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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
10
Lillie M Gacquin of Pike Street attempted suicide yesterday by swallowing carbolic acid. Her mother found her in distress at work at Alvord Maley store. Dr Maloon treated with an antidote but prognosis remained serious as time delayed hospital arrival.
Mrs M Madigan, aged ninety, died at her daughter’s Salem avenue home Tuesday. Born in County Limerick Ireland, she came to the United States at twenty and lived in Scranton most of her life. She is survived by two sons Dennis and Thomas and two daughters Mrs M F OHara and Mrs M G Madigan. Interment in Tryde Park will follow a 8:45 a m funeral from the Salem avenue residence with a high mass at St Rose church. The hearse will take the body to Delaware and Hudson train for burial.
Friends learn that W H L Bronson teller at Viret National bank will marry Miss Baldwin of Jersey City on the twenty fifth of mest. The bride to be is described as a charming young lady. They will reside on Park Street south of Tenth Avenue.
Brooklyn resident Hugh Finlan suffers rheumatic illness while social calls unfold as Mrs. W Paesmore hosts her sister Mrs. J Miller from Jermyn and Miss Nellie Lynott entertains Miss Mary Gaughan from Scranton. Germania Singing Club plans a Younger Macnercher celebration in Scranton Monday evening. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills are advertised with health claims.
After days of darkness Olyphant lights return with water from Archbald and Providence lines to meet demand. The Olyphant band reorganizes naming Henry Bonn director and T A Walker leader with a full roster of instrumental sections. An upcoming band meeting is planned. House social at H J Hulls on West Side. Miss Alice Evans visits from West Scranton. San Francisco minstrels set for the Pather attraction.
The shoe factory resumes work after a water shortage caused a several day idle period. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hull spend the week in New York. Mrs Jeremiah Connors of Green Ridge visits her mother on Dunmore street. Mrs John Brink of Dunmore opens Tuesday with Miss May McNicol. Hurley Taylor returns home in South Gibson after a visit with relatives. Mira Magele F Williams spends a few weeks with relatives at Plymouth. Miss Margaret Minahan of Susquehanna street visits her sister Miss James Twiss.
Enthusiastic meeting in Enterprise hall aims to attract a silk weaving plant, with Jermyn and Mayfield business leaders backing the project. A land option plan and tax exemption for 15 years are discussed, with subscriptions totaling $901 and ongoing fundraising planned. Roy Snyder, a D and H coal mine worker, suffered severe injuries from a rock fall, including skull fracture and multiple fractures, as doctors assess internal damage. School board awards Edward Stubbs the contract to repaint the old building. The Crystal Fire company plans a grand social in Enterprise hall with a drawing for a $10 gold piece.
The article extols Warner's Safe Cure as a twenty five year old remedy that cleanses congested kidneys and liver. It claims the medicine restores these organs to health and saves thousands of lives as a universal remedy for kidney and liver diseases.
All members of the Methodist Episcopal church choir are asked to meet at George Shaya's home on Friday for rehearsal. The choir prepares music for old folks services at the church next Sunday morning. An old fashioned spelling bee and oyster supper are set for Saturday evening at Odd Fellows hall. Don’t miss the season finale tickets 24 cents.
The Taylorville lodge No. 66% I. O. O. F. opened last evening in Weber's rink with decorated interior and bunting. Attendance was large. the event runs to Saturday. Quilts are for sale and refreshments praised. Local mining and lodge news follow with installs and upcoming entertainments.
The Comets football team invites any county team to a game on October 16 at 4 p.m. The venue options include Brown Park Hill State or Lacckawan cas, per manager J. J. Holmer.
An 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease and improves strength by acting on blood and tissue. The firm F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio offers a $100 reward for any unhealed case and invites readers to send for testimonials.
The Bennett and Moulton company headlined at the Academy of Music with The Prisoner of Algiers featuring a Devil's Island scene. the show repeats this afternoon and tonight Darkest Russia is to follow. Also Little Egypt appears at the Gaiety for Thursday through Saturday with a twenty seven member company. Anthony Hope’s Phrosy is set for Lyceum Theatre by Frohman.
Tuesday evening next the dramatization and production will be identical with that seen at the Empire theater in New York where the play had a successful run Odette Tyler appears in the title role Miss Tyler’s portrayal praised as the best she has done Lord Wheatley will be played by Robert D McLean whose versatility has earned a distinct success The company is one of the strongest in the city and the performance is highly anticipated.
After repeated delays the Sporting Duchess company presents a spectacular drama in Beranton. The London production boasted fourteen scenes nine horse scenes and over 500 costumes with an all star cast including Emily Righ Agnes Proctor Charlotte Severson Maurles Drew Allen Davenport John Vaily and William Parke.
Local theatergoers welcome a sterling attraction as the Empire theater brings From New York the romance drama Under the Red Robe. The production, dating from Edward Stose's adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, features a large strong cast and imported scenery for a near perfect performance.
Louis James Kathryn Kidder and Charles Hanford engagement sale announced for Monday at the Lyceum opens Friday morning at % o clock. The lineup includes forty performers led by Shakespeare veterans Harry Langdon John A Eiteler Barry Johnstone and Norman Hackett.
Miss Maude Adams will star as Lady Babbie in The Little Minister at the Lyceum next week. The piece evokes Thrumes and Auld Licht life, with sentiment, pathos and comedy, and the King Dramatic company brings extensive stage paraphernalia and elaborate settings. An advertisement promotes Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder with a testimonial from I A Bottom of Cookshire.
Legal notice to interested parties that a jury of view will convene in Lackawanna county on Monday November 1 to condemn the Hides Turnpike Company's road from Banderson avenue in Scranton to Main Street Dickson City and free it of tolls and toll gates. J W Carpenter attorney for petitioners and auditor FL Aitchcock will attend in Scranton for probate fund distribution after admin account exemptions.
A popular clearing house invites listings for houses to rent real estate or other property to sell or exchange or for those seeking situations or help. Small ads cost one cent a word with six insertions for five cents a word. Situations wanted are inserted free.
Multiple rental notices listed for Webster Avenue Wheeler Avenue Adams Avenue and North Seventh Street. Offers include half of a new double house neatly finished with three rooms at low rent and a furnished front four room option with and without board.
A long OCR list names architects like Edward H. Davis and Walter. lawyers including Richard J. Hourke and Jessup. medical staff such as Dr. W. L. Freas and Dr. J. M. Gates. consulting firms, bankers, and tradesmen on Lackawanna Avenue, Washington Avenue, and nearby streets in Scranton. Also notes schools, orphanage, and vendors like Bauer's Orchestra and Gracargee Brothers printers.
Train schedule highlights include express and accommodation trains to Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the south with dawn and late evening departures. Connections to Buffalo and the near northwest southwest noted with several intermediate stops. For timetable details contact M L Smith District Passenger Agent at the depot ticket office.
Time table shows trains leaving Scranton for New York Newark Philadelphia and other points at various hours including 4 0 a m and 1 20 p m. Services to Baltimore Washington Long Branch Ocean Grove and Reading via Lehigh Valley routes are listed with multiple daily departures and Sunday times. Through tickets to all points south and west available at station.
Trains depart Scranton May 1699 to Carbondale Albany Honesdale Wilkes-Barre New York and western points with varied times and fares. Black Diamond Express connections offered to New York and western routes via Lehigh Valley and Valley Railroads. Sunday trains noted. JW Burdick G P A Albany H W Cross HD P A Scranton Pa.
Rail schedule outlines daily departures for Philadelphia New York and western points via D AR & HW with multiple express services including Black Diamond Express and Pullman cars. Key departures listed from Scranton 6 45 am 12 00 pm and 11 49 pm with connections to White Haven Hazleton Bethlehem Geneva Rochester Buffalo Niagara Falls and other intermediate stations. Officials names L H Wilbur general superintendent and A C Hart PA ticket agents provide contact and reservation details.
Time table in effect September 11 shows trains from Newburgh and intermediate points on the Erie railroad with Hawley and local points at 7 05 a m and 2 28 p m returning trains reach Scranton at 1 4 a m and 4 16 and 10 p m.
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