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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1898
Page
5
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be obtained in Scranton at Reisman Bros. newsstands located at 404 Byrnce and 5 Lindan Streets. Alac, Lackawanna avenue.
Local brief lists residents in transit and visiting relatives or colleagues. Rev. D J McCarthy of Astley in the city. Miss Mary Richards returns from Asbury Park. Miss Josephine Cawley visits Binghamton. Attorney P F Loughran on legal visit. Robert Emmet O Boyle to a two week stay at Loud Island. Mr and Mrs John E Moore guests of Mrs J D Clark. W N Brooks in Boston purchasing for fall. A J Raudenbush Will and Frank Koch back from Asbury Park. M F Conry in Washington arguing in appeals court. Miss Anna Earley visiting Katharine Haggerty. Enoch Page buys summer home at Clark's Summit. Mrs Hugh Jennings ill at Avoca. Mrs Georgi Sandhrsan and daughter back from six weeks in Colorado. Attorney George S MoRn and Charles Horn return. M W Lowry and F W Freits depart for Pittsbure for Republican clubs convention. delegates from Central Republican club. Mrs W L Calver and Mrs Theodore Waters visiting Scranton. both magazine contributors with Home Magazine staff.
A ceremony dedicated to the corner stone of St Luke's Parish Building at the church grounds featured Rev. Rogers Israel Major Warren and A D Holland. Mrs Mary Phelps and family led the donor tribute while the Throop name memorializes both Dr and Mrs Throop in the four story Gothic style facility with offices, Sunday school rooms, kitchen and industrial school spaces. The program included prayers a creed reading and a formal stone setting by Conrad Schroeder with a trowel from Foote and Shear.
Twenty pupils were re examined yesterday for admission to Scranton High School. The Grammar A group tested in spelling arithmetic geography grammar and history. results expected in a day. Tomorrow additional applicants from non system schools will be examined at 9 o clock in the High School building.
The Thirteenth regiment ice fund received scattered donations declared yesterday with names such as William H. Richmond Hon William Cornell and Florence M Dowd among contributors. The Tribune invites further contributions to sustain the ice purchase effort.
Professor J Alfred Pennington director of the Beranton Conservatory of Music and Elm Park church organist will answer reader questions about music in the Saturday Tribune Readers may mail questions to Musical Question Box care of the Tribune or to Professor Pennington Only initials will appear with answers and writers may choose to remain anonymous
Lewis Reilly and Davies run a decade old Scranton shoe emporium on Wyoming Avenue known as the Always Busy Shoe Store. They offer a vast Mammoth stock and fit children’s feet of every size and shape, keeping pace with the school year.
Paul McCracken, 31, died Monday evening at Tunkhannock after attempting to board a moving train of empty cars on a steep incline and losing his grip. He resided in Montrose and his death is described as a brutal mangling incident.
Elizabeth Lewis announces dance classes starting October 1 at five dollars. An excursion to Niagara Falls is planned for September 9 via Lehigh Valley, offering a guided trip for students and families.
The Dickson works in Scranton earned a contract to manufacture two new pneumatic dynamite guns for coast defense. The breech loading 50 foot gun fires 600 pound projectiles up to 2700 yards, with range adjustable by air pressure. Sub calibre shells reach 4000 to 6000 yards, while an electric drive and air system enable remote aiming and safety features.
The Scranton Conservatory of Music on Adams avenue and Linden street reopens in all departments including elocution, physical culture, fine arts and languages such as Spanish. Registration will occupy the day with hours set for the season. The office remains open except noon and again from 7 to 9:30 PM. Also notes a Niagara Falls round trip for $6.00 via Lehigh Valley with departure Sept. 9.
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