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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1896
Page
4
Readers are urged to place advertisements orders for job work and publication items at Nan & Co. newsdealers on North Main Street. Office hours are 4 to 10 p.m. for prompt attention.
A pretty wedding was celebrated in Fell township on Thursday evening as Miss Eliza Beard and Lewis L. Hubbard were married by Rev. E J Balsley at the bride’s sister Mrs Israel Parsons home. The ceremony occurred in the parlor beneath a floral arch with cream silk attire and Marechal Nell roses. A small reception followed for immediate friends before the couple departed for Green Ridge on the 05 train to begin housekeeping.
Simpson Drum corps organize a July 4 event at Anthracite Park featuring trotting races with entries from Levi Patterson Thomas Hendrick and others, foot races among professionals, a horse and bicycle race, sack barrel and three legged races, plus dancing by the Mozart Orchestra.
Mitchells Uniforms, contracted through Collins and Hackett of Scranton, have been fitted and will be shipped immediately. Cadet gray cloth with handsome trimming will outfit the arc receiver company, making them one of the best in the valley. Uniforms will debut July 4 during drills and parade maneuvers.
Young men from several colleges form a baseball club and will play the Alumni team next Wednesday at Alumni park. The lineup includes Wilson Geary John O Connell Edward R Burke James Murrin Raymond Hockenberry M Walsh Dick Gendall and Halph Rymer. Geary pitched for Bucknell last year and was effective Murrin pitched for Georgetown class team Walsh was first team at Stroudsburg Gendall and Rymer set records at Wyoming.
The Pottsville agreement to pay 300 for the Carbondale baseball aggregation remains unsettled as $250 promised by Manager Swift has not arrived, delaying final settlement of the association's affairs.
A large consignment of fireworks for the Fourth of July celebration has arrived and is causing some trouble at the freight house. Supervisor Sahm is expected to have little sleep until the items are safely moved and managed by the staff.
The funeral for Edward Hunt, slain in the mines on Thursday, will be conducted this afternoon from his Booth Main street residence. A requiem Mass will follow at St. Rose church, then the body will be transported to Archbald on the 2.50 train for interment.
Mrs. Milton G Evans of Chester visits her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Rivenburg of Clifford and calls on Carbondale friends. John O Connell returns from Niagara University. John Holmes of Allegheny University and Wilson Geary of Bucknell home for the summer. Mr and Mrs Will Arthur and Mr and Mrs James M Walker and children of Carbondale visit their parents Mr and Mrs J W Walker of Ararat. Miss Julia Kilkullen returns from Stroudsburg State Normal School. William Nealon and Thomas Loftus, Toronto students, home for summer. Thomas Reilly of Oneonta is...
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Local residents host and visit friends across South Main Street West Side Honesdale Wilkes Barre Scranton Archbald and Lake Winola. Names include Miss Minnie Kyte Miss May Albro Miss Schlager Mrs W L Leonard and Miss Sarah McComb with trips to Denver Burke’s hall and Lake Winola during two week visits.
Mr. Charles Hrong visits friends in Jermyn today while Rev. T. J. Vaughn of Herrick Center calls on his parents in the area. Deputy L. C. Hartres of Moscow visits the Methodist parsonage. C. A. Reynolds family moves from Factoryville to the West End. Samuel Cole of the West End suffers blood poisoning after a leg cut. Floyd Keller returns from Stroudsburg Normal. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon invite friends to a reception at Jermyn next Monday. The Scranton Tribune portrait of William McKinley pleases readers. Services at the Methodist Episcopal Church at 1.50 am and 7.0 pm with sermons by Rev. Simpkins. Hebecca Degree lodge will attend.
Cairo, WL August 3 A letter from G H Woodward to Aunt Rachael Speer in Paswale New Jersey claims Mala rial Bitters cured his wife of milirial fever and related fatigue. He reports regained appetite strength and vitality after months of illness.
Local items report Samuel M. Dessauer returning home after Lehigh commencement, Wesley Munger at his parents’ Lake Avenue home, and Eulitor Ressigue visiting the county seat. Plans for private property sewer routes near Montrose are discussed, while Mrs. Theodore Mack and Irene McGollum visit relatives and firms announce a planning-mill sale to F A Johnston for $10.00. Arthur L Titman and Katharine Friend wed at Elmira. Montrose attendees include H A Lyons and Norman.
Rev. J. F. Nichols arrives as pastor appointed by the conference to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church at this place. He will preach at the regular Sunday hours and all are welcome to attend.
Miss Anna Harrington daughter of James Harrington of Wyoming became the wife of John J Courtney of Avoca on June 4 in Avoca. Rev Father Crane presided at 4 p m and a reception followed at the bride’s father home with many relatives and townspeople in attendance.
W H Dolmetsch died at home after a long illness at age 61 one day after his birthday. He lived thirty six years in the area and is survived by his wife and three children Jully Henry and William. Funeral Sunday at 4 a m. Annie Flora mangled by cables on Plain 134 percent to be buried from St Magdalena's church at 10 a m. August Thompson returned from Yale. Grace church youths held a Sunday school entertainment. Mrs Caroline Cooper returned from Nicholson visit.
James Ribble handles jury work this week on the Tonl murder cage. Epworth League Chapter 1128 elected officers for the term starting July through December 31 1896 Arthur A. Davis as president with several vice presidents and officers named including Miss Maud Mullenix secretary and E J Chapman chorister Mrs Ella Chapman organist. Brill nee Van Vilet and spouse spent several days with Mrs J B Austin on their wedding trip and returned to Newark New Jersey. Mr and Mrs John Smith now reside in the former G W Loder house and welcome callers. Miss Bertha Beatty of Newark visits local friends.
The Reds defeated the Populars on schoolhouse grounds yesterday afternoon by 4 to 1 in a one sided game. Tonight the Taylor Hose company plans a dinner set contest at Weber's park and seeks a large turnout to support their cause. The Taylor band concert Thursday evening was well received with strong musical performances. Attending the Baptist denomination convention at Waverly were Rev. H. H Harris Thomas Evans and Miss.
Mothers watch daughters weaken from consumption in youth as hope rises that Wood's Sarsaparilla can restore blood and health. A reader writes of her daughter Cora, 19, who grew completely run down and exhausted, with prognosis of only months to live.
Town visitors include Rev M J Watkins from Factoryville. Travtion company widens North Main street bridge to enable open cars starting tomorrow. J M Lloyd speaks on Religious Liberty tomorrow evening. Emblem division Sons of Temperance sells tickets for Lake Ariel excursion on Aug 28. Local wheelmen push forming a Taylor bicycle club with nearly fifty enthusiasts involved.
Mr and af Hiram Worden of Whitneys Point N Y guesting with Mr and Mrs N L Walker. Mr Bailey of New York representing the American Bible Society visits Nicholson delivering free Bibles to those unable to buy and offering cost price copies to the able. Mrs Oscar H Williams visits sisters in Sheffield Pa. Caroline Cooper returns to Honesdale after a visit. Miss Hattle Bacon visits Clark's Summit. Mr and Mrs Charles H Hall return to Wilkes Barre after a few days here. Marshal K Walker sells his stake in L B Webb & Co butcher shop to Charles S Robinson who has been helping.
Rev. L A Lindermuth plans a visit to Morgantown West Virginia next Monday and will be away for one month. The Ladies Home and Foreign Missionary society will meet in the basement of the Presbyterian church on the afternoon of July ord. Mrs Francis Jacques Jr of the New Powder Mills is confined at home by illness.
Miss Emma Williama of Lincoln Street visits her brother John Williama of Peckville. Miss Ella Hoban of Olyphant visits friends here yesterday. Mortie Hawk was a visitor in Olyphant last evening.
Bright women will use FEMICURE LITTLE LIVER PILLS because they are specially prepared for ladies only. They act upon the liver kidneys stomach and bowels while regulating and strengthening sex organs. They relieve constipation sick headache indigestion torpid liver biliousness bad complexion irregularities backache and pelvic weight. One pill per dose. 25 cents. Sold by Carl Lorenz Druggist 418 Lackawanna Ave Scranton.
An old advertising couplet references Castoria as a remedy for infants and children. The lines claim a child’s distress ends with Castoria and extend the product’s use to later generations in a nostalgic marketing tone.
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