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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale correspondent reports the Tribune is now handled by Mr. J. M. Forbes. Complaints about irregular delivery and other issues should be sent to Roberts and Reynolds, news agents.
The Lacka wanna and Lusgerne county dentists held their monthly meeting Tuesday evening at Motel Anthracite. Dr. Baker of this city presented an instructive dissertation on Ethology, praised by attendees for its indomitable delivery. The next meeting will be in Wilkes-Barre.
The building committee of the school board adopted a plan to rent the third floor of the M. M. Watt building on Church Street. The rental is thirty five dollars per month with five dollars for janitor service, totaling about forty dollars monthly. The room will be furnished immediately for use by the committees.
The funeral for the late Martin Hart took place yesterday morning at St. Rose's church. Hon. J. J. Griffin delivered a fitting eulogy to the deceased pioneer, with pallbearers Patrick Gilboy Patrick Bell Anthony Walsh Patrick McDonald John Kearney and Patrick Kearney. A large crowd escorted the remains to St. Rose's cemetery for interment.
Arthur Deming and a company of forty minstrel performers will perform tonight at the grand Opera house drawing a packed crowd. Deming is a familiar and favored figure with Carbondale audiences, and the troupe promises high spirits and lively entertainment.
The Loebeck and Corin estate on Balem avenue and Main street opened last night with the Mogart band providing music. A large audience enjoyed the programme as the store was lit by incandescent and arc lights creating a pretty scene.
The school board will rent the Watt building second floor on Church street to house eighth grade overflow from Central building. The building committee will fit the space for occupancy by March and rent is fixed at 35 dollars per month. A janitor at 86 dollars a month will be hired, making total monthly expense 0 dollars, a minimal cost.
Joseph Kausky of Honesdale, a member of Troop D seventh cavalry and Roosevelt staff sergeant, visited the city yesterday amid feuds. He was en route to Camp Meade to visit his brother in Company BE of the Thirteenth regiment, marking fourteen years since he left Honesdale.
At a joint session of the select and common councils W. H. O Hara of Scranton secured the contract for a new concrete walk around the city building and the relaying of the old River Street walk. W H Dike and L Love land were the other bidders with nearly matching figures.
The Knights of Father Mathew Society in the city has decided not to proceed with a planned smoker event. Further details were not disclosed.
A dramatic cautions piece likens disease to an insatiate sea that can crush the body and warns against neglecting early symptoms. It extols Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery as the best remedy to restore appetite, purify the blood, aid digestion, and strengthen nerves, claiming high cure rates and urging readers to seek it from medicine dealers.
The ad claims Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract improves digestion and sleep while restoring energy. Richard Stahl of Hoyt’s Theatre endorses it after claiming exhaustion from overwork, praising the product as the original extract first sold in 1747. The notice warns against cheap substitutes lacking intrinsic value.
A local column notes the postponement of a planned celebration in Wilkes-Barre in October. An appointed committee will organize a grand entertainment and smoker, handling all arrangements and details.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Swan return from their wedding tour. Numerous residents, including Miles Emma Bryson and M J Horan, are on vacations in New York City and Elmira. Several locals suffer illnesses such as typhoid and a badly bruised ankle, while others visit relatives in Deposit and Dundaff. The community notes also mention funeral attendance, hospital stays, and extended visits across nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs John Wrightson held a party on Lincoln Street Tuesday night for their daughter Mary Ellen's eighteenth birthday. Guests included Alice Hartshorn Laird Harvey Harte horn Laird Aikman Davie Baker Marvey Battin Providence Wrightson Ralsteck Birbeck Margetson Kennedy and others.
Mires Rogers of Atlanticity guests Miss Mary Crandall. Mr. Benjamin Gardner attends One Hundred and Thirty-second regiment reunion at Antietam. Erie plans excursion to Binghamton to fetch Edith Swift resuming studies at Hackettstown NJ. Wayne County fair scheduled Sept 2 3 4 remarks Dr. Joseph Crandall of Atlantic City visits home. Colonel and Mrs G B Osborne leave for Starrucca PA. Katz Brothers Underwear factory starts Monday. Twelve candidates to join Freedom Lodge Odd Fellows next Monday. Nominations for offices completed with expected many marked ballots in Wayne County election.
William Mason of Blakely and Mrs William Gilbert of Olyphant spent yesterday with Mrs B M Rogers. The Rev S C Simpkins is scheduled to deliver a sermon or address.
Mire Nellie Glanville leaves today to visit Electric City for a few days. Mrs Mellie Whiting returns home to Carbondale after visiting her sister Mrs George A Hell. Reedie Bohner moves his family to Blakely. A Baptist Ladies Aid dinner and Presbyterian dime social fundraisers succeed. Gramophone program and games delight all ages. Miss Lillian Micks attends the West-Gay wedding in Wyoming. Mrs Herbert Thear returns from New York with fall millinery. Look out for a new advertisement soon.
Taylor Lackawanna lodge No 18 elects officers at a Tuesday meeting in Reese's hall. Names include Margaret Davie as Worthy Mistress and Elizabeth Winterburn as financial secretary. Junior Christian Endeavor presented a four and a half foot tall dining jar and palm to the Presbyterian church with Rev Foster thanking the youth.
Tonight at the Methodist Episcopal church a hat social debuts with old hats and trimmings auctioned to bidders and gentlemen offering trims. The program features vocal and instrumental music recitations and cake and ice cream. The event invites all to enjoy and support the church heating project.
Excerpt from Frank H Videtelly in Women’s Home Companion explains the wedding ring’s gold purity symbolizing durable affection and the circular form denoting eternity. It notes the ring’s placement on the left third finger due to a belief in a vein from the heart.
A Cincinnati linked Pyramid Pile Cure promotes dramatic relief for chronic piles. Henry Thomas of Columbus, Ohio reports complete cure after four boxes, noting safety and painless nightly use. Doctors endorse the treatment as opium free and effective, with optional Pyramid Pills for constipation.
The passage explains why the wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger as a visible sign of a solemn covenant. It notes circular symbolism of eternal love, the ring’s sealing function in ancient times, and the spread of the practice among Jews and English-speaking peoples.
The article explains that Hawaiians burned the flesh and saved the bones of chiefs, cleaning them and binding them in a sealed parcel. Bones were hidden in secret caves or mountains to prevent desecration by rivals, while a feast accompanied mourning. Chiefs like Kuallu protected their bones by strict burial orders and kahu guardians.
A Hawaiian tale tells how a kahu cleansed and ground the bones of his master Rualil and stirred the meal into a pot of calabashes. The next morning Kualil’s remains are found within the chiefs gathered, protected from vendetta, as a testament to loyal service.
A state speaker reflects on decades of political change, claiming thirty seven years of control, mortgage payoff, tax shifts from individuals to corporations, and large increases in common school funding under Republican governance compared with Democratic administrations from 1835 to 1861.
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