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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale correspondence indicates items may be addressed to Munn on Salem Avenue or to Hettest, with news items and complaints about delivery to be sent to J. Roberts, news agent.
Funeral set for this afternoon at 1 oclock. Name appears as John McHugh who died Friday from pneumonia after returning to Beech Lake area, survived by wife and six daughters, plus sons, with brothers James and Hugh.
Tickets sold fast for Rev T C Edwards lecture “From Pura to Tome” at Congregational church next Tuesday evening. Also displayed: the engineer’s torch contest between Sherman Gildersleeve and Edward Atkinson. Community events include a choir quartet, glee club performances, and veteran honors at a patriotic gathering.
Scranton residents Caroline Schinegar and Mrs Coglizer spent a few days with relatives before returning home. Salem and Hyde Park communities report reunions, lectures, and Welsh concert plans with contests and prizes. Local clubs and churches host gatherings, receptions, and tributes as area families visit kin and honor veterans and members.
A fragment outlines cures for various ailments emphasizing fresh air proper food and Scott’s Emulsion as key remedies. It notes cure rates improving with weight gain and warns against continuing weight loss, underscoring early 20th century dietary and elixir remedies.
A promotional notice touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless, convenient remedy for all forms of piles. Supplied as suppositories, it claims rapid relief without opium or dangerous substances and sells for five cents to one dollar per package from druggists.
Miss Jackson of Dunmore visits in Clark's Green. South Abington to gain three polling places for better county and district representation. Clark's Green Baptist Sabbath school bids farewell to Wellington LaMont at N S Davis home. John F. Smith retires from Frace Parker clerkship. Stevens to succeed. Tr U Mott sells assets ahead of Newark move. Eva Cookie visits Philadelphia. Mrs Cora Lewis to Calverton visit parents. Maud Mullinex takes control of grandfather's home. Walter Wilcox leaves Knight farm. Local officers installed: F H Greene C P, William H Swallow PB, Welding M Swallow 8 We.
William Fuegtein and family prepare to move to Hollisterville after purchasing a farm to make their future home. Johnson No 1 and 2 collieries employees received wages Saturday. Stanley Atherton hosted a party for his fourteenth birthday on Thursday. Citizens' Band provided music Thursday morning. Miss L A Wrightson visited Green Ridge during the week. Peter Fooley of Duryea circulated among friends here Wednesday.
Willie Wivell son of Mr and Mrs William Wivell of Second street died after eleven weeks with pneumonia. Funeral from the family home Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Congregational church Rev William Surdival officiating with the Sunday school attending. Interment in Shady Side cemetery. Edith and Sarah Courtright and Mary R Yarrington of Carbondale were guests of Mr and Mrs Coon of South Main. Eddie Carter returned from Bendham with cousin Fred William. C Avery of Wilketarte formerly of this town transacted business here. Henry V McCloskey had a supplementary operation at Carbondale Emergency Hospital for a head injury from a flying bottle. not serious and aims to hasten healing. Junior Endeavor society of First Magnet church plans a musical and literary entertainment Friday April 1 at the church. Admission 10 cents. J Williams of Iron John son & Fitchburg cycles has a consignment on display at Bushrook Drug Store. Robert Merrick of Scranton spent yesterday visiting here.
Mr J R Stuart of Eastland Texas endorses Pe ru na as a spring medicine that cleanses the blood by aiding digestion and restores energy. The ad claims spring fever stems from poor digestion and asserts Pe ru na corrects digestive disturbances and enriches blood. It offers a free copy of Dr Hartman’s chronic catarrh book from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus Ohio.
The piece, amid reflections on England, notes how politics and society intertwine in London society and country houses. It describes lavish campaign hospitality, aristocratic influence over working voters, and the ritual of the London season coinciding with parliamentary sittings and elections.
The passage mocks strict social codes and political rigidity, noting expulsion for dissent and the sealing off of leisure spaces. It portrays a society policing behavior to fit a dogmatic agenda, turning daily life into a prolonged debate and ritualized conformity.
Reading like frontier reportage, the piece recalls railway agents at stations in the Indian Territory facing armed bandits. It recounts ventures at Red Fork and Sapulpa, featuring Witmar and Bill Cook as they thwart robberies, stand firm, and maintain order amid routine duties and danger.
A fictional exchange shows a novelist presenting a society novel to a prominent divine. The divine reads swiftly, discovers a preciously tucked envelope, and, after noting potential public good, contemplates advertising the work. The scene closes with the divine preparing a sermon.
Dr FE Grewer, a Philadelphia specialist and University of Pennsylvania graduate, is described as a leading physician with roles at Medico-Chirurgical college and several medical and civic bodies. He and his staff specialize in chronic nervous diseases skin womb blood disease, with endorsements from top professors nationwide and abroad.
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