This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1899
Page
10
A Scranton department store advertises dainty shirt waist sets in large lots with low prices, plus remnant sales on dress goods and silks. It touts inexpensive muslin underwear, 25 cent leather belts, and a dining offer claiming home cooking quality with a fifty cent value.
Jonas Long's Sons awarded the sewer extension project in the borough to George Leighton of Dalton pa. The 3250 foot main runs along Warren Harrison Washington Marion and Railroad streets with a 57 foot Church street spur. Eight manholes to be built and materials labor itemized with daily engineer pay. Work to start soon.
Carbon dale council debates reconsideration on placing a receptacle for health board funds and a Lackawanna club partition cost. Motions to concur with elect council actions fail. Advisory items include a $26 decoration grant for Municipal Building and water rate contracts referred to committee. Local residents report road concerns on Ninth Avenue and ongoing street work plans.
Mrs. Cutler of Binghamton visits Carbondale relatives while Herbert Histed of Maple Avenue plans a Maple summer. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns return from Scranton. Mrs. Regan of Prompton visits Mrs. Cushine. Mrs. Kimble and daughter Connie of Honesdale visit Mrs. Kaer. James family vacationing in Rileyville. Edwin Colvin returns to York state after visiting his brother on Oak Avenue. Will O Malley of Butte visits cousin John O Malley on Pike Street. Mrs. Glahn of Philadelphia visiting brother Gillman on Thorn Street and plans a Honesdale vacation. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Sturans on Thorn Street cuts his leg. Marriage license issued to Brennan and Neary. Powderly mine suspends operations until further notice. A measles case reported on Porte Avenue. Helen Mabel Wood entertains at Second Presbyterian Church. Misses Morrison Murphy Neulon Murphy Hoylan and Riley visit Crystal Lake. Scurry family and Hazel Gardner to Ocean Grove. Lulu Reynolds among seventh graders with perfect attendance. Improvements on Mrs. Hoyle’s Burkett Street home completed. Adage on prudent living promotes planning and forethought. Chamberlain’s remedy recommended. Sold by druggists and Matthew Bros.
Montrose residents hear of visits from Miss Maud McKeage of Clarksville Pa. to Mrs BR McCausland. Miss Minnie Pettis visits Scranton. Miss Mary Barney tours Philadelphia. The M E church Ladies Aid hold a lawn festival at Mrs C W Hoyt’s near Jones Lake. Hillings Stroud dies aged citizen. Grace Titman returns from Auburn. Mrs Ernest Murdock of Rochester NY visits Aunt Mrs Margaret Lyons. Presbyterian Sunday School picnic at Heart Lake. G C Burns and family visit Susquehanna. Anna Reine of New York visits Miss Lela Hawley at Maple Grove Farm.
Mr. G M Tingley of Gibson Pennsylvania, a student at East Stroudsburg Normal School, revisits his sister Mrs. J N Balley as workmen of the Spring Brook Water project provide context.
Fire officials responded to box 32 with a bucket brigade saving the shanty owned by Martin Williams on Ridge Street. A wedding at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage united Miss Elizabeth Parker and Mr John Thomas. Local social visits, lodge meetings, and upcoming events fill the day in Taylorville and nearby towns.
The Jermany and Mayfield school board held a special meeting with full attendance. Miss Myra Mullen was elected to a vacant teaching post over three other applicants after Miss Eliza Osborne resigned. The janitor was re elected and bids for painting and repairs will be bid with specifications. Local notices report a London death in the Penny family and various town happenings including travel and social events.
The Friends of Sister Mary Timothy announce her death in Oregon on Sunday. Formerly Miss Mary Wattes she lived in town most of her life and joined the order six years ago. The report notes her courage in extending the order westward and her battle with lung trouble leading to decline. Also covered is the marriage of Miss Margaret McCracken to Robert Bothwick in Binghamton, with details on their ages and trip to avoid difficulties. Additional items mention visits and illnesses among local residents, including Jim Trey and Howard Luckey’s arm injury, and social travels of Mrs Dixon and others.
A severe storm hit the season with large hailstones and a dramatic rescue near Winola pavilion. Admiral Carey made a business trip to Wilkes Barre, while a dock was built for his launch. A pavilion worker slipped and fell into the water, but was saved by Carey with a boat hook.
A vintage advertisement offers a reward of one hundred dollars for an incurable case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors and cites Wess & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin as Toledo wholesalers. The copy promotes internal use and reviews Hall's family pills.
The coach horse of J. D. Peck died Saturday. Markon Nosarschock avoided street labor when the borough failed to compel him to work, citing fear of escape. Residents visiting kin in Pittston and Scranton are noted, with illnesses and travel updates. A hotel on the East Side was entered at 6:20 AM by a thief rummaging the barroom, with Peter Gaughan occupying the premises.
A man smashed a door to seize the price and eject the visitor. Godfrey then immediately obtained a warrant for Gaughan's arrest, advancing the case.
A Monday evening Methodist church meeting appointed all committees for the Fourth celebration. The event is billed as Moscow's greatest, with streets expected to be crowded by patriots and the old bell to ring. The town also saw Mrs. Walters laid to rest in Madisonville. Miss Allen and Miss Kennedy visited, W A DePew repaints his house, and a Madisonville Telephone company meeting was held. D J Clouse toured Scranton, and Mrs Skilthorn installed Moscow lodge officers.
The Toronto Globe reports Rev S Ross McClement, former East Side Presbyterian pastor, departs for New York and Europe on July 1 after a successful Pittston pastorate. He will lead First Presbyterian Rutherford New Jersey later. salary noted at 1700 annually, with private means. The tale includes church growth, organ installation valued at $3000, and McClement’s return plans.
A bride and husband tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They stop before an Egyptian princess mummy as the wife recoils while the husband notes the beauty of the past. The piece shifts to testimonials praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s illnesses with patient letters and claims of wide success.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.