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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1895
Page
8
Severe surgery on Saturday night left John Wilary improving slowly under care of Drs. Dornalfe and Guthrie. Reported fires, accidents, and travel notes populate Towanda area life with hospitalizations, a mill fire believed arson, and a broken frog derailment blocking the line.
Mrs Hugh Marley aged resident dies at daughter's home in Archbal d after long illness. Funeral at 10 a m with high mass in St Thomas church. Miss Mary Quinnan leaves public school duties to join Immaculate Heart convent in Carbondale. George Hamlin, former Archbal d resident, killed in railroad crash near Syracuse. Riverside hotel fire on plank road causes about 7000 loss. hydrants faulty hindering firefighting. No one burned. fraudulent remedies warned in ad for Dr Thomas Belect ric Owl.
Clark's Green records a wedding at Wilkes-Barre with remarks by Mr and Mrs B F Courtright. It lists residents returning to Washington DC and Tyrone after visits, injuries and recoveries, church events, and New Year gatherings including reunions of the Swallow and Nichols families with neighbors from Factoryville and Waverly.
Taylor residents adopt early closing at 6.40 pm while visitors and locals trade news. Mines at Taylor Pyne Holden payrolls due Friday. Candidates for council and school directors eye seats as politicking grows. sleigh ride by Jermyn Co. workers stalls at Hyde Park due to poor sleighing. several brief visits and social calls noted. Rheumatic cure advertised promising rapid relief at 7½ cents per dose.
Peckville items note Mrs Windsor Foster and Mrs Hal den Hammond visiting Wayne county and Mrs Daniel Dorris in Wilkes Barre tending her ill mother. Scarlete fever notices at area homes and a death from pneumonia of seven year old Russel Hoffecker on Main Street. Funeral arrangements set for 1 pm with Hyde Park Catholic cemetery interment. Public installation planned for Lieutenant James G Stevens post G A R. Also a scarlet fever death of Herbert Richards aged seven and illness updates for Mrs A E Compton and Dr S B Watson. An advertisement touts New Greta South American Kidney Cure with quick relief for urinary issues.
Homer Greene esq received the nomination at the Republican county convention with Hamner Greene and W. W. Wood as contenders. First ballot Greene 24 Wood 16. second ballot Greene 28 Wood 0. Greene was instructed to select his own conferees. Wayne County Agricultural Society elected officers for 1895. Mouse president Norton VP Gaylord secretary Ferguson treasurer Norton Reed Saunders committee on grounds Crandall and Clark returned to Philadelphia. Professor Heft’s dancing class finale set for January 22 in Pioneer hall. Cantata Santa Claus on Time praised after rehearsals. opera house show tonight at 7.30 with 15c children and 25c adults under Grace church Sunday school.
Miss Ona Tyler and Flora Allen returned home from Forest City as guests of Miss Mae Hallock. J Wallace Allen Jr. died in Buffalo of diphtheria. George Waters, 14, died at home of diphtheria on Seventh avenue. Dr T C Fitzersimmons and wife welcomed a daughter born Saturday.
The juvenile choir of St Patrick’s church enjoyed a sleighride to Carbondale yesterday afternoon. Mrs Richard Evans of Jermyn spent Sunday with J C Evans and family of Lackawanna street. Deming’s Minstrels will present a free comedy The Stranger at the New Opera House Friday. H B Mathewson, ill two weeks, is able to attend to business again. G A Sanford will return to Princeton this week. Frank Lynch returned to Yale yester. Miss Mame Timlin and Mame Colling of Jermyn were visiting friends in town yesterday. John Robert Melville and Thomas Loftus of Archbald were business callers in town yesterday.
Miss Etta Mosteller visited friends in Wilkes-Barre this past week Olive Pearl t returned to Stroudsburg after attending the State Normal school James P Nichol his wife and son Harold are visiting their brother W U McDonald Mrs L W Lindermuth is on the sick list Rev Mr Race of the Methodist Episcopal church preached a instructive sermon Sunday evening from Chronicles 1 9 10 He spoke of great Bible figures including Jabes and asked for God's blessing on James and his work
The passage argues that those who seek God earnestly must first bless themselves through spiritual renewal before they can share blessing with others. It cites Jabez as an example, noting earthly wealth cannot satisfy godly desire. It says God grants immediate blessing to those who desire to serve His works.
WYALUSING residents share updates from Philadelphia visits and university duties. Prof. M. T. Hines returns to Kenyon College. Social events include a reception for Day V. Keeler and his bride. Illness touches Ida Lynch, and local skating remains popular with youths enjoying the creek.
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