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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
2
A popular clearing house advertises housing rentals property sales and job wants. It promotes low-cost notices and lists opportunities including a salary claim for a travel position at Harricon House.
The Tribune reports a forthcoming high class lecture and entertainment series in Carbondale organized by prominent local young men. Planned acts include Elias Day the impersonator and Mara the magician, with Ernest Gamble Concert Company and notable speakers such as Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr. Champ Clark John Temple Graves and General John B. Gordon. Details will follow as plans mature.
The Wilkes-Barre News reports Aleck Copeland, famed Delaware and Hudson engineer, and his former fireman Commodore Sampson visiting Wilkes-Barre from Carbondale. They toured the square and watched the Susquehanna, Sampson marveling at the water as Copeland jokes about chowder from the bay’s northern arm near the bend.
On Her Vacation. Miss Teresa Tighe of Carbondale Telephone is on her summer break. Miss Tighe is the exchange operator replacement during the vacation period. Miss Stellan Morgan will be engaged at the exchange for the summer months while the vacation season lasts.
Tony Villote, the man arrested on the charge connected to merchant Mike Bonnett, was discharged. Details of the disposition were not specified in the brief report.
An old ad touts Allen's Foot Ease for swollen feet and nerve pain with easy erection. It promises to cool smarting feet, relieve sweating, ingrown nails, blisters, corns, and pain from tight shoes. Sample offered by mail from Le Roy with branding and trial pack details.
Alderman Delavan discharged a charge of larceny by bailee after it emerged the sale of a goose occurred in a different location and the alderman ruled the case should have begun in the appropriate court.
The article extols Patrolman William McAndrew as a model of strength and modesty in Carbondale policing, praising his steady judgment and popular regard. It also profiles local figures Nic of Sixth Avenue and Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Hall for community leadership and civic involvement.
John Kelly of Fallbrook Street leaves for Ireland yesterday to visit Dublin Belfast and Cork. The journey aims to explore major cities of the Emerald Isle with an expected absence of several weeks.
The annual meeting scheduled for Tuesday of the Anthra cite Land Improvement company was postponed due to an incurring plumber present to form a quorum.
The executive committee of the late firemen's picnic meets at Columbia Hose House this evening at 8 o'clock to settle event finances and finalize closing procedures.
The Lackawanna Encampment No. 116 invites members to tonight's gathering, with session notes and initiation rites planned by the local branch of the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
A semicolon centennial effort plans a bound history of Carbondale titled Centennial Souvenir. It will feature half tone cuts of historic sites like Old Log Tavern and the first Trinity church, with funds aiding the general fund. Contributions include 100 from National Bank and 100 from Miners’ and Mechano Bank as the reunion committee prepares invitations and speakers.
Despite many efforts to locate Dannie Meredith the Wert Scranton lad drowned at Lake Lodore last Monday the body remains unfound. Divers failed to locate the corpse and attempts with hooks dynamite and heavy equipment yielded no results as efforts continue with Mr Jordan Lake Lodore Company supplying manpower to exhaust all means.
A camping party left this morning for Lakewood for a two week outing. The group includes Miss Olive Pengelly Meyrtle Pengelly Leng Histed Anna Osborne Jesse Pengelly Florence Geborne Anna May Pengelly. Chaperones are Mr and Mrs Joseph Legar Jr and Mr and Mrs William Foster. The Foster sons accompany them.
John T. Roberts, formerly of this city and a passenger mail agent on the Delaware and Hudson road between Wilkes-Barre and Nineveh, is confined to his Scranton rooms with a severe heart neuralgia attack. He remains in a dangerous condition as Carbondale friends hope for recovery.
A.B. Lewnsley in charge of races and other sports for the union Sunday school picnic at Lake Lodade reports many entries in various events. The athletics promise to be a standout feature of the excursion and all entries should be submitted promptly to Mr. Lewnsley.
Mrzs Mame Maxwell, longtime clerk at Subboys shop, will soon leave to join her parents Mr and Mrs J F P Maxwell. Her friends regret her departure as she was a leading Adelphi club member.
Jacob Snyder of Scranton, a veteran court clerk, was in town yesterday on business. He is noted for frequent visits among old friends in Carbondale, where he once resided.
County Detective William A. Phillips of Heranton called at Carbondale yesterday on business connected with the district attorney's office.
Mrs Mellen and Mrs C O Mellen were affected by heat on Tuesday afternoon but both are reported much better today with improved condition expected after a few days rest and rent considerations.
The Dundaff Methodist Church hosts a sermon series led by Rev. Manuel, focusing on the life of Christ and its lessons for daily faith and service. Members are invited to attend services and continue study sessions.
Rivera will begin next Sunday a series of six Sunday morning sermons on the Life of Christ. He is a young man of pleasing address and the services should be largely attended.
John D. Nealon sold an undivided one half interest in South Main street property secured on the ground floor by T. Walker & Co. M. A. Wals of Providence purchased the half for $3,400. The property has been greatly improved with the upper floor converted into several flats.
William Tavis of Belmont street was operated on by Dr. J. G. Harper yesterday morning. It was the second operation within six weeks for the same trouble. About seventeen quarts of water were removed. The patient rallied very encouragingly after the procedure.
A surprise party was hosted at Miss Edith Carey's Brook Street home on Wednesday night with games music and a luncheon. Flash light photos were taken to commemorate the gathering. The mid summer Recherche dancing class dance at Burke hall was postponed one week for limited attendance. Attendees at a Crystal last night dance included George Colvin William Price Fred Spell Charles Evans and Joseph Mannion.
Scranton and Carbondale residents visit and stay with friends in town while others tour cities and towns. Notables include Miss Marie Drennan visiting New York, Miss Sarah Kilcoyne vacationing locally, and Mrs. G M Hull with Agnes Hull at Port Alleghany. Various residents plan excursions and trips to New Jersey, Chicago, and beyond.
Mrs Patrick Wynn of Jermyn dies at home on South Main Street aged sixty six born in Ireland in 185? and immigrated in 1882. Funeral planned with a requiem mass at Sacred Heart and burial at St Rose Carbondale. Jermyn principal Prof. WH N Barrett praised for three year term, resignation to Laneshore later reversed. Other notes include Mrs D P Steveker attending State Water Works meeting in Atlantic City and a monthlong visit by Mrs Fred Ottamun and Hannah Hollenback to Stroudsburg area. Samuel Shoemaker visits with Police Chief McGinley. Primitive Methodist Sunday School to picnic at Crystal Lake August 1. Various local visitors from Scranton and Pittsburg area noted. several families entertaining guests.
The report notes an afternoon matchup at the park where the Browns face the Pittston Brothers. It mentions Mrs. Mary McAndrew of Dunmore Street as in critical condition and Minnie Davis of Ashley visiting relatives in the area. The Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational Sunday gathering is also referenced.
The United Mine Workers of America announce a banner excursion from Peckville to Lake Lodore today with special trains leaving the Delaware and Hudson depot at 7 40 AM. Ontario and Western Station Agent G B Reed and Andrew Beattys are fishing near Hancock on the Delaware River.
A man named Pentecost was struck by a runaway car at Ontario Colliery on the calm plane yesterday afternoon. He sustained a broken leg and severe bruises and was rushed to Lackawanna Hospital for treatment.
The funeral for Engineer William May, killed when thrown from his engine last Friday, was held at his Clark's Green home. Rev T W Warnock led services with choir from the Methodist church and tributes from local brotherhoods and orders. Interment followed in Clark's Green cemetery. wife and three children survive.
Moosic shows Ruth Tock visiting friends in Stroudsburg. Mr Snyder and children stay in Ciraceraly this week. Presbyterian Sunday school at Mountain Park today. Mrs Martin’s daughter dies after brief illness. Miss Linea Barger visits Pittston at Peter Wilson home. Mrs Williams visits Stroudsburg. Frank Johnson hosts friends Monday. N nun with initials M G S found. return to Ethel Tregellis. John Roberts comments housekeeping in new Minooka Avenue home.
The New York Evening Poet notes Professor Caborn, aided by a museum fund, led two expeditions to locate fossil horses. The Texan party unearthed three skulls of Protohippus with limb feet and backbone elements, marking a notable stage in paleontological discovery.
The article discusses skull finds and the search for protohorses in the Pliocene era. Protoehipine is named as an immediate ancestor to true horses, while Hippurton is reinterpreted as a side line. All recent research locates the true horse phylum in North America.
The Philadelphia Times reports a western city mayor urging editors to curb sensational crime details to avoid public harm. Psychologists note reading about sensational acts can push vulnerable readers toward suicide or crime, urging dignified reporting focused on facts.
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