Open letter stirs grace church fitting costs probe
In Harrishure Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow argues state overpayment for Grace Episcopal church fittings, offering affidavits claiming decks cost far less and heat work was overpriced. He urges Hastings to reveal competitive pricing. Tennessee centennial notes follow with exposition on Pennsylvania exhibits and soldier reunion plans.
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Harrishure
Silas C. Swallow
Prohibition
Hastings
Grace Methodial Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Swallow
Manerd
Legislative Department
Executive Department
Tennessee
Tramps Aid Bride in Rain But Father Interferes
Rose Brown aged 36 was courted by Henry Shultz of Moselem. They wed in Fleetwood after six miles in the rain with Squire Lamm officiating. Shultz returns with four tramps, seeks revenge, but neighbors drive them off with a scale of stones.
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Reading
Rose Brown
Henry Shultz
Moselem
Khultz
Risked life for a dog near Cross Forks
Austin July 27 reports Mrs Frank Taylor and her baby were struck by a speeding train on the Buffalo and Susquehanna road at Cross Forks Junethon Merc. She dashed to rescue her dog and child, both thrown into the air. The mother likely injured. the infant unharmed.
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Austin
Buffalo
Busquehanns
Frank Taylor
Cross Forks
Taylor
Elk County Murderer Rescued From Lynching in Dagus Mines
Officers rescue a prisoner from a lynching mob in Dagus Mines Elk County amid the third murder in five months. The incident follows a July 27 report from Ridgway detailing the Dagus Mines confrontation and ongoing law enforcement actions.
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Elk County
Ridgway
Dagus Mines
Possible double murder at Herminie mining camp
Greensburg reports a Sunday morning incident at Herminie where miner Robert Rodgers allegedly killed two sleeping colleagues James Porter and John Hyde with an axe after a drunken quarrel. Hyde died from a fractured skull and neck wound. Porter died from similar injuries. Rodgers was arrested.
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Greensburg
Hyde
Porter
Aloo
Rodgers
Fires Blamed on Peninsula Mes Drift Over City
Large clouds of fire like smoke hung over the city for days causing two still alarms. Fire department responded twice after mistaking the dense flames for smoke. Believed mes from the peninsula swept over the area.
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Sire
Peninsula
Octogenarian’s Fatal Fall Near Birdsboro
Mrs Mary Potts eighty one residing at Monocacy fell from a second story window while sleeping and walking. She crossed a boardwalk to an open window and died from a broken neck. Her daughter Mrs William Shurr discovered her this morning.
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Birdsboro
Mary Potts
Monocacy
William Shurr
Poisoned lemonade at Jefferson picnic sickens forty
Forty people at a Jefferson Lutheran Sunday school picnic fell ill after drinking lemonade laced with a tartaric acid substitute. All were sent home with severe sickness, some enduring forty eight hours of illness. no fatalities reported.
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York
Jefferson Lutheran Sunday School
Jefferson
Daring Robbery At Dixon Residence In Lackawannock
Robbers forced entry at the Dixon home in Lackawannock township near Sharon last night. They climbed to an upstairs window, ransacked the place and stole a pit of lace and other valuables. A note left behind said they could not raise money for Klondike and signed Yours in hate.
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Sharon
Dixon
Lackawannock Township
Dixons Ream
Klondike
Hatie
Two Bicycle Riders in Wreck Near Stonesburg
On a dark hill near Stonesburg Warren Welker son of Rev H. Welker and Harry Marks collided head on while cycling about twenty five miles an hour without lights. Both were found unconscious among wrecks. Welker was said to be in grave condition.
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Reading
Stonesburg
Warren
H. 4
Welker
Harry Marks
County Tax Fight Over Alien Workers Sparks Challenge
Greensburg July 27. Commissioners of Allegheny and county officials in dispute with Pittsburgh lawyers over tax collection from aliens employed in the county. Pittsburgh clients insist the tax goes to Allegheny county, while Allegheny claims the law directs the money to the county where the work is performed.
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Allegheny-Westmoreland
Greensburg
Pittsboro
Allegheny County
Burglaries Reported Across Butler Area
Since Saturday night four burglaries have been reported in Butler. At Philip Close's residence $8 was secured. At Mrs Smith's home thieves took pocketbooks from Mrs Smith and her daughter Mrs Merkley, totaling $7. A double house shared by Anthony Shroup and Elmer Campbell yielded $45.50 at one unit and $1.25 plus tables at the other.
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Butler
Philip Close
Mra. Smith
Merkley
Anthony Shroup
Elmer Campbell
Struck Two with an Ax in Greensburg Incident
During a drunken quarrel at Herminie on July 27 John Hyde struck James Porter and Robert Rodgers with an axe. Porter is in critical condition. Hyde is jailed awaiting outcome of the victims injuries.
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Greensburn
Herminie
John Hyde
James Porter
Robert Rodgers
Porter
Hyde
Five Hundred Miners Strike At Hastings Mines
Five hundred or more miners at Hastings walk out in protest against Superintendent Nicholson of Mitchell Sterling mines. They accuse wage deductions for car charges and contend Nicholson targets the Nicholson mine while Sterling pays district price. They plan to present grievances to Governor Hastings seeking remedy.
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Altoona
Hastings
Mitchell & Sterling mMlheu
Mitchell
Sterling
Nicholson
Sterling Coal Company
Prominent Southern Gentleman Dies in Pittston
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Pittston July 27. William Keenan a prominent Augusta Georgia businessman visiting relatives here died suddenly tonight while walking on River street. He came for his health hoping to improve it and death was attributed to heart failure.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittston
William Keenan
Augusta
River Street
Keenan
Fire destroys two shops in Davidson mining town
In Davidson, a small mining town on the southwest branch of the Pennsylvania railroad near Connellsville, a disastrous fire at 6 o'clock this morning burned a drug store owned by James Smith and a grocery operated by James McClain. Total loss from buildings and stock is about 7000 dollars.
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Connellsville
Freight Conductor Peter Matson Killed By Freight Car
Titusville July 27 Peter Matson a veteran freight conductor on the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh railroad was run down by a freight car and died within a half hour He was survived by a wife and three young children and was the oldest conductor on the line.
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Titusville
Peter Matson
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley and
Pittsburg
Puddling Furnaces Reopened at Sharon Iron Works
Sharon July 27. Twenty puddling furnaces began operation at the Sharon Iron works after about four to five weeks of idle time caused by a scale dispute. Paddlers receive the old scale pay. Nearly all finishing departments are active this week.
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Sharon
Courageous Detroit Wife Thwarts Home Invaders
A Detroit woman confronted two men entering her home to inspect a gas meter. She followed them to the stairs and, after summoning help, waited in the hall with a kitchen knife concealed, delivering a firm lecture on proper conduct when they returned.
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Detroit
Profue
Indy
Preas
Youth Emerging From Conservatory Court Seen Proud
A young man steps from the conservatory with a light face powder mark, looking foolish yet feeling deeply pleased as observed by Yonkers Statesman in a brief note on appearance and mood.
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Yonkers Statesman
Insurrection in Manila Not Subdued Says Sugar Executive
H D Levine John, Manila sugar factory representative now in San Francisco, reports the insurrection in Manila persists with press censorship. natives reportedly killed sixty Spanish soldiers while losing few rebels, and future hostilities are expected to favor the rebels. He notes the distress of arriving Spanish troops, some shoeless and poorly clothed.
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San Francisco
China
Orient
H. D. Levine John
New Zealand
Manila
Levingohn
Milwaukee church divided over interracial marriage
In Milwaukee, Trinity Evangelical church faces a split after minister Rev. George Mertz officiated a marriage between a white woman and a black man. Members debated leaving to form a new church, with protests, hissed disapproval, and a pledged ban on future marriages in the church.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Trinity Evangelioal Church
George Mertz
Ths Head
Missouri
Alleged lyncher caught in Arkansas to face Alabama
Merianna Arkansas sheriff reports arrest of Tom Effington a white man wanted in Alabama for lynching and for the murder of an informer in a case linked to a Washington county illex distilling cave. Six lynchers convicted and serving terms, with John Hollingshead having testified and been shot later. Effington to be brought to Alabama for trial.
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Montgomery
Ala
Merianna
Ark
Tom Effington
Alabama
Chambliss
Washington County
John Hollingshead
Effiington
Hollingshead
ElMington
New Way to Dodge Taxation in Milwaukee
Milwaukee reports an old city retirement by many large manufacturers. Water tanks on building roofs provided free fire water, now used by firms for years. City proposes a bond requirement to prevent water theft. Names include municipal league figures opposed to city officials’ extravagance.
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Milwaukee
Wic
Municipal League
Notorious Outlaws Sepphic and Nelson Reported Captured
Munibrne surveying party in Valley county, Montana, reports spotting the notorious outlaws Sepphic and Nelson near the International boundary. On June 26 the duo prepared to flee as guns were drawn, then disappeared into the mountains while the camp showed signs of long habitation.
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Nelson
Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Valley County
Sepphic
Sepphie
Alligator Captured Near Spirit Lake Resort
Worthington Minnesota note reports Barney Beckley Joe Meckay and Ernest Sterling of this place fishing at Spirit Lake Iowa when Joe dropped the reptile and a three foot alligator was captured along East Okobell shore at Milabury Point. It seems the animal was likely brought from the south and released.
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Worthington
Minn
Barney Beckley
Joe Meckay
Ernest Sterling
Spirit Ieke
Towa
Farmone
East Okobell
Milabury Point
Joe
Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Protests Annexation at White House
Former Hawaiian sovereign Liliuokalani met with President McKinley in the East Room after the public reception to protest the annexation treaty. She arrived unexpectedly with Captain Julius Palmer and Secretary Joseph Heleluhe and delivered notes and papers.
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Washington
Lilioekalani
Hawaii
McKinley
Kaneller
Julius Palmer
Joseph Heleluhe
Porter
Lilwokalani
Palmer
Heletube
Lilluuokalani
Liliuokaleni
Plattesburg
Duke” Palmer
Lake Champlain
Elopement of 17 year old girl with Kickapoo Indian in Trenton
William Anderson searched for his daughter Lizzie who left Tullytown with American Horse a Kickapoo in pursuit of marriage. Police tracked them to a railroad station before the girl was taken home. Anderson planned to pursue the Indian in Pennsylvania if needed.
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Trenton
N. J
William Anderson
Tullytown
Juizale
Anderson
Pennsylvania
American Horse
Lizzie
Misa Anderton
Morrisville
Wanted Lady Agents In Scranton For Snyder's Cake Icing
Wanted immediately two energetic saleswomen to represent us guaranteed six dollars a day with no interference with other duties. Healthful occupation. Write for terms enclosing stamp. Mango Chemical Company, 4 John Street, New York.
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Scranton
Snyder
T. Kan Yder
Cincinnat
Thealurs
Sap Mango Chemical Company
John Street
New York
Wanted Two Refined Gentlemen Boarders
Classified notice seeks two refined gentlemen as boarders in a central location. Requires prompt meals but with own arrangements. a good home offered by addressing X at the Tribune office.
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Tribune Oittee
Orphans Court Sale of James Jenkins Estate in Scranton
An Orphans Court sale, in Scranton Lackawanna County, exposes the late Jabez Jen kine estate in Beranton for public bid on Thursday, August 1, 2897, at 2 pm. The property fronts Fourteenth Street in South Hyde Park, divided into two sections with a single dwelling and a double dwelling, coal and minerals reserved, with payment terms of 25 percent cash, 25 percent in three months, and balance on court confirmation secured by bond and mortgage.
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James Jenkins
Orphans’ Court
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Court House
Scranton
Jabez Jenkine
Beranton
South Hyde Park
J. Hennan
Fourteenth Street
Black Pot Ave
Hyde Park
Henman
Telne
G&s
Bond
Mort Base
Buckner to face court martial for insubordination
Governor Tanner ordered a court martial to try Major John Buckner, commander of the Ninth Battalion Witness National Guard, after Buckner refused to ride in agency cars and spoke disrespectfully to the governor and adjutant general. Buckner is a prominent Chicago black leader and Illinois official.
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Springfield
Tanner
John
Buckner
Witness National Guard
Chicago
Camp Lincoln
Pullmann
Auction Holds Steam Yacht Alga Once Known as Veto
In New York on July 27 the steam yacht Alga, once the Veto, sold at auction at the Real Estate Exchange for 12.00. It belonged to the late George Law. Built in 186, with improvements and costs of 1 2,000, the buyers are Clarenys M. Hush, state printer of Harrisburg, and Charles L. Seabury of this city.
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New York
Real Estate Exchange
George Law
Clarenys M. Hush
Harrisburg
Charles L. Seabury
Adverts Listing Sale of Horses and Traps
Classified notice describes sale items including a fine young buckskin horse and a trap for sale. Items listed with locations at Everett, Klable Dix Court, Saran or Peon avenue. No clear dates or sellers identified.
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Everett
Dix Court
Saranou
Peon Avenue
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Nasanville
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Chattanooga
Army of the Potomac
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Patsy Bania
Ferri Luigi
Princeses
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Rideway
Bania
Esc
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Erie
Octogenarian
Sharon Paddlers
Cowalene
Fairbank Company
O. New York
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Pitishen
Manilin
Iowa
Hoys
Connolly
Wallace
Foulard Silks
Cheney Bros
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
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Eloper
Lizzie Anderson
Tribune
Wants
Care Tribune
Spruce Street
VV Se
Addrews
Boston
Mass
R. Evans & CO
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Hother Weahingon
Clifton Soup and Manufacturng Company
Cincinnati
Edward C. Fist & GO
Borden Block
Chicago, Il
Chas
Schank
Willow Street
Eas
Milk M. A. Stebbins
Lawrence, Mich
Glen Herr
Rochester
J.chilbert
Adams Avenue
Naperville
Pakce Outfit
Ump
Michigan
MFG CO
Vonbolidated CO
van Boren St
N. Elvith Street
James T. Watson
First National Bank
Williams, Jenkins
Watson, Dick, Hall & Kemmerer
George Law's
Por
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OTA
Nichols Heights
Lorraine
A.A
Nichols
Clark's Summit
Washington Ave
Nue
City
Quincy Ave
Mulberry Street
Luthena
J. Burkhart
Luthena J. Peters
Madison
Scranton Gas and Water
Hyde Park Gins Co
J. BP
Hand
B.briggs
A. Biliggs
N. Main
Adams and Mulberry
Cooper
Scranton Street
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Post Office
Dunmore
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North End
Straz
Prowpect Avenue
Rice Street
Stuation
Birch Street
Peralling
Fortis Roderiy
Gare
Aventio
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