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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1899
Page
7
Mrs. Sarah Lippert files claims against Mutin & Avery for 00 and against her son-in-law BE Avery for 1400. Sheriff posts notice at 4 o clock. Nov 16 set as date for proceedings. Milk business to continue from delivery wagons with plans to reopen at the old stand.
Yesterday Franklin Cowl company closed its Simpaon colliery and Holliater Bow man general store connected with it. About two hundred workers lost jobs and the northerly suburb expects a monthly loss of several thousand dollars in trade.
Frank Kelm a 14 year old from Simpson was trapped under a rock fall in Wilson Creek mine yesterday. He suffered a fracture to a bone in his left leg and was taken to Emergency hospital where he rests as comfortably as possible under the circumstances.
Edward Isger of River Street is seriously ill. Mrs Harde and visiting Peckville friends are hosting the Young Lady Workers of the Methodist church this afternoon from 4 o clock. Maurice Harding and family host their daughter Mrs Rankin of Brooklyn NY. Mrs Hammerle returns to Wilkes-Barre. Bronson to occupy Mrs Pethick’s Park Street home. Pierre Butler convalescent. A McMullen presents a window to Trinity church. Baptist ladies raise 140 at chrysanthemum show. A Wirth daughter of John Solomon on Oak Avenue injured after a fall. Dr Bailey attended. internal injuries without broken bones. An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills with claims of cure.
An executive committee met at Attorney Carey's offices to arrange the silk factory site. The contract for building has been awarded and work will start once the contractor signs and provides the necessary bonds. Subscriptions should be paid promptly to collect a, FP Baker, James Allen Thomas Roundy, or Treasurer William Walker. Maxwell's Rolling Mill will close tonight for several days for extensive renovations expanding the ground floor rear by forty feet toward the river and adding new machinery. Nelson Merrie & Co will transfer the wholesale meat business to a larger city house in about ten weeks, with Mr Goole departing and Mr Silverbatt succeeding him. The Archian Hose Company fall was well attended, featuring Maxwell family and local performers with another program planned for this evening.
Alfred Grifithe and others from Jermyn and Mayfield attended hospital graduation exercises in Carbondale where Miss Davis played a violin solo. Mrs Kerr of Scranton visited her Davia relatives in Carbondale while May Selgie and parents planned to move to PrHicedure and were bid a farewell party.
A dense assortment of local ads and notices lists rentals, sales, services, and events. It mentions seven room rentals on Gurflol Avenue, sale of property on Clay Avenue, architectural services, lost jewelry in Scranton, wagon building, and a theater show by Maro at the Lyceum with matinees.
A hypnotism show at Weber's rink attracts a good crowd with constant laughter and runs through Saturday with ten and fifteen cent admissions. Borough officials urge railroad crossing gates at Taylor Lackawanna and Central NJ stations after years of near misses. Margaret and Clara Ripple receive a surprise at Archbold. a dance and reception follows at James' hall with music and refreshments. Ida Williams visits Providence friends, Feltaville church plans an evening program with twenty five cent tickets. Taylor camp No 44 meets tonight, Spraks visit Scranton friends, Gertrude Jones visits Hyde Park.
A local store advertises Friday specials on dress goods at 9c per yard, two thousand yards of checks and plaids 34 inches wide, underskirts at 19c minus one third, riderdown cloaks for children, women's 9c fleece lined hosiery, and boys night shirts 36c with 50 dozen at 39c. The sale promises unmatched value, claiming never to have offered equal value under 50c.
The Ryan company presents Virginias Ingomar and The Fatal Wedding tonight and Saturday at the Academy of Music with The Three Guardsmen this Saturday. Gaiety shows Wine Women and Song with the Burke Brothers and others. matinees daily. Bert Coote stars at Lycum Monday in A Battle-Scarred Hero with Julia Kingsley. Hal Reid’s Human Hearts authorship noted in praise of a Christmas mood play.
Winter warmth and comfort on sleigh rides skating parties and other pleasures are offered in Tam O'Shanters. The main lure is the Friday price of 36 cents as opposed to 69 cents earlier. After 10 o'clock Friday the sale price applies to the stock, which is described as prettily stitched with quill and bow.
A jumble of help wanted notices and personal ads. Includes a practical nurse seeking a position with strong references, a drug clerk with pharmacy qualification and six and a half years experience, a woman seeking ironing work, a young married man seeking any kind of work, a person offering washing and ironing by the day, a young man seeking clerk or general work, a married man seeking employment as a clerk, a middle aged cook with references, and a young lady seeking any position with a salary. Addresses listed for responses.
London reports ongoing delays in British transports due to poor food supplies from contractors. The Arawa was 24 hours late after 15,000 pounds of rotten English colonial beef and mutton were dumped overboard to replace the stock.
In Northampton court Louis Warner, age not stated, wrecked the Hampshire County National Bank and Hampshire Savings Bank by embezzling 509.00. He received a prison term not exceeding twelve nor less than nine years with the first year in solitary confinement.
A B Briggs announces cleaning services for a privy with improved pruning and odor control. Located at 11 North Main Avenue or Hicke's Drug Store corner Adams and Mulberry. Telephone listed.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain, diarrhea, and colic in babies. It claims decades of use by millions of mothers and urges purchases through druggists worldwide.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for any case of Catarch that the Halla Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It promotes Cheney Co of Toledo and lists endorsements from local druggists and wholesalers. The cure is claimed to act internally and on mucous surfaces, with testimonials and various product mentions.
Railway timetable details list morning and afternoon departures to New York and southern points from Scranton, with specific express trains to Kayton Trenton Philadelphia and the south, various connections at Buffalo and Northumberland, and intermediate stops including Kingston and Williamsport. Contact info for tickets appears at end.
Fragmented timetable notes list routes via Whitehall Street and Allentown Bethlehem to New York Newark Philadelphia with varied departure times and connections. It references Mountainark Baltimore Pottsville routes and general low rates, credited to Olmatssen Gey and P. Baldwin.
The notice outlines a revised schedule effective Monday for trains between New York and Carbondale with through services to Carbonte and Cadostine. It lists departure and arrival times, connections via Scranton and Bergooie with main line trains continuing, and notes crews including Pa Pilverott of New York.
An OCR readout lists May schedules for Delaware and Hudson lines, mentioning trains to Feranton New York and Albany, with multiple times including noon and evening departures. It references connections via the New York and Philadelphia regions, mountain routes, and the Canadian line through Montreal, with various arrival times and numbers.
A fragmented notice outlines passenger departures from Scranton to Valladelpyita New York Peatpevilla Reading Harrisburg and more, listing connections via various lines and towns such as Geneva and Wilkes Durre. It mentions schedules to Towae lini Trine Meoneva and midweek express options, with officer notes from a transit authority and references to outlets in Lackiwinne ave.
A cryptic timetable note appears to describe a train from Boenunien to New York with dates and fares listed. Details are garbled but indicate departure time around 10 and fare amounts 28 and 48 in the text.
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