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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1899
Page
7
Thomas Walker of Grand Union Tenn company lost control of a buggy team on Pike Street Saturday. The horses dashed along the gravity roadbed, crushed a bridge, and plunged into the river. both animals were bruised but survived, one escaping the river by climbing back onto the bank.
Mr and Mrs Moran and three children of Gordon Avenue were overcome by coal gas in their new home Sunday morning. Found unconscious by neighbors Monday afternoon. Only Charlotte six, ill with diphtheria, is in grave danger. Defective stove pipe caused the gas escape.
George Gilbert of Gilbert street and Copeland avenue fractured both bones of the right arm during the Delaware and Hudson machine show Saturday. Rex Nicholson, ten, son of Mr and Mrs Grant Nicholson, fell struck his abdomen on a hitch and developed peritonitis.
Rev. Charles Lee of First Presbyterian preached a direct sermon to his congregation urging sustentation over wasteful spending. He cited enormous weekly sums spent on confections and trivial ornaments, and his remarks impressed listeners who felt the guilt broadly.
The Palace Creamery firm of Munn and Avery is dissolved. F C Munn started the business eight years ago, later admitting E F P Avery and then Db 1 Avery. A month ago the latter was bought out, and now Munn assumes the debts and continues at the old stand.
Immense crowd attended the Mitchell Hose Company fall Saturday night closing. The event drew a very satisfactory week for the Jad dies, with expectations of clearing more than $200 though accounts are not yet balanced.
Dr and Mrs H C Wheeler Mrs Hoffman of this city and Dr Reed Burns of Scranton visited Waymart yesterday. Mrs Anthony Roemmelmeyer and daughter Leona of Birket street spent Sunday in Honesdale. Mrs G A Singer leaves for New York City. Mrs Samul Goodwin visiting Scranton. Mrs William Whitelock visiting Philadelphia. Mrs Nina Dilts returned from Hornwellsville BY. Tix filling temporary clerkship at People's shoe store. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Walter Wilson of Belmont street Saturday. Women Catholic Benefit league gave Michael Kelly 1000 for Mrs Henry Kellys life insurance, first death claim for the league. Indians Jr and Archbald eleven football at Alumni park with no scoring. High school pupils to entertain in assembly room to raise funds for a new piano.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union tea at Mrs. Co Vaughn's home drew guests from Daleville Marrisonville Elmhurst and Moscow from 3 to 6 pm. Miss Florence Cannon Ruth Glardner Hattie Noble and Agnes Watts circulated among guests while Mrs Posten Mrs Clements Mrs L Amoreaux and Mrs J M Noack served at the tables. Beautiful solos were sung and many brief addresses given. New members were welcomed into the union. Elisabeth Brown wed Mr Fort Plescher at her parents home on Thursday afternoon.
Powell conducts church wedding at Madisonville. Mr and Mrs Hleweker depart on 5.09 for Minghamton. Methodist Episcopal service led by Nev Warner Saturday night. Rebekah Lodge honors Mrs Mitcaheth Coutier with a birthday surprise and chair gift. Guests include numerous local couples and families.
Social round observes Foster Crawford's fifth birthday with guests and refreshments. A laborer Peter Guish a Hungarian at Glenwood shaft injured by a coal piece cutting an artery. Sunday school class hosted by Miss Danie Rymer on South Main Street. Hospital report: Joe Lawler fractures skull while at Carbondale hospital undergoing treatment. Tables' Aid gathering planned at Mrs. Townsend's on Bacon Street. Charities and local visits include Dr. Moyer from Carbondale, Dave and Trene Games from Providence, and Mrs. Williams plus Mrs. Ferguson visiting Cemetery Street residents.
Readers share positive experiences with Chamberlains Cough Remedy noting relief from bad colds and prevented pneumonia. The medicine is described as grand and good, with children protected from croup and whooping cough. Sold by all druggists and Matthew Pros wholesale and retail agents.
Community updates from Clare's Green include visits by Mrs. A W Levisee to Springville, Mrs. Georgia Walters from Green Ridge, and Mrs. Arthur LaMont from Scranton. The Abram Singer funeral occurred with interment in Clark's Green cemetery. A May Griffin lodge gathering and a luncheon at Mrs. W S Frace's hosted numerous local ladies.
An advertisement urges mothers to use Vinol Vin, a cod liver oil tonic reformulated for taste and ease. It claims to improve appetite aid growth and restore strength in children and invites inquiries with a money back guarantee.
Matthews Brothers pharmacists were paid for October. Jermyn and company operate two mines in Old Forge with four Nehta placed about each. Electrician M. W. Poll and his crew are building the same. Miss Gertrude Watkins of Peckystle visited her mother Mrs. W. W. Watkins on Grove Street during the Sabbath.
The old-fashioned Husking Bee hosted by Mr. Parker brought pleasure to local juniors this week. Reverend F. H. Parsons of Milford, N. J., was a welcome guest at Professor F. W. Greene's home on Thursday and Friday.
The Taylor scene lists a Price Library association meeting to elect officers, sidewalk notices to Main Street property owners, and a Calvary Baptist sermon marking Rev B Harris eighth anniversary. Social events include a party at Archibald mines and various visits and travels among local residents and miners.
Classified notice style compiles names and vague requests for work and services. Includes musicians printers and employment ads with partial addresses and references. Entries mention a band, printing shop, bake supplies, and several individuals seeking work with limited details and scattered locations in Scranton and Berunton areas.
Under new management the Lyceum presents Jack and the Beanstalk with enhanced cast and production. Edith Yerrington as Jack Hubbard delivers refined singing while Frank Deshon and others add veteran comic talent. Princess Mary and Little Miss Muffet are well portrayed and the chorus shines in bright music.
The Burill Comedy Company opens a week at the Academy of Music with matinees Monday Tuesday and Wednesday November 20 21 24 and a rich bill featuring Maud of the Tenderloin and McT Daudie's Flats. The company offers original costumes and a lineup including Frankie Haines Princeton Pieters J K Mullen Annie Dunn and other talents with naval drama The Ensign and Melodrama A Finger of Truce. Ladies' tickets available for the evening shows and audiences expect a popular program this season.
Community updates include Mrs J C Leacock at the Women Missionary society meeting in Binghamton and Westeraday. Miss Beulah Bailey visits aunt Miss Anna Worden. Mrs H M Ives and Miss Elizabeth Burnell travel to New York for a Sunday. District figures visit and observations from Carbondale and Kingston.
The article previews the return of George Thatcher as the star of a fully original minstrel show at the Lyceum next Thursday. The company will be identical to previous praised troupes, promising a fresh yet faithful presentation of darkey themed stage sketches and four minute performances.
Mr A Adams vacationed at Staten Island. A Methodist dinner at Mrs Staples home supported Tavlos Aid. Rev Meaken hosts successful M E church meetings with several new full members. Grace Luthern Ladies Union aids comfort. Lehigh folks held a supper for their church. Dr Theodore Harvey of Westfield NJ visits.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. It touts testimonials for F J Cheney Co Toledo and lists wholesale druggists and retail outlets. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and a cinnamon-coated liver pill with claimed superiority, pricing per bottle and feed of sales agents.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for infant pain teething wind colic and diarrhea claimed to be used for over fifty years and available from druggists worldwide with a price of twenty one pence a bottle mentioning Menlow's Booth and various spelling errors.
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces trains from Scranton to Philadelphia New York White Haven Hazleton Pottville Bethlehem and other coal region points via multiple routes. Express and local services listed with departure times and connections. Pullman reservations available on Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton and through officials in South Bethlehem.
Time table for the New York Ontario and Western Railway shows Monday connections from Scranton to Parhoniale and Cadpala at 10:55 p.m. with onward links to east and west trains. Cadpala to Carbondale and Scranton runs at 1:21 a.m. and 2:22 a.m., with Sunday service for Cadoumb to meet morning trains, and return departures from Carbondale around 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., arriving Scranton next morning.
timetable indicates trains leave Scranton for New York and intermediate points with stops at Hawley and local points. Departures listed include 7.00 am and 2.28 pm with return or through trains arriving Beranton at 8. pm and 2:48 pm.
A partial OCR fragment references Mr. S. J. Keller and a treatment in a medical context with unclear details. The readable bits mention a case or treatment involving masses and a comparison to 77 Quinew, but specifics are garbled.
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