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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1902
Page
6
A West Side board of trade meeting discussed condemning the water works and urged collaboration with Central City in seeking lower rates. The committee urged legal action under state water laws, asked for city and citizen cooperation, and eyed shared efforts with the Central City board of trade.
A well attended meeting of Mrs D A Thomas ladies choir at Plymouth church raised singers to sixty five. Officers named include President BE HM Ripple first vice president and secretary Ward James second vice president and treasurer John T Watkins and an executive board with Prof David Owens Ivans Heckel Price Davis Howell Evins Reynolds. The group rehearses The Spanish Gypsy Girl by E B Tasreen and New Years Eve by P Price with a prize of 8 00.
Teachers from schools Nos 18 and 1 deposited 822.9 yesterday in the West Side bank. Itemized deposits include Prof David Owens 150 and Miss Alice Evans 100 among many others totaling 12.5L for No 18 and the list continues with numerous staff members and amounts for No 11. The report records multiple names and sums across both schools.
A well attended meeting of the Father Mathew society at St. Leo's room in Bunciy elected officers for 1902. President J. J. Sweeney leads with vice president J. A. W. Brown and secretary M. J. Jennings.
The Misses Alica Fellows Josephine Siebecker Cliru Guerneey Harriet Williams Olwen Jones Bessie Mayo Slout Geraldine PRips Jonnie Eynon Ethel Bevan and Messrs Allen BR Thayer Charles Manners Arch Saxe Murrell Maloney Howard Eynon Arch Williams Allen Bauer Frank Monroe Stephen W Dawes and Fred Connelly chaperoned by Mrs Sloat Mia George Howell and Miss Sarah A Jones will be featured in the teachers kinness at the Lyceum this week. They will perform in the Dance of the Pager praised as one of the prettiest and most unique parts of the show.
Yesterday at 9 o clock a funeral mass for the late Thomas McAndrew was held from Holy Cross church. Pall bearers included Patrick Moffatt John Sherman Patrick Sheridan Anthony Moffatt Patrick Rowlands and Patrick Cushton. Interment followed in Cathedral cemetery.
Community notes report a 7 80 o clock meeting at Main avenue and Jackson street. Rev David Spencer will speak at Jackson Street Baptist revival services. Bald Mountesamp hosted about twenty Colonial club members. Lena Giles celebrated a twelfth birthday with guests. Richard Colon recovers from injuries from a Dodge mine incident. St Marks Women’s Guild to serve supper. First Baptist Ladies Aid plans Martha Washington event February 21. W A Baldwin resigns to join Timmes and Hecht spike mill on Jackson street. Brace home quarantine to end early next week. A B Eynon and son ill at North Hyde Park avenue home. Roy Madden to travel to Chicago. Louis Davis and May Samuels wedding January 20 evening. Nellie Kay ill on Bromley avenue.
A Bartels bottling works driver named Tony Dumbiskie collided with a mishap while crossing near Providence square on Saturday night. Two cars were in transit toward the city. one passed as he tried to cross, causing a serious mixup but no loss of life. The incident also damaged the off horse’s whistletree.
An advertisement touts Kemp's Bylem as a guaranteed remedy for throat and lung ailments. It claims widespread sale by druggists and promises a simple bottle to cure coughs colds and chronic conditions, urging readers to purchase through local stores.
A testimonial from Mrs Mamie Hersert credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing eight years of uterine inflammation and ill health. The letter praises the product and Sanative Wash, urges women with menstrual and womb ailments to use it, and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
In darkness near the Colliery Engineer building a carriage turned aside for oncoming traffic and struck a sand pile mistaken for ground. The carriage toppled, all three ladies were bruised, Miss Johler suffered serious facial cuts, and the horse fled the scene until the next evening.
One of the largest funerals on this side was held yesterday for Edward Keppel. Rev. E. Schmidt delivered a tribute as his remains lay in state at 12s Alder Street. Allentown Engine Company 4 sent delegates and pallbearers named. Additional notes cover a work accident at Cliff Works and society meetings on Prospect and South Side institutions.
Multiple obituaries are listed with funeral arrangements. Mrs. Carrie M. Haderman dies at her mother’s home in West Market Street. services at Providence Methodist Episcopal Church and burial in Dunmore Cemetery. Mrs. Mary Maane, of Fourth Street, dies after brief illness. she leaves four children. The funeral of the Hon. W. J. Lewis is set for 2 PM at his avenue residence with Masonic attendance. Mrs. Sarah B. Freeman’s funeral is at 10:50 AM from 206 South Malin Avenue, with local clergy assisting. A late afternoon return trip to Lisle, Broome County, N.Y., is noted. The funeral plans for Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly include a requiem mass at St. Paul’s, with interment in Cathedral Cemetery.
The Primitive Social club held a nearly full crowd ball in Athletic hall on Alder street last night. The evening grew lively as it was announced the Knickerbockers troupe from Star theatre would attend after the matinee, drawing a large crowd. Actors and actresses appeared briefly near midnight, pleasing the promoter, and adding to the event.
Patrick Langan of Wigstreet was fined 450 dollars plus costs after a Saturday arrest for operating an unlicensed saloon. Stanley and Melunky Poscosky of first court were jailed for sixty days at Alder Street station after Sunday arrests for drunkenness fighting and charges, each fined 10 dollars 85.
Fragments show a call for donations to Holinon main hospital for December aid including milk, turkeys, jackets and various foods. Names such as Mrs. H. M. Bol es and Mrs. Chris tin appear amid a long list of contributors and items, with references to a Thanksgiving event at First Presbyterian church and weekly services.
An evening session finalized a return match with the brewery club against the central city team. Bowlers practice hard and expect a strong showing in the season series. Several close games were played, a brief business meeting followed by a short social period with refreshments, and the club continues to grow rapidly with new members.
Memorial Church notes recount a successful benefit for striking street car workers. Mrs. Daniel Thomas of Putnam Street had a painful accident. Tonight a basketball game features Bloomsburg Wheelmen versus North End Stars. Electric City lodge No 20 Shield of Honor installed its recently elected officers with a district address and smoker.
A large audience gathered at the Auditorium for a benefit entertainment and social for the striking street car men. The varied program included Cornet solo by John Nolan, piano by Miss Libbie Neary, Irish songs by Murry and Moran, vocals by Margaret Armsbury, violin by Edward Barrett, buck and wing by John Cox, wire walking by Blarrington brothers, and performances by Byrne and Lynott, Tate, Frayne and Davie, Trish Salmon, Hughes brothers, John Sherman, Frank Raymond Jr. and others. After the show a social followed.
Evening programs include song service prayer and brief addresses by the pastor and members. The Women’s Bible class is canceled this week due to nightly services. The lecture by CR. Davis on The Missionary Heroes of the Last Century is postponed two weeks because Mr. Duyvis is away from home.
Mrs Daniel Thomas of Putnam street suffered a severe head bruise after a table toppled while she papered a dining room ceiling. Several local residents were at a fair on Saturday night. St Johns Mission hosts a cake sale in Osterhout building this afternoon. David James and Daniel Davis visited Jermyn Sunday. An evening basketball game features Bloomsbury Wheelmen versus North Enid Stars at the Auditorium. Thomas Grady of Oak street starts at Dickerson's Ready Pay store as salesman. Prof M J Costello recovering from grip. Heptasophs grand council to install officers in the Auditorium tonight followed by a banquet. Miss Kate Henry left for New York to work in a millinery store. Miss Lulu Dolan visits Elmira. Misses Alamo and Tessie Flanagan seen in town last week. Messrs Kearney Moran Daly and Murphy from Archbald attended the fule Saturday night Trugg. North Scranton Republican club meets Friday evening at Alderman Meyers office. Liberty Hose company to hold special meeting in lore house Friday evening.
The first one thousand ladies arriving at the Armory will be presented with a handsome Sousa souvenir, offered with the compliments of the management.
Mrs Aaron Medron of Savannah Georgia reports six years of pain after childbirth and says Pyramid Pile Cure cured her and saved her from surgery. Free booklet “Piles Causes and Cure” offered by Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan.
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