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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
7
The City hosts a full rehearsal tonight featuring the Symphony orchestra under Elena, with Priday night performance planned afterward.
A damaged text fragment hints at a Thane manager and a Young Woes division event with missing names and dates. The readable items reference an upcoming morning meeting and association notes, but concrete details are not discernible.
A garbled note records objections to a legal report by Referer M. W. Lowry in di Jenks wine. Bobeltoy Watcontos objects to the Noelule of law to Ov wey Colbing, signaling challenge to the proceedings and ruling.
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and roles of Catholic Mutual Benefit members and officers, with misreadings for several individuals and positions. Reads like a roster or meeting notes from a local fraternal or church group, but many lines are garbled.
An unreadable OCR fragment lists a financial secretary John D Seeneny trainer M T Welch marahal Donna Madigan guard Dali Devers and others with roles like trainer and wind John Wrinkt for two years.
Amingo Furvosee of Peekville and Joseph Kelmin of TG Winwten avenue employed at the Dickrote time were admitted to Lockrwuinn Hospital after sustaining injuries to their limbs in the incident.
The incident on Beheal Street concerns the Eiwuides family and a small fox kept in a cage. The Binereeier hospital reports a patient who has recovered from injuries and awaits redoption discussions for the penury.
Daina Kiva appeared in police court yesterday on a case tied to a hotel nuisance charge filed by the Superintendent of Police. She was committed to await further trial in the detailed proceedings.
In Washington Delaware a letter requests information about relatives or friends of G A Hall who recently died in a Washington hospital. Any person allied or acquainted with the mind should correspond with Dir Me Lend.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad plans two thousand freight cars priced for March delivery. Each car will be about feet long with a capacity of 6,000 pounds. One thousand built by American Car and Pounder Company at Lerwick and one thousand by Barney & Smith Car Company at Dayton.
At a council meeting in Scranton the Royal Arcanum elected officers for the coming year including Regent P. J. Casey Vice Regent T. J. Cooper Orator C. J. Mitzel Secretary Edward Evans Treasurer Pood McCanfrey Chaplain W. G. Ponrsent Warden ML H Hhyting and other posts Also chosen were Delegate to Grand Council PL ed Mecafrey and Alternate Thomas Russet.
At Binghamton Wednesday Charles M Curtis of Eimharet and Eva Evans of Dunmore were married by Reverend Phillips. The couple traveled with Mr and Mrs Harry Roberts of Peckville. They expect to reside in Madisonville after a trip to Washington and other points of interest.
The Wild A colliery at Duryea under Lehieh Valley Concomn ons has been eluged to two weeks by order of the mine inspector due to danger from flooded workings. Hallstead mine, shut during a strike by Lackawanna company, fears water ingress into Willkim A. Whitie. pumps must remove water, but it will take time before the flooding is cleared.
Thomas Allen a Hannah Belle slope worker at Dolph Coal died in Lackawanna Hospital after being shot by James Lake during a quarrel at Marshwood colliery Moo sie Mountain Coal hours after the fight. Lake surrendered and is jailed.
A Republican primary to nominate a candidate for city recorder will be held Thursday January 16 at Veguhir polling places from 4 to 8 p m. Candidates must register with J. J. Chittenden at 519 Lackawanna avenue by December 20 1908 and pay the assessment by December 27 1902 to have their names on the ticket. The city committee asks all ward and election officers nominations occur at the same time and place with a separate Vigilance committee box, A K Chittenden Chairman.
An advertisement featuring Keud Hackett promotes a message about ah ge and awareness. The copy suggests a personal or public notice tone with a likely advisory or reflective angle. No organization or event is clearly identified in the readable text.
In Beranton Pennsylvania in December 1902 Mr and Mrs Curtis B Flory welcomed a son. The birth notice records the new arrival as a family event in the local community.
Court notes in Keyser Valley proceedings as witnesses challenge the truthfulness of W. T. Smythe, prosecutor in the People Directory case against J. H. Ackerson. Multiple related cases heard, including Duk, Banko, Sweet, Anna Wong, Morris, Dopko, Toole, Smith, Rusinink, and James, with verdicts and delays recorded.
The article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a radical cure for dyspepsia and stomach weakness. It claims the remedy restores digestion, strengthens the stomach, improves appetite, and is harmless while not claiming to cure other diseases. Endorsed by Reed and O'Leary, the tablets are sold by druggists at about fifty cents per package.
Hood Herring did not answer a charge of felonious wounding filed by Richard Johnson. The court forfeit his ball and issued a capins against him following the proceedings.
Edward Farr, a Civil War veteran from Company G Fifty-first Pennsylvania, is granted a veteran’s license to peddle. In Wilson 8 Decker case, doctors are cleared of action. John O Malley was not liable for a horse care bill. Common Pleas term opens June 12 with 50 trials weekly and many trespass cases listed.
Attorney OC DL Little appointed by the court rules for the Dime Deposit and Discount bank claims against the city. He awards 1600 dollars the full annual sum sought. The suit concerns funds due on bonds for Washington avenue work. The city contends the bonds did not become due until assessments were paid by property owners. Little finds the city lax in collecting assessments and that the ordinance is invalid for only permitting a limited escrow period. City Solicitor Whitson plans assignments of error focusing on the ten year bond payment conditioned on collections.
The Wesleyan University baseball club outlines a 15 game home schedule at Middleton Conn with dates against Hartford Theological Seminary University of Maine Vermont Syracuse Colgate Union Georgetown Columbia Dartmouth Trinity Massachusetts State Agricultural College Boston College Williams and more. Away games include matchups at Yale Brown Dartmouth Harvard Trinity Williams and Williams in various locations.
County commissioners will meet soon to elect the mercantile appraiser for 1903. It is Durkin’s turn to name the appraiser, with Councilman John Regan of the Sixth ward the likely choice.
The Scranton common council last night transacted routine business and adjourned to Thursday. Senator-elect P. F. Calpin and Representative-elect Fred Phillips will resign their seats in January to take legislative duties in Harrisburg, with questions raised about unexpired terms and succession. A mandamus motion to compel the director of public works to build a bridge over Roaring Brook at Ash Street was referred to the city solicitor for opinion.
The funeral service for Mrs Storrs took place yesterday afternoon at the corner of Wyore ingawenle and Mulberry streets, with a 2 pm service conducted by Reverend 2D My Stearns. The interment followed at Dunmore cemetery with pallbearers James Archbald John Basal GH Buller C B Weston Walter Ruthven and A HL Starrs. The service included two hymn selections and a solo by Miss We W. Lathrope.
The Scranton chapter of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine invites members to meet at Hotel Jermyn this afternoon for a march to the depot to greet Wilkes-Barre visitors. The parade to the Lyceum theatre begins at 7 40 this evening. The order, not a regular Masonic body, comprises Masons of Knights Templars thirty second degree. There are eighty three temples in the United States.
Fire damaged the home of Michael Foy on Maggine Avenue and an adjacent house occupied by Peter Cusick. A defective flue caused the blaze at noon yesterday, with Mrs. Foy escaping from the basement as the fire broke out. total damage estimated around a figure.
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