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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1896
Page
10
Contractor Max Nichols has started with 100 men to build a four foot deep trench for a new retaining wall on Robinson Street. The work races to beat summer end as paving firms press for speed while the Traction company relocates its switch to the road center.
Brooks A Bass, agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, seeks funds to keep the group afloat. He cites the high cost of maintaining city drinking fountains, the summer mercy killing of eleven disabled horses, and stricter laws on fines for tailless, mistreated horses as evidence of the society’s good works and appeals for contributions.
Owen Hughes a disabled young man operates a pay school in the basement of Tabernacle Congregational Church on South Main Avenue. Twenty pupils are enrolled as he seeks to earn a living through teaching. Local notes mention obituaries and various community happenings including court cases, church events, outings, and residents' visits to Lake Winola.
Republicans in the South Side push for county convention delegates for August 4 with William Miller and Charles Rentschler announcing candidacies for ward districts. Primaries are set for August 1, with twelve delegates from the district. Separate obituaries note the funerals of Irving Zang, infant Henry, Charlotta Kelfer, and Marguerite O Malley with interments at local cemeteries.
Patrolman Haggerty detained a man of leisure in rags described as a quilt like suit at Alder Street station. The stranger, from Mt Carmel, faced Alder man Storr for a hearing and was ordered to leave town at once. He refuses to depart and remains on the South Side.
Miss Liszie Christopher to lead a gospel gathering at South Side rooms on Sunday July 19 with the subject Claiming God's Promises and a focus on young women participation The Junior Bible class meets Fridays at 4 PM and a new I W T club plan is mentioned The rooms close daily 12 to 2 PM and several social and church notices follow including visits and funerals
Edward Angwin improves his Blakely street home while St. Marks alters services till September 1. Sunday communion is omitted at 8, evening service moved to 4, 10:30 remains. J Haughton takes charge of St Luke’s Milsea. Mrs Hobday hosts visiting relatives. Mrs Parfrey’s funeral set for 1:30 at the M E church with Dunmore cemetery Interment. Fire alarm reports a small upstairs fire on Potter street. responders neutralized the blaze. Additional equipment from Spencer and Smith’s expected, reducing insurance costs. Mrs Monroes ill on Brook street. Oswald and Ludwig ride Elmhurst boulevard. A surprise party for Love Watrous by local friends at Chestnut street.
Seagraves, John Ackerman, Alex Thompson, Thomas Hughes, Ernest Finch, Will and Andrew Coulther, Harry Harper, Roy Kellum, John Krueger, Levi Stahlbird, Howard Harper, James and John Bryden, Spencer Masters, Edward Pinnell, Harry Smith, Harry Angwin, Arthur Smith and Victor Pinkney.
Brooklyn resident Mrs. L Tripler visits Mrs L B Coleman on Delaware street while Mrs Bevan plans a short trip to Port Jervis. Casey and daughter stay with relatives at Tunkhannock for two weeks as the Snyder child funeral is held at 1639 Penn Avenue with Forest Hill interment. Evanses return from Honesdale guests attend Gospel meeting at the WCTU home. Voorhees and Merrell visit Delaware Street and Peckville funeral ties. Mille visits kin on Capogu e avenue.
Minooka team prepares for a cricket like bat event with the South Side on the town’s new playing field Sunday afternoon. Local clubs and visiting residents, including Mr and Mrs Thomas McHugh from Pittsburg, have recently returned or departed.
Scranton guests and visitors fill town ledgers with names including Miss Cecelia Nallin Miss Lizzie Melvin John Williamson Bert Trim and others. Oil lease inquiry surfaces as a visitor plans test wells while local collieries run three quarter time this week and Forest House hosts NY registered travelers.
In Shelbyville Indiana John Mohr shot his father in law John Schneider's cat last week. This morning Schneider became violent and insane chasing his daughter with a butcher knife. The daughter was wounded but not killed. George Reed and Thomas Miller intervened to save her. Schneider to be sent to an asylum.
Shelbyville Indiana July 17 Miss Pearl Sheppard of Everton Fayette county was badly burned when her brother George lit a cigar and dropped a match in the buggy igniting her clothing. He freed her, tore off burning garments and wrapped her in his coat but she died from injuries.
E Secord from Havena in Sherbourne county reports a fatal lemonade poisoning in Santiago on July 4. A family of nine Allen children died one after another as the parents remained severely ill. No definite report available.
William McKinley Republican nominee for president is elected an honorary member of the Thirteen club in New York. Archivist J R Abarbanell notified him June 2 of the honor. acceptance followed. He will join twelve members at a city dinner when in town.
At a Rushville Indiana city council session on July 17 a dispute between Councilman Edward Young and Mayor Joseph Armstrong escalated into a fountain of ink and a flurry of records. The pair exchanged insults and threw objects until onlookers intervened. Both men were later cited in Justice Poe's court.
The steamer Milwaukee on Gra ham & Morton line docked at St Joseph with two babies born at sea. Parents Are Jonas D. Jenkins of Hutchinson Kansas and his wife were midlake en route to Hartford Michigan. No birth names were recorded on the trip sheet.
Letters published with writer names express reader opinions. The Tribune disclaims responsibility for the views aired.
A letter from Scranton on July 17 reports the Barber's Union enforcing Sunday closing laws. Some barbers resisted by opening late, sought support from rival shops, and faced fines. The writer predicts the union will continue to regulate Sunday shaving to uphold the law.
Scranton Board of Trade quotation mentions oil market with all options closed at 100 and credit balances at 103. The Chicago Tribune reports a loud warning heard two blocks back as a car dashed into a crowd in Ith and details an ominous incident and public notice.
New York July 17 shows a drop in total stock exchange sales to 244 792 shares. Industrials fell amid weakness in sugar tobacco leather and Chicago gas while rails drifted. Government bonds recovered with new 4s up 1 4%, and a Europe gold shipment did not spur long stock selling. Sugar retreated from 105 107 to 104 1/2, profits wiped out, and overall market closed barely steady with notable activity in Sugar St Paul and tobacco.
Wheat prices show a dull spot market with active options and mixed futures. Beef, pork, and dairy items fluctuate with steady butter and steady to lower lard while cheese remains quiet and steady across states.
Bueffato Live Stock Buffalo July 17 reports cuttle receipts 2.7 percent head on sale 166 head market 7 stockers 6 7 70 feeders 22 yeals firm at Hab heavy fed calves 3 60 plain teers sold late at W 18 fancy fat heifers 24 all sold. Receipts 4 090 head on sale 2 200 market strong Yorkers 7 bal 0 flight do 3 000 3 894 pigs 3 0 n2.06 packers 5 e L 76 medium weights s as p0 heavy 6 400 300 roughs Wal stags 2 5 02 75 Yorke sold into pigw 6 85 04 90 all sold Sheep and Receipts 7 000 head on sale 4 40 head market opened steady closed weak good to choice lamba Maé culls to fair 2p 05 15 yearlings 404 76 mined sheep good to choice 04 27 culls to fair 2 26 a 27 expert ewes low at Waé 10
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