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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale notices indicate correspondence should be sent to Mr GC R Munn on Salem avenue and Church attestation to receive items. For regular delivery complaints contact J Roberts news agent.
Edward A Hutchison representing Van Osten's Three Star Comedy Company traveled by special car from Ontario and Western to Read ing. They perform all next week at the opera house with daily matinees. A Sunday special train brings the company to town for the free concert by the orchestra at the Grand Monday afternoon. The all women orchestra offers the first Monday matinee in the city.
The city reports the engagement of Dr W H McGraw to Miss Nellie Horgan of Elmira. Nellie, an accomplished young woman and organist at Elmira’s Roman Catholic church, has visited the Madigan home several times. The wedding is planned for a rose month.
The Board of Trade announces arrangements for Hon. Freeman Otis Willey to lecture in the opera house Friday evening. His address on The Future of Labor and Capital is an authoritative topic. Admission is free, with expenses paid by private subscription.
Mrs A Griffin of Wilkes-Barre returns from Washington street visit while Mrs Lina Kelerer of Buffalo with three daughters is reported missing for a week. Several households host visitors, and Miss Rhoda Lewis shows improvement after paralysis. A Fortnight club group visits Farview to view ice formations and a ladies’ trip travels to Farview to admire nature’s winter scenes.
The Mayfield council met in special session to finish year work as of 1889. A street committee note finds no entries in minutes on who moved the road from the Lewis residence to the current site. An article claims the Ontario and Western railroad altered the street and promised to restore it. Mr Place says the company laid a new road on Witmore land without consent while Witmore was away. After discussion, the matter continued.
The committee was instructed to place the matter in the hands of the borough attorney to investigate. They were also told to notify the surveyor of John B. Smith's land and Mr. Whitmore to meet them to locate a road on Smith Street for local convenience. The Ontario and Western railroad sidewalk on Wreaker Street was reported in bad shape and the secretary ordered to notify the company.
Priceburg notes Johnsons No 1 and 2 collieries have started eight hour work days. George O Hara of Main street is back at work after foot injury in the slope breaker. About thirty new members entered Primitive Methodist church on probation. Odd Fellows bell on Lincoln street nears completion. Mable and Sadie Howe of Dutch Gap visited friends in town.
An advertisement asserts most diseases stem from weak digestion and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe fast relief and cure. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. H. W. Lee of Rochester praising the product for lasting relief and urges readers to request a booklet from Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
A Philadelphia Time report notes New York protests a milk trust while Scranton adopts a centralized creamery and depot. The syndicate eliminates competition, trims workers, lowers prices to five and six cents, pays producers more, and saves distribution costs. The move could spread to other cities.
Train departures from Wilkes-Barre include 7.30 a.m. on weekdays to Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg West. A 10.15 a.m. weekday service goes to Hazleton Pottsville Reading Norristown Philadelphia and Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg. A 3.12 p.m. daily run serves Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg West. The 5.00 p.m. weekday service goes to Hazleton and Pottsville.
Train schedule details for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna division list stations in New Jersey and New York. Times show departures to Pittston Lakewood Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth and Baltimore with varying express options and Sunday services.
Information covers departures from New York City terminals to Pottsville and return, and Philadelphia connections. Notes include express and parlor car options, Sunday schedules, and special connections with elevated railways, ferries, and the Long Island Railroad. Listing credits Baldwin and Olhausen as ticket agents and general superintendents.
Trains depart Boranton with various eastbound and westbound services. Expresses to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South depart at 6.45 10.00 and 12.55 a m and 5 00 p m with additional evening options. Connections at Buffalo Northumberland and Williamsport listed alongside local accommodations and coaches. For timetable details contact M L Smith District passenger Agent at the depot ticket office.
Railroad timetable listings show departures to Albany Saratoga Montreal and Boston with Lehigh Valley and Black Diamond Express services. Scranton arrivals include Carbondale connections and western Pennsylvanian routes. notices advise Western and Southern resort traffic and ticket office details.
Fragmented timetable text shows Lehigh Valley Railroad routes linking Anthracite coal areas with Philadelphia and New York via Diamond Express lines. Mentions Pittston Wilkes-Barre Bethlehem Easton Harrisburg and connections through Tunkhannock Towanda Elmira Ithaca Geneva and principal intermediates.
Fragmentary text mentions rates and savings related to Carie 4 Western and a senator named Jane Aa r. Pass and Awl Sureotu. Details are unclear.
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