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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
12
The couple Edwin Starc Huck of Prompton and Berthey Eck daughter of Mr and Mrs George Eck wed at the bride’s parents home near the fair grounds with Rev H A Smith officiating. Also notes social visits, theater plans, local business charters and community updates from Honesdale.
Special to the Scranton Tribune Nicholson April 18 The H M S Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor will be staged at the opera house with a large cast of soloists including Joseph Rorter Captain Corcoran and Ralph Rackstraw plus a long list of named roles Tickets go on sale Monday at Pratt's drug store Reserved seats 60 cents general 25 cents and children 2 cents Also reports on property sales a death in Pierceville and a fatal railroad injury in Sayre hospital times
Abraham D. Miller died at his daughter Mrs. F E B Ingalls home in Thompson on Tuesday night A brief service was held there on Wednesday evening Rev W H French officiating The body went to Hunter New York for a Friday funeral He is survived by three daughters Mrs Lake Windsor New York Mrs Wooden New York and Mrs T E Ingalls and two sons William and J D Crossley of Starracea was in town He attended the funeral of Mrs Almara Washburn in Jackson Mrs John Bennett of Windsor is visiting A H Crosier J T M Sanford and family spent Wednesday at W H Tallman s Two dinner parties were held yesterday at Mrs L F Searles and Mrs William Whitney Text truncated
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of 916 Linden Street West Scranton reports recovering from nervous weakness sleeplessness and back pain after using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills. She bought them at Matthews Bros Lackawanna Avenue and notes improved sleep steadier nerves and kidneys working well. Pills sold 60 cents a box from local dealers or Buffalo firm.
A large appreciative audience enjoyed an evening of literature and music in the Opera house Forest City April 18 under the Presbyterian church sponsorship. Mrs Brundage delivered fine vocal power and the program featured Miss Cora Morris Griffin Mia Lisaie Hughes Brundage and Miss Lillian La Bar.
The program at Calvary Baptist Church Monday April 28 features Judas Maccabaeus conducted by Prof. D. Jones with tickets at 50 cents, reserved 75 cents. Miss Lydia Woskine performed at Scranton Conservatory recital in Beranton and other concerts are planned for Old Forge and nearby Gibson venues.
Miss Griffin impressed in operatic renditions of Michael Strogoff and Rileys Frost Is on the Pumpkin. Mae Carpenter wed George Jones at Uniondale last evening. Clifford Lodge officers installed by District Deputy Salesbury with a social smoker. A J Lawrence now Texas state agent for an insurance company after leaving Forest City for Denver. Clergymen attend conferences in Scranton and Wyoming. Mrs F L Grander and son Frederick visit Philadelphia. Mrs David B Thomas visits Green Ridge. Star Drum corps ball in Opera house a success. Florence Shapley returns from Moosic. Eli Crandell linked to recent legal cases in town. now working in Dunsdaff, visited Carbondale.
Evangeline Carpenter is staying with Mr and Mrs Arthur Poster. John Hall recently removed from Uniondale died Wednesday at Burnwood. Miss Mabel Crandall visits her father Trev for a few weeks. Jenking preached in Wilkes Barre Sunday. Miss Jennie Clarke of Montidale visited Miss Virginia Carwill. Maple sugar from Mrs Phoebe Carpenter maintains a strong tradition. Graded school commencement is set for Friday evening April 25. Rev H J Crane and wife have returned from Ararat.
H BR Butler serves on Montrose jury this week. Rev H O Harris and Miss Verda Morgans attend Wyoming Association meetings in Nanticoke. Mr and Mrs Wallace Watkins settle in new home. Local farmers plan to patronize Clifford creamery. Mrs David Jones returns from Peckville. Arthur Owens ill. Mrs Richard Davis recovered. J Evans to resume postmaster duties. Prof Anthony’s pupils rehearse for May closing. J D Jones to build several barns this summer.
Relatives and friends from this town attended the funeral of the late Mrs Ada Richards wife of Dr Herbert Richards of Moosic. The deceased was daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Davenport of this town and held in high esteem by all who knew her.
The article reports on Harry Jenkins and the musical Miss New Yorks on stage at Pittston and Carbondale with a London company standard. It praises Arthur Dunn in Flipper and highlights Miss Olive Jerome and Henry Wayne among the cast. It previews Modjeska and James in Honey Ving at the Lyceum and mentions upcoming Dainty Duchess Burlesquers at Star theater with impressive staging and Kellar style illusionists.
Multiple rental offers list rooms cottages stores and barns with locations in Dalton Scranton Wilkes Barre and surrounding areas. Ads include furnished rooms light housekeeping and store space rent terms and contact mentions. Also listed are sales items like carpets engines and a horse with owner contact details in Lackawanna and Wayne counties.
Help wanted notices list an elevator crew and other job ads. Includes requests for workers in stenography bookkeeping and clerical work and several local notices about lost items and legal announcements. Mentions addresses such as 807 Larrison and Lackawanna avenue and organizations like Tribune and Traders Bank Building.
An old advertisement fragment mentions Laxative Bromo Quinae used for relief with cautions about dosage and effects. The snippet notes cautionary guidance and warnings typical of patent medicines.
An old advertisement promises life success in love and business through astrology. It invites sending birth dates for a typewritten horoscope and mentions a book, Prof. Postel, and an address at No. 30 Lansdowne, Pa, with a satisfaction or money refund guarantee.
Dertil Lafayette and De Clerc headline an engagement with a large salary for the run. The program features Williams and Alena in Mr. Dobbs of Dobba Percy, Electric Cluck sisters, pretty singers and aenautton dancers, Glenroy and Binsell, Zella Clayton, and the pretty Hitle soublrette. A grand burlesque introduces the company and a chorus of twenty women led by Phyllis Rudell.
Stage notes report David Belasco touring Europe to meet a noted foreign playwright about a new grand production next year. Dancers Charles Wooker and Mabelle Davis, seen in London and Varès, join George Weederer in his Wild House revival. Jenkins company closes Academy of Music season with two shows.
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