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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
7
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune has been placed in the hands of Mr C R Munn of Salem avenue and Church street, to whom the items may be addressed. All complaints about regular delivery should be made to Roberts & Reynolds, news agents.
The River Street retaining wall project moves forward after settlement between Inspector and contractor. Masonry of massive appearance promises lasting improvement. William Collins, the original contractor, ships large building stone from Fell township quarry for use, and pavers will begin soon, eliminating fears of an unsightly future site.
Several hundred residents attended the Farview outing with the St. Aloysius Society of Wilkes-Barre. The Ninth Regiment band and orchestra provided music for a night of dancing as the pavilion remained crowded with attendees enjoying the terpelchorean pastime.
Friends of Miss Euella Waters of Canaan street learn she is recovering well at Pr Wheeler's private hospital after a surgical operation. Physicians present included TD L Bailey DJ Thompson SB Shields JG Harper ME Malaun A Gillis and JA Kelly visiting to inspect the new institution.
Corporal George Aunger returns to camp after a week's visit with his parents in the city. Kingston newlyweds Mr and Mrs William Moran arrive, planning to housekeep. Katie Pace and others head to a two week stay near Tompkineville. Scharrock and Oliver return from Newton Lake. Keefer family back from White's Valley. Pengelly family visits New York. R G Blackall of Delaware and Hudson visits the city. Evans family returns from Tlmnouth. Dennis family heads to Fern Hall at Crystal Lake for several weeks. Miss Jane Morrison travels to Philadelphia to visit Dr W T Morrison. About forty Daughters of Rebekah initiate in Honesdale. Maria Carew funeral at St Rose Church. Brennan and Keller arranging Crescent club excursion. Abe Gross returns from Pittsburgh. Charles Schuber visits sister Mrs R H Tralles. A bouncing baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Morgan. Dr H C Wheeler makes professional visit to Waymart. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Sampson welcome a daughter. Mrs Singer hosts Mrs Harry Rebhan in town. James L Stewart to Middletown NY for a brief visit. F Rose to Bath Beach tomorrow for Sunday with wife and son.
The Avoca colliery will pay its employes today. A funeral for Mabel Miller, two, of Moosic, occurred yesterday at Duryea cemetery. Angus Howell family returned from St Clair. Mrs John Keenan moved home after private asylum treatment. Charles Warner and Henry Ives on seven days furlough. Mrs M Wheaton hosted by the Hoskins. Law shaft flags raised. speeches by J B Law, Rev Smythe, and others. Moosic Band played. A large demonstration near Sarsfield opera house planned for this evening with a tall pole and a flat hoisted. Revs McCabe and Smythe, Attorney Dixon, and William Law addressing. Music by Avoca band. Mrs Snyder found kitchen unoccupied early morning.
Thieves vanished all laundried clothes then scattered a few about the garden. Mrs. Brown reported ten missing chickens and Horace Frederice spotted two men dropping a bag and fleeing. A possible lead from Mr. Snyder awaits prosecution if guilt is proven. Twin boys arrive for the Millers. Miss Bina Gordon returns from Scranton.
In Taylor on Saturday the Rosebuds defeated the Alumni of Scranton 9 to 2. Wat kins pitched for Taylor with five hits allowed and Harrison for the Alumni fared poorly. G Morris of the Rosebuds led batting with two three base hits and a two base hit. Other local notes include Burgess J BE visiting Pitts ton, council praise for crosswalk work, family visits, and social events at Reese's hall and Atlantic City, plus local meetings and efforts.
Yesterday Penn Avenue Baptist church led a Lake Ariel excursion with about eight hundred attendees. Numerous visitors arrived from Scranton and surrounding towns to enjoy the day, visiting the Lake House and Hotel Pines. The event featured local and regional residents, including William Burgess of Pendleton Oregon visiting his Scranton niece, and a parade of guests and registrants at local hotels.
On Monday evening Jessie Vere will be produced by home talent to benefit Mrs M J Healey. The event, promoted here months ago, is for a worthy cause and should attract a large audience. Frank Gillespie of Pine Street seeks Republican county convention delegation from the second ward. Miss Katie Donnelly of Jessup visits town. Funeral services for Patrick Farrell of Simpson were held yesterday with large attendance. Funeral for Byl...xer, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Craig of Pine Street, held yesterday with broad turnout.
General Maximo Gomez issues a proclamation urging Cubans to choose virtuous, selfless ministers, build a civil government, and pursue education and unity. He cautions against vanity and revenge, urging forgiveness and law over force as Cuba seeks independence, prosperity, and national unity.
In Paraya near the Merida trail an Indian boy named Jose Lobado bears deep facial scars from being carried away by a jaguar as an infant. His mother rescued him after pursuing the animal with a machete, then a puma confronted the jaguar.
The New York Tribune extols the viceroy of India as the empire’s most splendid post, detailing salaries, lavish court, and vast travelers. It notes the viceroy’s precedence over all, ceremonial honors, power to suspend laws in emergencies, and annual peerage promotions, with Calcutta palace and Simla winter residence as central facts.
The article traces Decoration Day origins from ancient floral grave customs to Civil War practices. It notes Greeks honoring Alexander the Great, widespread European grave flowerings, and how American women adopted annual cemetery visits during May for soldiers who died in battle, spreading nationwide after the Civil War.
General John A. Logan, then G A R chief, set May 30 for graves to be decorated. Controversy over whether the custom began locally or spontaneously nationwide, with many agreeing that planting flowers on graves was universal and not unique to the South in early Civil War days.
Within the past month the first iron bridge in Ohio has been removed. It spanned Salt Creek on the Central Ohio division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Muskingum County, built in 1851 as a Bullman deck truss bridge with plate girders. Bullman, Chief Engineer of Construction for the B&O railroad at the time, oversaw the design.
The Rio Grande Western Railway Great Salt Lake Route offers a direct Salt Lake City connection with three mountain routes and famed scenery. Pacific coast tickets include stopovers at Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, and Salt Lake City. Through Pullman cars run between Denver and San Francisco and Los Angeles. An illustrated pamphlet about the route can be requested from Freland in Kansas City or PF A. Wadleigh in Salt Lake City.
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