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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1898
Page
7
The Carbondale Tribune notes its correspondence has moved to Mr. J. M. Forbes. Readers with complaints about delivery and other news should address Roberto Reynolds at the new office.
The Locals face Honesdale in a morning game at Alumni Park with a $50 purse and 10 o clock start. Reinforcements from the valley join the locals for a lively contest as the rivals seek bragging rights. An afternoon rematch at Farview offers a $25 purse.
Lackawanna Encampment No. 161 I C C F elects officers for the ensuing term. Joseph Ridnelz is elected Co P, Christopher Shultz H P, Alfred Masters J W, H J Hath treasurer, C A Kase, trustees, Christopher Shultz representative, G W Hughes.
District Deputy Grand Patriarch G W Hughes announces installation dates for officers. Sept 15 Clark's Green Sept 14 Lackawanna Carbondale Sept 26 Jermyn Oct 3 Armin Scranton Oct 4 Hyde Park Oct 16 Scrantonian Scranton.
Mrs. Joseph Missett and Thomas and Margaret Missett of Brooklyn street travel to Philadelphia for Sister Monica’s silver jubilee. Dr. T. C. Fitzsimmons plans to leave Hazleton sanitarium to practice in Wilkes-Barre. Various local residents noted for visits, trips, and business in Otego Sullivan county Cooperstown and nearby towns.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. William Jenkins were held Saturday afternoon at 2 30 from her Midge Street home with Rev William Frisby officiating and a local quintet singing. The Welsh Congregational fair at Weberavink is planned for November 16 to 18 with a festival each evening and fair articles for sale. Labor Day hours are posted 9 to 10 am and 1 30 to 2 30 pm with town observances and business closures noted.
Dr Harlandson endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for digestion aid after meals. The tablets dissolve in the mouth and claim to digest food to prevent souring and fermentation. They are sold 50 cents per package or a dollar by mail from Stuart Company Marshall Michigan.
A game of queits is planned at Neigley’s hotel on Union. Corporal William G. Watkins of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, has returned to Camp Meade after a furlough. Mr and Mrs Charles Sampson of Wilkes-Barre visited parents on Main Street yesterday. Knights of the Golden Eagle Chapter No 247 will hold a meeting next Thursday evening with all members urged to attend. Mr and Mrs Mueleman and daughter Eva of Ransom visited friends. Borough schools resume today after a three month vacation. Miss Kate Holleran of South Scranton was in town yesterday.
In a London Engine, officials warn Welsh strikers against boosting imports from Virginia as Pocahontas coal arrives in the Thames. They note Virginia mines could undercut Welsh steam coal, threatening Western trade and future competition, urging labor leaders in South Wales to heed the lesson.
The article traces the Icarian movement led by Etienne Cabet from France to Texas Nauvoo and finally Adams County Iowa. It recounts the failed Texas colony due to land splits disease and drift apart factions. It notes the split into two Icarian groups in Iowa and the debate over isolated communalism versus state socialism.
An uncle of Sergt. Marcus D. Russell recounts a dreamlike account of Russell dying in battle near Santiago. Capt. James Dennison, ill in Warrensburg, described a scene where Russell and others fought Spaniards until Russell died from a gunshot. The tale, though unverified, circulated as a remarkable psychic episode amid the war story.
Assistant Principal Sue McLaughlin of Bedford school gathers war relics and data for future instruction with aid from U S Consul Snyder of Port Antonio Jamaica. Items include maps of Guan tanamo and Santiago battles a Guantanamo battle dagger a Maria Teresa breakfast plate and a Cervera button plus coins from Vizcaya Oquendo and a Mauser shell found at Guantanamo.
A dialogue quotes a wealthy suitor demanding a daughter’s hand and a bold swain replying he seeks the only daughter of the richest, sternest man in the region. The exchange highlights social clash and wealth-driven marriage stakes in a frontier setting.
A quotation from the New York Evening Journal records Cervera narrating that someone offered him a drink from a bottle, and he refused.
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