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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1900
Page
7
The Cycle club moves to North Church street in Carbondale, boasting the county’s finest clubhouses outside Scranton. A janitor and wife live in the Garfiell avenue annex, with the new Crown piano and a reading room stocked with top periodicals, while the building is kept spotless.
Workers from the traction and telephone companies battled a zero degree wind while repairing lines on North Church street and ascending tall poles to restore service. Foremen reported strenuous conditions as crews labored through the freezing weather.
The sheriff closed the doors of K. K. Purdy & Co in Schenectady at the instance of George Ammerman as execution creditor. The judgment exceeds $5,000 and the firm may resume business. Ammerman, part of the Che fhe ane ile son Leroy Ammernin interest group, oversaw the concern. The firm ran a local store on Main Street near the Fair, with stock moved to Schenectady last July.
A midnight blaze in Fifth ward gutted the George O’Leary residence on a knoll near the reservoir. The fire followed collapse of the cellar into Stroud and Chamberlain’s mine, swallowing winter provisions and part of the foundation.
Mrs J J Thompson hosted the young folks in honor of Miss Innes from Wilkes Barre visiting Miss Lara Watt. The Purple Lady played at Grand Opera House to a fair audience. City shops will close today. Various residents, including H S Williams, James Steele, Miss Margaret Clifford, and Mrs H Wheeler, are noted for visits and anniversaries. Post Office hours and lobby hours for lock box owners are listed with limited services.
Manger Martin of Pierson drug store reports a strong run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He notes quick relief from coughing sore throat and lung discomfort during grippe season and says customers are satisfied with its prompt action. Matthews Brothers distribute wholesale and retail.
Peckville post office schedules New Year hours from 10.90 to 11.80 a.m. Postmaster A Ewingle. Arthur Thompson visited his sister in Pittston. A B Kroup of Berwick visits daughter Mrs Grover. Albert Kennedy and family stay with Henry Kennedy's in Prospect Hill. G F B Newton recovering from illness. Charles Kay and wife guests in Livingston Manor New York. Bennett Hicks of Berwick visiting Dr and Mrs J B Grover. Harry Simpson's daughter ill with diphtheria. H H Simpson confined at home.
The St Patrick’s church fair in Olyphant will be a highly enjoyable parish occasion this evening. Rev P J Murphy and the Father Mathew hall decorating team prepared an artistic display, the Wooths rooms given special attention, and the Lawrence band of Scranton will provide music. The program includes valuable articles to be disposed of.
The programme lists selections and solo numbers featuring Trob ert McCormack Mine Anna Brown George Moran and a colored quartet. Lawrence band of Scranton will be in attendance as a guest ensemble. John Ferguson Jr serious at home on Lackawanna Street. High mass at St Patrick's church at midnight led by Rev Murphy. Republican primaries postponed at Mahon's hall. Miggie Mary Rogan Etta and Jennie tus attended the Burns funeral at Green Ridge.
The Primitive Methodist Sunday school holds its annual meeting at 10 30 this morning to elect officers for the year. The adult society meets at 2 30 for a trustees election and quarterly conference. Dr MacArthur lecture attended by Jermyn residents. An entertainment at Sacred Heart church tonight features ventriloquist Miss Mary Osborne. Minor local notices include hospitalities, illnesses, and travelers.
Sadie Carter, 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmond Carter, died at home on Main Street after a week with pneumonia. She was a Calvary Baptist Church member and Sunday school teacher. Survived by parents two sisters Miss Jenne Carter Mrs Charles J Atking and brother Benjamin Carter of Providence. Funeral 1:50 pm tomorrow at Washburn Street Cemetery Hyde Park.
An advertisement extols Vinol as a modern tonic and rebuilder for pale people. It highlights cod liver oil extracts dissolved in wine, claims to restore red blood and energy, and quotes a testimonial from A. K. La Presci of Amesbury, with a refund guarantee if unsatisfied.
A chaotic, era-typical page mixes a weather forecast predicting sleet storms and high winds with sensational celestial imagery and a sales pitch for Hood's Sarsaparilla. It also mentions Prof Coles of Kingston PA and a quotation about deeds and fruits, finishing with medical claims for Hood's Pills.
Territorial money order and bank departments will be closed for the day, canceling normal services and prompting customers to return or use alternative channels for transactions.
Clark's Summit residents mingle as Mrs Eugene Northup and two sons Rebbie and Marry from Glenturn join Miss Gertrude Atherton of Olyphant and the Atherton family to dine with Mr and Mrs Winn. Sayre visitors Mrs EB Merrill calls on Mrs. Pedrick moves his store to the Masonic building. Maud Stark and daughter Hayle of West Nicholson call on friends here Saturday.
A weather foresight piece warns of planetary conjunctions ending and a period of meteorological disturbances. It predicts great storms, floods, earthquakes, and social upheavals, with specific days named for food preservation and surgical cautions and advice on personal practices.
The Lyceum hosted two shows on Saturday with audiences in attendance. Miss Manche Rice starred as Irene in Blue Jeans a pastoral drama with returning husbands and Christmas night scenes. A naval drama The Gunner s Mate by Scranton and staged by Avenstus Piteu features scenes of the cruiser New York and a dramatic fire room climax aiming to thrill patrons.
A new laughable musical comedy by George Totten Smith titled A Rag-Time Reception will be presented at the Academy for three days starting this afternoon. The cast features Gus Pixley Gladys Van Charles Roach William P DeVault Phil Michiels May McCabe the Jedwyn Sisters Olive North and J Godel with a chorus of well-costumed performers. The show promises fresh novelty musical numbers and humorous situations with unique specials during the performance.
Manager Walsh promotes the Monte Carlo Girls company as one of the best on the row for the first engagement of the year. The program opens with a burlesque chorus, features Misa Helen Forest, Eva Swinbourne, Marie Rogers and others, and closes with the McCoy Maher fight result to be read by rounds tonight. W. O. Power presents Edward de Widder's Shannon of the Sixth at the Academy of Music this week, a drama set in India during the 1857 Sepoy rebellion, rich in incidents and suspense.
A Scranton page features a Nameless People’s Exchange listing offering rental ads and property to sell or exchange with one cent per word rates and bargains for situations wanted. Bauer’s Orchestra advertised music services for halls and events with contact details. Megargem Brothers Printers supplied envelopes bags and twine from a warehouse on Washington avenue.
A humorous anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post recounts how a pompous man, unable to find Chauncey Depew, fails to meet any of Depew’s aides or officials as they are all supposedly “in Europe” or elsewhere. The tale plays on the idea of misdirected inquiries reaching lower staff.
The New Jersey rail timetable lists trains from Newark and New York via South Ferry and Whitehall Dock to Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven and Jersey routes. It notes express and local offerings with times including 6 etc and through tickets to points east south and west at lowest rate.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces service with trains to Philadelphia New York via Jersey route. Schedules show departures from Scranton and Wilkes Barre with connections to Buffalo Rochester and Geneva. Express and local trains operate to Hawley Towanda Elmira and other points. sleeping cars on all trains between Wilkes Barre and New York. tickets and reservations through Lehigh Valley agents.
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