The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-17
HALLSTEAD.

Misses Allie Scotten and Caroline
Summerton were in the Parlor city re-
Gently.
CAPTAIN r. c. Du Bois has returned
TO his home in Washington, D. C.
B. f. Bernstein was in New York city
the first of the week on business.
Miss Fannie Simmrell has accepted
position of teaching a school at Tus-
carora, N. Y. She left for that place
Tuesday.
Dr. Charles Barnes and wife, of
Grandville Centre, Pa, are the guests
of relatives and friends in this place.
Miss Mary Scotch is in New York
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. w B. McLoud left We'd
nesday for Norwich, n. Y, where they
attended the first annual reunion of
the Association of New York, Oswego
and Midland Railroad employees of 1869
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The employees of the silk mill receiv-
ed their monthly wages on Wednesday.
The family of Charles Dubois, of
Washington, d. c., who have been
spending the summer in this place, have
returned home.
G. F. Swigert, of Carbondale, was in
town the first of the week.
Mrs. E. X. King has returned from
Philadelphia.
Mr.. md Mrs George Dennis have re-
turned home after pleasant visit with
relatives and friends in Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Byron Tanner, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, is consider
ably worse at this writing.
Miss Maude Trowbridge has returned
home after a visit with friends in
Scranton.
Miss Helen Hutchings, of New Mil
ford, visited Caroline Summerton, the
first of tha week.
A large number of our young people
enjoyed the moonlight excursion to
Lanssboro Tuesday evening.
Miss Nellie Ives, of Conklin, N. Y,
visited in town recently.
Messrs. H. A. Purple and F. I. Geldar,
Of Carbondale, called on their friend,
Frank w. Swgert, on Monday.
George Chamberlin has opened
| blacksmith shop in the building back Of
the Hallstead Steam laundry block On
| lain street.
The semi-annual meeting of the Sus-
| quahanna county Medical society will
| be held at the Jay house in New Mil
| ford, Tuesday, Oct. 5.
The county convention of the IVo-
mans Christian Temperance union will
| be held in the Presbyterian church in
| this place on Wednesday and Thurs
| day, Sept. 90 and 80.
The first annual meeting of the Sus-
| quchanna Teachers association will be
| hal6 in this place on Friday evening
and Saturday of this week. The fol-
loving is the programme: This even
| ing at the Presbyterian church, liter
AIRY exercises, consisting Of songs, rec
itations and instrumental music will be
| rendered. During the evening there
will also be two lectures. The first by
| Hon. James II. Dubois, subject, Sons
of Pennsylvania in the American Rev.
| olution." The second by Hon. Henry
| Houck, deputy state superintendent Of
schools, subject, Bound to Win" Sat-
urday, S.45 a. m.-Opening exercises;
address of welcome, b. w. Pease; re-
| sponse, John l.. Richards; inaugural
address, president of association. Spe-
cial topics for discussion: Uniform
| course of study for rural schools; shall
the association publish an educational
paper? teachers meetings, apparatus,
| its use, its abuse, NJ. w. Cargill; How
| 10 create an interest Among Patrons, :"
| H. n. Barrett. Uniform Graduation,
its Advantages, it's Disadvantages" b.
w. Pease; Pupil Study" L. A. Ben
son; Education from an Editor's
Standpoint" S. p. Morse: where do
We Fail in Teaching Language" John
Palmer; Where do We Fail in Teach
ing Numbers" John L. Richards;
"School Libraries-How TO Secure, how
to Use Them" George A. Stearns;
Hints on School Management" II. j.
Risk; "Penmanship," L. NJ. Compton: /:
school Law" John Ferguson; "a
Summer Normal for Susuuehanna
County" Il. T.. James; question box:
new school law; illustrated work; "The
Good Teacher" Charles T. Thorpe.
Discussion will follow the presentation
OF each paper.