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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1896
Page
8
Carbondale notices call attention to advertising orders and job work left at Hannon and Co newsdealer located on North Main Street. The shop is open from 8 a m to 10 p m for promes attention.
About forty members of the Andrew Mitchell Hose Company No 1 enjoyed Friday at Mr Mitchells Crystal Lake cottage. Guests, press reps and locals attended a full day of welcome, a drill, banquet, and a memorable ebony cane gift. Local notices follow with visits and events through week.
Local high school team defeated the Athletic Club in a hard fought pool ball contest. The Conbondite Hietseheal edged past the Ath Perie lnite as key players Morrin Chane Myrbes and Hockenberry starred for the home squad while Whittetoek Hoover Phones and MUO contributed for the visitors.
A birthday party hosted by Wil Vie Gibbs on Park Street is described with garbled names and scattered details. The fragment references guests including Alia Alpha, Munn Voerdinge, and Phere Chant, with unclear ages and event marks.
The funeral rites for the late T. F. Hunt were held yesterday on Sort Church Street. Rev. Wrsley officiated at Triality church with Rev. Chianbes Leeo assisting. pallbearers included Wood, Yarrington, J. E. Dadwin, W. RR, Feiker, BL. W. Mills, Edward Clarkson tol. Interment followed at Maplewood Cemetery.
Friday afternoon seven year old Mary McPadden, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael McPadden of Kane Street, was struck by a car on the Delaware and Hudson gravity road near No 1 Col Linny. John Farrell led the train with a dozen miners aboard. They tried to stop the car but could not. A man carried the injured child to her home. she suffered a badly injured head and crushed feet.
HW Frank Bilbrecht T Levison G M Patterson J G Reese I I Carpenter and B L R Wickwire left Saturday for a rail trip. They rode to Farview then Hawley for dinner and to Port Jervis. They returned Sunday via Stroudsburg and Scranton. The Mozart band and orchestra will give a promenade concert.
Mehoopany school district patrons clash over term length prompting a petition for an independent district. Reported local accidents and social news include Mrs. Jacob Luce’s shoulder injury and other minor happenings, plus church and community notes from the area.
Friday night the town council, with a Philadelphia GE representative, passed a revision to the contract for the electric plant. GE extended its guarantee to sixty days. A committee with Gannon Keegan and Gallagher will review Treasurer McLaughlin’s books. The two policeman salary ordinance passed second reading. A bid advertisement for a Lackawanna Avenue sewer was defeated.
The borough named C. F. OMalley as attorney after approving several bills. James J. Malley withdrew. A writ mandamus against ex Secretary Cummings to seize his books was approved. The Gazette credits a Snook burglary report identical to a previous Tribune item. Funeral of Martin Kerwin from Upper Konmore Street, killed near Mooske, held at St Patrick's Cemetery with many attendees.
A stylish ceremony at the Evans home on Taylor Street united Annie Evans and David Griffiths at 8:10 p.m. Rev. Ira Thomas officiated with May Griffiths as bridesmaid and Henry Evans as best man. Guests included Miss Hattie Joseph and many Evans relatives, while celebrations featured a wedding march by Mrs. James Griffiths and numerous gifts for the bride. Nearby society notes cover races, clubs, and upcoming oyster suppers.
The community reports an upcoming Odd Fellows election of officers. Mrs. Frank Gratton returns from Scranton while Mrs. H. Smith of Binghamton visits. A. A. McCreary leaves for New York City. New pulpit furnishings arrive for the Methodist church on Church Street. Mrs. T. H. Hays spearheads the effort. The Hallste and Denorade club schedules a meeting in Mitchell's hall with Bufford Esq. as speaker. Various locals including Master Lee Sloat and Michael Walters visit friends. the Methodist Ladies Aid netted $7 from a Thursday supper.
Miss Irene McCollum returns to Montrose after a West summer episode. Wirt H. Conklin departs to Philadelphia to finish studies at the University of Pennsylvania dental school. The Susquehiana Agricultural Society marks its fiftieth anniversary with events next Tuesday and Wednesday. A special Scranton to Montrose train departs Sept 3 with return tickets for two days at 1.00. Secretary W A Titsworth cites strong fall attractions and growing entries. Professor Button the magician and ventriloquist will perform soon in Montrose. Mrs William McGinnis and Miss Jennie Lafferty of Philadelphia visit their uncle Rev Father K E Lafferty of Auburn and return Friday. Notables at the Tarbell House include L G Davis and others from Philadelphia, Honesdale, Great Bend, Scranton, New Milford, and Forest Lake visitors scouting tinny fellows.
Miss Mabel Reynolds serves as priest to her aunt Mrs. Walter Reynolds of La Grange. Mrs. Green hosted friends for her sixtieth birthday. The Mc Kinley club meets at Republican headquarters September 30 with speeches by J. B. Niles and J. H. Codding. Miss Hattie Garr returns to New York City work after summer with her mother. Mrs. Rufus Lindley is home bound. Miss Deltha Carr visited Philadelphia last week. Miss Grace Clifford of Tunkhannock visits Miss Bertha Knapp and Miss Jennie Lewis in town. Dell Lindley resumes studies at Wesleyan University. Mrs. Throp and son Hay of Peckville visit Dr. B. E. T. Wheaton.
Jeaac Lewis of Sabina Ohio long time Clinton County resident and Sabina Bank president of twenty years testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and strengthens nerves digestion and body. He recalls personal relief from pains after using the medicine.
Mrs Parkay of Minneapolis describes years of ovarian and womb pains and kidney trouble eased by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She hopes other suffering women realize the relief she found and pursue the treatment.
Elaborate evening planned for Hugh Jennings and Baltimore team at OMalley’s hall with a Avoca hosts program including music, speeches, recitations, solos, duets and a 30 cent per couple entry fee. Also notes deaths in Avoca and local obituaries with funeral plans and cemetery interments. Five special cars run to a ball game for attendees.
The advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething cure used by millions for over fifty years. It claims to soothe pain, soften gums, cure wind colic and diarrhoea and is sold worldwide by druggists for twenty five cents a bottle.
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