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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1898
Page
8
Large assortment of new wall decorations in American English and French patterns. Finest quality pieces offered at popular prices. Selections exclusive to this city and viewable without obligation. Decorators available on short notice at reasonable rates. Time to decorate before spring rush.
A garbled OCR of theater and song references lists acts and titles such as The Wedding of the Chitery and the Coon and The Chimes of Trinity amid a Perry Bros prompt. The piece reads like a catalog of acts, songs, and period entertainment choices with crowding quotations and stray phrases.
The article notes boys playing under a railroad bridge on Washington Avenue, causing frightened horses and runaways. It also reports mothers alarmed by illness and unusual nightly activity as youngsters sleep on boards in a cellar to harden for Cuban service, while Colonel George Sanderson hosts a Monday evening event.
Visitors toured the new building of the Home for the Friendless in Green Ridge and planned finishing touches and memorial rooms for loved ones. Workers prepared the old site for removal, while linen tablecloths and napkins are among needed donations. A special meeting of the acceptance group is scheduled for this morning.
Frances Moses visits New York and New Haven. Al Trowe leaves for Richmond for two weeks. Mrs William Connell returns from Washington for a two week stay. James Harmon of Orangeville, Columbia County, in the city yesterday. Colonel and Mrs HH M. Boles and Mrs Thomas Dickson travel to New York for a visit. Mrs August Hartung of Honesdale returns from Beranton relatives. Major W. Millar visited Pittston’s Company C Ninth Regiment and will go to Troy New York to testify in Samuel Lewin case. George W Raymond of Firmirn New York dies while visiting Alderman and Mrs A Wright. relative of Mrs Wright and late John Raymond. Mr Thaymond, inventor of a device to stop humming in arc lamps, has been offered 20060 dollars.
A large Italian flag displayed from an agent's office on Lackawanna Avenue caused a tense scene as cabmen and workers demanded its removal, mistaking it for a Spanish emblem. Patrolmen explained it marked the Italian office and the crowd calmed after the consul verified the meaning.
Six Carbondale residents arrested on liquor selling without license posted bail yesterday before Alderman Wright. Named bailables Norton Healey Dundaff Street William Healey Fairview Street Thomas Monahan Dundaff Street Thomas Harrett Dundaff Street Thomas Cadden Pall Brook Street Thomas Fagan Main Street posted $500 each.
An Ontario and Western freight train derailed near Olyphant yesterday morning at a given hour, tearing away treathings at Johnson's breaker and piling cars on both the Ontario and Western and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western lines. No injuries reported.
Lillian Kennedy, a Scranton actress, lies in a critical condition at St. Elisabeth's hospital Utlea. She suffered paralysis while performing The Charity Girl at the Utlen opera house Saturday night. Initial hopes for recovery faded as the stroke's effects persisted. Overwork is blamed for her illness.
Judge Archbald ruled the Scranton city school board of twenty-one directors unconstitutional, citing the state act creating third class city boards as overstepping to govern schools. He ordered ouster, set the case for appeal to the Supreme Court, and noted the six member board will pursue immediate action to carry out the people’s will.
Minutes show no discussion of yesterday morning ouster judgment by Judge Archbald. Board members, including Captain May and Mr. Barker, debated committee reports on water rents and gas and water issues while planning bids for Wild No. 2 school and night school term end actions.
A jury trial in Alderman Howe's office concluded that John Riley should receive possession of a River street and Fifth avenue property sold to him by the sheriff last November. The jury, consisting of H F Ferber James N Pryor 8 W Roberts Giles Roberts Michael Grimes and H M Eckman, instructed the alderman to grant James Riley ten days grace before papers are issued.
Langstaff attorney team J J Hamilton and H R Holgate said the contest remains active and they are finalizing details in the prothonotary's office. They expect a bill of particulars and commission appointment request before week’s end. Langstaff must overcome a 27 vote hurdle.
Henry W. Sweeting through Charles E. Olver filed for divorce after alleging wilful and malicious desertion. The couple married September 26, 1894 and lived together until June 1, 1896.
An advertisement asserts Horsford’s Acid Phosphate can relieve low mood caused by indigestion, calm nerves, and induce refreshing sleep, promoting overall well being.
The furnishing committee invites donations to equip the new Hore for the Friendless building. Contributions from twenty five cents upward are welcomed. Mrs. B. H. Ripple serves as chairman of the furnishing committee.
Powell Pertrust of Providence cooked up a $500 bank robbery story to capture Simovitch, using Detective Moir and a jail escape risk. Simovitch was arrested in Kansas City but found to have no stolen money, exposing Pertrust's ruse and prompting police scrutiny.
A $25 reward is offered to anyone who proves that La Paloma de Scranton is not a clear Havana cigar. The advert notes the factory claims and directs readers to the Court House Cuban Cigar Factory at 18 Washington Avenue, run by F. Armeno, seeking La Bander a de Cuba Libre as a brand.
Enameling and repair services described as specialty work. All tasks performed by skilled mechanics.
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