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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1894
Page
7
A Country Gentleman correspondent describes an improved nightingale wrap for convalescents. The light, dressy piece uses delicate blue flannel with ribbon, feather stitching, and crocheted edging. Instructions cover construction details, finishing touches, and coordinated satin ribbons for cuffs and neck.
The era notes a variety of glove shades from twine to deep brown with cocoa and lime accents. Mentions contrasting accessories and new sewn details. A curious aside references ear slittings among islanders and a Cook Inlander, before citing Professor Frederick Starr in Popular.
In Galveston a Vigilance Committee figure John R. Hoxie from Texas encounters Ben Thompson of Austin. A bold room confrontation escalates with pistols but ends with shared drinks and a cautious truce as they mingle amid a crowd.
The Youth's Companion recounts Peter Cooper founder of the Cooper Institute. Born frail he left school after one year and worked pulling rabbit skins for hat pulp. He moved to New York at seventeen, endured hardship, learned carriage making, then vowed to educate poor New Yorkers. He fulfilled that dream by founding an educational institution.
A New York Advertiser snippet describes making a decorative whisk broom holder from celluloid 8 by using eight distinct pressed pansies painted from nature. It guides arranging flowers with varied sizes and colors, securing edges with lavender ribbon, and adding blotting paper pieces tied with a ribbon bow for a simple, pretty desk accessory.
A stylized, imperfect verse fragment describes a boy in an orchard with freckles and a dark day sky. It recalls memory, hardship, and a hopeful, if fragile, connection to an older mate. The piece alludes to Maurice Thompson and the independent voice behind the scene.
A Danish emigrant group aboard a steamship voyage to this country faced deep grief as a sleeping child on a makeshift bed died in their care. An English speaking youth confirmed the tragedy while others, silent and sorrowful, pressed toward an unknown future in their new home.
A NE Pennsylvania printing firm boasting a superb bindery, up-to-date machinery, and skilled workers. It prides itself on neat, prompt work at fair prices with no superior in the region.
The piece describes how the secretary of state lacks authority to affix the great seal without a presidential warrant. It notes the warrant accompanies the document and cites the seal used for proclamations, commissions, pardons, and passports. It mentions the old seal’s replacement in the early 1880s and reflects on vigilance in early government days.
A new reporter was sent to cover the Highup-Tiptop wedding but was turned away at the door. The man appeared frightened, causing attendees to mistake him for the groom.
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