The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-05
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the Fourth Of jury Grafton at De:h'
any.
The annual Fourth of July din
ner will be held at the golf grounds
on Tuesday evening.
There will be no freight receiv-
ed at, or dispatched from Honesdale
on the Fourth of July.
State Grange Organizer Theo-
dore Klein, Ariel, was shaking hands
with friends in town, Thursday.
The Honesdale Band has been
engaged for the Wayne county fair
which will commence August IA and
continue four days.
Miss Emma Brown, Park
street, gave a chain tea for the
benefit of the Honesdale Improve
ment association, Friday afternoon.
J. N. Welsh fell while fishing
last Thursday and wrenched the
tendons of his right arm. No bones
were broken. Mr.. Welch was in
capacitated for a few days.
The Honesdale improvement as
sociation expect to place benches in
Torrey park. 1t is hoped they will
not be destroyed as has been the
case in Riverside and other parks.
The Midnight Sons will enter
tain their friends at an informal
dance in Lyric hall on Thursday
evening of this week in honor of Mr..
and Mrs, Louis A. Loomis.
Counties in a dozen sections of
the State are appealing to the State
Highway Commission at Harrisburg
for an early start on reconstruction
Of roads under the terms of the
Sproul main highway law.
The afternoon Erie train was
a few minutes late, Friday, owing to
the engine becoming disabled at
West Hawley. Another locomotive
was secured and Engineer Fritz re-
turned to Port Jervis with his en-
gine.
Governor Tener has signed the
bill which authorizes the opening of
the Hospital for Criminal Insane at
Farview, for the reception of pa
tients just as soon as any of the
buildings are finished, without wait
ing for completion of all.
The Citizen is indebted to Mrs.
P. S. Bass, Cold Spring, J. S. Pen
nell, Paupack, and William Christ,
Honesdale, for advertised copies of
The Citizen of May 5, which we
were in need of to complete our
files. We still want papers of April
18th.
-Hurrah for the glorious Fourth
and Biester's combined shows. Both
are here but the latter is to remain
for a week. Everything amusing,
merry-go-round, ferris wheels, ponies
and dogs and vaudeville. The Roy
al Italian band will play every 80
minutes.
The Governor has appointed
Joseph w. Hunter as first deputy to
the Highway Commissioner, at
salary of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Hunt
er organized the State Highway De-
partment in 1903 and was Commits
sioner till Mr.. E. NJ. Bigelow was
appointed recently.
On June % Verna Miller invited
about twelve of her girl friends to
spend the day with her in honor of
her eleventh birthday At O'Clock
dainty refreshments were served, and
at o'clock Mr. Miller took the par
ty to the Lyric. All decided that
this was an ideal place to go for a
good time, after which all returned
to their homes wishing Verna many
happy returns of the day.
A jolly crowd enjoyed an al
fresco dinner at the golf grounds,
night. The participants
were: Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Fuller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Birdsall, Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. McMu1len, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Charles T. Bentley, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. H. Witherbee, Miss Grace
Miss Lillian Heydt, New
York, Messrs. Norman Farnham,
.. +. Searle. Esq, r. NJ. Salmon,
Esq. wHY
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust has ordered an investi-
cation into the cheaper grades of
candies sold throughout the state to
determine whether coloring matters
are being used in manufacture con-
trary to the pure food laws. Samples
have been taken in forty-tWo coun-
ties of the state and in every city
and in most of the larger boroughs.
These samples are now being ana
yzed at Philadelphia
Twins W llCoNy u Ou lu6
Erie, the Saturday evening train
was two hours late. There were
number of carriages and automobiles
at the station to convey
friends and relatives to their respec-
i've destinations. Their presence
gave Honesdale a metropolitan air
and it is hoped that it will no the
many years before as many vehicles
will gather at the depot daily to
AXE summer boarders to hotels that
will have been built on the hills
Honesdale.
The annual Arnold reunion was
held at the home of William Arnold
1T Prompton, Sunday, July 30.
Those present We're: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Hines and children, Floyd,
Oscar and Marion, Scranton; Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Arnold, Scranton; Mr..
and Ms. David Robbins and children,
Harold, Mildred, Charlotte and Carl,
Cherry Ridge; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Moules and daughter, Elma, Beech
Grove; Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Clemo
md daughter, Alberta, Bethany;
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Babbitt and