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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
6
Longtime Bellevue neighbors the Conways and Corcorans faced dispute after a Saturday altercation on Broadway led to a warrant for Michael Corcoran. Alderman Kelton released the wife, citing quietobvious evidence, while witnesses described ongoing troublesome behavior by the Corcorans.
Members of the Musical Culture Class at Miymouth Church hosted a farewell for Samuel Woet who plans to move to Pittsburg. The event at 1711 Lafayette Street featured performances and duets, with Prof. Daniel Mathias and many attendees including Prof. John T. Jones, Thomas Gliman, Emerle Joseph, Caleb Evans, and Edward Daniels.
St Pauls Pioneer Corns elected officers Frank McLean as President Michael T Sullivan as Vice President J J Sweeney as Recording Secretary BP OF Mc Coys as Financial Secretary Timoby McCoy named national delegate and Peter PL McCoy national director for cadets J 3 Sweeney chosen marshal for the Joreh Nett parade A special meeting set for Tuesday August 4 to finalize parade arrangements
The congregation of Jackson Street Hapital church grants Rev. Thomas de Gruchy a month off. He and his family depart in the second week of August for Wakefield Rhode Island, their former home, during the past year.
Miss Kate Gallagher and many others from Jackson Street and North Main avenue are reported sick or traveling to Kingston, Lake Idlewild, Shawnese Lake, Lake Ariel, and Ocean Grove for visits or vacations. Families from Hasbrouck Heights to Towanda and Philadelphia are seen at lakeside retreats and in Atlantic City, Wilkes-Barre, and New York as they spend summer days with relatives or friends.
The remains of infant children of Mr and Mrs Wynwood of Meridian Street and Mr and Mrs David Reese of Storrs.
Notary Public Ed G Morgan and Son offer notarial and real estate services with foreign exchange and ocean tickets at 114 Jackson Street near Musgrave's Drug Store. Harriet J Davis Florist provides cut flowers and funeral designs from 14 South Main Avenue. Second hand furniture dealer J C King advertises cash for used items at 709 West Lackawanna Avenue.
Mrs Kate Thornton and Mrs Thos Saltry of West Market Street visit Pittston relatives. Thomas Evans attends State Medical Examining board convention in Williamsport. Thomas Nicholas returns from three months in the old country improved. Miss Susie Fisher hosts a surprise party on Jones Street for about thirty couples. William Nevin held on $300 bail for threatening harm to Mrs Sarah Lee. Gwilym Edwards hosts a surprise party at Putnam Street home of Mr and Mrs William Edwards. Miss Mary Grimes marries John Dyer at St Pauls Church with a large turnout and a feast at Albright Avenue. Mrs George Reynolda hosts Sunday school class honoring Miss Gombre bound for New York. Clark Guild captures a flash photo of the group. Joseph Moyles reports fruit-garden vandalism. Eugene Lloyd caught, implicates William Jones and Arthur Case. Jones and Case cleared. Lloyd to appear. Joseph Waring visits relatives in Binghamton. North Main avenue risks as buggy wreck after curb collision. passengers unharmed.
The Misses Mcowe hosted a Cedar avenue gathering Wednesday night in honor of Miss Tighe from Pitts ton Miss Rose Weber of Stafford avenue and August Schadt wed by Alderman Storr Emil Paull of Meadow avenue injured last Monday and now recovering The Deutcher Verein sets a Central Park picnic on Aug 24 and the Electric Castle Knights of Pythias Pleasure Club plan a Labor Day picnic at Central Park Mrs Alexander Leith of Chicago is visiting her mother Mrs Durkin on Palm street The Young People's society of St
Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran church on Prospect avenue met last evening. The Christ Lutheran Sunday school on Cedar avenue held its annual outing at Laurel Hill. Florence Hellreigte of Cedar avenue returned from a vacation in New York City. Edward Hutch of New York City visiting his uncle Fred erick Muller of Pittston avenue. The young daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Effort died Wednesday morning. funeral at 2 this afternoon. Burial at Pittston avenue cemetery.
Miss Ina Atwater of Scotland Pa visits Miss Ada Pittock of Deacon street with Mrs Minor C Carr hosting at Dickson avenue. The Tilson sisters from Newark N J plan Alaska travel. Ira Rosencrantz of Park Place contemplates a near future trip to Alaska. Mr and Mrs Paul Brown host a small party on Capouse avenue. Mrs Charlie Parker and Susie spend days at Waverly. Frank Leslie entertains his brother Arthur Sealle of New York City. Mrs Toney and Erin of Monsey avenue travel to Stroudsburg for a visit. Phoebe Wrightson of Olean N Y visits relatives on Washington avenue and Green Ridge street. J E Harrison of Pittston was in the Ridge on business yesterday.
Mrs Mark Simpson and daughters return from Lake Underwood after two weeks away. Mrs Henry Krouse spends Wednesday in Providence. Mr Watson Swingle buys a new horse in the 2 20 class. A. F. Swingle injured cutting grass with a sickle. Mrs Thomas Sly visits relatives on Cherry street. A surprise party for Mr David Sheppard with dancing and refreshments at Grave Street. Many locals named among attendees and visitors. Fire alarm wire broke causing a false alarm last evening.
James Foster, longtime Carbondale carpenter for the Delaware and Hudson, died yesterday morning at his home. Rev Dr Place will lead his funeral today at 2:90 o'clock. Separately, James A O Rourke died yesterday morning after a brief illness. he was visiting from Holy Cross Seminary Worcester on vacation at age twenty.
George Carroll and a companion assaulted a waiter in a Lackawanna avenue lunch wagon at 2 am. Patrolman Haggerty pursued them along the tracks to Linden street bridge, catching Carroll as he hid under railroad cars. Carroll was fined five dollars, paid with three dollars, and discharged. the companion escaped.
North End section faced another mad dog incident yesterday as Patrolman Finley Ross killed a mongrel that was roaming with foam on its lips. No pedestrians were harmed in the encounter.
Scranton is described as a thriving Keystone State city with a diverse set of assets. It highlights a $1,000,000 City and County Mall project, a new post office, cemeteries, a cretory, and an area of 12,200 acres with a population over 100,000. The text lists theaters, hotels, hospitals, an inexhaustible water supply with a 96,000,000 gallon daily capacity, unlimited electrical power, a $210,000 Board of Trade Building, 15 manufactories employing about 30,000 operatives, parks, electric street rails, railway tracks, asphalted streets, armories, weather bureau, trolley connections to nearby towns, and extensive coal and banking facilities. It notes the largest coal supply, multiple mills and banks, cultural institutions, and large assessed property values.
The Scranton Ruling of the Fraternal Mystic Circle opened in Finley’s hall led by State Organizer H. C. Lukens of Philadelphia with Fred M. Koehler as worthy ruler and Ty. E. Stevens as supreme mystic ruler. Membership closes after fifty or two weeks, whichever comes first, with many of Scranton’s prominent businessmen among early adopters.
A burglar who gave the name James Crone of Scranton was mortally wounded at Durand Wisconsin after being shot last night. He had a history of minor offenses and may be the same James McCrone who left the North End months ago. His father William McCrone, a huckster, was involved in a prior stabbing incident.
A reporter near Franklin on the Erie railroad track observed a remarkable sight in a stagnant pool where oil and alkali formed a soapy film. Gas-filled bubbles rose from the water in sizes from an inch to over a foot, breaking at heights and lifting debris as they ascended, creating iridescent spheres like bright toy balloons.
An advertise promising a radical cure in 1 to 4 days. Claims the remedy attacks the system to remove the cause and make the disease disappear. First dose benefits. price 75 cents. Sold by Carl Lovens druggist at 415 Lackawanna Ave Scranton.
A listing of physicians and surgeons with offices on Penn Avenue Wyoming Avenue Spruce Street and other streets, plus attorneys at law with offices in the Burr Commonwealth and other buildings. Includes specializations in diseases of women and children and rupture, veterinary services, and local professionals.
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