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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
10
Carbondale enjoyed a cool clear labor day parade with about three thousand participants led by Grand Marshal H A Padden and numerous locals and unions. The afternoon picnic at McLaughlin’s garden closed a day that boosted United Mine Workers momentum.
Mrs J J Bly is convaleacent. Miss Mary Jay visits Terra Haute. Rev J E Bone hosts visitors from Union NY. About 200 excursionists depart for the Toronto fair aboard the Erie. Nearly 1000 Carbondalians watched a parade from Scranton. Vance Comedy Co. drew large crowds at Grant, with matinee and evening shows. Morgan and Newton win singles in tennis. doubles Olver/Morgan beat Aitken/McMahen. Rutherford/Newton beat W Morgan/Lathrope. Donald, fifth son of Afr and Mrs J W Charrison, Wyoming Streak, bitten on face by a dog. wound cauterized and patient improving.
The ten year old son of John Brown of West Pittston was interred at St Patrick's cemetery after funeral arrangements led by Undertaker W J Sweeney. About five hundred men from the 14th Place area joined a Latter day parade in Scranton yesterday morning. The public schools opened for fall term. Bead of trade to meet in rooms tonight. About fourteen diphtheria cases reported in town. Miss Annie Patten and Maud Garber left for Mansfield State Normal School. Mrs James Brown and daughters Louise and Nellie returned from Milton House to Albany. Stella Connors of Wilkes-Barre is cousin of Miss Noll. Miss Celia Swift of Archbald visited here. Howard Gibbons of Pittston was here Sunday. Mamie Hanahoe returned from Long Island. Kitty Igo leaves for New Haven after weeks here. PF McGinty and Mamie Lyons left for Mansfield Normal School. Geoff Dimock and Mrs Dimock of Carbondale visited. Lucy Farrell to spend two weeks in New York. Mrs Thomas Lavin leaves for Dover Street two weeks. Benjamin James and daughter Annie James returned from Asbury Park. Thomas Prive returned home to Nanticoke after visiting grandparents.
An old advertisement touts purifying and enriching the blood with Heads Suresparina to alter circumstances of ailments. It claims Hood’s Pills cure biliousness and headaches and suggests reliability in treating various conditions.
John M. Williams sprained his ankle on Friday but can walk and expects to work Wednesday. Nellie King visited relatives in Uhes Barre. Hattie Hollenbeck is in Pittston. Epworth League business meeting set for Wednesday at M H Kidgell’s home. Mrs EE L Hi and children returned home after a week with her sister. John H Reed and William Beart visited Wilkes-Barre City hospital on Sunday to review a report.
The Taylor borough reopens its schools after a three month vacation. The corps of teachers remains largely the same with Mire Van Buskirk replacing Miss Sarat Price. Several named teachers are assigned to No 2 Grove Street No 5 North Main and No 1 schools with notes on recent visits and local activities.
The finest leaf sugar and maple syrup like root infusion give Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a pleasant taste. It is advertised as an unequaled medicine for coughs colds typhoid croup and whooping cough and claims quick cures. Sold by all druggists Matthews Bros. as wholesale and retail agents.
Mr Kingsley plans to complete the salt breaker at Avery Island Louisiana with a work party led by George Wescott and four carpenters. The crew had earlier to return three months ago due to typhoid fever among half the group. The town notes Henry Purday returning from New York. A large labor parade in Scranton yesterday featured carpenters and mine unions. Wilton Fire Company to hold a special meeting tonight for all members.
Funeral services for Lizzie Gannon were held this morning at Sacred Heart church with a requiem. Interment followed at Calvary cemetery, Mayfield. The report clears Harry Snyder of involvement in Friday night street car incident. Mayfield council did not meet. area collieries idle. public holiday observed with parades and band performances.
Residents in Jessup and Scranton area are noted as guette of Lafayette Dash and visitors to friends. The United Mine Workers rallied yesterday to guard the Delaware and Hudson railroad, while silk mill operations resume after electrical work. A local house move occurs on South Main Street as doctors warn chronic ailments require treatment. Local ads tout Mall’s Cattarh Cure by F J Cheney and Co and Hall’s Family Pills as a recommended remedy.
Jacques I. Mareau exposes modern electrical fakirs in the Chicago Record, detailing schemes from electric-belt quacks to magnet roulette tricks. He argues impudence and elaborate contraptions fool audiences, with counterfeit security, concealed switches, and deceptive betting gadgets designed to mimic legitimate outcomes.
The article exposes fraudulent devices using electric magnets and coils used to fake cures and injuries. A doctor demonstrates a so called electric lounge with thirty two magnets causing a dramatic shock. a faulty setup leaves circuits open and magnets energize, producing a wreck and panic among bystanders.
Baseball scores and lineups from games in Philadelphia Brooklyn New York St Louis Louisville Cincinnati and Baltimore. Batters, pitchers and umpires named with team positions and inning by inning results across two to four games per city.
In Rochester afternoon action Buracage and Toronto both posted 3 runs while Montreal scored 5 and Toronto 5 with Montreal at 2. Springfield faced Worcester in two afternoon matchups, while Hartford and Providence played a doubleheader with scores 0 and 4 for Hartford and Providence respectively.
Disjointed lines show city pairings and scores including Buffalo and Minneapolis games, with partial figures for Indianapolis, St Paul, Detroit, Kansas City, and Detroit references. The text mixes multiple matchups and stray phrases, lacking complete results or clear structure.
The readable lines reference a debate about human superiority and demonology with mentions of seven devils and doubt. Names and places are unclear, but the piece presents a terse dialogue on theology and belief from a magazine-style blurb.
Multiple listings show furnished rooms for rent, houses to let, and services. Advertisers include F. tb, Ikreeheeck & Son, Frederick L. Brown Architect, Lackawanna School of Scranton, and local insurers. Listings mention North Seventh Street, Green Ridge Street, and public buildings with contact details and hours.
Stock exchange activity draws attention to safe investments and recoveries in March. Edgarton reports brokers seeking agents as markets monitor technology and real estate sectors amid uncertain profits.
MARRIEV MAN 34 seeks any employment including free work or traveling salesman as reference M Merkle. Address General Delivery Scranton Pa. Also “SITUATION WANTED” notice for a young man, good horseman, carriage washer, desires steady work, not afraid of labor. Address Box 165 Forext Pa.
Scranton area trains depart May 18 with connections to Carbondale Wilkes Barre Albany Saratoga Montreal and Boston and lists times for various routes via Corbondale Wilkes Barre and Lehigh Valley routes. Details include connections to New York Philadelphia and New England points and lowest rates offered.
As of May 14 trains depart Scranton for Philadelphia New York Buffalo and beyond. Services include Black Diamond Express listings with multiple daily departures to White Haven Bethlehem Easton Harrisburg and intermediate stations. Pullman parlor cars operate between Wilkes Barre Philadelphia New York and Buffalo with connections to Geneva Rochester Niagara Falls Chicago and points west.
Trains depart Scranton for New York Newburg and intermediate Erie railroad points at 5 00 4 m and 2 28 p m. Hawley and local points at 5 00 a m with Lake Ariel service at 1 27 m. Sunday departures to Lake Ariel at 4 5 a m and 1 0 p m with stops at intermediate stations.
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