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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
5
Carbondale Medical Society discussion on typhoid notes lack of sewers as a major factor. Physicians urge public action to improve water and milk supplies, sewer connections, and dairy inspections to curb the epidemic risk in Carbondale.
Typhoid fever sickened several in Carbondale and claimed 15 month old Deane Henry Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan of 55 Grove Street. Funeral held privately yesterday with A F Chaffee officiating at Maplewood Cemetery as father also battles the disease.
Mrs George W Keene of this city won the ladies first prize at the St event. Mr Keene also secured a prize.
The post argues Grape-Nuts provides more nourishment than bread through altered starches and digestion. Critics challenge the Maine Experiment Station study claiming bread offers higher calories, while the discussion highlights misunderstandings in scientific rhetoric and consumer claims.
An advertisement argues that white flour and refined cereals are inferior to Grape-Nuts and similar cereals. It claims one pound of Grap-Nuts provides more nourishment than ten pounds of other foods, cites tests and a $20 000 claim, and cites The London Lancet praising the product as a brain and nerve food.
In Jermyn on Thursday evening a Marys choir euchre gathering drew Carbondalians including Mrs BE J McHale and daughter Florence Mr and Mrs George W Keene Miss Mary Glennon and Messrs Joseph Glennon William Connerton James Connerton Frank Buckley and Patrick McDough.
Mrs Kate Tighe of upper Fallbrook street died after accidental strangulation following admission to Danville Hospital for the Insane. She was removed to Car Wondale and laid to rest at St Rose cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mary Adeline Genevieve, one son Bernard, three sisters Mrs John Chine Mrs Huff and Mrs Barnes, and one brother Joseph.
Numerous dinners and gatherings mark Thanksgiving in Carbondale. Homes on Garfield avenue, Lincoln avenue, Wyoming street, South Washington street, Gravity avenue, and Canaan street hosted extended families with guests from Scranton Wilkes Barre Hoboken and Honesdale, including Barton, Reynolds, Burdick, and Sharp families among others.
Mr and Mrs Pierce of Geneseo Tl visit Carbondale and note many changes since their departure. Mr Pierce brother of Henry Pierce was born and raised in Carbondale. He plans to return Monday to his western home, where he is in prosperous circumstances.
Superintendent Frieder of the Klots Bros silk throwing mill in Simpson hosted a Thanksgiving luncheon for hundreds of day and night shift workers, praising their efforts. Miss Maury RR. B. Jenkins, a city nurse, attends Mrs. James O’Malley in Olyphant, as the O’Malley family welcomes a new arrival in Carbondale.
The funeral for Willian Thomas who died at his home will be held in the afternoon. The procession will pass by his house in yard and then proceed to St Rose parish church where burial will take place.
John Boylan of Pike Street, formerly with Clarke Bros. in this city and later at the Scranton store, has resigned and returned to Carbondale to join the Jifkins market on Park Place.
Social notes list Miss Kittie Godwin of Scranton visiting Miss Maury Quinn on Pall Brook Street. Guests include Miss Josephine Courtright and Miss Huth Courtright of Wilkes-Barre, Miss Ming Prank a Syracuse student, and Hon. James J. O’Neill visiting Green Ridge family.
A fragment notes Keen Kutter shears priced at 25¢ for sizes 4 to 9 inches with limited stock. The piece urges readers to check daily ads to discover bargains on shirts and ties and to compare neighborly finds, urging women readers to follow ad sections.
A late night coal fire on Lackawanna Street was extinguished with the help of arriving friends. Tomorrow features church services at 3 PM and 6:50 PM including Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Primitive Methodist congregations. The Junior Band of Blakely Baptist Church plans a cantata Friday evening. A variety of local events and meetings are listed, with performances and gatherings at community venues.
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