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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
9
The South Side Bachelor club will celebrate its third anniversary with a dance in the Bevelok rooms on Thursday evening, Jan 14. The event highlights local social activity and club history.
The Memocratic voters of the Pirat ward and Second district met at St Charlies hotel to nominate John J O Toyte for ward heveeor. The district election officers listed followers and roles including Tegieter Frank, G'dlata Fuller John Reltas, inspector Samuel Jetkowita. Second district includes Register John Migaine, Judge Pragk Callanan, depee tor FL De Leng.
Calvin Seybolt, longtime Scranton mill proprietor, died yesterday afternoon at his home on Jefferean Avenue after a paralytic stroke. Born February 24, 1490 in Mildletown, he built Seybolt Mill and guided local commerce with devout family life. He leaves wife five children two grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral arrangements are pending.
List of deaths includes John McAndrew at Moses Taylor Hospital four days post surgery, aged 25, leaving a husband and two children. funeral at St Marys church Dunmore with interment at Pittston Avenue Cemetery. Zeno Zwick, 47, died after brief illness. services by Rev Schidt, interment Pittston Avenue Cemetery. Anna Maria Molang, 17, died at 2 pm after long illness. funeral at Ders tied church with interment Pittston Avenue Cemetery. Names, ages, and residence details indicate a community obituary roundup.
Mere Wate Dunt aged nine died while visiting friends on Breaker street. She was a resident of Lordeville, S. W. The remains will be taken home in charge of Undertaker Jones on Monday morning at eleven oclock aboard the Ontario and Western train.
Notes from Pennsylvania chapters outline a plan to raise a hospital fund for the Knights of Malta in America. Prominent commanderies from Mechlynnsburg, Philadelphia and Reading pledge support while others stage socials and exifications. The fund aligns with St John’s Day June 1 as donation day.
An old classified-style notice from P. F. and M. T. Howley at 251 Wyoming Ave advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets alongside steam heating and plumbing services. The brief entry pairs a medicinal product with home maintenance offerings in a single line.
Exceptions to Judge Kellys findings in Luther Keller vs City of Scranton were overruled. The ruling allows appeal to the Appellate court, though Keller has not decided if he will appeal. The dispute centers on viaduct legality and power, with issues about public right of way, debt limits, and ordinance validity.
Grippe forced two jurors to miss court in the long running Northern Coal and Troy companys versus Scranton Gas and Water case. Judge Kelly suspended proceedings and postponed the trial indefinitely, citing illness and the impracticality of proceeding with nine jurors. The pause inconvenienced parties and witnesses amid extended deliberations and high legal fees.
George E K Tice and a panel of viewers heard final arguments yesterday opposing the proposed condemnation. Attorney F F Price spoke for the company while H Holgate and W S Diehl represented petitioners and the Northern Boulevard company. The master and viewers plan to meet next Thursday at 2 pm to prepare their report.
A list of individuals with partial addresses appears, including John BE Evins at 70 Orchard Street and Mary J Davis with a caen ee PAYLOP. other entries note Ray J Williams 116 North Everett Avenue and Margaret Morgan 87 North Hyde Park, plus several unreadable or misspelled street names and towns.
An advertises a brisk cold cure named Frause’s Cold Cut sold by Matthews Bros. It claims fast relief without affecting the head or hearing, unlike quinine tablets, and promises rapid freshness and clear thinking.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a remedy for catarrh of the nose throat bronchial tubes stomach intestines and bladder. It claims rapid relief from coughing hawking and throat clearing with no secret ingredients or mineral poisons and asserts no risk of cocaine or morphine addiction from use.
Towanda highlights include manager Kirby booking Joshua Slmpkine at Hale's Opera House next Monday evening, with a 25 member cast and high class specialties. Local business and civic updates follow with timber land purchases, new post office at Waverly, a public library charter granted at Wyalusing, and several obituaries and municipal notices.
The Superior Court finished arguments this week with Replogle versus Frothingham, a $150 loan dispute tied to Siegel contract losses. Frothingham faced malice claims, bail issues, and possible jail if the judgment stands, as next week’s docket includes cases from Bradford, Pike, Susquehanna, and Wayne counties.
Special to the Scranton Tribune Kingsley updates on residents’ activities. W N Whitney made a business trip to Scranton and John McCarthy visited. McCarthy is recovering from a sprained ankle. Several locals including Miss Marie MacConnell and Miss Lizzie Tiffany appear in social visits while Professor A L Thayer leads a singing class with over twenty pupils.
The concert and entertainment event by the Odd Fellows is postponed until February by order of the committee.
Exclusive AP report from Bellairg dated January 8 notes two hundred men at the Gaylord coal mine along the Clewlend and Pittsburg line striking over alleged breaches of a company agreement. Mine officials have been summoned to settle the dispute.
The JEWETT carriage is described as the lightest touch to keys, least fatigue, and unbeatable in the market. The JEWETT liner is praised as the most clever device of its kind, modern, up-to-date, simple, convenient, durable and rapid.
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