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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1897
Page
8
Carbondale readers are advised that Mente orders for job work and items left at the Kannen and Co newsdeniers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. The office opens from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
About eighty friends gathered on Belmont Street Wednesday at the Lackawanna house to honor Mrs Louie Brunner on her twenty ninth birthday. The Germania Society was well represented as singing dancing and social festivity filled the evening. Frank Burrows presented two rocking chairs to the guest of honor and Professor Rennie supplied the music for dancing.
John Burnareh was set upon by two highway robbers near a tanery while relieving himself. He fought back with a mow, leaving him unconscious but managing to identify one attacker. He lay in the road for an hour and a half before help arrived. his condition remained critical. Police seek the assailants.
Tucker and Maxey, buyers of the Van Bergen homestead, had carpenters at work on a new first story when Mayor O Neill and Police Chief McAnichew served a stop work notice. The city fire ordinance bars repairs exceeding ten percent of a building’s value, prompting a plan to proceed differently.
Reverend Fitch of the First Presbyterian Church returns from China where he aided missions. He is visiting Reverend Charles Lee at the Presbyterian church nurse and and will stay several weeks. His physician ordered the trip for rest. Fitch plans to meet supporters who funded his field work and his wife will join him. Last night Fitch attended the Wanahon Foreign Missionary Society meeting in Scranton.
A temperance remittance event was held at No 4 chapel on Wednesday evening. Mrs Partington of Portland Maine led the occasion and is renowned as a prohibition advocate. Miss Sadie Miller and Harry Dennis performed. A new member joined the Prohibition club, adding to its numbers.
A slice of weekly events includes revival services at the second Presbyterian church, visitors from nearby towns, and residents recovering from illness. Several locals travel to Atlantic City, New York, and Newark for work or study while others stay home due to diphtheria or injuries. A temperance sermon is given at St Rose church and new job placements are reported at local mills.
Regular Lenten devotions will be held at St Marys church this evening. The Primitive Methodist choir plans a rehearsal tomorrow night. Miss Cassie Moran recovers from a serious illness and Mrs. Murphy lies ill at her daughters home. Mr. Hugh Goodwin buys West Side lot for a new home. Mrs. Murphy attends funeral of Mrs. Joseph Keenan in Parsons. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge 907 to install officers, Grand Master Davis of Scranton to perform. Obituary notes Mrs. James McKune, formerly of this town, and numerous funerals and receptions are announced in nearby communities. A burglar attempt at J F Mitchells grocery is reported, while local civic groups hold meetings and reorganize for the year.
A social gathering marked the nineteenth anniversary of Eimner Devis at his Greenwood home. Attendees included Annie Lovering, Jennie Lovering, Dolla Knapp, Sarah Fox, Ida Jones, and many others with music and refreshments. Notable notes mention James Thomas relocating to Providence and Mrs. Cobleigh traveling to Philadelphia for medical care.
A testimonial claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure nervous dyspepsia and stomach troubles. Mrs. H M Lee describes long suffering and relief after six months, urging readers to try the product sold by all druggists for a modest price. The letter invites inquiries and mentions a booklet on indigestion causes and cures from Stuart Co.
The Jermyn board of health reorganized electing William F. Sullivan president and Dr. J. Graves as sanitary officer. A wage suit Addie Hopper v John Dall ended in plaintiff’s favor. A toll violator, Max Klopfer, was to be arrested. Notables include Red Men chiefs named at a meeting and James Brage’s death.
The Wyoming County Sunday school convention is set for May 5 and 6 in Tunkhannock. Judge Bittser will preside at the Presbyterian club banquet tonight. Gray receives a wall soda fountain from Buffalo. Wallace Haines, at Wilkes-Barre hospital for appendicitis, shows improvement after surgery. Aaron Brown has spent ten days in Scranton and serves as juror in the Anna Dickinson case. Mrs William J Avery, wife of the county treasurer, is being treated in a New York state hospital. Mrs Tewksbury of Scranton visits Mrs Sr Denison. Miss Jennie Broach completes her first dancing term and schedules six more lessons. Next week schools plan vacation.
A historical recipe outlines a dressing for Kid shoes using yellow cersei n 25 parts oil of turpentine 2 parts castor oil and tar and other oils. The process requires perceiving coresin and tar in the turpentine oil, mixing heavy oils, combining the liquids, stirring until homogeneous, and adding mirbane oil to disguise odor.
Miss Jane Jones, a Welsh immigrant who arrived in 1880, transfers her $25,000 property to Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church to honor a long‑held plan with her sisters. The church debt remains $40,000, and the arrangement lets Jones live in a unit while the church manages the estate and pays her income during life.
Cardiff social and political mentions include King Charles I's August visit, Welsh county contrasts in the Blue Book, and Carmel’s influence. Mentions Gwenogtryn Evans preparing a Mabinogion edition, Bowen Rowlands speaking for the League of the Cross, and a Bishop portrait in recognition of church defense work. Also notes Rev Dr Llewelyn Bevante traveling, Mr Herbert Lewis M P engaging to a daughter of W B Caine, and Dr John Rhye visiting Egypt with Welsh peers including the Bryan Brothers.
Canton railroad officials report over 706000 passengers landed in the city from McKinley’s nomination in June until February 1. Most visitors met the president and many spoke with him.
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