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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1896
Page
8
Readership is informed that advertisements orders for job work and items for education left at Kennon and Company Newedesters North Main Street will receive prompt attention from Steppen between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
News of the sudden death of T. F. Hunt reached yesterday morning while he and Mrs. Hunt were at Asbury Park. A long, esteemed resident of the city, Hunt had recently been away in California and had not seemed seriously ill. The funeral arrangements are pending with plans to bring the remains back for interment in this city.
A Republican club plans a public banner display and a major rally with several prominent speakers. The county committee will furnish speakers while the meeting was led by President A. O. Watrout, with the event reported by the newspaper’s correspondent.
Enthusiastic gathering led to a committee of T Rotirean and P Butler to arrange a supper on Tuesday evening. The Rev. Quinn Morrow Leeds is expected to speak, with Mourne and his wife currently conducting servings in the tent on Belmont street.
Much interest shown in forming an Alumni football squad. A second evening meeting is planned at Fonds's to discuss the eleven. Several named backers have written to the manager and James for the coming season.
Unknown miscreants attempted to retoon the South Side School House No 46. Some chairs were destroyed but no further damage occurred before the act was foiled.
The Salem avenue bridge is now completed and the pavement presents a sharp appearance. The public will appreciate the needed improvement.
A jumble of social notes lists visits, entertainments, and travels. Mr and Mrs B Wickwire visit Walter Phen belt. Miss Lixain MebDonough hosts friends. Kenneth Cristin Smith of Leuvell suffers a head injury after a fall. James Cubby visits Patterson New York. Chirrence M Yrore returns from New Yard Sire. Michael Pearher and Thideet Me Hole await friends in Scranton. The notes mention many names and locations with incomplete spellings and garbled phrases, reflecting an entangled society column full of social movements and minor incidents.
MONTROSE. M. H. Van Scoten sails for Auburn and central New York for two weeks. Rev. Lafferty of Auburn celebrated high mass here. Montrose residents eye Harford fair and special Susquehanna premiums are listed. Visitors include E. W. Bishop and many Scranton and Auburn guests. A missing flagpole at the McKinley and Hobart club sparked Stars and Stripes sightings. Local building work continues as stone and cements plans proceed.
Community updates report multiple visits and returns among Buffalo residents including LW Stone and Miss Louisa Late. The piece mentions summering at Camptown, repairs after a fire, and social events. It notes store occupation changes, preparations for upcoming church events, and several marriages and visitors in the area around New York City and Avoca.
The Moosic baseball club will play Sugar Notch at the Wilkes-Barre ball park Friday afternoon for a $200 purse, each team contributing $100, winner takes all including gate receipts. The Moosic Methodist Episcopal church junior Epworth league hosts a harvest home entertainment Friday evening September 25, at 7 30 with free admission.
M F Fadden works on North Main property while Primitive Methodist church hosts a Temperance society social raising funds. Willians Business College open in Olyphant draws many youths. Local theft at Barrett shop seen as repented as tools are recovered. Townspeople attend a plantation at Throop park and visits occur among Scranton and Scranton residents.
David Griffiths Taylor and Annie Evans daughter of Mr and Mrs Eadward Evans will be married at home of their parents on Taylor Point Mall Street James One re a popular local singer and Kate Grogan an estimable young woman will wed on October 6. Tonight the Union Band will open its grand party at Weber's rink and continue Thursday and Friday evenings with a visiting band and other amusements. The rink has been elaborately decorated and a good time is assured.
Terry Williams, now foreman for the Tide Coal Company, has moved his family to Ale Mott at Mottmace. A Plymouth resident for 25 years, he is active in farming, loading, and civic work and is well known among the Wetah people. he will be an equally useful citizen in his new home.
A chaotic scene in New York features begging boys and a distressed crowd as reporters interview bystanders. The piece notes a public appeal amid a growing humanitarian concern with the city’s downtrodden youths and a focus on their welfare.
The reporter recalls Giovanna, or the man with a contorted smile, as street youths boast of their work and refuse schooling. A train arrives and a small beggar gathers about 25 cents from departing passengers.
A Mendham to Morristown, New Jersey, tale tells of a deformed bicycle rider who claims a poisonous snake bit his wheel tire as it exploded. The narrator describes the snake’s head detaching and the wheel dissolving in a strangely surreal accident.
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