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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1896
Page
5
The first annual graduating exercises of Williams Business College will be held at Frothingham Wednesday evening at 7.90 o'clock. A few tickets are for sale at 20 cents each at the box office. Seats may be reserved. Tickets available at Weber's Barber Shop 119 Wyoming Ave until July 3 at midnight and until July 4 at noon.
Dr E M Green has moved his dentistry practice from 321 North Washington to the third floor of Mears Building. The change of address takes effect immediately with continued patient services.
William Connell declares candidacy for Congress subject to Republican convention. He emphasizes public service, district ties since boyhood, and willingness to serve if nominated and elected. Local press notes his strong support and midlife vigor.
Scranton Republicans moved toward a grand ratification meeting set for the following Saturday night. Committees reported progress at the Central Republican club rooms and planned fireworks, torches, transparencies, and a large wheelmen parade. A 2,000-strong marching lineup is hoped, with mayoral streets cleared for the procession.
Mary A. Jones is granted a divorce from Richard P. Jones by Judge Archbald. They wed on November 11, 1890, in Kingston. The couple lived in Bellevue until October 1891 when Jones sailed to Wales to handle a relative’s property and has not contributed to support since.
The text notes she has to earn her own living and contrasts her situation with Enoch Arnen who is believed alive and well on the other side of the Atlantic.
The Tribune will publicly acknowledge and transmit to Pittston authorities any reader contributions for widows and orphans of the Twin shaft disaster. Authorized subscriptions include William Connell 850000 and Richard O'Brien.
Yesterday's weddings featured Miss Alice Levy and BR M Goldsmith at the Scranton Bicycle Club House with 75 relatives present. The couple, of 40 Franklin Avenue and Goldsmiths, planned a St Lawrence trip and return to the Hotel Jermyn around July 20 before reside in Scranton.
A Grace Reformed Episcopal Church reception committee rally featured several addresses and printed instructions by Miss Della P Evans and Edwin B Williams. Charles H Chandler led the praise service as Rev George F E Guild Rev G L Aldrich Charles E Daniels C F Hess and E B Williams spoke. An accompanying testimonial from Mrs J Meffley of Newfoundland Pa praised Hood’s Sarzaparilla and Hood’s Pills for health recovery despite pleurisy and heart trouble.
New York dispatch notes fair, slightly warmer conditions with light southwesterly winds and local rain in the lake region. A warm wave is expected in the western districts after a Thursday that brings higher temperatures and light southerly winds.
Prices are lower than ever with 10 percent off this week. Be dozen specials promote the olive display at Coursen's. Hotel Warwick sits at the ocean end of South Carolina avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey with a fine lawn and good view of the ocean. Daniel Coleman proprietor Brown's Bee Hive will open Wednesday Thursday and Friday evenings this week.
In Scranton on June 19 sorg Mrs Catherine Rafferty wife of Terence Rafferty died at 437 Phelps Street in the forty fifth year of her age Funeral Friday morning at 9 o clock Interment in Hyde Park Cemetery Catmalke
Crescenzo Merolo, sentenced for the February murder of Emanuel Loro, will be executed by hanging in the county jail around 10 o'clock in the presence of a limited crowd. Priests visit him. he prays, confesses, and requests burial with a rosary. He claims the killing arose from a troubled heart and intoxication, and he vows to atone.
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