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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1898
Page
3
Notice indicates the Wilkes Barre Record is available in Scranton at the news stand of M. Mé inhart located at 1109 Wyoming avenue Mac ackawanne avenue.
City notes show paid insertions policy for obituaries and notices. A vestry session is planned this evening and a society picnic occurs this afternoon at Harmony Garden. An excursion by the Pine Brook Accidental Fund to Farview drew fourteen carloads. A railroad accident injures Frank Baoufer at Avcoa Fridus. writer Collings loses fingers from a cartridge explosion. Bank expenses and weekly clearings are listed. jail terms are handed down for drunkenness and disorderly conduct cases on Ninth street.
The Seven County Veterans association met in Binghamton with representation from Carbondale Susquehanna and Gouldsboro. Lt Para Gritfin and Col Monies led local units while Col W H Telford was chosen president and A B Stevens named vice president. Gouldsboro will host the next reunion as Ross Park welcomed speaker R H Holgate and John H Fellows. General E F Jones spoke among others.
John O Loyle and Thomas Dourher ty were arrested Friday night on suspicions of theft and held for inquiry. A police court hearing yesterday found no evidence of guilt. Each man was fined three dollars for drunkenness.
In Scranton on July 2 a John Burke aged years died at home of his parents on Park Place. Funeral at 1 00 p m burial in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. Also on July 2 Katie Horn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alichwelorn of Ham court aged 6 months. Funeral Monday at 3 o'clock interment in Shea l cemetery.
Rev. Robert F. Pierce led a Chickamauga visit and presented Col. McKinley with a congregational petition urging the Commander in Chief to ban sale of intoxicants within Army lines. He urged enforcement to keep soldiers abstinent, citing health and discipline concerns and praising temperance ideals.
The article argues that Niagara’s vast natural force can be directed toward productive ends through careful study and application. It urges individuals to recognize untapped personal and communal potential, comparing inner strengths to lookouts over battlefields and urging pursuit of disciplined effort to benefit society.
A series of sermons and pulpit exchanges occurred yesterday. A V Bower and L F Bower led at various services, while Rev Henry Neill and Rev James Hughes preached morning and evening. Other ministers including Rev Thomas, Rev Rowlands, Rev Ga RR Poster, Rev Fox ter Gift and Rev W P Gibbons filled duties at churches on Calvary Reform, Welsh Pape, Sumner Avenue, Washburn Street and Green Ridge.
Reports claim Reading Company plans to switch locomotives back to anthracite, but officials deny the report. Passenger engines use smaller anthracite grades, sometimes mixed with stove coal. Coal shortages due to mining restrictions forced use of softer coal. as mines resume, many locomotives may revert to better grades.
longtime assistant mine superintendent of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western company, 28 South Main avenue, dies Saturday morning after a long illness. He leaves a wife and daughter Margaret, plus a brother and four sisters, with funeral arrangements to be announced later. He had worked as foreman at several mines and was active in Plymouth Congregational Church and local politics.
A health notice promotes normal female health and regular cycles. It cites Mrs Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies and endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Women are urged to write for advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts.
The county treasurer M J Kelly contest involving 200 typewritten pages and 1000 names of alleged illegal voters was presented by Kelly's counsel. The document cites non residents non registrants under age money consideration aliens and voting irregularities across wards in Beranton Olyphant and other districts. An ex school controller Herman Notz admitted accepting money for refreshments but denied involvement by Lanestant or Kelly and will be examined further as names of numerous voters and districts are listed in the bill.
The funeral of George Hammett, Delaware Lackawanna and Western conductor, held at Simpson Methodist Church after a collision death. Members from Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Mutual Aid attended. Interment at Washburn Street Cemetery.
John McGuinness of Duryea, 2, was found unconscious near the Delaware Lackawanna and Western tracks by a southbound crew. He alleges he was struck with a Billy by an unknown person, the hospital calls the injury likely from a club, not a fall or train, and his recovery chance is slim.
The Scranton lodge of the Royal Society of Good Fellows organized at Raub's hall with large attendance. Officers elected include Ruler B H Pratt and secretary C H Derby. Notables T C R Hirsch and John I Mathias attended as guests. The charter opens for some time and initial membership is listed as 25. A banquet was served at Lohmann's after installation.
Several electric fans, highly valued for warm weather, have been donated to the Lackawanna hospital. The Scranton Illuminating, Heat and Power Company supplied the electricity free of charge. Donors include Mrs. William T. Smith, H. Smith Gorman, Hunt & Connell Co., Franklin Lowell, and KH. B. Sturges.
Short letters of interest published with writer's home accompanying. Tribune not responsible for opinions expressed.
A letter from Mr Cole to The Tribune challenges Dunmore school board decisions. He says Princeton diploma sufficed, accuses board of secrecy and unequal treatment, and argues several unappointed candidates have stronger credentials and support more vulnerable families. He questions mandatory diplomas and salary changes tied to the appointments.
A fragment discusses alleged political influence in appointments, arguing such actions harm the board's constituency and noting many are not discharged to suit the opposing party. The speaker, Grenville Cole of Dunmore, references July dates and the concept of intelligence as a tool.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad promotes tourist and transcontinental travel across Colorado Utah and New Mexico with through Pullman sleepers and tourist cars between Denver Salt Lake City Ogden San Francisco and Los Angeles. Requests for illustrated pamphlets go to H E Tupper 9538 Broadway New York and G P and T A K Hooper Denver Colorado offers. A set of Rocky Mountain views can be mailed for fifty cents to S K Hooper Denver. Train No 6 and No 7 provide express service with low fares dining cars and rapid schedules.
An offer for a 56 piece plain white American china set described as large enough to hold a pint. The seller notes there should be more pieces and mentions they wish to move the items quickly. The message appears informal and fragmentary.
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