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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale correspondence for The Tribune will be handled by Mr GC FR Munn on Salem Avenue and Church Street. Readers with new stories should address him. For delivery complaints contact news agent W A Roberts.
Festivities mark Tep oration Day with decorated cars and a Germinnla band as crowds gather along the routes to Power City. The park opens Monday under Messrs. Gilee and Fee with horse and bicycle races, wall games, dancing, and speeches from the platform. Local riders and entrants urged to report by 10 a m Monday at the park.
Miss Auinte Timer will wed Maurice E. Church at First Presbyterian in the 1045 clock ceremony with many invitations issued. At 2 PM Miss Livia Baker joins Cashier R A Jadwih of the First National Bank at the same church in a quiet ceremony. Later that afternoon Miss Jennie Kearney will wed Dolind Cox at St Joseph Church. Angle Niland will marry Eugene J Durke at St Pauls Green Ridge and Frank Clewell plans marriage to Corn French in Plymouth.
A second flag raising near the Coal Brook breaker at Delaware and Hudson pockets drew city interest. George C. Harte organized the event, bought the flag, and collected funds. Superintendent Manville erected a thirty foot pole with a ten by eighteen flag. A temporary platform and patriotic displays accompanied songs and a Maine motto.
About fifty persons left the city Saturday night at 8 o'clock on the Erie’s excursion to New York. Togerth's band of Jermyn accompanied the party. In addition to the horse races and the Delaware and Hudson's excursion to Farview, the Cycle club will give a
A letter from Mrs. Frances R. Klorrstax of Canton describes relief from abdominal pain dizziness and headaches after using Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The piece notes Mrs Pinkham’s experience aiding female illness and mentions garden and excursion improvements in Lake Ariel with new schedules on the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad.
Miss Irene Scurty hosts a grand patriotic entertainment in the opera house this afternoon and evening with a motion by the animate HOOT. Government officials and army officers are guests, including Mrs Fidlam of Duarte Avenue and Grace Gillie of Terrace Street visiting in Dunmore.
Remains of Liewelyn Vane from Greenwood honored with Welsh Baptist service led by Rev. J. M. Livy and burial at Forest Home cemetery. Greenwood Accidental Fund members served as pallbearers. Gala day planned in North Taylor with flag raising at Holden colliery and Taylor band performances. Various local visits, meetings, and civic events noted, including temperance group activity and church services.
A quick observer notes numerous enhancements at the Thin Canvas resort with visible upgrades to the grove and plane grounds. The report highlights ongoing improvements and enhanced amenities attracting attention.
Numerous society notices list meetings for Tuesday including Fraternal Mystic Chain and Ladies Missionary Society at Langelife church. Requiem mass at St Marys for deceased and Maine victims noted. Daughters of St George plan event at O Malley’s Wind, admission ten cents, supper fifteen cents. James Redgelly injured in Yatesville mine but not seriously. Community members traveling to Washington and Cleveland areas for extended trip. Mr Anthony Durke ill. Misses Dommernuth and Bell at Enworth League convention. Hose company to meet in uniform for parade. Anthracite team loss but praised performance. State convention delegates to be chosen. Choir activities mentioned.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for delicate children, claiming it provides richer blood and firmer flesh, better color to the cheeks, and stronger muscles. It emphasizes substantial, lasting weight gain and recommends the product to improve present and future health.
The two sons of Felix Mulliky of Penn Avenue Mayfield were swept to death in the Leekawanna River after one slipped in and the other tried to save him. Constable Mullickh recovered the younger brothers three hundred yards downstream. At Archbold High School a ceremony honored outstanding Gur Klheh students with diplomas and perfect exam scores. The community observed service at the local church and planned cemetery rites for veterans. Shadrack Lewi and Mike Alive Pitures visited Mayfield.
Walter L. Allin's consolidated show opens tomorrow at Teebrook with a grand parade through WY street and a national band, featuring Charles Kinger as organizer and Walter St. Malin leading the season. Millard and aerial acts join the street performances, followed by a free fireworks display at 6 o clock. The troupe plans to tour next year to Britain and Australia.
Travel deals advertise low fares to Warsaw Indiana Buffalo to Dallas and Louisville Kentucky with return dates from May to September. Offers include May 11 to Sept 14 and June 19 and 20 sale days. Fr J Moore Nickel Plate Road Buffalo NY lists agent contact and mentions elegant service and sleeping cars.
Reports from Somerset County indicate anti-Seall anti-Quay and anti-Hicks groups swept Saturdays primary with majorities from 100 to 1500. General W H H Koonts, chosen by the anti-Seull faction for assembly, supported Wanamaker and spoke at a Philadelphia meeting in the Nourse building.
The Paterson baseball club Rosenton Souk in Paterson New Jersey announced on May 2 that a telegram from manager Denny Long of the Realing club stated the Keuiling team would...
The Patersons did not play Sartford as planned and league opponents failed to arrive. About 1,500 fans gathered but were turned away as the event was called off at 9:30. Umpire Letts awarded the game by default and the club's President Ely says a $200 fine will be pursued for not playing.
A garbled passage from the Indianapolis Journal hints at Sunday baseball being possible if management adopts a straightforward approach. It mentions a likely plan, side entrance, and gate closure but readability is limited.
A damaged OCR snippet shows garbled dialogue about a Bible text and a dropped item. Names and reliable context are unreadable, with phrases like put up or shut and unclear speaker attributions. The readable fragments offer no coherent event or outcome.
An item notes a person returning from a trip to 243 Weetem and will now maintain a permanent home office at the old Post Office Building at Col Spruce Street and Penn Avenue in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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