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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
9
Public school holiday exercises featured music recitations and solos by students in Miss Lewis and Miss Kelly rooms with Santa Claus visit and multiple cantatas including Johnnie Doubter and A Christmas Menagerie. Additional performances planned in No 15 and No 19 schools as Foresters of the World honor the season.
The World Court Ethan Allen will meet this evening at seven o clock in Morgans Hall Main Avenue and Jackson Street to elect officers and conduct other business. A free supper with liquid refreshments will follow for members of this and other courts in attendance. Many talented speakers and singers will perform.
Yesterday afternoon the Fifth ward primaries selected Benjamin Griffiths George Jones and RE B Robathan as Republican candidates for common council. District results list officers and inspectors including John RK Thomas Geo Jenkins William Charles and others nominated in three districts with one district renominating all officers.
Hyde Park lodge 330 Free and Accepted Masons installed officers led by District Deputy Grand Master T F Wells. Elected officers include Worshipful Master Harry A Wrigley Senior Warden William E Lewis Junior Warden Turry Sproats Secretary Charles E Lanning Treasurer W R Williams Trustees Joseph Olver Thomas FR Carey Charles R Pitcher. Banquet followed with toastmaster Hon H M Edwards and a program of invocations addresses and selections by lodge quartet and speakers.
Keystone lodge No 7 Loyal Knights of America held a regular meeting in Hurl Gurl hall and nominated officers for the coming year including Gwilym Lewis as Worthy Master and Reese G Meese as conductor. Enterprise lodge No 21 Loyal Knights of America also elected officers with Willard Oliver named Worthy Master and Robert Thomas as chaplain for the new year.
Mission schools of the First Welsh Buguist church Bellevue and Fourth ward stage Christmas exercises this evening. Salvation Army seeks contributions for the poor Christmas baskets at Prive street barracks near Miln avenue. Bellevue Calvinistic Methodist church young people present Santa Claus Arrival at 7 0 o'clock. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Sunday school primaries hold exercises at 7, with candy and presents to children led by Mrs. H C McDermott and assistants Lois Fellows Lulu Fellows Bertha Crawford Cora Decker. First Welsh Congregational church hosts Christmas exercises tonight directed by Mrs. G W Powell.
Mrs. Mahlon Frounfelker of 124 North Bromley avenue is confined at home. Patrick Haggerty's funeral was held yesterday from 220 Railroads avenue with services at Holy Cross church and burial at Cathedral cemetery. A Drayman R. F. Post horse fell at Main avenue and Lafayette yesterday, breaking a leg and being shot.
A large force under Contr actor Peter Stipp nears completion of the bank building foundation walls and material for the super structure is on site. If weather allows, it should be ready for occupancy by March 2. Christmas exercises and church services are announced with Holy Communion to follow. The Burgess's resignation has candidates awaiting appointment by county judges.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a simple, common sense cure for digestive disorders. It claims tablets aid digestion, stimulate digestive fluids, and relieve gland and membrane congestion, asserting lasting relief with minimal use and no purging. Testimonials from M M Faith, H E Willard, and Phil Brooks support efficacy. It notes a 50 cent price and urges trial to determine personal benefit.
W L Purcell and P J Ward former councilmen of the Second ward are noted. Mrs Aoy LaRue of Elmhurst ill with typhoid fever shows improvement per Dr Bateson. A sunrise prayer meeting at the Methodist church is scheduled for Christmas morning. President Underwood and Erie officials toured local properties in car No 49 driven by Richard Winterstein. Stanley Matthews will spend holidays in Minersville with his sister Mrs W R Wilson. Methodist Christmas exercises promised an unusually fine exhibition tomorrow at 7 30. Daniel Bingham of Hawley visiting friends. Miss Lucy Heal of Greenfield visiting parents on Church street. Gilbert Close of Elm street home from Princeton University for holiday vacation.
John W. Bayley of Green Ridge is confined at home with a severe illness. J. Watson Browning of Sanderson Avenue leaves for a business trip to southern Delaware. Frank Elwood of Cornell University visits Edward Fuller on Dickson Avenue for the holidays. Joseph Fangl makes a business trip to Wilkes-Barre yesterday. Ashbury Methodist Episcopal Church holds Christmas exercises in the Sunday school rooms Christmas evening. Simpson Lee of Albright Avenue was injured at Delaware Lackawanna and Western machine shops when a heavy piece of machinery fell on his knee, leaving him unable to work for some time.
Obituaries note the death of John Mart an engineer on the Lackawanna rail line at 70 MekKenna court age 69 10 9 born Smithield Monroe county survived by wife three daughters and siblings with funeral at his home and Dunmore cemetery Mary Ann Farr wife of Ma ward Parr dies aged 41 of Wales survivor details and funeral at 2 PM at 104 West Lickwind avenue interment Forest Home Taylor Elizabeth Phillips of 11 South Garfield avenue dies survivor list and funeral later Myles Cawley dies at 1406 Ridge Row aged years with one son David burial at St Peter Cathedral Cathedral cemetery
Volunteers collect food baskets for desolate families and plan multiple Christmas events. Saint Luke church, Lackawanna hospital, Moses Taylor hospital, and Home for the Friendless organize tree ceremonies, gifts, and dinners for patients, children, and the deaf mutes, with Santa Claus and church leaders in attendance.
The North Scranton column reports on a Christmas cantata An Old Time Christmas Party at Providence Presbyterian Sunday school with new banners for top classes and Christmas remembrances. Also notes Miss Maud Williams visiting family, local sales at Davis drugstore, North End Stars beating Crackerjacks 15 to 1, a Memorial Baptist infant department reception, turkey prices, St Mary’s hall preparations for parish fair, and holiday events including dances, weddings, and church services.
South Scranton notice urges starting a savings account with the South Side Bank as a New Year resolution. Gutheing Weisser Krayer advertise poultry, meats, and sausages at 618-20 Ceday Avenue and 497 Penn Avenue.
A fine assortment of Christmas goods and toys on exhibition at Westpraht's with fruits cakes and candles for children. A display of Christmas presents offered free in exchange for trading stamps. Dr Schiey’s Lung Healing Balsam promises to cure coughs with no cure no pay and is sold by all dealers.
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