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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1896
Page
8
Local notice directs readers that all orders for job work and item publication left at Hannon & Co., news dealers on North Main Street, will be processed starting at 6 a.m. The brief notice emphasizes timely service from the establishment.
Clark and Co. began retouching the sixth avenue bridge after removing falsework and revealing a large crack between the arch and side walls. Crews will trench the wall, cut out a section, and allow the walls to settle on the arch to seal the crack with asphalt, keeping moisture from the concrete despite the wall showing great strength.
School opened yesterday with a large enrollment surpassing prior years. Overcrowded classrooms forced redistricting of the Laws and created confusion as students seek admission at their new buildings. Officials expect smooth operation soon amid heavy initial work.
A thief entered a house on Salem Avenue but escaped with only canned goods. The intruder searched the cellar of Louis Seibold, taking nothing else as the cellar was stocked. Seibold suspects a familiar resident, noting a prior incident and recent horse entries nearby.
Misses Hannah and Maggie Killeen return from Elk Lake after a three week visit. Numerous social calls and visits appear across Scranton Oneonta Pittston Moosic and Port Jervis as residents and visitors travel, host, and return home.
Miss Jennie Kearney departed yesterday for East Stroudsburg to enter the State Normal school after a week with her mother on Wyoming street. Mrs. Vivian of Guttenburg New Jersey and her two children visit Mrs. Huddy on Birkett street. Mrs. John Cume of Dundaff street returns from an extended Maine visit. Mrs. Porter Smith of Ninth avenue visits Hawley friends and returns home. Miss Maud Bergrath of White Haven stays with Miss Angela Dirs on Washington street. Mrs. DeWitt and Miss Carrie Wagner of Scranton visited Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelly on Booth Main street over Sunday. Miss Alpha Hawkins returns from relatives in East Worcester and Cooperstown. Fred Moon, visitor on Terrace street, has returned to Wilkes-Barre.
The Jefferson loaned unions Christ in Endeavor society convenes tomorrow in Endeavor with morning sessions at the Presbyterian church and an evening Gospel tent program. Delegates attend from multiple societies, with addresses, recitations, and a free meal provided in the church basement.
The remains of Mrs Maivearet Davis were moved from her daughter’s Middle Street home to Washburn Street cemetery Hyde Park for interment after a funeral at the residence. Dr B H Harris and J M Liegh officiated with a touching address praising the deceased. Floral offerings numbered many as relatives and friends attended the service and paid tribute.
Cie school opened yesterday with teachers Boinelpat Charles Py Osborn and several others. A large crowd attended the ceremony, FP Percy Lloyd attended as a guest, and Mrs A M Weiss of New York visits locals. A party from Jersey City and Clark's Green planned a lakeside week in Ivy Lodge, while Scranton reserves play here today with Lackawutina champions in sight.
The text lists delegates to the Democratic convention in Mayfield: first ward B J Burke, second ward Thomas Mee Lane, and this ward MeL Donnetty. Also notes ongoing free entertainments by the Arabian Medicine company on Mali street upper end Dhoroneh. Justice of the Peace dames Bo Dilbny from Duryea and Attorney William Gillesme from Pittston visited Sunday. A larger miner attendance joined a mine kaset lecture at Father Mathew Opera House in Olyphant last evening.
Grassy Island Delaware and Hudson breaker worked twenty four and a half days last month. C. White moved into his new house on White's new addition to Peckville. A temperance lecture is planned in the Methodist Episcopal church lecture room Wednesday evening September 2. M. W. Callender and family returned to their home at Pittsburgh yesterday.
A sweep of social visits, condolences, and local happenings across Wyoming county. Mentions of Oriental Star lodge meeting, travels of Floyd Keller and Miss Ella Ketchum, remarks on Ball family visits, and funeral of Mrs. J. W. Baker. Weather and grasshopper damage impact berry bogs across William Braddock’s and Wharton bogs, with crop losses reported.
Chester Atherton of Eaton spent few days at M V Stark's home last week. Revo and Mrs E L Santee returned from a visit with friends in Shickshinny. Mrs Joseph Greson of Brooklyn NY has returned home after visiting her niece Mrs A J Cooper. Misses Margaret and May Brodhead visited their brother Rev J Eerwin Brodhead in Susquehanna. Township schools opened Monday with good attendance.
A heavy rain near noon helped curb forest fires across Ashlin Wisconsin and Bayfield area. The Menolta Lumber Company mill at Benolt was saved though 5,000,000 feet of timber burned. Homesteaders and cattle losses were reported, while cattle and wildlife perished amid extreme heat.
Cranberry growers report a severe crop shortfall in Waterford the chief cranberry area of the state with forecasts showing only about a third of a crop. Early season optimism vanished after late frosts and heat damaged bogs and berries, with picking delays and scalded losses across plantations as harvest proceeds.
In Trenton New Jersey a baby girl was born in the state lunatic asylum to a mother described as a raving maniac. Ward at the asylum refused to name the mother but said she is a local resident. The mother is confined in a padded cell. authorities expect possible recovery.
Two ruffians stopped Freda Wine aged 1 near a railroad bridge and ripped two braids from her head while her sister and mother waited nearby. The attackers fled after fleeing doorway observers, and police offered no trace of the thieves.
Mrs H Stickles of Stratford Connecticut yesterday gave birth to three girls and a boy increasing the local population at Strawberry Point. All four babies are healthy. Mrs Stickles previously had twins eight years ago. The combined weight of the four newborns is twenty four pounds.
Frank Beaubien a traveling agent shot his wife in the back this morning in Detroit Michigan. He then ended his life with the same weapon. The motive cited was his wife’s remonstrances against his drinking. Mrs Beaubien may recover given her injuries.
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has soothed teething children for over fifty years. It promises to ease pain, soften gums, cure wind colic and diarrhea, and is sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents per bottle.
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