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Subject: [PA-LAC] The Providence Register, Sat., April 19, 1913
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:03:25 EDT
"Twenty Years Ago in Providence": [1893]
A large barn of John Regan, on Oak street, was destroyed by fire.
The scaffolding was taken from the tower of the new No. 25 school building.
Mrs. Enos Flynn and niece, Miss Nellie Haggerty, left for a trip to the
Southland.
Miss Effie Lewis, daughter of W. J. Lewis, left for Chicago to visit during
the summer.
The Park House, located on the race course, near the D. & H. depot, was
totally destroyed by fire.
John Merrigan, the fire bug, was detected in the act of setting fire to the
barn of G. A. Kemmerling.
Henry Bamford resigned his position at the Mulley stores to accept one with
Davis & Griffin, central city.
Mrs. Julia Turner, of Towanda, was visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Roberts, on North Main avenue.
Rev. M. D. Fuller was reappointed pastor of the Providence M. E. church by
the conference in session at Honesdale.
At a meeting of Washington Camp, No. 177, P. O. S. of A., John Stopford was
presented with a very handsome set of dishes. A social hour and refreshments
were also enjoyed.
On April nineteenth a very hard storm visited this place. Trees were blown
over, roofs were carried away, shutters were torn from their places, windows
were blown in, gardens were ruined and the rain fell in torrents but no
serious damage was done, and no lives were lost. It was one of the worst
storms that ever visited Providence.
"Twenty-Five Years Ago in Providence" [1888]:
The mines were being worked on full time but work in all other lines was very
scarce.
Mr. Frank Simpson and Miss Libbie Mills were joined in marriage by Rev. G. E.
Guild.
Rev. Samuel Whaley preached the sunday morning sermon in the Presbyterian
church.
Rev. George Forsyth was reappointed pastor of the Providence M. E. church by
the conference at Oneonta.
Joseph Oliver strayed from his home and was found dead in a clump of bushes
near Storrs shaft. He was of unsound mind. The funeral services were held
from his home on North Main avenue. He was survived by a wife and two
children. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the
Golden Eagle.
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