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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
9
The Country club tents become a glorified camping scene with Steward Jacob and family handling chores. Mosquito nets and simple canopies mark a quieter camp beside the upper links while porch parties feature playful programs and duets among attendees, with Miss Harah returning home after a visit.
Captain Bowman H Metall of the United States Navy returns from the far East to Lake Ariel to visit and fish before taking command of the battleship Kearsage. Hero of Guantanamo Bay Captain Mecallate leads the relief of Pekin and once commanded the Marblehead during the Boxer era. His wife and daughter may accompany him. Guests at Hotel Columbia and cottages follow the popular five mile round lake course. Forkin of Hotel Columbia set a new record at twenty six minutes after a minor delay. Pedestrian walkers also enjoy the scenery and cool weather with temperatures from 49 to 7 degrees. A letter from Henry Mare ree of Brooklyn adds interest to a bicycling contest. Notable guests from Scranton and New York frequent the Hotel Columbia in this Lake Ariel social scene.
A jumble of names shows various people preparations for summer getaways and visits. Elizabeth Bunnell, Ruth Dale, Helen Griffin, and others from Pine Street to Monroe Avenue are headed to California, Lake Michigan, or summer homes. Key events include a Pan American exposition, a Reading Knights Templar convention arrangement, and a hotel line of march for attendees from their city.
The piece extols the rural telephone as a social catalyst weaving farmers and wives into daily life with instant messages and plans. It cites operator trust, neighborly chatter, and the potential for privacy concerns while praising the device as a humane, connecting force amid country living.
The writer asks readers to submit questions for potential publication to help improve accuracy. Readers may send inquiries for possible answer, with concerns acknowledged promptly in the Weekly Salad. The note asks for the contributor’s name and address to be considered.
The article argues that living alone harms health especially digestion, noting many professionals dine solo and rush meals, while women busy with cooking suffer dyspepsia. It compares masculine and feminine solitary dining and cites social expectations, meals, and the impact on appetite and conversation.
The story follows Dick Darcey a Pine Brook mines driver boy from Remington whose family suffers hardship after his father’s injury. Honest from youth, he honors a pocket book saved for a stranger inviting Miss Letcher, a Sunday school teacher, into their lives. His conversion brings family joy until a hospital accident wounds him fatally, where he dies peacefully after guiding siblings and Miss Letcher toward faith and the promise of heaven.
An advertisement urges readers to try Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound claiming it will do more good than anything tried before. The copy stresses nervousness irritability poor sleep and fatigue as conditions improved by the product.
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