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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1897
Page
7
Announcements list ads job work at Shannon Co. North Main street and a week of guests including Asbury visitors C H Beaman entertaining John Becker and wife Massillon Ohio. Numerous locals and travelers are mentioned visiting relatives, vacations, and excursions in Scranton Carbondale and nearby towns.
A Berean Baptist Church event Friday night featured conundrums posted around the room with participants answering them. A word-building contest from the letters in Christian Endeavor awarded Miss Jennie Purple 150 words as her prize, with a three-way tie among others for conundrum answers. a shadow exhibit used lighting to project profiles on a curtain for guessing games.
Earwin F. Weed sues Chauncey Smith and John R. Smith to recover a seven by seventy foot strip of land in the Third ward. The parcel lies back seventy feet from Spring Street between Kinback and Reed properties and the Smiths.
Frances M. Grennell of Carbondale named Alderman Baker as executor. The 80 year old widow filed the will last week with Register Hopkins and letters were granted to Mr. Baker. She left her house and lot to her sister and a $200 bequest to Berean Baptist Church of Carbondale.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers George W West division No 468 nearly completes arrangements for a clam bake at Poyntell on August 26. The Mozart band will provide music and a concert in the afternoon. Dancing is part of the program. The Mozart orchestra will perform.
William H. Davies post of the Grand Army of the Republic will meet with Grif post of Scranton to tour Buffalo for an encampment. A public school will serve as headquarters during the visit, likely to be accepted by members from here.
Peter Quinn of Fallbrook Street working at the Delaware and Hudson round-house suffered a severe hand injury when a heavy poker toppled onto his fingers while pulling a fire from a locomotive. The incident leaves him laid up for an extended period.
Miss Effie Miller returned from Atlantic City and Mrs H H Daley came back from Glen Summit. Miss Margaret Farrell hosts Mrs William Cases of Philadelphia while Miss Magogle Trainor visits Miss Annie ONeill. Charles Millard hosts Mr Cox of Middletown and Lee Palmerter visits from Beaumont. Mrs P Cavanaugh and Miss Rose Gorman return to Scranton BE. T Kelly departs for Pittston. Ray Clifford returns from Crystal Lake. Mr and Mrs F A Porter of Jersey City have been visiting and return home. Miss Dora McDonough of Providence visits locally. Mrs Charles Birs returns from Crystal Lake to Jersey City. Miss Beane of Green Ridge guests at James and Mary Thompson’s on Church Street. A group leaves for Crystal Lake Saturday to camp two weeks including Albert Birkett Charles Bridgett Frank Couch.
Residents honored Jasper Lane on his fortieth birthday with out of town visitors. Elections saw Theron Moon and Jesse Avery chosen in the Second ward while other civic events included Young Men's Institute gathering, Camp Restless members heading to Lake Como, and a joint Sunday School picnic with Farview arrangements and Rev W Hiller speaking at 2 PM.
A schedule lists field events from 12 to 1 and games from 2 to 4 with entries accepted until 12 o’clock Tuesday. Committee members Prof Mackenberry and K B Gendall organize the event and tickets are available at the train or depot with round trip price 40 cents. the Jermyn depot train leaves 8:30.
Saturday evening at the Morris residence Miss Meriam Morris wed Tallie Griffiths in a ceremony led by Rev. Dr. H H W Harris of Calvary Baptist. A large reception followed with Mendelssohn’s wedding march by Miss Gertrude Morris and a decorative parlor setting.
In Dickson City Third ward the primary elected William Kennedy and William S. Thomas as delegates to the Fourth Legislative District Republican convention in Burke's hall Carbondale on Tuesday August 17 1897. Nearby events note William Jones struck by lightning, and residents P. J. Rely Joseph Thorpe Mrs Chapman and Mrs Mountford are mentioned with various activities and excursions.
The Fifty second Pennsylvania Volunteers survivors announce their tenth annual reunion in Scranton on September 23. Activities start with registration at Lieutenant Barnard Griffin Post rooms at 26 Lackawanna Avenue, followed by a 2 PM business meeting at Music Hall, a banquet at 6 PM, and a camp fire at 7 40 PM in Music Hall auditorium. Officers include President George Leonard and others from Wilkes Barre Tunkhannock Archbold Owego Kingston Scranton.
Two Scranton men, William Madden and Thomas English known as Tom Kicker, left for Alaska about two years ago. A recent letter from Madden says they are in the Klondike region with a promising claim they are working hard. They went around the time the rush began and their luck seems strong, though their eventual return remains uncertain.
Under this heading sport letters of interest will be published when accompanied by the writer s name. The Tribune will not be held responsible for opinions here expressed.
Dr J H Andrew denounces the Lackawanna Hospital board for allowing a single executive to wield supreme authority. He recounts cases of patient isolation being mishandled and alleges officials avoided inquiry by postponing meetings and avoiding written charges. He accuses Miss Kraemer and president James P Dickson of misconduct and demands a full investigation. The note ends with criticism of governance and a call for accountability.
A grocer urges today to try Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains oak and says it tastes like finest Java coffees. The ad promises health benefits and lasting satisfaction, urging readers to ask their grocer for Grain-O.
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