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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1898
Page
5
The statement praises Mr. S. R. Perry as the region’s expert regulator and tuner, noting the need to complete the whole job at once to avoid the dissatisfaction of a poorly tuned piano with a faulty action.
A soldier returns to Philadelphia on furlough with an amused crowd aboard. A Scranton resident mocks a doctor’s lack of supplies, and a passenger boasts about not owning any spare buttons. Miss McGaughey plans a Liverpool departure to India as a missionary. A stranger in town enters a saloon by mistake while bicycle rack preparations continue and tramps plague the Hill area.
The passage describes tough citizens who sneak into areaways and portray tender-hearted housewives as judges. It notes these women are the brand that makes a self respecting dog bristle, and that a large loyal dog is the only household adjunct respected when the family head is absent.
Sheriff Pryor is at Lake Winoia. Attorney John J Murphy tours to New York. Mr and Mrs John H Ladwig return from Long Branch. Miss Carrie Skellinger stays near Lake Michigan. Miss Sara A Davis returns from Wyoming. William Sando entertains in Milwaukee. Miss Florence M Seward spends two weeks at Thousand Islands. Grace Burns visits Mize Grate Doud. John Astringer returns from Trenton and Philadelphia. Deputies Huene and O Donnell enjoy a few days at Rockaway. Maymo Devaney visits aunt in Carbon Street. Mrs James Gowan returns from Chicago. Patrick Wright seen on Laverne Street. Misses Williams and Jores visit Neata Bradford County. Mrs C Ben Johnson finishes trip via Pottville Philadelphia Warren and Niagara Falls. Albert Perry joins a New York City pharmacy. Elizabeth Sanderson returns from Boston and New Hampshire summer. T V Powderly arrives home after port inspections. Mrs J H Durenbury and Mrs Garrigan back from Dalton. Miss Lucy Williams returns to West Chester Normal School. Miss Mildred Howe returns to school. Harriet Thompson returns from Stroudsburg. Dr G F Dean ends Susquehanna River vacation trip refreshed.
A scorching Sunday hits 93 in the shade with humidity as Nay Aug park draws thousands for an outdoor concert by Bauer's band and the Schubert quartet. The Mendelssohn quartet performs to a packed crowd with multiple encores as audiences applaud soloists including John T. Watkins and Eugene Ham.
The Scranton Conservatory offers free In Sight Singing classes led by Prof. Alfred Wooler and provides lectures recitals and other benefits to paid study members. The conservatory reopens next Wednesday with regatta now ial.
Reduced rate tickets on sale June 10 to October for trips to Omaha or Kansas City via Lehigh Valley rail road. Inquire of ticket agents for particulars at the Trans Mississippian Exposition in Omaha Nebraska.
An old ad fragment touts East Mountain Lithia Water as a remedy claiming it cleanses the kidneys and cures constipation. The brief mentions health benefits in a promotional tone without clinical detail.
An immense Calvary Baptist congregation in Taylor Pennsylvania heard Rev H H Harris Ph D deliver a memorial sermon for Daniel Tubbs a late soldier of the Thirteenth Regiment who died of disease at his post of duty Tubbs is praised as a sober industrious Christian who volunteered to defend his country and remembered his Creator in youth The service honored his sacrifice and urged loyalty to country and faith.
The funeral for Thomas P. Ryder will leave St Marys Catholic church in Wilkes Barre this morning with arrival delayed to 6 05. Members of the Winchts of Columbus and Wilkes Barre Press club will meet the casket and escort it to Mrs Toole at 9 Lincoln Street. Services at the church start at 10 and interment is in Hanover cemetery. The Wilkes Barre Press club voted to edit and publish Ryder’s works for his young daughter and will attend the funeral in a body, reserving part of the church for the club and visiting newspapermen.
Two lightning bolts hit during last night's storm. One struck Patrolman John Saltry's home at 145 West Market Street, tearing siding and singeing a kitchen fire but causing no major damage. A Petersburg car on West Lackawanna Avenue was struck, burning wiring and causing a passenger to faint briefly before recovering.
Henry Hartwick a Green Ridge contractor dies after pulmonary illness at 536 New York Street. Services at 10:10 a.m. with Rev. Williams officiating. Odd Fellows and Grand Army honor guard attend. Remains travel to Honesdale for interment. Hartwick born in Germany, married Rosina Kauffman. survived by seven children, a brother, two sisters, and other relatives. Margaret Johnson dies in Carbondale at 13. funeral at 1 p.m. at home with Forest Hill interment. John J. Lavelle of 616 Meridian Street dies after long illness. wife and son survive. funeral at 2:30 p.m. at home, Cathedral Cemetery. Miss Isabella Josephine McNamara dies at brother Patrick F. McNamara’s home. 15 years old. mass at St John’s Church. private funeral. Cathedral Cemetery interment.
In West Scranton Margaret Alene Fulmer aged seven died at the Kline residence on West Locust Street. Funeral from the residence this afternoon at 10 and interment at Allentown. In West Scranton James Lavelle aged years died at Meridian Street home. Funeral this afternoon at 2:40 from the residence with interment at Cathedral cemetery.
August revenue reports show collections at $177,257.85, up from $45,578.52 in August 1897, reflecting war revenue bill effects. Major Penman transmits the report to Washington. Scott issues opinions on tax implications including special taxes for fair associations and race tracks, liquor taxes, broker dues, park exhibitions, and note stamp rules.
Miss Ruth Vidaver of New York City daughter of Rev Frank Vidaver and sister of Nathan Vidaver wed P Henri Fontaine a wealthy Frenchman in London on August 4 The New York Herald reports the couple met in Europe where Vidaver studied voice as a mezzo soprano of notable range and quality The Herald notes her parents knew nothing of the proposed marriage.
A Paris couple wed in London where the groom, 45, owner of diamond mines and sugar interests in the east, was born. The bride trained as a singer abroad and plans a wedding tour in Egypt before returning next year. Rev Vidaver commented on the matter while the bride’s family in New York learned of the union by cable.
Lieutenant Ezra Griffin Post announces the funeral of Brother Wells at 2 PM this afternoon. Gather at the Post room by 1 30 with Chaplain Scott leading services. Also notes Scranton Conservatory of Music reopens next Wednesday with 15 professors across departments. office open for consultation and registration. East Mountain Lithia Water Spring bottled for family use by John A Swayze agent at 23 Mulberry Street.
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