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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
5
Yesterday weather report shows garbled measurements for Lewal data. It includes incorrect temperature readings, humidity, precipitation, and snowfall hours. The fragment mentions a value like 44 hours of snowfall and a rate of $2 per cent but is unreadable and needs verification.
Mira Tillie Grambs of Morieshiley and Mrs Ho M Grumabs host friends from Salisbury and Floyd Thompson in the city. They plan to depart next Monday for Los Haton California to make their future home, carrying best wishes from friends.
Melville BD London known as AL Perkins lectured to a large audience on The Philosophy of Wit and Stories Around the Store. He contrasted wit and humor with sarcasm and satire and praised Dickens and A. Ward. John M. Harris introduced him, placing Landon with Twain and Nye as American humorists.
Fay Temple and Minnie McCarty clashed in a Spruce street saloon with assault and battery charges. Temple claimed she fought back after Minnie McCarty struck first. the hearing was adjourned to 7 PM as Pearl Rockwell was also arrested on assault charges.
Select Councilman Costello of the Third ward objects to the ordinance granting a franchise to the Central Rapid Transit company. He says the plan to extend tracks on West Market street toward Seneca Street could block another company from serving the Third ward and criticizes the route as a dog in the manger tactic. He urges extending the line to Seneca Street under city terms.
An application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed yesterday by Attor ney AM. W. Lowry for Frank Jansen who set fire to his South Scranton home with a lighted lamp. His daughter died in the blaze and his wife and a veteran were severely burned. Jansen is jailed on a criminal charge awaiting a Saturday hearing before Judge Archbald. Mrs. Jansen’s condition improves slightly though nervous strain remains high.
In Spring Brook country Mrs. Saral Hollenback, a 70 plus widow, loses possession after Frothingham and Reynolds remove her goods to the roadside. A tense scene follows as Polish tenants appear and constables keep the peace while Hollenbacks regain a claim to the property.
Rehearsals last night of the court dance the shepherdess and the Alsatian of the Marie Antoinette fete showed unexpected perfection. The imagined spectacle, modeled after Miss Kager’s Waldorf Astoria production, promises colossal scope and stunning scenic effects, with tickets controlled by participants and the Home for the Friendless.
The Common Council agreed to seek a written opinion from City Solicitor Vosburg on whether the second city law apportioning additional council seats was legally made. Debate centered on partisan influence, timing, and mandatory vs discretionary aspects, with Keller and Paine clashing over legality and duties. A joint session for filling three tax board vacancies was also requested, and a resolution outlining board duties was approved.
Members reconsidered and amended a resolution to start April 1. Resolutions were adopted to widen Seventh Street at Scranton Street, appoint viewers for damages, discuss Cedar Avenue wall removal with Lackawanna Iron and Coal, establish an electric halt at Crown and Orchard, and pave Seventh Street from West Lackawanna to Scranton. Sewer basin on Caynes Street approved.
Report of the sinking fund commissioners filed after the last common council meeting outlines balances, interest, and redemptions for the city sinking fund. It lists cash on hand, bonds held, and totals of debts including redemption loans and municipal bonds, with specific figures and accounts noted.
Delaware and Hudson Railway releases an ornate brochure for the 1991 Lake Lodore excursion season. It highlights the new depot amid shaded groves the grand white dance pavilion by the lake and five and a half miles of scenic avenues. Printing notes bookings already started via district agent FH W Croms Scranton. Fire chamber concert by Hemberger Quartet slated in Guernsey Hall on a Thursday evening with date shown as January 24 diagram confirms January 2 opening at Guernsey's music store.
City figures expect Senator Flinn to back a compromise cutting the governor appointment provision of the Ripper bill. The plan may restore council power to tax street railway companies and limit corporate taxes, as Keller rails against loss of local control.
A reader criticizes a proposed bill replacing an elected official with a mayor, calling it factional and harmful to the public interest. The writer warns against a plan to “ground” the city between two rocks of faction and urges rejection of the bill as a dangerous political maneuver.
A Penn Avenue Baptist church committee served a highly praised supper with an elaborate menu. The aid crew included Mrs. M. W. Lowry, Mrs. L. J. Northup, Mrs. Charles Northup, Mrs. Alfred Lister, Mrs. Hi. E. Paine, and many others such as Miss Mary Owens and Miss Ivy Cog liver, delivering a well received community event.
A 17-year-old, Thomas Green, died instantly at the Ontario mine yesterday while attempting to couple a car to a train of mine cars. Engineer Gayne backed the engine to assist. a car left the rails and crushed Green’s head between the car ends. He was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Green of South Main Street. Funeral arrangements to follow.
The Central Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosts an evening social in Guernsey Hall with devotional exercises, recitations, a piano solo, and a short program featuring members Ruth Cool Sale and Mrs. Vaughn. Invitations extended to friends and all interested.
Local notice outlines a sale event titled Great Bargain Sale. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR, but the item appears to involve a 27 inch depth product linked to Martin Cape and dankers. Further specifics are unreadable.
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