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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1898
Page
3
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be found in Scranton at M Meinhart news stands located at 119 Wyoming Avenue and Mac Wwanne Alley.
Notices announce a Laurel Hill park picnic by Saint Peter's Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society on Aug 1, a Green Ridge Christian Temperance Union meeting at Mrs. Marie Griffin's home this afternoon, and funeral details for Private John R. Thomas in Pittsburgh. Additional items include letters from the navy department to Mary Phillips, athletic James Connery in Peekskill, and local marriage license actions and carrier ejectment suit in Lackawanna Court.
James McCormick brakeman on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad was struck by cars near the West Lackawanna Avenue crossing at noon yesterday. He had his left arm amputated at the elbow and sustained a dislocated hip. The incident occurred as he boarded a moving train, not on duty, and occurred near his Ninth Street boarding house before transport to Moves Taylor hospital.
Contributions have also been received from Jones Bros coffee Cudahy Packing company hams and bacon Pierce's Market vegetables and other donors. Total cash donations amount to be received is acknowledged and gratefully tendered by the PONOTE organization.
Died notices report Helen Bailey eight months old of Marcus and Mrs Bailey of 11 Fourth Street with funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock at home and interment in Worent Will cemetery. Also listed are Cusick Mory Morrow and Rogers notices from Scranton and Pittston with burial details.
A Plain Statement of Facts from Scranton's Lackawanna Telephone Company outlines its formation, aims, and public reception. It contrasts independent firms with the Bell system, notes over 900 phones contracted, and details proposed ordinance terms including poles, underground conduits, rates, bonds, and performance conditions.
The company requests a just city franchise to lay underground conduits and wires in Scranton, arguing current rules would force 8 miles of underground work and jeopardize service. It cites precedents from Lackawanna and Central Pennsylvania companies and offers a $20,000 bond to secure compliance.
One hundred two witnesses were examined at yesterday's Langstaff-Kelley contest hearing. Most were from the Twentieth ward. six or seven brought in by the sheriff on attachments. Judge Archbald ordered costs taxed with the contest. A small number of potentially bad votes were noted among the examined.
Judge Archbald refuses to hear the application for Relline Smith's reinstatement after a letter from Judge Woodward of Luzerne declines the case. Woodward cites advice from bar leaders and personal duty, sending Mahon to arrange another judge.
An afternoon discussion notes that Mr. Smith may hold a position on the case and that another judge could be agreed upon within a day or two, with the case possibly certified to him.
Mrs Rachel Friedman of River Street Scranton flats was arraigned by Alderman Kasson on a whiaming charges from Nicol Brandewin a Penn Avenue butcher. He says she bought goods claiming wealth and promised a note if not paid within thirty days, then disposed of property to defraud. She was held for a further hearing Saturday.
Since the inauguration of Sunday trains by the New York Ontario and Western from Scranton to Poyntelle, the resort in Wayne County attracts many excursionists. The 8:00 a.m. departure reaches Poyntelle by 10:00, with return at 1:14 p.m. and final Scranton arrival at 6:06 p.m. The prose also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as America’s greatest medicine.
An advertisement touts sleeping cars and day coaches on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western routes from New York to Chicago. It promotes low rates, superior dining car service, fast travel times, and elegant equipment on trains numbers not fully legible.
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