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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale correspondence for The Tribune notes items may be sent to C R Munn on Salem Avenue and Church Street. Residents are asked to report delivery issues to news agent W J Roberts.
Gilby stood on the front stairs guarding exits of Hotel American to prevent removal of property as Jacobus negotiated with the Anthracite Land and Improvement Co for a lease of the lower house. Directors held an executive session and near completion, with Mr Jacobus present.
The Ladies auxiliary of the bather ee of Locomotive Engineers announce officers for the new year. President R Craft, Vice President George Dinock, Secretary ML Myers, Treasurer Hieted mulde, Sentinel Mrs. Grit man, DPD Wilson. Mrs. 9 M Peck elected as delegate to the St. Louis convention in May. Several G A members will leave today for Jersey City to attend the grand union meeting including W Smith, D Wilson, EL Pisted, M Peck, His ted, Kinney, Craft, Coon, Wadsworth, Dimeck, Davis, Schermerhorn, and others.
Dr Brumbaugh will lecture on Historical Pennsylvania Friday night in the assembly room of the High School as part of Carbondale’s teachers course. Admission is free and all citizens are invited to attend this talk by a leading authority on the Keystone State’s history.
The Wayne Independent notes Carbondale's odd hotel scene and Honesdale's boastful nerve. It compares Hot Jermyn of Scranton and the Allen House of Honesdale in a humorous take on local lodging, praising Honesdale's audacious nerve.
The complete list of committees and committeemen appointed by President Edwin Moon of the poor department is given. Purchasing committee includes A. W. Daley and E. Moon. Farm committee lists E. Moon and J. J. Connell. Finance committee comprises A. F. Cook and A. W. Daley. Lunacy committee lists A. F. Cook and A.
Elmer Brokenshire received a telegram announcing the death of his grandfather William Rule in Tin den Wisconsin on Saturday. He was eighty five and had suffered illness largely from general debility. The funeral occurred yesterday. Mr and Mrs W H Brokenshire had been in Linden for a week.
I F McLaughlin secured the heating job for the Kennedy buildings on River Street using a single pipe steam system. The project, supervised by J J Kennedy, is near completion and will be ready for occupancy soon. A Florence Mission circle parlor meeting is set for this afternoon at Mrs J E Burr on Lincoln Avenue at 2. Several Scranton and Carbondale circle members are invited. The funeral of the late William Miller will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Someon Church Street with interment in Maplewood. Mrs H B Jadwin and daughter Mabel visited Scranton yesterday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs C G Evate. Daniel and Thomas delight in the baby sister Aire. Mary Cavanaugh of Brooklyn Street entertains Mrs William Bishop of New York City. Michael Morrison runs the Hotel American bus line. HH Bolton, visiting Scranton, left yesterday for the South to assess travel for weeks ahead. Until Bolton settles, Mrs Bolton will stay with relatives in Wilkes-Barre.
Matelina, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Thomas, died at their West End Peckville home yesterday morning at 6 40 from peritonitis. The funeral
Verviers will be held at the Ridge Welsh Presbyterian church on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev J S Thoman pastor of the Peckville Baptist church. Interment will be at the Ridge Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Jayne moved to the Montgomery mills yesterday. A M Thorpe who was hurt on the Gravity railroad about a week ago is doing very nicely. The social held at the Baptist Bar Room in the evening was largely attended and the programme prepared for the occasion was one of the finest ever produced here. A neat sum was realized.
The Pride of Lackawanna lodge No. 18 A Po Ts A held a well attended public installation at Reese's hall with District Deputy Grand Mistress Miss Sigele Davis in charge. Officers installed include Mrs. Mary Critlibs as Worthy Mistress and Miss Mary Jones as Outside Studies. A musical program followed before notices of local residents and funeral services were reported.
Gealden Eagle meets this evening in Reevee hall. William Lace of Myde Park made a liverness trip yesterday. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western paymaster visited Archbald colliery yesterday. William Judge and family attended a relative's funeral in Pine Brook yesterday. William Davis of Old Forge died yesterday at 32 after a brief illness. Burial Friday at Nebo Congregational church.
Special Easter services are planned at the Susquehanna Street Bastidt church with Sunday morning and evening services. The afternoon features a Sunday school program including recitations by multiple scholars, solos, choir items, and performances by Annie Jones, Phoebe James, and others. A minstrel appearance by Reothere and colleagues is promised for Saturday night at the Father Mathew opera house along with community updates from local figures and plans for a social fundraiser next Tuesday evening for the Wilting Workers society.
Sunday visit reported for Charlies Depew of Michigan to see his brother Walter Depew. Loren Clements visits his mother Mrs W F Clements. Vertha Van Brunt spends Sunday with Jelenda in Scranton. Admission noted as percent cents in a questionable company promotion.
George Cordiner returns from Inez Reptember trip denying accomplice Eddie Cordiner. Od Fellows lodge officers to be installed in Priceburg. Dr. W W Fletcher of Carbonate visiting. Sampson of Archbald in town. Poor attendance at Enterprise hall for Cuban relief entertainment. Mrs. Robert Edwards of Carbondale visiting on Second Street. Captain Griffiths of Canada hosted guests at South Main Street home. George F B Kimball of Carbondale visiting J D Stocker. One year old son of Mr and Mrs John J Farrell on South Main Street is ill. Liveryman Pierce of Carbondale in town Tuesday. Cook ill at home Tuesday. Walter Snyder and Irving Helmore left for New York to join the navy. Join Hawling moving to Stranton to act as agent for a Philadelphia bicycle firm.
The Sunkie Tribe No 107 Improved Order of Red Men reports four new members on Tuesday night two by adoption and two by reinstate ment, bringing total growth to thirty four since December 1 1887. Officers raised include Prophet John Bentham Siehem John A Murphy senior sagamore Joseph Hall junior sagamore William W Savers keeper of wampum Henry Heager and other chiefs and trustees named. A Knights of the committee is noted.
Golden Eagle lodge prepares for a May convention in Scranton. Commanderies and castles from across the state join a parade as William Perris visits friends in Jermyn.
A tale from London recalls Barnato hiring a journalist to cut out praise from papers. The man was paid monthly to gather clippings but repeatedly claimed failure, saying two scarcrows outside prevented delivery as Barnato pressed for six more months of work.
An advertisement claims Dr Charcott Tonto Tablets cure drink habit nervousness and melancholy caused by over indulgence. It promises appetite destruction for alcohol and intoxicating beverages and can be administered without others knowing, with a seed for automobiles and listing Wm G Clark of Scranton Pennsylvania as contact.
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