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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1901
Page
2
The Tribune invites readers to place low cost classified ads for work housing and goods. Listings include a room and board request for a gentleman and family, a bookkeeper seeking a position, a buyer for a candy store, and a large bound family Bible for sale. inquiries directed to Tribune office Carbondale.
The Carbondale school board met in the Central Felon building with all members present. They approved routine bills, discussed smallpox vaccination enforcement, and considered a health board request. A salary increase for truant officer Joseph Powderly was approved to 35 dollars monthly, and repairs to the high school heating system were authorized with a 98.54 dollar pit alteration plan and a 260 dollar first payment to contractor Mr. Dowe. The board adjourned to February 4.
Sarah Arnold and her husband faced Alderman Jones for alleged involvement in a bawdy house on Archbald Street. Police Chief McAndrew prosecuted while Hon. John F. Reynotts acted for the defense. Neighbors testified but offered no direct incriminating evidence against the Arnolds.
The court discharged the defendants after evidence. Mrs Arnold was later tried for acting as a harlot in an open lot near Mr Niver’s home on August 15. Mr and Mrs Niver testified they saw something but could not confirm the man with Mrs Arnold was not her husband. Two men and two women were present. witnesses did not know the others, and this case was discharged.
The executive committee will report to the general committee at the city hall tonight at oclock. Delegates are urged from many new labor and social bodies including Knights of Pythias Knights of Malta and the Sons of Temperance among others. The date for the demonstration and program features hinge on the finance committee fundraising success.
The city board of health sent vaccination regulation cards to parents of school children with a Jan 21 deadline if not already vaccinated. The notice lists two board physicians, prompting belief only those doctors can vaccinate. The Tribune clarifies any resident physician may vaccinate with a compliant card, and parents may choose their own doctor.
W H Browne a commercial traveler for a Binghamton overall factory recounted in a Susquehanna store how two good orders came in yesterday as boilermaker strike among Erle shops began. He stood firm against canceling orders, citing prior dispatch and his firm.
After a two week vacation and forced two week reflitmne of the heating, Central High School reopened for regular studies. Contractor Eugene H. Dowe completed boiler work on time aside from minor details. Rooms reached 60 degrees warming, windows opened part of the day. The past year felt markedly different in chilly conditions.
At the regular meeting the Central Labor Union elected for the next term president Isaac Rogers vice president Charles Hull recording secretary W P Ferrell treasurer John Hale sergeant at arms Nicholas Aport.
Claude Olver of Lincoln Avenue has accepted a clerk position at the Miners and Mechanics Bank and began work yesterday morning.
Workers at Klota Throwing mill return to day shift after an agreement to accept arbitration by Rev. Father Coffey. The plan requires the miners union to back the arrangement and guarantees non discrimination while wage scales are set by comparing local mills. Night shift resumes later today as the two week tentative settlement begins.
Citizens wonder about city lights after dark as three armatures burned out in the electric plant on Saturday night. The fault caused a temporary blackout across sections while crews patched and redistributed load. A new piece costing 1100 dollars will replace the crippled equipment and restore full service once adjusted.
A fragment lists a Carbondale city ordinance requiring snow and ice on sidewalks be removed within six working hours after formation, with a five dollar penalty and suit costs if neglected. The notice notes non enforcement historically and urges compliance to prevent slips on business streets during mixing snow and ice.
Speculation grows over candidates for city offices in the coming election. In the north school district two directors will be chosen to replace Moon and Swigert with Swigert seeking re election. Names named include Robert Vannan and G T Van Gorder. Democratic contenders remain unclear.
Dr Strong, formerly of Koranton, opens an office at 400 Lackawanna Avenue offering seven years in European hospitals and a full medical laboratory. He advertises updated American and European instruments, tailored remedies, and free consultations with hours daily. Sundays by appointment.
A sound Republican district contrasts with a Democratic one as primaries proceed under the colegate system. The article notes the colegate framework guiding candidate selection and party competition across the districts.
On Sunday in St Rosehall Chancellor Thomas Boylan installed officers for the coming year. Named were Grand Knight David L Walsh Deputy Grand Knight Thomas F Connell Financial Secretary P F Carroll Recording Secretary P J Campbell Treasurer M J Horan Chancellor Thomas Boylan Sergeant at Arms William J Walsh Guard Edward Dougherty Marshal M L McCann A public entertainment is planned for the 20th inst to attract parish youths not yet connected with the society.
The funeral for Patrick J. Scott of this city, killed instantly last Friday when struck by a locomotive in East Hartford, will be held at St. Rose's Church this morning at 0.20 o'clock with a high requiem mass. Interment follows in St. Rose Cemetery. the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, to which he belonged, forwarded the remains and his parents express gratitude.
Mrs William Morrigan is seriously ill at her home on Eighth Avenue with grip. Six year old Leonore Jennings of Pike Street is reported to have diphtheria by the board of health. Harry C Butler esq is confined to his room by erysipelas. J F Phillips suffers finger injury from an accident at Delaware and Hudson mine No 3 yesterday morning.
Councilman N Homer Smith received a telegram saying his mother Mrs Harvey Smith’s body will arrive this evening on the Erie flyer from the west. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon at his Maple avenue home with Rev Mr Chaffee of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Wood cemetery.
Arthur Bunnell a fireman on the Delaware and Hudson had his leg crushed when his engine took on water at Jefferson Junction on Sunday night He was brought to the Emergency hospital on the train’s arrival at 10 o'clock in this city An examination found no broken bones though the limb was badly bruised
W. T. Ward and David Lewis left last night on the Drne flyer bound for Globe City Arizona. They were members of the Trinity Episcopal church and their loss will be felt by the group.
William H. Davis' Women’s Relief Corps No. 14 Division No. 44 and the A O H Fr Vincent de Paul with Lackawanna tribe No. 208 gather tonight. D R M Mitchell Hose Co. hosts the event.
Only Thompson Davis and Mannion attended the session at The Cottage for the night as the council failed to meet the quorum to discuss the house ordinance and the evening’s business.
The Simpson Drum corps arranges a social event to be held soon likely at Germania hall with plans underway.
G Morass Aitken left yesterday for Princeton. Jerry O Rourke formerly of the Anthracite hotel in this city now mixes at the American.
Over one hundred have been provided for the holiday trade with prices set extremely low and terms reasonable. Each instrument is fully guaranteed and customers are urged to call to compare prices and value.
A sequence of short notices places John Loftus John McDonald and several others in town or visiting Scranton Wilkes Barre Dickson College and Pittston are mentioned along with business and civic items The article records minor movements hospitalities and upcoming meetings including a school board session and a ward division proposal for borough governance.
The Mayfield borough council met to review locating new electric lamps at Fifth Street Plantroa and the HHL area. A Hillside Coal Company issue prompts legal steps to fix a surface cave on hillside property. Ward division petitions were authorized for borough restructuring. The council granted Hillside wire access from Glenwood shaft to the school. A wooden bridge near the Erle breaker was flagged for safety and referred to the street committee. A stormy budget dispute over a bill from William Walker, 982.01, caused the president to walk out.
Community notices recount a turkey supper at Blakely Baptist Church from five to nine. A minor fire near Borough Auditor T L Williams’s Susquehanna Street residence caused no serious damage. Quotations note visits by Charles Webber and M J Manley from Avora, a regular school board session, and funeral details for Mrs Ann Fitzsimmons with a requiem mass at St. Patrick’s Church.
The funeral for the late George Mates will be held at his Brook Street residence at 2 o'clock with Rev. J. and Thomas officiating. A week of prayer is announced at the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Jane Pierce of Davenport Center visits, and Gilbert Pere of Main Street is mentioned.ïc
A grand entertainment in Webber's rink Thursday evening promotes a week of prayer at the Methodist church. The program lists readings, musical numbers, recitations, and a tumbling exhibition by performers from Scranton, with local officials planning Republican primaries and lodge meetings noted elsewhere.
Homer Warner Bert Lewis spent Sunday in Gracedale. Emmet Broadhead of Main Street is vital. Miss Besley Lancaster hosted a talk at Forty Port. Miss Puella Dornblazer spoke at the Wyaladog Presbyterian church to a large audience. Miss Maud Asmith called on in Scranton yesterday. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union met at Mr Drake's home yesterday afternoon. Mr James Hand of River Street visited Scranton yesterday.
An excerpt notes remedies once prescribed by Dr. Krause, Germanys famed court physician, predating antipyrine. The text praises their rapid relief of distressing cases and lists price and seller information for Broad.
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