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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1899
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage lists hateful racially charged song titles and slurs tied to Black performers and characters. It reflects historic stereotypes and offense in a sequence of suspiciously titled numbers and phrases.
Multiple items fill a notes column with upcoming meetings and events. The Delaware and Wiedens company plans a gathering on the evel branch this afternoon. Various organizations including city charity boards dental associations poverty social and laborers are listed with meetings and notices.
A man was found partially buried with a Kia nearby. he was taken to Moves Taylor hospital. Public theater: Swan will demonstrate his dry powder fire extinguisher at 4 pm behind city hall under the fire chief. Baptist ministers met at Penn Avenue Chapel with Rev Thomas De Gruchy presiding. sermon by W H Lowell of Clark's Green. Aliasing case: Alderman Howe and Bridget McCabe plus John Kanley arrested on serious charges. hearings held. bail set at 300 each. case tied to alleged assault on Michael McCabe.
Improvements contemplated by the Scranton Railway Company include relaying Dunmore Suburban tracks from Marion street to the corners and Laurel Hill tracks from the park to the corners. Work will start after Main avenue relaying and paving progresses, with rails embedded in concrete and supported by iron braces for a durable continuous rail system.
Daniel Meehan of Jermyn sparked a heated exchange in the Langsstaff Nelly contest as he faced questions about votes and possible payments. He claimed Timlin offered a million dollars and joked about moon naturalization papers, while testimony was limited and witnesses were listed in the hearing. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd express gratitude for donations from Mrs. P. o. Horan and Mrs. Richard O'Brien amid ongoing support.
A compact notice announces a special sale featuring Oriental Tage and orpets with details implied elsewhere on the Unis page. The item list and exact terms are not fully readable in the clipping.
Opening day of the two week term of criminal court presided by Judge H M Edwards and Judge J W Archbald saw numerous defendants plead guilty to assault and battery theft and related charges. Sentences ranged from thirty days to three years in reformatories with fines and costs. Notable trials included John H Roach Joseph Tiplady and Mabel Gray facing various offenses and a poisoning cows case involving John J OGrady Ann OGrady.
Mile Hatten of Taylor sues Lissh Hate ten estinony War in a divorce proceeding. The Hattons were married and living at Taylor two years. Mrs. Hatten was known to receive many men at her home in his absence. he alleges she left him and has no knowledge of her current whereabouts. Hatton and corroborating witnesses Mrs. Eien Hatton Mrs. Addie Williams and Mrs. Marv Jenkins testified yesterday.
John McKenzie, whose North Scranton home was disrupted a month earlier by the Board of Chamber due to alleged frightful living conditions for McKenzie and his family, appeared before Judge Edwardy for sentencing yesterday.
McKensie was convicted of forgery before Judge Yerkes in Berks county last December. Sentence was suspended after a pledge to abstain from drink, but the head of the McKensie household again broke the pledge, revoking the suspension and leading to a county jail term of thirty days plus a $1 fine.
Court House News notes record bail for Stephen Danielle, viewers appointed in Abington and Ransom townships, and a receiver named for Fleming property. Scranton district answers equity suit to block creek contamination, denying sewer impact claims. Delinquent tax collectors’ bonds filed with Prothonotary Copeland list multiple wards and sureties.
An account extols the Lake Shore Limited as a palatial train with electric and other lighting, stenographer service, ladies’ waiting room, daily stock reports, bath and barber facilities, urging travel on this line. The notice also contains a long obituary or memorial tribute to Gilbert S. Carpenter, with resolutions of mourning, a thirty day church memorial, and several officers signing a committee notice.
Avoid injurious glasses and seek Silverstone the eye specialist for eye care. He has a database of 8,000 names for referrals and offers low prices on spectacles and eye-closures. He can solder frames and duplicate lenses quickly. remember the name and place.
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