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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1897
Page
10
Advertisements orders for job work and time for publication are accepted at Shannon & Co. news offices on North Main Street Lackawanna County. Office hours run from 8 a m to 5 p m with prompt service indicated.
The High School Alumni Association has arranged the annual banquet to be held tomorrow evening in Central High School. The event features decorations, a supper by Mrs Shepherd, music and speaking, a live singing club, and a varied program with vocal and instrumental performances and toasts led by Martha Peards.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Ball were held Friday at her mother Mrs. Sarah Parker’s Dun daff street home with Rev. Charles L. Fittchett of Trinity church officiating. A quartet sang selections and members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ladies society attended with floral offerings. Flower-bearers were Mrs. Hattie Mace and Mrs. William Thomas. Pallbearers included Charles Lowden P Docekery Charles Berry John Harrington John KR Thomas and W E Sillebey.
The Cross Country club held an informal reception and dance at Burke's hall on Friday evening with about thirty-five couples attending. Music was by Prof. Firth. Out of town guests included Miss Kelly, Miss Ziegler, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Todenbush of Scranton. Miss Siddona of Susquehanna. Mrs W. M. Lathrop of Paterson. John Evans of Wilkes-Barre. Miss Jeanette and William Wagonhurst of Philadelphia.
Miss Martha Brink leaves for a month in Binghamton while Miss Olive Lee visits her grandmother in Lenoxville. Several families plan summer trips to Crystal Lake and Stroudsburg. James W Murrin returns from Georgetown University. Miss Stella Morgan visits Scranton. Mrs. George Evans stays with Mrs. Clelland in Scotch Hill. Continued social calls include a Berean Baptist solo by Mrs. M H Grown and a Baker-Vannun wedding outing in Salem.
Emma Warnes returns home improved after hospital treatment. Mrs. John Bone of Oneonta visits her parents with two children. Wilson Fire company sets Monday evening June 25 at 5 for July 6 social planning. Mrs. Graves and Albert Graves visit Jermyn parents. Citizens meeting continues preparations for Independence Day celebration and Liberty pole on July 6 with Hogarth band engaged. Meeting adjourns to June 2. Blakely flag-raising July 5 lists prizes for Prunkard's Dream show.
The contest invites children aged 10 to 16 to recite a piece and a girls quartet will perform the Star Spangled Banner. A single prize will be awarded based on merit by the adjudicator on July 4. The burgess Williams is responsible for the event and prizes.
The Taylor silver cornet band gave a Saturday evening open air concert to an audience over a thousand strong. Locals object to the stand’s current Davis jet location and prefer Main and Grove streets for the setup. Also notes community news including visits, a mad dog warning, a death notice for Tra Atherton, and a Reds to Athletics baseball result.
Michael Muldoon found a pocket book before his house on the way to church. After services, Mrs. Price questioned local boys and recovered the purse and money. The Ancient Order of Forrestern elected officers for the year. Children’s day services at Congregational church featured scripture readings and hymns. A front plate glass was broken at J J Place’s store with no theft. A long misplaced packet of pension papers, likely worth $10,000 to $12,000, was found in a garret and returned to owners. Contractor Cozino will receive compensation for recovering the papers.
William Sibley announces his candidacy for delegate to the county convention, pending Republican caucus. Five Hungarians from the Austin team appeared before Squire on Thursday charged with stealing pigeons. bail set at $300.
A compact review of Europe's evolving borders from 1837 to the era of Victoria, tracing key territorial shifts, revolutions, and wars. It covers the Poland and Cracow annexation, Italian unification, Crimea, the German unification, and the Balkan and Russo-Turkish conflicts, noting resulting changes in sovereignty and borders.
The Dalton laundry reports strong business and added staff after moving to the Dean building on the West Side. The Methodist ladies served supper to over a hundred on Wednesday evening. Miss Helen Santee, a Scranton kindergarten training graduate, plans to open a local school soon. Mr Marshet Finn digs the foundation for a new West Side house. Mr and Mrs James P Dickson host a burn party tonight for Lackawanna Hospital funds. New street lamps soon operational. Mrs S G Shoemaker visiting friends in Hopatcong New Jersey.
Miss Lou Swartz of Madisonville is visiting Mrs. Fannie Brown. Mrs. Howard Biedleman of Scranton is spending a few days with her sister Mrs. H. W. Travis. Mrs. Broadhead visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. S. La Touche.
Fragmentary timetable notes travel between Erie Wyoming Valley and Scranton Hawley Lake Ariel with departures around May 1997. Partial references include intermediate stops and morning times but details are incomplete and unclear.
Trains depart Scranton for Carbondale and Cadesia at 10 55 a m and 4 15 p m with 10 83 connections to main line trains north and south. Service also runs to Scranton from Cadoais at 6 10 am and Bendale to Scranton at 1 3 S with various agency stamps and officials listed.
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