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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
3
Harrisburg grants maples coal charter while Home for the Friendliess holds Friday meeting at YWCA. New trial refusals involve Meneses Shiffer and others. Funeral notices and marriages listed with local clergy and venues. Bankers meet. Crescent Social Club elects officers. annual events and entertainments noted with performances and sermons.
Ways and Means Committee reported on organizing the state firemen convention to be held in the city this year. A meeting at Nay Aug Engine House set forth fundraising, staffing, and facility needs with a next Sunday session to finalize arrangements.
Two men arrived at Lackawanna hospital with frozen feet after exposure on a Scranton to Buffalo trek. John Kennedy, a Buffalo resident and tramp, rode freight cars south from Lackawanna, then froze his foot Monday and sought care yesterday. John Donnik, a Hungarian worker near Taylor, had both feet frozen Monday and is expected to recover in a few days.
Both branches of the council meet tonight with the select board in resg har and the common council in a special session to consider the bond ordinance on third reading. The measure appears unlikely to pass cleanly as opposition grows among several members who criticize the amendments and leadership direction.
A measure proposes a city share for sewer construction, funding an expenditure item exceeding $200 and covering up to fifteen years. The proposal outlines long term financial commitment for the project.
Building committee reviewed proposals to furnish 0 desks and 72 rear seats for the No 8 school. Bids from Thomnos Kite Co Shevine Wie Nok Sand Os and MN Connell were opened and discussed. The committee planned iron fencing along the front and a side, and to visit No 20 tomorrow to discuss Casey’s fencing request.
The annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Penn Avenue Baptist Church adjourned, with 189 minutes approved and Rev. Rolfe presiding. Officers were elected for three years including trustees Kavilor, Wile, Stelle, Streeter, Phallstead, Catlender. treasurer Svelle. clerk Phill. financial secretary Steile. and committee members Dawa Brenning Crothe Collinge Paine. Pew renting set for next Tuesday night.
The three story stone block at 5 and Washington avenue owned by J W Guernsey is being gutted interiorly. The second floor at No 6 will become a handsome auditorium for entertainments and musicales and the third floor may host offices. An entrance to the Moorela bee is being added.
The family of Patrick Loftus of Emmet street received word of his death in Porto Rico about ten days ago. Loftus, a member of the Fifteenth Regiment of Regulars, sailed from Scranton with the Jaet squad. He was well known locally and formerly played with the Hamilton Ontario baseball club.
Attend at Banisey Bee auction of diamonds watches jewelry silverware and other goods expired for sale. Sale starts January 5 and attracts many buyers hoping to gain. The Wilkes-Barre Record available in Scranton at Heisman Brothers stands and along the route Mac Lavcknawannw avenue.
Remarkable attendance and big crowds as the store advertises New Year discounts. Readily available items include fine Outing Flannel, striped Bed Ticking, Fleece Back Wrapper Cloth, gray blankets, and Torchon Lace with special yard prices.
Poisson fillets a la Francaire entree Croquettes foulette au petit pois roast beef au jus Roast veal stuffed brown sauces Vegetables mashed potatoes green peas new string beans Dessert sago pudding cafe noir
Taylor Borough in Pennsylvania enforces a tax on electric poles and telegraph wires. The Postal company resists, a series of rulings favored the borough, and appeals to the Superior court loom as many boroughs watch the dispute for guidance.
Over one year's accumulation of unredeemed pledges will be placed for sale at auction. Davidow Broa, 27 Tackawanna Avenue.
Judge Guneter ruled on a rule in the John J. Murphy quo warranto case over the South ward Scranton pool board, noting a successor to ex-Poor Director PF. IL. Terppe must be appointed. The decision dismisses the rule as premature and leaves the central issue of who should appoint directors and for what term unsettled.
Street Commissioner O Boyle said his warning spurred snow and ice removal in the business district. After the Tribune interview published yesterday, arrests were promised and an army of shovelers appeared. By 10 o clock all walks were cleared or nearly so.
Workers remove frozen filth and plan to open gutters before cold weather. City ordinance requires clean sidewalks and cleared gutters to avoid sudden thaw rain creating lakes at intersections where grades are insufficient.
Funeral services are listed for multiple Scranton area residents including James Huck at the Church of the Good Shepherd and Armina Mason infant daughter of Mr and Mrs P W Mason Jr. Interments follow at Forest Hill cemetery and Cathedral cemetery. Also noted are notices for Bridget Melvin, Margaret Padden, and William Joseph Peek infant, with locations on Green Ridge Street Edin Avenue and Keyser Avenue Stanton Street and Linden Street.
The ad touts economical buying and large quantities to secure discounts. It promotes closing out open stock dinnerware patterns while claiming ongoing savings for customers.
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