Spring Cleaning Supplies In Order at Local Store
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
5
Women shaping Wilkes-Barre community reform and sport
Grace Niven surveys Scranton and Wilkes-Barre society, praising the Town Improvement society led by women, noting baseball support by locals, rising bicycle enthusiasm, and plans for a country club and new Hotel Jermyn style growth in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
os-Barre
Scranton
Wilson- Barre
Wilkes-Barre
Evary
Campbell
Gertraasing
Morona
Town Improvement Society
Scranton Ladies
Wickes-Barre
Athletic Park
River Street
Awell Association
Wilkes
Grace Niven
West Pittston notes and events preview this week
Pittston notes cover local welcomes and upcoming West Pittston High School closing June 3 with a strong program. The baccalaureate preacher Rev. S. J. Arthur of Luzerne Avenue Baptist Church will speak May 31. Other items include Union City Mission reports, Armenian relief lectures by Rev. Farnsworth, and library hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Garden Village
West Picton High School
J. Arthur
Luzerne Avenue’ Baptisl
Stetler
Union City Mission
Galbraith
Our Mothers
Farnsworth
Congregational Church
West Pittstan
Themerican Board
Turkey
Asia Minor
Isus
Paul
Barnabas
Armenia
Pecme
Christ
Miss Eliza
Trinity Church Sunday School and Local Choral Plans
Beth MacBiMen serves as librarian with Rev. Edward Henry Eckel supervising. A Sunday afternoon care discussion by Anderson covered child care in Trinity Church’s Sunday school room. Epworth League at First Methodist plans a temperance entertainment in the church parsonage on Thursday May 14. West Pittston Literary Department notes feature Mr. Woodruff of Wilkes-Barre presenting Alexander Hamilton. W C A notes report membership rise since January from sixty to nearly one hundred, mostly from personal invitations. A birthday party delighted attendees with Miss Mollie Tracy Venton’s selections. The Industrial department of the Y W C A remains the chief focus of the Young Women’s Auxiliary efforts this year. Minnie Kyte writes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth MacBiMen
Edward Henry Eckel
Elaai
Anderson
Trinity Church
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
West Pittston
Mollie
Tracy Venton
Minnie
Studise
Weyma
Sangre
Brittacy
Deverzhite
Honeydale
Brownscombe
England
New York
Wheatcroft
Ham
Honesdale
Frederick B. Whitney
Josephine Durland
Coe Durland
Grace Church
C. I. Rowland
Lake Temdyscung
Rowland Inn
Rowland
Andrew Thompson
Misa Clara ‘Terry
Atlantic
Egypt
Grant Ley
Thompson
Far East
Carbondale Springs to Brighten with New Bridges and Parks
A lengthy Carbondale letter lauds spring improvements including new bridges at Salem and Sixth and Eighth Avenues, planned Crystal Lake paths, and a push for public parks. It notes hotel quality, street aesthetics, and private homes rising on Spring and Park streets, with Lt Peary to lecture and two trolley routes serving scenic areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Manville
Hades
Euch
Salem Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Hendrick
Spring Street
George L. Kimball
John B. Hoyton
Park Street
Cryatal Lake la
Cite
Crystal Lake
Ware
Peary
Wio
Farview
Mary E. Stone Bassett
Honesdale Letter Praises Women and Town Heritage
A Honesdale correspondent extols the town as a model for civic progress driven by women. The piece highlights the Ladies' Town Improvement Association, cultural events, charitable guilds, and civic improvements shaping a modern community with notable local figures and historical reminders.
Art Education in Scranton Public Schools
A call for elevating art education in Scranton schools beyond private studios. The piece urges wealthy local leaders to invest in beauty and moral uplift through school programs, tying art to child development, public spirit, and the gospel of service to the least.
Sanitary science guidance for contagious diseases in Scranton
Dr. Anna Clark warns on preventing and handling infectious diseases in Scranton households. She outlines priority diseases, reporting timelines, isolation, disinfection, and care of homes, with steps for rooms, toys, traps, and library books, plus household hygiene advice and decorative homemaking notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Board of Health
Nurge
Publc
Anna Clark
Home Decorations Create Cozy Corner With Hinged Boxes
A decorative cozy corner uses two hinged box-like foundations with back-tilting covers to fit against a wall, designed for parlor use. Pillows in linen grass cloth and Dresden silk blends add comfort and color, while floor cushions feature damask satin and colored fabrics.
Birthday wishes to Mrs Thomas Dickson in verse
A dated 1896 verse wishes Mrs Thomas Dickson happiness and a welcome into Paradise. The piece adopts poetic tone with floral imagery and prayers for long life and blessing. An 1896 address line appears, followed by local ads for ladies' suits at Bolz and children's suits at Horan and Merrill's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horan & Merrill's
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Proline Trial Association
Die Tors
Maple City
Ladies’ Town Improvement Association
Central Park
Philp Hone
Washington Irving
Court House
Noame
Anthony Ayne
P. P. Smith
Superior Court
E. Dimmick
D. B. St. John Roosa
Homer Greene
Ed Mott
Henry Rowland
Sanger
Amos Cummings
Harrigan
John Benore & Son
Scranton Street
Scranton, Pa
Germany
Sanitary Science
Napoleon
Dresden
Empire
Delft
Elizabeth C, Doersam
Peter W. Tague
Main Avenue
Hyde Park
Chis
B. Mansfield
Peers
Waiew
Spee
Java
Mason & C
York & CO
South Main Ave
Scranton, Fa
BE. T. Johns
North Main Avenue
Luce Bros
Cash
Malin Street
Taylor, Pa
Scranton Dairy Co
Jackson Street
ee _ W. T. SMITH
Mount Pleasant
Emil Schinoff
Butter and Eggar Specialty
West Lackawanna Averag
G. F. Bynon & Co
North Main Avenua
E. B. Houser
Goodie
D. Traeger
Mayer Et Anil Mosca Raste
H. F. Traeger
Roberts
the Tailor
North Main Avenues
Yoos & Doyle
Bowne
Ziaware
Hare Ceumpire
General Store
S. Main and
Eynon
Tren A ‘ Stores
Mammoth Cash Department Stores
State of
Pennsylvania
Senznaty Avenue
Larke
Thomas Dickson
Paradise
Bolz
WATTS
Lack’a Ave
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