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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1899
Page
7
The Lackawanna club disbands after six years in the Municipal building. Remaining furniture is sold to members. others may join the Cycle club as individuals. Two rooms will host whist players, and Watt house remodeling is complete with wiring today. The Cycle club moves in Wednesday. membership nears one hundred with prominent local professionals.
Reported yesterday that some master painters may accept workers demands, citing urgent work and risk of great loss if delayed. Officials hope for an amicable settlement to avoid a strike.
J Simons, operated on for appendicitis last week, remained in danger that night as his hopes for recovery waned. He had previously suffered leg fractures and severe burns from a mine accident, nearly ending his life.
Frank Van Gorder secures a sit with the Delaware and Hudson company. A church fundraiser at Mrs. D. W. Humphrey’s home netted two hundred fifty dollars. Scranton visitors include C. H. Rogers and Tra Burne, esq. E. E. Bunnell entertains his mother from Honesdale. Major and Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. Gilligan returned from New York. J. Higgins and J. W. Aicken in New York with Cuba voyage planned. John Gaughan and son Donald with Hancock relatives Sunday. Henry Siebold reported seriously ill on Seventh avenue. Mrs. J. W. Edwards confined at home on South Church Street. M. O. Abbey able to be out. Rev. Chaffee presided at the funeral of Mrs. Hannah Lews yesterday. large attendance.
The funeral of James Wynn, longtime East Side resident, was held Saturday. At 9 a.m. his remains were taken to Sacred Heart church where Rev. M. E. Lynott celebrated a requiem Mass. Interment followed at Arch Cemetery.
Catarrh of the stomach long deemed near incurable. Symptoms include full bloating after meals, sour risings, gases, headache, nervousness, and foul taste. Treatment centers on digestion with Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets containing Diastase and Pepsin. Testimonial from N J Booker of Chicago supports relief after one box.
The report lists pallbearers from the Minersy and Laborers' Benevolent fund, a near-miss in a sewer ditch collapse near eight feet deep, and a plan to deploy more streetcars. It mentions Alfred Waters visiting, Archie's Moscow trip, Miss Grace Wall visiting Waymart, and contracts for driving a long manway at the Delaware and Hudson shaft. May Kilpatrick led pupils to the Pot Hole, John Lanton’s skull fracture recovery, and DA John Fr. Jones en route to Crystal Lake. Church services featured new pastor Mr Cook, and Oliver HI’s visit. carpenters modified the Delaware and Hudson breaker while rebuilding proceeds. Mrs Harriet Russell shows slight improvement.
Funeral services for Richard Knight were held at his home then at the Methodist Episcopal church with floral tributes and a local quartet. a flag day at multiple schools featured speeches by Davis Price Maple son Reese and Daniels. The Waneggees challenge the Orioles on school grounds. locals note returning Rendham soldier Ayers and chronic rheumatism cases aided by Chamberlain's Pain Balm sold locally.
Pittston marks Dewey Day with borough officials school board and organizations staging programs on the West Side. Schools close and students join the observance. residents urged to hang Old Glory. Phoenix hall hosted a Father Mathew battalion program with recitations music and graphophone selections.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for tiredness and general malaise. It also touts Hood's Pills as remedies for nausea headache biliousness and indigestion with a price noted.
A early morning blaze gutted the three story T Davis house at Main and Center, spreading fast and trapping occupants. Losses hit local workers including Thomas Duck Walter Lake and Frank Brown with no insurance. The fire, fought promptly by the enterprise hose company, left the building and its contents in ruins. Insurance details were unclear amid high regional rates. Nearby residents and town figures, including J H Cunningham and W H Leek, were noted. several veterans and workers were mentioned in passsing updates.
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