Auction Shoes Bring Four to Five Dollars Per Pair
Button and Lace shoes with patent leather and kid tips were up for sale, including bull dog, opera and coin toe styles. The collection promised prices around four to five dollars per pair.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
7
Button and Lace shoes with patent leather and kid tips were up for sale, including bull dog, opera and coin toe styles. The collection promised prices around four to five dollars per pair.
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be had in Serenton at the bewselanda of MM. Melthart, Wo Wyoming avenue, Mac, Lackawanna avenue.
A jumble of local items lists weddings, appointments, debts, and incidents. Notes cover marriage records, a deputy constable appointment, court actions, a crossing of paths with a railroad, church events, and a recital. Several names appear amid scattered dates and places, reflecting routine community notices.
Incident report notes Lieutenant Michoard Hughes, a US Army officer stationed in Mokten, long associated with Annapolia and famed among local residents. He has served over fifteen years and his mother remains with relatives in West Pitteton.
The opening day for the Home for the Friend in the heart of the city celebrated its completion with donors, managers, and a procession by Camp Ne and Veterans. The building's rooms and furnishings were presented by Mrs. John Jermyn, Mrs. Winton, and others, with a dedicatory speech by Alderman Howe and Rev. Dr. Logan praising the project and national service.
After negotiation a ten year lease on the corner of West Market and Miver streets secures W A Relat of York Pa and Sylvanus Stokes of Baltimore Md as owners. They will supervise interiors and expect a late fall opening around August with both men bringing extensive hotel experience to the venture.
Laura Grady's funeral was held yesterday morning from Mineral Street residence. The remains were carried to St Peters Cathedral for a high mass at 9:20, officiated by Rev. P B Gough, then laid to rest at Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers included Martin Denahoo, James Murray, and John Davis among others.
Brooks a well known stage figure in Nova Scotia claims kinship with A M Dewey of Washington DC a government agent. Dewey has been in town handling electrical industry labor matters. Mrs Dewey praised Admiral Dewey's Manitoba success as he notes a family link.
The Inter Ocean notes a new shipment of Modelo cigars as Garney Brown & Co. reports on a heated call for liberty. The piece contrasts death or freedom with the enduring fight for rights and the stamp of liberty on the brow.
Five men toiled to fit carriage guides twenty feet below the surface when a beam crashed from the landing shafting the platform. James Monaghan Stephen Jenkins and Joan Titus perished while Thomas Dawson and Thomas Lambert escaped with injuries.
An article on a light four ounce noiseless sounder for telegraph offices describes a rubber enclosed receiver that can attach to the main line and act as both relay and sounder. It reduces office noise, protects operators from shocks, and offers adjustable volume from faint clicks to loud signals for secret messages.
Lambert workers were saved within five minutes of danger as Mine Inspector McDonald plans an inquiry today. The crew had been on duty for only a half hour starting at eight o'clock on the night shift.
The semi annual meeting of the Hahnemann hospital staff was held last evening. Dr H F Heilner was elected president and the election was made unanimous on motion of Dr Ware. Dr Annie Clark was elected secretary and treasurer. Old committees were re elected. Many professional cases were discussed.
In his newly published work Richard Davey argues that a sultan should have four official wives, each with a distinct title and rank. He notes the recent death of the chief wife, the bach kadin, and discusses the role of kadinas in defining palace precedence.
The article explains Kadine ranks from second lady to royal princess, noting how Moslem law requires parallel court regalia and even stable counts for each woman. It adds that an additional female attendant often holds the wife’s ceremonial place in a monogamous empire.
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