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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
8
Theodore G. Wolf and Mrs. Weeden prepared Cresco summer home for Monday opening serving many applicants. Donations listed by the Men's Guild treasurer include named supporters and numerous sums, with additional contributions from unions and suppliers. The piece also notes Paris Exposition 1900 ahead and the Paris View Company offering art souvenirs.
A vivid depiction of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway as a monumental highway between New York and Chicago. The line is praised for level, solid tracks, smooth cars, strong bridges, and assured passenger security and ease of travel.
A note praises Fohrliever's Play House at 110 Wyoming Avenue for its delightful offerings to children. It notes the pictures look natural and mentions appealing midwater prices and the Pocono Ge cigar.
Congressman Connell approves weather bureau station in the Connell building after Moore explains space and rental issues. A steel pole and mounting will be installed to house instruments for continuous weather monitoring in Scranton.
H E Paine chosen over Peter N Mann to become the next Ninth Ward common councilman succeeding E M Tewkesbury. In a tight race on the Republican primary, Paine carried all three districts with 201 votes to Mann 10 and other totals. the formal election is next Tuesday with Paine to be sworn in at Thursday’s council meeting.
市长莫尔在周四晚间通讯中宣布，选议会因缺席法定人数再次拒绝同意解职警署的斯佩尔曼中尉和琼斯警官的复职请求。市长强调被解职系有因，仍拒绝重新任命，并表示对市府负责，需信任度高的警员。目前两名被解职警员自5月17日以来未领薪，近来将要求领取薪资，地方法院裁定其应发薪至批准解职时间。此案已上诉至上级法院。
Alderman Dobbins married Margaret Tennock and William McLaughlin Wilson yesterday. The couple, from Pennsylvania, were witnessed by Mr and Mrs James Hedden of Primore in a ceremony described with light humor.
In beauty nothing in footwear approaches or Queen Quality Oxfords. They are designed on artistic graceful lines. Price two dollars ten cents a pair. Mahon's Shoe Store located at 05 Lavlawanna avenue.
A fierce storm struck the city and Dunmore yesterday afternoon at about 4 15 p.m. The downpour caused street flooding, damaged sewers, and several buildings were struck by lightning. John Loftus was seriously injured by a lightning bolt while in the Crown Avenue area. Additional damage occurred at multiple homes, businesses, and streetcar lines as tracks and wires were imperiled by the deluge.
Six additional defendants were listed for the October quarter sessions on liquor charges. Names include EB Morris, Rowe, Kilwardh, Watelok Alprin, and others. Warrants issued by Alderman Kasson. hearings waived. bail posted. agents Wilson and staff carried out arrests amid tense incidents and appeals to cooperate with the law.
Mr and Mrs EF Jackson host a Shanghai medical missionary Miss Reinsnyder at their North End home. She leads a hospital and dispensary in Shanghai and plans to return to duty in China in October.
Mrs. John Fletcher aged thirty died after being overcome by heat on Hill street Olyphant yesterday afternoon. She collapsed on the sidewalk and was taken home where medical aid arrived too late. Undertaker Prokapovitz handled the remains and notified the coroner. She left a husband and three small children.
Fragmentary ad copy proclaims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain and diarrhea and claims decades of use by mothers worldwide. Missing details and garbled phrases obscure product claims and provenance.
A bolt struck the Murray breaker tower in Dunmore injuring four men and killing John Regula. William Young was thrown from the engine house and escaped. Michael Morrison John Conway and John Zeliski suffered injuries. Damaged shaft, engine house, and shanties required three months of rebuilding. the site employs about two hundred workers and produces around three hundred tons of coal daily.
An Austro-Hungarian man about forty eight years old, with a wife and two sons from Europe, is interred following a dramatic tower collapse. The breaker drew a large crowd as a center of attraction last night, leaving the undamaged building bare amid a field of broken timbers.
The Pennsylvania Chautauqua at Mt Gretna Pennsylvania runs July 2 to August 8 1900. The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell special excursion tickets from New York Washington Baltimore Frederick Md Canandaigua and intermediate points including all stations in Pennsylvania. Tickets on sale June 25 to August 4 and valid for return until August 15.
Reader tips point to Seen Schriever’s photography and a noted scale of prices. Residents are urged to call the listed address at 110 Wyoming Avenue to inquire.
Mahon's Shoe Store at M8 Lackawanna Avenue announces extended hours opening tomorrow night for customers seeking footwear. The event highlights new low easy shoe pairs and late shopping access.
The fragment lists patients at room T, Coal Exchange, with Steam Heating and Plumbing, P F and M, T Howley of 241 Wyoming Ave. Teecham's Plila for stomach and Tite ite Ce ee Bmoke The Popular Punch Cgar, 19¢.
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