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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1896
Page
4
Advertisements and orders for job work and items for publication left at the Hansion & Co newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. Open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Crescent club members gathered at the Harrison house on Monday for a banquet honoring P. M. Brennan who will depart for Ireland for the winter. Landlord Monahan provided a bountiful repast followed by a social program led by president W. J. Bergan. Frank D. Collins, M. F. Moran, P. F. Clifford and Mayor O Neill addressed the group with reflections on banqueting athletics patriotism and Irish history. Brennan thanked the club for five years of membership as the Crescent quartet closed with How can I bear to leave thee.
The Cycle club room will host the Medical Society meeting Friday evening. Dr Reed Burns of Scranton will address members and friends on Healing of Wounds. He will show many views with a stereopticon. Afterward refreshments and a social gathering will follow.
The alumni of Wood's Business College postpone their social to Friday evening in college rooms. The Odd Fellows Hall association meeting is rescheduled for next Monday evening. Mrs J A Reynolds and guest Miss Burns plan to visit Scranton to see Mrs N E Rice. Salem Avenue grocers Stephens Tucker close a deal to buy Thomas Levison stock and business. Levison to winter in the South. he is involved in lumberland. Mr and Mrs J Barry Rowson return from Scranton. Kathryn Barrett accepts a position at Levene’s on North Main. J Harry Bryden of West Pittston visits the city. Simon Spangenbure ill. Thomas Newcombe ill with typhoid fever. J S Shannon on business trip to New York. Leone Farnam returns from Green Ridge. Dr Fletcher removes cataract from John J Jones. operation successful. Grace Smith spends day in Scranton. H S Bolton visits New York on business. Mrs Daniel Farrell visiting Pittston. Hon Samuel S Jones returns from Harrisburg. H S Singer, esq., returns to New York. Gabriel Pugiiano goes to New York on business. J Goldstein of Binghamton purchases Boston Variety stock and plans to make the city his permanent home. Thomas Gilmartin of Cottage street seriously ill. Mrs Patrick Brown and daughter spend Monday in town. Mrs G O Kagler returns from Scranton visit. John Hanson of Seventh avenue, a prominent contractor, and Mrs Ann Woody quietly married at St Rose church by Rev T F Cofy. Misses Bridget and Ann Hart return from New York trip.
Special services at the Methodist Episcopal church will continue this week with strong attendance. Rev H H Wilbur of Factoryville led a Sunday afternoon service at the Y M C A rooms. Young men of twenty invited to attend. Thanksgiving school entertainment postponed due to church meetings. Miss Bertha Santee and others visited Rev J B Santee. Rosa Santee returned from Ithaca to spend winter. Mrs A Ball has been spending time in the area.
The advertisement offers a range of carpets from 20c. In. grain to Wilton, oil cloths and linoleums in all widths and prices. Window shades and curtains are promoted with latest novelties, along with rocking chairs upholstered in plush, tapestry and Brocatelle. A fine collection of cobbler seats is highlighted and prices are stated as the lowest.
A week in Scranton ends with the formation of a local gar club led by president H N Dean secretary treasurer C M Burveter. It has twelve members and more are expected to join. A rifle range will be laid out on O W Mason’s lane and rifle practice will be held Saturdays.
Forest City reports three officials visited Pittston Taylor and Scranton fire departments to study new apparatus. A. E. H. Wheeler of Jackson visits relatives. Platt accompanies surveyors to stake site behind old rock dump for electric light plant foundations and pole work to start soon. Rainbow fair at Enterprise Hose in Davis opera house December 14 to 19. Jessie Long of Scranton returned from two week visit with Mrs Evans.
J J Salman's young generation of comedians presents a scene in the Old Twin Shaft at Father Mathew Opera house Saturday night with an afterpiece An Electric Shock. Nellie Curran of Scranton attends as guest of Miss Mary Carbine. Club of 95 holds annual social New Years night. extensive preparations underway.
A special meeting of the scholars and choir of the Methodist Episcopal church will organize a cantata in the church lecture room for Christmas Eve. The Christmas day eisteddfod at Weber's rink, run by the Anthracite Glee club, draws wide interest with vocal and instrumental competitions for mixed chorus juvenile choir quartette duet and various solos. Readings are planned for men and women and children under fifteen. Up to five choirs may compete. Secretary Morgan B Morgans on Main Street. Admission 35 cents per session and 50 cents for the season. Thomas Carey of Scranton visited as a Taylor guest yesterday. Thomas Jones and William Richards plan to sail abroad. The Taylor Water company works on digging trenches for water mains along Grove Street.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Susquehanna Dec 1 recounts a Thanksgiving swindle case. H Hetfeld alias H Cowen posed as a converted Jew, cashed a valueless $10 check after a pastor sheltered him, and fled toward Buffalo. he was arrested and confessed with his wife’s collusion. County items report diphtheria in Great Bend, pension examiner candidacies, and local officials seeking posts. rail labor news, political ambitions, and a piano of small-town events fill the page.
The report notes Grocer Higgins was a business caller in Plainsville yesterday as a cold wave covers the area with a new pond that delights local skaters. Miss Mamie Cahill of Pittston visited friends here yesterday. The Independents held a well attended dance at Taylor rink last evening. Martin McCrea is dangerously ill.
The St. Louis Republic credits Dr Hurry of the Indiana state board of health with a method to wash the mouth with a disinfectant before kissing to curb bacteria. The piece argues romance can survive with carbolized lips in a bacterial free dream, aided by science.
A critical look at dieting for indigestion warns against starvation as ineffective and harmful. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are promoted as the safer solution, digesting food for the patient to nourish the system and rest the stomach. Sold in drug stores in full-sized packs.
The page blends church renewal remarks and local anecdotes from Canton to Brooklyn with farmer lore on tail length indicating milk potential. It notes smoothing coal use by Lehigh Valley trains and comments on political petitions and postmaster ambitions. Whitney signs off.
A Philadelphia Record piece argues that忙 American life presses on civic duty and alters social conduct. It challenges critics who equate modern behavior with declining manners, suggesting the issue centers on ceremony rather than simple manners.
The article argues that ceremonial politeness declined as America moved from monarchical influence toward democracy. It notes differing local standards, the rise of the New Woman, and the tension between wealth status and social polish while asserting true courtesy remains essential and enduring.
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