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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
15
West Side report details a social and entertainment night by the Women’s Time Missionary Society of Simpson Methodist Municipal Church. Highlights include a Home Missions address by Wallace G. Moyer and musical items.
The remains were moved from 301 North Rebecca avenue to Simpson Methodist Episcopal church for funeral services led by Rev. J F Sweet. The service praised the deceased’s cheerful nature and patience. A large audience attended the rites and floral tributes filled the space before the procession to Washburn street cemetery for interment. Pallbearers included Mills Yoho Hughes Weber Alex Weeley Bert Meyers Lawson Briton William Clark Harry Hartman and Wilt Long.
Tommie Davis, 10, son of Mr and Mrs T B Davis of Swetland street, was badly hurt while playing ball yesterday afternoon. He attempted to catch a ball, was knocked down by another child, and suffered a fracture of the left forearm and shock to the nervous system. Doctors Beckwith and Hall attended.
Hon W G Ward of North Sumner avenue remains confined with Mis Td and is unimproved. Miss Mary Hoffman of Twenty-second Street visited friends in Heimhurst with her brother Arthur Hoffman. They traveled by wheel both ways and enjoyed Nehing. Miss C Florence Lesh of Square Top visits West Side friends. Miss Minnie Champion of Jackson Street hosted a small gathering Thursday evening.
B G Morgan and Son, notaries public, real estate and foreign exchange agents with ocean ticket service at 61 Jackson Street near Mupgrove’s drug store. Harriet J Davis Florist advertises cut flowers for funerals at io South Malin Avenue two doors from Jackson Street. Second hand furniture cash for anything to sell with J C King stock at 701 West Lackawanna Avenue.
By special dispensation the Weleb Baptist people of Winton's hall Waynes avenue are granted a church service at tomorrow's morning and evening. Rev W W Davia will preach both services. The Invest ion committee report from the Baptist conference in Mahanoy City will be read in English and Welsh. Bible schools at 2 p.m. All invited. William McAndrew, a huckster, secured employment from William Coburn, a commission merchant.
The Globe Store extols Redfern Corsets noting unique gores in skirts and busts, distinctive whalebone arrangement, and scientifically molded lines. The copy claims every model fits and is comfortable, even when worn a size smaller, due to tailored adaptation to the human form.
The passage traces how corset fitting improved through scientific methods and patient labor. It notes that perfection came only after specialists, including a physiologist, refined techniques and that skilled operation training was essential to achieve desired results. It argues that honors in business come from deliberate effort, not chance.
The Marion street butcher shop once owned by William Duck has closed and its contents will be sold by constable’s sale on a landlord’s warrant this June. A Memorial sermon will be preached at Asbury Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. A F Chaffee with Ezra Griffin Post and Women’s Relief Corps in attendance.
Miss Hattie Greaver leads parade preparations for schoolchildren and choir members meeting by 8:30 at the No. 1 school. Clergy return from Clifton Springs as Rev. Hayes and Rev. Guild plan sermons, with a patriotic service led by Rev. Gibbons. The Adonis Dramatic Club stages The Convict's Daughter at Manley's Hall with a strong cast. All Pennsylvan Coal mines resume or close as scheduled. post office hours updated. residents travel or visit relatives in Baltimore and Phillipsburg.
In Minooka the St Joseph Society met in regular session with visitors including Messrs Joseph Coyne of Pittston and J Jordan of Persons. A requiem high mass is planned at St Joseph's tomorrow morning for departed members.
The OConnell Connell No 184 Young Men's Institute society plans to attend. The Moosic Populars and the representative team from this place will battle for honors Sunday afternoon.
Local notice announces a dance event at Central Park Garden tonight with admission ten cents. It mentions oo button holes and Crystal Laundry in the readable fragment.
John W. Hollenback faced Alderman John J. Ruddy on fraud charges after allegedly convincing Antonina Zotoskie to sign a judgment note for 250 dollars and later increasing it to 5000 dollars. Bail set at 000 in hopes of a court hearing. Zotoskie also witnesses perjury charges against Baltimore Insurance case associate Williams.
The Scranton Chemical and Hose company held a full meeting at city hall to empower trustees to lease ground on the hill for a temporary hose house. Plans call for securing the lot and beginning construction within two weeks. Dr. C. E. Laubach chairs the board. John Corbett led the meeting in President Stevens absence.
The Junior Republican club will meet in the Central Republican club room on June 1 to elect officers and plan active participation in the upcoming local campaign. The 100 member group expects many old members and some new ones at the gathering.
Multiple obituaries list Miss Mary Dodd at 14 dying at home of Patrick and Mary Dodd on Railroad Avenue with a funeral at Holy Cross church. Other notices include Mrs Cassie Foy McIntyre in Avoca with heart disease and survivors, John Dougherty of Olyphant died in Danville, and several infant deaths with funeral plans and burial places in Washburn Street Cemetery and local churches.
An old advertisement promises cure for colds in one day with laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states druggists refund the money if the remedy fails to cure. The note lists a 25 cent price.
A distressed mother writes that Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helps exhausted women. The letter from Mrs. F S Bennett of Wesphalia, Kansas, describes past womb problems and long suffering, noting renewed strength and health after using the recommended treatment.
Mayor Bailey names John J. Peuster Thomas Watkins and James J. Quinnan as patrolmen. Peuster 35, Quinnan 26, Watkins 38, all are Republicans or aligned with Bailey. duties await confirmation next Thursday and likely start the following Monday.
Penjamin Allgood, fined $15 or thirty days in jail by Alderman Davis for hugging Mrs. Louise Harmer of Oxford Street, was released on $200 bail. He declined to pay the fine, claiming innocence, and his attorney sought an appeal denied by the court. a writ of certiorari was filed to challenge the proceedings. Bondsman B. J. Neville posted the bail.
A testimonial attributes eighteen months of unable to lie down to heart disease and credits Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart with removing the trouble. The boast alleges many similar endorsements and notes Mathews' Bros as the seller.
In Edinburgh during May the semi finals at the Ladies Golf Championship saw the preliminary duo defeated by Misses Pitterton and Kennedy. In the final Miss B F C Orr claimed victory four holes up with three to play.
Dr A L Turner of the Bloomaburg Sanatorium Philadelphia endorses a treatment as an adjunct to nervous system recuperation, claiming there is nothing equal to it for recovery.
A fragmented directory style item lists several specialists and attorneys with offices and contact details. It mentions C L Freas rupture and truss fitting, Dr W Vamoreaux chronic diseases, Edward W Thayer attorney, D and R Eplogle attorney, A Killiam attorney, Jas J H Hamilton attorney, Watson Diehl Hala Kemmerrer attorneys, Sweeney and Barr ing associates, and an Interstate Secret Service Agency at the Commonwealth and Traders Bank buildings.
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