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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
7
In Carbondale the First Presbyterian church hosted a palatable supper by the ladies in the lecture room drawing several hundred attendees. The annual meeting followed in the auditorium where almost all pews were renewed at a premium. Reports showed strong membership and healthy finances.
Tet evening at their ball in the Leader building Pioneer castle No 26h Ancient Order Knights of the Myatle Chain celebrated the third anniversary of its Institute. An overture by the Teethove orchis tm. Mr Whalen of Berean Baptist church delivered a forceful address. Recitation by Miss Cor ina Chapman violin by Miss Mary Maxwell trombone solo by James Harvie and recitation by Miss Mande lemon preceded a very happy benediction.
Local and personal items report F. E. Burr recovering from pneumonia with Dr. R. Hampton visiting city. Hampton returns to Scranton. John E. Morgan expected back from Colorado next week after health benefit. Edward Pearce confined to Laurel Street home with grip. Miss Tillie Gearhargt leaves Peters Shorthand School for a New York City position. Miss Gertrude Tucker visiting from Uniondale. Lida Fister returns from Pittston. William Williams, poet alderman of No 4, listed. Attorney Beiles of Susquehanna visits Carbondale friends. J. He Brink hosts his nephew George W. Brink of North Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Colville visiting former home. Mrs. Gr. A. Howell and daughter Merle return from Brooklyn, Pa for Grace Cameron and Gillespie nuptials.
The Institute for teachers from Oly phant Pecaville Priceburg Jessup and Throop meets next Saturday. Afternoon program at central school begins 1 30 with songs recitations civics and arithmetic led by various instructors from Carbondale and Dunmore. Evening session follows at Father Mathew Opera House at 7 20.
The schedule includes opening song by high school pupils, Miss Margaret Evans and Professor George P. Bible presenting a talk on the Progress of the Nineteenth Century, Mrs. M J Dardis addressing, Superintendent J C Taylor, Anna Brown performing a literary selection, then Bible again with a chorus and a closing Star Spangled Banner. Children under 16 may attend evening events on school tickets. A croquette social at Presbyterian church is advertised for the evening. Mrs A Lewsley and children visited Providence friends, Mrs John Walkinshaw returned from Wilkes-Barre, P J McGinty and Misses Annie Patten Mamie Lyons Maud Garbett returned to Manefield State Normal after a vacation, Troy Kelly is home from Stroudsburg.
John Soberingski a Hungarian resident on the Ridge appeared at Superintendent Gebhardt's home in a half frozen, nearly naked state with bloodied cuts. He was warmed, treated, and later taken to the Emergency hospital at Carbondale as doctors treated severely frozen feet.
A. R. De Fluent, editor of the Jour nal in Doylestown Ohio, describes rheumatic pain in his right shoulder and side. He reports immediate relief after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm and says it has remained a constant companion, with sale through Matthews Bros. at wholesale and retail.
Mrs Joseph Reynolds of Scranton stayed with Mr and Mrs W P Jenking yesterday. Mrs Henry M Ives has been spending a few days in New York City. Owing to the inability to properly.
Yesterday heat disrupted classes and some rooms shut down for part of the day. Miss Mabel Purdy from the State Normal School at Bloomsburg is visiting with her parents. Rev J W Putnam preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning. Barber R M Johnson moves into Fred Miles’s former house. A concert in the Baptist church featured the Welsh Pryer Singers with Edward James Jr Edwin Bowen Miss Margatet Jones Miss Mathias Lena Northwun and others. Refreshments followed.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a literary meeting at Mrs. Dr. Sickler's home Friday night with an interesting program. In court, Page versus New York and Scranton Coal Co. failed to prove negligence. the Page boy had been working when the accident that killed him occurred. Andrew Mitchells of Carbondale and Excelsior Stove Co. of Olyphant will attend the fair, with St Patrick's School Orchestra delivering a well received program. Clam chowder was on the Tuesday menu as kitchen sales thrived.
Taylor residents are advised of the city fire alarm box locations by ward with key holders listed for each box. The article also notes alarms follow a four three tone sequence from box 43 and mentions lodge officers, a funeral, church entertainments, and local moves, births, and funerals.
Noland, son of Mrs. Charles Edsallis, seriously ill with pneumonia. Several youths attended the Measwing social at Drake's hall, Lackawanna, for the Presbyterian church fundraiser. Miss Beasley Hinds leaves today for a two week visit with Mrs. Nellis Hinds of Moscow. Mrs. E. J. Johnson’s condition has slightly improved. Some townspeople read the Topeka Daily Capital this week. Ladies Sewing Circle meets at Mrs. William Seberline’s home this afternoon. Missionary society plans a large April convention at the Presbyterian church. Cottage prayer meeting tonight at David Miller’s, Walnut Street. Mistrict Deputy A. A. Woeburg to install Bennett Lodge No. 907, IOOF, Friday night, March.
A dense classified column lists many rental ads for houses of various sizes with addresses on Monroe avenue Linden Street Irving avenue Main and Jackson streets Madison avenue Adams avenue Lackawanna avenue and Franklin avenue. It also notes office and professional listings including lawyers auditors trustees and several physicians and dentists with office addresses. The page mentions the Wilkes-Barre Record availability in Scranton and local business ads for hotels stores and services.
For sale in Elmhurst borough 40 acres with two houses a barn and outbuildings and a large orchard and fruit trees in abundance. Write to Byron Buckingham Elmhurst Iowa for details or inquiries. Also for sale nine room house with all improvements and immediate possession. Mrs C J Carter 89 Myrtle Street seeks buyers.
The Maude Hillman company presented The Broker's Daughter last night and repeats this afternoon. Tonight features Oliver Twist with a slate of shows through the week including East Lynne Charity Bess Shaft No 2 Guilty Without Crime. Kelcey and Shannon return with The Moth and the Flame, and Monte Carlo Girls offer three nights at the Gaiety starting March 22, a refined mix of vaudeville and musical farce.
The Lyceum presents Mile Pilar Morin in the comedy Mile Fifi. The French farce is described as uproariously funny with suggestive content removed in the English version. The company is well chosen and the performance cited as an admirable interpretation. the play previously ran 200 nights at the Manhattan Theater in New York.
The Stetson company promises an outstanding performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Lyceum with a bold claim of exceeding past efforts. A large street parade is also planned for Saturday afternoon and evening, inviting readers to purchase tickets for the show.
The Academy of Music hosts a week long engagement by the Cook and Church famous dramatic and comedy company led by Harvey Cook and Misa Lottle Church. Twenty artists support the two stars with a repertoire of metropolitan productions. Opening show is The White Squadron with noted scenery and effects. Ward and Elwood and Charles H. Sanders perform specialties at each show.
After a long run at the Fourteenth Street theater in New York the comedy drama A Young Wife goes on tour. The play was a hit in the metropolis and is anticipated with interest elsewhere, with Emmet C. King Malcolm Williams and John in prominent roles.
A. B. Briggs, proprietor, offers hatching eggs and poultry stock from North Main Avenue near Adams and Mulberry. Advertises Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rocks and Mammoth Pekin Ducks from Hawkins-Thompson and Rankin strains with guaranteed satisfaction. Also lists a general miscellaneous entry and a pager-like contact. Seamans, Factoryville, Pa.
Legal notice. An application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on Monday April 9 1900 by John Shook D Co Vonburg W M Cress Oscar Van Buskirk and W H M Newman for the charter of the Newton Ransom and Lake Winola Telephone Company to construct and maintain a telephone line in Lackawanna and Wyoming counties under the Act of Assembly approved April 2 1874 and supplements.
Nell Florence Wooderson Horace Newman Frank Sheridan James J De Barre Mieses Selma Herman Minnie Radcliffe Sydney Cowell and several others are listed for a performance at the Lyceum Monday evening.
The Passion Play troupe from Horlis Austria will perform in College hall next week starting Monday. The photographs depict peasants at daily labors leading to the sacred drama with earnest performers showing reverence and lack of irreverence.
An advertisement offers a reward for an incurable catarrh cure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. It lists endorsements from F. J. Cheney Co and several wholesalers in Toledo and other cities and notes price per bottle with testimonials and Hall's Family Pills.
Delaware and Hudson schedules list Branton departures to Corbontdale Albany Montreal and Boston area with times including 6.2 7.48 8.00 10.1 am noon 10s 228 £ 05 3.25 6.95 for various lines. Connections offered to New York Philadelphia Lehigh Valley Black Diamond Express and Pennsyvania routes with arrival windows to Scranton Carbondale Wickes Barre and Wilkes-Barre. Lowest rates to all points in United States and Canada. J W Burdick Albany N H W cross Scranton D P A.
Train schedule for Lehigh Valley and connecting lines lists departure times to Philadelphia New York White Haven Hazleton Pottstown Bethlehem Exeton Reading Harrisburg Tunkhannock Towanda Geneva Buffalo Niagara Chicago and western points. Pullman parlor and sleeping cars operate between Wilkes Barre New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Burden Bridge with agents listed for ticket and coach reservations.
Time table in effect February 7 1900 lists connections from Beranton to Hawley with intermediate points. No. 2 Accommod, No. 4 Express departs at 1 p.m. with connections at Slaw ley to Erie Railroad for New York Newburg and other intermediate points.
Nov 19 timetable shows trains from Scranton to New York Newark Philadelphia Allentown Bethlehem Mauch Chunk and White Haven at various morning and afternoon times. Through tickets to east south and west points offered at lowest rates. Generals in charge listed as CHLILAUBEN and P BALDWIN.
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