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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1899
Page
8
The high grade character of Connolly and Wallace shirt waists is recognized and at the new prices the large stock will be readily disposed of.
The Stroudsburg Times notes Blair County capitalists show interest in building a large ice storage plant near Stroudsburg. The county is rapidly becoming known for ice storage, with companies forming to harness creeks and expand the ice industry within a few years.
W H Reinhart of Scranton, former paper editor, buys several valuable roots of ind at Reeders to form a 110 acre lake. A mock Scranton company plans $10,000 capital to build store and ship ice to New York and Philadelphia. W M Edinger, a civil engineer, calls the site premier for an ice plant and notes Little Michaels stream offers trout and ample water for a thriving fishery.
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Martin wife of George Martin of Lake Street was held Saturday at 2 pm in the Little England mission church. Rev John Austin conducted the service with Daughters of America and Colonial Council No 27 members in attendance. Interment followed at Elmhurst with Funeral Director T P Letchworth assisting. Pallbearers included Moser Charles Blount Frank Klein Fred Mitchell Henry Wells Walter Jones and A Brannity.
The Methodist Episcopal church choir will stage an entertainment in the church parlors Thursday evening with an admission price of ten cents. Cake and cream will be sold at the close of the program. The Tindies Ald society of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet in the church parlors Wednesday afternoon to conduct important business.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Zeigler spent their wedding trip in New York state and will reside on Prescott avenue. Miss Corinne Prink of North Apple street visits at Hardsisterville. Mr Samuel Cole of Brook street is at home with pneumonia. Mrs Charlies Keoust and family vacationed at Robert dune Cottage Mt Celyb. John Van Horn of the independent Hose company visited South Side friends last evening.
Mary of Neill aged 60 dies Saturday morning on Pinevale street. Death likely from natural causes after a fall from kitchen to the door. Survivors include her daughter Mary and several sons. Funeral arrangements announced. Also notices for Mrs. Idewsllyn Jones of Wilkes-Barre, Mrs. Mary J. Rowe of Syracuse, and Mary Grimehow of Newark. Burial at Cathedral Cemetery.
A Philadelphia Record item recalls an odd exchange at a magnate’s wedding anniversary. A guest seated beside a superficially dignified man introduces himself but fails to catch the name. The stranger claims to be a far distant cousin, five hundred thousand dollars removed.
The state Sunday school convention at Reading will host renowned figures including Prof. A. M. Hamill and Forest J. Dunmore. Rev. Charles Roads and John Wanamaker are slated to speak, with a large parade and mass meetings planned in multiple Pennsylvania cities.
A tale of Mme Cahen a Jewish sister of mercy active in Metz and Vendome during the Franco German War She lost husband and son and nursed hundreds of wounded soldiers Despite German pressures she refused to surrender the hospital to the foe and insisted on keeping a French ambulance.
A frightened witness describes an incident in which a lawyer questions his sobriety as he explains placing a nickel in a tire alarm, turning the bindle, and calling the department. The witness then seeks to file a complaint against a fraudulent gambling device in Detroit.
A bunco man boasts of selling a gold brick to a dime museum dwarf in a sharp edged Syracuse Herald snippet. The fragment hints at con artistry and oddball figures in a bygone urban scene.
An advertisement touts special attention to business and personal accounts with flexible terms based on balances and responsibility. It promises 3 percent interest on interest deposits. The vault is guarded by Holmes' Electric Protective System.
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