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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
7
The Wilkes Barre Record can be obtained in Scranton at the new stand of MM Meinhart located on 19 Wyoming Avenue and Mac Lackawanna Avenue.
Scranton notices a Republican district convention in the Arbitration room of the Court House on Tuesday April 6 at 2 PM to elect two delegates for the state convention in Harrisburg June 2. Viant committees will hold primaries in precincts Saturday April 2 from 4 to 7 PM. Fred W. Fleita chairs and Walter E B Davis is secretary.
Local brief items report a Mim Park Church Ladies Aid supper tonight from 5 to 7 PM, a marriage record at the clerk of courts, a Maine monument fund solicitation, a mine accident injuring a 1 year old, a stone-throwing incident at Pine Brook silo, police court actions, a Camp No 2 visit postponed, a factory accident injuring a finger, a jail appearance in a conspiracy case, drunkenness arraignment, a child sent to St Joseph's Foundling Home, and uniforms for the Thirteenth regiment prepared in Taylor material.
A hunting knife nearly fatally stabbed a West Side police officer during a saloon brawl. The assailant Schaumanann, a young immigrant laborer at Cappake colliery, claimed self defense after the officer intervened. The injured officer, hospitalized, is reported to be improving.
Three constables Joseph Woelkers J C Emmett and John Foley were arrested on information from C W Traver agent for the Retail Liquor Dealers association. They are accused of willful corrupt perjury in swearing there were no unlicensed liquor places in their wards. Each entered ball for a Monday hearing as Traver vows to push the cases to a conclusion.
Data by Francis Wayland Glenny shows twenty year trends in iron and steel output for Canada Great Britain and the United States. Canada produced 42500 pig iron tons in 1877 and 21092 in 1895. Britain produced 7401704 in 1877 and 627874 in 1895. The US output rose to 2314685 in 1877 and 10679805 in 1895. From 1432 to 1886 Canada’s annual imports of iron and steel averaged 915060440.
News from Newark reports John F. McNamara died by suicide at the Palace hotel. Police, seeking relatives in Scranton, face conflicting notices after siblings and a supposed uncle were traced, while a McNamara impostor confusion emerges as Newark authorities identify a living man.
A Chicago Tribune vignette recalls Abraham from Ur journeying toward the south. In Gerar a local misreads him as a senator. The patriarch sits at dusk beside a tent, pondering trials of the long trek across the plain between Kadesh and Shur.
Annie T. Cohen filed a sheriff interpleader to recover dry goods and furnishings seized under writs of execution at the suit of Osman & Lockwood in favor of Adolph Marcus against Morris J. Cohen. The plaintiff asserts the goods are her property.
Pastor Rev HM A Grant of the Howard Price African Methodist Episcopal Church appeals for ongoing financial aid to clear the church of indebtedness. He urges all eligible members and supporters to contribute, noting the congregation is actively working to reduce the debt.
During a performance at the Academy of Music last night a gentleman collapsed in convulsions and foaming at the mouth. He was carried from the audience by a friend as a physician was summoned and pronounced an epileptic attack.
An account recalls a man who crawled into a cannon and slept. The gun fired and his remains were found two miles away, shocking observers and prompting questions about the incident.
An injunction request was filed by Parker and Throop executors against coal mining on the Sherwood Farm Dunmore borough to stop removal from the shallow surface vein sixteen feet below ground feared to irreparably injure the land. Defendants claim rights under an old lease. case watched by coal interests and landowners.
The ordinance for the Nineteenth district main sewer is before Mayor Bailey who will not sign before a thorough investigation. Bellevue district residents oppose the district boundaries stretching west of South Main Avenue and far east of that thoroughfare as plans for the system are reviewed.
Property owners east of Main avenue push for creating a separate district to drain the region. They seek to divide properties west of Main into Keyser Valley and follow the valley to a system of altered beds.
Fire discovered yesterday in the mills of C. P. Matthews & Co. at the foot of Vine street triggered a still alarm sent to Phoenix Chemical Company. The blaze was subdued before arrival. two aeroseed electric wires caused the flames with trivial damage.
Spring opening features the latest de rie n s in hats at Jenkins Morris 406 Spruce Street. Friday and Saturday events invite shoppers to explore new millinery lines and styles from the season.
Millinery shops Dougherty and Thomas announce a three day opening on Wyoming Avenue. Health reassurance accompanies ad copy for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as patent remedies. Notes emphasize purely vegetable ingredients and nationwide druggist availability.
Died notices for Glancy and Jones with ages and addresses. services and interment details for Kaufhold at Forest Hill cemetery. Murray infant obituary. Phillips infant notice. multiple March dates and local residence information included.
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