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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1897
Page
10
Residents and visitors are listed in a Lackawanna County column. Names include J T Montgomery from New York visiting Canon, Mrs Alvira Vaughn returning home to Providence, Mrs Erma Porter and children on a Crystal Wake outing, and numerous trips to Crystal Lake and Lake Winola. The Honesdale Alumni game was postponed by rain.
The select council, with members Moesers Surgert Mc Nulty Gilhool and Dilts present, approved sending the fire chief reappointment of P F Moffit to committee. An ordinance to acquire land between River and Lackawanna rivers was favored, and a $201 warrant to Mayor Neill for this purpose was adopted. The city controller asked about city room provisions and a $2 office rent warrant was returned unsigned due to lack of proper appropriation. The solicitor’s office space remains unsettled.
A large crowd witnessed a one mile swimming match at Crystal Lake between John Harrington and Michael Jordan. Harrington led from mid lake to the finish, winning by about a hundred feet as referee F A Ellis announced Harrington thirty eight minutes and Jordan thirty eight and a half minutes. The purse was twenty dollars and Harrington displayed diving and fancy swimming.
A party on South Church Street marked Mrs Dinah Smith's sixty second birthday. Her daughter Miss Thomas Morgan invited guests from Seventh Avenue for congratulations and gifts. Attendees included Mesdames Miles Edward Lewis Thomas James Benjamin Reynolds Daniel Davis Y. D. Brundage Sarah Phillips Harry Watts June James W. D. Jones W. Salmon James Herbert B. J. Evans and Miss Aliee Brundage of Tittston and Byron Davis of Scranton.
Constable Daniel Healey apprehended John Brennan known as Peg Leg yesterday morning and took him to the county jail. Brennan had abused his family, was drunk daily, and did not support his wife and children after a search by the constable. He is now held.
The George BE West division No. 468 of Engineers plans a picnic on August 26 at Poyntelle. A committee of arrangements led by Moses Myers Oscar Hudson W Kinney L Barnard and WW Wolcott will coordinate the event.
The column lists Misses Katie and Della Ruane of Green Ridge visiting friends in the city. Nellie Garrity of Pike Street spent Monday with her sister Mrs. John McLoughlin of Blakely. Brooks and Charles Kafka left yesterday for Clark's Summit to visit friends. Mrs. John Moon of Belmont Street improves at home. R. D. Mathew and Samuel Lewis are also noted in the social section.
Mrs Thomas Martin reports her husband’s safe arrival in the Yukon near Alaska and hardships en route from Seattle. Walter Griffiths, visiting Buffalo, returns home. Miss Marie O Connor of Honesdale visits town. Beatrice Cawley of Minneapolis returns home and travels to Philadelphia. Charles Potter in Scranton yesterday. Miss Libbie Henwood at Lake Ariel with Carbon County friends. St Aloysius society plans a August excursion and John J Burns of Mayfield elected to Cath olic Total Abstinence union national convention in Beranton. Miss Jennie and Mary Srecour visiting Mrs John Solomon on Main Street. Citizens band concert at Bapuet church Saturday night. P S C E E of Baptist church lawn social Friday evening. St Aloysius to hold special meeting Thursday evening. Mayfield’s new five inch whistle arrives and will be placed today.
The Sucquehanna Street Baptist church Young People's Society held an evening entertainment with a mixed program including solo and recitations. A crowd attended and cake and ice cream followed. A horse and wagon owned by Jacob Spitz frightened by a telegraph pole collision caused minor injuries to Louis Eisenburg who was in the wagon. The horse was later secured on Delaware Street. No council meeting due to no quorum.
Report notes five members present and a Friday night meeting planned. John L. Davis declares himself a delegate from the Second ward Make ly. Several residents travel or visit relatives, including Edith Mason Maggie Mackintosh at Lake Hopatcong and Edith Jones with Hector Jones and Mrs. William Davie in Europe for three months. Roy Kelly visits Asbury Park. Mrs. J Knous and Miss Theeda Morris visit D Y Davis, Lackawanna street. Misses Magele Elin Jones visit Mrs. D L Jones while Richard Moyles to wed Margaret Newcome at Archbald. Carrie and Ray Norman visit West Scranton.
At a regular meeting last Friday the borough council resolved to appoint commissioners to investigate rumors of dishonesty and malfeasance connected with the intended purchase of the electric light plant. They may subpoena witnesses and report findings to the council. Unexpected social and church notices follow in a lengthy local column.
The article recalls Buffalo Bill and his Rough Riders of the World touring the city on Friday July 30. It notes how public perception shifted from a fictional hero in Ned Buntline stories to a real figure recognized for his role in the Indian wars and national warfare.
An appeal urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for womb inflammation and related pains. Testimonial readers describe relief after eight months of use, noting prior morphine use and doctor limitations. The ad invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and cites drugstore availability.
The piece profiles a man known as a soldier hunter scout whose career formed his real self. After public admiration drove him to present his personality on stage and in the Wild West show, the exhibit offered more than entertainment. It promises a window into American history for future generations to learn from.
The Sun notes Sawyer of Freedom New Hampshire won a mail contract to run between Freedom and Center Ossipee for one cent a year. Questions arise in Washington about quarterly payments and what happens if Sawyer misses trips. The piece contrasts Sawyer with former carrier Danforth and mentions the daily duties and timing, including train connections and the non Sunday operation.
Erect Monday June 21 1897 schedule details show multiple trains from Boranton to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and other points with express and accommodation services. Connections at Antele for West North West and South West, with Plymouth Danville and Kingston stops and Pullman sleeping cars on all expresses. For precise times pocket timetables available from M. L. Smith District Passenger Agent at the depot.
Local timetable lists race and seating points at 6.4 am for Lake Ariel and 6:45 am for another location. Article fragment references May event names and participant routes with uncertain specifics.
Lehigh Valley routes offer trains to Wilkes Barre Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and intermediate stops. The Diamond Express and Black Diamond Express link New York Philadelphia Buffalo Chicago and western points with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars. Offices listed for passenger sales in Philadelphia South Bethlehem and Scranton.
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