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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
3
The Wilkes-Barre Record is available at Berenton newsstands run by M Moeinhart located at 8 Wyoming Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue in Mac. The streetside distribution covers Lackawanna Avenue area serving residents with the daily edition.
The Tribune prints cards of thanks, resolutions of condolence, and obituaries for advance payment. Town notices report pillow sale for Home for the Friend, wedding announcements, and upcoming meetings in various organizations. A county jail release, a weight lifting contest inquiry, and a fatal furnace incident are noted along with inspections and schedules for local facilities and companies.
The court rejects James Nichols petition to restore a lost deed from his father Hiram Nichols for two forty acre parcels in South Abington. It finds no delivered, recordable deed exists and notes inconsistent testimony about delivery and intentions. The decision dismisses restoration of the alleged deed under the statute and upholds the deed’s unexecuted status.
Six doctors Dre Gates Fulton Connell and Lewis Frey formed the examining board at Lackawanna Hospital for house surgeon candidates. Names kept confidential pending mark submission. Dr Newbury departs July 1. Webb becomes senior house surgeon. top scorer and second place advance to higher posts with changes effective July 1 1898.
County Superintendent J C Taylor releases the schedule for provisional certificate exams across districts in Lockawirra county. Tests cover arithmetic grammar and teaching theory with emphasis on punctuation spelling and handwriting. dates run from May to August with a special August 6 session for summer school attendees.
The Tribune reports preliminary action by the board of trade toward creating a relief fund for families of Lackawanna County soldiers in the Thirteenth regiment. A public meeting is planned to gauge community support, with funding to be handled by the board secretary or the board, and initial subscriptions suggested.
Knights of the Golden Eagle stage a four day meeting at the Academy of Music with a Tuesday parade expected to draw about 2 000 members from out of town. Grand castle officers from Philadelphia Allentown and St Clair head a schedule of receptions tours and a banquet plus a Ladies of the Golden Eagle session at Lehigh avenue hall.
A brisk promotional summary of a new universal encyclopedia. The item touts a comprehensive bird's eye view of nations and geography with claimed vast value and renewed materials from Garneoy Brown & Co.
Lieutenant Evra Griffinport of the Grand Army of the Republic organizes Memorial Day events for May 40. Graves are dedicated by detail crews, followed by a war parade. Highacheo pupils under Professor George Phillips perform at the Lyceum, with a musical program featuring Mrs. O Prien, John T. Watkins, Miss Norton, and Haner’s Hand. An official sixteen-page program will be distributed citywide Friday by post members.
W J Tracey issued a $60 promissory note on December 20 1857 to R Dunne Reed endorsed by Stephen Jones and Reed. The action in assumpsit arose in the Prothonotary Copeland office and the Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co against Jones. The note went to protest.
R C Dean and wife Rachel Dean sue Scranton Railway Company for 1090 dollars in Prothonotary Copeland's office alleging they were thrown from a carriage on the evening of April 21 near the residence of William H Rich. Voerbure and Dawson are the attorneys for the plaintiffs.
Readable text notes a collision on North Main avenues between a street car and a vehicle, detailing injuries to occupants and property damage, and asserting entitlement to the stated damages in the suit.
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