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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
4
Advertisements and orders for job work and items published at Shannon Co. newsdealers, North Main Street, will receive prompt attention. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
An interesting concert night offer at the Congregational church features a varied program. Performers include choirs, soloists, instrumentalists, and recitations with pieces such as The Sabbath Day Wreck of the Barge and Dove's Sorrow, performed by Mrs M Harris and others.
A Neuville Company member, Madge Bertrand, fell about twelve feet down an elevator shaft at the Hotel American yesterday morning. She was found unconscious. a doctor summoned determined the fall likely caused injuries while the group awaited further care.
A blaze near the Hendrick works after 10 pm endangered a house behind the plant. City Assessor John Mott noted danger from smoke and fumes as workers fought the flames with strong winds aiding. No cause is yet known.
On Wednesday afternoon and evening ministers spoke at the convention. Mr Hinkey of Binghadten delivered an instructive discourse and Rev. Galanel Module ti an earnest address. Mr Mechiulre will soon return to the chosen field. Much interest has been awakened by the appeal on behalf of darkest Cone.
Union division No. 120 announces officers for the year led by president Mrs. KH and secretary Mrs. Balk. Treasurer Mrs. di Dimock chaplain att. Gpitian Mire, sentinel Mary, and other posts filled by Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Madsen and Mrs. Bank. Lenten sermons begin at 81 Rose church with Rev. T. F. Coffey delivering the Ash Wednesday discourse.
Mr and Mrs W J Searles entertain. Mr and Mrs With Sediles visits. Ward of South Church street is confined at home by illness. Rev Tilsley and family depart for their new home in Williams region. Janes Flannery of Sand Street seeks position at Carbondale Steam laundries. Mrs A Lewsley and Mrs G J Benton spent yesterday in Forest City. Rees A Priow of South Sprig street recovers from grip. The daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Eimer ill with pneumonia. FP OP Brown, from Pittsburg, returned home Wednesday. Hears Sichold of Olyphant called on friends in city. Kafka sold his pleasure framing business to W O Kirby. Mrs J J Walker and RP Fleming of Forest City guests at J J Walker’s home. Alpha Rankine visiting friends in Great Bend. Jenkin Thomas of Nanticoke visits the city. Rev William Holgar of Providence called on friends yesterday. Mrs Walter Jackson, operated on weeks ago, improving. Mrs Belleiger of Hemlock Hollow called to city by serious illness.
Snippets show Augustus Mote ndlo of Dundalf street and visits by Mrs. Henry Box and Alice Box from Forest City to Mrs. Tor nes Isleter and Mrs. Fy H H. Cowles on Terrace street. The Arnold child recovers from a bronchitis illness and Lev Patterson remains at home with an empy attack.
An adjourned session of the borough council met with most members present though Mr. Klein-Kauer and Praident Hunt were absent. The body approved payments to Crescent Electric and Contractor Spillane for foot bridge work, considered reappointments to the Board of Health, and accepted a bond with listed sureties. Committees were named, litigation matters discussed, and Mr Jones praised for his fair and diligent conduct as borough presiding officer.
Robert Tineley longtime resident of West Kriya County died at his Moosle Street home after a lingering illness. He was about seventy. survived by a wife and six adult children, including councilman William Tineley. Funeral set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Duromade cemetery. Also mourning is Mr and Mrs Robert McKinley for their 2-year-old son Samuel who died Wednesday from membranous eroup. Burial in Dotton cemetery this afternoon at 3 p.m.
A Martin and Ohio worker train derailed at Deen Cut about three miles east of Zanesville killing three men in a tank and fatally injuring two others. The dead are John Toomey Gus Dutton and Ee P Johns. The fatally injured are Bill Dubola and J H Smuert.
A jumble of reports from Jermyn and nearby towns covers evangelist meetings by Dempster Jer myn, local injuries and illnesses, a funeral, firings and political notes. The piece notes Meekene’s infant's funeral, a man losing a finger in an accident, council and church events, measles cases, and a wagon accident near Elgerton.
An elven entertainment will be held at Cullvarny Baptist Church under the auspices of Hidwarsl 1 Dowie’s Sundays. A programme is being prepared. Presbyterian elders and visitors note two candidate ballots for Rev. J.P. Posten of Auburn Theological College. Mrs. Thomas Charles and Mrs. Wil- Viwine of Olyphant visited friends in Winstowtypestonday. Salvation Army in Fair Hon provided aid with contributions totaling $91.17 and $10000 in relief grants.
The text presents a corrupted poetic fragment mentioning fate, a land of deantation, and references to Grenne and a Western neighbor with a Washington Bitar, yielding no coherent news event or identifiable entities.
The article profiles King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, praising his wit, learning, and diplomacy. It notes his literary works, membership in the Frankfort Academy of Sciences, and historic role uniting Sweden and Norway. It describes his family, upbringing, and steady governance amid parliamentary challenges and Nordic affairs.
A Sun article notes higher European unrest than America with multiple royal and leader assassinations cited from 1840 to 1880s. It discusses how political excitement spurs violence, the role of executive clemency, and differing systems of mercy between the United States and other nations. It mentions Lincoln and Garfield as U.S. presidents assassinated and the general patterns of mercy processes.
A woman suffers head pain nervousness and fatigue misdiagnosed as dyspepsia by her doctor until she learns the cause is a female ailment. After reading Mrs Pinkham’s writings she writes for advice and quickly improves with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by many American women for twenty years.
A scant sale alert invites readers to examine goods and compare prices to be convinced of bargains. The notice presents no specific items, dates, or locations.
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