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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
4
Mixed items from Susquehanna area notes recount a Starrucca woman attempting suicide, a farmer recovering stolen banknotes, and ongoing civic items. Mentions include Judge Gelder, Erie Railroad founder Underwood, Methodist pastors, funerals for Miss Rauner and Mrs Main, and local politics with Cuba migration and New Orange collapse as colorful fodder.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Allen's Foot-Kase as a safe remedy for corns bunions and sore feet. It promises relief from burning and aching feet and invites readers to try the powder by mail or at shoe stores.
A speaker of physical culture argues that tailor measurements misrepresent actual bodies. He cites an imagined standard tall man with precise chest waist and limb dimensions, noting real people rarely meet such perfect proportions and urging balanced physical development over strict ideal metrics.
The lawsuit of Mrs Joseph Walsh v Winton Borough was postponed to this morning after difficulties in securing a trial yesterday. The case has been costly due to the many people traveling to Scranton daily last week. A St James Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society Easter Monday program will be printed in this paper. Ball hotel proprietor Joseph Ball will move his family to the Columbia hotel on April 1. Temperance society plans an Easter Monday event at St James hall with a social to follow. A letter from Thomas Loftus notes his brother Nicholas shows marked improvement, though he was summoned to Wasnesburg by illness.
The Waverly borough held its first meeting with George Blewensen elected president and N P Siltas as secretary. The town sees growing demand for rental housing as locals anticipate more residents and better prospects from the nearby Stroudsburg State Normal School.
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