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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
6
A light week in Scranton social life with many residents away, reports of thunderstorm disruptions, and in town the Busy Country club undergoing major interior changes. Updates note illnesses among local youths from Pottstown Preparatory School, plus a roundup of regional travels, visitors, and society events.
A preview notes several leading American musicians will be featured in forthcoming performances. The list includes notable soloists and ensembles shaping the season with vocal and instrumental offerings.
The article outlines season plans for soprano Mme Lillian Blauvelt with summer at Bay Harbor and a 1908 return to England for Cardiff and Norwich festivals before a British provincial tour and January 1908 U.S. engagements. It details young singer Hinda Muratal joining A Chinese Honeymoon at the Casino, praised as having a bright operatic future, and notes Elm Park Church choir members vacationing in August, plus Alfred Wooler's new songs including My True Love's Eyes.
A humorous portrait of public school reform zeal and gendered politics in New Castle. The piece lampoons teachers courting school boards with photographs and social intrigue while highlighting a fascination with fashionable men and Panama hats. It blends social satire with local color about schools, public duties, and gendered expectations.
Special correspondent reports Asbury Park and Ocean Grove thriving as hotels cottages and boardwalks fill with visitors. Ocean Grove hosts camp meetings and religious events with famed clergy and youth programs. Beachgoers enjoy baths pools and sand art by James J. Taylor as fishing yields fair catches.
Henry W Bavage plans six operas on the road next season including two King Dodo companies The Sultah of Sulu The Prince of Pilsen Castle Square Opera and Peggy of Paris A new George Ade work A contract for James T Powers to star in The Smart Set opens in New York Madame Rejane signs for a fifteen week US tour Locally Nathalie Fellows aims for a production with George W Lederer Shakespeare society Germany reports 879 performances Othello leads Hamlet follows and Rosabel Morrison may return to the stage in Harlem
The obituary for Michael Smalley describes his funeral at the family home in Moosic with interment in Honesdale after death at Lackawanna hospital. A infant of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knokles died of cholera infantum and will be interred in Marcy cemetery. A stock barn at Heidelberg colliery burned in a Thursday storm with no livestock harmed. James Horan returned home after weeks in New York City. A social outing to Siebel’s grove included many local youths. A Spring Brook Water company reservoir visit featured a large group and a luncheon served by visiting ladies from multiple towns.
Advertises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil as a complete treatment for cholera infantum in infants. Claims cure is certain when directions are followed and bottles used. Available at all druggists.
The Lamarre era revolt in Louisiana imagined a republic amid Spanish siege. Lafreniere and allies sought French support and drafted a republican government as Aubry backed reunification with France. O'Reilly's fleet arrived Aug while colonists pressed a last effort to resist.
A feature on table manners and home training stresses early parental guidance to foster refined dining. It warns against common habits from bread handling to awkward elbows at table and includes recipes, beverage ideas, and methods for making buttermilk and kumyss, with notes on matzoon and yogurt-like drinks.
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