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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1898
Page
12
Carbondale correspondence for The Tribune is now in the hands of Mr CC FR Munn at Salem avenue and Church street. News items should be addressed to him. All complaints about regular delivery should go to W J Roberts, news agent.
A group of Carbondale gentlemen including P. Nodgere Clearge Giles and John Waterfield have secured an option on the Belmont mine and breaker north of the city owned by J. O Sishpoor R K H and L A Patterson. They report the mine could be put in working order despite obstructed workings and the breaker, idle three years, is in excellent condition. Once revived about 300 men could be employed and tests indicate a large quantity of high quality coal remains.
Miss Emma Udy 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs Pichard Udy of Wyoming street died at the hospital after several weeks of typhoid fever. Once believed out of danger she died following a sudden setback. Survived by parents two married sisters Aire Miner Stark and Mrs Ralph Healey and one unmarried sister at home. Funeral arrangements have not yet been mailed.
A 4 to 6 pm reception hosted by Mrs D Scurry and others at their attractive home attracted about 150 guests. Hosts and helpers coordinated refreshments, decorations features smilax and palms, Mozart orchestra provided a pedaled program, with guests and organizers named among the attendees.
Public installation and supper of Fidelity Conclave No 120 Improved Order of Heptasophe in the Burke building. It promises to be a major social event with entertainment early, admission by card only, and a 3 o clock start to accommodate out of town guests and late trains. Several hundred cards have been issued.
Mire John McLaughlin of Olyphant visited her parents Mr and Mrs James Gerrity of Pike Street yesterday. Thomas Quigley of Wilkes-Barre was a city visitor yesterday. On Monday next A Leo’s blacksmithing business will transfer to Norbert Coggins after an agreed sale. No show at Grand Opera House yet. Go Won Go Mohawk is the evening attraction. Mrs Searles of Wyoming Street visits her brother in Wilkes-Barre.
A Clark’s Green family of Charles Mack suffered severe diphtheria illness with one child dead and five others sick as reported. May Courtright returned from the area with the latest updates on the outbreak.
Activities include Juanita Lodge hosting Eastern Star members at the Austin home on Feb 22, Methodist quarterly meeting in church next Sunday withSacrament. quarterly conference Wednesday at 2 30 led by Rev Eekman. Electric Star Lodge marks 10th anniversary Feb 26 with program. Odd Fellows gathering planned.
A horses runaway on Main street injured a wagon driver and caused a brief scramble before the team was stopped. Community notices include Odd Fellows meeting, church services at Methodist, Welsh Congregational, and Calvary Baptist churches with sermon topics listed. Local residents attend funerals, recover from illness, and the Taylor Choral society rehearses for Decoration Day at Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs Pelton and Mrs George Bor tree visited friends in Carbondale at week’s start Ruthford Swarts of Beranton called on friends here last week Godfrey Kolb of Beranton spent Sunday with local friends Ellen Storie visits her brother William Storie Mrs L K Brown of New York guests of Mrs William Brown The P O A will host a supper event for members and guests
Charles La Barr spent Sunday with his mother Mire Anna La Barr in a brief social note from the community pages.
A social at William and Mrs. Harvey’s North Main street home honored the Alaska bound party. Train for the gold fields leaves at 11:30 A.M. with Edward Butterworth and others aboard. Mayfield visits, restaurant move, and local letters report hopeful prospects.
A borough meeting discusses paying commissioners bills and tax accounts, with several vendors and police expenses listed. A proposal from Eureka Fire Hose Company to furnish 100 feet of hose is approved, and bids for a team and driver for road work are requested. The electrician charge for night duty is debated, and contract steps with Delaware and Hudson are ordered. Joffrey judgments are to be settled and appeals withdrawn.
Miss Bella Wrightson of Green Ridge will travel with her parents to St Marys this morning to visit her sister Mrs James Raisbeck, a former resident. Evangelist Mrs Catlin lectures this evening on Sights and Scener in the City of London with a ten cent admission. The funeral of Joseph Burke, four year old son of Mr and Mrs FR Burke, was held yesterday afternoon from their parish.
Interment of a resident occurs at St Patrick's cemetery in Olyphant. The Washington birthday program, organized by the Temperance society, features Mrs W C Griffin and Mrs J W Sampson at Smith's hall Griffin's store. Admission is ten cents. St Thomas church members host an oyster supper at Tadden's hall on Monday evening February 21 with 25 cent tickets.
The article traces sealing methods from ring seals on clay and wax to wafers under the first empire, then to gummed envelopes. It notes wax colors over time, English envelope production from 1840, folding machines by Hill and de la Rue, and Paris output reaching about 1.6 million envelopes daily since 1850.
A long list of local musical events includes Bauer's orchestras on Saturday night and choirs from the Anthracite Glee Club. Wilkes-Barre hosts eisteddfod contests in May with quartets, choirs, and soloists from Scranton, Hazleton, and Montreal amid upcoming concerts by Josef Hofmann and Alexandre Guilmant.
Funeral services for Mrs. Timothy O Conner were held from her Pine Street home with mass at St Thomas Church and interment in St Thomas Cemetery. Other obituaries note Mya Gye Hepner and Thomas Putt from Carbondale elected to the select council. A wedding of Hattie Klapher and John Sehitley occurred at the German Evangelical Church with Rev William Laer officiating. A Ridge Mine disturbance involved two intoxicated laborers and Davis, leading to arrests by Constables O Lore and McHale and a jail hearing. Maggie Phillin of Scranton visited the town yesterday.
A pre Lenten social at Edwards Hall drew large youth attendance with Miss Nellie Curran of Scranton presiding on the piano. Regular Episcopal services are set for tomorrow at two, and local residents from Scranton to Blakely and Lackawanna report visits, arrivals, and family gatherings around Edwards Hall and nearby streets.
An advertisement profiles the Peru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus as a leading Ohio industry. It touts Dr. S. B. Hartman as president and promotes Peruna as a permanent cure for catarrh, claiming forty years of use and letters from satisfied customers in Carthage and Alexander praising its health benefits.
The text notes that the performance is highly appreciated by the school community, highlighting the skill and positive reception of the players.
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