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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1899
Page
3
City notes report Alen Dunn injured and a tentative move to a residence. City Union Meeting notices a monthly executive session at Reformed church. Republican group plans a week of campaigning for candidates. Funeral announced for Miss Nelle Duhigg with service at Bellew Theatre and interment in Catholic cemetery.
An excerpt from The Ad Visor discusses advertising interests in New York City. It notes weekly exchange activity and mentions dates in a fragmented society column style with limited clear facts.
Two men, Matthew Onde and Mortis Mallia, were arrested Saturday morning by Officer Kevline Fey and brought before the police court. Each man was fined for a drunken disturbance and later released.
The funeral for Mrs Moore Pheliowlie, who died Friday evening, will be held in Archbald at St Thomas Church. The remains will be interred in the Archbald cemetery.
The Berantoy Lieder Tanke excursion will run to Fareview Somerview. Trains will depart and music will accompany the trip. Tickets are on sale and the band will provide tearing music during the journey.
Unclear OCR text lists names and roles related to a home or society. The fragment mentions directors and various initials and titles but provides no coherent events or dates. Further readable content needed to produce a factual summary.
A frayed OCR fragment notes an officer installation at a local Ancient Order of Lodges gathering. Names such as Martin Gilltation and Joan King appear among attendees, with references to others like Charles Paxter and Julie Wolkers.
Joseph Pury was held in bail Saturday on charges of stealing brass worth from the Belaware Lackawinna and Western company machine shops. Detectives Moir and Cit. pursued dealers and found the missing brass case, while a lookout noted a threatened arrest.
Standard Pullman and Wegner Sleepers with vestibuled day coaches run daily from New York to Chicago via Lackawanna and Nickel Plate roads. Service covers New York Scranton Binghamton Elmira to Cleveland Fort Wayne and Chicago with low fares and meal stations on Nickel Plate. Through coach attendants are colored porters with free service. Scranton Liederkrane excursion set for Tuesday January 14 tickets Adults 75 cents Children 0 cents.
EF G Tuesell the newly named general superintendent was spotted by a Tribune reporter at the Jermyn and asked about a successor to Superintendent Garrett Bogart. He said Bogart will stay in office until Thursday and he favors Boranton residents and railroad men met, feeling welcome in the city and as if he has lived here long.
Mayor Mair had a busy session in police court yesterday morning with many prisoners. Mame Caldwell was fined for drunken street walking. John Dea Jeremiah Simmons and Jink Courtright paid three dollars each for drinking. Michael Kearney and Jorn Murphy paid two dollars twice for the same offense. Cicero Williams colored paid five dollars for drunken and disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
John Kennedy of Dunmore was trapped by a coal fall at the No Ao mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Company Saturday. He was removed to Lackawanna hospital with internal injuries and several severe contusions.
A major fire broke out early this morning at 124 percent o clock in the Rookery. Flames shot high from a ventilating shaft threatening adjacent buildings before being controlled. The Phoenix Chemical Company aided extinguishing efforts. a Crystals hose burst delayed full containment. Occupants included Charles B. Neen and photographer Tom Dillon. no serious injuries reported.
A garbled account recalls a sermon by Lire'r Johnsing and references Now Von, Bree Wahlting, and Tire'r Whiting amid rumbling chatter about pistons and baskets. The piece, from an unnamed New York journal, preserves chaotic voices and unclear events.
The excerpt contrasts courtship and marriage norms with financial expectations. A speaker notes a man’s generosity at engagement, yet future gifts provoke a hurt look from the woman, highlighting evolving perceptions of value and gratitude in union.
A group of signers pledges to refund the purchase price of Greenes Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. The document lists J. G. Bone and Fon of Dunmore and John P. Donahue of Scranton in Pennsylvania as parties supporting the guarantee.
Mrs. T. J. Collings spoke at the Welsh Baptist church on The Mysteries of Mormonism detailing Utah’s geography, temple and tabernacle, polygamy, and the supposed practices of Latter Day Saints. She described Salt Lake City, its temple, the city layout, and asserted polytheistic beliefs and polygamous marriage as core to Mormon doctrine. The talk touched on church influence, political reach, and social practices in the West.
A detailed report from the London Echo recounts the Guendaten gunboat built by the engineering firm of Rennie. The vessel, claimed to be armed with six Maxims and four Hotchkiss guns, is shipped in 10 packages with spare parts and a sternwheel design suitable for shallow water.
Rev. Dr. George P. Eckman of St Paul’s New York preached two sermons at Park Avenue church emphasizing intense devotion as the motive power of character. He argued that cold reserve defeats true motive and cited historical examples from David to Luther to illustrate how all great missions require a consuming passion. The address urged readers to cultivate an all absorbing purpose to guide life.
William Price, a hotel waiter, fell from a third story window at 16 Penn Avenue around 2:15 am. He struck wiring and a sign on the way down, but sprang up and walked away, to the astonishment of police officer Peuster and bystanders.
A gospel meeting was held at Noy Aug park yesterday afternoon. Rev. H. H. A Grant was in charge and Rev. W. K. L. Davis occupied the pulpit.
An overview from Staats Zeitung describing how the Chinese mark time in sixty year periods, with year names tied to five elements and animal devisions. It explains the sexagenary cycle, solar terms, months with 20 or 9 or 30 days, weeks and day names, and hours named after animals.
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