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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1902

Page

2

Carbondale Metal Working Company Hires Top Weights

The Carbondale Metal Working Company expands operations and hires skilled leaders from the Delaware and Hudson system. William Johnson becomes general manager and Grant Nicholson is chosen chief machinist, with strong credentials in air brake work and practical mechanics. Other key hires include Wiha Habbard and Willi Jen nes, signaling a strategic build of leadership. The piece notes pride in local talent like Prats I. Welly, son of prominent Carbondale figures.

Carbondale Metal Working Company Grant Nicholson Mr. Johnson Delaware and Hudson Nicholson Dohneon

Surgeon Mr Kelly Tours City Reception for Prince

The article notes Mr Kelly, described as a hospital surgeon and notable figure, attending the reception for Prince Twenry of Procesl. It cites The New York Times praising Kelly and WT Pitre of the USS Columbia, and mentions their social links to Brooklyn Naval Youth groups and the sailors and marines of the United States Navy.

Killy Kelly Prince Twenry Procesl Siunday Brethalling Globe New York ‘Times Mr. Welly Tospiril Aurgeon WT. Pitre United States Coluablis Brooklyn Naval Youth Men's Christian Agssequiretion United States Navy

Marriage of Miss Kilpatrick and Hubert Chirk at Carbondale

Popular young couple Miss Mary Kilpatrick and Hubert Chirk prepare for a wedding at the Kilpatrick home on Diarte Avenue with Rev. I Wilpatrick of Oxford officiating. A reception will follow and the couple will depart for their honeymoon ending at No. 22 Canaan Street after April 1.

Carbondile Mary Kilpatrck Hubert Chirk Porente Diarte Avenue Toy I. Wilpatrick Oxford N. dL Youing Canaan Street Jean Foyer Icehooel Gradimite Carbondale Millersville Milark

Obituary for Mrs Arti of Dune Chofostreet

Airs MICHA ARTE, longtime resident of this city, died yesterday after a week’s illness. Born here in the era IS she lived in the city many years. Maiden name Semeda. Survived by husband for twelve years and five children Annie Midward John Frank and Alice. Also three brothers Maren John of this city and Edward of New York. She was a member of St Rose church and attended services regularly. Funeral arrangements have been completed.

Micha Arte Borie Gnd wiWwass Semeda Leversed Chirise Ua Uife St. Rose Churel Annie Midward John Frank Alice Maren Edward New York

A Capitol Comedy at the Grand This Friday Night

Murphy presents a new play titled A Capitol Comedy at the Grand on Friday night. The work is by Paul Wilstieh with Richard Mausfield among the prominent co writers, reflecting Washington scenes and political incidents in a character study.

Murphy Mea Plas Paul Wilstieh Copsnicuess Richard Mausfield Washington Joel Giggs Mone Me Murphy Slinert Robsouw Bertie the Sol Smith Russell Neah Vale

Unclear Post Office List of Names and Addresses

Fragmentary OCR item lists numerous personal names and titles with scattered letters and dates, mentioning a Carbondale post office and May or February time hints. The text remains garbled, yielding no clear event, action, or outcome to summarize beyond the existence of a name-heavy roster.

Road between this end and Dun Chef in poor condition

The fragment notes the road from this end to Dun Chef is deteriorated with evident damage. No additional details or dates are provided in the readable text.

Dun- Chef

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health

Mrs J W Haskins of Chicago testifies pregnancy relief and postnatal strength after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Pills and Lunative Wash. She says the product kept her in good health yearly and offers to provide free guidance to expectant mothers by writing to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.

Dean Mrs. Pinkham Lydia FE. Pinkham J. H. Haskins Lydia Bi Pinksham Lydia E.pinksham W. H. Gaskins Indiana Ave Chicago Ilc

Stage driver Pred Sheridan faces deep slush on Crystal bike road

Pred Sheridan reports heavy difficulty traversing the road as horses sink to their knees in slush. The Crystal bike route is in terrible condition from extensive use by teamsters driving over it rather than sticking to the road.

Pred Sheridan Voad

Prince Henry Greetings Hit Carbondale by Wireless

Carbondale reported Prince Henry of Prussia sent greetings to President Roosevelt via wireless telegraphy. The signal traveled a circuitous route from New York to Middletown to Carbondale, then through Ohio and Illinois toward Washington, looping around to reach the president and returning by the same path.

Prince Flench Prussia Ocean Roosevelt Carbondale Washington Prince Henry New York City New York Nantucket Shoals Miss Birmiishiaim Alm Augusta

Belmont street resident draws crowd at first singex event

An unclear report describes Sam Coat Sr of Belmont Street hosting a first singex event. Details are fragmented but indicate a public gathering with local interest and mentions of oranges and delicacies. Further readable context is limited.

Sam Coat Sr Belmont Street

Local Dispute Highlights Orchard Debris Tossing Case

A report details a quarrel involving Joe Forirnett and accusations of throwing decayed oranges and other missiles at him. The incident drew scrutiny from city officials led by Alder Man Delevan as witnesses placed a court appearance at 1200.

Joe Mike Forirnett Delevan

Supper in Vestry With Aid Society Hosting

Supper will be served in the vestry of the Congregational church on Friday under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society. A musical entertainment will follow. Over 160 tickets have already been sold for the event.

Congregational Church Ladies' Aid Society

Erie trainman loses leg in workplace incident

Jot Brensley, a trainman from Erie, boarded on Peek Avenue and suffered the loss of a leg while working yesterday. He was hospitalized at Emergency Hospital where doctors report injuries are not dangerous.

Jot Brensley Erie Peek Avenue Emergenty Hospital

Largest snow drift blocks road to Clifford

The biggest snow drift in eight years blankets the road to Clifford. Seven workers labored last week to shovel a tunnel through the drift so the stagecoach could pass.

Clifford

Blockade Raised to Fighth Oyentte and Main Streets

The streetcar line blockade has been lifted to Fighth Oyentte and Main street. The company has not yet attempted to reopen service on Malin street.

Fighthoyentte Main Street Malin Street

Delaware and Hudson to light shops with electricity

The Delaware and Hudson announce all workshops including the locomotive shop, supply house, and both round houses will be wired and lit by electricity after the first of the month.

Delaware and Hudson

Hillside thaw floods cellars in outskirts city area

On the hills outside the city thaw damage has begun with many cellars flooded. Water levels rise as the thaw continues, causing property damage and prompting residents to seek temporary shelter and assistance.

Passing Throng and Visitors Reported in Local Area

Last evening Archbald saw Will Nealon and visitors from Stroudsburg Scranton Carbondale Mayfield Green Ridge Wilkes Barre and Jermyn. Several residents return home from longer trips including Miss Elsie Richards from Scranton and Mrs Ann Walker from New York. Edward Weed on Terrace street is critically ill with pneumonia.

Will Nealon Archbald Martin Decker Stroudsburg Martin ‘T. O'Malley Fcranton M. W. Baird Scranton Carbondale T. PL Reilly Annie Chady Mayfield Rev. M. I. Loftus Green Ridge William Montana Edward Weed Terrace Street Mr. Weed Dela Ware Hudson Road

Jermyn and Mayfield Concert and Local Notices

A Primitive Methodist church concert features Evelyn Jessup, E Hockaday, Selma Johnson, Bessie Jones and others in songs recitations and tableaux. A Methodist church meeting aims to form a Young Men's Christian Association branch, with John Wallace Field attending. A Whitmore Hose Company prize winner is announced, and Mrs George Pendered is recovering from illness. A large barn collapsed on North Main Avenue due to heavy snow, startling residents as far as the toll gate.

Primitive Methodist Church Evelyn Jessup E. Hockaday Selma Johnson Doctor Edith Martin Bessie Jones Mrs. Buckingham Alice Jones Misses Davis Garbet Garbet; Dialogue, “King Trost and Summer Queen"; Violin Solo, Emmy Roberts Jennie Ward Williams Methodist Church Young Men's Christian Association John Wallace Field Wrening and Lackawanna Whitmore Hose Company William Pugh Priceburg Atrs George Pendered Dr. S&. D. Davis Main Avenue Rea Beott

Surpliced Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church

A garbled OCR passage describes a church choir with names, roles, and seating. It mentions organist Maud Carter and conductor figures, with scattered references to sopranos and altos and a public description of the service setting.

Trinity Episcopal Church

Are You Sick Get Free Trial Bottle From Dr Kennedy

An advertisement asks readers if they suffer from kidney liver bladder blood or bowel diseases and other ailments. It promises a free trial bottle on sending an address to Dr David Kennedy Corporation Rondout New York.

Dr. David Kennedy Corporation Rondout N.Y

Windsor hotel visitors and local medical updates

Mr and Mrs George Edmunds of the Windsor hotel were in Scranton yesterday. Will Mellon, who burned his eye Monday, is recovering and may not suffer permanent injury. Druggist Frank M Graves is improving daily and moving about the house.

George Edmunds Windsor Hotel Scranton Will Mellon Frank M. Graves

Olyphant Council Bills, Bonds, and Local Notices Highlight Year End

Olyphant council met to close the year with several payments approved including Olyphant Gazette 25.25 and Olyphant Record 4.75, police service 100, Excelsior Hose 800, street work 57.25, and Priceburg Light 16. The exoneration list for 1898 was upheld with a $189.01 rebate to Moosic Mountain Coal. Sewer bonds bids were opened. five sold to Title Trust, Hunt & Connell, and Nellie Murphy. A mine collapse halted Eddy Creek colliery work, and a 10th birthday party for Axah Kingsley was noted along with a burglary at Casey & Kelly’s restaurant and visits to a Timlin funeral. The Empire State Entertainers plan Edison moving pictures at the opera house Monday night.

Messrs. Reap and Robinson Mr. Brown Olyphant Gazette Olyphant Record MM. P. O'Malley Mra William Wheeler T. J. Gavin Excelsior Hose Company Priceburg Light Company Hoban Moosic Mountain Coal Company Charles P. Ford Title Trust and Guarantee Company Hunt & Connell Company Nellie Murphy Town Axah Kingsley Kingsley Blakely Baptist Church Casey & Kelly's Lacka- Wanna Maud Kelly Plymouth James HH. Timlin Jermyn John Hoban Edward Fadden John J. O'Malley Mary O' Boyle Katie Mary Rogers Hugh O' Boyle James Jordan John McGinty John Dempsey Misa Coolbaugh Wingston Marie Sarge Blakely Empire State Edison Opera House

Smallpox check at Jessup and local notices in Peckville

No new smallpox cases developed at Jessup yesterday. A shanty near the Sheridan homestead will house guards and monitor the infected house. Young Sheridan is improving and can be about the house. Ladies who assisted firemen are urged to meet at Odd Fellows hall tonight. Vandervort and Beardslee win timber contract for 800 acres on West Mountain with a large sawmill to be erected. Evangelists Mrs. and Mrs. Willson to speak at Baptist church Sunday night after weeks in Jermyn. Will Watson of Chicago visiting Mrs. Frank Hoyt on Malin Street has returned home. Gene Benjamin recovering from illness. Unclaimed letters at Peckville post office for week ending Feb 5 1902 include Miss Belinda Dean Mrs Elizabeth Willis and others. Postmaster V Move notes.

Jessup Sheridan Homestead Sheridan Odd Fellows’ Hall Vandervort & Beardslee Erie Company Frank Hoyt Malin Street Gene Benjamin Posiottioe Peckville Belinda Dean John Rees Elizabeth Willis Reere John Maku Patrick Mahven Jones

Visiting Cleric and Local Notes Highlight Small-Town Week

Old Forge reports Rev HW A Greene visiting his parents at Beratoga Spriga the best week. Miss Alice Drake returns home after weeks at Mill Iy. Brick Church ladies plan a New England supper in the church parlor Thursday evening.

HW. A. Greene Beratoga Spriga Alice Drake Mill Iy

Forest City Visitors Share Sunday Time With Neighbors

Mrs J E Brodhead and children from Forest City spent Sunday with Mrs Henry Breges in the place. Mrs Breges had visited her brother Mr Don Willis the past week and returned home.

J. E Brodhead and Children Forest City Henry Breges Don Willis

Local social notes and civic updates from Taylor area

A nineteenth birthday party for Miss Margaret Jenkins on Union Street is reported with a list of attendees. A marriage between Henry Williams and Hannah Roberts occurred at Rev. William Morgans’s home, with a reception and wedding supper. Other items note the Anthracite Glee Club rehearsal, Old Forge Young Men’s Christian Association meeting, borough election candidates, and the borough council’s final session before reorganizing. Also mentioned are recovered illness of Miss Sophia Thomas, visits of Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, and a funeral in Danville.

Margaret Jenkins Union Street Daley Sweet Emma Stahl Berta Nyhardt Mattie Warris Gertrude Thoms Margaret Williame Crave Davenport Ruby Telsecker Ménare William Rogere Tithe Roane Samuel Auiter David 4. Davie Willion Townsend Frank Dutstone James Dunetone Charles Coombs Isaac James William Huntson Jacob John Jenking Henry Williama Taylor Misa Hannah Roberts Bellevue William Morgans Mes. Williams Old Forge Episcopal Church Thomas Moses Martin Williams Jasper Fahner Mer John G. Owens George Marsh Sophia Thomas Grove Street John Evans David. Davis Danville J. B. Daniels Main Street

Musical Social in Moosic for James Whitehead

A rheumatism attack keeps James Whitehead home as a musical social is planned for tomorrow evening at Miss Currie Seberhine’s Minookd avenue residence with a fine program and free-will offering.

James Whitehead Frank Snyder Moosic Hose Company, No. 1 James Galbraith South Main Street Marlon Brown Wyoming

Salt Lake Sinking Raises Utah Concerns

Great Salt Lake's surface steadily declines raising concern in Utah. Experts link low water to rainfall cycles and water diversions for agriculture and ranching. Deforestation cutting on nearby mountains may reduce stream flow feeding the lake, affecting nearby property values and business lines. the U.S. Geological Survey has been asked to investigate.

Great Salt Lake Utuh Utah

Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Nursing Mothers

A nursing mother may struggle after childbirth and benefit from a tonic that strengthens and steadies. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is praised as alcohol free and narcotic free, restoring energy, regulating and healing female weakness and related drains.

Alep

Understanding Catarrh Headache Causes and Relief

A discussion explains headache origins from organ derangement and catarrh. It mentions Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy with antiseptics, plus a testimonial from Miss Cora Ainsley praising them for curing catarrh and related headaches.

GiMcuit Bedidee Aachen Ainy Cora Ainsley Stuart

Floods Widen Harsh On Long Island Due To Heavy Snow

Floods across Long Island from recent snow and rain disrupt travel and inundate thousands of acres. Homes east of Westbury face flood depths of several feet with residents using rafts to reach higher ground. The contagious diseases hospital on Kingston Avenue Brooklyn floods with water rising to six feet in wards and engine rooms.

New York Long Island Hicksville Mineola Westbury Kingston Avenue Brooklyn Waller

Killed by a mob at Nortonville

Woodford Hughes was shot and killed by a mob early today in Nortonville Illinois after returning there against orders. The assailants fired through a window killing him as townsfolk warned him away prior to the attack.

Woodford Hughes Illinois Associated Res Jacksonville Nortonville James Sweeney Hurhes Wid Alouaq

Unclear text from Maryland notice page

Fragmentary OCR reading mentions Maryland and individuals but lacks coherent events or actions to summarize into a full news item. The text appears garbled with names and places only partially readable.

Quack Cure Ad Promises One Day Cold Relief

An 19th century style ad offers a Bromo Quinine tablet claim to cure a cold in one day. It notes a refund if it fails and mentions a W Groves signature on each bottle.

All Druggista W. Groves

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