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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1898
Page
7
The store offers evening hours to accommodate tens of thousands of people busy during the day. Patrons can enjoy the holiday attractions and shop at their leisure without wasting valuable time.
Fire crews battled a large blaze Sunday morning that destroyed Wood McDonough's immense ice house on Vermont Street near the Ohio and Western railroad. The roof collapsed, the cause unknown, and hydrants and cold weather hindered containment as the building burned beyond redemption.
The store shows its peak for the holiday week with ample clerks and cashiers ready. Wrappers and helpers supply rapid service, ensuring smooth business. Bright displays, efficient staff, and festive spirit promise a bustling shopping period.
Jonas Long's Sons hosts the second annual fair at their new hall in Old Forge starting Dec 19 and running one week. The event features useful and ornamental baths, a quaker work, a grand parade, a vegetable from Columbia Dowble Quinntette for entertainments, plus a local fundraiser for the farm. Fire companies from the valley promise protection. Notable notes include Corporal Lewis Reese's critical typhoid illness and various social visits, funerals, and community gatherings across nearby towns.
All Crystal Fire company members will meet in uniform for an evening at Sacred Heard church to help host an entertainment with Misses Edith Davis Sarah Hengrough and Kate Griffiths. The First Baptist church seeks Rev. B. M. Poston as pastor. Several locals travel home for holidays. A miner, Peter Kelly, was severely injured by an early blast at the Delaware and Hudson shaft. Crystal Fire also plans a church fair program featuring quartets soloists and a violin number, with Mrs. Maury Eilen Merrick visiting from Scranton and local residents attending various gatherings.
The report notes an extraordinary gathering planned for the evening with AL Mehruty Prag and others expected to attend. It mentions preparations and a related event at Grennwood with A. Ryder of Prospect Hill present yesterday. The transformers for the camp lights are due to arrive today.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a wedding description with arch less polished wording. Names and precise events are unclear, leaving the card with minimal concrete details and several garbled phrases.
A courteous exchange shows the writer sending a poem to the editor and awaiting acknowledgment. The editor responds with politeness and appreciation, noting the compliment.
A cautious advisory warns merchants to protect valuable stock in the week before Chiviet mis more goods will be stolen than in the immediate prior period. It urges vigilance, proper display security, and prompt reporting to deter thieves and avoid legal penalties.
Watte's Stack company presents a slate of plays including The Power of Love Tuan's Sister An American Heiress Mias Carrot's The Romani Queen and more at the Grand Opera House. James KR Witte, a renowned manager, has secured Annie Ames as leading lady with a strong supporting cast and lavish staging directed by Mr Poulton.
Ambrose A. Cole of Algona won the contract to carry mail between this city and Honesdale for eighteen months from January 1, 1900, to June 1901. The route serves Waymart Prompton and Seeleyville, with six trips weekly. The bid is 401.56 per year with bonds of 1,400 required. Mail departs daily excluding Sunday, with schedules to Hone dale and return times to be announced.
The burial of Mrs. 68 T Alexander was delayed Friday afternoon, with local papers noting the funeral service and the later interment at Lincolndale Cemetery. Her husband, traveling from Pontiac, Michigan, was expected to arrive before the rites resumed.
The text notes various figures including Mrs FP Pitheetit, Ravina, Inspector Chenin Wane, Mrs Food and Mrs McHaule visiting New York City. It mentions university ties, church events, and social visits with multiple named residents and guests across towns and institutions.
A prominent railway official, long troubled by bronchial and throat issues, reports rapid improvement after testing a new inhaler. He noted clearer breathing and overall well being after just a few uses. Public demonstrations and free trials offered at Matthews Bros, I G Sanderson, and G W Jenkins drugstores for one dollar.
Coal of the best quality for domestic use and all sizes including Buckwheat and stove delivered in any part of the city at the lowest price. Orders received at the office first floor Commonwealth Building room 6. Telephone numbers listed. We promptly attended to all orders at the mine.
An advertisement promotes Professor Munson at 150 Arch Street Philadelphia claiming cures for rheumatism digestion stomach troubles kidney diseases colds and headaches in minutes for a few cents per vial. It promises free medical advice and boasts universal effectiveness and secrecy.
A string of weekend incidents and events is reported from Boweton and nearby areas. Notable items include a fall and injury at a cinema, a fatality and burial in Spring Trool, community visitors at Winans, and a church gathering at the Methodists hall with a Jacob’s well supper and festive decorations.
The event featured paper and book booths managed by several locals, a Mikies Pyle craft area, and various domestic and toy booths. Decorations created a pretty scene. no voting contests were held and a substantial sum of money was raised. Attendees included guests from Spring Brook and Fimhurst.
Miss Rachel Davis accepts a clerk position in Berlite’s meat market. Funeral notices for Mrs Baleburyv and family members from Pitchy, IL, with Henry Salisbury George Rolle attending. Warnings of store changes by Walllees, Bown, and others. a clerical absence at Dunus Long’s son. a critically injured person on the West Ride Rate.
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