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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
12
An advertisement invites readers to obtain Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser free by sending stamps to Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York. The 1008 page work has over 700 illustrations and offers cloth bound or paper cover editions for 31 or 21 stamps respectively.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports residents visiting relatives and attending events in Noxon Mt Pleasant Ararat and G. A. Kt hall. Obituaries or birthdays not listed. Snow and travel conditions noted with community activity including a Ladies Aid social and teachers' excursion to Washington.
Still praised after sixty years, uRS Winslow's Soothing Syrup is touted by Bates as a top female physician and nurse endorsed remedy for teething children. It claims to relieve pain, cure diarrhoea, colic, and wind, claiming to ease the mother as well. Sold at twenty five cents a bottle.
In New Milford the Presbyterian church schedules services Sunday morning at the usual hour. Miss Lettie Woodhouse and Miss Net le Silwell are spending this half day vacation at their home in Dimmock. A quarterly meeting is planned at the Methodist church Saturday. A children's service at the Presbyterian church for Christmas is announced with inviting all. Miss Ina Aldrich entertained the Ww. and club Tuesday evening. The Epworth third meeting is mentioned.
A league course will be given at the opera house on Wednesday evening in December.
Hiamlinton Salem resident, born in Leicestershire on June 6, 1810s, died Saturday evening from heart disease. He immigrated to America with parents about 1840, settled in Franklin New York, then moved to Salem where he lived for years. He married Julie Collins and had five children four survive him Sidney of Jermyn, Pia Lewis P of Hawley, Mrs William Noble of Sterling, and Mrs Clarence F. Wright of this place. A Civil War veteran, he served in Company H 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery and was discharged in 1865. He was long a Presbyterian and a respected family man in the community.
Good news for mothers of young children explains that croup starts with hoarseness followed by a rough cough. It recommends giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first signs to dispel symptoms and avoid danger, noting it is safe, pleasant, and trusted by many thousands.
A Methodist Episcopal church on Christine Avenue will host a weekend program featuring an inclusive group of scholars and teachers. Organizers promise a refined program with guests and performances during the evening event.
The article reports the funeral of Mrs Mary Murphy at St Patrick church with a sermon by Rev J J O Donnell and burial at St Patrick’s cemetery. It lists pallbearers and notes the Orpheus club gathering at Miss Sadie Rowan’s home and other social events including Mrs John Sherman’s visit and a junior dancing club social. Anna Lavin visits from Bloomsburg State Normal School for the holidays.
Rehearsals for the Waverly Christmas concert draw a strong crowd as the best local talent gathers. The large chorus directed by Tom Hall rehearses two pieces, a Gounod and a Mendelssohn, promising an evening of high entertainment. Soloists lead the other numbers, with the event set for December 17 in wintry conditions. Marty T. Tyler of Scranton visited the Tall homestead Monday night.
Miss Lou Dolph of Scranton spent Sunday in town. Miss Mary Mullen called in Carbondale Monday. Mr and Mrs EB Jones are visiting in Philadelphia. Mrs Mary Judd has returned from a visit at Windsor New York. The Daisy Memorial kindergarten closing exercises will be held Friday morning.
The Lyceum presented Sky Farm a New England rural drama by Edward E Kidder praised for its setting and outdoor life scenes. Tonight and a matinee will feature York State Folks with the same cast and scenery, noted as a premier pastoral work. Chauncey Olcott appears in Old Americk Town with a three act tale of Neil OBrien and Limerick lace industry, Monte de Plate, and Doonas falls with four new songs.
Lincoln J. Carter presents at the Academy of Music for the last three days of the week starting with a Thursday matinee featuring Princess Go Wan Go Mo Hawk in The Ming Arrow. The drama centers on a daughter of a U S Army colonel at a Western post amid two villains. Large cast and full blooded Indian tribe members bolster the production. Special prices listed for gallery and lower floor seating with discounts for youths.
Legal notice proceeding for probate and settlement of the estate of N Y Lowt late of Boranton. Executrix Jennie B Let is listed with address Jefferson Avenue Scranton. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to pay promptly. Attorneys Willard, Aaron & Knapp.
A fragment announces a for sale ad for an elegant Jules Jurgensen watch in 18K hunting case with claim of seven seconds a month and a price of $40. Also notes Pleasant rooms with board for four or five men at Washington avenue and a stock and wheat traders line inviting marine letters. Includes contact details for Hibbard and Co and a general agent solicitation at Chestnut Street Philadelphia.
Audits and hearings scheduled in the Orphans Court of Luckwanne County for multiple estates. Notices list executors guardians and administrators with hearing dates in January 1903 at Scranton Pennsylvania. Interested parties must attend to present claims or be barred from future action.
Sealed bids for the West Lackawanna Avenue Viaduct from Bevyenth to Ninth Avenue over the Delaware Lackawanna and Western tracks are due by 3 p.m. Monday January ith in Scranton. Proposals require a $1000 bid guaranty and must be delivered to the City Controller with envelope marked Proposal for West Lackawanna Avenue Viaduct. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids and bidders must mail from their city post office.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces schedules for November 1 with routes from Scranton to Philadelphia and New York via D and H lines, via Parlor and Sleeping cars, plus Black Diamond Express times. Details include connections to Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Towanda, Elmira, Geneva, Rochester, and Chicago routes. Official posters list agents and ticket offices in Wilkes-Barre and New York.
Train times and routes from Scranton to New York Philadelphia Mauch Chunk Wilkes Barre and other points. Quaker City Express runs to Philadelphia with through car changes for Baltimore Washington and New York. Rates and tickets available at the station. W. C. G. Bessler General Manager M. Hart General Passenger Agent.
Schedule dated June 6 1902 shows trains from Scranton and Wilkes Barre to Philadelphia with Pullman parlor car service and coaches. Through connections extend to Sunbury Harrisburg Pittsburgh Baltimore Washington and the West. Weekday departures include 6 63 a m 647 a m 12 p m and 4 35 p m with varying stop patterns and interline links.
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