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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1898
Page
10
The Home for the Friendless warns the new building is not ready for inspection as fifty people move. Visitors may be welcome soon. Comrade Charles Ridgeway died in Dunmore last week and was buried with the army blanket he carried during the war. Esra Griffin post led the rites.
Ten applicants have taken advantage of low spring and summer rates. Spring term starts April 1 with open entry. George Martin joins Scranton Gas and Water office. L B Cornell keeps books for Gould and Son. R B Roberts is stenographer for Scranton Axle Works.
M M DeWitt, a photographer at 4u5 cor Wash Ave, cautions the public that no authorized agents sell complimentary photo tickets or pastel and watercolor portraits. He signs as photographer and lists his address to verify his identity.
The court summarized wholesale and liquor license decisions with 612 of 706 applicants granted or refused. Walsh’s wholesaler license for a Lackawanna avenue site was approved, Weisberger’s was held for citizenship inquiry, and several hearings led to refusals or conditional grants.
Barrett of the Creston Clarke Company is remembered during a production on page 8 after the intermission between acts two and three of The Last of His Race at the Lyceum.
Help wanted for a mixed chorus seeking good colored singers. Auditions at Linden Street, details by application to WN.
On the Lyceum stage last night M. D. Finherty and Robert Allen gave P. S. Barrett a gold headed cane from friends and neighbors. The inscription reads Locum Presented to P. S. Barrett March 28, 1899. Barrett lives on South Washington Avenue and is making progress in his chosen profession.
Seven tired riders arrived by the Eric and Wyoming train at Washington avenue station last night after a dawn start from Wyoming avenue. The group, part of Scranton Bicycle club and Anthracite Wheelmen, rode a Traction company trolley car to test Arthur Frothingham’s proposed boulevard and bicycle path to Lake Ariel and Hawley. Only H C Wallace H T Northup E Co Koons Arch Mears Arthur Frothingham and Edward W Thayer completed the full trip through snow mud and slush and praised the potential benefit to Foranton cyclists once the path is finished.
Scranton Pa March 11 185 the Penn Avenue Baptist church convened to accept the resignation of Rev Joseph K Dixon D L pastor of the church from Scranton Pennsylvania The resolution expresses regret at his departure to a larger field of usefulness and wishes him success in his new posting with sympathy for the church and a note of Blessing for Warren Avenue Baptist church of Hoxton
Willie Newey a 15 year old boy of 226 Third street was fatally injured when a coal train cut off his left arm and leg while he was jumping trains near the long switch at Taylor on the Jersey Central line. He died six hours after admission to Lackawanna hospital despite efforts to save him.
Two demonstrators display exercise routines in the Florey and Brooks store window on Washington avenue. George W. McGrath of the Travelers' Exerciser company and Professor Henry Behrens of the McFadden Exerciser company perform to crowded crowds all afternoon and evening, drawing notable attention.
G R Clark & Co offers pruning for roses vines shrubs and trees and lawn shaping. Located at 001 Washington Avenue the firm markets skilled labor for garden maintenance and landscape shaping tasks.
Mook Heer and Bock Wurat perform tonight at Lane's on 220 Spruce Street with an evening show announced for local patrons.
A regular meeting of the pool board was held yesterday afternoon. The quarterly financials show Home expenses totaling 9,210.02 with state aid nearly all, and the indigent insane report covers 252 admitted for 20,279 days at a cost of 4,601.27 plus clothing 476.10.
A large crowd packed the auditorium for Dr. Munro of the University of Pennsylvania to lecture on The Crusades and Their Effect on History. Judge H M Edwards introduced him as the speaker as stereopticon views illustrated the discourse. The lecture traced Crusade conquests from early east west Europe conflicts to later impact.
The notice highlights butter sold as the highest grade of fresh creamery butter, printed rather than tubbed. It lists price reductions and fruit and coffee specials including California oranges, navels, and Coursen's Blended Java.
Dr. Munro guided listeners through centuries from Peter the Hermit to Jerusalem and Roman roads, tracing the shift to education art and Christianity as the new era began in Vienna.
A coroner's jury heard final evidence on Andrew Bodiz death at the coroner's office. Medical testimony pointed to localized peritonitis caused by exterior abdominal violence, though no primary act or assailant was identified. Bodiz died after being moved from the county jail to Lackawanna hospital following arrest for drunkenness.
A promotion promises a nickel plated tea kettle to each buyer of one pound of baking powder tomorrow at the Grand Union Tea Company locations 311 Lackawanna Ave and 116 118 South Main Ave Hyde Park.
An advertisement claims Havana leaf scarce but offers 25 dollars to anyone proving the claim. It promotes La Paloma de Scranton a 5 cent Havana cigar from The Court House Cuban Cigar Factory at 19 Washington Avenue, F Armengol proprietor, urging readers to seek Cuba Libre banners.
Pure bone meal product claim and ordering note from G RK Clark and Co at 201 Washington Avenue asking customers to leave orders with men to sow seed bedding and fertilize gardens.
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