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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
7
Carbondale announces J. B. Vannan Jr. will move to Providence soon. He serves on the school board from the First, Second, Fifth and Sixth wards, leaving a vacancy the board must fill. With Democrats in the majority, Republicans foresee a five Democrat one Republican directorate.
A quiet Tuesday evening ceremony united Misa Annie Healey and Joseph Flannigan at St Rose Church at 6 o clock. They were attended by a small circle of friends and later enjoyed a valley drive and a wedding supper at the bride’s Hospital street home.
Postmaster Thomas Warren was in New York yesterday. H F Clark has taken charge of the new cash drug rere. Frank Belcher has returned to Alaska. Mrs J E Bure attends the D A R convention in Washington D C. James Rutherford was in Scranton on business yesterday. Mrs H R Lathrope visiting Green Ridge. Miss Louise Slocum to perform at Scranton Conservatory concert. Mrs C I Munn and daughter return from six week visit to Syracuse and Nineveh. Dr Wehlau saw G W Reynolds who is very ill with pneumonia. Hood's Sarsaparilla claim and Hood's Pills ad copy.
Mrs. William Bell returned from Philadelphia after visiting her daughter Mrs. W. F. Kilhour. The Blakely board of health will meet at the council rooms this evening. An entertainment titled Mother and Father Clause drew a large crowd at Piremen's hall last night. The Methodist Episcopal church society expects a neat sum from the event. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Koup of North reported H. BR. Thompson has been homebound several days due to illness.
In Susquehanna county main street work plans mention removal to Jackson soon. The echo of the Central building was replicated yesterday while the fur naves received essential repairs. Miss Oriana Williama is recovering from recent rooms, Mrs. C. H. Beattys and son Andrew were Scranton visitors Wednesday.
The annual St David's day entertainment under the Temple of Love No. 7 opens at 8 o'clock in the Welsh Congregational church with a varied program. Admission is 15 cents. Local officials discuss Dr J W Houser possible sheriff candidacy. Other items include Knights of the Golden Eagle meeting, church carpet preparations, Ash Wednesday Lent services, Jr O U A M meeting, and property moves in Courtright and Jenkins buildings.
Members marshal efforts for an afternoon and evening eisteddfod at the Susquehanna Street Baptist church. Sessions begin at 2 and 7 with a mixed chorus competition led by William Evans and judges including Rev J Thomas. Prizes await choirs from Baptist, St Patrick’s and Methodist churches.
A notice urges cancer patients to consult Henry Smith of Jermyn who claims to remove tumors without cutting. For references contact Mrs. Barnabas Carter of Jermyn, from whom he reportedly removed three cases.
Special to The Beranton Tribune from Honesdale reports dentist C R Hirady has come back from a visit to Florida. The article notes Alfred Schuller, longtime employee at National Elevator works, has left his position.
William Morris of 330 Lackawanna Avenue, a Morris Brothers boot and shoe firm member, attests that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his back pain. He urges others with similar complaints to try the remedy, noting it is sold by all dealers at 0 cents and that Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the sole U.S. agent.
The Erie shops at the city will be materially enlarged and improved in the spring. An Erie excursion to New York is planned for March 6 and a large summer excursion program is being arranged. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway sprinkles tracks with oil to reduce dust, enhancing passenger comfort.
Mrs Edward Pentecost and two children visit in Forest City at the Jennings home on Delaware Street. Grace McCabe wed Leo Dunleavy at St Agnes Church with reception at the bride’s parents home. Mrs Hattie Burgees and Rev Martin Fleming visit relatives here. WCTU canvasses for Topeka Capitol subscriptions at 2 1/2 cents weekly in March edited by Rev Charles M Sheldon.
Morning brief reports Garney & Company arrangements in New York. Miss Bue Keene hosts Miss Elizabeth Enover of Scranton for a week. Martha Washington supper at Presbyterian chapel earned 477.33 in net receipts. The Doctor's Warm Reception roars at the opera house next Tuesday March 6 led by Wille Akerstrom. Elizabeth Bentley returns home after six weeks away. An Odd Fellows encampment lodge with over fifty charter members founded at Pleasant Mount Wayne county under Samuel Meredith as first treasurer of the United States.
After a brief illness Lewis R. Pettit, age 70, longtime Susquehanna engineer for the Delaware and Hudson and former fireman, died at 11 p.m. He leaves a widow and two children, Miss Emins Pettit and Mrs. Edward Emery. Funeral plans pending.
A dense list of local classifieds offers rentals and property exchanges. Entries include for rent at various streets, farm and house listings, store rental, and employment requests for cooks, laundry workers, a milliner, trimmer, and housekeeper with addresses and contact cues.
A block of three brick houses near the court is offered for sale at a fraction of its value. Listed price is 16 000 dollars with only 3 000 dollars cash to be paid, and 6 percent interest cited. Potential buyer to contact R Koehler at 637 Linden Street for details. Also offered is a two seated family sleigh for sale by J L Connell at 115 Franklin Avenue.
An Albany dairyman called a local drugstore for a doctor to treat his gravely ill child with croup. After purchasing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and returning later, the child improved and the doctor was not needed. The family then recommended the remedy to neighbors. Matthews Bros. distribute it to druggists.
Bon Ton Stock company performs Love and War at the Academy of Music this evening. Daniel Frohman brings A Colonial Girl to the Lyceum with a Remsen mansion secret passage to the Hudson. The dramatic climax features Godfrey Remsen vanishing into a clock case and emerging from a tunnel mouth.
Collage of old classified ads and notices including a employment offer for a hustling salesman and a partner in a furnishing and hat business, an energetic school supplies salesman, and a Pennsylvania representative position. Also a Fountain Bath Rush Co invitation a medal cure ad and a stockholders meeting for Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company. A theater tour note for the Academy of Music is included.
A listing of local professionals and firms in Scranton including architects Edward H. Davis and others, dentists, lawyers, physicians, a hotel, and suppliers. Names, addresses, and offices span Lackawanna and Washington avenues, Mears and Commonwealth buildings, and nearby streets. Notable entries include lawyers Bourke, Replogle, Donahoe. physicians Allen and L'amorfaun. and J. Kuettel maker of wire screens.
A Lyceum production of Way Down East uses electric effects to simulate wind and snow in a kitchen set. Apparatus ten feet above the floor creates whirling wind past a door and window, with papers dropping from a box and galt streaming from cylinders as snow blows through the scene. Cole Johnson’s big company in A Trip to Coontown is noted for its departure from prior colored shows and its distinctive approach.
Historic notices record Central Railroad of New Jersey stations in New York near Liberty Street and at South Ferry and Whitehall. Timetables show outbound trains from Beranton to New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia Easton Allentown Mauch Chunk White Haven with morning and afternoon departures and Sunday service to Baltimore and Ocean Grove.
On February 6 trains depart Scranton toward Albany Saratoga Montreal Boston New England and more with limited Sunday service. Timings include 6.20am 10.13am 2.28pm 4.08pm 6.25pm and late connections via Lackawanna Valley Railroad and Black Diamond Express. Arrivals from Carbondale Wilkes-Barre and the South listed, with lowest rates to all U.S. and Canada points. J Burdick and H W Cross are agents.
Lehigh Valley Railroad service details list trains from Scranton to New York via D R R and D H R with Black Diamond Express options. Timings include 6.45 am 12.03 pm 4.27 pm and 11.30 pm on Sundays, plus connections to Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and Geneva Rochester Buffalo Niagara Falls. Agents L H W, C S Lee, A W Nonnemacher coordinate tickets and Pullman reservations from Scranton and South Bethlehem.
Time table dated February 7 1990 lists trains from Scranton to Hawley and intermediate points. No 2 Accommodation departs 6 a m and No 4 Express departs 12 01 p m with Haw ley connection to Erie Railroad for New York Newburg Honesdale and other intermediate points.
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