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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1898
Page
10
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now in the hands of Mr. C R Munn at Salem avenue and Church street for news items. Address all complaints about regular delivery to Roberta & Reynolds, news agents.
Frank McDonald of Brooklyn street injured his right hand when a can top snapped, causing bloodloss and four stitches from Dr. J A Kelly. He works as a telegraph operator at the Carbondale yard of the Ontario and Western. Thomas Lynott wounded at the silk mill was struck in the chest by revolving machinery and collapsed. He was taken home, Dr. Kelly noted a breastbone indentation and warned of difficulty breathing but hopes for recovery in a few days.
The funeral for the late P K Barger, who died Wednesday morning, took place yesterday at 4 pm from his Church Street home. Rev. Charles Lee of First Presbyterian officiated. Pallbearers were J B Vangerder J Rutherford William H Williams Dr Co T Meaker A L Vangerder and W W Watt. Out of town attendees included Hiram Marsh Scranton Miss Della Vaughn Mrs Elpin and Samuel Wint of Providence. Interment was at Maple Wood cemetery.
The residence of Charles G. Avery on Garfield avenue was sold to Dr. W. A. Spencer for 5000 dollars. Avery, a Phillipsburg Pa resident, was in the city last week when the sale was completed. The property is described as highly desirable.
Rev Ehinger plans a August vacation with wife in Nebraska as health improves. Rev Charles Lee enjoys Jefferson Park and will stay nearby. J J Reigeluth and family at Fern Hall Crystal Jake. Local gatherings include Patterson dinner at Waymart cottage. Baby Thomas Joseph, nine months, dies. funeral this afternoon at St Rose cemetery. Carbondale and Mayfield baseball meet at Alumni park. Mrs Morgan hosts Ada Seddon in Susquehanna. Frank Schoonover at Lake Ariel. Schroeder family visiting Wayne county.
Mr and Mrs George Roberts visited Benton Miss Maud Treverton who has enjoyed Beach Lake breezes for three weeks and returned home yesterday. Miss Bertha Knapp a nurse at Mores Taylor hospital Scranton visited Mr and Mrs F G Rice last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Harry Tombs visiting Postmaster and Mrs A A Swingle returned to Honesdale yesterday. Rev and Mrs J B Sweet of Hyde Park called on Mr and Mrs Joseph G Dell last Thursday. Blakely board of health to hold regular meeting in the evening.
Mrs William Detrix visits her mother in Sing Sing New York. No council meeting last night due to lack of quorum. A meeting is planned for Monday evening. Sewer ordinance received final reading at Wednesday's council session. Miss Nelle McGuinness visits from South Beranton. Congregational church holds services tomorrow. Rev Peter Roberts to preach. Blakely Baptist church schedules 10 20 am and 7 30 pm services with Isaiah Vision sermon. Mrs L Kelly and Miss Maud Kelly return from Lake Foyntelle trip. Nellie McAndrew returns from Pittston. Annie and John Shields back from Green Grove after three weeks. May Ferguson and Nellie Gallagher vacationing at Keene's pond Wayne county. Olyphant conclave of Hept a- notes truncated.
Sopha will run their annual excursion to Lake Foyntelle on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Mise Nora Monahan of Binghamton visits her sister Mrs. Miller of Sandereon street. Mise Katie Finnegan of Carbondale visits relatives here. Mrs. W. L. Schlager and daughters Nelily and Emma spend weeks at Lake Winola. Mrs. George Southard of Green Nidge visits relatives in town.
A Detroit resident extols Pe-ru-Na for catarrh and other cures while Dr. Hartman, president of the Surgical Hotel in Columbus, announces free counseling and a health book for fifty thousand women this year. The notice mentions Dr Hartman’s health pamphlet Health and Beauty and that druggists sell Pe-ru-Na.
In the pastor absent case Rev. KE L Santee will occupy Rev. F A Kings pulpit in Parsons Miss Mamie Roberts of Jermyn visits her cousin Miss Mamie Fletcher
A long obituary note honors Mrs. George Evans Jr with funeral services at Welsh Congregational Church and burial at Forest Home cemetery. Services feature Emblem division and local pallbearers. Social events include a gathering for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis with guests from Hyde Park and Dorrancetown. Various church notices and visits wrap the local schedule.
The Lake Ariel notes describe visiting Scranton residents at the Pines and multiple camps named Cinch Germany Ohio and Taylor. Reports include birthday celebrations with gifts, fishing tales, camp life routines, meetings at the Columbia hotel, and a three hundred strong moonlight excursion by the Elite Daying class of Scranton.
Mrs. John Palmer of Carmall street travels to Canada to visit Mr. Palmer’s parents. Mrs. Charles Proas and Miss Alice Hartshorn of Green Ridge ride into town on their wheels. Williem Battin of Providence visited the Wrigtons last evening. Johnson’s breaker now has coal washeries installed during idle mine time. Several locals attended the flag-rubbing at Torres’ mines in Dickson Tuesday night.
Mr. George Bellas, returned from Kickamauga Park, is not improving as quickly as hoped. Joseph Muir, confined at home by severe illness, is slowly improving. Miss Jennie Drake left Wednesday for a visit with relatives in Sycamore, IN, Rev. J. B. Houser of Wilkes-Barre.
Dr H V Logan of Scranton spent last evening with Mr and Mrs Stillwell Mrs George Emory has been ill for a week and is improving Mr William and Miss Thomas of Scranton visited Elmhurst friends last evening Misses Bertha Lena Jenkins and Carrie Schiebel attended the Elke t iene at Lake Ariel on Wednesday Mabel and Myrtle Watrous of Dunmore are guests of Mrs Jennie Dunning and family A party at the home of Mr and Mrs A K Yeager near Madisonville last evening included Misses Mamie Snyder Jennie Dunning Mabel and Myrtle Watrous and Messrs J H and Brock Wilcox and others Miss Hattie Dougherty Mrs Russell
Mrs F J Smith entertains sister Mise Henry of Athens Pa and George Hatfield party visiting Camp Alger later. Funeral for Bruce Johnson age nine in Glenwood at Baptist church with Rev John A Davis officiating. Yoke Fellows invite July 21 service. Moody Schools speaker J Madison Gathany to urge faith. Bridgewater association conference at Baptist church with prayer, diaconate, sermon and ministerial talks. Fresh air children from New York enjoy local hospitality as Christian Endeavor outlines and Nashville report awaits.
Mr and Mrs C M Streeter hosted a lawn party at Clearview Dalton with rain lanterns and bright porch adornments. Attendees included Dr and Mrs Price Mrs Gates Mr and Mrs Streeter Dora Smith Roy Gaver Margaret Shaferist and others. Also noted are local visits and a boy injured when knocked down by a horse and carriage plus fishing and camping trips by residents.
The Welsh Congregational church will host services at 6 oclock Sunday evening conducted by Rev William Jennings. Nearby social notes list Miss Anna Donnelly of Boston visiting Miss Lissie Heavers on Main Street and Mrs James Riley of Pleasant Mount visiting borough friends.
Colonel John S Mosby, famed Confederate guerrilla, recounts efforts to defeat reward bills during Grant and Cleveland administrations. He says he exposed fraud to the committee chair and wrote to a Virginia congressman to squash similar measures. He notes the claim by Worsely and asserts the bill was stopped twice.
A Confederate officer recounts using a man named Worsely to smuggle military supplies, obtain a Washington pass, and relay troop positions. Worsely allegedly sold goods to the rebels and to authorities, was arrested by merchants, and the officer claims Worsely robbed both sides for profit. He notes a gray cloth uniform now in a museum and calls for Worsely’s widow pension status.
From the London Mail a portrait of Paris as home to a large English colony, with retirees, educators, businessmen, writers, artists, students, journalists and professionals. The piece notes Paris rivals London in scale and charm, housing mansions, shops, churches, and hospitals within its walls.
The English colony in Paris gathers at the Church of the Embassy In the Fue d Aguesseau where Dr Nayes, former Leytonstone incumbent, preaches and a collection bag circulates with little return. English patrons sustain city life by patronizing shops on the boulevards, or else abandon the market.
A Memphis Scimeter article warns women and children about a common scam called a hot touch or rush touch. It narrates a case where an artist pretends to need money for a dying mother and rapidly extracts ten dollars, only to reveal the real motive after the victim parts with cash.
A clipped quotation praises a man named Bigsey as exceptional. The speaker notes he does not know anyone who missed boarding a doomed ship, implying Bigsey’s unique stance or luck. The source is a brief Chicago News fragment.
An advertisement for Dr Charcott tonic tabiets touted as a guaranteed cure for the drink habit and related afflictions. It claims to destroy appetite for alcohol and intoxicating beverages and can be administered without a patient’s knowledge. pamphlet offered by W G Clark of Scranton Pennsylvania.
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