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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1895
Page
4
In Lackawanna county a constable led a raid to seize a horse after John Bosak accused Charles Hansen of selling a sick animal for 25. Bosak’s horse died after a day, three Polish women intervened to recover the horse as Bates and deputies clashed with locals. A hearing is set with Alderman Jones presiding.
The Hospital Association president presents an encouraging year with $912 paid on indebtedness and improvements totaling 4417. Eleven staff members including unpaid nurses work at the institution as expenses rise for lights, fuel and drugs. Training for nurses continues under Matron Desmond as the hospital thanks contributing coal, railroad and manufacturing firms and the Ladies Auxiliary for support. Total patients treated: 18. deaths: 18 with eight dying within two hours of arrival due to injuries.
The Crescent club schedules its annual Thanksgiving eve dinner at Hotel American with a signature menu including Little neck clams, jamboree en dia che au Delmonico, prime ribs of New York beef, lamb, turtle foot ice cream, and plum pudding with brandy sauce. Also notes new engines placed in No. 1 engine house and old engines to be removed Sunday due to busy rail traffic.
Merchant Maxey of Forest City and Justice Maxey were in town yesterday. William Bowers, Delaware and Hudson mines superintendent, is ill in Canaan Street home. Miss Hannah Richards of Hyde Park visits Miss Kate McMullen on Seventh Avenue. Miss Mary Meehan visits Miss Alice Connor from Jermyn and J J Curran of Wilkes-Barre calls at the parochial residence. Mr and Mrs E M Peck return from Atlanta exposition. John Estabrook hosts surprise gathering with plush rocker gift. attendees include John Gibbs and many neighbors.
A fragmented note references an ingress from i5e with figures 1g 80e and values ranging from 260 to 750. The text mentions spices and a statement about proportion, though the full context remains unclear.
Various city residents receive visitors and travels noted, minors sustain health issues, and local social events such as a Madigan Mullarkey reception with friends and relatives. Mentioned are Philip Berryman’s return to Oneonta and extended visits by Mrs. Berryman, Ralph Blair’s wrist injury, diphtheria cases in the Lowry family, and Rev. James Malorne’s Scranton call. Also referenced are pending relocation of portrait painter Charles Dunston and John Ball’s visit from Honesdale.
A collage of brief notes records visits and calls in Duryea and nearby areas. Names include Thomas Keating, Mrs Arkhin sin, W H Paterson, Henry Cole, Mr and Mrs George Corey, Miss Pettle Baker, Mrs George Coolbaugh, Allen Wallace, Mrs William Mel, Mrs William Bambridge, Charlie Alen, Miss Porcil, Nelson Hoffmann, and events at Forty Fort and Mount Zion. Also announced is a Wyoming Hose Co. No. 1 oyster supper at Music Hall on Thanksgiving evening. An advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup promotes teething relief and cures for diarrhea priced twenty five cents a bottle.
After a short delay the burreuse has approved the electric light contracts and surveyors were on the new site yesterday. Construction of the new building will start today and the plant is expected to be ready in about two months near the upper gravity railroad.
In Pittston William Bath faced $300 bail after an Alderman Loftus hearing on assaulting miner George Meleski at the Clear Spring mine. The Pittston football manager reported Carbondale will visit Pittston for a tense game, with a collection planned to cover visiting team expenses.
Local rumors hint a canning factory may start with investment from Ithaca. Also discussed are a new Lehigh Valley depot, streetcar routing near Bridge Street, and property booms tied to rail access.
Mrs. Geneke died of heart disease early Wednesday and her funeral was held yesterday at the German Catholic church in Hyde Park with burial at Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. Miss Clara Leisenring of West Pittston was a visitor here last evening. The Pyne mines have resumed ten hour shifts due to coal demand. Lackawanna Valley Council No. 81 plans to attend divine service at the Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow evening as Rev. I A King will deliver a patriotic sermon. The Price Library Association fair at Weber's rink drew its largest crowd on the third night.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine that has lifted thousands from illness to health. It claims an unmatched record of cures and the largest production in the world, urging readers to try the remedy for their own benefit.
The text notes large crowds, well arranged booths, and admired decorations. The Anthracite Glee Club performed last night to applause. Visitors include Miss Julia Dougherty of Halistead and Homer Warren of Moosic with Mr. and Mrs. David Powell of Hyde Park visiting.
Several groups plan events next week including the Lackawanna and Wyoming Musical Alliance at Nicholson and the annual Thanksgiving dinner of Darwin Gardner descendants at Birman Gardner's home. An error in a Tribune town notice misnamed a church. Also, the Second Keystone Academy football team meets Wood's College in Scranton at Keystone Athletic field.
At a school board meeting on Thursday evening bids were read from Phillips Wilkes-Barre $5493 Davis Pittston $4825 and Summons Pittston $4910. The contract will be awarded Monday at 12 oclock after a board decision.
Surrounding towns took part and an interesting programme was rendered. Mr and Mrs William W Brown are now domiciled at their neatly furnished home on Main street. There will be a contest for a Democrat gold medal in the Methodist Episcopal church on Monday Nov 26. An excellent programme has been arranged. Miss Eliza Dick of Moonie will favor the audience with one of her selected recitations admission ten cents. Professor McCarthy of Plains visited the borough schools yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Wier of Pittston spent Thursday with friends. In George and John Reatley, two brothers, were badly hurt at the Greasy Island Delaware and Hudson shaft yesterday by a fall of roof. The latter was injured most severely. Miss Ella Cobb of Green Ridge was the guest of Mrs S M Rogers yesterday. About twenty five of our fire saddles attended the Carbondale Fire company fair last Thursday evening. Rev S C Simpkins is meeting with success at his revival meetings here every evening. May the good work continue. A number of our collieries here will pay today. Miss Ello Novlos of Scranton visiting Miss Sophie Simpkins. Mrs George Cool and two children have returned from a visit in Susquehanna county. Only one attendez from the Detroit Tribune Fashionable Patient This bill to exhor Doctor Rut Fashionable Pattern Not a word sir Either cut it in two or find something else the matter with me.
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