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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
2
A retailer advertises 48 fancy silks and various ladies' outerwear at Leader's Price. Items include beaver jackets in black and navy, large sleeves, ripple back, with prices ranging from 98 cents to 2 48, and cloaks priced at 36 cents. The note emphasizes value and low cost during a sale.
In the Men’s Furnishing Dept J Gos advertises silk neckwear in Tecks and Four-in-One styles with Leader’s Prices. Satin suspenders offered at 25 cents, Jersey ribbed shirts and drawers at 69 cents, and White Merino shirts and drawers priced at 49 cents each. A special lot, 3 for $1, is highlighted.
All mail orders receive prompt attention and express charges prepaid on goods sent out of town. Money cheerfully remitted when you wish it.
Findlay dec 4 Rev Joseph Eb en Powell rector of Trinity Episcopal church arrested on charges of fraudulently securing a voter registration while claiming citizenship in the United States though he was British subject. He allegedly boasted of registering as a citizen to influence the election and now faces a penitentiary term of up to three years. Clergy member Clabop Leonard aided with telegraph appeals.
Mrs. Andy Valoteko living near Hillfarm works confronted a robber who entered her house this afternoon. He fled with $16 taken from the mantle and escaped a short chase, outrunning a pursuer over a distance.
The Christian Benevolent Association held its annual donation day with many young women collecting and accepting gifts. Rooms at 60 Northampton street will stay open today and tomorrow for late donors as committees organize goods and deliveries.
Arab factions led by Harry Southey and Mike Saba clashed in the office of Squire Kirk. After a preliminary hearing for perjury involving Mike John and others, the mayor fined each participant 50 dollars and costs, with $100 bail for court. Stolen pocketbook and alleged assaults cited.
A string of coal mine accidents reports multiple fatalities and injuries. Michael Garman breaks his arm in the Empire shaft. John Slovola suffers severe facial burns at the Alden mine. Henry Alter is killed by a rock fall at Avoca Coal Co mines. Alger previously lost a leg in the same mine. Patrick Mc Laughlin, 14, is ground to pieces in Stanton No 7 rollers. his death follows a family history of mining disasters at nearby shafts. The reporter notes the family’s hardship and the desolate state of their Miller street home.
The Wilkes-Barre wheelmen hosted a fox hunt Tuesday night. Ben Connors released the fox at 10 pm from the club house for a ride within Union River Washington and Academy streets. Two packs followed, led by George Pelfer and A N Perry, after a three minute head start the chase covered about five and a half miles in twenty minutes with the fox hiding after a puncture near the second sentinel. Judges Dan Rebee, Charles Telfer, and Jesse Boyd oversaw the event.
The prison commissioners met in session and inspected the Jali noting one hundred twenty three prisoners confined for various causes all in good health The warden was authorized to furnish Oliver Paylor a prisoner serving a one year term with clothing not to exceed six dollars on term expiration Bills ordered paid Frey twenty five dollars P Mc Shater sixty nine forty seven John Groarty seventy one ten W Pein one aes
A ledger of payments and receipts includes J. W. Raeder $1 and Simon Long's Bons $1.76 among numerous creditors and vendors. Totals feature Wilkes-Barre Times $4 and Jonas Long's Sons $97.03, with other firms such as Williamson & Wallace $4.60 and Phelps, Straw & Co. $6.13 recorded.
At the annual meeting of Wilkes Barre Electric Light Co the following were elected President Isaac A Puller directors Benjamin Reynolds Charles W Lee H H Harvey William Stoddart Joseph D Coons J Strauss Major G R Leonard B L Brown and H Baker Hilman. The Columbia Club elected officers last night with John T Lenahan as president EK F McGovern as vice president John F O New as secretary treasurer and governors George P Strome John T Farrell C M McHugh and Denis Mackin. Conyngham Post Relief Corps chose officers with Mrs W W Brown as president Anna M Bertels as senior vice president Mary C Long as junior vice president Mary B Barnes as treasurer Josephine Babb as conductor and Rose Foley as guard.
The Hospital Report for November lists Dr. J H McKown as attending physician for the month. It details patients under treatment on Nov 1 and 22 admitted on 23, with 27 deaths, the peak daily total 87 and low 27, average 31, religious breakdown 48 Catholics and 7 Protestants, marital status 23 single 20 married 2 widowed.
Lawrence Toole three years old son of Darby Toole of 429 East Market Street was severely burned while playing before a fire Tuesday night and died a few hours later. The funeral will be held at 2 PM with burial at Hanover Cemetery.
Mary Irvin yesterday filed a bill in equity against Jesse J. Carpenter. She denies signing a deed for a land sale worth 254 dollars and seeks a voiding of the deed. Courts will hear argument on Saturday.
Over one thousand fares were collected on the first day between Nanticoke and Glen Lyon. Notable deaths include Joseph Ziegler cancer at home and Andrew Schneider delirium tremens at City Hospital. The Eastern Union Building and Loan opens a local branch with Gates, Throckmorton, and Logan in leadership. Funeral for Mrs. Keith-Slee set for 2 pm tomorrow on South Street. The Royal Welsh Ladies choir concert return date is December 12. A.Y.M.C.A. orchestra hosted an oyster supper for funds. Home for Homeless Women board meets at three. Carl F. Schmitt hosted a musicale at Perry's with several attendees. A charity netted about $200 at Mrs. Hunt's fair. Washington monument subscriptions rise. Carolan Glee Club to stage an annual opera with Pirates of Penzance or Bohemian Girl rehearsals next week. Luzerne county bar to meet December 10 in Philadelphia. A phonograph concert by L. H. Howe benefits the Ladies Aid society tomorrow in Kingston Memorial hall.
Harry Alger a respected resident dies after a roof fall while mining at Avoca colliery. His death leaves a widow and seven children grieving. he belonged to the Sons of St. George and the Colliery Association Fund. Funeral plans to be announced.
The treasurer was authorized to accept partial payments from property holders on Pitts Ton Avenue as they can. This action facilitates settling taxes and property obligations with flexible installments noted in the official directive.
A critical look at Mrs. Lynn Linton’s essay on George Eliot portrays the novelist as underbred and provincial in early life, then spoiled by fame and adulation into artificiality. The piece traces Eliot’s shift from frank happiness with Lewes to a controlled, self created persona that stifled spontaneity and warmth.
The Chicago Times-Herald discusses healing by hand through Schlatter and similar healers, arguing that cures occur beyond scientific proof. It notes mind influence on the body since Galen and defends the physician with spiritual or psychic gifts as essential to patient recovery.
An advertisement touts hypnotism and mental influence as a health factor. It promotes Swayne's Ointment as a universal cure for tetter eczema and eruptions, claiming no internal medicine is needed and that the skin becomes clear and healthy.
A jumble of ad lines offers sewing help a dressmaker position and rental rooms and a farm sale. Notices include experienced dressmaker applicants, furnished front room rental, Capouse Avenue housing, and a stock farming sale at 711 Anton Streets.
A chaotic classifieds listing multiple sought positions. Droasmaker clerk coachman housekeeper and more sought by ascriptions to Tribune office. Includes ads for books catalogs kindergartens and local businesses. Detected names and addresses scattered amid the requests.
Scranton lines to Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other points depart 8 20 9 15 11 30 am with further 1 00 2 15 3 05 5 00 pm. Express connections to New York Newark and Elizabeth at 7 20 am 1 30 pm and 3 06 pm. Sunday arrivals 2 15 pm Philadelphia terminal 6 21 pm and New York 6 45 pm. Includes routes to Mauch Chunk Atlantic City Ocean Grove and Lebanon Harris via Avante and via North Vernon with through tickets available.
The notice outlines June railway departures from Scranton toward East and Easton with various connections. It lists times and destinations including Bath, Binghamton, Elmira, Cortland, Syracuse, Wilkes Barre, and Danville, noting intermediate stations, accommodations, and transfer points for routes to Baltimore and Washington.
Trains depart Scranton for News and Intermediate points on the F Seed Roagle at 1.29 pm and 3.29 pm with through service to and from Honesdale. Trains head to Wilkes-Barre at 6:00 am and 2:19 pm, serving Erie and Wyoming Valley routes.
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