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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
16
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Honesdale May 26 reports Rev William H Swift preaching the Hawley high school baccalaureate service on June 1 and other local items. It notes plans for an electric trolley line and various community events including dances, church activities, charity sales, a Memorial Day program, and local infrastructure updates.
Memorial services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev J N Lee delivering the sermon. The Grand Army Spanish War Veterans and Ladies circle attended. A forthcoming G A R circle entertainment will aid funds with a silver offering. Memorial Day services occur at the cemetery with Rev A J Van Cleft speaking. Also notes of church changes, residents visiting Tunkhannock, and typhoid illness of W N Manchester.
A warning about deadly colic and cholera morbus in neighborhoods and the need for prompt medicine. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised as a reliable lifesaving cure, dependable at all drug stores for immediate use.
In Hallstead on May 3 Peter Terboss and Leonard Osterhout captured two large black snakes near the borough limits. Other items report A E Bennett of Binghamton greeting friends, and numerous visits and moves among residents including J D Lindsley, Mrs L W Church, and families from Elmira Buffalo and Susquehanna with various calls and visits throughout the week.
William Squires and E. W. Boyle from New Milford were in town Wednesday afternoon. Fred W. Church called in Montrose on Thursday. Miss Jessie Smith of Scranton visits Misses Marion and Lillian Church. Miss Ellen Donnovan of Silver Lake stays a few days with her sister, Mrs. Peter Allen.
Miss Josephine Roce remains employed in Scranton as she visits home with her parents Mrs Carrie McNab in town. Dr Edward F Avery sails to London for coronation duties then Paris and other continental stops returning in autumn. A town board of trade forms with HM S Harding as president and officers named. Bridge sale draws crowds with Lindsay Brothers of Factoryville purchasing woodwork. Dexter Prevost and Elizabeth Wilbur wed at her parents home and plan a honeymoon in Albany. County Treasurer Potter attends duties in town.
May 24 report from New Milford notes Union memorial services at the Baptist church. Mrs. George Sterns of Harford visited Miss Julia Bingham. An ice cream social for St. Mark's church is planned at Dr. G. P. Clements’s residence on May 29. Mrs. Davenport and her son stay for the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Davenport. G. G. Hill of Hallstead was in town. Local youths took a drive to Franklin Forks. Miss Alice Gardner of Montrose visited friends. Lincoln Wick will lecture at the Presbyterian church soon. Rev. Charles Smith delivered a memorial sermon at Lakeside. George Moffit of Binghamton visited his brother. Frank Edwin spent Saturday in Binghamton. The Woman’s Missionary Society met at Mrs. L. W. Brundage’s home.
E M Loomis' new general store opened Saturday in Hopbottom. D W Wright spent weekend in town with family. Mr and Mrs B Kellum and Mr and Mrs Brown visited W A Jeffers home. Mrs M M Bellas visited Scranton. W L Sterling and family in town Sunday. Kellums left for Scranton Sunday. A social party Friday evening with Miss Ethel Titus featured music and refreshments.
The State Base Ball league, troubled for three seasons, officially folded. With only three clubs remaining after a Lebanon strike, President Witman deemed dissolution necessary. Lancaster and Scranton may operate as independents. Reading players released, Romo to Lebanon, others to Wilmington to join independent teams.
Exclusive AP report from Lancaster notes an 8 to 4 win over Scranton in a fast paced game. McGlynn’s batting and Stroh’s fielding highlighted the affair as Lancaster advances to play independent ball next. At St. Louis, Chicago beat St. Louis 5 to 4 with Menefoe and Chance in the batteries. Umpire O Day.
Fragmentary box score notes list teams in Philadelphia Washington Baltimore and Boston with R H E counts and battery pairings. Umpires named Connolly Sheridan O Loughlin Caruthers Johnstone appear alongside players Miller McGuire Powers Wright Moore Bemis Clarke Garvin McFarland Robinson Dineen Warner Sugden and others.
Jersey City defeated Worcester 8 to 5 while Buffalo routed Toronto 12 to 2. Providence posted an 8 to Newark score, with Montreal Rochester games skipped due to rain. At New Haven Yale edged Georgetown 9 to 4.
The Lyceum closed its theatrical season with Tim Murphy starring in Old Innocence. The play contrasts two brothers, Jason Green a credulous benevolent man and Flint Green a wary businessman, culminating in moral decline for the title character. The show drew a small crowd amid public festivities.
Yesterday afternoon and evening the Vagabonds burlesque company performed at the Star theater to benefit the employees. The vaudeville program drew a good crowd of friends and theater attaches with musical features and comedy seen as above average.
Multiple rental listings and property sales appear. Nine room houses on Green Ridge Street and Lackawanna Avenue offerings including furnished rooms, modern conveniences, and steam heat. Also sale bids for buildings at 109 and 611 Lackawanna Avenue and various business and transport services. Listings include addresses: Adams Avenue Linden Street Jefferson Avenue 33 Jefferson Avenue 109 Lackawanna. firms Kunz & Moore and Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co.
The Vagabonds will appear again today and tomorrow afternoon and evening, a program that drew hearty applause in previous performances and is expected to attract strong audience turnout.
Illness confines Miss Bessie Buckingham to home. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Robinson and family, Mrs. Marshall of Scranton, and Mrs. H. J. Stanton. Local residents attended recitals, meetings, and visits in Scranton and nearby towns over the weekend.
Mrs Margaret Lawless, about 75, died Sunday after a three and a half year stroke ordeal. The funeral will be Wednesday at 9 am at St James Catholic cemetery Droverhome. Burial follows at the same church grounds.
Classified items include military recruiting, domestic work, sales, bookkeeping, laundry and cleaning, lost mail parcels, lost keys and items, money loans, stock and wheat market notes, rheumatism cure, local professionals, legal notices, and business services. Names include D. B. Replogle, Edith W. Jones, A. J. C., Mra. Miller, and others. locations listed across Scranton, Wyoming avenue, Franklin avenue, Madison avenue, Lackawanna avenue, and more.
Notice states Bittenbender Company will sell a set of buggy wheels at public auction in Scranton on July ith, 1002, to cover storage and labor charges after nonpayment, and invites sealed bids for stationery and fuel supplies for Pennsylvania state departments with bonds required.
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