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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1894
Page
8
Store offers high dresses with yoke and embroidery in muslin at 75 cents, regular 95 cents. drawers with cluster tucks at 65 cents, regular 65 cents. corset covers with surplice neck at 30 cents, regular 45 cents.
Mitw Bertha Knapp, nurse to Dr. Wilson at Montrose, returns home and will next winter in Chicago with Mrs Edmund Harrington. Mrs P M Green’s new cottage shows a pretty finish. Charles Haag gave his wife a new piano last week.
Towanda items note visits by Judge-elect Dunham and ex-Judge Ingham from Sullivan county. Funeral of Addison E. Buck. Fisk Jubilee Singers draw crowds at Pratt's Opera House. Discussion of Waterman murder case delays and suspected arrestees. Assessors, teachers, and farmers institutes discussed. real estate activity rises as John B. Jennings buys Thompson property for development. Bear sighting and petty thefts reported. railroad and local business news interwoven.
Mrs. Clarissa A Rowley dies at 82 in Carbondale after twenty five years residence. Funeral set at 2 PM Thursday from 39 Canaan Street Rev William Edger officiating. Hospitalized resident William Williams. Mayfield musical drive seeks Bandmaster Ackerman. Banquet tonight for George Van Keuren. Lackawanna club toastmasters and plans. Locomotive Honesdale remodeled at Delaware and Hudson shops.
Mrs. Gottlieben Kraft, aged 65, dies at her Honesdale home after living in the area for years. Born near Berlin, Germany, she is survived by a son J. Adam and an adopted daughter Mrs. Lawrence Weffering. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
William J. Hood returns from England with his wife. Miss Ligaie Reinhardt goes back to Stroudsburg State Normal school after visiting her parents. McCrindle and MecMillian of Avoca were seen in town last evening.
Mayfield residents report social visits and travels. Miss B Cawley expresses satisfaction with Fergus Falls Minnesota and recalls meeting travelers from Wilkes Barre on a European tour. Local residents Hoyt DeGaw Stokes Yowens Eaton Tiffany Bergan Walker and Breen are noted with various visits and events. Breen’s sudden death is reported.
Priceburg items note a meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters at the hall this evening. Harris from Hyde Park has moved his family here and works as inside foreman at Jermyn No 3. The Central hotel is closed by the sheriff for indebtness.
Councilman E F Black buys the Laurel Street property from the New York Ontario and Western railroad previously occupied by John J Kearney. The Archbold school board met with all members present and approved paying several bills. Active Archbold Hose Company members are exonerated from school tax. Holidays: two weeks off December 21 to January 4 for teachers and pupils. Professor Sprague to lecture on Shakespeare in the graded school building. Mrs Frank Kane of North Main Street injured her arm after slipping on ice yesterday.
John Healey of Trendham dies at Alahoma aged resident noted for many good qualities. Funeral planned today. Mines around the area operate half time eight hours daily. Mrs Patrick Sullivan of Taylor Street shares news of household. Mr and Mrs Edward Davies back from New York wedding tour. Miss May Morris confined to home. The Christan Endeavor society will follow.
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