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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1898
Page
5
The Wilkes Barre Record is available in Beranton at M Meinhart newsstand located at 119 Wyoming Avenue Mac Lackawanne Avenue.
At Lake Ariel the Lake House and Hotel Pines drew visitors amid rain. Social events included a euchre party with Indies prizes, semi weekly dances in the Wig pavilion, and a vocal recital at the Hotel Pines. Guests listed span Scranton, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Easton with numerous local residents attending.
Fatroman Perry arrested William Bryant Blaine Christian and Edward Detempie after they escaped from Hillside home and returned to the Home for the Friendlees. Police pursued the trio and the Home bus recovered them as they resisted return. A separate incident involved a dozen boys loitering near Nay Ang Park causing water taps to flood Mulberry Street. Nathan D. Moyer, an engineer, saved a child and an elderly woman by braking his train to stop before an object on the tracks.
A long list of local residents and visitors is noted as guests in Atlantic City or returning from trips. Names include Frank Merargeo and Miss Nellie Hickey of Binghamton, Mrs. Best of Cedar Avenue, P. P. Jordan, and many others from Scranton and nearby towns.
Notice to Republican voters of Lackawanna county that a convention will be held August 23, 1898 at 2 p.m. in the Arbitration room of the court house Beranton to nominate a candidate for the legislature and address other business. Ignorance committees announce polls open 4 to 7 p.m. August 20 for delegation votes. Fred W. Fleitz chairman, W. G. Davis secretary.
Notice states a meeting of the attending committees of the Republican party for the Third Legislative District of Lackawanna county will be held in the arbitration room at the courthouse Scranton Tuesday August 1888 at 2 PM to fix the time and place of the district convention and handle related business. Signed by T S Parker chairman and John F B Johns secretary Clark's Green Pa Aug 6 1886.
A fatality occurred in Keyser Valley as a woman gathering coal was crushed between two gondola coal cars on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western tracks. Charles Schler, twenty, had his left foot amputated after attempting to board a moving engine near Nig Ang Falls. A bicyclist was struck by a horse while hospital staff treated another injured rider. John Wert fell from a rocky ledge at Nay Ang Park, suffering a triple-leg fracture. his friends later located him and he received medical care.
Lackawanna township debt case set for hearing before Marshal Quin nan tomorrow morning in the Mears building. Lizzle Kennedy, through Ward and Horn, filed a partition suit Saturday to secure a division of the estate left by her father the late John L Kennedy in Dalton.
Court convenes forenoon with numerous opinions and orders expected since six weeks adjournment. Key items include a motion by Holgate and Hamilton to quash the bill of particulars in the Langstaff Kelly contest. Court will adjourn after rulings until September 12.
The general Labor Day committee met at 4 Lackawanna avenue to organize events for the holiday. Samuel Gompers sends regrets via a letter read by P J Thomas, with Frank Morrison to stand in for AFL leadership. An excursion train deal with the Delaware and Hudson is arranged for Beranton travelers from Wilkes-Barre and Carbondale.
Seven members of the select council met at the St Charter hotel to form a majority bloc to block or remove mayor Bailey’s appointments. They accuse the mayor of favoring advisers and ignoring other council voices and say at least eleven councils members would support a stand against a perceived one man rule. The group notes Potter’s recent nomination may face further opposition.
A large afternoon crowd enjoys Bauer's open air concert at Laurel Hill Park featuring the full band with marches overtures and selections such as Burr's Triumphal and Romance Poem of Love. The event stands among the season’s most enjoyable musical outings.
Saturday racing at the Driving Park featured James Justin's Doc FE winning the road race over Gorman's Moxey with Harry in third. Jim Meara owned by Dr. Hi captured the 2.50 event after sweeping the last two heats. Copperfield, owned by Ludwig, won two heats against Maud H. More races are planned for next Saturday.
A fragmented OCR string lists places and regions including Norwegian Danish Northwestern Indiana Kentucky Northwestern Nebraska Central Swedish Michigan Ohio Erie Central Ohio Mort Oanle Ohio Indiana Southern Innis Oklahoma Holston Tennessee North Carolina Central Tennessee East Tennessee and Flue Ridge.
Tonight and tomorrow a grand Sinking of the Merrimac spectacle at Laurel Hill Park features Pain Fireworks and a private viewing by Lieutenant Morwan. The show combines fireworks and a Bauer band concert with 25 75 cent grand stand seats and excursion rail rates. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad follows noting health benefits and easy to take pills.
Members of the Y M L plan a seaside excursion to Long Branch Ocean Grove and Asbury Park on Saturday August 20. The train departs Central railroad station at 8 a m with a round trip fare of five dollars good for return by August 27 inclusive.
Describes a durable roofing material described as more desirable than tin, resistant to sun and frost, claimed as the only perfect roofing. States prices available on application.
Clarence Foster admitted guilt while John Loomis and Frank Lee denied involvement. Foster said the others helped. Foster was held on 300 dollars bail and Loomis and Lee were paroled for adjourned hearing. Robbery involved a hatchet theft and $63.70 recovered.
Walter Lynn, an elderly worker at a blast furnace, and a fellow employee fought over a lantern last night. A push by a rival landed Lynn on a lump of iron, injuring him enough to require transport to Moses Taylor Hospital.
Carnelius Connell was found asleep in a box car near the Erie and Wyomings Valley station at 2 a m yesterday. He broke the seal and opened the door while intoxicated. Patrolman Float took him to the station house for a police court hearing this forenoon.
The contest commission from Carbondale met for a day and heard witnesses while disclosing four alleged defective votes. It adjourned at noon to reconvene in Scranton today and resume business Tuesday morning in Carbondale.
A man attempting to enter Mrs. John McHerring’s Mineral street home Friday night was detected, beaten, and later released. Edward Gerrity and Michael Hopkins helped subdue the intruder after he fled a window. Mrs. McHerring woke to the alarm and called for help. her husband serves with the Thirteenth regiment.
Bert Green, a Delaware Lackawanna & Western station agent and Bellevue mine foreman, was slightly bruised in a buggy crash caused by a broken wheel on Reservoir boulevard. A slight fire on Capouse Avenue near Phelps Street was extinguished before fire crews arrived, started by an exploding lamp. The New York State Firemen’s association parade and a Pompler corps excursion to Scranton are advertised with details on trains and timings.
John Campbell of Pittston Avenue, gravely hurt by a thirty foot fall at the South steel mill last Thursday night, shows some improvement at Moses Taylor hospital but remains in danger. Doctors say the injuries are serious and the outcome is uncertain.
A. A. Woodhull leases the Wonderland theater on Linden Street for burlesque and variety shows for one week. J. H. Shoemaker and Sydell's company open the house with several early bookings including Sporty Widows and Monte Carlo Girls. Interior updates increase seating, add private boxes, and improve lobby and box office. the venue will be named the Gaiety Theater.
Reverend Doctor Hard D D a secretary of the board of church extension and well known to Scranton Methodists will visit the following conferences during September and October namely St Louis German and other sites listed in the itinerary.
By agreement of attorneys the consultations between Johanna Ferdinando and the city of Beranton and the injunction case against F. M. and A. Z. Spencer were continued on Saturday to the September term of equity court. The hearing on the matter of the In-
Bert Kime infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kime of 16 North Hyde Park avenue died August 14. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 PM with interment at Forest Hill cemetery in Scranton.
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