Carbondale Tribune News Contact Details
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now with Mr. Co. RR Munn at Salem avenue and Church street for news items. Complaints about regular delivery should be directed to W. J. Roberta, news agent.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1898
Page
10
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now with Mr. Co. RR Munn at Salem avenue and Church street for news items. Complaints about regular delivery should be directed to W. J. Roberta, news agent.
Alderman Jones wins in the Second ward with a 1457 majority. P F Hughes defeats two opponents for school director in the Third and Fourth wards by 261. W R Moon sweeps school director seats in First, Second, Fifth and Sixth wards. G W Morris and Leonard Campbell elected in Sixth ward. James Thompson elected select council member. Second ward Thomas Battle elected select council, G B Van Gord er and Abe Sahm win common. Willian Passmore loses as poor director. J J Mannion elected select council in Fourth ward. Democratic candidates face no opposition.
The Epworth League of the fower dale district held its sixth annual convention in the First Methodist church. Rev G A Place welcomed delegates and Rev S C Spupking urged spiritual focus. Officers were elected for the coming year and delegates listed from Moscow Spring Brook Sterling North Jackson Thompson Herrick Centre Lake Como Forest City and more.
A long roster of individuals tied to multiple small towns lists residents by surname and given names. It includes numerous spelled variations and titles such as Rev and Mrs, with locations like Honesdale, Peckville, Pleasant Mount, and Dunmore. The fragment reads as a directory or social register excerpt.
John F. Sullivan, a skilled Van Bergen force plumber, has purchased the late Edward J. O Keefe establishment on Salem avenue and plans to reopen about March 1. His wide experience and goodwill signal likely success for the revived business.
Longtime residents of Mayfield and Jermyn gathered last Monday for a surprise party in honor of Mrs. Davis’s sixty fifth birthday. The event featured vocal and instrumental music, several humorous pieces, and refreshments, with many local friends in attendance.
In Laughoany, John J. Stanton Democrat, aged 68, tops Nicholson and Famen with a 2 vote plurality. Judge William Cunningham Democrat 66 defeats Richard Stevenson Fair Play with a 43 vote plurality. Inspector Thomas Baker, Republican, tops Kennedy Democrat 75 in the election count.
Readable fragments list names and roles across wards including justice of the peace clerks auditors council members school directors assessors and city officials with associated numeric notes. The text shows multiple individuals with initials and surnames linked to positions in various wards.
The Ladies Aid society hosts a centrie social at the Baptist church with a promised engaging program and refreshments. Thomas Lan eat, mine foreman at Sterrick Creek Coal, celebrated his fortieth birthday with gifts. Election day in Binkely borough produced a quiet vote. ward by ward tallies show council, school director, assessor, auditor, inspectors, and lights verdicts with several candidates named.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church will host a donation supper in the church on Wednesday evening from five o'clock. Proceeds will go to current expenses. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy social time. Also, the funeral for Miss Cora Pohlamus was held at 2 PM Monday in the same church with large attendance.
A man suffering eight years with catarrh reports severe symptoms, two doctors tried, one removed a nasal growth, and after using Peruna he improved quickly, resumed work, and regained appetite. He praises the remedy and requests Dr Hartman’s free book on Winter Catarrh.
An old advertisement from Washington Chemical Co claims animal extracts cure nervous troubles and offers a free book, indicating a broad health outreach era. The terse copy names Washington, BC as a location.
New timetable effective November 4 1897 lists stations at foot of Liberty street New York and Whitehall Terminal. Details include express and local trains to Atlantic City New York Philadelphia Bethlehem Harrisburg Reading Long Branch and connections with elevated railroads ferries and Grand Central transfer. Through tickets available at station agents. H P Baldwin general passenger agent J H Olmaußen general superintendent.
Train times for Scranton routes, connections at Buffalo and Northumberland, with multiple express and accommodation services to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia Washington Binghamton Elmira Ithaca Utica Richfield Springs and other points. Northumberland Wilkes Barre Williamsport Harrisburg Baltimore and more, pocket timetable available via M L Smith Clarence Passenger Agent.
The timetable lists trains departing Scranton for New York and intermediate Erie points at 7.05 am and 2.25 pm and for Hawkeye 8 and local points at 7.05 am. Arrivals from these points to Scranton occur at 10.23 am and 2.15 pm with a 45 cent fare noted.
Local professional directory items include physicians surgeons lawyers and specialists with office locations on Wyoming avenue Mulberry street Spruce street and Washington avenue. Also listed are architects printers veterinary and musical services with contact and office hours where shown.
Train list shows Lehigh Valley routes via Diamond and D R lines from Scranton to New York Philadelphia and intermediate stations. Details include timings 6 08 am 11 10 am 1 00 pm and 4 25 pm, and connections to Bethlehem Boston Reading Harrisburg and Ithaca Geneva Rochester and Chicago. Billing notes names General Superintendent and agents in Philadelphia and Scranton office.
On Monday January 17 trains depart Scranton for Carbondale Albany Saratoga Montreal and New England routes with multiple times listed. Arrivals back to Scranton include numerous departures from Carbondale and the north and it notes complete information and special attention to Western and Southern resorts with officials JW Burdick P A Albany H W Chose D A Scranton PA.
Fragmentary text mentions Ontario Western release timing and ticket details. References to agencies and individuals are unclear, with garbled names and numbers. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable fragments.
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