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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1895
Page
2
Wilkes-Barre opens a branch of banking to serve a Ne-Wopaper delivery area in Port Caton Pennsylvania. The afternoon papers arrive five hours earlier than New York editions. A large crowd gathered at the park after the event. The last train arrived crowded with people.
Andrew Phelix a miner from Grant street was arrested after assaulting his wife with a broom while intoxicated. He awoke to renewed quarrel, inflicted facial injuries, and fled to work in the mines. He returned with his children, demanded the case, and was held in bail by the mayor for court.
At a South Franklin Street meeting in Wilkes-Barre the Engineer's Club unanimously endorsed Nathaniel B. Rutter for the Republican nomination for county surveyor. President E. H. Lawall and Secretary John Sturdevant signed the resolutions urging members to support his candidacy.
A sub convention of the Epworth league met at Hanover Park in the Park theater with about 100 attendees despite rain. President Byron Hahn called the gathering to order around 2 pm. Rev. C. L. Severson spoke on the Miss Laura White convention recap and George T. Kinkendall presented a paper on convention work. The afternoon featured papers and short addresses on league topics. the planned picnic was canceled due to weather.
Funeral services for the late George M. Stark were held yesterday afternoon at his Wyoming home. Presbyterian church members and neighbors attended, with a handsome cloth covered casket and abundant floral tributes. Pallbearers included J. D. Green, R. Shoemaker, Calvin Hess, Wm. C. Baldwin, William H. Rhoades, J. L. Polen, and others from Wyoming, Kingston, and Pittston. Burial was at Forty Fort Cemetery.
A Delaware and Hudson freight train from Carbondale to this city derailed at Mill Creek when a switch rail snapped. Engine number four and six cars left the track but no injuries were reported. The wrecked cars were the only casualties as the engine remained largely intact.
The West End Wheelmen publish a busy weekend schedule with a regular weekly run from the clubhouse at 7 15 and a postponed Sunday trip to Lake Winds from 6 30 to 3 p.m. The club also notes Wednesday Thursday and evening rides at 7 under Mesers Frants and Nichol.
Lorenso Carle, a young boy, was run over by a wagon yesterday morning while playing in the road. He was unconscious on the way home and his injuries are described as severe.
The Seventh Day Adventists erected a new forty by seventy foot tent on a lot at the Washington and Beaumont corners and will begin evening services. A noted speaker will attend and the meetings are expected to draw a large crowd.
George McKechnie Jr a resident of was crushed between a car and a prop at the Pettebone mines yesterday morning. He was removed to his home where a physician attended him. Doctors say his injuries are very severe and painful but not fatal.
The little son of John Zuko of Ed wardsville died yesterday from coli ee caused by eating green apples. Hanover township to clean up tramps at Butz bach's Landing, a noted roafing place for many tramps. Kingston forms new bicycle club. initial meeting Friday evening urging West Siders riding. John Peterbaugh and Jennie Rice wed yesterday in city courthouse. Dr. Persian lecturer Joel W. Abraham will discuss The Political and Religious Life of Persia tonight at Parrisé's street church with lamert views. Westminster church annual picnic at Mountain Park today. St. Ignatius church near completion in Kingston, debt $5 250 to be raised in three months. Funeral committee for Mrs. Boyle noted. Anne annex of Exchange hotel under roof soon. Washington Statue association extends time for models. Funeral of G. M. Stark held yesterday in Wyoming. Port Jervis bicycle trip planned for riders from Scranton area. Grace English Lutheran church Sunday school annual picnic at Hanover park today. F. W. Pearsall to address Y M C A open air meeting next Saturday on river bank. David Richards killed in Parrish mines by runaway cars. Temperance union annual meeting Aug 6 at Mountain Park with Rev. J. G. Wolley as speaker. Lehigh Valley railroad workers straighten curves near Raub's station. Will & Wilcox praised for New Century March composition. Professor Alexander to announce a band concert on river common if no rain.
A boiler house explosion at the Irving CIM brewery owned by ex County Treasurer August Hartung damaged the upper stories and boiler room, with water damage to the lower floors. The lead loss is about 30000 dollars, partly insured, and Hartung’s property including his dwelling suffered. A doctor from Iowa and local residents are noted, while 800 excursionists visited Lake Arles.
A list of visitors and guests includes A. L. Turner of Binghamton visiting here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Browe of Tunkhannock guest at Rev. and Mrs. A Bergen Browe. Myra Stone returned from Cleveland Ohio and Miss Emily Williams from Peckville visiting relatives.
Mr and Mrs S A Sturdevant returned from a three week stay at Ocean Grove. Dr and Mrs J F Elliott and children of Idaho Springs Colorado visit L E Hewitt. Edgar Jayne and wife of Chicago stay with friends here. David Jayne dies after months of illness. funeral held at Methodist church with many out of town attendees. Local residents and visitors named include Mrs Parker and son Warry of Brooklyn and Mrs Mary Chase visiting Wilkes Barre friends. Mrs W W Woodward hosts seventeen Philadelphia youths. Mrs James A Kintner in Tunkhannock on Tuesday.
Miss Mathilda S Smith returned home after a week with friends at Plymouth. Bert Eley and Morlie Hawk visited sweethearts at Peckville. Patrick Berne made a business trip to Carbondale. Peter McKitrick of Lincoln street suffers a sore leg from a nail. William F Erbe returned home after visiting parents in Connecticut. Mia Reese Morgane and daughter Anne of Olyphant spent Monday with friends in town.
The town council met in an adjourned session with President Davis and eight members present. The secretary read the electric light plant report and common bills were referred to the street committee. A new trio plant sparked lengthy discussion over expenses and funding.
A brief listing places Wright & Co. at 9 South Main Street for business or notice purposes. No additional context provided in the fragment.
The piece reviews top left hand pitchers led by Theodore Breitenstein of St. Louis, with others like Killen Pittsburg Dolan Boston and Knell Cleveland cited as capable but not first class. It explains left handers' advantages and scarcity, plus notes market data on Toledo grain and Pittsburg oil prices.
A dream narration where the poet envisions stars in the sky and a radiant bicyclist astride a golden rim. A maiden smiles in a sailor hat pedals away along the Milky Way, leaving no trace as daylight dawns and the speaker proclaims the universe in motion with Phoebus guiding.
The Saturday Tribune touts originality in its special matter and stresses it is crafted for Scranton readers. It argues no other paper in local journalism has achieved a greater measure of success and declares itself Scranton's favorite newspaper.
The Trib une emphasizes increased baseball and sports reporting in Boranton with longer, more detailed daily coverage. It positions The Tribune as the recognized authority on baseball and other sports, promising fuller reports as the season begins.
The World of Business reports July 30 activity with 207000 shares traded. Industrials led early gains in Sugar and Chicago Gas while railways lagged yet rallied later in Louisville and Nashville and Missouri Pacific. Manhattan rose to 114 amid covering, Grangers eased, closing steady.
An index of wholesale prices for dried apples prunes currants and evaporated fruits, beans and potatoes with per pound and per bushel rates, plus cheese eggs ham lard flour feed grain and hay. Includes names of items such as Muscatels California prunes English currants and various pork and beef products.
New York Produce Market prices show declines in flour and wheat with dull oats and mixed corn figures. Buffalo market receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep are listed, with ranges for fat cows veal and various hog sizes. Chicago reports stronger cattle and mixed hog prices, with ranges for stockers calves and Texans.
Listings announce sale of a Hale property with barn and garden on Adams Avenue and a Franklin Avenue restaurant item. Also plans for a west side of Adams Avenue homestead with a large three story house priced at thirty thousand dollars. Beranton Axle Works stockholders to hold annual meeting August 22 at 1 pm. Beranton Road building company annual meeting scheduled for January 10 at Lackawanna Avenue with director elections.
A late 19th or early 20th century notice lists actions from a board meeting and executor appointments in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania. It references a July 1808 meeting, a secretary signature, and mentions the Philadelphia market for tallow with price quotes for Prime and other categories. It includes names like R. J. Foster and John Ransom, and notes market conditions on cattle and tallow.
A fragmented directory listing physicians surgeons and dentists with names such as Dr G Edgar Dean Dr A J Connell Dr W B Allen Dr C L Frey and Dr William A Taft. Also notes Worcester’s Kindergarten and School 412 Adams Avenue and Clare Co to set out services and addresses across Washington Avenue Vine Street Adams Avenue and North Washington.
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