This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1895
Page
5
The Tribune offers a five dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone caught stealing the newspaper from subscribers' doorsteps. A total of forty five dollars is cited as the reward amount.
The article notes wages paid across multiple mines and rail affiliates including Delaware Leckawanni Western and Delaware and Hudson Canal company. It mentions A W Hungon Shaw lecturing on Venice, Scranton Symphony rehearsing Beethoven and upcoming benefit performances for charity. A legal case by E B Sturges against the Delaware and Hudson Canal company is cited alongside a miner dispute. A National Athletic Club boxing tournament is planned for March 3 at Mustehall with twelve weights. Local police report drunkenness arrests and a jail sentence, plus a disrupted visit to a Market Street home.
Widow and children of the late Thomas Weir sue Moor Powder Company for $25 000 damages in a trespass suit filed Saturday. The case marks the county s first damages action against a powder firm over an employee s death from the barrel mill explosion at Moosie on March 1894. Three workers were in the barrel mill when the blast tore the building apart, injuring and killing workers and sending debris into the engine room.
A powder explosion fatally injures Thomas Weir near the boilers as a concussion bursts a steam pipe and a heavy object crushes his skull. The suit alleges negligence by the powder company for using unseasoned barrels and faulty hoops, seeking damages.
The fourth annual Liha WeCOMES Peachers gathering in Scranton discussed teacher maturation before entering the field, low wages, and a shift from old methods to modern instruction. President D A Stone led officer elections with Green as president and Awker as vice president, adjourned at five.
Mr Ragan will present a lecture tomorrow evening at Young Men's Christian Association hall titled Footprints of George Washington. The talk covers Washington's life from birth at Westmoreland to Mount Vernon, including key events such as the French Fort Necessity, Braddock's march, Crossing the Delaware, Trenton, Princeton, Yorktown and his retirement.
The last remonstrances for filing against liquor licence petitions were noted as two of four filed in early March and two on Saturday. Fifty-six signers oppose FP Kremberg’s Third Ward petition, with opposition at St Peter's German Presbyterian Church. Attorneys Lathrope and McAakle led remonstrances against James T. Kearney at 023 Jackson Street, signed to six West Side clergymen and about fifty private citizens.
A coroner's jury found Leonardo Rosa responsible for the killing of Veto Larussa in Dunmore. Rosa, seen with a revolver the night before, was the last person with Larussa after a quarrel. Joseph Hora, once detained as an accessory, was later discharged by Judge Archbald on a double coin proceeding. three Italians detained as witnesses remain in custody on $600 bonds each.
The second lecture of the Illustrated courses on music will be held this evening at the Young Men's Christian Association hall. Course price is $2.00 for a single ticket. Mcents and Magram open at Powell's.
Peckville celebrates the opening of a new Italianate style Presbyterian church, the third for the area in months. The $7,000 building includes a 400-seat auditorium, basement kitchen and classrooms, four stair towers, a choir loft, and fireside study. Donations raised during the day totaled about $2,730 with pledges and a $1,000 potential Presbytery gift to clear debt. Prominent speakers from Scranton Carbondale and New York urged support for foreign parishioners and continued religious growth.
A special investigation committee found Chief Ferber lent a fire hose for only a day though kept for a week and damaged it. It was alleged Niagara Phues company was sidelined and that poker and large gas bills occurred. A separate gas meter and charges to skating rink users were proposed while the Thursday report to common council was awaited.
Hoyt's merry force presents A Bunch of Keys at the Academy of Music Saturday night. Misa Adafuthner plays Teddy with clever humor. Della dackton and Kittle Wolfe perform specialties with sheet music and small musical instruments.
Beat Cigar in America imports El Modelo El Progresso brands as Fresh and Light Conchas available. Prices listed at $4.50 per box. Rose Bud and Princess Bonnie referenced in addition to beige brands.
A Green Ridge audience marked Emmet’s 167th birth anniversary with a John Mitchell Club gathering in Mutie Hall. Rev. J. McMaring led a Trishite address, celebrating Irish freedom while urging cautious support for reform within unity with England, amid songs, recitations, and a program honoring Emmet’s legacy.
F. P. Price, Agent, promises aggressive pricing with a claim of ten dollars buying nearly fifteen dollars in goods. Emphasizes first-class merchandise and prompt, guaranteed delivery to customers in the valley.
Fragmentary notes critique advertising tactics and price claims as impractical, noting dull trade during the legitimate business season and the lack of credible lodging or lodging-like assurance in the minds of intelligent observers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.