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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1894
Page
7
A self declared immortal recounts a drowning near ice and false death, describing a near death episode on a cold lake. He details the moment of immersion, revival after artificial respiration, and the resulting lifelong indifference to death cited as the cause for his lack of fear.
A Boston bride described as terribly pretty by Harvard plans to leave for honeymoon but her carriage is decked with wedding favors. Rice rains down as the couple depart in a mass of white ribbons and hydrangea blooms. They escape in a second carriage at the next corner, outwitting the best man and his colleagues.
The Trinity organ in Grace church was built by Henry Kirben in this city. Erben, apprenticed in the old New York organ era, joined the firm after 1827 and soon worked alone with a strong reputation. He received the Trinity contract and in 1860 was still active with organ overhaul and improvements in New York.
The piece discusses steam washing capacity and machinery use in American laundries while detailing beliefs about Chinese workers' attitudes toward machinery. It cites a Birmingham Alabama example of a lone Chinese tailor with an old iron, and includes brief notes on watches that wind themselves, two comic anecdotes, and a remark on telegraphy wages and labor.
The New York World reports Senator Stanford plans to endow a practical university at Palo Alto with the bulk of his fortune. He aims to fund equipment and faculty to offer useful, non theoretical education, with 700 students now enrolled and more expected as the endowment grows.
A Professor Jenks argument urges moving beyond flag and biographies to teach civil government as practiced politics. He says students need understanding of party rules, nominations, elections, and office appointments, to grasp how ethics shape public decisions and long term welfare.
Dr. Dodd, Bloomingdale asylum physician, describes a shoe theft mania as a disease called Frauenschustehlmono mane. He notes it is more common in men and cites a recorded case of a brother stealing his sisters shoes, leading to the discovery of the behavior.
Mr Crowe wrote the famed See saw waltz for his children and valued it little hence sold the copyright to Metgler for a small sum. The publisher netted over 75 000 pounds from the work.
The Troy area is highlighted as a major American producer of church bells with emphasis on the chimes at St Thomas and Grace Church. The grace church Ten bells, including the rector’s bell weighing 285 pounds, were made in Troy and cost $8 000, with comparisons to Europe’s celebrated chimes.
The advertisement lists Beecham's pills as remedies for biliousness headaches dyspepsia heartburn torpid liver dizziness sick headache loss of appetite and other symptoms caused by constipation. Free samples offered and orders directed to B F Allen Co 365 Canal St New York.
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