The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-13
LOCAL NEWS

Born, a son, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Pearce, of Damascus, on
Thursday of last week.
The splash boards have been
placed upon Park Lake dam, bring
ing the LackawaXen- up to its normal
height.
Appropriate sermons and spec
ial music and ceremonies in honor of
Mothers Day marked the services
at several of the Honesdale churches
Sunday morning and evening.
According to Theodore Day, of
Dyberry, who for over a half cen
tury has kept record of the wealth
er, says that the average tempera-
ture of Wayne county is IA degrees,
varying from AZ to 46 degrees.
-Twenty-nine acres of land in
Cherry Ridge township, belonging to
the estate of the late George Billiard,
was sold by Kate Billiard, admins
tratrix of the estate on Friday after
noon at the court house, through
her attorneys, Mumford & Mumford,
to E. e. Kinsman, of Cherry Ridge,
for $500.
L. Blumepthal accompanied w.
j. Silverstone to Scranton Thursday
afternoon, where the latter under
went an operation for a trouble of
long standing. Mr.. Silverstone's
many Honesdale friends hope that it
will not be long before he will be
able to return home much improved
in health.
Philip Evans, of Endicott, N. Y,
former Forest City boy, has invent
ed labor saving device in the form
of a wiper for a shoe lasting ma
chine. He made demonstration of
his patent to the satisfaction of
Endicott, Johnson Company, the
largest firm of shoe manufacturers
in the world He is confident of the
success of his patent.
Representative w. D. B. Ainey
of Pennsylvania, has introduced a
bill providing for payment of pen
sion to widows who were married to
soldiers prior to June 1, 1905, at the
rate of $1,000 per month where the
marriage occurred prior to or dur
ing the soldiers service, and at the
rate of $1,000 per month where the
marriage occurred since the service.
james Ennis, who of late has
been in Carbondale, will remove his
household effects back to Honesdale
and occupy his home on Union
street Mr.. Ennis will resume his
former duties on the yard switching
crew of the Delaware and Hudson
railroad about the middle of this
month, succeeding James Murray,
who is incapacitated by the loss of his
limb.
The many friends of DR.. w. H.
Swift will be pleased to learn of his
improved condition. He has been
able to sit up five hours a day and
will be able to be taken down stairs
this week. Rev. Swift's place in the
pulpit of the Presbyterian church is
being temporarily filled by Rev.
Jesse Hermann of the Princeton
Theological Seminary, who preached
his first sermon there on Sunday.
About twenty-five friends of
Miss Mabel Kyle, of Hastings, Eng
land, rendered her a variety shower
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. p. A
Clark, Dyberry Place, last Thursday
evening. Miss Kyle, whose approach
ing marriage to Arthur Kirby, of
Scranton, will take place on May
II, was the recipient of a number
of beautiful presents. Refreshments
were served, games played and a
most enjoyable evening was spent.
The to be bridegroom has been in
this country about four years and
has an excellent position as electri-
clan with the Laurel Line in the
Electric City. Miss Kyle has been
in America since last October and is
now visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. Clark.