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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1895

Page

2

Pittston Community Eyes New Officials and Local News

Voters in Pittston prepare to elect qualified men to municipal offices. The piece notes convention tickets, a fatal horse accident near the Sinclairs and Davenport mill, gymnastic plans with Wilkes-Barre, and Otis Skinner's theater tour. It mentions local business moves, property purchases, and social visitors as part of daily civic life.

Scranton Tribune Pittston A. Kaufman Exeter Main Street Sinclair House Davenport Mill Ferry Bridge Lehigh Valley Carbondale South Main Street Young Men‘s Christian Association Armory Hall Wilkes-Barre Otis Skinner Grace de Grammont Music Hall South Skinner Charles II Tribune Barnum Collieries Pennsylvania Car Company Daniel Shelby Walte Music Weir North Washington Street Wilkes- Barre Shelby Matchett Roblin Hood” Company Miss Drake Delaware Avenue Rochester N. Y W. G. Thomas F. H. Banker J. F. Harris Philadelphia Avenue P. J. Conners Binghamton M. Park, Esq George G. Brooks Scranton William 8. Neville Burgess Maloney Eleanor Williams Plymouth Jennie Hughes West Side

Local Notables Attend Events Amid Diphtheria Scare in Waverly

In Waverly John A Fisk is reported at his Lily Lane home while Mayor John H Fellows visits from Scranton. A ninth annual Musical Alliance convenes at Nicholawn with attendees including Mina Grace Thompen and Ruth Perry. Family visits and church services reflect a town unsettled by diphtheria concerns.

John A. Fisk Lily Lame Eix John H. Fellows Scranton F. H. Basiley Calkine Ruth Perry Musical Alliance Nicholawn Mina Grace Thompen Camptown Bradford County M. W. Buse J. A. C. Stone Patrick Harding Providence A. Helgen Hbrowe The Baptist Church F. H. Parson Methodist Episcopal Church George E. Stevenson George Steeg Harry Kennedy F.C. Hanyon Lucius Kennedy George Warner Frothingham

Carlsbad Waters Promoted By Eisner & Mendelson Co

The advertisement extols Carlsbad Sprudel Salta as a health remedy believed to aid digestion, appetite, and general vigor. It claims centuries of use and urges readers to buy genuine Carlsbad Water bottled in American stores, warning against imitations.

Carlsbad Eisner & Mendelson Co Bole Agents New York

Frivolous Citizens Ignore Kirk Predictions in Kittanning

United Press reports Arthur Kirk of Pittsburgh who supervised dynamiting the gorge for Ford City predicts Kittanning will be swept away by the flood. He solicited subscriptions to continue tunneling to save the town, but residents refused. Explosions shattered windows and rattled houses at Rapton and Manorville, with Blufis two miles away also shaken.

Kittanning Arthur Kirk United Press Pittsburg Dee Gorge Ford City Company Kirk Rapton Manorville Plate Company Blufis

Boiler Explosion At Mashaupaug Kills Four. Fifteen Hurt

A boiler at Karl Carpenter and Son's ice houses in Mashaupaug exploded during harvest prep, killing Patrick Hehir aged 50, John Hehir 35, Michael Dary and a boy named William Morton and wounding fifteen others. The engine’s pieces flew long distances and the accident left Thomas Causey in critical condition.

United Press Providence HK. I Patrick Hehir John Hehir Michael Dary William Morton Karl Carpenter & Son Mashaupaug Thomas Causey

Hawaii Situation Warns Foreigners at Risk

A batch of Hawaiian correspondence in the president's hands notes that if further outbreaks occur in Honolulu, the Hawaiian government will be unable to protect foreigners on the island. The dispatches include a letter from Minister Thurston to Secretary Gresham and outline expected instability.

United Press Washington

Anthracite Wages and Rail News Sweep Industry Notes

Wages for Bohuylkill district coal mine workers fall 1 percent below the 150 basis for late January and early February. Lehigh Valley railroad crew pay rises announced for eastbound routes. Output limits by anthracite producers exceeded in January with 2,223,561 tons shipped in twenty six days. Tonnage gains among Reading and Ontario and Western railroads offset losses at Jersey Central and Lackawanna. Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad foreclosed and to be sold. various bidders expected with possible Pennsylvania Railroad interest unlikely.

Bohuylkill Lehigh Valley Railroad Easton Wilkes-Barre Saléo Wall Street Journal Cccseereid Petint COMI Ccprovensssonse Wise Ont. & Western Coorg Boa Buag Reading Coxe Hros Ontario and Weertern Erie Jersey Central Lackawanna, Delaware and Hadson Pennsylvania Railroad Susquehanna and Western New York Ingra Pittsburg Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad United States Muffalo Philadelphia Cantern Germany Holland Iit Honda Pennsylvania Railroad Company New York Central Allen

Philadelphia Tallow Marker

Philadelphia market report notes tallow prices dull and unchanged with quotes for city prime grade, bride and other items, and grease in barrels and cakes. Names and locations reflect local trade terms and commodity notation.

Philadelphia City

Stocks and Bonds Market Down Then Rebound In Early Trading

New York trading opened with declines as bond issuance delays and Reilly bill defeat dampened sentiment. Prices firmed later as exchange rates eased and rumors of a $100,000,000 bond issue circulated, with focus on allocations to London Paris Holland and domestic banks rallying stocks near session highs.

New York Block Exchange London Paris Holland Louisville Nashville Belmont Rock Island Omaha Chicago Gas Tnion Fucuic Belw Tribune G. d. B. Dimwick William Linn Allen & Cf Spruce Street Scranton

Local classifieds list missing items and notices

A cluttered 1800s classifieds page notes sales positions and trade ads for a salesman, nurse graduate, and traveling clerk seeking work. It also lists a new firm name Mousher & Coleman, a lunatic committal notice with court dates, and various sales items including a horse and a reprint offer from Moody in Boranton Pennsylvania.

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