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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1898
Page
4
Burgess John J. Langan presents Archbald boroughs annual message praising debt reduction six hundred dollars cancelation and road work savings of about one thousand dollars. He notes improved borough operations and a new fire alarm system and calls for better financial methods and businesslike administration.
A year of upward fiscal health across borough departments is praised. The writer urges renewing the Crescent Electric light contract with careful consideration, notes irregular pay days, calls for a dedicated auditing committee, and supports enforcing license laws, a fire alarm system, and improved public works for the borough’s progress.
Scott's Emulsion is praised as the best cod liver oil partly digested and combined with hypophosphites and glycerine. It claims to enrich anemic blood, energize overworked nerves, and add flesh to wasted children, marketed by Scott & Bowne, New York.
A public notice touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a method to strengthen female organs and prevent hospitalizations and operations. It recounts Mrs Lyness's recovery after miscarriage and overwork, claiming the remedy spared an anticipated operation and restored health.
The Mary O Gara funeral was held on Third Street with a high mass by Rev Father Lynett and interment in Carbondale Catholic cemetery. A prospective 1040 stock investment could lead to a 20000 plant bringing local employment. Police search for Eddie Cardiner continues after his disappearance last September. Several locals report visits and minor injuries, plus a 10 cent church supper. A pond project on Smith Street was postponed awaiting Charles Winters return.
In Philadelphia on March 15 a bill in equity was filed in the United States circuit court by Alexander P. White and Clarence B. White trading as the Incandescent Burner Company of Brooklyn. They allege the Welsbach Light Company and related firms sought to replace local exclusive agents by building a national commercial structure.
Plaintiffs claim a scheme to flood the market with a product to freeze out agents and regain direct control of the business. They allege abandonment of patents drew strong competitors and damages are sought with a request to restrain the defendants from continuing the freezing out process.
The Philadelphia league baseball team left at 4 p m for Cape May where they will spend two weeks to limber up and shake off Charley Horse. Manager Stallings and veteran Mike Scanlon lead eighteen players including Orth Wheeler Fifield Dunkle Donohue Pratt Murphy and others with several absentees expected to join soon. They return April 2 and begin exhibition games locally.
An arrest at Glen Rock, York County, may identify suspect Paul Mueller with the Brookfield killings. The man, who gave the name Shuler, matches descriptions except for weight and is said to have carried an axe to his room, having worked on a local farm for three weeks.
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