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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1898
Page
10
We announce a large assortment of new wall decorations in American English and French patterns. Finest quality, exclusive to this city, offered at popular prices. See them with no obligation to order. Good decorators available on short notice at reasonable rates as the spring rush begins.
Ex city solicitor’s letter recounts President Dole inquiry about Williams College ties and Judge Gunster. Florida visit notes mention Dr. and Mrs. Parke enjoying sunshine on St Johns River with health gains. Penn Avenue Baptist hosts Young Men's Christian Association program featuring Torbett Concert Company with Ollie Torbett violin and Lucie Mawson piano, Lutieman quintette praised.
Swedes Mewars Kindlund Frohoelm and Brinn led a finely sung concert with many selections praised for their unique beauty. The article notes enthusiastic response to nearly every number and highlights the performers' harmony and skill.
The John Mitchell club will host an Emmet anniversary celebration at the Academy of Music on Sunday evening with C. T. Boland presiding. The program features songs, recitations, a life of Robert Emmet address, and a court scene detailing his trial. Admission is twenty five cents, with reserved seats at thirty five cents.
Constable J S Miller sues Inter State Casualty of New York to recover 1267 14 alleging total disability for thirty two weeks and partial disability for twenty three weeks from an 1896 accident while serving legal papers. He seeks 25 a week for total and 20 a week for partial disability. attorney is Charles L Hawley.
Representatives of a prospective carpet firm plan to visit Scranton as talks continue after the McElroy Shales deal fell through. Officials say negotiations with other carpet firms aim to establish a plant on the Tripp addition with bonds pending ground and facilities. A large carpet concern is prepared to erect a mill if inducements and approvals are granted, and the firm is well regarded. Further information was not available from Board of Trade Secretary Atherton.
E G Worden awarded the full $65 in a suit against Mrs Ann Conwell of the South Side. Worden sought wages as supervising architect while the defense argued negligence and inferior materials by contractor M E B Worden. George W Peck and Hoban Stokes represented the parties.
On Tuesday March 15 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania holds a special grand lodge session in Tankhannock The first section opens at 3 pm with instruction for Third degree members at 4 pm The evening meeting at 7 pm in the opera house features funeral work by the Tunkhannock lodge An expected 150 to 400 visitors are noted from out of town The Young Men's Christian Association and friends thank the Baptist church for use of its audience room for last night's concert The Lecture Committee
After six months eluding police, Giuseppe Luango was captured in Boston and brought to Scranton. At a dawn hearing he confessed to shooting Giovanni Celeberti in self defense during a knife attack, claiming Celeberti fell on his own knife. Celeberti later identified Luango as the assailant, leading to Luango's commitment to the county jail awaiting trial.
The Scranton Business College lyceum held its regular meeting with a well filled room last night. Members, all students, praised the excellent programme and noted the society now counts over one hundred fifty members. The article lists the evening's exercises.
An excited runaway occurred on Adams avenue when a team owned by Frankfort of Benton pulled loose under the Delaware Lackawanna and Western bridge. The driver Frankfort fell from the wagon white remaining reins, and the team dashed four blocks before colliding with a telegraph pole at the court house corner.
The Montrose road delivers lake ice to Lake Carey at a freight rate of %% cents per ton, with the area still holding plenty of fine ice aboard.
After a collision one of the Norses suffered a severe tongue injury requiring a veterinarian. Both horses recovered enough to return to the harness and were driven home.
Blackmore, aged man jailed for defrauding his sister Mattie Turner over a small board bill, was released on his own recognizance after Warden Siimpeen and Sheriff Pryor approved bail of 200 dollars. Clerk Daniela accepted. The relief prevents a potentially three month further jail awaiting the next criminal session.
Coroner Longstreet reports Mrs Gendailwycz died of septic peritonitis from septic material after treatment by Kornewski a Russian Pole without clear credentials. An inquest set for Wednesday will determine if Kornewski had authority to practice medicine before the case proceeds.
Having purchased entire stocks of several large factories in New York and Philadelphia at reduced prices, The Metropolitan on Wyoming Avenue advertises tobacco goods at very low cash prices for immediate sale. Stocks were reduced due to wartime shortages and factory closures, with items available in large or small quantities.
The board of examiners for the First Anthracite district north of Scranton will meet this afternoon in the office of Justice of the Peace Logan wat Priceburg. The board will examine applicants for miners certificates and be in session from noon until adjournment.
The Joint Estimates Committee of Councils faced a protracted session as Mr. Grier attacked the Board of Health as costly and useless, urging abolition. Fire Department items were modestly cut,Health estimates trimmed by 4 200 after reductions to crematory, salaries, and supplies. The meeting adjourned with no final action on health, awaiting another session.
The remainder of the term allows students to enroll in any evening department for a nominal fee of two dollars. This policy expands access across departments and aims to ease tuition costs for part time students during the term’s final period.
The ad promotes Coursen's Coffee with a Triple Blend at 32e and Blended Java at 25e. It guarantees the blends equal to the average 40c and 34c coffees and offers a money refund if not as represented.
The Lehigh Valley announces a radical repainting policy to remove large rear numbers from passenger cars and engines and to paint cabooses brown with white lettering. Four inch figures will be painted on the rear cornice of tanks, and cabooses will no longer be red as before.
An advertisement extols Worsford's Acid Phosphate as a tonic for overeating, claiming it preserves vitality, strengthens nerves, and stimulates the stomach to healthy action. The copy emphasizes restoration after indulgence and healthful digestion.
The page lists multiple dance numbers and composers such as Beyer, Tobant, Warnick, Tracy, Sousa, and Herbert. It includes two steps, medleys, waltzes, and melodies with titles like The Serenade and Stars and Stripes. The sequence mentions performers and origin notes for each item.
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