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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is placed in the hands of GFL Munn at Salem avenue and Church street for receiving news items. All complaints about regular delivery should be addressed to Roberts & Reynolds, news agents.
Michael J Quinn of Fallbrook street died yesterday afternoon from typhoid fever at four. He was a carpenter with Delaware and Madeon shops and longtime member of Knights of Father Mathew and Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association. Survived by wife and nine children all unmarried. Patrick, John, and others ill. funeral pending. Also notes active Democratic convention in Montrose and local alley ball match with a $5 purse. Harold Jones suffers diphtheria.
City building crowded with taxpayers as councils fail to convene a quorum and adjourn without action on the mayor’s veto of paying and fire hydrant contracts. Attor neys for lowest bidders present. debate centers on sustaining the veto or risking litigation. No definite action time announced.
Beatrice Mangan infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Mangan of Gordon avenue died yesterday morning. She was a twin and the other twin died a week ago. Funeral services are this afternoon with interment at St Rove cemetery. Dr Bailey and Mr Smith attended Windsor bass fishing yesterday. John Kase former local businessman now in Scranton visited yesterday. Tucker Maxey move meat market to cleared space in Church street building. Mears Hagen hold hosiery sale Saturday with price reductions on all pairs.
Forest City notes include weddings at St Agnes church with Elizabeth Dunn and John Melvin, and visits by residents from Windsor and Richmen Dale. A burglary at the Davis bar room netted cash and cigars, with suspects at large. Town hall debate advances, with a special meeting planned. Church services unite Baptist and Presbyterian congregations, and a social by St Agnes’ Church planned for Aug 16. Local residents Ethel Gilchrist and Flora Gilchrist attend as guests.
The Pyne residents plan a flag raising this afternoon with a 74 foot pole and the Taylor Silver Cornet band to perform patriotic music. Numerous local figures and churches are noted in a string of social visits, services, and events around Taylor, Hyde Park, Storrs Street, and nearby areas.
Dalton social items list visits and travels from Atlantic City to New York City. Dr Frank Beale, once a Dalton physician, is recovering from a Santiago battle wound in New York. Other locals, including Mr and Mrs Whitehaas and Misses Clifford Swarts Nebelung Hugerte Gardner and Santee, are spending days with relatives or at White Lake Vosburg and nearby areas.
The Jermyn Mayfield column reports on church services delayed by power outage, social visits among residents including Miss Dorotha Tennis and Miss Bessie Freas, and local council actions. It covers street and lighting changes, borough expenditures for 1898, and a mining accident injuring Patrick McCabe with others visiting friends and attending services at local churches.
Mr and Mrs M H Literaves are in New York City for a few days. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church plans an ice cream social on E W Swingle’s lawn next Wednesday evening with an interesting program. Delaware and Hudson employees received their pay yesterday. Mr and Mrs James Cowans host Mrs Cowans of Hawleton Miss Edith Cowans of Wyoming and Walter Boyer of Philadelphia. Miss May Jenkins visits relatives at South Canaan. Peckville Baptist church Rev J S Thomas announces services tomorrow at 10 40 a m and 7 30 p m with Jacob at Bethel and What Mean Ye by Thin Service as the morning and evening subjects. Sabbath schools at 11 20 a m. All welcome. Hosiery sale Saturday.
Miss Helen Clouse spends weeks with uncle Mr Jacob Simmons in Sterling. Mrs Pred Wagner and Scranton family visit sister Mrs S W Travia. Rev Clewel of Sterling spends Friday at Mr and Mrs Co Clouse. Arthur Coglizer of Scranton visits town. Mr and Mrs P Posten stay with daughter Mrs J S Kennedy in Stroudsburg. Miss Sara Decker visits Scranton. Mrs Vetter family moves to Pittston. Alice Eshelman spends a week.
The notice lists families visiting and staying with relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, Mrs. Neal Broadbeat, Mrs. J. S. Latouche, and H. J. Clements. It mentions Mrs. A. J. Decker penthouse status, Mrs. Sylvester Hinds visiting, and Miss Futh Gardiner returning from Massachusetts. Price of every pair of Hore In the (text incomplete).
Old Forge and Shickshinny social notes list visits by Mrs. Anderson of New York City Mrs. Laura Warwick of Binghamton and others. A severe thunderstorm struck Edward Crombe’s house causing fire and near destruction with neighbor aid. residents stunned but recovering. Sale notice notes reduced prices at Mears and Hagen.
Members of John Wesley castle of Knights of the Golden Eagle are asked to assemble at Odd Fellows hall at 7 30 PM to march to Keifer's hall for a social with visiting castles from Scranton. The Storre mines employer paid wages Thursday. Mrs Cousins of Dutch Gap visited the Wrightsons this week. Philip Morgan and son Benjamin were callers in town Wednesday.
Joseph Nolan sprained ankle Thursday at the Connell breaker and George Bellis is dangerously ill of typhoid fever. The Rev Mr Lloyd Roberta will preach at Lawrence Congregational church Sunday at 10 30 am and 6 pm. Hickory baseball club challenges any Lackawanna county club under twenty years of age.
Clare's Green church notice announcing a sermon by Rev W H Lowell on Friday August 7 at the Baptist church. A collection will be taken up by the publication society.
A fragment recalls figures in the Spanish squadron destruction near Manila. Schley claims catching Cervera, Bob Evans asserts who sank ships, Clark says he killed the men, Old Glory claims praise, and Dewey is credited with taking Manila. The passage frames a playful puzzle of who did what.
George W. Monroe stars in Her Majesty the Cook. Ida Mulle in The Litte Trooper. Sousa and Kleins The Charlatan is set for New York on September 5. Broadhurst’s Why Smith Left Home opens August 21 in Chicago. Melbourne McDowell to a melodrama. Della Fox faces tax lien in St Louis. Multiple European engagements and new tours announced for Irving, Nance ONeill, Olga Nethersole, and others.
A seedy stranger sought charity from a renowned musician in his study claiming to need a pupil for violin lessons. The musician tested the intruder with a mock duel on violin and piano, then exposed the man as a night watchman in a soap factory seeking a job.
An advertisement touts a remedy named Happiness vs Misery by Dr Charcot Sonic Tablets claiming to cure drink habit and nervousness from overindulgence. It asserts appetite destruction for alcohol and all intoxicants and notes it can be given without patient knowledge. Pamphlet available from Wm. G. Clark, 326 Penn Ave Scranton Pa.
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