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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
8
Verse cloaks a siege and war theme with vivid attacks and retaliatory calls. The poem recounts shells and roar of battle, urging foes to yield as flame, lead hail, and death sweep their defenses while defenders press on. The passage contrasts grim destruction with ominous calls from the attacking forces.
A long list of social visits and travel among residents from Atlantic City to Wilkes-Barre, Springfield, Bridgeport and beyond. Notable mentions include Miss Anna Barker of Chicago visiting Mayor Corcoran in Pillston, Dr AL J Connell returning from Lakeside, and Myce Daviden planning a Philadelphia and New York trip.
Malcolm Douglas recounts a tale of love and hardship set in a Westward journey. A narrator travels with Nellie and faces loss aftermath, peering toward a hopeful future with a promise of better days and struggles to survive in hard luck.
A Scranton writer argues intellectual reading can become harmful if readers retreat from real life. The piece compares avid readers to cigarette and opium risks, notes the town’s air resists apathy, and describes a couple where the wife devours books while the husband debates them, highlighting social pressures to justify quiet study.
An old local advertisement claims deafness is curable only by constitutional remedies. It asserts most cases stem from catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney & Co of Toledo as the remedy. The text uses barrage of claims and a moneyback promise.
Prominent Topeka judge DeWitt Nelles praises Peruna as a cure for systemic catarrh, noting improved health after use and recommending it as a tonic that removes the disease’s cause. Letters from T Sherman Bryan and others add endorsements, while publishers and officials cite personal benefits. The ad piece asks readers to request a free book on catarrh.
Sara Orwell Le Moptw recounts her ascent from stage novice to star with Mr Palmer guiding her early roles. She reflects on past productions The Banker's Daughter and The Moth and the Flame, notes the Lyceum run, and previews The Moths and the Flame in New York.
Singer Lilian Slouwelt recasts US return planning amid American and European press talk. Budapest to Berlin reports note pianist Barn Gry noteworthy debut and a Boston Symphony concert slated for early November. A Berlin incident tested pianist Kreisler as lights failed, yet he played on, while local church programs announce organ and choir performances led by J Alfred Pennington and J T Watkins.
David K. Hosterman of Springfield Ohio and Miss Mary Herpst of Oil City united in marriage at the bride's home after a forty four year separation. Both pursued separate lives, reconnected through a letter in Oil City, and renewed their old affection with a formal vow. The couple had previously faced a long separation and a lovers quarrel years earlier.
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