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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1896
Page
6
The walls deserve more attention than the floor. Our large stock of new and bright wall decorations will please all tastes and pocketbooks. We can decorate a cottage or a palace at New York City retail prices.
Effie Bennett died at her parents 1418 Capouse Avenue on Thursday evening at five o'clock. She was only 1 year old but known for her endearing traits and friendships formed in the two years she lived in the city. The funeral will be 4 p.m. Saturday at the family home with interment in Forest Hill cemetery.
Mynott S. Peet files a trespass suit against A. T. Emory in Dunmore seeking 1000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution after Emory arrested him on a warrant sworn before Justice B. W. Cooney on a May charge of stealing mine ties, which was not proven at the hearing.
Judge Edwards orders Feely to post $1,000 bail for a final hearing within thirty days and to show that he is solvent or risk jail. The case, based on alleged fraud and concealment of assets, heads to the grand jury if he cannot pay or prove solvency. Bondsmen E A Stevens and E M Butz secured the bail.
A court orders the subject held in the county jail with further proceedings to set bond as required by law and to keep the individual in custody until bond is posted.
Casey and Kelley launch a modern lager brewery on Locust Street South Side adjoining their ale brewery. With 73 by 75 feet five stories high, it houses 30 barrel vats and 22 fermentation vats powering a two month and a half fermentation process. Initial orders total 200 barrels and a fleet of fourteen delivery wagons plus one single wagon are sent to market.
A fundraising tea at the Second Presbyterian Parsonage supported a native worker abroad. The notice lists travelers and rail schedules to Carpendale Albany and New York with numerous times, and mentions an Erie Railroad excursion to the Republican National Convention in St Louis. The piece praises rail service and dining stations.
City officials signal next removals under Mayor Bailey as Inspector John Nelson and several health and police staff face dismissal. A board of examiners will judge candidates for building inspector with two architects and three master builders on the panel.
A new monthly venture titled the Scranton Real Mature Journal will appear in Scranton early next week. The publication aims to cover local real estate and journalism alike, signaling a fresh entrant in the city’s press landscape.
The new seven column paper will start with 10 000 copies in Scranton and surrounding towns. Circulation is guaranteed monthly and may rise. Publisher B F Landig, formerly with Hazleton Plain Speaker, promises a wide awake first class real estate paper for the city.
Mrs John M Knoble of Wilkes Barre died at her South Washington street home last Wednesday evening after a return from a trip South. She had lived in Scranton for years before moving to Wilkes Barre about a year ago. Funeral is at 2 30 p m today from her residence with interment in Wilkes Barre. She leaves a husband and three sisters Mrs William Harnum Mrs Trigo Varnes and Mrs C H Stroh.
Fixing for the Summer Cottage highlights attractive decor ideas. It notes flower stands pedals and congenial environments to enhance beauty, emphasizes practical purchases like dinnerware and toilet ware at low costs, and promotes summer cottage trade with lamps lanterns and other comforts.
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