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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1897
Page
4
Readere are asked to note that ads and orders for publication left at Hannon & Co newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. The office opens from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Advocates of temperance meet in St Rose Mall with Scranton diocese officers presenting. William Malloy elected president, A F Hanks secretary. Rev T P Coffey regrets absence. O Hara praises efforts in Wilkes Barre, Scranton, Freeland and Carbondale as delegates discussed upcoming conventions.
At the Thursday business meeting the Baptist Sunday school elected W. F. Nye as superintendent and others including 8. W. Capwell as assistant superintendent Frederick Hauenstein as secretary A. S. Lewsley as treasurer and G. W. Blyer as librarian Minnie Tallman served as secretary. The secretary reported rising membership and steady improvement while the treasurer showed receipts of 408.57 and expenditures of 482. The balance in the treasury stood at 26.57.
The Columbia Hose Company held a Thursday evening session to approve new officer and member rules. Incoming members will be initiated with ceremonies, and George Edwards and John Brennan were named to serve as Sergeants-at-arms at the next initiation.
Ferdinando Tulerido of Hospital street appeared before Alderman Jones charged with assaulting and threatening his wife. Evidence described years of abusive conduct. He was held in Ingall at 400 dollars for court appearance.
Miss Mary Gallena of Dunmore visits Trienda this week while Miss Mame Maxwell recovers. Mina Lizzie Creegan of Woodlawn Ave hosts Miss Madge Harland of Moonesidale. Mrs. Fred Rupert and Ruth of Honesdale visit Mrs. William Kenworthy as her mother-in-law stays nearby. Mrs. Edward Roach of New York City visits her parents in the city. Thomas Hoar and daughter Maude of Haines visit Mrs. Hoar at Emergency hospital. Misses Katie Burke and Bridget Kilculllen visit friends in Scranton. Rev. Pather Judge of Hawley stays at St. Rose's rectory. Mrs. J. W. Jones of South Church Street leaves for Boston and New York state. Mrs. Mabel Carr of Park Street entertains Miss Sophronia Burnet of Waymart. Thomas C. Lister of Jackson calls on town friends.
Residents gathered at various homes with visitors from Cottage Street Prompton and Honendale. Frank Coon returns from Hot Springs for health. Treasurer Norton reports state school funds of 12587.28, slightly down from last year. Dr Fleer operated on John Jones for cataracts restoring sight after four years of total blindness.
The Odd Fellows lodge near thirty years old and prospering announces installation of Frederick Beck as noble grand A Battenberg as vice grand Jaco Linderman secretary Thomas Drake assistant secretary and Marvin Myers Jr trustee at this evening’s ceremonies. Also Thormes Cummings named manager of the society opera house for the year with plans for high standard plays. E A Jones was in Scranton yesterday while St Thomas church reports continued Lenten devotions and Rev Peter Lynnnet’s sermon. M J Geary of Wilkes-Barre made a business trip to town yesterday.
Mrs. Van Gorden improves her dwelling with an addition. Mrs. C K Hamlin of Scranton visits her parents the Mosses. John Sheiterile accepts a position in Scranton. Dr Vetter expects family Monday to begin housekeeping in L Amoreaux residence. Lawrence Band members Allen Lawrence Benjamin Pitts and Erie Cunningham visit town. Cunningham tunes Mr Dixons piano. Mrs Phoebe Mott of Scranton visits relatives. Miss Lillian Matthews and Floyd Hunter of Pittston visit Mrs Reuben Brown. Rebecca society holds an April 12 social and supper at Odd Fellows building. Harry Barbour of Brooklyn visits grandmother Mrs F Simpson. Charles Miller of Clark’s Green moves his family to his mother’s farm near Moscow. Funeral held for Winfield Wilson seven-year-old son of Mr and Mrs J W Wilson in Hollisterville.
In the advertisement a urine test is praised as evidence of kidney trouble and Swamp Root is claimed to relieve back pain urine issues and urinary discomfort. It promotes proof of efficacy with a sample and pamphlet offered free by mail to Dr Kilmer Co. Hinghamton NY and notes locally that the product is sold by druggists at fifty cents to one dollar.
Graduates from Thurlow Homoeopathic Institute offer free examinations and prescriptions at their office or homes. Hundreds of families have benefited, with many cures reported at low costs. Multiple disease specific cures listed with two cent bottle prices. medicines available at drug stores or at the office.
Borough council adjourned to appoint committees for the year and discuss sewer work. Cooch seeks permission to lay a private sewer to the river. motion approved with safeguards. Public works and police members named. local notices include typhoid recovery and upcoming social events and nuptial announcements.
Bankletrike No WT Improved Order of Red Men elected officers on a Tuesday evening. Prophet Henry Hager sachem Jon Lack junior sachem John Lewis senior sagamore Thomas Peleh chief of records.
W & Batee as representative and trustee for eighteen months, Joseph Hall keeper of wampum, John T. Palmer and Thomas Revele dug a ditch to feed city water into a recently bought hose. A driver in a horse carriage hit the ditch, injuring him with bruises. Golden Chain lodge elected officers. Sundbaskie hurt by a roof fall at Johnson's slope. Edward Lewis plans to move back to town with his family. George Wieland reports several boys arrested for property damage behind the depot.
The Enethe of the Golden Eagle met Thursday evening and decided to hold a mock trial on April 8. All members are urged to attend. Elders Hubbard Tuttle Jr and F G Tweede note no visiting missionaries remain overseas. Rev A King conducts Methodist Episcopal church services tomorrow at usual hours. Turner’s exhibition and corral at Weber's rink last evening was well patronised.
Peckville residents visit Wilkes-Barre while Blakely hearings, new movers, and social events fill the week. Abraham Reynolds relocates from Factoryville to Prospect street. Frank Rice moves from Wyoming to the West End. Church services at Methodists announce morning and evening sermons. Thursday evening guests host an in-home gathering at W. S. Blues residence with a large party list and refreshments.
Spring health advice touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and spring medicine. It claims to purify enrich and strengthen blood nerves and stomach while boosting liver kidneys and bowels. Endorsers from Peoria Pottstown Monnan and others praise its tonic benefits for spring fatigue and recurring illnesses.
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