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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1895

Page

7

Suburbs Sisterhood Event Echoes in Perth

A fragmented OCR snippet mentions a person from Perth and a suburb context, hinting at a community or sisterhood event. Details are unclear, but names and place indicate local civic activity.

Ward battles and local notices in Scranton wards

Progress of the Fourth Fifth and Fifteenth Ward contests for select council school controller and constable is reported with candidates named in the Fourth ward contest Richard Nichola James Evans and in the Fifteenth ward Elias Kevans and Horatio Fellows. Other local items include a St Brenden's Literary Session a birthday party on Swetland street disturbance at Beranton street and a variety of small notices and ads from the West Side business directory.

Select Council Robathan R. H. Williams Edwin G. Hughes Richard Nichola James A. Evans Jack” Davis Bhrewd John Neat Jack William Hughes

Scranton Prepares for Pennsylvanias Visit at Ball Park

Scranton hosts the University of Pennsylvania in a big afternoon game at Ball Park with Penn favored. Fans rush to secure seats by 2 pm as yellow and red colors signal Bicycle and Old Penn supporters. Penn players Gelbert Brooke Woodruff Bull Wagonhurst Wharton Minds and others are listed for today’s lineup. Noakes and Posner among backfield options.

Biele Old Penn Cantana Connery University of Pennsylvania Noakes Scranton Pennsylvania Brooke Harvard Yale Princeton Cornell Williams Gelbert Woodruff Bull Wagonhurst Wharton Minds Posner Thayer Foster Breele Lewis, Reilly & Davies Wyoming Avenue Charles Gelbert Delaware and Hudson Arthur Knipe Woodruff Boys Wiley and George Wilkes-Barre

Gorham's 1 Ate: A Quirky Local Note

A fragmentary local item hints at a quirky anecdote involving Gorham and a best versus better comparison. It reads like a playful, undecorated newspaper snippet with unclear full context and names.

Streetcar Schedule Change Maps City Service

A new schedule goes into effect with ten minute service on this side to Smithville and extended through trips to the city line. Through trips depart Linden street barn from 6:15 a.m. with seven cars and vary to fifteen or forty five minute intervals after 8:45 p.m. The round trips to Smithville and to the city line take two hours twenty minutes and forty five minutes respectively. Also noted are layoffs at South steel mill due to insufficient work and sporadic North works operations.

Smithville Pittston City Line Franklin Avenue Moosic Linden Street Kelley Gallagher Foy Kreaky Dolphin Iggins Messett Wm. O'Donnell Pantle Cavanaugh Dharhe Afid Cantwell McAndrew John O'Donnell Palmatier South Steel Mill Tribune North Works

Ferber outlines plan for paid fire department reform

Chief Ferber and Fire Underwriters discuss replacing volunteers with a small paid force. Proposal calls for seven engine crew with five permanent and two call men, plus three permanent Suburban hose men with possible one call man. Sixty six permanent and eighteen call men planned. A captain would oversee discipline and property, aiming for centralized control and easier governance. Plans may change with new suggestions as the proposal shapes. Mayor Connell weighing a fire marshal role to investigate arson and enforce ordinances.

Ferber Tribune Board of Underwriters Connell

Police Blotter and Local Notes From Dunmore

In Dunmore the Youths enjoy warmer weather at the ponds while the coal company office rebuild nears completion on a fine state site. A Loyal Legion meeting is planned for Saturday night. Joseph McDonald, 12, of Spencer Street, was severely injured at Nay Aug when machinery crushed his leg necessitating amputation below the knee. Drs Murphy and Garvey oversee the procedure. A rash youth tours Scranton shops, posing as W S Potter of the Dunmore Globe. he risks a sharp lesson if caught.

Pennsylvania Coal Company The Loyal Legion Misa Mida Englert Butler Street Wayne County Joseph McDonald Patrick McDonald Spencer Street Nay Aug Company Murphy Garvey Scranton W. 8. Potter Dunmore Globe

Philadelphia Capitalists Take Long Island City Trolley System

A Philadelphia syndicate announced acquisition of the Long Island City street railway and electric lighting system. The deal, near 2 million dollars, covers about sixty miles of trolley lines and extensive lighting privileges, with a new Kings County and Long Island City Traction company formed to operate the upgraded system.

Philadelphia Long Island City Philadelphia Capitalista Head New York Kings County and Long Island City Traction Company

Five Universities Duel For Intercollegiate Championship

The piece outlines proposed grand intercollegiate competitions among Harvard Yale Colum bia Cornell and Penn to crown yearly champions. It also notes boxing plots with Corbett Fitzsimmons and amateur athletic suspensions, plus Yale naming Fred T Murphy Yale captain and boxing date hurdles for Ryan Walcott O Rourke.

New York Harvard Yale Columbia Cornell University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Indispensable In Diphtheria Bovinine Endorsed by Doctors

Dr. Arthur P. Ginn of Omaha testifies that he used Bovinine in several diphtheria cases with success and no other food during treatment except milk as a vehicle, marking it as indispensable in diphtheria treatment.

Arthur P. Ginn Omaha

Bovinine Promoted as Life-Giving Beef Extract Injection

Bovinine is a special cold-processed lean beef product that is easy to take and quickly assimilated. It is promoted as life-giving for strength during disease, with injections sustaining patients through crises such as diphtheria when oral nourishment is impossible.

Local Briefs Round Up North End News

Henry Davis of Daniels Street was injured in Storr's shaft No 3 when a fall struck him. H Richards opened a new market at 108 Wat Market Street with R W Woodworth as manager. The Holy Rosary church Christian Doctrine society plans its annual event in January. The Tricby dancing class hosts a social tonight in O Malley’s Hall. A Primitive Methodist festival on East Market Street attracts large crowds. Keystone Dramatic Club beat Eureka Baseball Club 17 to 7 in indoor baseball at St Mary’s Hall. Mrs Hertshorn is seriously ill at her Deacon Street Green Ridge home.

Henry Davis Daniels Street Storr'a Shaft H. Richards Wat Market Street Hhea R. W. Woodworth Christian Doctrine Society of the Holy Rosary Church O'Malley East Market Street Keystone Dramatic Club Eureka Bt. Mary's Hall

Venezuelan Dispute Note and British Reply Rumors

Washington reports say published descriptions of the British government's reply to Olney's note on the Venezuela dispute are conjecture. Administration knows little and keeps details sealed, with observers split on whether the note will be sent to Congress and if further correspondence will follow.

Jord Salisbury Washington Olney Congress

Glances at Great and Little Men Anecdotes

A collection of anecdotes from Paladin about Americans in Paris and a Chicago World's Fair reference. An ex-congressman’s daughter offers a witty take on greed and value, plus a humorous tale of a bold one on the ground fight.

Paladin Tuileries America Ben Cable Illinois Papa Brother Bill Pearson

Triduum of the Sodality Opens at St Peter's Cathedral

The triduum for St. Peter’s Cathedral sodalities opened with Rev. F. P. McNally preaching on the Virgin Mary’s prophecies and intercession. A sermon follows tonight and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament tomorrow. Confessions followed the service.

Sodalities St. Peter's Cathedral F. P. McNally Mary Father McNally

Fragmented Ode on Label and Knowledge Theft

Fragmentary verse laments a figure who disturbs the Labrary Key and attacks cultural relics. The speaker contrasts ruined classics with a claimant’s crude triumphs, invoking Milton and Dante while critiquing destructive meddling in scholarly domains.

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