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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1898
Page
12
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune has been placed with Mr CR Munn on Salem Avenue and Church sites for delivery. Complaints about regular delivery should be made to W. J. Roberts, news agent.
The will of the late E. K. Morse was recorded in Scranton yesterday. Executors named include his wife and Kendall Morse with the wife named as executrix and guardian. The will provides $10,000 life insurance, factory and bank deposits, Lakeside Crystal Lake home, furniture, jewelry, and ten shares in Cottage land company. Kendall Morse receives real estate valued at about $2,000 plus the residue of the estate.
Miss May Kilpatrick daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kilpatrick of Carte avenue has earned one of twelve honors in a class of 177 at Millersville State Normal School She passed the final examination with high credit and has been offered an assistant principal position in the southern part of the state on recommendation of the Millersville faculty
For two weeks Steeple Jack has posed on the Presby terian church steeple as a hero. He fulfills a contract to paint the spire end while singing or whistling to draw spectators. J B Shannon photographed him hanging the lightning rod over 100 feet above the pavement.
Branch No 89 of the Catholic Young Men's Benevolent association will celebrate its ninth anniversary with a smokeout on Wednesday evening June 2. The supervising committee includes P T Brennan J C McLaughlin J C Carbine P J McCormack and John J McAndrew of Hudson Street. The town also notes school exams miners board meeting June 13 at Peckville council room and several local social and religious notices.
The Epworth League of the Brick Church plans a social on the church lawn Tuesday evening with refreshments including cream and cake. Mire DM Werden and Mrs Newell of Binghamton are visiting acquaintances in town during the week.
The notice outlines a Tom Thumb wedding and a Welsh Baptist church entertainment over Monday and Tuesday with organ and phonograph selections by Professors Davie Jones Watkins and Davis. Other items include birthday notices, receptions, church services, a school park game, and payrolls at local collieries.
Local notices recall funerals for Miss Emma Louisa Barnes and relatives, with service details at the Presbyterian church. Community events include Easter Star ice cream social, Children’s Day programs, and Baptist and Presbyterian church services. Local residents, including Traviss, Trevant, and Soloman, are mentioned with attendance, illness, and police enforcement notes.
Hallstead updates include Michiel Hays as a state delegate at Harrisburg and several locals traveling for meetings. Reports mention daily runs from Hoboken to Buffalo, sports and ministry studies, arrest at Carniggy's grocery for two occupants, and a railroad ceremony planned at the round house with the community program and speakers.
The Jermyn meeting results show five votes for Miss Prichard and four for Mr Sullivan, with later recounts suggesting ballot discrepancies. Directors, janitor, and residents traced the ballots to the poorhouse, prompting questions about ballot integrity and a possible vote miscount.
Mrs. M. E. Seymour of Bowman Georgia recounts years of pain and sickness including back head abdomen and bloody discharge. After five doctors failed and morphine dependency she credits Peruna with enabling rest and improved health. She urges others to seek the product and mentions a free book from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co Columbus Ohio.
A special car arrived March 23 carrying newspaper men for their annual outing. The Lake Ariel Improvement Company hosted a banquet at the Lake House with guests from Scranton and towns like Dunmore, Honesdale, Hawley, Pittston and Megargel. Attendees included Edward Woodward, George P Rows, John Turner, Mrs Latarr, Mr Megargel, Mr C King, and Judge Gunster among those visiting.
The Doctor, a graduate of the University of Vermont and formerly trained in Philadelphia, returns from a Western trip and will remain at his home office. He and his staff specialize in chronic nervous diseases and related areas such as skin, heart, womb, blood, and bodily disorders, offering English and German remedies.
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