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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1900
Page
8
The column blends personal notices, weddings, birthdays, and social events in Scranton with letters from Miss Seymour in South Africa. It mixes family anecdotes about Lent, fashion plans, a Malme hospital ship reception, and views on the Boer War, plus local dances, engagements, golf tours, and club gatherings.
A long list of residents and visitors active this week reports James Archbald Jr returning to Pattaville and many others traveling or visiting in Montrose Cuba Washington D C Binghamton Boston Philadelphia Albany New York Wilkes-Barre Montrose Danville Detroit Florida Baltimore Clarks Summit Elmhurst Herkimer Street and nearby towns.
Strawbridge and Clothier announce a grand display of ready to wear garments in the store on Friday and Saturday. The sale emphasizes style and quality with made to measure options and money savings on suits skirts and jackets. Mears and Hagen accompany the notice.
A Baltimore American verse excerpt presents a rough, wartime ballad styled piece about Boers singing of rifles, banners, and conflict. It invokes historical figures and imagery while reflecting on war’s grim notes through jagged, chantlike lines and ironic reflections on violence.
A columnist discusses how women confess flaws in letters to a newspaper about dress and figure. Letters reveal self descriptions, weigh concerns, and challenge old notions of femininity while urging concealment of defects through fashion and tactful behavior.
The Independent Order Sons of Benjamin prepares a Sunday program in Scranton with 2 PM installation of Scranton lodge No. 182 and an evening banquet at Music hall. Grand Master Ferdinand Levy of New York City and staff attend with guests from Wilkes-Barre Philadelphia and Elevitte City lodge. Rudolph Hering from Brooklyn chairs finances as preparations include a large reception committee.
A quoted advertisement touts seventy seven weather-strip as protection from grip and pneumonia, claiming it restores circulation, induces a chill, and stimulates blood flow to break up a cold, described in period marketing voice.
A note states that the Edition de Luxe will follow once a new lot is bound. It mentions Dr Humphreys Manual with paper cover and a chapter on diseases of children. Published by Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co New York.
Special correspondence highlights high class spring fabrics in silk and wool blends with satin finishes and floral self tones. Paris dots, corded weaves, and crepes show strong demand while robe patterns feature ready shaped skirts and large waist sprays. Hats range from turbans to straw toques with vivid colors and decorative ribbons.
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