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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale correspondence of The Fribune is referred to Mr C R Munn at Salem Avenue and Church Street for news items. All complaints about irregular delivery should be addressed to W T Roberts, news agent.
The Carbondale hospital fundraiser shows broad community support as the drive nears $1700. Top gifts include Amanda Ie and Loie BR. Mores with $200 each, followed by M. F. Norton and James BSlott with $125 and $100 respectively.
Watkin Watkins of the Welsh Settlement is reported gravely ill with partial paralysis. He is the settlement's first child born there and is 65 years old. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins moved to the area in 1882, with his father among early miners before settling in the Welsh settlement.
The Spooners' Beckt Blige the Circus Girl drew a large audience after a prior smash season. This afternoon Kathleen Mavourneen the Irish drama is slated to play and tonight Treg is expected to attract standing room only amid strong reception for the special ties.
George Swift, once Erie trainmaster, shakes hands with friends. Rev J J McCabe of Avoca visits relatives. W A F Scott of New York opens a shorthand school with over a dozen pupils. Sons of Veterans reorganize. Mr and Mrs P Davidson of Green Ridge visit Mrs A B Dennis. Faber Hotel Anthracite host entertains his father. Bridget Gerrity goes to Schenectady. Mrs James Parrett and Helen visit Connecticut. Delaware and Hudson paymaster settles January wages for Gravity road workers. today pays locomotive shops and steam road staff. Invitations issued for reception at Mrs W G Scurry’s on Washington street February 15. Agnes Shephard to wed John Schaff next Wednesday. Retail Clerks’ Association holds first annual social in Burke building. well attended with out-of-town guests.
Delicate children need strength and vitality. Scott's Emulsion promises rich blood strong bones healthy nerves and sound digestion. It is described as growth and prosperity for even the most delicate child and is available for $1.00 from Scott & Bowne, New York.
Olyphant will stage O Hooligan's Welding at Father Mathew Opera house on Tuesday evening February 15. Willis Love stars as the Irish character with George Weat, Mamie McDonald and a comedy trio in a lively bill that promises continuous laughter. Also noted are local social events and church activities around the town with delegates sent to a Baptist rally and a tea supporting foreign missions.
Community gathers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Williams on Main Street to mark their silver anniversary with refreshments and a large list of local attendees. An Archbald mines doortender named Lloyd sustains severe injuries in a mining accident involving a runaway mule. The article notes upcoming engagements and local society events including lodge meetings and a library association gathering.
Voters urged to study issues before casting ballots in Jermyn and Mayfield ward elections. Citizens list includes Merritt for school director Donovan for councilman Graves for assessor Masson for judge of election Martin for inspector. Also GOP slate with Cornwell Davis Pritchard Graves Roberts Mason Muldoon. Local notices cover illnesses, visits, and railroad changes.
Dr Redwell reports a remarkable cure of acute stomach trouble and chronic dyspepsia using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. A patient with years of sour meals pain and sleepless nights improved after four boxes gaining weight. the tablets are claimed safe for all and sold by druggists at fifty cents per box.
Thursday morning residents awoke to cries of fire and the sound of a blasting range at Johnsons No 1 and two other collieries. The new weigh shanty, just erected, drew the alarm. Eagle Howe could not assist due to no water plugs. William Stevens was wounded by a gunshot in Storrs mine yesterday.
The article advises restoring warm blood flow to fend off colds. It recommends deep breaths, fully expanding the lungs and holding air, to increase heart action and circulate blood. It targets adults facing chills, suggesting use during cold indoor drafts, chilly rooms, or wet clothing as a preventive measure.
In the Times Herald account Democrats once elected David R Paige to Congress from the McKinley district in Ohio. The margin was narrow by 19 votes amid a 1,000 Republican lead. The narrative suggests voters suspect a staged trick aided by two strangers posing as Captain McChure to visit Newburg and sway the outcome.
Representatives of the Gebbie Publishing Company Limited visit Scranton to submit copies for inspection and take orders at nearly production cost. Readers desiring to meet them may address letters to The Tribune care of Gebbie Publishing. Specimens will be mailed from Philadelphia.
The text extols Balzac as one of the era's foremost geniuses whose work mirrors and shapes contemporary civilization. It lauds his towering structure of books as a vast, luminous record and places Balzac alongside Shakespeare in prophetic breadth and literary mastery.
The passage alleges a scoundrel named McClure introduced himself to hangers on, asked them to vote for him, then had accomplices drink beer at a bar, creating a ruckus and a thirsty crowd. A similar later episode with Paige suggests the hoax aided Paige's congressional victory.
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