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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1899
Page
3
A storefront advertises a broad array of instruments and accessories for the holiday season, inviting customers to request items not on display. The copy touts strings for all instruments and highlights a particularly fine violin string product to examine.
The week brings choir rehearsal at First Presbyterian, Beynon concert tickets on sale for Lyceum show Thursday, Rescue Mission service led by W W Adair, Ladies Aid business meeting at All Souls Uni…, fire committee set for 7 90 p m, non-support case against James Campbell, ward caucus meeting planned, Robert Johnson jailed for 30 days, Salvador Valencio committed for theft, J Tremor injured falling from a ladder, others noted.
A Jefferson avenue resident declares he is not the party named in the Testercase dispute and has no dealings with Russell and Co, denying alleged misappropriation of funds. The notice also lists charity board meetings and pay days for regional railroad and mining sites with schedule details.
A county prison board votes to install a weaving establishment at Iwickawanna jail as an experiment. The special committee, led by S. W. Roberts and Otles Roberts, audited Pottsville Schuylkill County and other counties finding hand powered looms producing rag carpet and socks, with modest profits. visits to Allentown and Sunbury showed similar methods and limited road work.
Coroner Roberts gathered information on a Saturday night millroad accident in La Plume that killed John Wauvelt and George Waterman. An inquest will be held. Niagara Falls Power Co plans massive power development and rail access with ties to many New York and Boston bankers and capitalists.
A garbled notice set offers refunds for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tor and a kettle guarantee, followed by a list of names. Then obituaries appear: Amelia A. Carling widow of William F. Carling of 61 Spruce Street dies in Beranton. David B. Cobl of 10 New York Street funeral Thursday. George Hill six weeks old dies in Scranton. William McCrea son of Mr and Mrs McCrea of 1 Cedar Avenue funeral Tuesday. more short death notices and burial details from Carbondale and Green Ridge.
The Mayfield power station burglary case enters trial as defense seeks to reduce charges from common law burglary to statutory burglary or larceny. Jurors are seated after extended challenges. testimony focuses on whether the bunk room at the power station could be a domicile and if the fire room door was left unlocked.
On opening morning six defendants asked to plead guilty with five granted. Moran admitted burglary and assault on a constable and received six months in county jail. Burke, Richards, McDonnell, White, and Miller faced varying sentences or trials as the day progressed.
Judge Purdy set aside the verdict in the Russell ejectment suit and granted a new trial in the fee case filed by F H Shurtlett for services over six years. The ruling follows questions about the $2,000 claim and the jury verdict, with the probate of Joseph Chase’s will noted. A separate sewer case involving Olyphant ties to the docket.
The will of Joseph Chase of Benton township was admitted to probate yesterday and letters testamentary granted to his son Aaron Augustus Chase. Clara KE Briggs receives the homestead life use and a $50 annual payment for twenty years or life, with the remainder in trust for Aaron Augustus Chase through his daughter-in-law Elizabeth C. Chase. The estate is not liable for the devisee's debts, and the orphans' court will fix the trust successor.
Attorney James J. O Malley sues the borough of Olyphant and Flanaghan and O Hara for 1500 alleging negligence in extending the First district sewer. He claims trees shrubs fences and a cellar were damaged and water flooded the cellar. He asserts an alternate route existed avoiding the lot.
Judge Fidwards yesterday granted naturalization papers to six probationers. Names and birthplaces include David Reed Marsh England Cuthbert Rippon Rendham England Pasquale Parfollo Hawthorpne street Scranton Italy Romuel Tewis 121 South Lincoln Avenue Scranton Wales Martha Odendahl 111 Diamond Avenue Scranton Luxembourg John Klug U25 Prescott Avenue Beranton Germany
Peter A. Cannon named constable of the first ward of Orphant to fill a vacancy. Several court matters include appeal in Guernsey vs Froude, rule on remitting Mary Barylka costs, and an absolute rule against attachment in Fyne vs Carbondale. James vs Lackawanna Laundry entry stricken. defense affidavit five days. Two sidepath commissioners sworn. third pending qualification. Delaware and Hudson vs City of Feranton injunction hearing paused to next Monday. Advertising and local notices conclude with a cigar mention and ball gown ad.
The advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has supported mothers for over fifty years. It promises relief for colic and diarrhea in children, soothing pain and quieting fussiness. It urges buyers to demand Mire, Wine. fow's Boothing Syrup and warns against other brands, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
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