Notable Residents Leave City for Travels and Appointments
Miss Laura Meldrum of Richmont Avenue visits New York City. Miss Martha Matthews of Spencer Street, Dunmord, guests at Niantic Connecticut. William M Watson and daughter Sara depart for an extended Great Lakes tour. George F. Baer of Reading, Pa., visits Attorney James H. Torrey. Miss Nettle Nye travels to Cornell University to study for the summer. Court stenographers HH. Coston and BR. M. Winton sail from New York for Germany en route to Carlsbad. The Misses Julia Clapp Allen Cordelia Freeman and Charlotte Blackman spend July at Cape Cod. Freeman will visit Huntingdon, Pa. Major Montrove Barnard arrives from Edgewater, NJ, to assume duties as district superintendent for the mines of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Co. Superintendent FitzGillban of the DL&W Railroad will be at his office today after injuries in a collision on Elmhurst Boulevard. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Hallstead and children depart for Allenhurst, NJ, for a few weeks. Mrs. Zachariah Hughes of Hughestown visits Mrs. C. Kenyon in New York Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Meldrum
Richmont Avenue
New York City
Misa Martha Matthews
Spencer Street
Dunmord
Niantic
Conn
Wiliam M Watson
Sara
Great Lakes
George F. Baer
Reading
Way
James H. Torrey
Nettle Nye
Cornell University
HH. Coston
BR. M. Winton
New York
Germany
Carlsbad
Julia Clapp Allen
Cordelia Freeman
Charlotte Blackman
Cape Cod
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna S and Western Company
FitzGillban
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Elmhurst
George M. Hallstead
Allenhurst
Jersey
Zachariah Hughes
Hughestown
Mra. CC
Kenyon
New York Street
Telephone Rates Introduced For New And Existing Subscribers
The Telephone company announces a sliding scale for telephone rental rates for new subscribers and existing users who contract for the same. Rates follow a long distance pattern and are set to meet varied needs with low figures for limited use and much less than previously asked for heavy use. Full information is available at the company office with guidance on class selection. The company reserves the right to withhold service from party line subscribers whose business monopolizes the circuit.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Highlight
An old advert claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed teething pains for fifty years. It touts relief for infant distress including wind colic and diarrhea and urges buyers to request the syrup from druggists worldwide, priced at twenty five cents.
Payne Vipond Nuptials at Providence Church
Miss Margaret Vipond daughter of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Vipond of Throop street married Ovear Payne at Providence Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev George B Guild D Db The bride wore white silk poplin with fiberty silk trim and carried a white flower bouquet The maid of honor was Miss Ethel Payne sister of the groom The bearers were May Nyhart and Howard Griffin The groom's brother John Vipond and ushers JT Rowland Edward Bishop Harry Pond Howard Davis Charles Sharkey and J I Payne A reception followed at the Vipond home The couple departed early this morning for an extended wedding tour Mrs Payne formerly a city schoolteacher Mr Payne a partner in Hand Payne of Washington avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Vipond
Jonathan Vipond
Throop Street
Providence Presbyterian Church
George B. Guild
Ovear Payne
Misa Ethel Payne
May Nyhart
Howard Griffin
John Vipond
JT. Rowlaon
Edward Bishop
Harry Pond
Howard Davis
Charles Sharkey
J. I. Payne
Vipond
Blackmail charge in case before Judge Archbald
Miss Anna Potter a colored woman held on a writ of habeas corpus for attempting blackmail after alleging two clerks Lizzie Hills and Jessie Brown stole her pocketbook at Jones Long Sons. Alderman Ruddy testified Potter claimed Bam Porter urged the arrests to settle the case with payment. Judge Archbald found prima facie blackmail and kept bail at $500 from $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Potter
Jalil
R. W. Archbald
Miles Potter
Jonas Long
Lizzie Hills
Jessie Brown
John P. Kelly
Ruddy
Archbald
Miner Escapes Fatal Collapse At Mt Jessup Mine
Joseph Mulinski, a miner at Mt Jessup, was trapped in a fall yesterday afternoon. He suffered a skull fracture, deep head gashes, and a fractured right arm, and was brought by mine ambulance to Lackawanna hospital where doctors treated him. Doctors Wilson and Weisberg reported the head wound required about 100 stitches and that he was resting comfortably with optimism for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mulinski
Mt. Jessup
Lackawanna Hospital
Wilson
Weisberg
Tribune
Malinski
Tearing Down No 9 Building
County Treasurer M J Kelly started razing the No 9 school building after purchasing it from the school board. He will use the brick for his Capouse avenue bakery addition and the site must be cleared within fifteen days. Washburn Williams Co will start new construction afterward, likely not ready until end of the next school year. Temporary schools will operate in St Johns hall and the Haag building on Capouse avenue during next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 9
M. J. Kelly
Capouse Avenue
Washburn, Williams & Co
St. John's Hall
Haag Building
Oranges Picnic Goods Include Potted Meats and Joyful Delicacies
Local ad lists oranges and picnic supplies with car load items such as potted meats pressed turkey chicken and tongue at 25 40c and 12 10 15 30c respectively. Lagertown ginger ale sarsaparilla fruit syrups 25c or 2 75 per dozen. Fresh strawberries currants raspberries watermelons 25 35c. Order early.
Severe brief storm floods Lackawanna valley citywide damage
A brief but extreme storm struck the Lackawanna valley causing record rainfall of 1.42 inches in 45 minutes. Lightning hit the Lackawanna station and the DLW power house disabling dynamos, flooding basements, and tying trolley lines for an hour. Damage to buildings, sewers, and streets approached four hundred dollars with multiple locales affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Road
Lackawanna Station
Lackawanna Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Clark
Nay Arm
H. E. Paine
Lacka- Wann
Charles Shafer
Weston Mill
Trolley
Carbon Street
Linden Street
Wyoming Avenue
Board of Trade
D. J. Phillips
Goulil
Kaem
Ad4is Avenue
Alsa
Dalton
Lackawanna and
Western
Mt. Pleasant
L. Griffin
Clay Avenue
Summer Tours to the North by Pennsylvania Railroad in 1899
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two personally-conducted tours to Canada and Northern New York in summer 1899. The 17 day trip starts July 22 visiting Niagara Falls Toronto Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Rapids Quebec Lachine Saguenay Montreal and more at 125 dollars round trip. The 14 day August 12 trip excludes Lake St. John and Saguenay with a 100 dollar round trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Canada
New York
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Rapids
St. Lawrence
Quebec
St. John
Saguenay
Montreal
Au Boble Chasm
Lakes Champlain
George
Saratoga
Highlands
Hudson
Lake St. John
Sagueray
Broadway
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia
City Council Sets Talk on Sewer Specs and Posts
Tonight select council will consider changing South Side sewer specs to substitute brick for iron pipe to cut costs. Contractor Koons has signed a bond to bid under revised specs. City Engineer Phillind and South Side residents back the change. Noland Thomaus may be nominated for street commissioner. others seek the post. Also due is J Carpenter’s nomination as Sanderson avenue pavement inspector and a new itinerant merchants tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sie
Koons
Dunn Bros
Vorburg
Phillind
South Side
Noland Thomaus
Fourth Ward
Moyle
HB. T. Fellows
Richard Williams
J. Carpenter
Sanderson Avenue
Moir
Mayor Harding Dead In Pittston Appoints Succession Follows
Benjamin Harding, mayor of Pittston, died at Wilkes-Barre City Hospital from a kidney ailment after several years of illness. Born in 1804 in Timsbury England he settled in Pittston and became coal official before serving as mayor. Funeral planned Friday at 2 20 pm with viewing earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harding
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Timsbury
Somersetshire
England
Pennsylvania Coal Company
James
First Presbyterian Church
Florence
Jennie
North Main Street
H. ©. Cutler
Board of Trade
Keystone Lodge
No. 4
Sons of St. George
Harding
Fancy School Fence Painting Costs Questioned
Natlee objects to high bills from the board of control for school fence painting. Wartants not countersigned by Controller Howell include charges of $417.74 for paint and labor, with a contractor at $2 daily for forty seven days on a West Side fence. The Lehigh Valley Railroad catalogues Summer Tours with routes and rates, highlighting favored Lehigh routes and mountain lake and seaside resorts. Lane's offers wines and cigars at 20 Spruce Street in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natlee
Board of Control
Howell
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh
Pennsylvania Mountains
Charles 8. Lee
Cortlandt Street
New York
Warranted Syrup of Tar Refund Guarantee
A notice from Done & Son of Dunmore and John P Donahun Scranton promises refunds on a two bottle warranty for Greene’s Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. The ad asserts satisfaction or money back with specified bottle quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Done & Son
Dunmore
J John P
Donahun Scranton
Meeting at Armory Promises Broad Support Amid Strike Hope
Builders' Exchange mass meeting at the armory tonight will be presided by Judge M. H. Edwards with a long slate of speakers from Philadelphia Chicago Washington and local clergy. Honorary vice presidents include M. Hoban J. Demuth and J. Walker among many others. Some say the strike may end soon while others warn union resolve could endure longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Builders’ Exchange
Armory
Building Trades Council
MH. M. Edwards
James F. Mcttugh
Washington, D. C
J. McGuire
Philadelphia
A. C. Cattermull
Chicago
M. F. Conry
Samuel Sumter
P. J. McManus
JW. Spaulding
Thomas de Gruchy
William McGreevy
Messrs
J. F. Hammis
J. Z. Coolkin
P. F. Holton
Carpenters’ Hall
Sleepers and coaches to the West via Lackawanna and Nickel Plate
The article advertises Standard Pullman and Wegner cars plus luxurious vestibuled day coaches on daily runs from New York and Scranton to Chicago and the West via the Lackawanna and Nickel Plate roads. It touts comfort, low rates, and meals at Nickel Plate meal stations with colored porters and free porter service. It invites passengers to contact agents or F. J. Moore in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Lackawanna
Nickel Plate
Scranton
Binghamton
Elmira
Cleveland
Ft. Wayne
Nickel Plate Road
F. J. Moore
Nickel Pinte Road
Main St
Buffalo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norton’s
Lackawanna Avenue
the Griffin Art CO
Zog
Lackawanna Dairy CO
A. A. Lindabury
Hpm OmMeco
Connell Building
South Main Avenue
Scranton Transfer Co
Hugh J. Keenan
United States
Lacka. Ave
Ackawanna
Aundry
Mrs. Winslow
Payne-Vipond
Miss Potter
Hotel
Jermyn
Fancy
Italy
E. G
Coursen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kor
Deccham
Mayor Harding
Lehigh Valley
Lane's
Spruce Street
M. J. Hoban
Rogers Israc
K.W. Archbald
Fred W. Gunster
L. A. Watres
Willam Connell
J. C. Vaughan
J. KR. Farr
C. KB. Pryor
John Copeland
Giles Roberts
W. Roberts
John Demuth
William Koch
Frederick Warnke
Thomas Thintell
James Moir
Edmund J. Robinson
Eldras Howell
A. A. Wortburg
Joseph Phillips
T. J. O'Toyte
T. J. Jackson
Frank Robling
John J. Walker
I. DeLacy
J. McManus
C. C. Donovan
Harvey J. Blackwood
C. T. Boland
George BK. Watrehild
George W
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Emerson
Clarke Bros
Victor
J. C. Williams & Bro
Scranton, PA
Felton
Roger Bros
Davidow Bros., Jewelers
Lackawanna Ave
Schank & Spencer
Bell & Skinner
Independence
Matthews Bros
Hand & Payne
Maw Hl
Squxee
Sos
Washington Ave
Penn Avenue
Law & Price
Conrad, Hatter
Wyoming Avs
Maloney Oil and Manufacturing
Maridian Stray
Soragtay
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