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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1896
Page
8
Notices advise readers to leave advertisements orders for job work and items for publication at Cannon Co newsdealers North Main Street for prompt attention. Office hours are from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
The Junior Order of United American Mechanics attended the Methodist church in a body on Sunday evening. Rev Dr Place preached a sermon from Citizen of no Mean City and Good Citizenship stressing integrity bravery wise legislation as foundations of prosperity.
The committee of railroad men prepares for the big convention to meet in this city next Sunday. Special trains will bring a Brent crowd and accommodations will be provided. Efforts seek Grand Chief Engineer Arthur and other railroad leaders. A public open house at 2 p.m. will feature addresses and musical selections.
Two football games will be held this week at Alumni park with proceeds to pay the association debts. Funds already spent aimed to create a city youth athletic field. about $400 remains to be raised for a worthy objective.
Miss Mary Boland visits Pittston. L Grieweld returns to Pottsville from a sister visit. Mrs Buildington of Salem Avenue business trip to Scranton. Mrs John Merk with grip. Mrs Joseph Richels convalescent after ten weeks typhoid. John Abbott Wilkes-Barre spends Sunday with parents. Miss Lila A Stewart to entertain Port Jervis Dec 18 19 20 under YMCA. Pot Luck club tea at Mrs A W Reynolds. Mr and Mrs K L Harnden entertain aunt from Waverly. Mrs William Mann confined with Brp. Rev Charles Lee occupies Memorial Presbyterian pulpit. Keystone club supper invitations. Mrs F Ives Plymouth visits James Miller Drummond Ave. Joseph Walker organizes Meyfield dancing class. Mrs Thomas Howard seriously ill but improved. Dr and Mrs H B Van Bergen leave today for Asheville Ky then Los Angeles for winter. Lyman Smith Yale Princeton game return. Morris Moses New York visits. Frank Mang South Main leaves for Philadelphia to join navy yard staff. Dr Fletcher leaves for New York for a few days. Tack Pattl troop fifty Trombadors Grand Thanksgiving opening today. Mr and Mrs Louis Correll issue…
An advertisement offers cloths and linoleums of all widths with prices, window shades and curtains, rocking chairs in plush tapestry and brocade, and a fine cobbler seat collection. The notice emphasizes low prices on all items.
Tomorrow evening marks a wedding anniversary celebration. Minnie Reynolds and Jessie Watt visited Scranton yesterday. Lillian Robinson entertained Emma Coon of Clark's Green. Mr and Mrs H C Benson visit Susquehanna friends. Walter Nye named Baptist choir chorister. Crescent club to host farewell banquet for Patrick Brennan next Monday. Genevieve Kelly and Frank Kelly hosted tea Saturday evening for friends.
Forest City notes report Hillside Fire Company and Vandling unit responding to a house fire at the lower Vandling end, owned by Delaware and Hudson. Family Richard Jones and John Williams lost belongings. building saved except roof. Calls for better alert signals to avoid two mile runs for small fires. Community events include a turkey dinner and union service.
The Calvary Baptist church fair and festival opens at Weber's rink tomorrow evening and runs through Saturday. A large variety of valuable auction items will be offered as prizes. Many maidens will assist in selling books and tickets, with a flour prize drawn from admission tickets each evening.
The Normal Literary and Athenean societies held a sociable last Saturday in which faculty attended. For the first time in twenty five years a woman was elected president Miss Mabel Wharton spent two weeks with her former teacher in Nashville. Charles Elliot Fitch gave a lecture on George Washington and announced an upcoming talk on Alexander Hamilton.
Bradford county progresses on the new court house with stone work nearly finished and nearing completion. Powell the magician entertained crowds at Hale's Opera House on Friday and Saturday. Princess of Bagdad is billed for next Saturday. The Foster block may house KE L Smith and Walter Beck bakery and confectionery. John Meredith has purchased the…
Danner Brennan wholesale and retail confectioners advertise updated stocks of candies nuts and smoker's needs in Towanda. Grace Bottling continues business while C P Welles handles bids for the new public library building. They claim top ingredients and strong trade.
The Reynolds property sold at sheriff's sale to Attorney W. Ross for $2000. Coleman wins judgment against J C Reynolds in mortgage suit. Wages suit A L Reynolds vs Byron Carpenter settled with each paying own costs. Post office and Bliss and Hunt store burglarized. safe blown but little taken. Bliss and Hunt change as R Bliss retires, W Bliss of Waverly, Pa., joins M W Elisa as new partner. Harry Lindsay moves to Mrs Osena Capwell's home. Post news sought via box 20. Public parade urged for postmaster race. locals Truman Ackerly and Phil Strut seen in town.
Thanksgiving services planned for Thursday morning. Veternary Dr. Patterson enjoyed an annual sleigh ride after Friday snow in Honesdale. Miss Mamie Powell home from New York for Sunday. Opera house Thanksgiving night features Methodist talent. Texas depot Erie trip sold 86 tickets. Senator Hardenburg returns from Philadelphia. Wayne county centennial urged. New post office opened for inspection. Teachers Institute meets Nov 20 with varied programs through Thursday.
About one hundred young people gathered at the Opera House Saturday for dancing and social time. A dance was planned for the evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Llewellyn Shields who depart for Mansfield Pa to study at State Normal School under Professor Cerewell. Thanksgiving services are set for Thursday at 10 30 AM at the Methodist Church. Additional notes mention Mr Taylor Hinksey leaving for Manefield, Mrs DP Koop and granddaughter Nettle visiting Hallstead, and Charles Rummel’s return from Noxon to visit his father.
Wyoming report details a regular social hosted at Miss Fannie Barnett's home with a live programme prepared. Notes illnesses and local incidents include a pneumonia confinement and a gossip of noisy celebrations at Mount Lookout tied to Wyoming Coal and Land activity. A fight on the corner ending with John Conway being knocked out and detained by officers.
Malle held on 200 bail pending court appearance. John Conway held on 50 bail as witness. in default he was sent to jail.
William Churo, an Italian resident near Emergency hospital Carbo, attacked Mrs. Weissel on a lonely railroad path as she walked to the Mayfield company store. She resisted and reported the crime. Constable Moran arrested Churo Friday. He spent the night in Carbondale jail and was later taken to the county jail. Nearby updates note illness in Edgerton residents and local happenings, including a child's death from croup and a man refusing a fine, with bail set at $1,000.
Social events and visits cross Olyphant and nearby towns. Mrs. Patrick Langan hosts Mahon house guest and Miss Sarah Cooper entertains friends on Lackawanna street. Heptasophs plan Friday gathering and Susquehanna Street Baptist Young People adjust their entertainment date.
Daniel McDevitt buys Ed ward Hendrick s new house on Du Bois street. The Young People s Society of Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church will hold a social at George Hatfield s home on Pine street next Friday evening. Miss Daisy Brown has secured a position at the silk mill. Mrs Andrew Sawyer was in Binghamton on Saturday. The Hallstead Corner band drew for their building last Thursday evening. Mrs W 8 Barnes of Main street held the lucky ticket. Mrs L Foster, guest at M P Currier s Pine street home, has returned. A sunrise prayer meeting is planned at the Baptist church for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs G Y Preston spent Sunday with friends in Afton. Charles Rearmer and Miss Katie Malley will wed at St Lawrence church in Great Bend on Tuesday afternoon. John O Kien spent Sunday in Scranton.
Division No 14 Ancient Order of Hi Bernians and Board of America make extensive preparations for a grand entertainment and social to be held at Faddens hall tomorrow evening.
James Gilboy of Duryea and Miss Kate Saltry of Providence visited town on Sunday as residents discuss yesterday morning's shooting of John Keritski by Constable Max Koehler. Post office hours on Thanksgiving are 10 am to 12 pm and 2 to 3 pm. Alice Evang of Providence visited Ina Carpenter on Sunday. Golden Chain lodge No 945 Odd Fellows to initiate on Thursday evening. Morley Barrett visited Peckville friends Sunday.
A fire at Snyder Neal’s farm home near Hamilton Missouri killed five of his children ages 3 to 13 while the parents attended a neighbor’s dance. Nora, 7, escaped by leaping from the burning dwelling as the others perished in their upstairs rooms. Incendiarism is suspected and the father collapsed upon learning of the tragedy.
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