The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-04-26
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pointed recruiting officer of Company
Il.
The Presbyterian choir will re-
peat their Easter music next Sun
day evening.
The Ensign House at Waymart
will be opened for the reception of
guests at an early date.
The south side of Park street
is being seeded down and fertilized.
1t will form part of Torrey Park and
will make an ideal resting place.
The Bachelor Girls conducted a
very successful dance at Lyric hall
on Wednesday evening. Freeman's
orchestra furnished music for dane
ing.
Seven fine specimen OF the Cal
ifornia Chestnut, a tree with a beau
tiful flower, have been transplanted
on the north side of the Presbyter-
ian church.
Miss Ida Teachman and Miss
Rosalie Brink, of Hawley, will open
a dressmaking establishment in the
Chauncey Cortright house on Main
street, May 1st.
-Chas. McHale and Miss Nc
Andrew, both of Hawley, were
united in marriage at Hawley on
Wednesday at St. Philomenas' church
by Rev Gardiner.
The local Board of Health re-
quests owners of vaults, cesspools.
and out houses to have same cleaned
as soon as it is convenient to avoid
the spread of disease.
According to the provisions and
restrictions of the new school code
law the school board and county
superintendent inspected the school
house Thursday morning.
Mrs. John Loercher will con-
duct the furniture and undertaking
business of her late husband for the
present. The stand is a good one
and one of the oldest in Honesdale.
The United States Circuit Court
will hear evidence in the Govern
ment's application to restrain the
Steel Trust from destroying docu-
ments in the near future.
Several Delaware and Hudson
empty coal cars were transferred
from the local yard to Carbondale
on Wednesday. The company is get
ting in readiness for work May 1st.
Major E. II. Conrad and Lieu
tenant Coryell, battalion, both of
master of the 18th regiment, both of
Scranton, will inspect the property
of Company E on Monday night next.
Peter States, who for several
years was a resident of Waymart,
died at his home in Carbondale on
Tuesday. He was 20 years of age
and is survived by wife and five
children.
1t is reported at Scranton that
if the miners get a 5.26 per cent
increase in wages, coal will be ad-
vanced twenty-five cents a ton and
| fifty cents if miners get a ten per
cent. raise.
We learn upon authentic au-
thority that there will be a change
in the Lake Lodore Improvement
company stock at the opening of the
summer season, which will be on
Memorial Day.
Mrs. Rose Fitzsimmons, mother
of DR.. T. c. Fitzsimmons, superin-
tendent of the construction of the
State Hospital for the Criminal In
sane at Farview, died at her home
at Carbondale on Thursday last
She was SO years of age.
The Oregon Loyal Temperance
Legion will hold its fourth gold
medal contest on Thursday evening,
| April 25, at the Chapel in Seely-
Vile, beginning at o'clock. The
contest will be under the direction
of A. F. Oliver, superintendent.
We are grateful to our valued
| correspondents for the many letters
| that appear in tOday's Citizen. If
| you know of any news tell our cor
respondent in your home town and
! he or she will see that it is properly
written and we will see that it is
printed. Give your news to the Citi-
zen correspondents.
A home talent minstrel, under
the auspices of the Amity Social club
will be given at the Lyric theatre
the latter part of May. Heretofore
the Amity boys have spared neither
time nor expense in giving the pub
lie the best local talent and it is
! hoped that a generous response will
be made to their endeavors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Merritt
celebrated their 10th wedding ami
versary at their home on Tuesday
evening, by inviting twenty-four of
their friends to spend the evening at
cards. Six tables were arranged and
Five Hundred was played. Light re-
freshments were served. Mr. and
Mrs. Merritt were married in Boston
on April 23, 1902.
Mrs. c. c. Miller entertained the
newly confirmed members of the Ger
man Lutheran church at her home on
Tuesday evening. The parsonage
was beautifully decorated with
streamers of colored paper, potted
plants, and ferns. A delightful feast
of good things to eat was prepared
by Mrs. Miller and the evening was
spent most enjoyably in games and
music. Several contests for prizes
were INDUCED in until late hour.
At the commencement exercises
of the Carbondale High school to be
held the latter part of June, the
valedictoTy will be given by Miss
Romaine Mum and the salutatory
will be delivered by Miss Bessie Pat
ten. Both students were participants
in the literary contests, and are
known in Honesdale. Miss Patten
won the essay contest last year, and