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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
5
Three floors and 100 by 50 feet showcase Christmas goods from books Bibles prayer books art calendars diaries toys dolls games and more. Customers praise the display and early arrivals receive better attention while stock is fresh. Open evenings until after Christmas with goods reserved and delivered on request.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Smith depart today for New York and Philadelphia. Attorney AL J Collorn Jr returns from Baltimore. Rev Dr William McLeod of Curzon Avenue Church Brooklyn will exchange pulpits next Sunday at Fleet Presbyterian Church in this city with James McLeod DD of his own parish.
A handsome window display at Reynolds Brothers in the Hotel Jenven building features holiday wave view and stationery. The assortment includes Dalory calendars ink stands stationery and gold plated picture frames. The article praises the display as perhaps the finest yet seen in the city.
Street Commissioner Noland Thomas secured a permit for opening a city street to lay mains after learning three Water Company workers Joseph Mack Joseph Lavelle and Sylvester Quarters began excavating on West Market Street without approval. Warrants were issued for their arrest but were later withdrawn after a conference with Water Company Superintendent Robert Reever and the decision to cancel the permit dispute.
Scranton records reveal repeated neglect of monthly fines and police revenue reporting. Mayor fines totals from April 1890 to October 1890 show payments to the city treasurer. officials discuss expanding legislation to bar aldermen from police court work and to curb fee collection.
The Electric City Scranton and Lackawanna councils of the Royal Arcanum will hold a joint meeting at Odd Fellows Hall on Wyoming avenue at 7 15 this evening. Grand Regent Webster Weiss of Bethlehem and state officers will discuss the organization status and condition. A reel time will follow.
Funeral services for Mrs Ann Morrison of 25 South Wyoming avenue were held yesterday morning with a requiem mass at St John’s Catholic Church on the South Side conducted by Rev E J Molle. The remains were transported to Honeydale on the Delaware and Hudson railroad for interment. A large gathering of friends attended the rites.
Grandmother Mrs Gillagher, daughter Annie Gallagher, and her two grandsons plus Mrs Dempsey and others stand trial for the murder of James Quinn near Carbondale township. Judge Archbald presides as jurors are sworn and challenged in a lengthy selection process. The Commonwealth outlines its case alleging a fatal assault following a saloon incident with Quinn and the Gallagher defendants.
A Los Angeles company markets a new line of Glace Fruits with nuts and exposes several tons of candy. The firm specializes in confections and fruits and advertises low prices to save buyers money.
Louis Ackerson a junk dealer in 422 Raymond Court reports his two year old son Henry drank half a bottle of opium. At Lackawanna hospital doctors treated him to keep awake with stimulants and active care. physicians credit the treatment with counteracting the poison's effects. Also mention of Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway advertising services to Copper Country with palace cars and dining cars.
A signed agreement offers a refund on a recent hotd of Greene's Warranted Scrap or Tor if it fails to cure coughs as claimed. Names listed include Matthews Pros, Theips' Pharmacy, W Humphrey, MacGearich, Plehet, Sanderson, Donahoe, N M Fiche, and Brown's Pharmacy.
Scranton Railway Company chief M. Clark tells Tribune the firm will back a West Lackawanna viaduct project, proposing to build a crossing above tracks and renews a $10,000 pledge if a practical plan emerges. He cites improving service and urges city action while noting DL&W interest.
Property on Mulberry Street near Prescott, 40 by 90 feet with sewer and sidewalk priced at 975 dollars. The sale, by Moses and M Solomon & Co, was postponed to Wednesday morning December 2 at 9 oclock with various stock including underwear hosiery and clothing offered.
Gold platednkstands Reynolds Bros fancy office baskets Reynolds Bros When dizzy or drowsy take Beecham's Pills is listed as an ad fragment for steam heating and plumbing services at 241 Wyoming Avenue with product mentions and medical remedy.
The passage suggests removing unsafe practices and constant watch against danger from the viaduct project. It hints that a generous proposal might be forthcoming to address the ongoing risk and costs involved.
Capitalists owning the Niagara Falls Power Company franchise plan 250 000 horsepower on the Canadian side with preliminary work begun. They pay the Canadian Park Commission $25 yearly and must have 10 000 horsepower ready by November 1 1898. Half the generated power may be brought to the Falls for use.
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