The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-22
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Honesdale and
Greater HonesdaIe
"Wednesday is picnic day.

Wednesday is picnic day.
Card parties were held at the
golf links on Friday and Saturday
evenings.
Everybody is going to the Busi-
ness Mems picnic at Lodore on We'd
nesday. jenkins Boy Band will fur
nish music for dancing.
"A suit in assumpsit has been
started in court by E. l.. Rockefel-
Ter, through his attorneys, Mumford
& Mumford, against Jessie O'Connor,
for the recovery of $340.41 book ac-
counts.
The Jenkins Boy Band concert,
! this Tuesday evening promises to be
one of the most classical ever given.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged You will be disappointed
| if you do not hear it.
Professor Morgan, of the Phila-
delphia German Hospital, attended
the Wayne County Medical Society
meeting at South Sterling last Thurs
day and read a paper on "Pleurisy."
! There was only eight members of the
society present.
AT the coming fall election in
Wayne county the following town
ship officers will be elected: Judge of
election, two inspectors of elections,
two overseers of the poor, one JUS
tice of the peace, two supervisors,
two scohol directors, one assessor
and two auditors.
A service will be held at st.
Johns church, Hamlin, Thursday,
July "a, 1880 p. M, by Rev. Albert
l.. Whitaker, Rector of Grace
church, Honesdale. A cordial invita-
tion is given to all to attend. There
will be a communion service Friday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The West street gas service
main is completed. The line ex-
tends from the home of Superintend-
ent F. H. Eisele on Wood avenue to
West street; thence down West to
near High street. A large number
of patrons availed themselves of the
opportunity of connecting with the
main.
"A suit in trespass has been
started in the Wayne county courts
by Ethel l.. Hackett, through her at
torney G. A. Garratt, of Honesdale,
against Mary A. Watterson to re-
cover damages on techmite trespass.
The amount Of damages was not
named. The parties in the action are
both of Hawley.
Make no plans for Wednesday
of this week, as the Business Mems S
Association picnic falls on that day.
Special excursion trains leave the
union station at 9:15 a. m. and 1:15
p. m. Trains leave the lake for
Honesdale at 5:15 and 7;15 p. m.
Tickets may be obtained from COM
mittee at the station.
"A horse owned by Fred Rickert,
the liveryman, ran away from the
driver Sunday morning while being
exercised. There was some trouble
with one of the wheels of the cart
and it went down frightening the
horse so that it ran a considerable
distance up Main street before it
was caught. No one was hurt.
"A suit in assumpsit has been
started in the Wayne county courts
by Charles P. Silsby, through his
attorneys, Mumford & Mumford,
against The Hamburg Brennan Fire
Insurance company to recover insur-
ance on account of the damage done
to the formers store by water at a
recent fire. The insurance has not
been paid.
The Sodolity of st. Mary Mag
dalen's church held their Hol-
land-Dutch social in club rooms of
the G. G. club on Thursday and Fri
day nights of last week and despite
the bad weather that compelled the
society to hold the affair indoors,
it was a success. The receipts were
over two hundred dollars of which
amount about $177 was cleared by
the Sodality.
Mrs. Salo Friedewald, of Scran-
ton, who conducted readings here
the past year, returned July 9th
from successful tour through Ohio,
where she gave readings fifteen times
before the college clubs and other
organizations of Youngstown, Day
ton and other cities. Since return
ing she has been busy preparing her
class work for the autumn and has
some fair things on her list for the
lovers of good literature.
Julia Costello of Carbondale,
and Walter Briscoe, of Honesdale,
were married Saturday with a nu-
ptial high mass at st. Patrick S
church, Carbondale, by Rev. ]. ]. Nc
Loughlin. The bridesmaid was
Elizabeth Kelly. Mr.. Briscoe was
attended by Frank Costello, broth
er of the bride. A breakfast was
served at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cos
tello. Mr.. and Mrs. Briscoe left for
Detroit, Mich, where they intend to
make their home.
An unique robbery was pulled
off in Latrobe a few nights ago.
Ratners, hat dealer, was having a
dollar sale and had number of dol
lar bills stuck in hats in his display
window. They were left in over
night and somebody took one with
out breaking into the store. The
plate glass was puttied together at
the angle and the thief scraped some
of the putty off, put piece of chew
ing gum on the end of a wire and