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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
7
Complaints say individuals work under our name, keeping umbrellas or doing inferior work. We have no road representatives and will call for work on mail order only. Scranton Umbrella Mfg Co M Silverman Prop 913 Spruce Street.
The article reports the drowning of Wufford Blufford aged 15 in a gravel pond near Clark’s Surninl. He was with John Lee when the ground beneath them gave way. Rescue workers retrieved the body at Loweloek Suburbia. The funeral is expected tomorrow.
A new cafe named The Oak Cafe will open today at 24 Adams Avenue at 9 am. The venue promises modern decor and a varied menu with drinks and light fare. Local residents note the shop is near Park Street and Washington Avenue.
Fred R Stark died early Saturday after a brief illness at the home of his parents on Quincy Avenue. Born June 1 in Nicholson Wyoming County, he studied at Keystone Academy and the University of Michigan. He practiced in the office of Colonel Futashimone and was a young, bright attorney with many friends. He is survived by his wife and a three year old child. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 from the family residence. burial will be in Forest Hill and private. The Bar Association met Saturday to express regrets. speeches by Judge Edwards and others honored his ability and character. A committee prepared resolutions of sympathy for the family.
Readers submit word lists for the Tribune junior educational contest. Twenty six lists have arrived since Saturday and four prizes are displayed in the Tribune show window. Names and addresses of entrants are listed, with notes on a misspelled name and an unsigned participant who says he is years old and lives in Wyoming. Entries must be received by Saturday evening with results announced by Tuesday morning.
The thirty fifth Scranton Conservatory of Music recital is set for tomorrow evening in Guernsey Hall. Performers include Miss Bates Miss French Miss Worle Miss Davtay Mentor and many others presenting works by Hadyn Beethoven and Mozart along with the Crater etudes and musical selections from operas and concert pieces.
Dr Meredith, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Tyinville, issued notice tightening admissions. Patients must have vaccination proof and be escorted by staff to visiting areas to reduce exposure risk amid smallpox fears in Danville and surrounding towns.
The Thirteenth Regiment Athletic Association, formed last week, aims to hire a successful director and field a major contest with running events, pole vaulting, and swimming. Colonel J. Gobin and Lt. Davis lead plans for the new armory, with Major Robling approving facilities and equipment, including rifles and a pool opening next week.
Robling delays the Third Battalion drill until January. One drill will be held this month and two drills must be conducted later to make up the schedule.
Saturday’s court imposed penalties on many convicted last week. Daniel and Patrick Finnegan, both under sixteen, received sixty and thirty days after assaulting Patrolman Thomas Jones on Oct. 20. O B. Jones pled guilty to embezzling from the Setanton Day company and paid one hundred twenty five dollars and costs. Arthur Armstrong and William Reeder admitted four burglaries. Other cases included Martin Gathieher fined 25 dollars plus costs for assault and battery, Minus Moses fined 25 and costs for assault and battery, Carrie Britten jailed two months for shoplifting, Jamies Rose sentenced to fifteen days for mayhem, Angelo Moreen fined 500 dollars and three months in jail for liquor offenses, John Wariner three months for pistol threat, Ursula Aukos sentence pending, Themis Reese’s sentence suspended for repairing the eye injury, and a not guilty verdict for W W Armes on embezzlement charges. Judge Edwards urged reparations where appropriate.
A. W. Lawson of Philadelphia leases the Scranton grounds as plans form for a new Pennsylvania state league. Four cities are set, with others to be chosen from Adlen town Easton Barrisburge York Levaton Potteville Sunbury Wil bunsport. A meeting at Reading on January 1 will organize the league and a Lackawanna Summer Book plans ads for hotels and lodging along the line.
Taylor of Green Ridge No 1 captains a standout team in the Northeastern Pennsylvanian Bowling League. His 262 score marks one of the highest in the season, as Buffalo championships loom with substantial prizes and a large field. The Northeastern league plans a second season after the current schedule, with a final tilt in Buffalo’s Palace Bowl Parlor.
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