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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
4
Camp Mackenzie Augusta Ga February reports the Thirteenth Army regiment debates mustering out in body or individually and the financial implications of home muster versus at camp. Officers discuss records inspection, athletics plan, and gifts from supporters as soldiers prepare for possible return home.
A busy week ends with seventy seven cases disposed and about forty of sixty surety cases cleared. District Attorney John KR Jones aims to shrink the docket further next week, reducing trials to a skeleton list.
E C Rogers was appointed judge of election by Judge H M Edwards in place of John X James in First ward Dickson City borough. James, a Republican candidate, is not eligible for the post. Hulbert caused a replevin summons against J B Lesh of Newton to recover a $40 organ. Shea and Ferber filed for a detectives license as Shea Ferber Detective agency. Shea was a former county detective and Ferber a ex chief of Beranton fire department.
F C Pilger of Sanderson avenue and Dunmore road Throop sues the borough in trespass for damages after surface water from neglected gutters overflowed onto his property, flooding cellars and causing losses. Attorneys O'Brien and Kelly filed the suit yesterday.
A garbled OCR list includes multiple personal names with partial addresses across cities such as Cranton Archbald Carbondale Mill City and vector-like nicknames. The fragmentary text lacks a coherent event or clear news item to summarize.
The funeral for August Pres ses, who died at the Ailside Home last Tuesday, was held yesterday afternoon from A. R. Raih’s Spruce street undertaking establishment. An ex cavalryman who served in Throop G First New York Cavalry during the Civil War, he had no immediate relatives in the area. The Grand Army posts took charge, with Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce delivering a short sermon. Interment followed at Dunmore cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. Grewer John Huntzman Charles Smith and R. O. Bryant of the Grand Army.
A Rochester weekly sketch notes the new bicycle path from Scranton to Hawley following the abandoned gravity roadbed where feasible. Promoted last year by Arthur Frothingham, the article highlights the Side Paths journal’s feature on the project and its aim to build and maintain side paths.
Susquehanna County notes report the death of Dr. S J Engle in Binghamton after kidney illness. funeral to Friday in Binghamton with Union NY interment and St Andrews commandery services. A wildcat encounters Edward Wetzel near Molrons, the cat killed by the horse. A Cascade cat hoards lost clothes pins, dragging neighbors' pins home. Community items include verbiage on local events, church, fraternal notices, and civic happenings.
A large general committee meeting in the common council chamber approved renting the Scranton City Guard armory for three weeks beginning May with a $600 fair contribution and $30 weekly rent vendor and band donations. Funds from the Firemen's Union and two out of town companies were confirmed along with invitations to two Allentown fire brigades and two bands.
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