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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
6
In Carbondale a spring election looms on municipal water plant ownership. Proponents claim over 99 percent support city control while opponents warn taxes may double. Judge Rhone offered a bondless funding method, with plant interest covered by water revenues and no tax impact.
Patrick Duffy of Fallbrook street died yesterday morning at age sixty eight from a paralytic stroke. Born in Ireland he lived in Carbondale thirty five years before moving to the city. He enjoyed good health apart from the stroke years ago. His wife died three years ago and a sister resides in Duquesne Pa. He leaves a son Patrick Duffy. Funeral is Saturday at 7 Welock with interment at St. Rose Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Hi G Taker was held yesterday afternoon led by Rev. Charles Lee. She was longtime member of First Presbyterian Church with many floral tokens. Pallbearers included Frank Burr and R M Shepherd. Interment in Maple Wood Cemetery. Out of town attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George Dowe of Mimira.
Dr Morrisen comes back to Philadelphia following a visit with his Alderman father and Mrs Morrison of Eighth Avenue. Mrs Evan Tucker of Duquesne Pennsylvania visits relatives in the city. Edward Burke of New York visits his mother on Cottage Street. Mrs Holton plans to return to Binghamton tomorrow. Blair and Kennedy have begun relaying pavement near the narrowed Street car track. The Amaranth Social club plans a New Year’s Eve event at Burke's Hall.
A historical note extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a mother's aid for nocturnal coughs and labored breathing in children and adults. It claims to soothe throat irritation and cure the cold, with Matthews Bros. supplying wholesale and retail.
Rev DPD H Robiataugh of Carbon dale will preach at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening. Dr Knedler attends the sick B. D. Kipp. The Capital Sunday school presented superintendent Byron Buckingham with a Bible at Christmas. Ro H Holgate of Scranton visited here on Tuesday. A Wilcox and family moved to Griffin road. Miss Lucy Puller of Scranton spent Tuesday weeks with friends here. Mrs Byron Buckingham and Miss Inez Ulessing will host Sunday scrour clysees Monday evening Jan 1. Mr Frank MacDonald of Plainfield.
Albert Pillings of Tunkhannock attended Christmas at W F Jenkins home. Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church hosts friends at C R Smith home. Edward Weawell of Philadelphia visits Mrs. George Detrich. Presbyterian Sunday School cantata Good Tidings impresses. Daley Huber unable to work at post office. Fret Davis covers. Miss Tren and Mary DePue from Moscow visit relatives. Mrs. Machette returns home after Hahnemann hospital treatment.
Sacred Heart church hosted the wedding of John J. Martin and Miss Mary Bloomer with Rev. M. B. Lynott officiating. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the bride’s East Side home and a housekeeping start to married life. Also noted: Windsor hall saw the local American Federation of Labor elect officers led by President Alonzo Whitley. Various social visits and a Baptist church wedding in Beranton were reported along with a Wesleyan Club concert.
Mrs B Richards of New Jersey visits sister Mrs W Brunilage on South Main street. Oriental Starlodge installs officers with John H Kinback as master Miles M Male senior warden Willim L Allen junior warden J L Peck treasurer ER W Ritter secretary trustees J B R Bell Windsor Foster and J H W Schnorr. William Snediver represents the lodge and guests William B K Harle and son Walter from Winchester, Va. visit Air Morton E B Harlee. Wilson Fire Company holds regular meeting election set for Jan 9. Henry VanderSure and wife return from Miners Mills. Jessup Sunday school and kindergarten hold Christmas tree and exercises New Year’s Day at 2 pm with Rev S C Logan and Col H M Boles attending. Tribune almanac will be distributed to carrier boys on New Year’s Day.
The Tribune Almanac for 1900 urges readers to place their orders with carriers as early as possible. It promises a more complete reference with valuable political and local references, a book regarded as essential for every household.
C Van Puskirk visits Nis son Justin at Newsburgh-on-the-Hudison. Families and friends share Christmas and New Year visits with Wil Van Buskirk Delocker Winter Snover Van Speece Swallow and others. The Newton Centre school enjoys a week off and new invitations mark a twelfth anniversary celebration.
The Keystone Concert trio will perform at Nicholson opera house Friday evening January 19 1900. The headline is singer Mijas Sudea Ketelle Kaiser acclaimed internationally and praised for royal audiences in England. The note cites a London praise fragment from Sunday Times about Mise Kuber.
Miss Fannie Rice and a company presented a Frank Brookton styled piece about a hypothetical transfer of souls. The cast used horseplay and broad gesturing to entertain a large audience, but the vehicle was failing and Rice deserved a stronger role.
The Elroy Stock company presents The Secret Futremy at the Lyceum tonight. AfternoonTurned Up will be the attraction. Little Egypt Burlesque at the Gaiety begins a three day run after yesterday's performance and features Eddie Leonard and the Little Ginger Girls among others. Littl Egypt continues at the Gaiety for the rest of the week. The Jeans, Joseph Arthur's comedy of Indiana life, is scheduled for Saturday at the Lyceum with a realistic portrayal of region life and manners.
Manager Augustus Pitou presents The Gunner's Mate a naval drama about the life of a Margallant sailor with no war scenes or battles. The five act farce offers human interest and clean comedy with a faithful shipboard setting based on photographs of the New York. A large company led by Oily4 Sixtey Proll DeVaull and Gladys Va headlines a three day engagement starting Monday January 1 at the Academy with a merry musical interlude A Route Time Reception and original specialties accompany the play.
A collection of help wanted notices includes an able bodied man seeking any kind of work, a respectable young lady seeking housework, a young man driver, an experienced engineer with references, a washer or domestic cleaner, a stenographer or bookkeeper, a grocery clerk, a bookkeeper seeking employment, and a middle aged lady desiring a position as a houseworker in a private family.
A local scavenger named Briggs completes cleanup work at a privy vault. The note lists locations including Modlin Avenue and Micke's Drug Store at the corner of Adams and Mulberry, with mentions of a store and a phone reference.
The notice lists several businesses on Washington Avenue and nearby streets in Scranton PA. It includes a general store on Garfield Avenue between Price and Lafayette, a nursery on 1150 North Main, and an orchestra service for weddings and concerts conducted by J Bauer. Also mentioned are Mergarden Brothers printers and an old warehouse on 1 Washington Avenue.
Rail timetable outlines departures from Beranton to New York Philadelphia and other points, including Black Diamond Express options. It notes Pullman parlor and sleeping cars between Wilkes-Barre and New York and Philadelphia, with multiple via routes and intermediate stations.
Railway notices list Sunday trains to Carbondale at 0.5, 118 p m and 22 662 Gt services. Wilkes-Barre service at 9.38% and 12 00 a m with further times 1 55 and 3 8. Albany and Montreal routes appear with mentions of Buratega and Baie ton and New Binghinid. Low rates offered for points in the United States and Canada by J W Burdick Albany and H W Cross Beranton Pa with unspecified GP A.
Trains leave stations on Port of Taberty Street, NEL, and South Ferry. Express and local trains run to New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia Easton Bethlehem Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven and other points. Also service to Baltimore Washington Long Branch Ocean Grove Reading Lebanon Harrisburg Pottsville and more with various daily and Sunday schedules and through travel tickets available at the station.
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