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October 17 1924/2024
Lackawanna Train Wreck – Three Lackawanna railroad men were killed in a serious collision near Summersville, above New Milford, Monday morning. The Buffalo-New York flyer, No 14, crashed head on into a slow moving freight train, derailing the pusher engine on the freight, together with the caboose and the passenger engine, two express cars and two freight cars. Michael Kelly, Jr., 45, of Hallstead, engineer of the pusher engine, was crushed to death when his engine overturned; Ray Osterhout, 33, of Hallstead, fireman on the pusher, was crushed against the firebox, as he was stoking the fire; Clarence E. Woodruff, 34, of Dunmore, flagman of the freight train, also died of his injuries. A score of persons were slightly injured, but none seriously, including 80 or more passengers in the Pullman berths. The heavy steel Pullman cars did not leave the track. The speeding passenger train was making 50 miles an hour when it crashed into the rear of the freight, which was traveling about 15 miles an hour. Members of the train crew stated that Engineer Sawyer passed under a block signal set against him, dimly visible on account of fog, and applied the brakes, but the speed of the flying train had not be slackened when it crashed into the slow-moving pusher engine. The wrecked cars were thrown over both tracks, the wooden cars being broken completely in two as though made of flimsy matchwood. An inquiry into the accident is underway at Scranton.
Klan Meetings – A Ku Klux Klan meeting was held on the Harford Fair Grounds, Saturday evening. Rev. Hickey, of Ohio, gave an address. A very large attendance was present, including about 200 Klansmen, robed in their white garments. The grounds were beautifully lighted by electricity and several American flags waved in the breeze. A huge cross was burned on the hill top. ALSO In Uniondale, the Ku Klux Klan, or some other organization, entered our sacred precincts and at the solemn hour of eleven, Saturday night, burned a cross in William Curtis’ pasture near the Presbyterian church. It is said that there was a large attendance of the K. K. K.’s. They evidently came from a distance, judging by the number of automobiles parked by the roadside. The blazing cross, being on the high knoll, was witnessed by many. In leaving they scattered some of their literature.
Forest Lake – The real estate holdings of the estate of Henry F. Handrick will be sold Oct. 5th. The property consists of a 70-acre wood lot, a 1/3 interest in the Birchardville store, and the farm between Birchardville and Friendsville, of 111 acres, which for years has had on it some of the finest buildings in that section of the county.
Brooklyn – The Brooklyn Musical club was delightfully entertained by Mrs. Jennie Griswold and Mrs. Jesse Wilmarth, at the home of the former, in Kingsley. The composer, Schumann, was studied. Miss Roberts gave interesting sketches from his life, followed by several of his compositions rendered by members of the club.
Susquehanna – Jennie McKinney, 14-year old daughter of Wm. McKinney, of Oakland Twp., has been missing since last Friday. Her mother is dead, and Jennie has been supplying her place and attending school at the high school, she with the other children making the trip on the carryall. Last Friday morning she was in the house when the others left and she gave her lunch box to her brother, telling him she was going to walk. She was seen to start down the road after the wagon and waved her hand to the other children. That was the last seen of her. She did not go to school, nor return home. Her father, who is an employee of the Erie, searched for her, assisted by others, but to no avail. Later—It is reported that she has been located.
Clifford – Owing to diphtheria in the school, it has been closed pending the outcome.
Auburn Twp. – Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Morris, Binghamton, announce the marriage of their niece, Grace Bloodgood, to Cleon Tewksbury, of Retta, October 8th, 1924, at the Tabernacle M. E Church, Binghamton, by the Rev. J. Wilson. Alice Bloodgood, sister of the bride and Irene Quick, were bridesmaids, and Eldred Tewksbury, brother of the groom, was best man. After a wedding trip to Stroudsburg, they will live at Retta.
Thompson – The Hebrew Ladies’ association will hold their annual dance in the borough hall on Nov. 17. They have secured the Saxons, of Scranton, one of the best musical organizations in this section.
Dimock – Friends of F. L. Muzzy will be sorry to hear that while filling a silo his arm became entangled in the ensilage cutter, mangling the lower arm and crushing the bones of the wrist so it was a first feared that he would lose his hand. He was cared for at the Mackey hospital, Montrose, and though now he suffers much pain, there are strong hopes of saving the injured member. ALSO The apple packing season has commenced at Woodbourne Farm, where Mr. Cope has many hundred bushels of grades A and B wrapped and packed. A number of the Dimock women are now enjoying this work.
News Brief: The election ballot to be voted Nov. 4this one of the largest in years. The ballot in Pennsylvania carries nine party tickets, two more than four years ago. They are in the order of their appearance on the ballot: Republican, Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition, Labor, Workers, Commonwealth Land, Industrialist and American. The name “Labor Party” was pre-empted by the LaFollette-Wheeler party, while the Commonwealth Land party is the successor of the Single Tax party. ALSO The Washington Senators won the baseball championship of the world from the Giants, in the most thrilling, dramatic climax that any diamond series has ever seen.
Notice: My wife, Grace, having left my bed and board, without just cause or provocation, I do hereby forbid all persons harboring, or trusting her on any account, as I will pay no bills contracted by her. Frank P. Everson.
“200 Years Ago” from the Susquehanna County Republican, Oct, 15, 1824.
The Storm in South Carolina: Letters from Columbia, S. C. state that the Congaree [River] had risen 37 feet at Granby and every plantation from Granby to the junction of the Congaree and Wateree is under water—the stocks all drowned, and the crops totally lost. The Southern Stage attempted to cross at Granby, but the current was so violent that it swept the stage under. All traveling is completely stopped in consequence of the bridges being carried away. The waters are falling very fast. The rice crops are nearly all lost. [The Congaree, during Hurricane Helene, rose just shy of the 32 feet seen during the “1,000 year flood” that crippled the Midlands in 2015.]
Compiled By: Betty Smith