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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1895
Page
2
The Tribune opens a Wilkes-Barre office to push regional news and grow circulation in the Wyoming Valley. Discussion focuses on Grow county plans, possible county seat sites, political support, and local officials, with notes on Hollenback cemetery policy and regional industry and a looming court house project.
Opinion centers on the new court house project and the likelihood the current board will not start construction. Architect Myers of Michigan has secured 710,000 for second hand plans and a strong contract, with speculation the county may pay 20,000 for unusable bullring plans. The issue looms over upcoming elections and future commission terms.
Dr. J Arthur Bullard a leading Wilkes-Barre physician and noted bicyclist had a close call crossing a trolley track on South Main Street. His wheel slipped on a wet rail and he toppled onto the track as a car approached within fifty feet, stopping inches from him after the motorman applied brakes. The incident highlights absence of trolley safety fenders in the city and the traction company’s perceived dominance.
Before Congress resumes its session a group of Wilkes-Barre leaders plans an organized push for federal building funds. Representative John Leisenring has pledged to use his influence to secure the appropriation.
Visiting Grand Army men recount the $20,000 debt on Memorial Hall in Wilkes-Barre caused by the Conyngham Post. The post must raise about $1,000 annually for interest, funds dwindled by a failed carnival, and veterans urge generous locals to wipe out the debt and relieve the monument to fallen soldiers.
County officials faced criticism for changing policy on rewards as the Barring detective agency hunts killers of Barney Telck. Despite alleged strong evidence and claims of paying up to 5100 for arrests, critics accuse them of extravagance and parsimony in turn.
The West Side park races were postponed due to rain and heavy track conditions. A thunderstorm struck Kingston injuring property worth about 2000 dollars. Martin Finn of Miners Mills died Saturday morning after a broad influence across Luzerne and Dauphin counties. Dr. Fred C. Johnson, visiting from Virginia for health, remains ill after a typhoid relapse months ago. Republicans in the district plan to push for a President Judge to join the new superior court. South Main Street improvements face delays, with owners not seeing benefits. The next major building in Wilkes Barre will rise on the former Luzerne House site by the Bennett family. A Democratic postmaster move in Wilkes-Barre is rumored to replace Landmesser, a long-serving Republican official.
Deputy Prothonotary Myron Kasson of Scranton travels to Auburn to visit his father Misa Hannah Brown of Lake Carey while clerking at Mrs A K E Bucks novelty store. James Shiffer of Dorranceton reports on business interests and a house sale on Slocum Street. Remarks on rafting and timber markets recall a historic log era. News covers Mehoopany event, Watsontown death of W. Wrady Telatt, and funeral plans. Temperance union convention details at Mehoopany with multiple speakers and performances including Grace Warner and Nan Wells. A revised doxology for the temperance cause is noted.
The Pittston Young Men’s Christian Association prepares its second annual gymnastic exhibition and athletic contest at Music Hall tomorrow evening April 30. Events include dares, drills, bar work, bicycle race, and a statuary display with coaches from Wilkes-Barre Scranton and Bloomsburg State Normal School.
A Saturday morning electrical storm struck the city causing a fire at John Mc Garry’s Church Hill home which burned completely after 6 to 8 o’clock. William Loughney’s Prospect and Division Street home suffered heavy damage from a lightning strike that also felled a nearby tree. No occupants were hurt in either incident.
The assignees of Scranton Trust Company and Savings Bank announce an auction in the Arbitration Room at the Court House on Saturday in May 1905 at 10 o clock for property of the bank including an office desk chair and railroad and iron company stock. Other judgments and claims listed include district court docket items and a noted $7000 Aaron Grinein claim.
A local column lists physicians with offices and hours at various streets and avenues including Spruce, Washington, Wyoming, Madison, and Penn. It notes specialties in eye ear nose and throat and pediatrics, with several doctors’ residences and office hours. The School of the Lackawanna and local kindergartens are also listed with locations on Adams Avenue and Conquest Catalogue.
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