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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1896
Page
5
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Court names Charles H. Schadt a special deputy sheriff. Mary Gore's will admitted to probate with T. T. Morgan named executor. Home for the Friendles trip to Binghamton with adult tickets at $1 and children’s at 7 cents. Bond for Patrick Casey approved. sureties listed. Steve Comic arrested for trespass on a coal train. fined. Henry Hohn fined for disorderly conduct. Guild of St Hilda hosts ice cream and strawberry festival on Wednesday. Martin Gilmore injured at the blast furnace from falling iron. taken to Mosey Taylor hospital. Clearing house exchanges: totals for June weeks. A canvas tent stolen from Bol C Goldsmith on Washington Avenue. Donations to St Joseph's Poundling Home building fund listed.
Mr Kinsley, Street Commissioner C. 1, received a costly Knight Templar charm from department employes on a Saturday night. The gift was presented at 7 o clock in the city hall corridor after a fictitious note lured him there. Foreman Perigo gave a brief speech. Mayor Bailey arrived shortly after the episode ended. The charm features a red cross of rubies, three diamonds at the crown points, and inscriptions including C R Kinsley Melita Commandery No 68 and Mark Mason initials, all on a solid gold Maltese cross surmount.
EB Everhart sues Dr B H Throop for 1081 alleging a written agreement to sell Phelps property for 57760 within 40 days. Everhart claims sale to current owners netted 60000 and Throop paid only 519 of the 2500 excess.
The Scranton Bicycle Club celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with a Saturday gathering at the club house on North Washington avenue. About seventy-five members attended the feast and toast program led by President Dolph B. Atherton. Speakers included A. J. Kulp, EA. Gilmore, Postmaster FM. Vanidling, Captain Harry Lucas, H. C. Wallace, Dr. J. FE. O'Brien, F.C. Hand, and J. J. Van Nort, among many others listed as attendees.
A parade led by Manager Jones of Frothingham, Be, advertised the Vitoscope show at the Frothingham Fairground. The spectacle will run all week with a New York vaudeville company performing. Citizens followed the wagon along Washington Avenue as 2100 bystanders gathered and collected brass checks for theatre admission.
Joseph Pepper alias Tony Sodals received one year in jail after forging a Spring Brook Water check and passing it to Clothier Posner in Lackawana Avenue. He admitted storing stolen goods at Antonio Margaretta’s Kellys Patch home. a search with Constable Yeomans uncovered the clothes after a revolver was shown.
At 1240 Saturday afternoon over the Jersey Central railroad these Turn Verin members head to Camden for the annual gymnastic meet. Female contestants include Misses Pahrenticlt Blatter Noth Porevher Sehneil Me Archer Mennece Welcher Graven Heffelfinger Hanel. Males listed are Victor Noth Henry Woekrock Edward Olsen Theodore Heip Theodore Huber Timothy Quinnan Will Kemmerer James Culman Joseph McDonald William Woekrock. They trained six weeks under Professor Carl Stalker and are accompanied by County Surveyor Edmund Wart.
United States Consul Wallace spoke in Scranton on a Saturday evening in the YMCA hall for Green Ridge Presbyterian church. He displayed scenic and historical views of the Holy Land via stereopticon. The visit arose from his meeting with B. B. Sturges and he will stay as guest of Mr. Sturges. Green Ridge church heard him again with morning and evening services.
William Connell recalls the Republican national convention in St Louis and the Scranton return as delegates discuss weather, the era of sound money, and the silver question. He praises McKinley and Foraker and notes strong party unity and protectionist sentiment among Democrats and silver supporters.
W C Waite ex-manager of the Bubb Comedy company and former Music Hall boss was jailed after midnight for allegedly robbing Grimes and Flannery's Arlington Hotel safe. He was caught struggling with proprietor Grimes as officers intervened. two twenty dollar bills and a five dollar bill were found on Waite, matching the missing sum. He denied guilt at the police court and awaits trial.
Patrick O Royle 28 a Pittston brewery driver died at Lackawanna hospital after sustaining a brain concussion from a suburban car jump Friday night Coroner Longstreet held an inquest and empanelled a jury to view the body and hear testimonies Deceased was a widower with two children living on the West Side and employed as a driver for a Pittston brewery Remains to be cared for by relatives
Ex mayor Connell, now president of the new company, says council setbacks do not deter the project. He returns from the St Louis convention and confirms the company will press the street hallway measure toward a final consummation, though details await a conference with other directors.
The Trib one reports John J. Shea will be Frank Robling's successor as deputy U S marshal. Marshal Walker confirmed by letter to Postmaster Vandiling. Due to appropriation shortage the appointment is delayed to July 1. Shen is ex police and county detective, praised for fitness.
Atlantic City lodging on South Carolina Avenue offers ocean end views and a fine lawn. Daniel Coleman, proprietor.
DIED HECKMAN In Scranton Pa June 6 Lou Heckman at his North Main avenue home survived by wife and three children Funeral announcement later BARRETT In Scranton Pa June 19 Mary Barrett daughter of John and Alicia Barrett aged about two Funeral from 7 North Ninth Street at 9 am Monday June 22 Mass at St Patrick s Church Interment Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
A stabbing and mass brawls rocked the flats from early evening into Sabbath morning. Sanilo Dokeskle, 23 South Washington avenue, was stabbed and beaten but survived and was sent home after treatment at Lackawanna hospital. Police struggled to quell the violence as disturbances spread from Washington avenue to Maple street and Central Park garden amid a pattern of disorder.
A blaze starting at 4:15 in the basement of Firestone's hotel on Main Street, Duryea, swept an entire block including a grocery, meat market, furniture store, hardwire shop, and tenement houses. Property valued at $15,000 with little insurance. fire not knocked down until 7:20. Republican William McSinles seeks presidential nomination. Tribune next Wednesday offers a premium.
The forty first annual conference of the State Teachers association will be held in Bloomsburg on July 14 15 and 16 with large educator attendance promised Citizens of Bloomsburg prepare extensively for entertainment Governor Hastings and State Superintendent N Schaeffer expected to participate A Church excursion to Lake Ariel is planned for Saturday June 7 with train departures from Erie and Wyoming and a band in attendance.
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