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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1895
Page
7
Local storefront ad lists Luce Bros Gash Stores at Scranton and Taylor with price quotes for flour sugar meat and corn, buckwheat buckwheat, maple syrup and assorted groceries. It promotes Best Patent Flour and Strawberry Brand smoked meats among other items.
At a West Side board of trade meeting in St David’s hall officials discussed not moving Robinson street tracks and sending a Philadelphia inquiry, plus plans for a new local hospital and a possible new manufactory. Michael Feeney was arrested for selling liquor without a license and held on $500 bail. his wife and daughter were witnesses with $200 bail. An upcoming Hampton street church entertainment features M L Comfort the midget elocutionist with a varied program.
An abrupt local notice announces the closing of Boo Shoes and Bassel with limited details. Read as a brief public notice indicating liquidation or shutdown of operations in the area.
Obituaries note Rev D C Hughes funeral at 1 30 pm at 130 Chestnut Street with interment at Duryea. Mary Harris aged 22 dies at 514 North Rebecca Avenue leaving three children. funeral arrangements to be announced. Mrs Mary Georsee funeral held on Frink Street with Rev A W Cooper and burial at Washurn Street Cemetery. Local ads promote photo services at Starner’s Photo Flor, horseshoeing by W Bush, Thevero Standard Java Coffee at PF W Mason & Co, second hand furniture by J C King, wall paper by Fred Reynolds, plumbing by William D Griffiths, oysters at R E Davis Market House. Tribune urges readers to help others.
A mixed local notes column reports Officer Saltry arresting a man named Bairns for inculting ladies. It notes Miss Flora Vardermark visiting friends in Honesdire and Miss Margaret Lewis entertaining guests on Dickson Avenue. William Eldridge and William Kilne are in New York City. The Electric City Park Land Company laid a red ash walk on Main. The Welsh Congregational church hosted an entertainment and supper. The fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Samuel Brader was celebrated on Court Street. John Murphy, accused of beating his family, was fined after his wife withdrew the charge. Mrs Aggie Shultz and Mrs Magele Servitz entered W J Dimlela's dressmaking shop, stole items, and were fined after arrest and trial. Twenty-five replies to a Tribune adlet show it works.
Yale navy shells ordered for spring practice and freshmen shells to follow. Prominent boxers Tracy Creedon and Parvon Davies clash in Chicago around March 2. Lindsay of Omaha appeals a murder verdict in Fletcher Robbing case. Jimmy Kennard ordered to leave Erie county for a year. Penn and Princeton cancel annual mile relay cup race. Princeton forfeits. Navarre denied retirement rumors. entered in multiple western events. Penn baseball schedule released linking to Harvard, Cornell, Brown, Georgetown, Lehigh matches.
Died notices list Mia Harris two years at 64 North Rebecca Avenue Scranton with funeral to follow Nellie Kane 25 Breanton March 12 at Prospect Avenue home funeral later Michael White 6F Scranton 20 Franklin Avenue age not stated Quinn Neill Dunmore March 1 funeral from his home Elm Street Thursday afternoon interment Dunmore Catholic Cemetery
South Side shows few liquor license applications with twelve hotels and six restaurants proposed for wards Eleven and Nineteen and none in Ward Twelve. The 254000 population south of the brook supports about one saloon per 180 residents. A Cedar Avenue church concert, school elections, and police record of four arrests in four weeks mark a quiet period as volunteers organize charity events and local notices.
A four story Tivoli Hall at First Street and Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn burned this afternoon causing $100000 in losses. Nearby brownstone flats at 208 Fifth Avenue suffered $50000 in damage. The elevated railroad structure in front of Tivoli Hall caught fire burning about forty feet of wooden ties before flames were controlled. Total damage climbs to about $225000 including Tivoli Hall.
When Daby was sick we gave Camorta. In childhood Castoria was used and again as she grew. As a Miss she relied on Castoria and in motherhood she passed Castoria to her children.
Fragmentary OCR lists Rollin H Wilbur Gen Bupt CHAS 5 LEE Gen Pass Agt Phila PA A W Nonnemacher Asst Ges Pass Agt South Uethliehem Pa.
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