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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
10
Carbondale items should be addressed to Mr. R. Munn on Salem avenue and Church street for news notes and regular delivery complaints. Reports and inquiries may be sent to W. J. Roberts, the local news agent.
Common council met to hear T A Lynch of Foranton over a clothing sale license fee refund. City solicitor said old claims may be uncollectible. Tax ordinance passed third reading and awaits mayor’s signature. Fire hydrant advertising resolution adopted. Clerk’s supply requisition including a 106 typewriter referred to committees.
The High School alumni unanimously elected Charles Curtin as president Robert Stanley Kelten as vice president and Emma Melaughlin as secretary treasurer Sommilee was appointed to prepare condolence resolutions for the families of the late Hertha Dewitt and Anna Gerrilty Discussion on the annual banquet led to a unanimous decision to continue the event with a committee appointed by the president to oversee planning. The banquet is expected to be the greatest affair in the city with extensive preparations underway.
A large crowd gathered as Phoebe Lestenater of No 4 faced a larceny charge from Mrs Louise Haley. Constable Colby arrested her with the ring on her finger. She denied stealing it but agreed to return the ring and coat after the magistrate began to convict.
Mrs John Garoborn of Sinopaon fell from a stone while cleaning the door window of her dwelling. A thigh wound twelve inches long lacerated a small artery. doctor reports the injury serious as glass fractured the thigh covering.
A special Cycle class meeting last evening deferred uniforms and agreed to settle the dress issue at another special session within a few days.
A team belonging to Liveryman Mut lady ran away on South Main Street yesterday afternoon. It damaged several fences and a vehicle badly, but no one was injured.
The article notes moves for Sidney Colwell’s dwelling toward Wyotin street for a new residence by Mrs. Elia Colwell with Tiffany as contractor. It lists social visits, invitations for a Thimble party, and a marriage announcement, plus a hospital knife wound incident involving Charles Gallagher and John Malloy with a recovery outlook.
The Forest City Graded School will present clowing exercises at Davis Opera House on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, May 24 and 25. The program lists action songs, cantata Uncle Sam's Farewell, palettes of the season, drill numbers, sketches, operetta The House That Dook Punt, parasol drill, and The May Party scenes, with nursery maid drill and dramatic interludes. On Wednesday the program features a saluting Isabelle B Johnson, plage song Straight Ahead, chorus, and recitations.
About 300 people watched the amateur production of Besa the Mountain Wall on Tuesday evening at Davis Opera House. The play was repeated last night and praised as the best amateur production seen here. The school paper features recitations and diplomas were awarded to seniors.
Jermyn and Mayfield report opening day plans for Crystal Lake resort next Friday. Admiral Thomas Seymour departs to assemble a Lily May crew for summer duties. A large local crowd plans to attend the opening festivities and morning church services feature a celebratory tone.
The town will display thirty five arc lights on Saturday night as the Standard Electric Light Company powers its new two valve system. A fire at a residence led to minor damage but was contained by bucket brigade. An infant died at Valleyville and services were planned at Liecliffe cemetery tomorrow. Community meetings and social events involve Lena Quernemuth and Edward Hennett, with several locals noted as attendees.
The town reports a cache of about forty pairs of Indies' shoes and several boxes of underwear. Mrs Urehony estimates her loss at about $1. The piece mentions a high handed method and vigilant townsfolk awaiting culprits, who are said to occupy cells with co workers captured at Moo shi.
Community notes from Taylor cover Joncas Jones passing an exam and receiving a diploma from a Toronto institution, local church leadership at Calvary Baptist, gratitude for condolences after a death, upcoming services and social events, and various town notices. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western collieries run five eight hour days while local clubs plan meetings and visits.
Wyoming Seminary reports a Sunday at Moosic Pennsylvania with church events including a newly restored organ by W W Kimball Co Chicago. A March 7 game vs Centenary Collegiate Institute featured Gannon as pitcher Sampson and teammates Walkeree Toole Stark Andrews Hillings Woodmansee, with a 58 13 score and 1500 attendance.
A garbled excerpt presents caricatured dialogue with phonetic spelling about social class and clothing. The text features characters Peve Meandering Mike Modding Pete and references a handout of clothes and making calls at a farm house, illustrating a vernacular speech snippet from a newspaper page.
A quip features a doctor and Von Vivial discussing a wife with severe insomnia. The physician misreads the problem and jokes that the patient’s wakeful pattern occurs late at night, highlighting a playful exchange about sleep.
Public sale announced for May 27 at 10 o clock in the forenoon in Beranton tackling multiple parcels. Descriptions include Hyde Park lots near Sherman Avenue owned by Samuel Price and Elizabeth Price, and Lot 4 in Carbondale tied to Delaware and Hudson Canal and McGowan, with two story dwellings and outbuildings. Additional charges involve James Doud and Catherine Doud in Jermyn and other parcels in Scranton area.
Legal notices detail execution sales and mortgage foreclosures involving Henry Koehler, Alexander Morman, Hene det Craft, John Roche, Thomas Fadden, Elizabeth Robinson, and others. Parcels include lots on Lackawanna Avenue, details of coal and mineral reservations, and descriptions of two to four story brick buildings in Scranton and Olyphant.
A long list of sheriff sale notices from Lackawanna county details various parcels of land in Scranton Archbald and Olyphant. Each entry specifies debtor names case numbers and judgments with coal and mineral rights reserved and improvements on the plots.
Various parcels and properties released in execution by the courts. Names include David Dale Jr, Amon Singer, Calvin Vatin, and Geotey Stuneshiry. Properties in Lackawanna county and boroughs Scranton and Jermyn described with parcels, improvements, and boundaries. Debts cited range from 75 to 700 dollars with judgments from September and May terms.
Terms require fifty dollars cash when property is struck off and the balance immediately after sale. If sold for costs, costs must be paid when struck off. Properties not compliant with terms will be resold before adjournment. Clarence E Pryor, Sheriff’s office, Boranton, P.
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