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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1896
Page
7
Colonel Pattie Watkins led a small gathered crowd at a Volunteer service here with a Welsh hymn stirring the audience. The event featured impromptu remarks, and a tearful farewell tone as Watkins noted her upcoming marriage. A minor accident and several obituaries were also reported alongside local society news and visits.
An unsigned note sent to Alderman John accuses Mrs. Murray of 2105 Price Street of keeping a locked basement door, storing whiskey in the cellar, and detaining the writer’s husband to spend his money, with daily beer and other items noted. Other brief local items mention Henry M. Williams leaving for Lake Winola and W. H. Fuller returning from New York.
Patriotic voters seek full knowledge of all parties views and policy differences including Gold, Silver, Tariff and Free Trade. A complete handbook of public political information edited by Lawrence F. Prescott is presented with each suit purchase.
Daniel Flanaghan had Mrs. Mary Duffy and daughter Minnie arrested on charges of threatening to burn their home. Flanaghan cited suspicions over damage to his barn last November and alleged threats last Wednesday. The Duffys waived a hearing. both held on $100 bail. A separate motive involved three youths demanding beer at Patrick Barrett’s on Keyser avenue. Barrett filed a warrant with Alderman Fidler after threats were made. The trio was bound over on $200 bail to await court. The notice also covers a funeral in Holy Cross parish and various local social updates including staff moves and residents’ activities around Lake Winola and Oak Street.
Mre James Mackay and Miss Agnes Mackay of Adams avenue return from Dal ton visiting friends. Miss Phoebe Maglebert of Dudley street guest in Peckville. Miss Frieda Kahn of Scranton visits Miss Emma Ludwig on Drinker street. Miss Jessie Weatherby of Mast Ben ton visits cousin Myrtie Finch in Cherry street. Dr Frank Winters of Blakely street returns from fishing with a fine catch. George Judge of Apple street visits friends in Wilkes Barre. Miss Anna Crook of LaAuna visits Mr and Mrs Richard Webber of Centre. Mr and Mrs James Webber of Pleasant Valley return from visit with Mr and Mrs John Webber of Centre. A social by Ladies Aid at Fred Stevens home on Drinker street Aug 26 with a fine musical program. Admission free. Junior Order United American Mechanics band under Mark Bishop of Fifth Street advances in popularity.
The guest match at the Mc Laughlin hotel yesterday ended in a close victory for William Thorpe over George Duff of Carbondale in a fifty dollar side bet. Excitement ran high as supporters cheered for their favorites.
Patrol wagon and three officers responded to a 2 PM disturbance near Cedar avenue and Breck street as two men William Conroy and Feeney fought in the Breck street barn area. Conroy allied with Tom Molloy to ambush Feeney. an elderly man attempted to intervene and was knocked down and kicked. Conroy and Molloy fled before officers arrived.
Daniel Langowski of Beranton Michigan asks The Tribune to correct a published report claiming he was involved in a tattering with a friend of Rev. Pather Rust. He says he was not in town during the church disturbance and requests publication of the correction.
The piece criticizes Republicans labeled as statesmen, praising James G. Blaine for his influence while denouncing opponents who call him a tool of corporations. The author laments opposition attacks as merely partisan volleys against a popular figure.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain in children, claiming it soothes gums, reduces fever, and stops diarrhea. It warns against unsafe alternatives and notes the price at twenty five cents per bottle.
New York shares traded 160021 with few moves, Western Union active at start and Sugar, the Grangers, Trowtsville and Nashville rising briefly. Traders priced in a possible certificate issue by the clearing house, lifting quotes before close while Sugar and the Orangeria lagged.
The sale offers drastic reductions on remaining stock with everything priced to move. Shoppers are urged to attend the final ten days to take advantage of the exceptionally low prices.
At Union Stock Yards August 24 cattle receipts totaled 0 head with a weak market and lower prices for common to extra steers and stockers. Hogs receipts reached 10 000 with heavy packing and shipping lots selling 8.00 to 8.25, mixed 2.90 to 4.05. Sheep and lambs were dull and lower with prime limbs at 5.00 to 5.05 and lambs around 5.00. Oil market quotes unchanged with 5 credit balances and 104.
A Victorian era prospectus advertises a London bureau offering a list of promoters with over £100,000,000 in foreign investments in six years and £18,000,000 in seven months of 1895. It promises introductions to promoters and access to bonds, mortgages, lands, patents, or mines, with noted directors including Sir Edward C. Ross and Captain Arthur Stiffe.
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