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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1897
Page
10
Readers please note that advertisements orders for job work and items for publication left at the establishment of Kannen & Co. new dealers North Min street will receive prompt attention from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Easter services awakened interest across churches with elaborate choirs and solos. At St. Rose Church Rev W A Nealon led high mass with Prof Shockman in charge of the choir of about sixty. Baptist, Presbyterian, Trinity and Methodist congregations featured notable solos, duets, and anthems, along with tributes to Hon J T Van Bergen.
A meeting of Columbia company was held Sunday afternoon. Several members were initiated into the order. The event marks a notable contribution from Ion J H Van Vereen to the local library.
The New Athletic Association, led by A. Y W. Crane as president and J. M. Forbes as manager, organizes an Alumni Park event for June 16 with seven noted athletes from Scranton and threety end Scranton. A. Murrin named captain. team plans to travel to Italy on June 14 for a strong showing. The group aims to boost amateur athletics locally.
On Saturday afternoon M M Brennen of this city and Major E R Boriginia of Philadelphia, bound for Pueblo Mexico, lead a company including J A Carrigan of New York and others. They expect to secure a $6,000,000 contract on arrival for laying twenty five miles of electric railroad, paving asphalt, severing the city and installing new public water works.
The Rev Chyariee Lee officiates a late evening ceremony joining Miss Minnie Coxe of Burd Street to Edward Tigzermann of Eighth Avenue. The couple receive congratulations from local residents as they plan to reside with Mrs. Coxe on Sandative Street.
The article notes 15 pieces of Javt genuone nevel ties with styles like ball-line stripes, pin checks, and mottled tones. They opened the season with these at She, promising all wool Weht summer mixtures and long ties and silk, marked as LOT 6.
Elation marked a lecture in Wilkes-Barre held in the Wyoming Historical Society rooms led by Captain Befas Me and Mire with attendees including JP Anderson Meri A ML Woods of Afton Mire Wells of Dundas visiting Mrs A Purple on Balem iyvenue. Dr WI Morrison of Reading spent the evening with relatives. Miss Ada Beddon of Susquehanna visited Mrs J Morgan.
Miss Mary Walsh of Pine Street died suddenly in Archbald, leaving a respected, religious family and prompting a funeral at St Thomas with a high mass of requiem. Relatives in Scranton and nearby towns extended condolences as a church fair and Easter events were noted.
An ad for Munyon's homeopathic remedies claims six cures with free health guidance. It offers personal letters to Prof. Munyon at 1508 Arch Street Philadelphia for medical advice on any disease and promises cures at low cost.
Peter Mullen Jr leaves for Pittsburg to reside there for a period James Allen wins contract for Oscar C Smith camp uniforms Delegates from Sons of Veterans camps to meet in a Columbia Wyoming Luzerne Lackawanna convention April 28 Two sessions with public evening gathering Aids to health boards meeting in Scranton Miss Spettigue visiting Wayne county Sadie Timlin in Scranton Rev Fessenden to address the Order of Lone of St George Odd Fellows to attend Methodist services Rev J Eliot Rone Oneonta did not lead Sunday service at the Methodist church Brown of Maphet church ill but resumed duties May street entertainment postponed Johns Scranton relatives visit etc Fire company social at Enterprise ball Funeral of George Hanks in Carbondale Ossipee? Need context.
Pallbearers named H. K. Van Kleeck Judson Wall T. L. Keller W. H. Polley Lane Shangman and William Trotter carried the casket. Burial set for Wednesday afternoon at Jermyn cemetery after services in the Baptist church. Also note: water service cut for over sixty families due to arrears, reflecting widespread financial strain in town.
The lecture tomorrow evening promises a rich fund of knowledge and enjoyment. About seventy five lantern slides will accompany the talk, with spoken word pictures from the doctor, and the event should attract a well attended audience.
Daniel Trent of Somerset presented Henry Wolford with a battlefield Bible recovered from New Market Virginia in 1862. The small black leather book with gilt edges belonged to Wolford's brother Valentine, slain in battle. Trent, a member of the Forty Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers under Col. Jacob AM Campbell, preserved the Bible for years and returned it last week.
patent advertisement proclaims Dr Agnew's Ointment cures piles with one application and promises cure in three to six nights. Also billed as the best remedy for skin eruptions at 15 cents, sold by Matthews Bros. Lid.
A rail and tour package details trips from New York and Philadelphia to California and the Pacific Coast with stops in New York, Philadelphia, and return options. Tours last three days with included transportation, two days of lodging at premier hotels, and various price levels from $1.00 to $205.00 depending on origin and options. For full details contact Beonclos or Geo W Moyd, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Train notices show multiple departures to New York Boston Philadelphia and the South with varying times from 6:00am to 6:53pm. Connections at Buffalo Syracuse and Northumberland link to Elmira Canandaigua and Wilkes Barre. Pullman cars and parlor sleeping cars are on all express trains. For detailed times contact ML Smith Lackawanna Avenue.
Effective January 1597 trains depart Burdnton for New York Newturch and intermediate points on Mirtle and Howley at 6:0 a.m. and 24 p.m. and arrive from above pointe at 10:23 a.m. and 3:08 p.m.
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