The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-22

sale at the citizen once.
This is the season when au-
tumn marriages have the call. Drop
into the Citizen Office and see our
samples of wedding invitations and
announcements, both printed and
engraved.
The Michael f. Fritz Erie en-
gine, used to pull the Honesdale
train from this place to Port Jer-
Wis, was used Thursday in a special
train to convey the Rogers aviation
party from Middletown to Bingham
ton.
The funeral of Mrs. Kate M.
Weber was held from the White
Mills Methodist church Tuesday af-
ternoon andsinterment was made at
Hawley Besides husband, Henry
Weber, four children, one sister and
one brother survive.
Mrs. Isaac Tibbitts of East
street charmingly entertained six
teen ladies Tuesday afternoon at an
improvement Society tea. Card
tables were arranged on the porch,
and after series of games of 500,
dainty refreshments were served.
Charles Arthur and /. ]. Bates,
adjustors for the Wayne County
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
company, were in Hamlin Thursday,
to adjust the loss incurred by the
burning of barn belonging to G. e.
Chapman, Hamlin. He carried $500
on the barn.
Mr.. AL Holbrook, who staged
" The Chocolate Soldier" has anoth-
er credit mark to his long list of sue
~, Y11licina1 cl1rnrign
show, Let George Do It," with Geo.
P. Murphy, produced by the Leffler-
Bratton Company, who have also
The Newlyweds and Their Baby
Street Commissioner Lawrence
Weidner is overseeing a gang of
men who are busily engaged in
rounding up and otherwise improv-
ing Main street. Many property
owners are taking advantage of the
torn-up condition of the thorough
fare by having their gutter walks re-
laid.
At the fall sessions of the Lack
awanna Presbytery, held this week
in the Troy Presbyterian church,
Troy, petition was received from
Cold Springs, Wayne county, for the
organization of church there. A
committee was appointed to visit
the place and effect an organization
if deemed advisable.
-" The people of Honesdale have
wrong conception of Mr.. Krantz's
idea of the shoe factory" said a
Scrantonian to a Citizen representa-
tive Tuesday. " He desires to oper-
ate a mems and boys factory in
Scranton in connection with the
Honesdale factory, and does not in
tend moving from Honesdale."
The delegates who attended the
convention of the Associated Socie-
ties of Northeastern Pennsylvania of
Royal Arcanum Tuesday night hat
ed to leave Honesdale. They visited
the industries, admired the residen-
tial section and spoke very highly of
Honesdale as manufacturing place
and town in which to live. The
Hazleton delegation was surprised
at the number of industries that
Honesdale has, remarking that Ha-
zleton, with a population of nearly
10000, could not begin to compare
with Honesdale.
Miss Adelaide D'Vorak is draw
ing large crowds to the Honesdale
Roller Rink, nightly, by her clever
stunts on skates. Her acts are de-
cidedly unique and original, especi-
ally the one where she skates, blind
folded in, through and around a
dozen candles arranged checker
board-fashion on the floor of the
rink. Wednesday night, she defeat
ed John Thomas in a half-mile race,
making the distance in one minute
and twenty-niRe seconds. If you
haven't been to the Rink, yet, this
week, you don't know what you are
missing.
"A mems banquet will be held
in the parish rooms of Grace Episco-
pal church, Friday, Oct. 6, at p.
m, which promises to be a very
pleasant affair. On the list OF
speakers are Mr.. Homer Greene
Rev. John R. Atkinson, of Scranton
and William R. Butler of Mauch
Chunk. The first two are very
we'll known here, both having de-
lighted the Exchange Club and 9TH
er audiences. Mr.. Butler is a speak
er of national prominence, frequent
| ly speaking at conventions in the
| large cities. He has recently ad-
dressed a large gathering in Toron.
] to, Canada. He is brilliant and eff
| fective. Mrs. William f. Briggs is
to do the catering, which is suffi.
cient guarantee as to the founda'
tion of the evenings success.
Albert E. Compton, through the
columns of the Honesdale Citizen
predicts that we will have milo
weather for the next thirty days
He states that September 19, &c
and 21 are pivotal in his scheme o.
astronomical observations. The
conditions on those days rule the
weather for the next ninety days, ht
asserts. The Maple City weather
prophet is one of the most comfort
ing that we have encountered. We
hope that his predictions, given at {
time when the rest of them gener
ally tell of coming billiards anC
line storms will be verified. |
they are this season we will accep
the first three days of September al
our guides hereafter and pay NJ
more attention to the goose-bone
cornstalk, squirrel tooth and othe
long range ecasters.-Tribune
Republican, Scranton.