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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
8
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Personal attorney Herman Matthewson of New York was in the city yesterday. Attorneys Lua Rue Munson and Addison Tonder of Williamsport were here yesterday. Roy Stanton of the Communist office is vacationing at Niagara Falls and Cleveland. W. A. Stanton leaves today for Denver where he has a mine interest. Edward Kaupe and daughter, Abt, of Chestnut Street, returned from a visit with his parents in New York. Herman Drestel of New York returned home after a week with Mr. and Mrs. Zonke. C. W. Morris, secretary to Superintendent Ferber, will sail today with Bucktail Mining to Lake Poyntelle.
A man with an unusually long name visited the Director of Public Safety office in Florida yesterday afternoon to obtain a fruit vendor license. He gave the name Felice Contro lovanni, struggled to spell it, and paid the required fee before leaving with the license.
Invitation notes a church event with friends on a Sunday excursion from Penn Avenue Baptist Church. It promises a good time with admission details showing adults five cents and children free or reduced, inviting others to join.
Fragmentary notes mention a Key West cigar story and a trial linked to poet Frank O Hara. The garbled text suggests a local or literary context but lacks clear facts or outcomes.
A fragmentary listing notes items such as watermelons and peaches offered at low prices. The text is incomplete but suggests a local sale or market listing with referenced names and prices. No clear events or entities are fully readable.
Over one hundred members and guests from Scranton Carbondale and Wilkes-Barre visited the Spring Brook Water Company dam on a special trolley and train excursion. Speeches by Colonel L A Watres Colonel C Bow Dougherty Judge A A Vosburg and others followed a water company dinner at the farm and a return to Scranton in the evening.
A meeting at the A. P. Bedford office forms a general committee for the annual newsboys outing. Members include Bedford Fleming Hatfield Barrett Little Curtis Gallagher Goodman Lanett Cummings Cullen McCarthy and many others. A soliciting committee will visit merchants for money edibles and help with contributions to fund a memorable event.
Dr Lindabury, surgeon specializing in diseases of women, located in the Connell building. Office hours are 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Contact details are shown for patients seeking consultations.
Casper Martin 21, employed by Archibald Turnbull of 823 Capouse avenue, drowned while swimming in a pool near Scranton Nut and Raft Works. Cramp sank him. companions failed to reach him in time. Body recovered after over an hour and a half. coroner notified. He lived with the Turnbulls. mother and brothers reside on Stone avenue.
The Tribune notes the Delaware Lackawanna and Western plans a new freight station on Mittes street and a viaduct over West Lackawanna Avenue. The project also includes new car repairing shops near Keyser Valley and a modern motive power department, with work delayed by iron shortages.
Activity continues along the line with work at multiple points. Crews perform maintenance and checks at various locations to ensure safety and reliability of service.
Judge Archbald in federal court confirmed H L Holmes of Camden and EB J Patterson of Plainfield as receivers for the Atlantic Match Company of Camden. Appointments were made by Judge Kirkpatrick in Trenton. The firm has pursued a solo challenge to the match trust and now incurs about $7 000 monthly losses with debts totaling $148 000.
Democratic hopes for the fall campaign remain unsettled with few solid candidates. PL Mulherin of Taylor contemplates Congress if nominated. Orphans court contenders include Hoban Sando and O Neill. County commissioner hopes center on Durkin with a German Democrat ally. possible rivals Burschell Graf or Robinson. Mine inspector Moore is sole nominee. senatorial bid faces Calpin opposition. Brennan Timlin Hendricks Bonner and Phillips vie for district seats in scattered contests.
The law examiners issued a schedule for bar admission tests in the Lackawanna County Courthouse for next week. The timetable lists daily blocks for subjects including Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Torts with start and end times across Monday to Friday July 14 to July 17.
Four year old Marcus Dilton died when the Delaware and Hudson train struck the Dover horse and buggy at Parker Street Crossing in Green Ridge. Mr and Mrs Henry Dover were taken to Lackawanna Hospital with serious injuries including a broken arm and scalp wounds. The Dillon child had been riding with the Dovers, who had frequently taken him driving. The accident occurred around 6 pm after the Dover’s view was blocked by a building and the train whistled before the crash. Coroner and doctors attended. the horse was killed and the buggy ruined. Mrs Dover’s condition remained serious.
Henry P. Dreyer of Boston assisted by Mrs. Doersam delivered a notable song recital at St. Luke's parish hall. The baritone voice showed clear range with lyric touches and dramatic flair in selections from Archi to Schumann and Violin pieces. Encores appealed to Scranton audiences as weather permits a return engagement.
A local obituary recalls Coray Smith as a bachelor who lived apart from the world on his father’s estate. He was deeply educated in standard literature, mathematics, and music, a hermit by choice who composed music yet never published, valued for his intellect and gentle influence.
Patrick M'Graw of Jones street Minooka died yesterday morning survived by wife two daughters and three sons. Funeral mass of requiem will be at St Joseph's church Thursday and burial in Minooka Catholic cemetery. A C Stevens brother of ex Sheriff Stevens died in Binghamton Monday with interment there today. he belonged to Lackawanna lodge No 291 IOOF.
A large group from Wilkes-Barre spent Tuesday at the Spring Brook Water Company’s new dam. Harry Capwell has returned to Philadelphia. Avoca beat Moosic 11 to 1 in a Monday ball game on the home grounds. Miss Mattie Hinds visits Moscow. Corey Jenkins enjoys fishing along the Susquehanna this week.
Guernsey Hall announces a large stock of new and second-hand organs to be disposed of immediately to clear space for planos. Purchases within days offered at clearing out prices and flexible terms to suit buyers. Guernsey Hall, J. W. Guernsey, Prop.
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