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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
8
Local shop promotes wigs for ladies and gentlemen for street wear with satisfaction guaranteed. They offer tonics bleaches rouges and powders and claim high quality Siberian trietie products. Children’s hair styling services are advertised with special attention.
Wilkes-Barre July 2 Industry managers and superintendents in the Wyoming Valley praise the Dingley tariff as a spur to prosperity. Silk mills report 5 percent benefit over Wilson, with plant expansions and orders. labor demand rises as wages may grow. Lace mills expect steadier employment and higher wages. officials note specific lace duties will curb underinvoicing and boost domestic production.
Two young men, believed to be attempting a robbery at the home of FP Louis Wagner, Plymouth clerk of the courts, were arrested by Policeman Abram Jones and jailed. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner were not harmed.
At midnight two young men from Bowman's Creek trespassed toward Mr Wagner's summer home on a mountain. Neighbors heard them tampering with the house and alerted authorities. Policeman Jones arrested James Bedford and William Lewis in a hotel as they arranged for lodging. Burgess Walters discharged them after hearing Wagner identify the pair.
Rupert D Griffith, a Fountain Spring leader, was halted near the old Philadelphia and Reading depot in South Ashland by three highwaymen who demanded money. He resisted and the men took $48 and forced him to remove his clothing, then fled at gunpoint. The Cafferty family pursued but found no trace of the robbers.
Frank Neyer Chauncey Smith and John Devers were arrested by American Detective agency detectives Madsen Syphers and Altenhoff on charges of passing counterfeit money. Cab driver John Rippardy says he received a counterfeit two cent piece from the defendants. They appeared before Alderman Donahue and were each held on $300 bonds for a further hearing tomorrow.
In Pottsville on July 29 Edward Graf a 40 year old butcher attacked Mrs. Jeremiah Lord by lunging a knife at her heart. She blocked the blow suffering a deep arm and side gash. Graf later used a cleaver then drank beer and fell asleep in an empty freight car. Mrs. Lord a septuagenarian remains in critical condition.
A blaze near Bloomsburg leveled the Kemp Block in Benton early yesterday, burning a three story building and a large Appleman block. Loss estimated at about 25000 dollars. Moore and Ruckle general store Applemans opera hall McHeny tin shop Umbewuss meat market Dr Winley office and Kemp home destroyed. Origin of fire remains a mystery.
In Stroudsburg on July 20 W F Hardy of Chestnut Hill captured a four foot rattlesnake with 16 rattles. The snake hid under stones. Hardy lifted them carefully and then pinned the snake with a forked stick before caging it alive.
Five West Mahanoy township school directors P J Ferguson Patrick M Noon Thomas E Flanigan Martin E McClain and John Denian were arrested in Mahanoy City on charges they appropriated school funds received from teachers and diverted funds in illegitimate ways. They entered bail for court.
An express train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey struck and instantly killed an unknown man near Mauch Chunk yesterday afternoon. The body, measured at six feet seven inches with a stout build and sandy hair with a gray-tinged mustache, was sent to Laurytown awaiting identification.
A Missis sippi case reports Walter Moir of Alligator writes Postmaster Crouse in Wyoming Pa with details of a man named Frank Shafer who was murdered in Alligator on the night of the 24th inst. The dying man said he had a sister and brother in Wyoming and asked news be sent to them. The letter notes Shafer's occupation as a stonecutter and union member. Residents await further developments.
Andrew Jaworski, held in the Wilkes-Barre jail, is charged in the Duryea shooting that killed Milewski, who acted as peacemaker. Milewski died at 7 a m in Pittston hospital from a stomach wound. A coroner's jury will convene Saturday at 1 p m at Squires Gilboy's office to investigate.
Robbery at the Eagle Hotel in Pittston on Monday noon saw two diamond rings worth 200 dollars stolen from Mrs. Donald Snyder’s room on the second floor while occupants dined. News withheld while authorities seek a suspect. no clue at this time.
Sydney Hohenshilt of Stroudsburg is digging for coal on the Phillip Lee farm along the road to Spragueville. Prospectors have reached about 200 feet depth.
Stroudsburg July 29 The Lehigh Valley Medical Association at its seventeenth annual meeting held at The Gap elected Dr Mary Greenwald of this place president She is the first woman ever elected by the organization.
Miss Fannie McGee of South Beranton and Professor David Gildea of Plymouth visit town. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. John Meade. Epworth League and Ladies Auxiliary hold meetings. Local residents and visitors listed among callers and visits. Sick Mill payroll due today.
Magee Oliver, Willie Oliver and John Hastie stay at Lake Ariel. Borough workers started placing fire plugs on principal West Side streets yesterday. Miss Marie Hoban visited Pitts ton yesterday.
Article reviews top measurements and feats of Louis Cyr Sandow and Charles A Sampson, noting record lifts and extraordinary powers. It cites Cyr lifting multiple high weights in Chicago 1896 and England, Sandow lifting 192 pounds dumbbell, Sampson lifting 4006 pounds in harness lifting with details on chest neck and limb measurements.
A retrospective notes Philip Syng Physick son of Commodore Conner recalls his ancestor Dr Philip Syng Physick the “Father of American Surgery.” Born 1738 in Philadelphia he studied at Edinburg University 1792 practiced in Philadelphia with notable yellow fever service and died December 15 1837.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson argues that men alone have true homes while women, though working, lack a home of their own. She predicts future change will move much family work outside the dwelling so women will finally have homes.
Wall Street opened with a generally wholesome appearance on July 3 as cautious trading followed rumors of unfavorable crop advances from the Dakotas and expectations that Saturday’s gold exports would exceed two million dollars. The session closed irregularly with some losses but most issues advanced. total sales reached 444,090 shares. Report provided by William Linn Allen & Co. in New York.
New York July 29 prices show active wheat and stronger spot markets. Wheat futures led with July, September, and December contracts trading higher. corn and oats gained, while cash quotes kept flour firm and dairy products varied with creamery butter and cheese steady to quiet. Chicago futures followed with mixed gains in wheat, corn, oats, and fats. Cash quotes list various grades and positions for wheat, corn, oats, and rye.
The report lists prices and receipts for flour and grain goods including wheat and corn. Notable figures show flour shipments at 4,000 barrels and total grain receipts across oats 243,000 bushels rye 7,000 barley 1,000 bushels with larger totals for wheat and corn reaching hundreds of thousands of bushels.
Cattle market slow with quiet activity in hogs and sheep. Hog prices hover around 3.20 to 4.10 per hundredweight with steady to dull demand. Sheep and lambs show activity with bids from 3.75 to 4.00 and selects reaching about 4.00.
New York livestock notes show calves steady with little trading and a small western input. Sheep and lamb prices remain dull but steady with limited demand. Hogs fall to about 4.10 to 4.40, while total cattle values hover near 5.05.
Chicago July 2 native beef steers 4.20 to 4.90 stockers and feeders good demand calves 3.60 to 4.00 Texas cattle 3.7 hog market active 9.60 to 40.75 sheep market steady 2.50 to 4.00 lambs 8 000 received cattle 9 500 hogs 2 000 sheep 16 000 head
Ol City Pennsylvania reports credit balances and 73 certificates with no bids. Shipments total 64 639 battal runs and 110 42 barrele, details indicating limited activity for the period.
The Bascoms could not agree on giving up quarrels for Lent. He proposes peace and boasts of his calmness, she counters that he started every quarrel. The exchange escalates with sharp interruptions as both deny blame. The New York Evening Journal reports the scene.
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