City Notes Special Meeting A Clue
Florence Crittenton Home managers hold a 10 am special meeting this morning. Major W L Mil lar, inspector of the Third brigade, inspected Company G of the Thirteenth regiment at Montrone. A gymnastic exhibition is tonight at 8 pm in the High school auditorium with tickets at 205 Washington avenue office. An entertainment and dance is set for May 2 at Guernney s hall under the Twentieth Century Literary club umpires. Mrs McHugh from Bellevue fell night rains caused a shake up but no broken bones. Over 100 milk dealers have not renewed licenses. inspector will pursue them this week. Libel case Gildea vs Little M J O’Toole continued to next term. Catholic Historical Society and Newman Magazine Club meet tonight at Knights of Columbus ball with exercises and card party. Fike lodge will entertain Wilkes Barre lodge at Franklin avenue, parade then social session. buggy and mule lost.
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Catholic Historical Society
Newman Magazine Club
Knights of Columbus
Scranton News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents and Events
Disappearance reported of a mule and carriage owned by Mr. Turner near 24 Forest Court. Beranton Mallwhy Company begins double tracking from Court Street to the Diamond Switch. Officials receive copies of the Official Bulletin of Criminal Information featuring Joseph Ripley. John Jones elected treasurer of Grace Reformed church group. Scranton hosts annual National Sporting Club tournament with Rily Mack vs Sparrow Allen. Lackawanna hospital urges trousers coats and uniforms for children. A drunk dormitory incident ends with arrest. Sewer contracts face certification delays awaiting bond ordinance. Frozen fish condemned as food inspector closes cold storage. A runaway horse causes wagon wreck on Linden Street. no injuries. Coroner to examine Mrs. O’Boyle and Charles Warren inquests. Bishop Tobias Mullen dies. Bishop John E. Fitzmaurice to succeed, with ties to local clergy.
Tribune Readers Letters Policy Summary
Letters from the people appear under this heading when accompanied by the writer’s name. The Tribune does not assume responsibility for opinions published here.
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the Tribune
Editor clarifies identity in Scranton Clark fight rumor
John F Roche denies being involved in a South Scranton fight report and criticizes reckless reporting as he explains he recently recovered from pleuro Pneumonia after four weeks. He notes the mistaken tie to a former candidate for Clerk of the Common Council and asks readers to disregard the gossip.
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John Roche
South Scranton
Common Council
John F. Roche
Cherry Street
Republican Convention Excursion Rates to Harrisburg
Reduced Lackawanna railroad fares offer round trip tickets to Harrisburg for the state convention on April 25. Tickets are valid for return to April 26 and available April 24 and 25. The Lake Shore Railway is promoted for travel with claims of scenic routes, fast service, and comfortable cars.
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Harrisburg
Lackawanna Railroad
Pennsylvania
Beecham's Pills Promote Liver Health Amid Local Giveaway
An item notes a winner taking home a $50 Sterling bicycle from O'Hara's cigar store last evening. The brief also mentions Beecham's Pills claimed to cure liver complaints.
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O'Hara
Our Coffees Always Run the Same Package
Irregular wording describes a coffee brand and pricing drift. The fragment mentions packaging, time, and shifting sentiment with phrases about coffee products and per pound costs. No clear event or dates provide a definitive news item.
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Pany
Cholee
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Address Notes
A garbled OCR entry lists The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co at 411 Lackawanna Avenue and 123th Male Avenue with an unclear phone fragment. No further readable details provide context or event.
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the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Lackawanna Avenue
123Th Male Avenue
District Attorney Jones Announces renomination bid
The Lackawanna County DA Jones declares his candidacy for renomination and forms an unseen Willing Workers group to campaign at the polls. He notes recent illness and injury will not deter his bid while outlining a long public service record.
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Jones
Lackawanna County
Police Chief Reports Yearly Finances and Arrests
Chief Frank Robling submits the annual report ending March 11, 1900. Fines total 6408.30 dollars, about 2000 more than last year. Arrests 2635 with 2262 men and 373 women. 973 foreigners. Drunkenness cases 22, drunk and disorderly 609, drunkenness and fighting 195. 2146 disreputable-house inmates arrested. 45 dangerous criminals photographed under Bev tilion system. 24 burglars arrested and one murderer apprehended. 4000 dollars of stolen property returned. 42 missing children found. At hensrings 479 discharged, 499 jailed, 168 bailed. Eight sent to Home of the Good Shepherd, nine to the Poor Farm. Corruption and structural notes on old buildings and Coyne house foundation renovations mentioned.
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Frank Robling
Councl
Hensrings
the Good Shepherd
Building Inspectors Fault Lackawanna Wall Construction
Building Inspector Bays warns few buildings on Lackawanna avenue meet anchoring standards. He cites the Moro sin i hotel front wall bulging five inches and orders the entire wall to be torn down and replaced.
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Jackson
Lackawanna Avenue
Appeals Days Appointed for State Tax Hearings by County
County Commissioners Morris Pen may and Durkin set dates to hear state tax appeals. Hearings span April 26 through May, covering wards and townships including Carbondale Carbondale township Pell township Wandling Dunmore Taylor Lackawanna Old Forge borough Old Forge township Benton North Abington West Abington South Abington Scott Greenwood Waverly La Plana Buns Newton Mey Hearing Brook Jefferson Madison Covington Clifton Lehigh Spring Brook Elmoutret Gouldsburn and other districts.
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Morris, Penmay
Durkin
Thoreday
Pirsi
Serond
Five Lectures by Edward Griggs This Spring
Five lectures by Professor Edward Howard Griggs will run Thursday evenings starting April 26 in Guernsey hall. Course tickets priced at 2.00 available at Foote and Fuller and Guernsey hall. Green Ridge Lumber stockholders meet at 621 Green Ridge Street this city on May 1 at 2 p.m. to elect officers and transact other business.
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Edward Howard Griggs
Guernsey Hall
Foote & Fuller's
Green Ridge Lumber Company
Green Ridge Street
Contest Over Onetime Will Of Scranton Merchant
One of the area’s oldest probated wills is challenged by Rose Toohill’s four minor children through guardian E W Thayer. The contested document from Mary Toohill dated 1888 purportedly left the estate to her husband Michael Toohill, with the grandchildren claiming the grandfather held only a life estate and thus should share as heirs. A May hearing date was set to hear testimony and arguments on the will’s validity and rightful heirs.
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Rose Toohill
Michael Toohill
Toohill
Mary ‘Toohill
West Side
Ninth and
Jackson Streets
Mary Toohill
E. W. Thayer
Hyde Park
Scranton
Pennaytvania
Jily
Goll Amane
Michael Toohil
Mic
Jackson
Fifth Ward
6Th Street
John Watst
Maury
Mary (x) Toohill
Daniel Bradley
Mark
Ann McKee
Register Koch
Mary Tohill
King
Scranton Argument Court Opens Third Week of Term
The argument court opened yesterday for a week with Judges Arch Bald, Edwards and Kelly on the bench. Cases include Mary Carey v city of Scranton over referee report, viewers for damages on Robinson street, Frank Snyder v W W Arnold, A Burnbaugh v J S Miller constable, rule to strike off judgment, and demurrer.
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Archbald
Edwards
Kelly
Mary Carey
Scranton
Robinson Street
Frank Snyder
W. W. Arnold
A. Burnbaugh
J. 5. Miller
Thowasa Dovlin'a Sona
A. Ey Strong
S. Mills Ely & Company
F. A. Tallin
Rile
Pennsylvania Central Brewing Company
Dominic Cover
Peck Lumber Manufacturing Company
New York and Scranton Coal Company
Lackawanna County
W. Ankie
Mra
F. W
Wyoming Avenue
Seldman & Company
Miller
Miner Attacked Near Throop Bridge Over Pay Day
John Kwinotsky of Priceburg says two men assaulted him Saturday night near the mine, threw him from a bridge, and left him with bruises after he had drawn about $28 on payday. He was taken to Lackawanna hospital, believing no bones were broken, and walked home hours later after the incident.
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John Kwinotsky
Priceburg
Throop
Lackawanna Hospital
Tribune
Piano Buying and Durable Pianos for Every Budget
The ad promotes durability as the core criterion for piano selection, offering a range from a durable instrument at 250 dollars to the finest models. It promises no make-believe pianos, notes a selection of lightly used upright pianos at nominal prices, and invites quotes by mail or in person.
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Havie
Knabe
Briggs
Vose
Vose & Son
Angelus
Perry Brothers
Eer
Haggage
Office D
C. Ss
Spruce Street
Edward Reyer
Spruce ST
Court House
H. B. Ware
Williams
Postoffice
Florence Crittenton
the Hom
W. §. Millar
Montrone
Ofice
Washington Avenue
Guernney’ S Hall
Washington
Twentieth Century Literary Club
Pasengers
Delaware and Mudion Company
Nut and Bolt Works
Penn Avenue
Saptist Church
Robert J. Pierce
D. D
Frank
Perry Weast
Elmhurst
Mies Eile L.rodney
River Street
Eagle Hose Company
Bnover’s Hall
Ste. 5
Mre. McHugh
Thirdtreet
Bellevue
Lackawanna
Ian
The
Gildea
Duryea
Richard Little
M. J. O'Toole
Wilkes-Barra
Jol T. Lenahan
Deleniants
Fike
Wilkes Barre
Franklin Avenue
Erenion
Wilkes-Barre
George Turner
Forest Court
Turner
Beranton Mallwhy Company
Court Street
North Seranton
Central City
Bulletin of Criminal Information
National Board of Identification
Joseph Ripley
Chicago
John Jones
Christian Endeavor Union
Grace Reformed Church
North Kcranton
Daniel Phillips
Carbondale
National Sporting Club
Scranton Athletic Club
Alder Street
Ot Ia
Adame and
Lackawanna Avenues
Connery
Liberatore
Charles Rippel
Central Police
Howell
Widmayor
Warlua
Gorman
Waldron
Linden Street
Pennavenue
Delaware and Mudeon Station
George Hoffman
West Scranton
Tobias Mullen
Erie
O'Hare
John E. Fitamaurice
Fitamaurice
Dunmote
Triture
Lake Shore
Beecham
John R. Jones, Esq
Blakely
Keystone Academy
Factoryville
Wyoming Seminary
Kingston
Paa
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Mass
Middlesex
Massachusetts
Alexander Farnham
Wilkes- Barre
Luzerne County
Third National Bank
Republican Party
Republican State Committee
H. M. Edewards
J. B. van Bergen
Harristure
Dickinson School of Law
Wase
G. 3. Osborne
Joseph A. Beranton
Congress
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Circuit
District Courts
United States
Five County Veteran Association
Maple Grove
Olyphant
Hastings
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D.C
Providence
Blakely Poor District
Wae
the Directors of the Poor of Pennsylvania
Reading
Waite
Page
Chrina
W G. Vv. Millar & Co Bie
Ian Ek
F. L. Crane
Golf Coats
George W. Finn
H. AK. Zerbe
Manhattan
Suite Suanes
Pierce’s Market
Avende
Weston
Bours
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