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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1896
Page
5
A genuine markdown sale offers quantities of ingrains and Brussels items at reduced prices, inviting shoppers to take advantage of discounted goods. The notice highlights a straightforward sale event with emphasis on price cuts and available stock.
Probate of Christopher Moffatt's will reported in Dunmore. Special deputy sheriff Seymour Purdy sworn in. Grace Lutheran Church lawn festival planned. A Russian infant injured in a mine incident in Olyphant. Crystal Hose invited to Wilkes-Barre picnic. Marriage notices filed for several local couples. Japanese missionary Albert Okano to lecture at Lake Ariel. Friend Kayl & Co. sheriff sale yields $3.15 to creditors. funds to be distributed by auditor. Free air excursion for St Luke's parish planned for next Thursday. Mrs. Mary Morrow jailed as common scold after neighbors complain. Telephone company to install fifty two-wire cable at Hotel Jermyn and Traders’ Bank. Rev. D A Brennan, Carbondale-born Philadelphia pastor, dies. funeral plans set for Carbondale. Remains to travel Wednesday. possible late arrival may delay Duval interment.
William Abin Jenkins of West Pittston died yesterday at West Pittston of pneumonia at age twenty two. He was son of the late William Jenkins of Jer myn and is survived by his mother and three sisters Mrs. W. S. Trim Lina and Rachel of Jer myn. He belonged to West Pittston Methodist Episcopal Church and Camp 176 P O S of A of Jermyn. Funeral Thursday with interment at Jer myn.
Isaac S Jones a 39 year old Welsh immigrant who grew up in Providence North End and rose from local schools to Storms mines No 4. A prominent fraternal member and popular North End figure he aims for the Republican nomination in the First legislative district.
E A Needham died after a paralytic stroke at 214 Mulberry street burial at Forest Hill. He was 13 years old and worked 22 years as a bookkeeper in the Delaware Lackawanna and Western car shops supply department. He served in the Civil War with the Twenty First Pennsylvania Cavalry and was secretary of Crystal Hose Company. He never married and is survived by three sisters in Green Ridge Edwardsville and New York City.
Shoemaker Michael Nee of the West Side was freed after most of a year in jail. At the February term quarter sessions court he was ordered to pay $8 monthly for his wife's support and to post a $200 bond to ensure compliance, but lacking the bond he was remanded to the sheriff. Judge Gunster canceled the sentence, allowing Nee to return home to live with his wife and family.
Case against A. B. Williams ex cashier of Traders National Bank, erstwhile in Erie, postponed from July session to October at Pittsburgh. Proceedings moved to the October term.
Organizations are reminded to send notice to Major J. W. Oakford chief of staff at Commonwealth Building so they can be assigned a place in the line. The parade is expected to be large and prompt action will prevent confusion and aid the event’s success.
Meals and cold lunches served at all hours at Lohmann's on Spruce street. Regular dinner priced at 40 cents with imported and domestic wines cigars and liquors also available.
The taxes are placed in the collector Wade M Finn's hands for collection by all persons and are urged to pay immediately at the municipal building to save costs.
An illustrated old ad notes McGarrah's Insect Powder sold in 26 and 10 cent boxes, not in bulk. It urges buyers to ask a dealer and claims the product is available at Ss Hotel Warwick on the ocean end of South Carolina Avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey. Proprietor Daniel Coleman is listed.
A fierce rain hail and wind storm swept Scranton and nearby towns damaging buildings, telegraph lines, and utilities. Capouse avenue suffered collapsed poles and wires halting trolley service. Olyphant electric plant was wrecked. widespread cellar floods and fallen trees disrupted traffic and daily life.
Scranton branch of the Letter Carriers association aims to secure the national convention for 1897. John H. Phillips and Joseph Filiam will advocate Scranton’s suitability at Grand Rapids where the current year’s gathering is held. City councils and the board of trustees will be urged to pass invitations for presentation to the upcoming selection.
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