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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1896
Page
8
In Carbondale a heavy storm caused widespread damage citywide. The new silk mill suffered major water intrusion with two feet in the basement after a four acre basin flooded the area. Pumps and dam construction were rushed to minimize further flooding and protect nearby Belt ing and Keystone colliery infrastructure.
A young Italian man Domineo Fortunato and a 16 year old German girl fled the Northwest colliery area yesterday after eloping to avoid parental objections. They likely traveled to Luzerne county where Fortunato has an uncle who reportedly financed the escape.
John W. Williams, co proprietor of Hotel American, fell ten feet from a ladder on a roof when a shutter shifted. A passerby aided him into a house where a doctor treated him. no bones were broken but he is badly bruised and shaken. A bridge proposal for Pike and Brooklyn streets will be presented to councils after a neighborhood petition.
A brief fragment describes workers on the South Side and West Side sinking a shaft. The text includes disrupted narration about morning activity and unidentified men, with disrupted phrases indicating an event or accident. Details are unclear due to damage.
Grier frothing at the mouth suffered terribly. He was assisted to the fan house and conveyed home. A doctor was summoned who relieved his sufferings somewhat. He is resting more easily at present.
Claude R. Smith, longtime Delaware and Hudson ticket agent, is named agent at the Seventh Avenue station to succeed George R. Renton who has resigned. He will oversee both stations until the new Seventh Avenue building opens, then take charge of the new station. The Welsh Methodist church hosts the annual New Year’s exercises this evening with an interesting program.
Whitney Opera company will present The Fencing Master at the Grand Opera House next Friday night with the diagram opening tomorrow at 9 oclock. Post office hours tomorrow are 4 to 12, lobby 2 to 4:20 p.m., single delivery only and no money order or registry work. Various local notices include engagements, visits, illnesses, and travel among residents and visitors.
The meeting of the Republican county committee this Saturday sees two wartime veterans, Captain K R W Bannatyne and Captain W O Reynolds, contending for chairmanship amid factional splits. Local crimes and scams, flood damage from Monday, and the loss of an overcoat feature the day’s varied items. the Falls fever outbreak nears end as damages rise across townships.
A group of young people from Mill City took a pleasure trip to celebrate the old year ending. The Rev. T. F. Phillips preached a second funeral sermon after recalling a 15 year old Breeseport incident where a supposed corpse revived, later dying for real.
Large crowds attended the Catholic services for Michael Walsh at St. Thomas church with a high mass and sermon by Rev. Comerford praising the deceased. James Hughes was also buried after a requiem at St. Thomas church with Dr. Lucas delivering a comforting sermon. Winds earlier caused window damage to St. Thomas church and other local signs of the storm. Also note: an advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup targets mothers of teething infants.
Rev. W. F. Bliss spoke to a modest audience at the Courthouse Monday evening about Socialism the Coming Freedom. He argued that fierce competition was reshaping business as large merchants push out smaller neighbors amid a stormy night.
Purported advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the strongest remedy, citing thousands cured and a claims of the largest laboratory and sales. The copy urges readers to try the medicine based on its proven benefits for disease and despair.
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