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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1897

Page

9

Patriotic Service at Washburn Street Presbyterian Church

West Side and City Suburban conducted by C E Society in Washburn Street Presbyterian Church held a patriotic service replacing the regular sermon. A. E B Morse played saxophone as the program included anthems, readings of the Declaration of Independence, and addresses by G W Phillips and L R Foster. The event ended with organ music and the benediction. Evans suffered a leg injury and was cared for at home by Dr. Beckworth. The couple, bride Ligaie and Walter Jones, move to Binghamton with well wishes from friends.

C. E. Society Washburn Street Presbyterian Church Young People's Society of Christian Endeavorer A. EB. Morse J. P. Moffatt Columbia Miss Smith Society W. T. Burall Arthur Phillips G. W. Phillips Rev. L. KR. Foster America Ligaie Walter Jones Washburn Street Owens Bennett Eet Company Cay Binghamton Swetland Street

Children's Day Exercises At Sherman Avenue Mission

The Sherman Avenue Mission school auditorium drew a large audience for Children's Day yesterday. Miss Della F. Evans led the program with Professor Richard Phillipe directing music. The event featured songs, recitations by several students, a missionary exercise, infant class work, a quarterly report, and a closing benediction by Rev. Hell.

Sherman Avenue Mission School Della F. Evans Richard Phillipe America Thomas Bell Misses Celin Jones Emma Parker Elizabeth Hurn Margaret Sherman Annie Lance Margaret Schell Maude Jones Libbie Jones Chester Thomas Mr. Hell

Ben Evans Hurt in Evening Horse Accident

Ben Evans, a young man employed by James A. Saville, a local butcher, was severely injured Saturday evening when a horse he rode stumbled at the intersection of Lafayette street and North Hyde Park, near 304 North Main avenue.

Ben Evans James A. Saville North Main Avenue Evans Lafayette Street North Hyde Park

Bellevue Heights Gets Water After Pipelines Run

Bellevue Heights residents near the hill finally gain reliable water as Scranton Gas and Water Company lays pipes. Previous shortages were blamed on heavy demand from colliery boilers and limited pumping capacity from Spring Brook or Taylor Water Company. Work progresses rapidly and an ample supply is expected within a week.

Bellevue Heights Spring Brook Taylor Water Company Scranton Gas and Water Company

Funeral for Esther Phillips Held on Swetland Street

The funeral services for Esther Phillips, daughter of City Engineer Joseph P. Phillips, were held yesterday afternoon at the family home on Swetland Street. Rev. J. B. Sweet officiated with a choir performing several selections. Interment followed at Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers included four girls Barbara Clark, Bessie Slate, Ndith Morgan, Minnie Roberta and James Maloney.

Eether Joseph P. Phillips Swetland Street J. B. Sweet Stimpson Church Forest Hill Barbara Clark Bessie Slate Ndith Morgan Minnie Roberta James Maloney New York City West Side Hospital

Alarm causes false fire call and roof debris incident

An afternoon alarm from box 4% at 3 10 oclock drew Eagle Company, but proved false as smoke from a stove and chimney caused the room to fill. A neighbor summoned the alarm. Earlier at 2 25 an alarm from box HM drew the Franklins and Columbias. a fire cracker fired into the air lodged debris on the roof of 144 North Deckers court, Evan Reese house, owned by Henry Ferher, but was extinguished before the units arrived.

Eagle Company Wilson Emmet Street North Decker's Court Evan Reese Henry Ferher

Owens and Williams Wed at Lincoln Avenue Home

Edward Moris Owens wed Hannah Williams in a Saturday ceremony held at Owens home on Lincoln avenue. Rev. David Jones officiated the wedding, tying the couple in marriage on a pleasant July afternoon.

Edward Moris Owens Hannah Williams David Jones Lincoln Avenue

Ice Cream Festival Next to Wall and Barretts

Community notes report Scranton Street Baptist church plans an ice cream festival and social in a vacant store near Wall and Barretts on South Main avenue. Elizabeth Mumford and G R Clark announce a July wedding at Washburn Street Presbyterian church.

Scranton Street Baptist Church Wall & Barrett's South Main Avenue Elizabeth Mumford Eynon Street G. R. Clark Washburn Street Presbyterian Church Camp 44 Patriotic Order True Amercans Margaret Harris Lizzie Dorsey Charles Smith Louisa Grass James Stanton Lizzie Lee Amelia Scholl Robert Eldred Lizzie Hetzroth Agnes John Bell Harris Linden V. Decker Mildred Alex Widener North Lincoln Avenue J. J. Sweet Simpson Church Laura Pawling Jessie Beavers May Jones Gwennie Jones Washburn Street Mumford Bertha Lowenstein Anna Jones Mamie Coons Hattie Fellows Clara Sanders Mesars F. York William D. Griffiths Robert Cooper George Schoen

Notary Public and Associated Services Advertised

Notary public services by G. Morgan & Son and partners offer real estate, foreign exchange and ocean ticket services with prompt monthly settlements at 114 Jackson Street near Muggrave's drug store. Harriet J. Davis Florist sells cut flowers and funeral designs at 104 South Main Avenue two doors from Jackson. Second hand furniture dealer J. C. King buys cash for furniture, stoves and tools at 701 to 709 West Lackawanna Avenue.

G. Morgan & Son Foreign Exchange Ocean Ticket Jackson Street Mug. &Rave Harriet J. Davis South Main Avenue J. C. King Lackewannhu Avenue

Bicycles Listed at 75 Dollars Worth 100 Sold by BITTENBENDER

BITTENBENDER and CO. on Franklin Ave report bicycles priced at 100 dollars but tagged at 75 dollars. We also have 75 dollar bicycles valued at 100 dollars and guarantee them.

Bittenbender & CO Franklin Ave

South Side Notices Funeral Movements and Park Opening

The South Side reports several funerals, including Harry Gardner and Joseph E. K. Shiel, with masses at local residences and churches. Other notices mention John Siiner buried after a mass at St Marys, St Peters society in attendance, and local students and couples returning from weddings. A new grove opened by Mr Bald near Mountain Lake with a patriotic Knights of the Golden Eagle celebration and the park named Eagle Park, plus Columbus Council YMIs memorial mass and a D H train procession to Green Ridge for a school presentation.

Harry Theodore Gardner Prospect Avenue Joseph E. Shiel Willow Street Joseph E. K John Siiner Maple Street St. Mary's German Catholic Church Twentieth Ward St. Peter's Society Jas. Powell Stroudsburg State Normal School Minooka Francie Jones J. L. Race New Grove Bald Mountain Lake Knights of the Golden Eagle Eagle Park Columbus Council Young Men's Institute St. John’s Church Counci St. Aloysius Society Green Ridge St. Paul's Parochial School Phil Sheridan Council

The Cure for Evil Is Righteousness and Reform

A long meditation on national and social reform arguing that immigration production and wealth require moral limits. It calls for unified effort across work, temperance, family, education, religion, and politics, emphasizing solidarity and city life as the center of reform.

Emerson Mansoul

Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Relief For Piles Suffering

A Pittsburgh reader endorses the Pyramid Pile Cure noting three months of sleepless struggle from piles and a full recovery after using three boxes priced at 60 cents and one dollar. The letter claims the remedy is safe non opioid and painless and urges others to seek the drug via local druggists or the Albion Michigan firm for an instructional booklet.

William Handachu 46Th Street Cotton Alley Pittsburg Pyrama Drug Co Albion Mich

Obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Beddoes Beddoe

Mrs Elizabeth Beddoes Beddoe died at her home 417 Lafayette Street yesterday after noon shortly after 4 o'clock. Born July 8 1817 in Merthyr Tydyvil South Wales she would have been eighty today. She came to America in 1860 with her husband and family on the West Side where she resided. She suffered rheumatism for nearly thirty years and could not leave the house for several years.

Bedidloe Thomas G. Beddoe Ann Nicholls Elizabeth Wil-lames Throop B. G. Beddoes Jennie Heddoe Friedas Washburn Street Elizabeth Beddoes Benjamin D. Beddoe Lafayette Street Beddoe Merthyr Tydyvil South Wales America West Side

Professional Directory of Scranton Physicians and Lawyers

A dense directory lists physicians and surgeons with offices and hours including Dr. Kay at 206 Penn Ave and Dr. Bateson at 37 N Washington Ave plus many specialists. It also catalogs lawyers, law firms, and offices in the Commonwealth Building, Traders National Bank Building, and other local addresses with names such as Jeffreys and Ruddy, Warren and Knapp, Jessup, Patterson Wilcox, and many more. entries include office hours, addresses, and services across Scranton.

Bittenbender Co Wheels Advertise Durability and Value

A brief ad asserts high grade wheels remain strong and durable for long trips and promises reliability unlike inferior options. It invites readers to call and view the Bittenbender and Co line of products.

O Bittenbender & CO

MYSTIC CARE FOR RHEUMATISM: A LEBANON MAN PRAISES IT

Morton L Hill of Lebanon Indiana says his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint. After six weeks in bed and eight physicians with no relief she used Mystic Care for Rheumatism and improved within three days. Sold by Carl Lorens druggist Scranton.

Morton L. Hill Lebanon Ind Carl Lorens Lackawanna Avenue Scranton

Also Mentioned on This Page

City Patriotic Services B. G. Beckworth Sherman Avenue Mission Esther Phillips Owens-Williams Globe Warehouse Scrantonian Thomas J. Phillips Plymouth B. G. Morgan Main Avenue Lake Winola Edward Capwell Capwell Brothers California Eva Farrell Wilkes-Barre Edward Swayze North Hyde Park Avenue George Dean Elmira William Hellert Cosler Stroudsburg William Wace Philadelphia John Smith Luzerne Street Harry Bradshaw New Jersey Royal Holbert North Garfield Avenue John Evans John, Jr Corning N. Y Timothy Jones George Phillips Tanecaster South Ninth Street Florence Edith Jenkins William V. Griffiths North Sumner Avenue Thomas Blair New Boston Schuylkill County M. L. Blair West Side Business Directory South Side Duff New Jerusalem Edward Welsman Salvation Army Barrie Canada West Side Barracks Bright Army Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Cade Welsman Price Hood Mrs Elizabeth Reddoe Attra Fine Dares Mills Cholee Linen Grand Bargain Savie Ormandies Drexel Baldwin's Lackawanna Ave Snow Weston Mill Co Professional Directory Physicians and Surgeons Kay Penn Ave Mary A. Z. Shepherd Adams Avenue A. Trapold Wyomin Avenue Spruce Street Percival J. Morris Hoard of Trade E. L., Walter Washington Avenue Lewis Hancock Spruce St Cor. Wash Ave Frederick L. Brown Price Building WE. Allen North Washrow Ball Rth Anna Law Wyoming Ave Gatsa Hoon Board of Hate Madizon Avenue 8. W. L'Amoreaux Mulberry W. G Rook Linden Street Wil Franker, Boyle Urr Building Edward W. Thayer Commonwealth Bldg Warren & Knapp Republican Building Jessup Law Commonwealth Building Patterson , Wilcox, TR National Bank Building Keee Alfred. Hand William J. Hand Frank T. Okell Room Coal Exchange James W. Oakford Attorney- t-Law U6 Board Samuel W. Edgar Law Office L.A. Watres Scranton, Pa Co. R. Pitcher Comeg D. B. Replogle Meare Building B. PF. Kilnam Wyoming Avenue Jas J. H. Hamilton Commonwealth Scranon Barring & M'Bweeney, Commonwealth Building Interstate Secret Service Agency Lacey & Bon, Architects Traders’ National Bank F. LL M’graw Bpruce Street H. F. Reynolds P. O B. ¥. Harrison Main Ave DR. C. €. Laubach Wyoming Av Ave C. Snover Lacka Jos. Kurttel Lacka- Wanna Avenue School OF the Lackawanna Thomas M. Cann Walter H. Buell Worcester I G. R. Clark & CO Green House ELK Cafe Pranklin Avenue Zeigler Scranton House Victor Koch Bauer BR. J. Haver Hulbert Megarged Brothers Pena al Yeaa Nsfrank P. Brown & CO Weat Thomas Aubrey Williame Huilding Pouto Moe Rex Tribune Publishing CO Vigor Reine John H. Phelps Cor
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