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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1897
Page
8
Advertisements orders for job work and publication items left at Shannon & Co newsdealers on North Main Street will receive prompt attention. The shop hours are from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time.
Thomas Waite of the city was killed near the Coal Brook breaker when his foot slipped and he was thrown beneath a moving coal car. The thirty two year old unmarried man, born in Em litt, had worked as a fisher at Wilson Creek and lived with David Jones on Clark avenue. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock at his late home with Rev Beecher officiating.
In town is Thomas Tister of Starruca a famed older Carbondale craftsman. He cut a tree to pattern a powerful donkey engine and built it himself, a once common curiosity. Now nearing ninety he plans farm life after decades of hard work and a long walk on his birthday.
Last week featured a tea for Mesdames Washington Durr and Burr with 115 guests at the home. Attendees included Mesdames Wood George 8 Horn Morris Bennett Seeley Nase and Edward Franklin of Scranton and Mrs. and Miss Manville of Whitehall. A second Friday event honored Mr Hudson on Salem avenue TL with a presentation from George West division 465 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Carbondale endures an invasion by a line of tramps described as the boldest yet seen. Outskirts dwellings are besieged while travelers move into business districts. A clerk reports a tramp demanding salmon inside a corn store and bacon later. The force boosts patrols and a nightly lodging demand at the station grows.
Saturday morning the Carbondale Traction company elected Alrevtars RR. M. Janes and W. M. North of Philadelphia and others to leadership. J B Hendrick was named President and B A Jadwin re elected secretary and treasurer. Louis A Wright resigns to lead Pottsville street railway. he will be succeeded by Mr Flynn of Chicago and D J Duncan remains superintendent.
Local residents report a surge in illness with cases including Mrs A Johnson diphtheria John Morgan Bel Mont street rheumatism Mrs John Clune Farview street Henry Collins Fallbrook Street typhoid fever Mrs Michael Caneston Miss Ida Reese Hood poison Edward McMullen typhoid pneumonia Martin Murphy Andrew Hansen Seventh avenue Mise Connor hospital Bridget McNulty Scott street and others affected by contagious ailments.
Mrs. Frank Niles died Saturday morning at her father’s home. The obituary notes her family and local connections, reflecting on her life and the arrangements.
Obituary notes report the death of a South Canaan resident aged thirty six, survived by her husband Frank Niles father and sister Mena. Local events include Actors Holliday at Grand with full audience and scranton roadshows. Community talk of a literary society and a trade board in Carbondale. Evengelists Walker to begin revival at Methodist church Friday. Beloved children and residents mourn the deaths of Linele Leary and Annie Singer with funerals held recently.
Members of the Peckville Improved Order of Heptosephs held a public installation at Ledyard hall last Friday. District Deputy Supreme Archon Walter Hendricks presided, with remarks on the motto Fraternity Truth and Wisdom and addresses by Bernard McGurl and others. A social evening followed a banquet catered by Mrs A L Ayres.
The Club of ’97 plans its second monthly social in William Callahan’s hall on February 10 evening. Great preparations underway and dancing class at Faddens hall tonight. Kane and McLoughlin secured Professor James Walsh of Olyphant to train the pupils.
Jermyn and Mayfield residents gathered at Windsor hall for a citizens caucus with Grothe Pendred re-elected chairman. Nominees for burgess W. H. Willman and others were discussed as Democratic and Republican factions prepare for a Tuesday meeting to nominate officers and set election plans.
The Tickerman Pinston and Avocn teams played a series on Hillside pond for the Parker cup. Aviva won the cup after a season of fierce district rivalries, defeating the New York Pittston team. Members of the Aviva squad include Burden, Moore, Chaban, McMurtrie, Hallstone, Widdell, Widdell, and Cranston.
Women praise Lydia E B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash as cures for uterine, ovarian, and related ailments. Testimonies claim rapid improvement from symptoms like bearing down, backache, nervousness, and fatigue after use. Letters from readers across towns express renewed health and gratitude.
A Scranton retailer announces moving its Clothing Department under the same roof as Furniture and Carpet. With stock being reduced to cut damage and drayage costs, prices are marked down to levels comparable to normal sales, offering better light, more room, and lower prices. Purchase now or pay later.
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