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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1896
Page
10
Mrs Louis Stanger accuses her husband Louis Stanger of assaulting her, marking a volatile marriage of seven months. Police, led by Lt Williams, sought Slanger at Scranton Street home after an 7:40 PM report of violence.
A list of residents with illnesses and recoveries across Deckerscourt Lake Ariel South Myde Park Avenue Garfield Avenue Sumner Avenue and Eynon Street. households report fever neuralgia scarlet fever convalescence and ongoing attendance by Dr Beckwith.
The Christian Endeavor society at Grace Lutheran hosted a bonnet party at Mrs Edward L Haas's home. Ladies brought unsewn hat trims and men tried to attach them. Hats were misdistributed among the guests leading to a playful, novel event.
Miss Blanche Taylor hosts guests in Peckville along with Mrs. F P Doty and Miss Winnie Stevens who has taken a Clarke Bros. store job. Miss Maggie Morgan visits Lestershire. Miss Anna Mason entertains the Tuesday Afternoon club at South Main avenue. Also noted are travels to New York and England, wedding tour return of Mr and Mrs Atticus C Renshaw, and several local visits and ads for photography and secondhand furniture.
Miss Sadie Bender returns from a week with friends in Berwick. The Young People Society of Christian Endeavor at Green Ridge Presbyterian church met in the parish rooms. John Snyder buys the Ferris property on East Market Street to make his future home after repairs. Bruce Broadhurst recovers from injuries in the DL&W roundhouse incident. East Market Street Primitive Methodist church Young People run an excursion to Lake Ariel on June 11. Isaac Vought visits Berwick. Emmet Simon’s daughter slowly recovers from illness. George Bugden occupies Prof Hawker’s address at No 27 School during the illness. N J Garret spends Sunday with his mother in Honesdale.
South Scranton Wheelmen's club names D F Crolly Joseph Woelkers and D P Murray to attend Anthracite Valley Cycle Path meeting in Olyphant May 14 to push a Scranton to Crystal Lake cinder path via Carbondale. Electric lights planned on Cedar and Pittston avenues will be lit in three to four days.
Henry Kimble departed yesterday for Washington Pa to attend his sister's funeral. The article notes local events including repairs on North Blakely Street, a Men’s Guild social at St Mark's parish house, and various community notices from the borough. The funeral Mass is described as a high mass of requiem at St Mary’s Church.
David Evans of Deacon street shows slight improvement while Miss Maud Davis of Pittston returns home after a short visit with friends in the North End. Arlington Junior Social club hosts a masquerade ball tonight at Company Harmory. Mrs. Davis, Parker street, remains slightly indisposed. Michael Scanlon of Cayuga street arraigned for assault and battery on James Simpson. after a hearing he was found guilty but charges were withdrawn as Simpson paid prosecution costs. Miss Mary Moran of Archbald spent the evening in the North End with friends.
G B Doud is building a handsome residence in Greenwood prompting calls for the supervisors to Pagani J for the town's good. John Forrister, a driver for the Greenwood Coal company, was slightly injured when pinioned between a trip of empty mine cars and a rib. The South Side and Harmonies baseball clubs cannot play on Minooka grounds Sunday May 10 as both grounds are booked by home teams.
About twenty five couples attended an informal dance at the Excelsior Club rooms on Wyoming Avenue last evening. Bauer provided the music for dancing and at midnight refreshments were served by the club's caterer.
New York May 5 stock market activity centered on Industrials with total 103,683 shares. Tobacco weak slipping from 68% to 66% while Leather preferred held firm amid dividend hopes. Cotton Oil preferred rose on news of a 3% semi annual dividend. Laclede Gas and Rubber fell on rumors and ex president Branigan's opposition.
Lake GenevaWis Special The town hears a tale of F C Walte whose 23 year tobacco habit vanished after using No-To-Bac He reports renewed vitality gained weight and healthier wife The Sterling Remedy Co offers free booklet and a written guarantee with three boxes to cure or refund and free samples by mail Chicago or New York
Stockers and feeders listed at 3.05 to 3.70 with cows and bulls from 1.60 to 2.60 and calves around 4.10. Hogs show 14 000 head receipts with market steady and mixed lots to 3.70. Sheep receipts near 15 000 with slow demand and lambs quoted around 2.0 to 2.9.
The annual Scranton Diocesan union convention opens May 9 in Freeland and continues two days. Delegates from Father Mathew Societies in the region gather to elect officers and national delegates. Possible reelection of John J. O'Hara faces challengers Lavin McCafferty and O'Toole. A rally and new hall dedication precede the event with J Washington Logue as orator. Freeland Total Abstainers organize extensive entertainment for delegates.
A large audience gathered at the Young Women's Christian Association hall on Washington avenue for the closing exercises of the gymnasium. The program featured piano and violin by Doersam and Kiple, a Plezisot chorus from the children's class, Swedish drill by the ladies class, a parallel bars display, and an illustrated lecture on Michael Angelo by Attorney A. W. Bower with eighty stereoscopic views.
A prospectus advertises a list of 250 promoters with over £100 million in foreign investments in six years and £15 million for seven months in 1895. Price is 5 or $2 via postal order to the London and Universal Bureau of Investors, 20 Cheapside, London. Subscribers gain introductions to promoters. names include Stirred Edward C. Rors, Hon. Walfr C. Pepys, Capt. Arthur Atiffe.
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