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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1897
Page
7
A stream of visitors and homecomings fills Lackawanna County events as residents host guests from Scranton Dundaff Oneonta and Dundaff St. Marys Lakeview Crystal Cove and other nearby towns. Trips include visits to New York Providence Boston and Philadelphia with multiple family and friend gatherings and wedding trip returns.
A Monday session of the school board appointed a committee to review bids for supplies and authorized the superintendent to purchase. The board adopted William and Rogers for bookkeeping and Teed and Kellogers for grammar. They also restricted future hires to normal school or college graduates and deferred the teacher institute.
Chairman Bate presided over the common council on Monday evening with nine members present. Ex Mayor C F E Retten was invited to address the council about an Incandescent West on John street. the matter was referred to the Meht committee. A Columbia Hose company delegation spoke for a permanent man at the hose house to care for and drive the team. the subject was referred to the committee. Various resolutions ordinances bills and general business were considered.
Friends of Mrs. William Lewis held a Monday evening surprise party for her fortieth birthday. William Griffiths presented a handsome rocking chair, accepted with gratitude. Guests included W Griffiths, Walter Gibbs Jr and Sr, Griffith Morgan, James Boyd, John Lewis, Mary Ann Lewis, Laura Gibbs, and others. supper followed a delightful evening.
A committee of the commercial council presented a report on a curfew ordinance. They recommended preparing an ordinance per the suggestions after wide consultation. The group collected opinions from all classes, with about ninety percent in favor. Report signed by Messia, Glennon, Lewis and Brandow.
Miss Nellie Woodward visits Mrs. T. H. Watkins at Crystal Lake. Miss Loretta Burke of Oneonta visits cousin Miss Jennie Kerins of Brooklyn Street. Mrs. J. L. Hall and son Lester of Wilmington, Delaware, are guests at...
An advertisement lists symptoms of digestive organ diseases including heartburn nausea and faintness. It claims Radway's Pills will free the system of these ailments and notes availability from local druggists or directly from Radway & Co, New York.
The funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Foley who died Friday was held yesterday from her Dunmore street home. A requiem mass took place at 10 AM at St Patrick's Church with Rev J M Smoulter officiating and preaching. Pallbearers included P J Hoban Philip Hastings John McHugh William Hogan James Long and Thomas Carroll. Interment was in St Patrick's Cemetery.
Willam Nealon will leave for Atlantic City in the morning. Miss May Ferguson of Olyphant and Miss Flissie Martin of New York City visited friends in town during the week.
Mint Mattie Hodge will leave Friday for Stroudsburg after visiting her mother Mrs. John Hodge. Benjamin Winterburn, confined at home, is rapidly recovering. John A. Jones return from Atlantic City. new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths. Rose Buds and Grays clash for a $10 purse at 1:90. Margaret Lenthold at Lake Artel. Calvary Baptist missionary concert promises success with quartettes duets recitations and orations. admission 10 and 6 cents. David Theophilus Davis attends American Protestant association session in Trenton N. Y. Harvey Fitch on a short stay at Elmhurst. Fyne mines to resume today. Knights of Pythias meet at Reese's hall. William G. Thomas visits relatives in town. John Walters visits Hyde Park. Taylor Reds vs Browns at Olympia. battery Morris and Kellet. Ladies Aid ice cream social to follow concert. William Dagger visits friends. Funeral of Eddie Cosgrove at Rendham. Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid ice cream and cake social tomorrow. Hower remains in field as delegate candidate for Fourth ward Republican county convention. not running for school director. Many Taylor folks attended Scranton ball game. John L. Sullivan umpired.
The funeral for Henry Beck occurred Saturday evening from his North Main residence. Services were in the Lutheran church with interment at the Protestant cemetery. The Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah attended in a body. The pallbearers included Philip Bellle, c Battenberg, William Calloway, Peter Kraft, Henry Pipor, and Henry Baur. Mrs Eugene Duffy and daughters Vernetta and Agnes left for Philadelphia for a few weeks. Martin Gerrity announces candidacy for delegate to the Democratic county convention from the Second District of the First Ward. John A Foote and sister Mamie left for relatives in New Brunswick New Jersey. Mesers Mart Cawley John Gilgallon.
Local Young Orioles face Mudtown Peepers in Barber town next Saturday. Mayfield baseball suffers 4 to 2 loss to Honesdale in Honesdale on Monday. Delegates from Lackawanna county attend Slavenie Political clubs meeting in Scranton.
Old Forge updates note Mr and Mrs G K Drake enjoying Harvey's Lake. Mrs John Wilson from Plymouth visited her parents Mr and Mrs D C Reed. Epworth League Brick Church schedules an ice cream festival on the church lawn Friday evening Aug 13. T J Stewart and George Drake with others visited Harvey's Lake. Friends of William Tasker gathered Sunday to see his night blooming cereus bloom.
Amateur baseball notes report Tritons beat Nicholson 5 2 at Triton Park in front of a large crowd including fans from Laceyville Meshoppen Nicholson and Factoryville. It is the third meeting between the teams with Nicholson winning two.
In a Detroit interview James Crocker recounts his life as a marine engineer and his collapse from locomotor ataxia after years of nerve strain aboard large steamers. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his strength, and urges others with the ailment to try them. A notary attests to the statement. Pills sold 50 cents a box, six for two dollars, through druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
Analytic note urges taking bookkeeping or shorthand training to prepare for a business revival after a period of low mood. It promotes practical skills as a path to employment opportunities.
Several teams from Moosic, Priceburg, Archbald and nearby towns issue challenges for purse games and scrimmages. Clubs name opponents, dates in August, grounds and meeting points with managers listed, inviting replies through The Tribune. Matches include Moosic against Moe. Notes list player names and club standings in a youth league context.
Fragmentary note references New York and interstate connections between Erie and the Wyoming Valley. Details are unreadable but imply regional transport considerations.
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