Fair At Tendence Noted After Played Match
Report notes a played event with a fair attendance and general acknowledgement of the proceedings. Details are limited but indicate a balanced reception and customary audience presence.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
10
Report notes a played event with a fair attendance and general acknowledgement of the proceedings. Details are limited but indicate a balanced reception and customary audience presence.
George G. Snyder of Prospect Street, a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western worker, recounts back pain and rheumatic-like stiffness improved within a week after using Dean's Kidney Pills sold at Matthews & TiVo's drug store. FosterMilburn Co. markets in Buffalo NY. Remember the name Dean's.
In West Pittston two attempts to derail a train were reported, with wooden wedges and cobblestones found jammed in the track near Ste. Emacheanna Avenue. Detectives pursued suspects, with arrests expected Thursday morning.
Bradford County reports amid a heavy storm affecting Towanda and surrounding towns. Notable events include H A Lyon gaining recognition in music locally, a Navy officer Walter McLean visiting Towanda, and officials handling nominations and filings for county offices amid a Republican convention.
A local merchant praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best preparation for coughs and praises its effects on customers. The article asserts it is the preferred choice for adults and children, recommended by a shop owner in Mayes of Chamberlain.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports the October term of the court of common pleas opening in Tunkhannock. The case Carey vs Lamoreux and Co. occupied Tuesday with the matter of wages. Local society notes include visits by George W. Biddle, Mrs. Robertson ill with appendicitis, and social visits on Second Street. A trespass suit against Nicholson borough proceeds as witnesses gather. a verdict in the Lamoreux case is anticipated. Governor candidate Samuel W. Pennypacker plans a Thursday address at the courthouse with a large local delegation.
Obscure rental and sale notices in a mid century Tribune page. Listings mention furnished rooms for rent, a brick building with boiler house and sheds, a clock talcaco company site, lost items including a gold locket, and a model laundry offering low prices for shirts and collars.
Brooklyn society and church notices fill the week with gatherings and visits. Mrs. Luther Fish hosted a Presbyterian Aid lunch, the Harvest festival drew a good crowd, and Miss Wattie McAllen visited relatives in Nicholson. Attendees traveled to Scranton and Montrose for events as locals prepared for an upcoming public sale and a telephone line upgrade.
Brief items note a wedding reception at the bride’s home and a ceremony. The Bowery football eleven seeks first class seven opponents. The Taylor Reds plan an evening meeting to elect a manager. Mine workers and mechanics groups announce gatherings and reports from Wilkes-Barre and Lackawanna. Individuals in town are listed visiting or returning from trips.
Friday evening Willard B D Howe impersonator will present David Copper Held at the Playlist church with admission at 20 cents. Also notes a bridge work stoppage by miners, a move of local residents to Scranton, and Harvest Home services at the Baptist church with morning and evening programs.
Dr J J Price, a well known young physician, married Rose Mack of Wilkes Barre at the parish church yesterday morning. They plan a wedding trip then reside at the Mahon house in town.
Help wanted for an energetic general agent countywide. No books insurance or canvassing. Acquaintance with merchants and manufacturers necessary. Permanent bond state service experience references. Address suite 101 Chestnut Bl Philadelphia. Experienced bookkeeper seeks situation thoroughly competent high references.
John J. Broman and Nellie Kearney of Laurel Street prepare for a wedding at St Thomas Church on Wednesday October 23 as town residents note social activity. Archbalda Swift and John Farrell hosted callers in Jermyn Tuesday evening with Butler and Lack also sharing local visits. Mrs John Gilhool and son Pink returned from a trip to Carbondale after visiting relatives.
An assortment of scattered names places and businesses appear in this street level notice fragment. It lists entities such as THE BLK CAPE 1 AND IW PAN and SCRANTON HOUSE along with various proprietors and addresses like North Malis aves and Worehouse. The text is incomplete but indicates a compilation of local commercial and property references.
E F Johnson visits relatives in Dr Van Decker and wife with Mrs CH ManConnell in Tunkhannock. Rev Cook assists Key Howen in revival work. Ray Potter improves after illness. Mrs B A Colvin visits friends in Sayre. Richard Sheridan spends Sunday with Beranton friends.
Cut out daily pictures, circle the hidden objects, and mail or bring them to The Tribune Puzzle Department. Include name, age, and address. six plots marked correctly during the week earn publication of names in Monday’s Tribune.
Taylor Third ward political club to meet this evening in their homes at O'Brien hall on Main street. A very pretty marriage was solemnized yesterday at the Church of Immaculate Conception when Miss Sarah Hopkins of South Scranton and Thomas Coyne of North Taylor were united in wedlock by Rev. 4. A. Moffit.
The Diamond Express offers Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on the route from Wilkes-Barre to New York and Philadelphia with service through to Buffalo and the Suspension Bridge. It lists personnel, connections, and major intermediate stations including Geneva, Rochester, Chicago, and other points west. Reservations and ticket services are available at Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia offices.
Scranton trains depart at 7 00 a m for New York Philadelphia and other cities. Quaker City train leaves Scranton 7 00 am for Baltimore Washington and southern ports. Branches to Wilkes Barre Pittston Reading Lebanon Allentown and Martinsburg via Allentown plus Long Branch and Atlantic coast routes. Tickets and passes available from W G Bessler Gen Manager COM BVT Gen Pass.
The timetable outlines train connections from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia via Pittston and Bittaville with intermediate stops. It mentions service days, weekly divisions, and connections for Sunpyie, Mattinee, and various western routes, including Baltimore and Washington connections and westward services.
Fragmented passage lists rail divisions, stations, trains, and towns including New York elts Mid aketown Norwich Oneida and Qakor City. References to train arrivals and service notes appear amid garbled names and dates, yielding a partial transportation notice with many unreadable terms.
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