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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale news desk reports the Tribune correspondence is handed to Mr J M Forbes for processing. Readers with complaints about delivery or other news items should address Roberta Reynolds and Rey Reynolds, news agents.
Frank Coolican of Orchard Street fell from a fence yesterday morning and suffered a deep head gash. Dr J. A. Kelly dressed the wound and it required several stitches to close.
State Evangelical Alliance secretary Dr W C Webb will visit the city soon. Pastors urge congregations to unite for a 7 20 p m meeting at First Presbyterian auditorium with Webb addressing. Signed by G A Place W A Beecher R A Sawyer P S Joslin and Charles Lee. An adjourned ministers alliance meeting is set for Thursday at 3 p m to confer with the Philadelphia divine.
Public schools opened yesterday in the city attracting unusually high attendance. Suburban pupils are arriving for the upcoming term, and overcrowding in Miss Boland's room at the central building may require moving students to No 3 school. Miss Kelly replaces Miss Lee who is absent due to her aunt's illness. Warm weather may keep some students away as enrollment continues.
A wandering man described as a hobo claimed to be a physician and begged for opiate. A sympathetic physician injected him, and the man grew talkative, spinning a plausible tale of eight years practice in Ogdensburg and a graduate background from Ann Arbor.
The popular Spooners troupe will stage new plays all week at the opera house in this city. They have drawn large crowds before and are expected to do so again. Several new names join the roster making the company stronger than ever as the season opens with Woetsons at the helm.
Edward Murphy of South Malin street suffered a painful workplace accident when a sheet fell on his left hand at Hendrick shops. Dr Nalley treated the laceration and required seventeen stitches to close the gash.
James Mason, the city's fast sprinter, accepts a challenge from James Collins of Hazleton for a race at that place late this month. Mason shows great speed and could gain a national reputation if he trained for races.
Isaac Singer, proprietor of the Park clothing house, will furnish a neat four page sheet for the opera house supporters next season. It will be filled with local diets and news about the city's thespians.
Levi Patterson sent horses to Tunkhannock last week with Bonita placing third in the 2.15 class while Nellie B won the 2.25 class. Entries indicate Mr Patterson will race at Valleville this week and aim for multiple prizes.
The funeral of the late Miss Rose Creagan who died Monday morning will be held from the Cottage street home this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The services will be conducted at St Rose church with interment in St Rose cemetery.
Carpenters of the Delaware and Hudson gang worked last night repairing the trestling from the head of the plane twenty eight to the foot of number one. They replanked the trestle works as gravity operates at three quarter time amid the work.
Misses Mary and Margaret O Connell and others from Scranton mingle with relatives and friends in this city and nearby towns. Several outings and visits occur as Miss Cora Voyle visits Carbondale, Patrick Roland returns to the west to teach, and the Mozart orchestra plans a Fern hall dance pending good weather.
Injured boy Benjamin Harris, son of Rev H H Harris, fractures his left arm on an excursion to Mountain Park. Horse theft recovered near Crystal Lake. Knights of Pythias meet in Reese's hall. Various residents visit relatives, job changes, and a local outing to Lake Winola are noted along with a parade participation by the Taylor Silver Cornet band.
Dr Harlandson endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion loss of appetite sour stomach belching and nervous fatigue. He claims the tablets speed digestion by dissolving in the mouth and containing safe digestive ingredients. A fifty cent package is advised with full cure claims except for stomach cancer. available from druggists or by mail from Stuart Company Marshall Michigan.
The article records a resident resuming studies at Girard College in Philadelphia on Saturday. Mrs. John Crouse of Providence has returned home after visiting. M. J. Gillivary and James McDonald enjoyed a day at Lake Winola on Monday. Sergeant Leslie Fratchie has shown marked improvement at Philadelphia hospital.
Mrs. Marty McDermott returns from a two week sightseeing trip to New York Long Branch and Asbury Park. Local residents visit friends and townspeople observe a monthly school board meeting with numerous payments and a disputed supplies bill involving Dr. Davis and Mr. Prichard. Teachers must report monthly to receive pay. September visiting committee appointed. political reform talk planned with Dr. Davis as organizer.
Forest City prepares for regional shifts as Dr William R Blakeslee and family plan to relocate to western New York with son B W Blakeslee M D to practice. Dr J W McGuire of Wandling to study in Boston with wife and daughter. Knapp to open a drug store beside the Forest House. Quarterly conference at the Methodist church includes Lord's Supper and love feast led by Rev W Thorpe. Welch Congregational fair scheduled Sept 14–20. Jones to visit Butte City, Mont.. Davis of New York visiting Forest City. Miss Melen Dunnier visiting Wilkes Barre and Mahantongo. Susquehanna Teacher’s Association meets at Harford Sept 16–17. Fell township schools start autumn term. A dance at McCloskey’s hall Sept 14. Uniondale to hear Dr Bilas 4, Bwal-
A reprint from Gunton's Magazine argues the war proves American civilization sound and free of materialism. It lauds public opinion guiding policy, naval prowess, moral sacrifice, and cites a paired anecdote of Colonel Shafter and Lieutenant Smith illustrating discipline and marksmanship.
Colonel Thomas H. Barry recalls Major General Shafter as the best shot in the country during the Mexican border days. A visitor boasted of sharpshooter prowess, but Shafter swiftly proved his talent by dropping an antelope at about 60 feet, illustrating his famed marksmanship before Santiago.
The article argues the military red tape stems from congressional interference rather than the medical or executive departments. It cites a case where an officer illegally hired a tug to haul a burning ship to save government stores, paid the captain himself, and waited two years for reimbursement.
In Topeka Kansas a Presbyterian elder is accused of misusing the communion pitcher to serve sherbet at tea prompting talk of church scandal. The item recalls a separate tale of an Episcopal clergyman lending his gown to an amateur actor pretending to be Cardinal Richelieu.
A brief note from the Chicago News reflects on floor washing as a scrub race and on the futile effort to shield oneself from dust. The piece muses on a man's desires versus his means in life.
An advertisement touts Tonle Tablets as a guaranteed cure for the drink habit nervousness melancholy and overindulgence. It claims effects without patient awareness when necessary and directs readers to pamphlet at 926 Penn Ave Scranton for more details.
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