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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1894
Page
6
The Pittston department led by J. M. Fahy processes news items and public complaints. Officials direct callers to appropriate channels for response and follow up on local matters.
A heavy snow storm shut travel on the West Side electric line and paused boiler work as five inches fell. Conductor Con prove kept streetcars running. The Pittston Street Range company added a five ton capacity cupola. Community events include fairs at Eagle Hose and a polo match ending in a tie. Elections and religious notices fill the town agenda with fund drives, ministerial meetings, and a charity hospital contribution.
Advise adaptation to the Wilson bill in business and society. Promote P. P. P. as a tonic and blood purifier for debility lost appetite and vigor, claiming it revitalizes shattered constitutions and manhood. Sold by all druggists.
Editor jokes about missing contributor’s line and Noah’s ark reference. Cartoonish caption humor appears amid a page culture piece titled Homeo Way with Her Tronk in the Globe.
Reported medical and social notes from January to May describe widespread demand on nerves and blood health. Paige's celery compound is praised by Thomas Glaze of Pittsburgh for easing dropsy, with other light anecdotes and jokes interspersed in the column.
A collage of quips and exchanges from newspapers describing humorous lines about human mind powerlessness, a four year old’s questions, a new boarder’s eggs, boldness of landlord and boarder, and a joke about a telephone voice versus distance. The piece cites Washington Shur Huffalo Courier and Indianapolis Journal as sources.
A clipped exchange reveals a theatergoer frustrated by fellow patrons. The melancholy young man avoids interaction and complains about a woman with a large hat and a man who sprawls across three seats, while another suggests enjoying the muse despite discomfort.
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