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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
9
Industrial class of Jackson Street Baptist church ends winter work with a social in the church school room decorated with laurel flowers and daisies. The audience enjoyed a cantata The School Festival and a concluding tableau followed by ice cream cake and lemonade.
Miss Beesle Slote was gifted a piano by her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. N C Mayo. On Tuesday evening at Swetland street residence she hosted friends for music recitals and vocal and instrumental selections. Guests included Byron Slote N C Mayo De Forest Mayo George T Griffiths and others.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs Albert C Henne of South Main avenue at St John s German Catholic church with a high mass of requiem. Interment followed at Minooka cemetery with pallbearers Fred Warnke Richard Moellugh Thomas Miskell James Gehney William Trostel and J Tingley and flower-bearers Andrew White and John Martn. The second service was for Mrs James F Noone wife of Councilman Noone from Emmet Street at Holy Cross church with a high mass of requiem led by Rev Father W P O Donnell.
Peter Graham of Eynon street found a horse and wagon on his street and drove it around thinking the horse needed exercise. J B Arnold, owner of the outfit, returned to find the horse missing and had Graham arrested for monkeying with the property. The case before Alderman Moses settled with Graham paying costs.
Mrs Evan Evans and her son Harry travel to Walea for a relative visit. Alice Timlin returns from Pittston. Emily Shafer visits Mrs A T Heiser in South Main. A Forest Dershimer returns from Keystone academy. Louis Carroll visits Miss Jennie Jones in North Rebecca. Mrs Karl Conklin visits Himburet. Mr and Mrs Philip Gaul guests of Bi C Green in Bellevue. Clara Hughes visits Pittston. Rev W Osborne of Syracuse University visits Rev and Mrs J B Sweet. Mrs William York visits Pittston. Mr and Mrs Harry G Dale and son Theodore visit Keston.
The West Side Democratic club and friends gathered Tuesday night for four smoking sessions and short exercises chaired by Patrick McNamara who presided as chair.
The butterfly of holiday bustle flits through the scene but threatening skies and uncertain temperatures prompt cautious planning. The piece notes prudent measures as a season shifts and suggests a practical response to excess warm weather wash goods.
Merchants announce drastic reductions to clear wash goods stock with bold claims that prices will be smashed first. The note suggests aggressive discounting on early dates to move inventory.
The season offers Tambour Fantasies and Genuine Tissue Broders as top fabrics. Luminated floral embroidery and delicate prints on gold woven textiles retail at 26c per yard in Black Navy and Paste Grounds. Fabrics measure 32 inches wide and are described as finest wash stuffs with strong regularity and ample quantity.
Notary Public B. G. Morgan and Bon advertise as notaries public real estate foreign exchange and ocean ticket agents with prompt monthly settlements and rents collected at 114 Jackson Street over Muserave's drug store Harriet J. Davis florist offers cut flowers and monumental design at 104 South Main Avenue two doors from Jackson Street Second Hand Furniture ad by J C King cash for used furniture stoves tools etc at 701 to 70 West Lackawanna Avenue
Mrs. Thomas Jordan visits Carbondale relatives while Miss Annie Burns and Miss Sadie Coleman return from school to spend summer with kin. Charles Lewis and Albert Lewis lie ill on Leggetts Street. May Humphrey narrowly escaped death after a wagon incident on Oak street. driver freed the child and was cleared by a physician who diagnosed shock and minor facial injuries.
Mr Hunt of Monsey avenue is recovering from a paralytic stroke. A lawn social invites neighbors to Mrs Andrew Grants home at Marion street and Sanderson avenue, weather permitting. A birthday party at 1371 Washington avenue honored Palmer Price with games dancing and refreshments. About twenty Odd Fellows attended a reception at Lackawanna lodge in the central city Tuesday evening.
Scholars from No 6 school enjoyed a picnic at Nay Aug Park with races and games. Andrew Mann of Richmond is visiting Litt le England relatives. St Mark's Church observed St John’s feast with Holy Communion. Ming Augusta Pinkney and Albert Hollander will wed at St Mark's this evening, followed by a reception at the Pinkney home. Dog-murder ordinance enforcement grows in Dunmore. Ladies' Aid party at the Methodist church raised funds and featured roses and evergreens. Oshana of Persia gave an interesting lecture.
The St John s parochial school holds graduation this afternoon in the church basement with Miss Katherine A Coyne Gertrude L McGee and Katharine V Walsh named as graduates. Community notices include a Minooka Ancient Order of Hibernians entertainment at St Joseph s hall a July 4 and 6 Eagle Park christening picnic by Moltke castle Knights of the Golden Eagle the eighth anniversary of James Connell Lodge IOOF at Fruhan s hall an ice cream sale at Southside Y M C A on Tuesday June 29 tickets 10 cents and a gospel meeting Sunday at 3 45 pm with button holes noted at Crystal Laundry.
The funeral of Joseph Hadley occurs this afternoon. The OConnell Council Young Men's Institute plans its regular meeting this evening and invites all members. Miss Celia Maloney of Avoca visited Minooka friends yesterday. Alice Morgans received a birthday party at her Minooka home last evening. Mrs. M J Garvey of Olyphant visited friends on Davis Street yesterday. P Joseph Kelly, a St Michael's College student in Toronto, Canada, arrived to spend vacation with his parents on Main Street.
The article notes the Black Diamond’s speed closely matching the Lake Shore run of October 1895 with 39 miles at 80.6 mph and 42 miles at 79.04 mph. It asserts the Black Diamond earns its place among the world’s fastest trains.
Joseph Huddy, about 40, who was injured at the Holden mines in Minooka on Saturday, died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral notice to follow.
Gates at the South mill posted a return-to-work notice but few chippers are likely to comply. Talks between the company and workers continue with another conference planned at 11 am. Thirty two chippers and other quitters intend to hold firm on the old wage scale until arbitration and a speedy settlement.
Thomas Howells of Nanticoke died at Lackawanna hospital last night from brain concussion after falling from a moving train en route to a Jubilee celebration in Farview. Coroner Longstreet to hold an inquest today as Street Commissioner Dunning assigns crews to measure damaged asphalt segments and prepare repair bids for council.
A false alarm circulated after fire box 47 was rung at midnight. Charles Kirst, keeper of the key, said he rang the alarm from No 1 as well, but it did not show on the engine house indicator. Kirst did not notify the district chief, and the key was released only after another person who took the key triggered a second alarm and fled.
Jennie McSteen, a 35 year old woman, fought a mad bulldog on Butler Street. The dog bit her left hand, tore flesh, and repeatedly attacked as bystanders Minnie Murphy and Joseph Martino were also bitten. The athletic Ms McSteen swung the animal by the collar and threw it, forcing it to flee.
Twelve witnesses were examined yesterday in the Dunmore election contest and only one bad vote was found. Ernest Grasser of the Second district, Sixth ward, had not paid taxes. The others examined were Ludwig Hofsommer, D. King, James W. Hallet, James W. Guinney, Charles W. Bogart, George Kegelman, Fred Gleichman, Emery Black and Orlando Ro Zelle.
Jacob Knoshmire of Mount Carmel, Pa., tried to shoot himself after fearing his wife would lecture him. His wife, in her night robe, pulled the gun from his mouth as it fired, tore the hat rim, then broke the weapon and escorted him indoors.
Police report Carl Rosso and Marie Gutzer have been found in Elmira New York. Chief Robling says officials will attempt to return the couple to the city. The girl's father swears vengeance over the $50 he alleges was stolen.
Thomas Norton shot a large silver gray fox at Marshwood on Tuesday and produced evidence before Alderman Millar yesterday to support his claim for the county reward.
Miss Clara Thompson of Ingemar Franklin township, aged 28, died after swallowing Paris green as an act of self harm. She had suffered mental troubles and melancholy recently. She told relatives after consuming a large dose, and died a few hours later despite medical aid.
The Railway Age reports a remarkable run of the Black Diamond express in April from Falling Springs to Sayre at 69.6 mph and Sayre to Manchester at 79.9 mph. The North Branch schedule averaged 62.0 mph with four minute stops, and the Seneca division 62.2 mph. A Sayre to Alpine segment covered 43.94 miles in 3 minutes at 70.0 mph.
Easton June 23 The sixty second annual commencement exercises closed with the graduation of 53 students and the conferral of seventy nine degrees. Prizes were awarded this morning and the alumni dinner hosted by Easton women was served in the gymnasium at one o clock.
A dense roster lists Dr Bateson at 87 N Washington Ave and multiple specialists, plus many attorneys and firms with offices in Scranton. It notes offices in Jewell Building and Spruce Street, with hours and specialties including ruptures, chronic diseases, and genito-urinary organs.
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