The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30


in one of their best suits. This man
will hold a coupon in his hand and
the boy who gets the coupon will get
nice suit of knickerbockers.
The Ladies' Circle of the G. A.
R., attached to Capt. James Ham
Post, will meet on Friday afternoon
at $3.50.
Joshua Brown, of Menner & Co.,
was the principal speaker at the
Carley Brook, Smith Hill and Torrey
Children's Day exercises.
The Port Jervis Evening Gazette
had red hot time at their Office on
Saturday morning. A fire pied things
in general.
Lieutenant Adam G. Arneth, of
the Park Police of New York City,
who, with his wife, has been visiting
his sister; Mrs. Henry Owens, return
ed home on Friday. MIR. Arneth has
an honorable record of 19 years as a
policeman.
On May 2Sth Arno Van Keu-
rem, six-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell P. Van Keuren, sustained a
fracture of the left elbow joint, which
was promptly put up in a plaster of
paris dressing. When about four
weeks later the dressing was remov-
ed, it was found that nerve which
lies closely to the bone at the point
of fracture, was pressed upon by the
callous, resulting in drop wrist"
The little patient was taken to DR..
Dool p,,rnc'e bacY,ifoI in, CorontnY1 oY,
June 2Sth, accompanied by his par
ents, Mrs. w. j. Keuren, and his ply
sician, where by an operation the
nerve was relieved from pressure.
-Isreal w. Durham died at At
lantic City Monday afternoon, June
2Sth, of heart disease. He was
a State Senator and was at one
time the undisputed head of the
Republican organization of Phila-
delphia. He was SO years of age.
Men in all walks of life join in
tribute to the dead leader. He en-
joyed the confidence and respect of
all who knew him; the aristocratic
citizen as we'll as the humble work
er in the political field. His gen.
erosity to the poor and distressed
was proverbial.
-Hawley Glass Company and
other interests have made complaint
to the State Railroad Commission
against the Erie Railroad for aban-
doning their freight station at East
Hawley and for neglecting to pro-
vide adequate facilities for handling
passengers or freight business at
Hawley.
The Ladies' Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian church entertain
ed the various mission bands of the
church on Monday evening. The
tables were prettily decorated with
wild strawberries. Strawberry sher-
bit and cake were served. There
were several pleasant talks and read
ings on home missionary work by
members of the different bands, maxi
ing the evening very enjoyable.
We gave a short notice in our
last issue to the effect that we were
pleased on receiving two boxes of
splendid Strawberries from John E.
Goff. Now that we have eaten them
we are in humor to state that for
size and lusciousness they were were
the best we ever had.
Miss GeorgIana Martin succeeds
Miss Myrtle Adams at the Honesdale
office of the Bell Telephone Co.
Presbyterian church service
next Sunday afternoon at ) o'clock.
Topic: "A Vital Thought for Inde-
pendence Day"
Marriage licenses have been
granted to Frederick Buddemeyer
of New York City, and Evangeline
Ripley, of Hawley; Jacob Demer
and Maude Murray, both of Homes
dale.
The Honesdale school board
has appointed Miss Elizabeth Baird
as teacher in the public schools at
this place. Miss Baird's appoint
ment was made to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Vera Murray who has accepted a
position as principal of the Texas
high school.
The following young men left
Wednesday for a ten days camp
on the shores of Elk Lake. The
camp will be known as Camp
Knockabout" Harlan Histed Mil
ton Russell, Nelson Lambert, David
Peterson and George Lott of
Brooklyn.
The Maple City All-Stars de-
feated the Union Hill Sluggers by
the score of % to on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wood, of
Carbondale, spent Sunday with
relatives in Honesdale and vicinity.
"A supper will be given on July
5th for the members of the Golf
Club and out of town guests. 1t
will be in charge of Mrs. Charles NJ.
Betz, as chairman, assisted by the
Misses Birdsall, and Misses Smith.
Separate golf handicap tournaments
will be held for men and ladies.
On Monday the High school
team of this place will play the Car
bondale Commercial Institute team
two games at Athletic Park.
The Central Stars of Honesdale
journeyed to Ariel on Saturday and
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