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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1895
Page
8
The Tribune reiterates that unsigned communications will not be printed and urges correspondents to include a name for publication. The notice emphasizes that anonymous letters are recycled and not run in the paper.
West Avoca resident Mise Anna Lyons is visiting. Pittston friends James McHale visit Avoca. John McCarthy lands heating contract for No 1 school. A Division 9 AOH event at Matley’s hall features music recitals and an address by P M Thornton. Miss Agnes Morahan visits Scranton. Thomas Curran returns from Newport Virginia to spend time with family. Master Frank Dougherty is in danger. Miss Margaret Boiyden visits from Pittston. Ada Bryant of Parsons visits Mabel Hines. Mr and Mrs James Connolly visit Dempsey family in West Avoca. Kate Lawlor of Scranton visits her West Avoca parents.
Miss Kittle Rhoades and a company of artists present Queens at the Father Mathew opera house on Monday evening. Mrs. Dr. Pier and sin of Avoca visited Druggist Schlager yesterday. The Young Men's Christian Union offers a Monday musical entertainment directed by Mrs. Kate Wilcox. A bicycle club gala hop is planned for next Wednesday. Miss May Fall has returned from Philadelphia. Mary O'Brien, 11, died of typhoid pneumonia after two days illness. funeral at Catholic cemetery Tuesday. Mamie Saltry returned home after visiting Dunmore street. M. J. McHale recovers from a serious illness. Down's Ointment offers relief for itching piles.
Mrs C D Mackey and daughter Helen return from Scranton. Hert Klees accepts carpentry post at Duryea. William Doty homebound with grip. Mrs Mary Roney moves to reside with sister Harriet Phelps. Funeral held for Miss Celestia Wetherby at James Shaw home with Rev A Bergen Browe officiating. Remains interred at Wetherby cemetery. pallbearers Lester Stone M Miller Milo Stone H M Emmerson.
Mrs. George Miller died at her Spring street home in Honesdale at 12 15 Tuesday. She was 63 and had lived in the town for 24 years. Survived by six children Fred Mrs A Cowle Conrad Amelia and Henry of Honesdale and Adam of Middletown NY. Funeral at the house and German Lutheran church at 2 40 this afternoon. The item also notes Mrs Beatle White’s extended absence and Miss Sute Waite’s illness in Hawley.
The report notes a wildcat killed a few miles north of Honesdale on Monday with three others seen the same day. Names at the Allen house yesterday include Mis Lillian Bishop Dunmore F L Smith Mr and Mrs George P Kim ball Carbondale and E E Hoge Scranton. The grip visitor Hon E B Hardenburgh is said to be well enough to return home yesterday. Reverend W D D Johnson of Calvary church Wilkes Barre is to reach Grace church tomorrow night.
Funeral services for Charles M Hunter will be at 10 am at the family home 656 Spring street. The remains will be taken to Clifford for interment. Pioneer City council No 902 Junior Order of United American Mechanics plans a March 28 hall dedication on South Main street with musicians and speakers including Colonel T R Martin and C B Johnson of Wilkes Barre. Silk mill trustees held a meeting noting near full receipt of the first subscription instalment and directing collection of the balance. Mr Klutska is expected today to decide the site of the new roll. Michael McKenna, 43, single, native of Ireland and son of Martha McKenna, died Tuesday. he leaves brothers Henry Martin Jr and P P Melenna and sisters Mrs Anthony Peeney and Bridget MeKenna. Petro Gerattieri of West Side Hallan colony was killed yesterday morning by the Delaware and Hudson train near Mayfield. his body was brought to McHale's undertakers then to burial in this city this afternoon. Ontario and Western paid employees in this city yesterday.
A spark from a stove ignited a fire at Joseph Wesley’s house on Willam Street Hallstead last evening about 9 o clock. It was quickly discovered and extinguished with minor damage. Master Charles Capwell is praised for credit for the prevention and control.
Italian track walker Peter Murray was struck and killed by train No. 25 on section 14 of the Delaware and Hudson about 200 yards below the Poplar street crossing. He leaves a wife and four children in Carbondale and a son in the Italian army. The item also notes visits and local notices including detectives Crippen of Olyphant and others, plus an old promotional line for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
Revered P R Hawsxhurst of Beran ton visited friends in town yesterday to renewed ties. Harry Tilman spent Tuesday night at Auburn Four Corners. A WM McCollum travels to Philadelphia for Supreme Court cases with wife and Mrs Hugh McCollum. Meth odist Ladies Aid served a warm supper and held a fair at 19 South Main street. Map le sugar and ice cream were served. Holley’s Scenery Hill home burned Tuesday afternoon with $600 insurance on the home and $200 on furniture. The Tribune report yesterday was incorrect about the fire. The Hush stage arrived yesterday on its first wheel travel since Dec 26 18M. We have had seventy three days of
The Royal Arcanum council held a banquet at Tarbell House on Tuesday evening with thirty eight members and invited guests. A full menu included clam chowder, roast turkey with cranberry sauce, escalloped oysters, and assorted desserts, followed by remarks from several speakers. Rescue Hook and Ladder contributed to fire response earlier Tuesday with Will Maxey assisting with a small hatchet.
Miss Lizzle Reinhardt visits Stroudsburg State Normal. Pyne residents plan a board of trade at Burgess Griffiths office tonight. Socials, funerals, and local notices follow including a City concert program at Price Library with Willard Howe and W C Scofield in a two part program and admission of 25 cents.
Thomas Mullen of Greenwood died yesterday at 8. Funeral plans are not yet set. The Minooka throughfare near Michael Murray’s residence is dangerous, hindering passing of two vehicles when a street car arrives. Public safety concerns urge immediate supervisor action. Patrick J. Luddon of Kingston visited. John J. Gallagher resigns as Minooka correspondent for the Elmira Telegram.
A Helena Independent recounts a hunting party including Supreme Court Justice Justicoe W. H. DeWitt and Percy Kennett returning from near Cascade. DeWitt shot a goose and tied it to a beer bottle, feeding the bottle to the goose’s leg. The party heard a whir and saw the goose apparently flying away.
A humorous anecdote from the Chicago Tribune describes Judge DeWitt aiming to drop a bottle rather than a goose. The bottle shattered, the goose escaped with bottle fragments on its leg, and the party lost both beer and the goose. The Steenth district member notes a stance against railroad passes but concedes coercive acceptance.
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