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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1899

Page

10

Ararat shooting testimony heard in Carbondale office

Testimony given in Carbondale at 5 o clock yesterday afternoon re t shooting of robbers who attacked the Mayfield power house of the traction company. Delaware and Hudson crews under Conductor Sigmund Robbing and Ontario and Western crew under Conductor Thomas Morgan attended. Witnesses described attempts at glory and bravery with cross examining revealing claims of fleeing hiding in locomotive tanks and lying in the cab to avoid bullets.

Alderman Jones Ararat Mayfield The Traction Company Delaware and Hudson Sigmund Robbing Ontario and Western Thomas Morgan Bae

Kennedy Perfect Oller Company Organized with Officers

The Kennedy Perfect Oller company has effected an organization with John F. Reynolds as president M. F. Morton treasurer John E B Shannon secretary John J Kennedy general manager P A Caroll of this city and J B Roche of Scranton as the directors A charter will be applied for at once.

Kennedy Perfect Oller Company John F. Reynolds M. F. Morton John E B. Shannon John J. Kennedy P. A. Caroll J. B Roche Scranton

Local Notes On Residents And Visitors In Carbondale

W W Copeland adds a new perch at his Canaan street home. Miss Louise Siocum returns from Scranton to 4th. Mrs David Morgan of Salem avenue and Griffin Morgan of Ter race street are in New York City. William Solomon of Gilbert street is ill. T J Sitions, once hospitalized, is recovering. T M Nealon has recovered enough to go out. Edward Kelly spent yesterday in Wilkes-Barre. Tullius Moses was in Scranton. The military company project here has been abandoned. M J Oliver plans a visit to Wayne county. Mr and Mrs A Berry return from Metro Detroit. Fifteen Scranton Mannercher members attended the German’s dunes last night. Mr and Mrs Town are in Detroit for the Grand Division session of the Order of Railway Conductors, where he serves as Carbondale No 156 delegate.

Canaan Street W. W. Copeland Louise Siocum Scranton Eda Sillman Thorn Street Merdames David Morgan Salem Avenue Griffin Morgan Terrace Street New York City William Solomon Gilbert Street T. J. Sitions Wheeler Merc. A Detroit Mich Order of Rathroad Carbondale The Mann Weat Munryfield Band Ledder John Hogarth Charla Losey Lea Martyre Donizetti Laraida Diana Sinclair Frost Hogarth Windsor Pompeii Agron Vo Hower Methodist Episcopal Church Jenkins Mainstreet Cemetery Street Mesert, Nadger & Willman Joseph Tennis Main Street John Humphreys North Main Street Bureaius Jerome Huntton & Son Lachkawinna Street Lackawanna Archhbald Alexander Frew Blakely Alice Hans West Scranton Mary J. Hughes Annie Jones Providence Elinghen Wales Cuba Delaware and Hadson Company Grassy Island

Open air concert and Pompeii lecture draw crowds

Jermyn and Mayfield stage an outdoor concert on the lawn of Mr and Mrs Mann with two Hogarth led numbers including The Sunflower. Agron Vo Hower lectures on Pompeii at the Methodist church drawing a large audience. multiple local residents are noted for health, travel, and community events through the week.

FeOKville Memorial Day Dinners and Local Events Highlight Week

Memorial day events include a Ladies Aid dinner in the M and Church parlors from noon to 2 pm and supper from 6 to 7 pm. A serious accident injured James Coleman of East Side when a wagon wheel ran him over. he was hospitalized in Scranton. Riverside breaker to resume operation May 22 after rebuilding with new machinery. Wedding plans bring Elmer Swingle and Thomas Glover to Moscow for Fred Turner and Bersia Pyle nuptials. Local mining updates note a Cuba locomotive replacing Porto Rico at Klondike and Carbondale work shifts.

Ladies’ Aid Society James Coleman East Side Dolph Coal Company Coleman Michael Barrett Moscow Peckville Scranton Byron Peck Carbondale J. D. Peck Main Street Delaware and Hudson Klondike Cuba Porto Rico Coal Brook BE. Sherer Mlnkely Hasse] & Lewis Wilkes-Barre Sherer

Taylor news notes and local events in a busy period

The board of trade meets in the council chambers to reorganize and seek a new industry to employ many locals. Invincible commandery No 262 Knights of Malta convenes. several residents travel or return home. A miner sustains a head injury at Archbold mine. a death occurs on Storre Street. The Taylor Reds win 8 to 5 in a season opener. A fair and festival are planned for September at Weber's rink. Public notices include church calls and trips to New York. An obituary and local business updates close the column.

Board of Trade Invincible Commandery Knights of Malta John B. Reese Clark's Robert Llewellyn Union Street John Evange Nanticoke J. M. Lieyd Fivde Park Thomas Welby Archbold William Maresh Storre Street Martin Williama H. H. Harrin Burin Forest Home Taylor Reds Reds J. Glynn M. Glynn Orioles Ragan and Stone James Wrigley Providence Wis Taylorville Lodge Order of Odd Fellows Weber Henry Shulthers New York Archbald Thomas de Gruchy Jackson Street Baptist Church Taylor Redman’s Hall

Foreclosure Sale Of Tunkhannock Electric Plant Planned

Sheriff advertises sale for Saturday June 10 1899 at the court house in Tunkhannock borough of all real estate charter rights and property of the Tunkhannock Electric Light Heat and Power company in default on mortgage bonds to Lackawanna Trust and Safe. Plant built cheaply failed to pay expenses and bondholders seek possession. New management plans to improve and place the plant on a paying basis. Also notice in the estate of Paul B Jennings de ceased heirs to appear June 19 1890 in the court of common pleas to accept or refuse.

Sherif Gregory Court House Tunkhannock Tunkhannock Electric Light, Heat and Power Company Lackawanaa Trust and Safe Company Scranton Paul B. Jennings Tunkhannock Township James J. Freer Court of Common Pleas

Memorial Day Observances and Society Notices

The notice details memorial services on Sunday May 21 at Eaton Brick church led by Rev H M Pease with Union soldiers invited. Also mentions J W Reynolds port 98 and G A F of Pennsylvania participating with the post, and a real estate matter fixed at £2000 by the master. John B Faesell of Wilkes-Barre brokers electric light company matters. A baseball game is advertised for Saturday between the high period team and Keystone Academy of Faectoryville.

J. W. Reynolds G. A. Ft Eaton H. M. Pease National Guard of Pennsylvania John B. Faesell John B. Russell & Company Wilkes-Barre Keystone Academy Faectoryville

Robbery at Huntton & Son Store on Lachka winna Street

Early morning raid at Jerome Huntton & Son on Lachka winna street yields several sacks of four stolen after entry through a rear door. No suspects identified as yet.

Community notes and visitors in NEW MILFORD area

Local Presbyterian supper at the church parlors. Guests include Herman Inderled from Binghamton visiting uncle P. G. Inder ed. Several residents and visitors from Great Bend Susquehanna and Scranton are mentioned, with attendance at events and family visits. Also includes a notarized testimonial about a medicinal product and endorsements from Toledo based firm.

Sheriff Sales of Several Described Farmland Parcels in Lackawanna County

Public sale set for Friday in Scranton at the courthouse. Juridical writs empower sale of multiple parcels in Dunmore Mayfield Scranton areas. Properties include two lots in Dunmore and three in Mayfield with dwellings, mining rights excluded, totals and debts listed against defendants.

Lackawanna County auction notices expose multiple deeds

A serialized execution and property auction notice list from Lackawanna County highlights James Mulderig and others with debts ranging from 605.28 to 2,000 plus, detailing plots in Scranton Dickson City Olyphant and Beranton. Blocks, boundaries, and improvements described. coal and minerals reserved. legal proceedings span May Term 1899 to January Term 1899.

James Mulderie Dickson City Lackawanna Pennsylvania Bennett & Johnson Scranton Lincoln Street Stephen Millard James Mulderig Salt of New Germania Zimmerman

Property Auctions in Lackawanna County Notes

A series of mortgage sales lists several parcels of land in Scranton Olyphant and Dunmore Lackawanna County Pennsylvania. Each item details lot dimensions frontages depths improvements and mineral reservations with execution actions in favor of Citizens Building and Loan Association Walter German Patrick Ratchford Ann Twaddle Jonathan Davies and others.

Ann Twaddle Thomas Twaddle Blakely Lugerne County Borough of Olyphant Lackawanna County Penneyivanna Vluhe Third Street Sirest Loch Pierce John M. Edwards Levi Pierce George M. Hull Déewl Lugerne Walt Baltimore Building and Town Association Pickus Jonathan Davies Fell Jonathan Bovies George Wostaromer Crammerdale Lackawana County Salt of Southern Building and Loan D. A. Carpenter Bearle & Oakford

Scranton land sales and judgments in Lackawanna County

Multiple executions in Lackawanna County court actions list mortgages and debt on parcels in Scranton and surrounding townships. Notices cover foreclosures on properties on Monsey Avenue, Money Avenue, Fourth Street, and land in Old Forge and Ransom Township with associated judgments and attorney names.

Peculiar Strike Ties Up Wheeling Transit Networks

In Wheeling West Virginia on May 18 a five week walkout over twenty cents an hour and nine hour days has limited ridership to about five riders on the city’s streetcar system. Strikers operate rival bus services quietly supported by locals as cars continue to run with minimal passenger use.

Wheeling W. Va United States

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted Worldwide

An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy used by fifty billion mothers for teething infants. It claims to soothe the child lessen gums relieve pain cure wind colic and serve as a general remedy. Priced at twenty five cents a bottle.

Terms of Sale Governing Cash Bid Rules

Fifty dollars cash required when property is struck off and the balance in cash immediately after sale. When sold for costs, costs must be paid when struck off. All properties not complying with these terms will be resold before adjournment.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fasous Vin Mariani Mariani Mariani &Co Wigth Street All After Trailroaders Jermyn and Mayfield Feokville Taylor News William Marsh Chamberlain P. E. Grisham Gaare Mills Law Matthew Hros Hood New Milford Presbyterian Church Herman Inderled Binghamton P. G. Indered Albert Movs Kate Eatherly Great Pond Clara Inderiied Maud Clinton Charles Benjamin Hert Moore Great Bend V. Trumbull James Tennant Ellen Brown Daniel Davis Bridgewater Glen Brundage Gibson Frances Bannerman Frank Hannerman Trooklyn N. Y Bert Tucker Charles Tucker S. Bell J. H. Bell State of Ohio A. W. Gleason Notary Cheney Toledo Sheriff's Sales Briffs Sales Pieri Faolas Levarl Macias Rixponas Bey Venduy Lackawanny County John J. Murphy Amos Washer Winfred Murphy Dunmore County of Lackawanna John Ward, Jr Mary Ward Patrick Murphy Philadelphia Edward Spencer A. J. Spencer J. EB. Swifton Winifred Murphy Carpenter Mary Edmunds Lackawynna County Gardner & Whitmore Scranton and Forest City Railway Ward Lot No. 4 Lota Nox. 4 Mary Grier Jorton Gardner Recorders Office Gariner & Whittemore Mayfield Borouch Flint Street Eaid Plot Lafayette Matthews Gardner & Whittemore Thomas FR. Hopkins Falda KE. B. Sturges Whitmore Va Stehen Whitmore William J. Hand Alec Al&o Richard Latcham Jomen J. Williams Richary Patcham Bardinelli Emilio Sardinell Old Forge Township State of Franklin and Spruce Streets Austin Boring Street Anna F. Smith George I. Foster Bardine Fifa Partridge Silas Randall Eilzabeth Randall Old Fore Stias Abeneger Drake Salt of the Cosmopolitan Building and Loan Association Silun Randall Elizabeth Randall Stark, Att'v Albo Christian Mowel Christ Maul Archardborough State of Pennsylvania Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Salt of Security Building and Savings Union Christian Mower of Christ Ma Harry Pish Tsadore Goodman Elia Fish Borough of Olyphant Ferris Street Sal A.dolph Thomas Btosh Tod Wila Stosh Elin Pieh Harry Fish Teodore Goodmin Mary Dargis Joseph Dargia Beranton County of Lackawank Wilburtreet Said Street George Genet Lewis Street Wilbur Street Wexton Clark Mill Weston Joseph Daris Recorder's Office Joseph Dargis John Dieter Ronnie Dieter Hickory Street Cedar Pittston Avenues Luchawrank Iron and Coal Company Jota Renton Baldhot Charlies II Kaestner John Dietwr Recorders Larkawank County Dowd John G. Miller Johler Mra Hgoe Dieter Jaiekawayn County Charles H. Kaestner Jon Dieter Hrosinn Dieter Debi Ios Vern Tt Zimmerman William Grau Scrantey Winton Max Rice William Gratton William Gimuman Phil Art Patrick Ratchfor Maury Ratchford Penny Vanhy Gardner Avenue Walter Patrick Ratehford Maury Ratehford Hannal Uhanka Dasoliga Milton Hasoliga Tlackewain Tenney Vania Race Street Janda Annie Godllman Uhanka Basoliga Milton Basoliga Hecht Atle Healey Efreet Salt of Ovslunce Sedwick Hut Wa Brian Healey Newcome Verdinands, Corrin Andrew Js. Spencer Accommodation Street Patrick Chittend Frank Flavieve Catherine Lote Jronty Lote Comey Tate Walah Hoban Monsey Avenue Banderon Avenue Eald Lot Ty Henry Lote Henry Lot, Jr Money Avenue Sime Tuken William Corbett Ant Corbett Old ‘Orke Lockowotne Penneyloa Heginning Phoneiltiers Abellene Jilteton Hyde Park To & Gommer Taytorville Ann Corbett Iso Joan M. Harris Agtonia Magniotte Sormaton Etyte A. A. Silkmen Fourth Antonio Magniotte Lackawinnk Jim Charles Bartoach John Hartosch Ransom Blephen Schmidt Charles Meyer Continental Creek Stephen Behmidt Onas John Nartosch Recorders Office of Lackawanna Ovnty Cithten Charles Finttaseh John Bartouch Mrs. Winslow Erty Clarence E, Pryor Sperisf's Pilsner H. Mn. Sra Peal Adams Masseusers John H. Phelps Seruce Street
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