Newspaper Snippets - 1897 and 1900

The Scranton Tribune. June 28, 1897

MINOOKA - A large class of children were confirmed at St. Joseph’s church yesterday morning by Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton.

John Joyce has returned from the Mt. Airy Oral school (a school for the deaf) to spend his vacation with friends here.

Patrick Powell is home from Stroudsburg Normal school on his annual summer vacation.

A little excitement was caused in lower Carr's Patch yesterday afternoon by a burning henery. It appears the owner was fumigating the coop by means of Fire and the flames spread and ignited the shanty which caused an uproar among some of the residents who formed a bucket brigade and extinguished the blaze.

The Scranton Tribune, August 23, 1900

MINOOKA - Mr. and Mrs. P. Higgins, or Main street, attended the funeral of Miss Winifred Hart, at Avondale, yesterday.

The St. Monica's Ladies' I. C. B. U. will hold a regular meeting this evening.

Messrs. M. P. Judge and Joseph Langan, who have been spending their vacation in the country near Lake Lodore during the past week, have returned home.

Rev. Thomas Rea is out of town for a week.

Mrs. Mary Thornton, of Hastings-on-Hudson, N Y, is visiting friends in Minooka.

Martin, the 8 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donovan, of West Minooka, died yesterday after a brief illness. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Connell Park was the scene of a large picnic yesterday, when the Minooka Hose company held their first annual outing. The beautiful grove was thronged all day with pleasure-seekers and last night large crowds journeyed that way. Cusick's orchestra furnished music for dancing and the Minooka band discoursed music at the opposite end of the grove.