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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
3
A notice outlines a United States civil service examination for elevks, detailing eligibility and paths to appointive positions. The text mentions examination duties, eligibility issues, and potential impacts on home comfort and work conditions.
A garbled notice describes a local event with entertainment by Miss Rosa and others. It mentions a dance, a silver cevings, and a party atmosphere at an evening show likely at a community venue. Names and specifics are partly unreadable.
Parents should note new evening classes starting Tuesday morning at 1 o clock. Some programs are full but room remains in other classes. Tuesday evening sessions will continue as planned with several offerings for families and students.
Hellgate High School defeated Dunmore High School in a Saturday morning scrimmage on our grounds. Players listed include Morris and Fader with touchdowns by Morris, Fader, and Flayes as the teams showcased strong defense and offense. Time of halves was twenty minutes.
Beautiful evening ceremony as Mise Kathryn Laverty of Chicago aims to wed Willen Johnson of New York in a First Presbyterian Church wedding. Rev James McLean officiated. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Fannie Laverty and bridesmaids Miss Helen Hamilton Adams and Miss Margaret Linen Shater. Family and friends from New York, Buffalo, Newark, and elsewhere attended.
Herbert de Taylor of the Republican county committee plans mass meetings over two weeks starting next Monday. The first large event is set for Lyceum Theatre on Monday night Text, where Secretary Moody will deliver the principal address.
Reported opinion holds the operators’ proposal to form a commission for President Roosevelt to decide. If a convention of delegates convenes soon, the compromise could be accepted, with the strike’s end likely and troops keeping order amid potential clashes with nonunion workers.
The community overviews the Hahnemann hospital which serves the destitute the visiting nurse Miss Cobb and district efforts. Annual expenses total 18000 with 7000 currently available and only forty one subscribers. It treats 342 inpatients 238 free and 688 outpatients mostly unpaid, with 1126 prescriptions written. The hospital provides maternity care and uses private rooms for the neediest when wards are full.
Local reports outline campaign speakers for a forthcoming Lyceum meeting including Congressman Joli Didsell and United States Senator Beveridge with possible attention from Senator Fairbanks. Mine workers hope to resume within a week as most mines could operate at full capacity after a long strike.
Stock reduced daily at Guernsey Brothers, 114 Washington Avenue. Today is the last day of the sale, with a select load available now but diminishing soon. act quickly for a life changing opportunity.
A storefront display lists heavy warm eweaters by Florey and Brooks at 24 Spruce Street opposite the courthouse. The ad mentions sizes and a ready stock location within the block.
Res Hossie Alawcon wife of George Alwwson of Chestnut Street West Lackawanni Avenue died suddenly yesterday morning in Rockville. She left home to visit her uncle Thomas Pur y and collapsed minutes later. Remains brought to city, taken to David W Thomas of 516 Thesinut Street. Funeral set for November afternoon at 2 oclock. Survived by husband and one child. Florey Brooks undertakers.
A fragmented notice urges readers to visit Kernsey Brothers at 4 Washington Avenue to explore the Thanagal Organm display. It emphasizes urgency with promises the event is ongoing and will end soon, warning readers about missing the limited offer.
A Yul line of good heavy warm sweaters offered by Florey and Brooks at 2 and Spruce Street opposite the court house.
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