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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1896
Page
2
A local store promotes an ongoing anniversary sale with significant markdowns on all merchandise. The advertisement urges shoppers to take advantage of the "greatest event" in the shop's history and emphasizes strong buying opportunities for every dollar spent.
The friction geared wheels invented by William J. Holman of Minneapolis will be tested on tomorrow’s South Jersey railroad trial. The five wheel cog arrangement aims to double locomotive speed and cut running costs. A twelve mile run last week reached ninety six miles per hour, excluding start and stop. Holman is a cousin of Judge William S. Holman of Indiana.
Illinois engineer Daniel Shannahan lives with widow Mrs Gallagher in Leavenworth where their daughter Mamie Shannahan was born three years ago. Lizzie Calmera of Quincy abducted Mamie from play, taking her barefoot and bareheaded, after the mother on a sick bed could not raise an alarm. Calmera fled toward Quincy while Shannahan pursued toward Hannibal to intercept.
A Chinese prisoner Ah Yen in the El Paso county jail cut his throat with a razor tonight and is dying. He claimed a local Chinese man testified against him and said he wished to die to return as a ghost to kill the witness who spoke falsely.
Dr. Detchon presents Vitalizing Sarsaparilla Pills candy coated and paired with other blood and nerve remedies. They claim to purify blood, stimulate blood production, and treat anaemia, nervous diseases, paralysis, indigestion, appetite loss, female weaknesses, and pale complexions. Priced 60 cents and 1.00, sold by Carl Lorenz, druggist, 418 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton.
Washington July 30 The state department issued a proclamation by President Grover Cleveland warning U S citizens and others against violations of neutrality laws tied to Cuban disturbances. The notice calls for enforcement, cooperation of citizens and swift prosecution of conspirators.
The warning proclamation emerging from Gray Gables follows Secretary Olney’s visit and serves as the administration’s reply to repeated petitions about Spain’s treatment of Americans in Cuba. It clarifies protections for U S citizens who may act in sympathy with Cuban events under U S statutes. Senor Delome presses for a clear statement on neutrality policy as debates in Congress stir tensions with Spain.
Hanson L. Withers Jr a Philadelphia society man attempted suicide at the Mount Vernon Hotel Baltimore shooting himself after taking laudanum and receiving a scolding letter from his father. He had become morose after loving Helen Breckenbaugh, niece of General H Kyd Douglass, whose affections were not returned. Doctors say he may recover.
Cincinnati voters will decide next Monday whether to sell the city owned Cincinnati Southern Railway for about 619 million dollars. The line from Cincinnati to Chattanooga is operated by private interests and has been costly to maintain, prompting a discussion of divesting the asset to address fiscal concerns.
The Dayton Railway company has offered to pay 19 million dollars for the property and the sale plan will be submitted to the city voters who are the road’s real owners.
Treasury pamphlet of fifty four pages outlines US bond history coinage and treasury notes. It details paper money systems practical currency redemption and monetary statistics world gold and silver production and a chronological monetary events summary. The guide aims to provide applicants with precise answers marked in the pamphlet.
Two sailors aboard the North German Lloyd steamship Holand, returning from Bremen, were lost overboard after heat and panic on the mid ocean voyage. One man, initially overcome by heat, frenzied and leapt from a deck stairway, while two seamen tumbled into the sea during the commotion. one was rescued, the other missing along with the crazed man.
A Kalamazoo Christian scientist, Mrs. Ames Chester, treats horses and animals with faith healing. She reportedly cured a horse near Kalamazoo and another in Battle Creek without direct contact, and has extended healing to plants and trees, claiming healing power extends beyond humans.
Anton Lahman and his wife of Williams Township Pocahontas County mourn their 10 month old baby injured by a vicious cow. The child was left in its cab while the mother drove cows from the corn. On return the mother found the animal attacking the child and fought to save it, but the injuries were fatal.
Domestic troubles between William Lehmaier and his wife culminated in a shooting today on West Thirty-fifth Street. Lehmaier lies mortally wounded. shooter identified as Charles A. Johnson, said to be the wife’s brother. The feud centered on occupancy of the same home, with prior public disputes over control.
Indianapolis July 20. Daniel Strain a wealthy Vermillion county farmer and social church leader killed himself with the revolver that his 26 year old daughter used to end her life fourteen years ago over a love disappointment. The weapon had been hidden by Strain for years, unknown to the family, though its loss had been noted previously.
Wheelmen David Lewisa and Thomas rode four miles of a return trip as a gale rose. They dismounted on a covered bridge just before the storm broke and the wind carried eyelets for four miles at near a mile a minute amid some uphill stretches.
The Republican County Convention will meet August 4 1896 at Music Hall Scranton to nominate candidates for Congress Eleventh District two County Commissioners two County Auditors and others for the general election on November. Delegates will be chosen August 1 4 7 between 4 and 7 pm with at least two days public notice. Representation based on last state vote for Benjamin Haywood as state treasurer with districts listed.
Fragmentary text mentions Castoria several times with unclear context. The passage references a child and caregiving actions but lacks coherent events or identifiable names. Further readable details are needed to form a complete summary.
Anthracite coal trains operate for Scranton Pittston Wilkes-Barre and other points. Schedule lists departures from early morning to evening with multiple runs to Mountain Park Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth and Reading Terminal Philadelphia Harrisburg and Pottsville. Through tickets and buffet parlor car service available. agents at stations can issue tickets. J H Olhalsen is general superintendent.
The document notes a June 2 effective date for trains from Ling and Wyomine Valley and cites a Traine Ipave Berantor serving New Yorke Soowherch and intereseduate nis van Erie eleo for Hawley. It lists arrival and departure times around 10 and 64 4 m, 25 p.0m, 11 58 m, and a return to Scranton at 7 42 p m with an 6 15 p m departure from Scranton to Like Ariel arriving back at 7 42 p m and 16 a m.
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