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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1902
Page
9
City notes report candidates registering for county commissioner and secretary positions, and elections to fill federal civil service roles. Dr Martolie Piton and Dr Sit visited with readers about fire relief in Portland as towns consider fees for recovery. No new smallpox cases. patients at the hospital are improving. A rumor about Matthew Connelly is noted as unfounded.
A new hourly schedule begins May 18 between New York and Philadelphia with trains every hour on the even hour from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Sunday. The route uses New equipment, parlor cars, and improved tracks. Trains run direct to Reading Terminal, supplying faster service with two hour runs for some trains.
A fragment notes interest in the value of goods from the JADA Ceylon Tea company and implies high willingness to pay. The text stresses superior quality of the tea and the appeal of sealed lead racks as a premium display.
In Newton Pas on April 26 Reale W Pharche aged 4 years died. Survived by Putteral family. Funeral Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of J. G. Bong Dunmore. Interment in Dunmore cemetery.
Detective Delter and Detective Robert Delter arrested H. H. Penny alias Fred Ellingwood of Owego New York on grand larceny charges. Penny allegedly departed for another city. baggage shipped by Wells Fargo. He was detained and to be extradited back to Owego, as his wife and two children arrived in the city.
A terse health note says John Jermyn remains in critical condition yesterday with little hope for recovery. Family fears that without a decisive turn for the worse, his odds of recovery are about one in a thousand.
Municipal council discusses replacing the long standing payment system for sewer and other contracts with a plan to ensure faster payments. A committee will study options to require payment within a year or less, aiming to reduce high bids and improve cash flow for contractors.
U M Spencer won first prize in a eight month rifle tournament at Blatter's shooting pool under Electric City Rifle club. Scores and prizes included a gold medal first prize and five silver medals plus merchandise prizes. President Alex Glaner earned the Davis trophy for best first shot after one hundred shots. John C Blatter and John A Grening won special prizes. A B Hislett took a silver medal for top points.
The Backus team won two of three games in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Bowling League series in Scranton. Fidelia Team delivered a superb bowling display as Metropolitan Series leaders, while Gaekus improved with superior bowling to take two of three from the Black Diamonds for the disputed championship, though the Diamonds had won the first series trophy.
A large crowd watched Backus claim first in the second series as Arlington Scranton league star Meister and other skippers played with former Backus teammates. The night featured high scores with Roy Trothermel 262 and Becker alleys praised. directors consider dropping two teams to finish the season sooner while a May open tournament showcases new bowling balls without finger holes.
Copy of contest notice requests immediate submission to the Contest Editor in Scranton Pennsylvania. The message urges early receipt to ensure inclusion in the printed matter and references a four part advertisement in the issue.
Fragments describe a health claim tied to easing headaches and correcting visual defects. The notice requests public cooperation to advance the method or service offered at 131 Penn Avenue.
The report notes a standout performance in the Sun Individual bowling contest with a remarkable 201 average over thirty-eight games, marking a high-water point in the league’s individual bowling records this week.
Mr. James McMahon town clerk of Columbia New York suffered a severe bilious colic attack. Three doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy effected his cure and he now recommends it to friends. For sale by all druggists.
John Lynch, about 42, was found in room No 6 at the Bank Hotel on Licka wanna avenue with a rubber tube connected to a gas jet and noose in his mouth. Despondent over finances, he had warned of trouble after rent issues and was last seen Thursday night before the chambermaid discovered him. Coroner Saltry's examination suggested suicide. no inquest planned. Eugene Lynch, a North Main avenue tailor, is a relative in the city.
Over one hundred county liquor dealers met in Raub's hall and formed The Lackawanna County Retail Liquor Dealers' Association. Fred Dilcher elected president with James J. Padden and Robert Allen as vice presidents and M. P. Riley as financial secretary.
Recording secretary T. J. Tangan and executive committee members J. J. McNulty M. J. O Boyle and Charles Reedy have formed an organization in Archbalit. President Dilcher told a Tribune reporter the group is for mutual protection of its members and for the furtherance of good government but declined to reveal具体 plans.
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