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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1898
Page
7
Carbondale correspondence for Tha Trioune is handed to Mr J M Forbes. All complaints about irregular delivery should be addressed to Roberts and Reynolds, news agents.
Carbondale lost two baseball games to Honesdale. Morning contest at Alumni Park drew many Maple City spectators. Honesdale won 6 to 4 after a late surge led by Williams. O’Gara pitched for Carbondale. Matthewson for Honesdale. errors and wrangling noted amid a strong crowd. Afternoon game a one sided 14 to something score favored by Honesdale. Hayes pitched, crowd unrest cited.
Rose Coogan died yesterday morning at 6 at her Pike Street home after a period of illness. The family, some of whom were at Crystal Lake, were not present at her bedside. She was twenty and survived by four sisters and four brothers, plus her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Coogan. funeral plans will be announced tomorrow.
The Misses Maloney of Green Ridge hosted Miss Bridget Mc Andrew of Cottage street. Miss Mary Rebecca Moffit of Green Ridge visited Carbondale friends. Miss Cooke Gilmartin and the Misses Killeen watched the Scranton parade. Harry Forbes visited friends in South Scranton. Miss Marie Grier of Dickson City stayed with the Misses Higgins. Miss Mary Forbes and Nellie Killeen left for West Chester Normal School. Miss Annie Burke visited Scranton. Miss Bessie Reilley of Scranton vacationed with Miss Louise Slocum. Mr. John Mullady visited friends in Honesdale. Harry Lathrop of Scranton stayed with cousin Dwight Crane.
The regular monthly council session was delayed to this evening due to Labor Day. A Sept 13 benefit event will aid Mrs. John O’Hare after her husband’s recent death. Mines were idle yesterday for the holiday. James Kearney departs for St Charles College on Tuesday. Mrs M A Foote and son Fred visit Oakville, Canada. School board met with most members present. bills totaling varying amounts were approved. The insurance payment from Mr O’Hearn was noted for fire destruction at Central School. Night school teachers will be retained after discussion. Bond of Edward Duffy read amid a warm reception.
Local fraternal groups meet at their Main Street hall to organize a September 17 picnic with games and amusements. Community notes include fishing reports, church events, visits, school openings, and residents traveling to Wallsville and Mountain Park for fairs and excursions.
Factoryville residents enjoy Reynolds family reunion as heat abates. Keystones and graded schools reopen on Sept 6 with large attendance. County meetings scheduled include Canton Factoryville I. I. 6 F. and W C T T convention on Sept 7. Abington Baptist anniversary Sept 14 15 planned. New river toll bridge proposed at Laceyville. Teachers appointed to several local schools. September weather records noted for early pasteboard clipping.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as curative for hemorrhoids with rapid relief of congestion and inflammation. It alleges many previously hospitalised patients found cure, says it is a medical certainty, sold by Pyramid Pile Company of Marshall Michigan at 50 cents per box through druggists.
The Primitive Methodist ministers held a morning conference in the church auditorium with Rev T. I Williams and family and several other pastors present. A church dinner followed at the parsonage. Community notices include a Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meeting at Mrs M A Flock’s home, Avoca Hose Company session, and borough schools reopening with local teachers listed. A number of residents and guests were noted as visitors, and a boy named Howard Commermuth sustained a broken arm while a doctor treated him.
The Wayne county fair is slated for Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 28 and 29. Insurance adjusted for Honesdale Shirt Company through Springfield Fire and Marine In surance. Miss Lizzie Colton returns to Camden New Jersey after visiting Mrs Hoover. Marcela Allen returns from central New York. Paul and Mrs Gardner of Scranton visit Honesdale. Rena Keen opens kindergarten in the post office area. Carrie Peterson resting from typhoid fever. “A Jolly Irishman” delightfully staged at the Opera house with a good crowd.
The item mentions Mr Gail Jenking heading to Williamsport for Dickson college. The Delaware and Hudson sold 450 excursion tickets to Farview and about 106 to Carbondale and Scranton. Promised Erie depot and new bridge over the Lackawaxen to replace a dangerous footbridge. also a foot bridge over Park Lake at Third street. A centennial history of Wayne county is promised. Front Street is described as poorly maintained but improvements are hoped.
Word arrived of Thomas Roberts, of Company C Thirteenth Pennsylvania, dying of typhus fever at Jefferson hospital Philadelphia. He was about 35, formerly a local resident, survived by his mother and two sisters Mrs Michael Fitzpatrick and Mrs Frank I Thomas, and was buried in Philadelphia.
Funeral services for Edward Sitgraves infant will be held at the family home on Prospect Hill at 10:40 AM with Rev. J. Thurmas officiating and interment at Prospect cemetery. Other local items note a dangerous infant illness in West End, youth mischief near the Simpkins parsonage, heat prostration of P G Harding, visits by Welland A Peck, Mrs. M B Wademan visiting Wilkes-Barre, Blakely school board meeting and detailed local bill payments for school operations and maintenance.
A borough meeting covered tax collections, starting night schools, hires at Columbia and No 1 schools, and a request to install crogels on Malin street. Attendees included Professor P J White. plans to buy books were rejected. salaries set at 25 dollars monthly. The report also notes residents visiting and a fatal accident involving seven month old Edward Chivers.
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