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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
3
Fragmented notices report Riley arrival and related events at Wilkes-Barre. Other items mention candidates, hearings, entertainment acts, and a murder trial outcome with local civic and labor details.
Fragmented town notices recount threats and lawsuits involving residents on Keysor Avenue and Windsor area. Other items report a benched boxer, local lectures by Professor Clark, and a birthday party at Diamond Avenue with many guests.
The estimates committee plans an initial moot tonight to frame the iso appropriation ordinances facing 250000 in demands with 200000 estimated revenue. Chairman Keller expects heroic measures, with two meetings overdue and rheumatism mentioned as hindering progress.
Multiple death notices list Ai Pomore Harton aged 74 seats of ayaa funerals set for Lovelock Dunmere cemetery. Hagan Throop funeral Saturday morning Beavieest dy Bt Thoms’ ohtreh. Mitchell in West Betanton Panera Sarridin, burial in Laaaware. Slutter infant George Slutter buried at Fountain Saturday afternoon.
Providence council debates third reading of the pave ordinance and a proposed new city man for the fire department. Mr Roche argues over the thirty day waiting period and the meaning of adopt versus enact, while residents protest paving without sewer and threaten petitions.
A list of individuals appeared at Carbondale for a preliminary hearing or examination. The reported names include Frank Keri, Mire Will, Prank Orchard, John Keece, Irving Davis, Geert Kase, John Bk Jones, Charles Griffiths, James Decken, and others among a long roster. A subsequent hearing was noted for today.
A remonstrance protesting the hotel license for Modertt W. Arndt was filed with Clerk of the Courts Daniele by thirty five North Scranton residents. Signers include Gouree HY brown Mary Fotherly Charles Wolfe and many others from North Main and Church avenues. The group asserts the hotel at 140 North Main Avenue is unnecessary and would harm neighborhood welfare.
The filing lists Thomas Sprake, Tloiry Spraks and Stephen Spake as respondents with J D Peek as audience and Henry Kunz and Frederick Kina as trustees. Attorneys FW Stokes and IT Holwu represent the defendants. The action concerns the National Express Company case with Balpatelek as a named party.
A man named Regan Regan, a well known treacher of Eureka base north Boranton, died in a Delaware Valley railroad accident yesterday. He fell or was struck on the tracks near Lavkeworna and Westenra, his body found with severe injuries and mutilation. Coroner ordered removal to Price Undertaking, with speculation that he was struck or cut between cars on the line, broken limbs and scattered remains found near the rails.
The fragment describes a Winslow's Soothing Syrup style patent remedy with claims of curing teething pain colic upset stomach and diarrhea, urging mothers to use the product and warning of its soothing effects.
A petition led by Rev J R Ellis and the Baptist Church of Blakely objects to Juline Berovaky’s plan to operate a hotel in the borough center near churches. The remonstrance, citing improper property description and proximity to the Union Hotel, seeks denial of the license and states the project would disrupt residents and local businesses.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Hoban appointed Rev. John J. Costello of Bayre to succeed Very Rev. E. A. Garvey and fill the vacancy at Williunspert.
Very Rev EF A Giurvey’s transfer to Pittston prompts Rev Father Costello to take the competitive exam for the position. The exam committee, including Rex A McAndrews of Wilkes-Barre and others from Kingston White Haven Williamsport, tested law and moral theology plus catechetical instruction and required a sermon on a given text. Costello later attended Sayre events for over twenty years, reflecting his devotion and service to the church.
Obituary notices report the deaths of David and Barton with service details in Dunmore and nearby towns. Additional notices include Frederick A. Doothe, infant child of Mr and Mrs George Blatter, and Mitchell daughter of Mrs Albert Mitchell, with funeral arrangements and cemeteries listed. Surviving relatives and lodge memberships are noted for several individuals.
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