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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1896
Page
5
City residents urged to pay gas bills to secure discounts. Court actions include transfers and monetary judgments. Community events feature a ladies' cake sale, a recital, and a wedding. Local obituaries note Ellen Clark and Sister Marcelin. City repairs and improvements plans announced by Mayor Bailey and council, detailing street paving, culverts, and retaining walls.
Our store will be open evenings until Christmas featuring a fine assortment of holiday goods from MEAS and HAGEN.
Charles Whitefoot testified before Alderman Wright alleging George Pullertine and Irving Tuttle fired at him while hunting on Thanksgiving. Whitefoot says Fullerton pointed a gun and fired, hitting neighbor John France with bird shot. Pullertine and Tuttle were arrested. Fullerton held at 1,000 dollars. Tuttle released.
Famine of music forced the First Polyterian church to postpone Srnday services and the choir concert to next Sunday due to illness among several choir members. Rev. James McLeod preached a sermon on The Savior's Advent and the Amusing Influence upon Both the Church and the World. No Thursday services. show exercises shift to next week Tuesday afternoon.
Our Casey Camera Parlor opens at 203 Wash. Ave offering a fresh take on photography and film services. The shop promises personalized service, affordable prints, and a curated selection for locals seeking memories captured with care.
Six prisoners arrive at Kastan Penitentiary led by Sheriff Clemons. Warden Cassidy appears with a bell crowned hat as inmates undergo haircuts, searches, and routine exercise. Rocco Salvatore boasts of killing Conforti. Salvatore’s death two months earlier shocks detainees.
The Taylor eisteddfod program lists choir and chorus events for various age groups plus solos and duets. It includes numbers like My the Pathor and On the Bell, with entries in soprano alto tenor and baritone, plus impromptu speech and a children’s section.
A. Hastings is sued by Industrial Life Insurance for $50,000 after alleging employees warned policyholders that the firm was "no good." Hastings, via attorney Hon. John P. Kelly, seeks release on common bail as the case goes to court. Attorney J Elliott Rogers defended the company.
A judge indicates the defendant should remain free during holidays due to lack of friends to post bail. The proceeding notes the company’s acquiescence and questions the necessity of immediate jail time.
An Austrian man named Mike Olechuck was stabbed multiple times in the chest during a late night fight with a fellow detainee, Girick, who was later arrested on a warrant. Both men, about 20 years old, were hospitalized as authorities investigated the assault and local publicity noted rising violence after dark.
Crowded streetcar on the South Side derailed injuring several passengers including Thady Walsh of Minowkas who was killed. One man, Ab Wale, was severely injured and paralyzed in the incident as workers rushed to control the vehicle and aid the passengers.
Brief session of Areameont County Court features settled cases and continuations. Judge and clerks attend as minors and executors face motions while attorneys push to clear petty calendar before year end with ninety two cases listed for the week.
David Beck suffered a slight paralytic stroke yesterday afternoon while visiting his daughter Mrs. W. W. Davis of North Mary Avenue. He was taken to his Pine Street home and later reported resting comfortably with only light effects from the stroke.
The message notes two locations on Wash Avenue with camera offers for Christmas. One at 203 Wash Ave and another at 202 Wash Ave titled Good Cameras at our Holiday branch. It implies festive sales and multiple storefronts in the same street.
Coroner reports 72 year old man shot himself with a 22 caliber pistol at his sister in law Mrs Lucy Cordeaux’s home 61 Madison avenue. He believed himself a burden and wished for death. Neighbors and doctors responded but he died before aid arrived. The weapon was a .22 caliber revolver found at the scene.
A proposed railroad by a new company led by President Lewis aims to build from Witton to Paddy's Land in Luzerne County and onward toward Stroudsburg, connecting with the New York Susquehanna and Western system. Directors include Attorney DuPont and local officials. The line would carry coal to New York markets, with testing and meetings planned to advance construction.
Scranton riders Emulate Rice compete in Washington sine day cycle event. Promoters list runners Marsh and Geiss as local riders with Wheelmen teams from the city. Officials Pharcell Foote Tools prepare Berantun support while notes say Washington race restricts riders to twelve hours daily.
General Stone of the Road Division of the U S department of agriculture will speak on Chicago roads at the evening board meeting. Kinemeers county commissioners and city officials have been invited. After the speech, General Stone will be welcomed at a reception by Scranton Bicycle Club members at the club house on North Washington avenue.
On December 12 a Petersburg house fire of incendiary origin spurred actions over ownership between Albert Butterman and John L. Bortres of Moscow. Police detained Bertree and his friend George Dowling after a tip led to arrests that night and the following morning.
Handcuffed together and marched to the station house they were detained for over ten hours. They were released when the Alderman Millar hearing failed to connect them with the crime. Albert Tutterman sues for $5,000 damages with Hiulslinder and Voshure as attorneys.
Obituaries report William A Pearson 72 dying at daughter’s home in Scranton. Mrs Elli Clarke widow of James Clarke dies in Ohl Forge with funeral at St. Lawr ers Church. Thomas Quinn aged unknown dies at sister Thomas Taylor Everett Avenue. Kate McCormick 16 year old dies. funeral and Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery noted.
An auction advertise sale of a superb collection of high class paintings in ornate frames and an entire stock of etchings engravings and water colors from an art store at 347 Wyomrlaugn avenue corner Linden street. The sale includes the Pratt collection Sitom palatines and other fine arts pieces conducted by HL Seatt jr of New York with terms of easy payments and clear title. Also promotes home buying plots in Scranton with convenient locations near theaters stores and depots and lists various services and products from local businesses including tailor made suits steam heating plumbing and cameras.
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