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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1897
Page
7
Long list of residents visiting relatives and returning home, with several travelers from Scranton Pittston New York Providence and other towns. It notes Mrs Grady Miss Rafferty Miss Nevin Mr Healey Miss O Malley and others visiting, plus a hotel clerk Joseph McGuinness to resign and relocate after three years at Hotel Anthracite.
Sunday evening at 6 30 Rabbi N Crook of Scranton married Miss Stella Siegel and H B Frank of Scranton in the open air under a canopy on Pike street. Many guests from Towanda Philadelphia Wilkes Barre and Scranton attended the service and feast before the couple began a wedding journey and planned to reside in Scranton.
A pleasant party in honor of Misa Katie Kilger of Scranton featured a comic sketch by Henry Battle a vocal solo by Owen Timmons and violin by McDonald and Healey. Guests included Frances Kilger Ella Flanaghan and many Scranton residents with dancing games and refreshments.
A large party honored Miss Gladys on her eighth birthday Saturday evening. Guests included Grace Retten Lovelace Shields Lois Williams Gretta Beynon Maud Stephens Helen Couch Mary Olive Davis Willette Fitchett Isabella Waterfield Lillian White Masters Books Charles Kafka Beddoe Williams Marshall Fitchett Freddie Couch Kryson W Nurre Charles Fitchett and George Rettew with many tokens of goodwill.
John F Campbell and son James depart for New York and Albany. Miss Mabel Moore visits her aunts in Aldenville. Eugene Spencer of Spencer Heating in Thomson visits city friends. Maude Brown of New Milford guests Frank Brown. P J Collins of Scranton visits cousin Magele Collins on West Ride. Elia Shaw of Scranton attends a meeting at Frank Coon’s on Canaan Street. Clare Doyle of the New York store leaves for a two week visit to relatives in New York City. Mrs George Hankinson of Dundaff Street spends a week with Susquehanna county friends. Miss Mary Melvin of Scranton stays at Michael Gilmartin’s on South Main Street. Misses Alice Price and Louisa Phillips of South Church Street visit Miss Alice Cook at Starraces. Katie Keleer of Scranton returns home with sister Frances Kelger. Misses Marie and Blanche Lavin of (unspecified) conclude notes.
Residents frequent Atlantic City for rest and social trips while local civic matters press. Republic party activity includes a ward meeting and a delegate candidacy as roads and sidewalks face pedestrian use concerns in town.
An old advertisement touts a “Cholera Mor Cure” claiming to treat cholera infants and bowel problems. It urges readers to contact Prof. Manyon at 1506 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa for free medicinal guidance.
The notice lists bans of marriage for Michael McCary and Mary Meehan and John Bennett and Kate Brady at Sacred Heart church on Saturday. It also mentions Mr William F. Sullivan attending a Catholic Mutual Benefit society convention in Erie, visits between local residents, a shooting match with seven birds per side, and a September Baptist bazaar in Enterprise hall with a plan for Mayfield to defeat Carbondale 6 to 0 in football yesterday.
Rev and Mrs Simpkins returned home from a vacation. Miss Bertha Kizer visits sister Mrs Frank Peck. Mrs Yorl suffers rheumatism. Ed Dikeman of Lyndhurst visits mother Mrs Dikeman. Pride of Orient Chapter Eastern Star plans visit to Pittston Chapter at 5 20 p m. Thomas Pope of Nanticoke visits Warne couple. Woman’s Christian Temperance union to meet at Mrs S F White home with officer elections. Public schools open Monday Sept 14. parents must comply with attendance law. Harry Simpson of the Third ward attends Republican convention as delegate.
Miss Ethel Morgane of Wilkes-Barre visits cousin Miss Lillie Jones on Dundaff street. Miss Sarah J. Plowright of Peckville visits friends Sunday. Miss Mary Birkbeck spends the week with friends in Yatesville. Professor M J Lloyd and family are home from Deposit. Jacob Olendike returns from Atlantic City trip. Mr and Mrs George Weiland and family of the Boulevard spend Sunday with relatives. Miss Mary B E Wrightson visits her parents Saturday.
New Jersey peach season peaks this week with an expected crop surpassing prior years at about three and a half million baskets. Demand is steady in New York and regional markets as growers who thinned trees see better returns and Hunterdon County forms a peach exchange to stabilize prices.
Republican County Committee schedules county convention for September 7 at 10 am in Horonton for nominating candidates in key offices. Vigilance committees meet September 4 between 4 and 7 pm to select delegates and two per district will join as delegates based on McKinley vote totals from the prior state election. Attest: John H. Thomas chairman B. Watkins secretary.
In a clipped exchange the author concedes ignorance about identifying the first humorist. The editor pressingly suggests the author who has been supplying jokes may hold the answer, prompting an ironic truth-telling moment.
German inventor W. Wachter of Simenau patents a decalcomania method to burn images onto porcelain and glass. A carbolic acid and oil of cloves solution is applied to the picture’s back, and a sticky lacquer on the surface prevents slippage during transfer before firing in a kiln. The lacquer burns away entirely, leaving the image fused to the surface.
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