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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1899
Page
3
The annual letting of church pews at Kim Park church will occur soon with a liberal donation noted. The Society for the Prevention of Kielty to Awareness has received a fund from Mrs. B. Sturges.
The Democratic standing committee decided Saturday night to hold a convention Tuesday in the arbitration room of the courthouse to elect delegates to the state convention. Primaries are scheduled for the coming Saturday between 4 and 7 p m. Last week’s exchanges totaled 1 100 209 dues across the Scranton Clearing House for the week ending April 4 with daily tallies listed.
Robert Walker and Willie Evans, driver boys at Pine Creek mines, suffered burns to hands and face from a small gas explosion last Saturday. A likely gas pocket ignited by a lamp caused the blast. the men were sent home and treated. GEER DIVORCE CASE. Testimony was taken in the Grace B. Geer v Rawson F. Geer case at Woeburg & Dawson offices. The husband deserted in May 189? at Hamilton New York, leaving wife and child supported. Smoke the Popular Punch Cigar 1c.
Scranton faces a potential switch to a second class city charter within three years, shifting mayoral powers, creating a director of public safety, expanding bureaus, dissolving the poor board, doubling liquor licenses, and reshaping council, tax, and public works structures as population bounds rise.
The article outlines council committee practices, dual council meetings, and clerical roles. It notes two annually elected city clerks in Allegheny earning 1450 dollars each, versus Becranton where a city clerk and common council clerk receive 15 and 600 dollars respectively. It states terms of three years for the city clerk and one year for the common council clerk and details March 2 1895 directives for biennial council organization on the first Monday of April following elections.
Sheriff read the death warrant to George K. Van Horn on a Saturday afternoon. Van Horn listened quietly as if the news concerned him little. The accompanying note recalls a prior day when he ate three meals and appeared cheerful and well.
I had a boy nearly dead from whooping cough and a neighbor urged Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After giving a few doses of hot remedy he improved and one bottle cured him entirely. It is the best medicine I ever had in the house. J. L. Moore South Burgettstown. Porante by all druggists. Matthew Bros., wholesale and retail agents.
The graduating exercises of the class of will be held in the Baptist church Thursday evening May 4. The closing exercises of the primary and lower departments will be held in the high school building Friday afternoon May 4. Pocono Se Cigar.
The eye specialist Silverstone urges avoiding injurious glasses and seeking help. He can refer many patients with improved vision and maintains low prices for spectacles while soldering frames and duplicating lenses on short notes. Remember the name and place.
Classified notice offers women’s 12 inch chest ribbed vests in white. Sold in packs of three for a5c. Garments trimmed at neck and arm openings. Limited availability noted.
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