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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1895
Page
1
Cleaning-up season brings lace curtains priced for quick clearance. Odds and ends from early purchases offered as real Brussels lace curtains. Pairs formerly 8.00 now reduced to 6.00. other bundles formerly 5.40 now 6.00. six pairs priced at 11.50 now.
A fragment notes curtains and weights with prices listed as 3.00 and 4.00 in a small shop entry. Details are incomplete but indicate fabric items and small goods pricing.
Market notes show sporadic price shifts with values such as 1.0 to 1.16 for spairs and 150 to 4.0 mentioned alongside 5.75 figures. No clear trend or source context provided, leaving interpretation tentative.
The text lists various inconsistent price changes for pairs and spairs with numerous figures. It appears as a garbled OCR snippet showing old price updates with decimals and odd terms. No coherent context or outcome is evident from the readable fragments.
Harrisburg reports Senator Quay and Governor Hastings back a $1,000,000 two year school appropriation to fund state charitable institutions. rural members oppose cuts and plan a petition to the governor. Debate centers on school finance, with additional notes on Delaware Harbor funds and other bills.
A Philadelphia 27 year old man claims to be Frank Elkins son of a wealthy Philadelphia traction company superintendent. He was found wandering in Jersey City in ragged clothes and later gave inconsistent details about his identity and family. Police doubt the story and will investigate while relatives are sought.
In Tallahassee a bill was introduced for a special tax on all bicycles used in Florida, alongside a new assessment and tax on Pullman and other sleeping car companies. The proposals add to the existing mileage tax already imposed on such firms operating in the state.
May 13 report from Pittsburg notes Moorehead Brown works and Vesuviua Ron at Sharpeburg voluntarily increased wages by an average of 16 percent for all employees. Every worker received a pay rise, reflecting widespread wage gains. May 14 results from Paris Velodrome show George Banker of Pittsburg winning the two kilometre bicycle race, with Maras and Vasseur trailing.
Birthe and Lockout ends work at Olneyville villa as nine thousand operatives idle due to strike and lockout. Providence R. I. May 1 report notes widespread stoppage collapsing local production and emergency measures.
The boom in oil operations expands in Potter county as area activity rises. Elk county sheriff warned 125 for killing trout with alime. Slate quarrymen return to Bangor work. Lancaster Y M C A to spend 160000 on new building. Columbia mischief tires many bicycles. A Reading bicyclist injures Richard J. Wall Jr. Breighton to get a rolling mill 214 feet long by 1 foot wide built by Pennsylvania Steel at Breighton. In ten years Lehlich county marriages reach 12000, about one sixth of population. Bethlehem police seek dynamite bomber near Mrs R Miller residence. Daughters of the Revolution protest removal of Hancock body to Arlington. Wilkes Harre moral crusade strikes. Mayor Nichols fines Elizabeth Stewart 1000 for renting for questionable purpose.
Frost and cold waves trigger widespread damage reports across fifteen states. Chautauqua grape belt in New York suffers a million-dollar loss. Ohio and Wisconsin report frost to early crops. Pennsylvania sees minor injuries while Reading notes 41 degrees. Michigan and Wisconsin endure heavy snow warnings. Company G enlists strongly amid high morale.
In Brooklyn a glazier Pomeranz prayed loudly in a synagogue to provoke quiet. Samuel Finkelstein told him to hush and a scuffle ensued when Finkelstein, his brother, and father joined. Pomeranz was knocked down, left with a missing whisker and two head cuts. He obtained a summons for the Finkelsteins.
Workmen uncover a white skeleton amid an Indian mound in Alton Illinois and a large steel rapier dated about 200 years old lies beside it. A theory suggests the man was a follower of Father Marquette buried here during his Mississippi expedition.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Montrose May 1 reports Company G Thirteenth Regiment will live with enough men to maintain its organization. A sufficient muster will occur next Thursday for the annual inspection. The company has had
A crowd in Shamokin Pennsylvania watched as Joe Swarty and others drank for a wager. Swarty allegedly swallowed a quart of whiskey without ceremony, then collapsed and died after a rapid onset of agony.
Eckley J Coxe died at his home in Drifton Pennsylvania about 10:15 am at age 66 after weeks of rheumatism followed by pneumonia. Doctors Da Costa of Philadelphia and other physicians failed to halt the illness. Burial will be in Drifton per his request.
Mary Cameron, a 45 year old Detroit widow, tried to take poison at the Spalding hotel but it did not stay in her stomach. About 8 this morning she jumped from a dock into the bay in Duluth and was rescued. Despondency is named as the cause. Her son, 21, lives in New York.
Sidney Carr, a prominent society man, fell from the window of his home at 6 West Road Street this afternoon. He sustained injuries that caused his death about an hour later. The Carr family has long been prominent in Virginia and Baltimore. His sister was the late Mrs. Newell Martin, formerly Mrs. Pegram, of Confederate fame. He was 40 years old.
Fire destroyed the boys dormitory at Slippery Rock State Normal School in Butler Pennsylvania. About 150 students slept inside with several narrowly escaping death. Losses total 56000 with 20000 insured and belongings lost for all students.
A roundup of scattered crimes and legal actions spans the country. Inspector McLaughlin’s trial costs New York taxpayers about a dollar amount. George O. Davis, a noted forger, nabbed in a Chicago or nearby city. An embezzlement indictment in Duluth targets A. T. Bhorer. A murder case in Ohio implicates John Kitne. A Canadian cruiser seizes fishing nets near Lake Erie. A stage manager legal action in Chicago settles for back salary. Frank W. Bevin, a bookkeeper, is missing after substantial funds vanish. In Kentucky, racial tension flares over the acquittal of a white man who killed a Black man.
Washington May 13 Justice Jackson visited the White House and is expected to return for the October term, while Treasury officials grow hopeful the Supreme Court will sustain the income tax by upholding its constitutionality. Tax returns exceed 150000 filings with about 76 percent coverage, and a 50 percent exemption/penalty framework is likely to be enforced if the court decision is sustained.
The incident began with smaller boys attempting to lash Sloan with a rope while girls intervened. Sloan was chased from the mill by a crowd of girls and boys, but after three hours of parleying with Superintendent Hill and Mr Wilson, the workers agreed to return to duty under a new foreman and the dismissal of McGregor.
Washington May 12 Mr Cleveland astonishes local fishermen by catching trout within fifty miles of Washington Several friends received speckled trout as gifts and the president is credited with an eventual total of seventeen trout The Cleveland family plans summer at Woodley likely returning to Gray Gables by June and the president may buy another cottage near his summer home for an unknown purpose
New Brunswick reports Moore Baker a Franklin Park farmer was assaulted on the Franklin Park road by an unknown assailant. Police suspect a colored man seeking revenge for Pierson and Baker killed by Baker in March 1894. Baker is expected to recover.
Special numbers highlight a gown style with a tucked yoke and muslin ruffle. The text emphasizes the sartorial design details and presentation in the collection.
John A. Peterson of Baltinge Hollow digs for a cistern on George B. Wells property in Riverside New York and uncovers an iron box with centuries old gold and silver coins. Some say the treasure once belonged to Captain Kidd. Peterson declines to discuss the find.
State Senator Peter R. Morrissey was killed in his bed at 3 am by Maud Lewis at 3319 Washington Street St. Louis. The 22 year old Democrat had been drinking with companions and was just beginning his fourth term. Authorities say jealousy sparked the crime and Lewis, restrained in a city hospital cell, faces murder charges. The tragedy leaves the Missouri legislature with only eighteen Democrats able to vote on bills this session.
In Franklin Indiana on May 13 10 year old Chester Overstreet was struck by a brick thrown by 24 year old James Rothbaust as he shouted during a game. Rothbaust was interviewed after the attack and made no effort to allow responders until compelled by police.
J Henry Delaney a Green Bay merchant tailor was arrested on charges of using the mafia to defraud. He advertised in eastern papers offering “the receipt of a cure for the liquor habit” for $1 and pledged to take the pledge. He appeared before a court commissioner and was bound over.
In Mount Sterling NL on May 14 a dose of poison is suspected to have killed James Robinson son, county’s wealthiest stock raiser, and his hired man Frank Mayfield after they shared a bottle of beer. Mayfield died the next day. samples were sent for analysis.
Four hundred girls at Samuel K Wilson woolen mill in Trenton New Jersey struck for several hours after William McGregor a weaving foreman of fourteen years was dismissed. When Charles I F Sloan arrived to take his place he was booed by the workers.
Rome New York May 13 There is a coal war among local dealers backed by coal companies. Prices have swung from 4.50 per ton last fall to 1.50 then 3.25 and now 2.00. Ontario and Western and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western are said to be driving others from the field in this price war.
General Suarez Valdes reports government forces clashed with Insurgents at San Lorenzo Moscones and Cabaran on the north coast of Cuba. Rebels dispersed in both engagements. One government officer was killed. rebel losses are unknown.
Ripon Wisconsin May 13 The city council adopted an ordinance requiring a license fee of 500 dollars for cigarette sales effectively prohibiting their sale Smoking in public buildings carries a ten dollar fine.
Senator Mitchell returns from Wisconsin surprised by rapid growth of the silver craze. General Casey, retired chief of engineers, speaks of health complaints easing. Secretary Hoke Smith invites delegates to Mount Vernon for a Southern Baptist conference on Monday. Kreta and Morgan to take Mint duties May 20. Postmaster General Neilson to finalize a street railway mail service deal on Broadway within two weeks. Mexico Guatemala treaty ends dispute with senate ratification. Civil service commissioners named to succeed Roosevelt and Lyman. Rumor of a Japan Nicaragua treaty denied. Plymouth Manufacturing and Morgan Envelope win next fiscal year envelopes contract.
Eastern Pennsylvania expects increasing cloudiness with light rain later as southerly winds shift to the northwesterly direction. Temperatures ease as cooler air arrives.
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