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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
6
North Scranton notes report cyclists unable to ride on streets due to a damaged Main avenue. Police frequently arrest wheelmen for sidewalk riding and bring violators before the alderman for fines as paving delays persist. Mrs Grady sent to county jail after incident. Dr Bower reportedly kicked by a horse.
In Parker street neighbors secured Mrs Eliza Grady jailed on a common scold charge. Over the past year she faced several arrests but settlements followed each trial. Yesterday Alderman Fidler ordered her jailed in default of a $900 bond on the information of Mrs Sarah Metiuire.
An eight year old son of Thomas Carding of Wilburstreet injured beside the Marvine branch of the Delaware and Hudson railroad. He fell while playing near the car hut ning and had his right foot run over before the train could be stopped. Mr Sullivan dressed the wound but amputation may be required today.
Dre EF Z Bower suffered a painful leg cut when a horse kicked the carriage near his home on Church Avenue. The blow shattered the dashboard and flung the horse free, sending the animal running several blocks while Bower received the injury.
An old newspaper snippet lists medicines and prices including Paine's Celery Compound at 5c, Pinkham's Compound, Joe Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Mellon's Food at 38c and 55c, with an advert for George W. Jenkins on S. Main Avenue.
Marriage reports include Joseph O Donnell and Miss Mary Gavin wed yesterday afternoon at Holy Rosary Church by Rev Father O Toole. James Pritchard hosted friends at Wayne Avenue home. Richard Evang fined $2 for sidewalk riding on Main Avenue. Welsh Calvinia de Methodial Sunday school group spent yesterday at Nay Aug Park.
Mra A Fitch and family left for a three week visit with Mra F H Rifenbury at St Joseph Missouri. David Jones returns home to Philadelphia after visiting friends here. Dr Theodore Sureth called to Montrose by his father’s death yesterday morning. Mrs William Jones returns home from Plymouth visit. William Boyle of Colorado revisits his father Prof A P Boyle. Druggist George W Davis and wife return from Lake Winola. Birtley of Liberty Hee company and Joseph Maloney on a Nehing trip to Lake Ba Fett.
Dinmon lodge No 147 Knights of Pythins will conduct a format in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday evening August 24 featuring the presentation of B C Jew els The programme includes an address of welcome by James Quick a piano solo a male chorus Arlington double quartet banjo solo glee Hyde Park Glee club soprano solo Miss Davis a tenor solo Samus Davie a duet two tenors a recitation Miss Nellie Jones a whistling solo Master Oscar Ludwig a tenor solo W L Jones recitation Miss Anna Phillips cherie club
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church begin with Yo end W will host a tea in the Sunday school rooms from 6 to o'clock with a literary and musical programme. An optional silver offering will be accepted for the ton. Mr and Mrs L Wagner and Florence of North Blakely street are at Lake Winola. Mr William Potter of Greer Ridge and Blakely street is spending his vacation at Winola.
A Philadelphia resident shot and killed his wife at the family home and then used the same revolver to take his own life. The spouses were reportedly under four years old at the time.
A brisk sale notice highlights wash skirts and wash waists as part of a closing month promotion. It promotes a pretty nice assortment aimed at clearing stock in fine goods offerings before month end.
Marriage notice from Hampton Street to South Main Avenue records Miss Jennie Evans and Thomas J. Davis. Other items note death of Mrs. Anna Saunders and local society meetings. Two runaways reported in the city as security concerns rise. Prof Daniel Protheroe and wife guesting at Mr and Mrs Job Harris home. Protheroe’s career highlighted with Milwaukee and Scranton ties and leadership roles in Arion and Lyric clubs.
Anna Saunders wife of the late George Raunders died yesterday at her mother Mrs Y Williams 142 Price Street born in Wales she was head clerk at J D Williams & Company on South Main Avenue Funeral Tuesday at 2 90 from her mother home interment Washburn Street Cemetery Also reported are the deaths of the infant child of Mr and Mrs George Porkes interment Cathedral Cemetery the late Honora Meany funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral and Hannah Richardson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Richardson funeral today at four with interment Washburn Street Cemetery
Doctor Hermans on Scranton street harassed by youths aged from ? to WL years who trespassed nightly. Constable Davis secretly observed, then nabbed the gang and held them for processing at the West Side station. Edward Ord secured $200 bail. others to hearing tonight.
Two runaways occurred on this side last evening with no serious injuries. Philip Schroeder, a Moore butcher clerk, was delivering orders when the hold back failed.
An advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the sure cure for stomach disorders and related health issues. It claims fifty years of proven results from constipation to kidney or liver trouble and urges purchase with a private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
A buggy went out of control on Main avenue near Rock street frightening a horse that dashed to Rock street and collided with a telegraph pole. Mr Schroeder, wife, and infant were unhurt but scared. wagon damaged. A second incident on Malin avenue caused a buggy wheel to catch, the horse leaped, and a boy was briefly injured before being taken home. The horse was halted a few blocks away.
Preparations are complete for tonight's reception honoring Grand lodge officers of the True Ivorites. Hosted by Robert Morris and Dew Sant lodges, the event features an excellent program with Benjamin Hughes as chairman and refreshments after the program.
Miss Jennie Evans of Wampton Street married Thomas J. Davis of South Main Avenue yesterday afternoon at the parsonage on South Lincoln Avenue. Rev Daniel Jones of First Tabernacle Congregational Church officiated. The couple departed by the Lackawanna train to New York City and plan to return in about two weeks to establish a home on South Main Avenue. They are popular young neighbors with many well wishers.
The monthly gathering of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Jackson Street Baptist Church convenes this evening at 7 29. An engaging program is planned with papers on Baptist Inheritance Christian Missions in India The New Africa and the People and In Many Tongues read by David H Williams George Nichols Margaret Thomas and Bedella Evans.
The Baptist Young Proples Mission of Northeast Pennsylvania plans its annual excursion for Wednesday August 2. Members and friends from across the side anticipate attending and joining in church and Bible activities.
Daniel Reese from Washburn street returned from Like Winola. Mrs Reese Reeete and daughter Jennie of Jackson Street visit in New York. Mike Martha Smith of North Hyde Park left for two weeks at Atlanticity. Chorge Brown of Lattimer visits his parents. Prof William Lewis and another guest at Prof and Mrs John T Watkins. Lewis claimed London Conservatory of Music. Brennen and Heffron spent time at Pittston. William Fnow at Lake Winola. Ernest Northup attended Northup family reunion at Glenburn. Grace Thayer visiting West Pittston. Rev J B Sweet was a Lake Winola visitor. David Reese from North Hyde Park spent in Wilkes-Barre. Frederick Green vacationing at Ararat Summit. Annie O’Brien of Westfeld May visiting sister Mye. Oliver of Luverne Street and Prof W Hayman of Des Moines.
The report lists residents and visitors including Will Reynolds returning from Philadelphia, Mrs Haldeman seriously ill, William Pfeiffer staying at Atlantic City, George Maxey a West Side visitor, Mira Liggie Doyle from Wilkes-Barre, Charles Sweet at Lake Winola, David Ratcliffe visiting Michigan, Miss Kate Connor visiting brother M L Connor, Mise Mae Willlame at Acker Avenue, Dina Morgans spending the summer at Lake Winola, Mrs John B. Williams on vacation at Loomis Lake.
Fragmentary note lists address orders to C B Sharkey at 1914 Cedar Ave, phone 6653, referencing South Side central city and central iyde Park.
Funeral services for Mrs Honora Duggan were held yesterday from her Brook Street home with a high mass at St John s Church. Interment followed at Cathedral Cemetery. Fred Kellerman s funeral from Prospect Avenue featured a large turnout, with services at the grave and burial at Pittston Avenue Cemetery. Local church entertainment at Christ Lutheran on Cedar Avenue concluded the report.
County Commissioner John Demuth of Cedar Avenue turned fifty two yesterday and received warm congratulations from friends across the county. Also noted, Misa Winifred O fevle and Howard Campbell of Ashley visited Cedar Avenue. A small fire alarm at 20 o clock on South Washington Avenue caused minor damage to a dwelling.
Mrs Joshua Willams of 10 Sunset Avenue marks her eightieth birthday and a family reunion with J T Watkins quartet. Articles mention the Williams sons in J D Williams & Brothers, teachers in West Side schools, plus local trips, a Lake Winola accident, and community events at Manners' pharmacy.
M. H. Mahon of Joyce's store Weat Lackawanna avenue will spend a two weeks vacation in Atlanta City. Miss Margaret Elms of Wilkes-Barre associated with the trip.
Edward Steindel of Pear Street is alive after attempting suicide with a bullet to the brain. Doctors report the bullet lodged in the brain and the right side paralyzed. attenders Dre Walkh Manley and Putton fear he may die at any moment.
Joseph Koch died at his home 1701 Capouse Avenue on Tuesday night born in 1846 in Lorraine Germany he came to the United States at age 12 he worked in hotels in New York and the city retired eighteen years ago he survived by eight brothers and one sister Lizzie Koch wife and four children Ligeie Virginia Julius and Theodore funeral at his residence tomorrow afternoon private Ann Cahill six died at Hillside Home she had lived there since April 1881 and was the oldest inmate authorities seek any relatives if known
The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States and Canada opens its 31st annual convention in Philadelphia with Daniel Duffy of St. Clair, Pa., presiding. Delegates welcome Mayor Ashbridge, hear Duffy’s address urging libraries study rooms and cadets' societies nationwide. Delegates visit cathedral for a solemn high mass before business sessions.
London authorities announce official notification of plague in Porto and enforce port health measures across the United Kingdom. Royal mail liners are ordered to stop at Porto while Washington reports few Lisbon cases and no trains crossing the Spanish frontier amid health checks.
Local Wilmington manufacturers report higher demand for skins yet shrinking profits as raw material costs rise from 25 to 31 percent and leather prices climb about 10 percent. They warn further leather price increases amid a goat skin shortage once used for women’s shoes now fueling broader demand.
Aug 14 dispatch reports widespread famine in India with monsoon failures. Bombay notes heavy crop damage and unsatisfactory yields as rains fail in Guzerat Kathiawar and Bengal suffers excessive rainfall elsewhere. Farmers sell cattle at 40 tents each as sowing stalls. drought breaks in the northwest provinces. A cyclone hits Montevideo on Aug 18 causing property damage and several deaths.
The Porto Rican relief effort in Boston advances as contributions total 10000 dollars today. Local committees urge続 generous support from residents and businesses to aid victims in Puerto Rico.
The Brazilian congress banqueted the Argentine delegation led by President Roca at the Casino. Present were President Campos Sanes and diplomatic, civil, and military dignitaries. A regatta and a 80,000 strong Venetian festival followed with Colonel Charles Poke Br Vanithe US minister prominent at the entertainment. Messages of congratulations poured in from Brazilian governors and district commanders.
A Times correspondent reports Captain Tompkins of the artillery battery stationed at Providence Port arrived in Washington with men. The unit was reviewed before the president at the White House. Lincoln praised the battery, joking privately that he had rarely heard such courage from a captain and whispered to him that he had seen very few young officers who impressed him.
A Chicago Post account quotes a man seeking office who doubts an opponent sketched as deceitful. He recalls the rival’s past advice to crave attention and even hints that removing the gas line could win favor, suggesting he might serve best dead rather than alive.
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