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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
10
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now in the hands of Mr Co FR Munn, Salém avenue and Church street, to whom news items may be addressed. All complaints on irregular delivery should be made to W J Roberts, news agent.
Mrs. Robinson, a noted city character, was arraigned before Mayor O Neill last night on charges of a disorderly house on Carte avenue. The hearing, held with resident testimony, offered a choice of thirty days in jail or a $30 fine. friends posted bail and saved her from confinement.
Funeral services for F F McNulty drew a large crowd yesterday morning. The remains were at 40 o'clock and taken to St Roe church where Rev W A Nealon celebrated a requiem mass. Columbia More company and Division 11 Ancient Order of Hibernians attended the service in a body. Several handsome moral pieces were gent ly mourning friends. The remains were interred in St Rose cemetery with pallbearers John McDonald John Lynaily John Price James Goerman Patriot Loftus Patrick Hreoean Michael Mullane Patrick Murvell.
The Crystal Lake Water Company owned by E. J. Miller of Scranton purchased 520 acres east of the city known as Brownell's swamp. The firm plans a storage reservoir at the site, intended to hold about twice the current water supply at No. 4 pond, when needed.
Chars Jordan of Myenreahd jail on West Side was arrested last night at his mother’s request after she said he threatened to injure her. Authorities deemed him incorrigible and sent him to the house of correction.
The Emlyn taige American True Ivorites plan a banquet at the Inlon hotel next Wednesday evening. Supper at 7:30, then a program with welcome address by D. B. Lewis, toasts by W. T. Lewis, recitations by James H. Williams and Myfanwy Lewis, and songs by D Y Davie and others.
The guest of her sister, Mrs J Wels borer. Misses May Wabl Julia and Katie Feet spent Washingtons birthday with friends at Carbondale. H B Matthewson has returned after visiting his parents in Norwich N. Eugene Mitchell of Mallisterville is visiting his brother FP Mitchel.
A five year old boy and a four year old girl attempted to board a Delaware and Hudson train north to Jersey to visit relatives. The conductor halted them, a passerby alerted staff, and the children were returned to their parents. Local notices report related searches, Klondike party arrivals, hospital staff banquets, and planned civic events in Carbondale and Blakely.
Old Forge residents share social duties and note injuries at work. Wilkes-Barre visits, a funeral in Pittston, and a 52nd birthday celebration are recorded along with a slate of events. The Lawrence Literary Society hosts its first eisteddfod on March 17 at the Lawrence Congregational church with prizes for choir, quartet, recitation, solos, duets, and a best eight. Submissions due by March 14.
Visiting at the Hulse home are Mr and Mrs Fred Bailey and Miss Mary J Hulse of New York City. George Moules gains appointment from court and joins the mineral examining board. Wilcan Fire Company elects officers for the year led by President Daniel Dorris and Foreman W J Broad with first and second assistants named as H E Maines and B K Benjamin.
A. J. Colborn, State President, will speak to the Patriotic Order Sons of America in Taylor on patriotism. The event features a prepared program with a noted address and is part of a larger borough meeting and reorganization planning for March.
Afternoon and evening gatherings include The Ludice Missionary society meeting at Mrs. J. P. Bouse, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Mrs. Law’s home, a mothers’ meeting on the biblical topic Na omi and Ruth, and a Hill Side Key Fund event in Herbert’s hall. Funeral services for Frank A. Beamish were held at St. Mary’s Church.
Thirty two candle power lights priced at 66 cents per light monthly. wiring to follow Underwriters Association of Pennsylvania rules. A crowded public sale at Valley hotel saw furniture sold at fair prices. M J McDonald ordered the sale while P A O Boyles represented creditors and levied on articles. Various residents and visitors noted in brief items including consecration ceremonies Philadelphia and visits to Parrons and Grove street.
A long essay recalls famous naval disasters that occurred in port or near shore. It details the Royal George capsizing at Spithead in 1782, the Eastern Monarch fire in 1859, the Goliath training ship blaze of 1875, the Eurydice wreck near the Isle of Wight in 1878, and the Victoria catastrophe on the Thames in 1881, highlighting how harbor safety remains uncertain and fate may strike anywhere.
A health warning argues soda is unsafe as a stomach remedy and can cause serious harm, while promoting Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, effective cure for sour stomach. Dr Wuerth endorses their use for stomach derangements and improved digestion, with a free booklet offered by the Stuart Co of Marshall, Michigan.
A shaken stranger asks for the Matthew Burk Luke and John railway depot, and after the officer corrects him to the Big Four depot the scene ends with the officer doubting the man’s seriousness. The humorous exchange highlights a city misdirection and a light moment on a morning.
Professor Newcoml discusses evidence suggesting limits on our ability to guess the universe's boundaries with modern telescopes. He envisions a vast disk shaped cosmos with the solar system near its center, a diameter many times its thickness, and acknowledges uncertainty in distance measurements. Fifty years may reveal much more than today.
A brief Chicago Record item notes a cartoonish exchange about a missing umbrella. The gag hinges on personal possession, contrasting a common mishap with the owner’s claim that this particular umbrella was theirs.
Trains depart Wilkes-Barre on weekdays at 7 30 a m for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and for Pittsburgh and the West at 10 15 a m weekdays for Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown and Philadelphia and for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West daily 3 12 p m for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West 5 00 p m weekdays for Hazleton and Pottsville.
Train times to New York Philadelphia and points via connections at Liberty Street Whitehall Street and South Ferry. Through tickets available from Reading Terminal and ticket agents. Baldwin and Olhausen listed as officials.
The schedule lists trains from Beranton to New York and Easton with departures at 4 6 15 200 and 10 06 am 1 50 pm and other times. Connections at Buffalo and Williamsport and Harrisburg for routes to Utica Ithaca and Philadelphia with various express and accommodation services. Details include stops at Binghamton Elmira Northumberland Kingston and Nanticoke and intermediate stations with multiple daily departures. For exact times and a pocket timetable, contact M L Smith District Passenger Agent at the depot ticket office.
The notice outlines Lehigh Valley Railroad routes and connections from Wilkes-Barre to New York Philadelphia via Dy, with schedules around 6.45 am and 12.48 pm, plus onward links to Bethlehem Towanda Geneva and western lines to Rochester Buffalo Niagara Falls. It mentions Pullman parlor and sleeping cars between Wilkes-Barre and major hubs, and lists executive contacts in Philadelphia Scranton and Lackawanna avenues.
Train notices detailing departures to Carbondale Albany Honesdale and New York with listed times and connections. Arrivals at Beranton from Carbondale and Wilkes-Barre shown. complete rates to US and Canada available at the depot office. J W Burdick G P A Altus H N V H Cross D F A Scranton Pa.
Trains begin running from Scranton to New York and intermediate points effective September 19, 1807, linking Erie and Wyoming Valley with the new railroad route.
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