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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
7
Local items from Honesdale and Wayne county cover church talks by Rev C Te Percy on Wicked Confederacies, theatre openings, and upcoming institute programs. Readers learn of apple shipments, football injuries, a new glass company venture, rummage sales, political rallies, and retirement pension changes for long-time miners.
November campaigning focuses on associate judge and representative contests with Bardwell vs Stekler and de Tiffany vs Squier. National ticket prospects look bright with a projected five hundred vote margin. District struggles include state senator candidates Moynisteay and Maynard, while Wright stands for Congress. Ballots contracted to T. M. Harding for 25 dollars. printing at Nicholson Examiner.
A brief ad promotes Krause's Cold Cure Capsules advising two or three in the day and two before bed to ensure a peaceful night and smooth bowels next morning. The claim is relief of congestion and weight loss with a promised melt of the condition. price two cents, sold by Matthews Bros.
The Daughters of St George are asked to meet in Avoca this afternoon at 2 o'clock to handle important business. Erie company officials visited Hillaide colliery yesterday and workers continue cleaning with operations expected to resume by December. The Sons of Temperance plan a meeting this evening. Mrs Patrick Curley of the West Side and Mrs Henry Curley of Duryea are noted among participants.
Special to the Scranton Tribune notes Baptist church construction at Brushville and a Scranton football game against an unnamed Brushville team. Also reports Erie coal movement into Jefferson division, Republican rallies in Hallstead and Montrose, Halloween pranks, theater cancellations, travel for residents, church services, an Erie's New York excursion, Knights of Columbus activities, a creamery nearing completion, and local visits and travels including Mrs. Doolittle and Miss Vial to New York and others to Kansas City and Denver.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports Susquehanna event details. The Gibson Cornet Band, joined by local talent, will perform a free concert on Wednesday evening and Thursday. J D Miller of Susquehanna gives an address followed by a chicken pie dinner. The comedy farce The Mouse Trap will be staged by local talent. People from area towns visit and relocate, including James Herrick and families, George Manager, PL J Bonner, H Kellum and son, James Terwilliger, I H Sweet, G G Gelatt helping with carpentry.
Al Miss Gertrude Airiieh of Scranton was a guest of Mrs. Sarah Williams on Monday. Mrs. A W Bark spent a few days last week with friends in Scranton. Walton Billings has been visiting his sister Mrs M Thomas. Laura Walker visits friends in Scranton and Salem. Rev J Wilkes returned from Bilver Lake. Clyde Trate spent Sunday with friends.
Mrs. Evan Jenkins of Hyde Park reports steady lip and side pains, swollen feet, numb limbs, and dropsy. After weak results from doctors she used five or six boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and saw wonderful relief, leading to recommendations to friends. Poster-Milburne in Buffalo sells them for 45 cents. remember the name Dean's.
The Pittston area reports the dissolution of Cutler & Finney dry goods with Cutler continuing the business. Thomas Grace and Angie O Boyle wed in St John s Church with Grace at home on Broad Street after November 12. West Pittston proposes a Country club while Lillian M Sticklin wed Rev J W Burros at St James Pittston. Herbert H Bush plans to reside in the mother country. Pittston shops hold Halloween events and night schools start November 1. A group from West Pittston and Wilkes-Barre attends a gathering hosted by Mrs Cr B Sampson. The Taverne County Pair Association held its annual meeting at the Weert Pitteton fair grounds electing officers.
Harford reports a Methodist Episcopal church gathering to be held Friday evening with Professor J sherwood of Wilkes-Harn delivering an address. Also noted are family visits in Scranton Paris Tiffanys and Binghamton, plus residents ill with typhoid and a pastor reception.
Exclusive wire report from Shamokin notes the Corbin colliery operated by Andrew Hobertson & Co between Shamokin and Mt Carmel kept 500 men working as the union granted a ten percent wage increase. The Exclusion colliers, also owned by the same firm, will resume operations with enlarged staff.
An advertisement touts Mall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh. It claims internal action to cure the disease and restore strength, with a $100 reward for proof of a successful cure and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio as sellers.
Von Blumer plans a quiet poker night with friends while his wife frets about a critical guest, Bishop Liecaster, arriving for an unplanned church visit. He refuses to hide the beer and cards, insisting on honesty and normal life despite his wife’s alarm. The bishop’s looming presence complicates the evening as plans unfold.
A jumble of rental notices and help wanted ads. Listings include rooms, houses at 518 Dine Street and 800 Jefferson Avenue, and positions for a dressmaker, housework, and office clerk. Also notes a middle aged lady seeking a drivekeeper and a capable man or woman for general agents work with Stafford Press Co. in New Haven.
Public notice seeking information or claims on a small dark gray colt lost or stolen. Described as 46 years old with a heavy weight around Y60 pounds, long mane foretop, a mark inside the left hind leg, and stout frame feet. Liberal reward offered by Jot Zimmerman in Punpack County.
Notices announce applications for incorporation and charter requests in Lackawanna County. Omitted details include names of applicants and proposed corporations such as O. S. Jota Hose Company and Mayfield Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, with dates and filing procedures. Also notices grant administration of Mary Lynett estate and reference a local entertainment review.
A miscellany of local names and addresses for professionals in Scranton including architects Edward Hf. Davis and Frederick L. Urows, doctors, lawyers, and merchants. The issue also lists a June 4 train timetable with north and south bound departures from Scranton and connections at Carbondale and other points.
Pugilist James J. Jeffries appears tonight at the Lyceum in A Man From the West by Clay M. Greene. The show features a strong company, impressive stagecraft, and a prominent intermission program with The Electric Spark for free performances on Saturday.
The Macauley Patton company travels to Scranton for a week of high class plays at the Academy of Music led by W. B. Patton in The Mine Viter's Son as Simon Hay. Audiences will see The Minister's Son and a strong road company with scenic productions and specials. The week includes Inside Track Peaceful Valley Before Dawn Royal Rugy A Wasted Life and A Texas Cowboy with tickets 10 20 or 50 cents and matinee daily starting Tuesday. Ladies tickets Monday night 15 seats.
An unidentified man who claimed to be Gustav Pullman harassed Chicago Pullmans for years. He visited the Pullmans at their New York hotel, was ejected, remanded $50,000, and on a third visit was arrested. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital for examination after a court appearance.
Train times listed for Scranton Wilkes Barre Albany and Honesdale with Sunday services and lowest rates to all points in the United States and Canada. Officials W Burdick and I W Cross provide guidance from Scranton and Albany offices.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces daily and Sunday departures from Scranton to Philadelphia New York via PD and H It 645 AM and 12 00 PM 2 18 4 37 PM Black Diamond Express 11 00 PM Sundays via D H L R 0 45 2 18 4 27 PM for Pottsville 644 2 18 PM for Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and other stations via D H ROW 645 AM 08 2 18 497 Black Diamond Express 0 PM Sundays D H Rh W 1 58 7 48 PM for Tunkhannock Towanda Elmira Ithaca Geneva and other intermediate points via D I W R 8 30 1 05 and 8 44 PM for Geneva Rochester Buffalo Niagara Falls Chicago via D TR R 12 00 8 3 89 Mack Diamond Express 7 48 10 41 1 80 PM Sundays I T L RR 12 08 PM 7 48 PM Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on all trains between Wilkes-Barre New York Philadelphia Buffalo and Susquehanna Bridge. Rollin HW Wilbur Gen Supt 24 Cortland Street New York Charles & Lee Gen Pass Agt 96 Cortland Ave W Nonumacter Div Pass Agt South Bethlehem Major tickets and Pullman reservations at Bay Peckawanna Avenue Scranton PA
The notice lists passenger departures from Scranton to New York Newark Philadelphia and other points with times 8 30 am 4 00 pm 2 15 pm and 8 30 pm. Through tickets to all points east south and west offered at the stations. Officials Owlhausen and Baldwin sign as general superintendent and general agent.
Scranton timetables show trains leaving at 5:05 and 2:25 PM for Hawley and points via Erie Junction to New York with intermediate stops. Arrivals at Scranton listed as 10 80 and 0 10 PM. Local notices reference Reiman Bros and Schuysser addresses for scalp treatment ads.
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