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Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1895

Page

3

Notable visitors and residents listed in Scranton area notices

Carbondale’s C E Spencer and James B McTighe visit the city while H H Beldieman travels to Wilkes Barre and many locals attend or plan travels. Names include J W Guernsey at Lake Ariel, Rev Rogers Israel’s father Thomas B Israel, Maud Barton in Bloom sburg, and Ex Congressmen Lemuel Amerman. Raymond & Whitcomb advertise summer tours from Philadelphia.

George 5. Horn Crystal Lake Clarence Field Maud Field Ocean Grove James B. McTighe Carbondale J. W. Guernsey Lake Ariel Thomas B. Israel Rogers Israel Waymart Slattery Shenandoah McCaffrey Lackawanna Avenue Arie Townsend Netherlands Life Insurance Company

Calvary Reformed Church to Complete Corner Chapel Plan

Calvary Reformed Church at Monroe Avenue and Gibson Street nears completion. The small wooden “shanty on the hill” housed worship since 1893, costing 185, now replaced by a 60 foot chapel as part of a larger church project funded by donors and subscribers totaling about 8,000 dollars.

Monroe Avenue Gibson Street Calvary Reformed Church Young Men's Christian Association

Local weddings and community notices fill St John's church

At St John’s church yesterday Richard O’Donnell and Annie Moore wed in ceremony led by Rev E J Melley. Attendants wore cream lace gowns and bouquets of roses. The couple plans to settle on Palm Street after a reception at the brides’ home. Separate mass at St Mary’s German Church united Otto Schauer and Minnie Lentes, followed by a breakfast and home on Stone Avenue.

St. John’s Richard O'Donnell Pittston Avenue Annie Moore Breck Street Hev. E. J. Melley Annie Coyne Genet Street Patrick Dempsey Patrick Moore Forest Band Callary's Hall Birney Avenue St. Mary's Church St. Mary's P. C. Christ Otto Schauer Minnie Lentes

Local Social Notes From West Market Street Area

Miss Mary Gilgalion visiting with friends on West Market Street. Mrs L W Morass returned yesterday from a visit with friends out of town. Miss Margaret Cawley Archbald spending a few days with friends on Yard street. Mortimer Christmas and Jack and Harry Owens at Clark's Green. Randolph Crippen Dalton former North End now recovering from illness. Miss Mary Miles Youngstown Ohio visiting with Miss Katherine and Miss Lissie Gabriel and Peter Galtry on West Market Street.

Mary Gilgalion West Market Street L. W. Morass Margaret Cawley Archbald Yard Street Mortimer Christmas Jack Harry Owens Clark's Green Randolph Crippen Dalton North End Mary Miles Youngstown Ohio Katherine Lissie Gabriel Church Avenue Peter Galtry

Prayer meetings and society notices this week

Multiple local residents are mentioned with plans and health notes. Items include prayer meetings at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, quarterly services next Sunday, vacations at Lake Arles, visits to relatives in Brook street and Americus Georgia, improved health of Miss Mary Shelp, and a Nay Aug Park grove meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies Mission circle. A Dunmore board of trade meeting discusses establishing a local milk mill. Printing services offered by The Tribune of Goa.

Harry Smith Ast Street Hawley Frank Mace Dudley Street Lake Arles B. Stanfield Americus Redding Brook Street Mary Shelp Ash Street Ladies’ Aid Society The Presbyterian Church W. KR. Teeter Elm Street Williiam Bennett Nanticoke George 8. Maloney Drinker Street Mission Circle Nay Aug Park Lottle Ripley

Married in Syracuse Lafayette Denied Access to Wife

Alfred Frederick Lafayette of Bouton claims to be married to Miss Rosamond Gifford, a Syracuse socialite, shown by a May 22 license to marry Violette La Vigne. He produced a marriage certificate but the couple vanished. Lafayette says he will relinquish his claim if she rejects him. The Gifford and La Vigne names are disputed and no records confirm their marriage.

Syracuse Alfred Frederick Lafayette Bouton W. H. Gifford Misa Rosamond Gifford Miss Gifford Alfred Lafayette Thomas Violette la Vigne West Twenty-fifth Street New York City East Seventeenth Street New York Lafayette Miss la Vigne Isabelle la Vigne Dr. Pearce Elm Park Church Tribune Gifford Boston Cambridge Mase Mr. Lafayette

Castoria Advertisement Slogan Recalled in Rhyme

A vintage rhyme links Castoria to children from infancy to motherhood. The jingle emphasizes Castoria as a universal remedy and comfort for a child’s needs and a mother’s care.

Railroad News Highlights Infrastructure and Service Shifts

The Delaware Lackawanna and Western pays a 1 percent quarterly dividend while the Pennsylvania railroad will run its own dining cars. Lehigh Valley shops fit passenger engines with Gould couplers and freight engines already carry them. Passenger traffic on DLW remains strong. freight rates between Chicago and the East take effect with optimism for continued adherence. Philadelphia and Reading shop staff face 10 to 16 percent wage increases after a fall review. A new superintendent’s private office car is built in Ithaca for Alex Mitchell. Duryea plans a new larger station at a site near Foster’s real estate office formerly used by Connell store. Central Railroad repairs anticipate reopening the old long car hop at Ashley shops, boosting jobs for locals and cheaper maintenance for NJ divisions.

Delaware, Lackawanne and Western Pennsylvania Railroad Lehigh Valley Delaware Lackawanna and Weaterm Chicago Philadelphia Reading Shop Alex Mitchell Lehigh Valley Railroad Ithaca Shops Mitchell Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Duryea W. F. Hallstead Foster Connell The Central Railroad Company Ashley New Jersey Central New Jersey Southern Wilkes-Barre

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