News items may be addressed there. Regular delivery complaints should be sent to Roberts and Reynolds, news agents.
Mrs Jane Bassett died yesterday morning at ten at her Thorn Street home. Born Scranton August 2 1963 she was thirty five. Survived by husband Barrett two children Ophelia two and Jane seven days, siblings and in laws. Funeral at the house Monday at two with Brookside cemetery interment.
In Carbondale several recent homes rival the nation in beauty. C. C. Mellen’s Lincoln avenue and Spring street house advances with a Forest City white stone first story, a stone tower, shingled upper body, and a steep roof third story with dormers. Exterior includes stereo relief work and long blue stone steps to a full-length porch. Interiors feature Dutch doors, stained glass, white wood parlors, library, and oak dining room.
Six young men of this city plan a bicycle race meet at Alumni Park in September for top riders from Susquehanna Honesdale Wilkes-Barre Beranton and Carbondale. Prizes likely modest but race should draw strong local competitors. Promoters are Russell Jones George Gillis with advertising duties. R Smith and Harry Briggs manage bicycles. A Morgan and Ruel Hampton oversee baseball.
John O'Hara of Scranton pressed for the city contract to furnish eight new fire hydrants. After several trips, bids were opened by the Wednesday Night select council and awarded to Frost & Son. The next night the commoners directed a third advertisement, keeping O'Hara's challenge alive.
Local and personal item notes Rev. L H Watrous of Kingsferry Pennsylvania as a guest of his brother in law R B Johnson of Ca. The fragment indicates family connections and a social visit.
The text extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as essential for women preparing for marriage and motherhood. It claims the remedy strengthens and sustains health, nerves, and vitality, aiding both mother and child, with testimonials and offers for purchase. It emphasizes virtue of motherhood and traditional gender roles.
Local notes report Naan Street will occupy the pulpit at Berean Baptist Tabernacle tomorrow evening. Other items mention a Powderly Keg Fund event at Cavananagh's hall for women helpers, a favorable view of a farewell for Theo Morgan, and multiple local family visits and engagements. A Delaware and Hudson yard switching incident derailed cars, with crews at work and traffic restoration expected soon.
Peceville items report Mrs Tunnel EB Stearns and two daughters visiting Chin chilla friends Joseph G Bell left for New York City visiting plans Mr and Mrs Callender entertained guests William Kestel plan Dunmore visitations Joseph Hulse and daughter Lil tie head to New York for a visit Joseph English and George Loughlin to Take Winola for a week Rev W and Mrs Guest of Fleetville visiting Callenders M M Wademan ill Peckville M E Church notes morning and evening services and Sunday school plans Public schools to commence Monday September 5.
Forest City residents hear plan to approve a three story frame town hall with bids open until Aug 3. Specifications at the clerk’s office. Several local people and visiting guests are mentioned amid community notices and a dog leash ordinance requiring muzzles or confinement.
Dr Hoxle and W T Knox of the Pines fished the big pond on Thursday returning with seven ty Avenuce fish including one four and a half pounder. Arthur Keene of the Second army corps division hospital Camp Alger Va spent yesterday with relatives at the lake. Mrs A Brown visited friends in Arlington Delbert Andrewa Oliver Horan with friends in Scranton. Maplewood camp meeting begins next Tuesday Aug 20. Camp Sampson remains the only camp at the lake as locals stay for the season.
Dillon of Scranton spent Thursday sehing at the lake while Jones and Elton LaBar captured sunset views along the old gravity at No 18. Despite heat lowering milk supply the Creamery company selling most local dairy halted their output by placing 2 500 pounds of butter 5 600 quarts of milk 1 600 quarts of cream and 100 gallons of ice cream on the market this past week.
Residents and visitors frequent Clarke's Green with trips to Scranton Nicholson and Lake Winola. Camp meeting attendances from Uniondale Clifford and Wyoming, plus a K Company reunion planned in Nicol's Grove with A A Vosburg as keynote and a basket supper expected.
Honesdale plans a season opener at the opera house on September 2 while schools set September 6 start. Port Jervis and Honesdale near the season finale tie leads to a championship game next Monday. Local visits include Mrs Dorin, Mrs Woodward, and Major Jadwin's family. An excursion passes through town en route to Fay View. A glass cutting shop begins in the former Wayne Silver building.
Mrs Janette Colvin and daughter Mabel of Scranton visited Glenburn relatives. Miss Minnie Ball, formerly of Glenburn, returned to Binghamton. Mrs W Fayetteh Brown of Montreal came home with her family at Mr Andrew Leighton's. The Sunday school picnic at Lake Winola succeeded despite a late shower that drenched some attendees. Regular prayer services will be held Tuesdays at Hall School, led by Waverly and Dalton Baptist pastors. Glenburn Free Library meeting discussed treasurer’s report and funding to boost library efficiency.
Mrs. Miller of Scranton spent Sunday with Mrs. George Shaw. Mrs. H M Biedleman and son Fred of Scranton returned home Monday after visiting sister Mrs. W Travis. Miss Lizzie Surdam of Green Ridge was guest of Grace Travis Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shelman and
An advertisement argues most women face relentless drudgery and neglect harming health. It promotes the Health and Beauty book from Pe-ru-na Medicine Co to mail on request, claiming Pe-ru-na cures female weakness and pelvic catarrh with testimonials from Lizzie Peters and Fliza Wike praising dramatic weight gain and recovery.
Ruth and her daughter spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas Davis at Durmore. Mrs. L. Tice of Scranton called on relatives here Sunday. Mrs. W. J. Smith of Nicholson returned home after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C H Travis. J W Clouse attended the Patriotic Order Song of America convention at York. Mrs. Pedrick visited at the Swarts home. Ray Miller, Rough Rider from Cuba, vacationed with local friends. Mrs. S. W. Lamereaux and children visited here. Aid Wardell was held in the Methodist Episcopal church Thursday. Miss Zola Mitchel visited Mrs. J W Clouse.
The Farmers' Alliance picnic at Lake Chapman yesterday drew attendees from across the north end of the county. P. J. Lee hosted a pleasant event at his grounds, boosting Lake Chapman's popularity alongside Crystal lake.
An alarm sounded from boxth at 12 o'clock Thursday night as Patrick O Malley's Welgh HIM residence caught fire from a stove pipe. The blaze was extinguished before the fire company arrived. Belinda Carrol of Carbondale is visiting friends here. Miss Mary Dougher of Wilkes Barre is spending a week with relatives here. M Hathaway Jr is spending a few days at Lordsville New York.
A furtive tiger chase unfolds as Pat the contortionist dodges a pursuing tiger in open country. He executes a desperate windmill pose to mislead the beast, then the outcome stands to be revealed.
A hunter pursued a deer when a colossal star shaped monster with a central head and jaws atop its body emerged. The beast roared loudly as windmill blades spun, the deer fled, and a thunderous parting yell ended the tiger’s pursuit.
The Pittsburg Times outlines Hawaii's annexation extending U S territory by about 6740 square miles and population by 110000. It details eight inhabited islands with Mauna Loa Mauna Kea and other features, demographics from 1896, economic data, exports and imports, railways telegraphs and government finances. It notes Honolulu as capital and the archipelago under the U S flag.
An old advertisement claims Charcot tonic tablets offer happiness against nervousness melancholy and misery. It promises guaranteed care for the drink habit and nervous disorders and asserts administration without patient knowledge where needed. Address Wall G Clark 326 Pena Ave Scranton Pa.
The piece discusses the harsh role of the mother-in-law in India, noting the sasu wields power over the suna through nagging and discipline. It cites proverbs about daughters-in-law preferring their mothers’ home and suggests the cycle continues as daughters become mothers-in-law. The article implies sympathy grows with age and widowhood.
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