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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
7
Knabe Briggs Knabe Briggs pianos offered at low cash prices or on easy terms. Vocalion church and Carpenter parlor organs, phonographs and supplies, plus the latest popular sheet music available.
City notes describe a banquet and social event to be held with a full evening program. Officials announce payday activities and a Delaware County meeting Saturday at Clinton, plus a last concert by the symphony on the same date. Readers are urged to attend and enjoy the evening events.
The Speedway Hotel offers year round operation on a scenic hilltop drive to Elmhurst and Lake Scranton. It provides city amenities including water light telephone baths and first class stable accommodations set amid wooded surroundings with mountain spring access.
Arrangements announced for large parties with events called Gentlemen's Races scheduled Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m., indicating planned social or club activities.
A chaotic day features a mob of privatere arraigned before Alderman Mowe, where Marion Collins and Gerry Welsh face charges, plus a postponed train industry meeting and a patent dispute hearing. Also notes Wilkes-Barre traffic changes and a mock trial for charity.
Bauer's band played the second concert in a series on Providence square drawing thousands. Bostock's Midway Carnival company comes next Sunday to prepare for the opening day. Elks distribute fair buttons and advertise widely as booths attract merchants and crowds.
An inquest into the death of Anthony Healy killed by a Erie and Wyoming Valley train in Dunmore reached a verdict that Healy was lying on the track when he died and the death was accidental. Witnesses testified they saw Healy along the track earlier, while the engineer said he saw no one on the track.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat account describes a dramatic hotel parlor scene. An ugly man enters unwelcomed, sits, then unexpectedly plays piano, moving guests with a haunting, dual nature likened to Caliban and Paul Verlaine as tears and awe follow the music.
James J. Jeffries, world heavyweight champion, appeared at the Academy of Music for a sparring bout with Ed Dunkhorat known as the Syracuse Giant. He discussed a potential rematch with Corbett and a future bout with Sharkey while preparing to umpire a Wilkes-Barre baseball game.
The Philadelphia Press reports Treasury agents search for $460 million in missing gold. Muhlemann estimates up to $200 million could be hoarded in private holdings, with additional losses from jewelry use, dental gold, and emigrant transfers. He may need to reassess prior billion-dollar estimates as his inquiry continues.
Central Railroad of New Jersey offers round trip to Washington D C for Imperial Council Order of the Mystic Shrine event. General public fares apply from all line stations with Gold and Good going May 19 21 and return by May 28 inclusive.
York PA May 16 At the league of third class cities of Pennsylvania meeting officials considered sanitary topics and ways to secure legislation. A committee on ways and means was formed and directed to meet at Morrisburg on October 1 with November 21 and 22 set for the next convention in Harrisburg. Papers were read by Councilman M D Gibson York on Sanitary Necessities and by Mayor Ellsworth Giles Altoona on The Filter Beds of Altoona.
A marriage notice announces the wedding of Archer Kehet and Minsie Brown both of Olyphant. The ceremony took place in Blekeley on May 15 2000 officiated by Rev M OWay.
The Green Ridge Men’s Union moves to revoke licenses of fifteen saloon keepers for selling on Sunday. Rules were entered for those bills ignored by the grand jury to show cause why licenses should not be revoked. Patrols list names including Evans and Hayden along with addresses on North Main and Lackawanna avenues. The petition, signed by Robert Wilson, alleges Sunday sales and urges enforcement of the law.
Pittsburg May 16 A devastating blaze swept Robbins a mining town eight miles east of McKeesport on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The fire started in the early hours and nearly destroyed the settlement. Firefighters battled the flames as residents watched in fear.
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