City awards 1000 feet hose contract to Fire Fabric Hose
In Carbondale the city council awarded 1000 feet of hose at 75 cents per foot to the Fire Fabric Hose Company of New York represented by F R M Vannan. The selectmen also heard Mrs Brennan’s $26.45 bill for vegetables ruined by the sewer overflow and referred it to the committee. A Columbia Hose Company request to cut lower windows at the hose house was referred as well.
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Fire Fabric Hose Company
New York
FR. M. Vannan
Columbia Hose Company
Main Street
Death of Mrs Walsh in South Side home
Mire. Anthony Walsh nee ONeil died after a several month illness. Born locally thirty years ago she married three years ago and leaves two sons aged 2 years and 7 months. Funeral is set for 9 20 Wednesday morning with a mass of requiem.
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Anthony Walsh
O'Neil
City Health Report Shows February in Good Health
The health department’s February report indicates the city remained in good health with twenty three total deaths. Of these, five were due to a contagious disease diphtheria, and a few typhoid fever cases were recorded.
Notable Local Social Notes and Moves
Robert Styier and Arthur Dilts of New York City have returned home after visiting friends here. Mrs. Benjamin Brownell also returns from a visit at Dun cum. John Clune, a Dundaff street merchant, is confined at home with ill nose. Miss Minnie Dennis entertains Miss Florence Rockwell of Honesdale. The Walt house on Lincoln avenue, formerly Cycle club site damaged by fire, is being remodelled and to be occupied April 1 by Mrs. Webb of Smrenson Place. Mrs. G F Swigert recovering from pneumonia. Thomas Durfee has moved to Owego NY to live with his brother. Miss Mabel Case entertaining Miss William Slawson of Port Jervis. The funeral of Stanley La France was largely attended at the Presbyterian church. Samuel Smalls visiting old friends in this city.
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Robert Styier
Arthur Dilts
New York City
Benjamin Brownell
Duncum
John Clune
Dundaff Street
Illnose
Minnie Dennis
Florence Rockweil
Honesdale
Walt
Lincoln Avenue
Cycle Club
Webb
Smrenson Place
G. F. Swigert
Thomas Durfee
Clvy
Owego
N.Y
Mabel Case
Park Street
Illian Slawson
Port Jervis
Stanley la France
Jermyn and Mayfield Borough Council Reorganization
The Jermyn Mayfield borough council met in a special session with all but one member present. Theron Moon was named chairman and John F. Jones secretary by acclamation, and Thomas Z. Williams named treasurer. A vote on street commissioner favored Williams over Cremer. Carey and Mullholland were chosen borough attorney. The clerk read credentials as new members were sworn in amid notes on the year's health and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Ginedic
Thoren Moon
John TR. Tomes
Efeoie
Theron Moon
Dunn
Pavia
Stanton
Rawling
Wheeler
Albert Moon
Badger
Nicholson Kealner
Willams
Lans
Pred Cremer
Geven Foy Avery
TF. W. Mullholland
Brranton
Carey
Badeer
Death of an Estimable Woman in Rendham
Mrs Elizabeth Crockrell wife of Willian Crockrell mine foreman Rendham died yesterday at age 4 She was a kind neighbor and active Stewart Memorial church member Her funeral is set for tomorrow with interment at Forty Fort Evangelistic services in town attracted large crowds at Presbyterian and Calvary Baptist churches The Loyal Legion youth group organized meetings continue through March 25 A chicken supper fund raiser will help liquidate church expenses Also note: telegram from New York confirms Private John Powells body arrived from Manila and DLW company pays February wages for employees in February
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Elizabeth Crockrell
Willian Crockrell
Rendham
Stewart Memorial Church
Forty Fort
Main
Oak Streets
Loyal Legion Committee
Young Men's Christian Association
Presbyterian and
Calvary Baptist Churches
Presbyterian Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Armstrong
Misson
Edith
Gertrude Watkins
William Jones
Methodist Episcopal Church
Consgregation
New York
John Powell
Manila
Taylor, Pyne and Helden Mines
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
T. L. Jones
Main Street
T. Cushing Jones
Scranton
Borough Council Hears Street Car Switch Proposal
The street car company sought a switch opposite the post office but the matter was left to the burgess and street committee after protests from Dunn and Davis. The issue dropped to the next meeting.
Mining Worker's Injury and Local Theater Listings
Thomas Richards, a miner in No 2 mine, was badly hurt when a coal fragment lodged in his hip after lighting a fuse. He was taken home, then to Lackawanna Hospital for operation. Also, Lyman Twine In A Merry Chase comes to Father Mathew opera house Thursday night and other local events and council updates are noted with community notices and schedules.
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Thomas Richards
No. 2
Richards
Bell Street
Lackawanna Hospital
Lyman Twine
Father Mathew Opera House
The
Blakely Baptist Church
Dakely
Father Mathew Dramacvie Society
Opera House
Agnes Martin
Carbondale
Toston
EM Longacre
Hyde Park
Mary Mason
Lacka- Wihha Street
Tda White
Ellen Mahon
Williiam Clarke
Green Ridge
Chester Adair
Susquehanna Strat
Burgess McNulty
Steven Reap
T. B. Brown
Joseph McMeans
Lawler
Gallagher
Foley
Brown
Gillespie
Marke
Meiligrew
Dalton School hosts joint society session Friday evening
The Hawthorne and Emerson Literary societies of the Dalton High School hold a joint session in the Hiwi building this Friday night March 5. A varied program of essays dialogues recitations and duets is planned with an admission fee of 15 cents for the benefit of the school. A concluding debate on self defense features seniors on the affirmative and post graduates on the negative. All invited.
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Hawthorne and
Emerson
Dalton Hici
Hiwi
Beneft
Local Briefs from Clark's Summit and Surrounds
Kerk, the son of Mr and Mrs William Pile, died Sunday evening. A prayer meeting is at 1 p.m. today at the house. Interment will be at Sterling Warren tomorrow. Mrs M A Hufford is improving from severe burns.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cuts Doctor Bills
A resident states the Chamberlain's Cough Remedy keeps a bottle on hand and since using it when cold or ill they avoid doctors and large bills. The testimonial from A. B. Meurkle of Mattie Ledford county Pa notes its curative merit and mentions Matthews Bros as wholesale and retail agents.
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Chamberlain
Meurkle
Mattie
Ledford County
All Crue Gifts
Matthews Bros
Theatrical Clash over A Trip to Coontown at Academy of Music
A company of colored performers led by Cole and Johnson blocked A Trip to Coontown at the Academy of Music last night. The show blends vaudeville and farce with singing and dancing, offering cakewalkless numbers unusual for its era.
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Cole and Johnson
Coontown
Academy of Music
Burlesque Boom At Gaiety With Sam Jack Company
The Bam T. Jack Burlesque company returns to the Gaiety theater drawing full houses with a revised act. Notable acts include Mabel Hazleton Beatrice contortionist Mabel Hagleton and partner Miss Head and the new sketch The Thespian and the Messenger Boy. Calamity Jane Jennie Lamont and Ed Morris headline the closing burlesque A Hot Time In Alaska. The Sam T. Jack company also performs at the Gaiety today and tomorrow.
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Bam T. Jack Burlesque Company
Gaiety Theater
Mabel Hazleton
Goolmans
Maddox
Wayne
M'lle Beatrice
Mabel Hagleton
Miss Head
Alaska
Jennie Lamont
Ottumwa Quartette to Perform at Lyceum Wednesday
The Ottumwa Quartette of Chicago will headline the ninth entertainment in the popular course at the Lyceum theater on Wednesday evening. A May 3 1899 dispatch notes the group, with Miss Jessie Kleinman, attracted a Belleview audience with eleven numbers, doubling the program.
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Ottumwas Quartette Company
Chicago
Lyceum Theater
Pitsburg Dispatch
Masonic Hall
Belleview
The Only Way Opens at Lyceum with Miller Star
Henry Miller stars as Sydney Carton in The Only Way at the Lyceum. The fresh adaptation of Dickens A Tale of Two Cities has drawn acclaim in London and New York for its dramatic scale and vivid Paris mob tribunal finale. The cast includes J. H. Stoddart D. H. Harkins Pyron Douglas Joseph Brennan and others.
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Lyceum
Henry Miller
Sydney Carton
Charles Dickens
England
London
New York
Mr. Miller
J. H. Stoddart
D. H. Harkins
Pyron Douglas
Joseph Brennan
H. A. Weaver, Jr
William Haworth
Earle Brown
Margaret Dale
Gertrude Finney
King of the Opium Ring heads to Academy of Music
The Chinese American play King of the Opium Ring plays the last three days at the Academy of Music after a six week New York run. Authors Blaney and Taylor chronicle life in San Francisco's Chinatown, depicting a twenty year opium ring terror and a grand scenically staged production.
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Academy of Music
New York
Chas. E. Blaney
Charles A. Taylor
San Francisco
Chinatown
Pacific Coast
Persevere and Prosper Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad
Bold advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula blood humors and various ailments. Claims include relief from salt rheum pimples and dyspepsia with Hood's Pills offered for a dime. Ends with assurance it never disappoints and strengthens energy.
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Hood
The People's Exchange Real Estate and Help Ads
The advertisement notice describes a clearinghouse for rental real estate and sales or exchanges. It notes rates of one cent per word or six insertions for five cents per word and offers free insertion for situations wanted. It promotes a collaborative marketplace for all readers seeking housing, property, or employment help.
For Rent and Help Wanted Classified Items
A dense column of rental notices lists single and furnished houses with addresses in Carbonale and nearby areas. Multiple storefronts and stores for rent in Opera House Block Cartondale. Help wanted sections seek grocer clerk butcher and general domestic workers with contact notes and references.
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Opera House
Cartondale
Ann
Avis
Byrne & Mitchell
Carbondale
Hox
Priceburg, Pa
For Sale Items in Local Notices
For sale single spring wagon with pole in good condition at 10 Pitts ton avenue. For sale nine room house with all improvements, possession at once by Mrs. C. J. Carter at 8 Myrtle Street. For sale cheap two seated family sleigh by J. L. Connell at 115 Franklin Avenue.
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Ron
Pittston Avenue
C. J. Carter
Myrtle Street
J. L. Connell
Franklin Avenue
Scranton Business Directory Snippet Listings
A dense listing of professionals and firms in Scranton including auditors lawyers physicians dentists architects and merchants with addresses on Wyoming and Lackawanna Avenues Washington Avenue and nearby streets. Notable names include Edward H. Davis Frederick L. Brown Richard J. Bourke and J Kuettel along with vendors like Braver's Orchestra Megarger Brothers and G K Clark Co nurseryman.
Scranton Train Schedules for February 1900
Train departures from Scranton and connections to Carbondale Wilkes-Barre Albany New York Philadelphia and western points listed with times for weekdays and Sundays. Connections via Lehigh Valley and Pennsy routes include Black Diamond Express and noted rates and arrivals. Officials J W Burdick G P A Albany and H W Cross L D P A Scranton publish the schedule.
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Scranton
Carribondale
Albany
Saratoga
Montreal
Boston
New England
Honesdale
New Yor
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pennsy Vate
Lehigh Wall
Black Dimond Fs
Carbondale
North
W ‘iligex-Hare
Pouke If
TAR
SAS
Wilkes-Barre
Renee Monienhaeton
England
Canada
J. W. Burdick
H. W. Cross
LD. P. A
Lehigh Valley Trains Serve Scranton to Major Cities
Rail notices list Lehigh Valley routes from Scranton to Philadelphia New York Bethlehem Reading and other coal region points via D and H and D W lines with scheduled departures and parlor car service between Wilkes-Barre New York Buffalo Cortland and western points. Charles Lee is listed as general agent with ticketing at Scranton and Wilkes Barre offices.
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Central Railrowt
New Jeruse
New York
Libert Eireet
Booth Perry
White Wall
Scranton
Newark
Elisabeth
Philadelphia
Easton
Bethlehem
Allentown
Mauch Chunk
White Maven
Gutrena LY
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore
Washington
Bowie
West
Pe Branch
Ocean Grove
Reading, Anne
Harrisbore
Bundaya
Autteville
Baldwin
Gen
Ranton
Lehigh Valley
Wachia
Buffalo
Cortland Siteat
Charles & Lee
Gen. Yeast Agt
Costiings Atreet New Cnnemac Wen
Tuckawanna Ave
Train Time Table for Erle and Wyoming Valley
Time table shows trains from Archbald to Hawley and connections at Hawley with Erle Railroad to New York Newburg and Blonesdale with No 2 Accommodation and No 4 Express. No. 2 runs morning and No. 4 runs at 12 01 p m.
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Acranton
Hawley
Erle Railroad
New York
Newburg
Tlonesdale
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City IN Good
Jermyn and Mayfield
Taylor News
Pride of Lackawanna Lodge
American Proisiant Laies' Association
Archbald
Burgess and Street Committee
Davis
Corncr
Wick and
Dourgeas Willman
Council
Jermyn Press
Iowa County Tribune
Danny Williams
Mayfield
Holgerton
Jewell
Mary Be
Caine Lors Een A
Cnet Neesen
Paal
Rantilmea
John H. Phelps
Cor
Wyoming
Avenue
Spruce Street
James
Olyphant
Dalton
Freeman Alaters
Sam Cousins
Lloyd G. Chibba
Dna Alexander
Alice Mackey
Academy
Jack Burlesque Company
Miller
King of
LEGAL
Margaret Moore
Beranton
Ezra H. Ripple
Herunton
Welles & Torrey
Lackawanna Lren and Steel Company
Pennsylvania
J. P. Higginbon
Serretary
Pine Street
Adams Avenue
People’s Exchange
W. Hackett Price
Court House
Tribune Office
Olive Street
Washington and
Adams Avenues
Morria
Adama Avenue
Wyoming Avenue
John Carroll
Madison Avenue
Tribune
Linden Street
Monsey
Lackawanna Ave
J. H. Gunster
North Bromiley
Ww. F. Uw Tribune
Ation
Experi Ee Yi Tile Roofer
Ox i
W. F.ook
Ties Chirch Avenue
Ameddie
Bicknebs
W. T. Hackett
Price Building
Lackawann Avenue
Care Tribune
P.O
Ee Ee
Eee Ee
Gardner
T. Hackett
Orrin Browning
Factoryville
Eeere Non Scranton
Ta & R
Heaton Streets
Church
Market
Keystone Academy
W. W
H. A. Browning
Charles Gardner
HH. Berger
RA A Rasstana
Moody
Scranton, Wetmore & Co
Rochester
N. Y
P. O. Box
George
R. O G. Evans & Co
Fountain Bath Rush CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
Washington Avenue
Garfield Oil Co
Cleveland
E.C. Spaulding
TRADELE ts' BANK _ building
Edward H. Davis
Cornell
Lewis Hancock JR
Bpruce
Frederick L. Brown
DR. I
Lyman
Private
Cor, Wyoming
Mulry
DR. HH
FL Reynolds
OFPP
DR. C, C, Lavbacth
Wyoming Ave
Snover
Abrigler
Scranton House
Victor Koch
Lawyres
Richard J. Bourke
Lackawanna Avenue
J. W. Browning
Cortraloe
He-Law
Mears Ailding
D. B. Replogle
Mears Building
M J. Donahor
Omces
Frank E. Boyle
Burr Building
Willard
Warren & Knapp
Republican Building
Jessup & Jessup
Commonwealth Building
James W
Oakford
Board of Trade
Edward W. Thayer
Menora
C.R. Pitcher
Patterson & Wilcox, Traders’ National Bank Building
Comegys
A. W. Bertholy
W. E. AL Allen
B. W. D'Amoreaux
Mulberry
Ectiool
Lackawanna
Callege
Bept
Thomas M. Conn
W. KE
Plumiey
A. M
G. K. Clark & CO
Serdmen and Nurseryman
Green House
UO North Main Avenue
Jo“. Kuettel
Migocell
NT Ous
Bhaver
Bauer
Conducor
Vromme Avenue
Hulberts’ Muele
Megarger Brothers
Price Absirbingy
Belaman
Ee Keller
A. B. Briggs
Briggs
Main Avenue
Adams and
Pagleg
Sarin
Sinbu
A .m
Wee
Harrisbu
Pottsville
Papen Norristown
Altimore Burg
Stevermare P
Burg
Philadelphi Due
Sunbury Pacer
J. Rt
X. B. Aoreninwon
Gene Mar
del. Lacska
Western
Bézantonae Ail
Morarly
Stroudsburg
Ark Aa
Sireadsboas
Buttala
Oswego
Syracuse
Ailea
Phom
Montrose
Nicholson
Nanticoke
Northumberland
Rive Nanticoke
Mymouth
Rive
Ahan Tite
I. Mo A
Plymouth
Secranton
Bcranton
Loo
Bloomberg
Berunton
Delaware
Erle and
Wyoming Valley
Wester
Schanton Division
North Bound
Franklin Bi
Weehawken
Echatt
Filorott
Div
Pass Agt
Heranton
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