McAnulty Base Ball Today
Toronto faces Scranton in a 3 45 PM game on the McAnulty schedule with admission set at 25 cents.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
3
Toronto faces Scranton in a 3 45 PM game on the McAnulty schedule with admission set at 25 cents.
A crowded local notices page lists department committee meetings, camp closures from July 14 to July 22, and a baby carriage theft on Lackawanna Avenue. It notes church social events, excursions to Mountain Park and Lake Ariel, coroner proceedings for a fatal accident at Marvine breaker, and various industrial updates including machinery arrivals and pipe drainage work. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad closes the sheet.
A Saturday event marks the opening of the Tripp Farm plot in the state, with local officials and residents set to attend. The ceremony aims to highlight agricultural development and community plans for the site.
The city approves a $1500 repair program for badly strained streets using Dunn Brothers bids. The plan replaces the old five cents per yard system and authorizes immediate paving and patching work with contractors Dunn Brothers and Barber Asphalt. Proposals include concrete and asphalt patching, new paving, and gutter repairs.
The Thirteenth regiment’s advance guard left yesterday at 7:50 for Mount Gretna to prepare its section of Camp Lewis Merrill. The detachment, led by Quartermaster W. J. Tracy, lists officers and numerous privates across companies C F G H K and others, with three cooks per company. They expect to arrive at Gretna by 2 PM, with Company K from Honesdale and Company G from Montrose due in the city that afternoon.
Brown and M. K Fitch and J. Bk Fitch two young men aged 17 and 18 arrive in the city by tandem after starting from Paesiac New Jersey for a trip to Niagara Falls. They left Wednesday morning and stopped for supper at Beemers after an overnight in Water Gap. They plan further travel to Niagara Falls to visit relatives.
HL Ardway of Aspinham Mass filed suit yesterday before Alderman Wright against R H Jones of the city. J G Kelson acting for Ardway sold chairs to Jones who did not pay. Jones was arrested and allowed to go on his own recognizance. The case will be developed.
Carrie Bertron, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bertron, died after her dress caught fire while lighting firecrackers at her grandparents home four miles from Slaverly New York. Grandfather Mr Struble was badly burned trying to save her and later died from injuries. Funeral set for 2 PM with burial in Lockwood.
The Brown's Bee Hive was closed by the sheriff yesterday afternoon on executions totaling more than 15000. Creditors include First National Bank Scranton 5500 First National Bank Pittston 2000 People's Savings Bank Pittston 2000 Albert Brown Pittston 1000 D Kline Co 1000 Tiane Brown 1268095 A B Brown 91228 Mrs B Harris 1000 Einstein Harris 2084 Stearns Spingarn H1246 and others. The store was reported to reopen in a few days.
Eighteen cases lead the week as nine men and nine women face petitions with only one defense offered. Several divorces granted or continued. alimony and quash motions noted amid a broader docket of minor court actions and an Atlantic City excursion planning update.
Margele Smith was yesterday discharged from the county jail under the insolvency lawn. The will of Elizabeth Tileley late of Carbondale was yesterday admitted to probate by Hogister Hopkins. An hour's session of naturaligation court was made necessary again yesterday afternoon by the rush of applicants for citizenship papers. Thomas O'Hare treasurer of Archbald yesterday gave a 2210 bond to the school district which was approved by court. The sureties were Patrick Boland P M O'Boyle Dr J J Kelly and John Carden.
The sixth annual summer excursion to Atlantic City via Jersey Central and connecting lines will depart on Monday, August 2, organized by MW KR of New Jersey. Passengers are offered a budget trip to the resort with details forthcoming.
The D L W railroad adds an elegant day coach and sleeping cars on train No 7 from New York to Chicago with no car changes. Departures are at 7 p m daily, touted as the shortest route with the lowest rates. Apply to the nearest DD and ticket agents. Read W Gibson Jones announcement in Real Estate column and register your name. Opening Tripp Farm Saturday 10th.
Chrina rar presents a night lamp called Glow that runs on one pint of oil for up to 200 hours with no smell smoke or heat. It is easy to regulate and claimed to be safe, ideal for sick rooms bedrooms nurseries lavatories and dark corners suitable for summer cottages.
An official text of a new tariff law is published by the American Protective Tariff League and urged for citizen review. The law is distributed at ten cents for five copies by W F Wakeman at 116 West 23d Street New York. Also note a railway excursion on July 17 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western line from Scranton to Ithaca and Cornell University priced at two dollars.
An auction listing notes a 20.00 gold value for Opening Tripp Farm Lot A. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate a farm parcel sale with a gold valuation.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on July 8 1897 Mrs D J Mows of 2 North Main Avenue aged 68 years. Notice of funeral to follow. Carbondale papers requested to copy this notice.
A chaotic sale bulletin lists discounted items from a front and rear bargain display. Items include carpets, hired hammocks, shades, screens, linen, wash machines, floor cloth, linoleum, leather and doors with sale prices, urging early arrival for best prices and free citywide delivery on purchases over a dollar.
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