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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
10
The Carbondale correspondence of The Tribune is now handled by Mr. C. Kr. Munn on Salem Avenue and Churchtree for news. All complaints regarding regular delivery should be addressed to W. J. Roberts, news agent.
A serious rupture between Pendleton Manufacturing officials occurred in this city last Saturday. The event led to the removal of General Manguer Curdon Pendleton and a nephew from Hendrick Manufacturing reportedly taking over. New officers include IL. A. Bassett as president and A. P. Trautwoein as treasurer. The company’s status remains unclear, with emphasis on the flux secret once held by Gates at Hendrick works. The anti rust metal touted as transformative for bicycles and corrosion resistant uses has faded from production, leaving workers unemployed and attracting strong industry interest.
Frank Shiannon, sr., was injured when a wedge slipped while he raised a heavy stone in the flag walk in front of his Washington street house. The stone fell and crushed his hand, tearing flesh around the little finger. initial fear of amputation gave way to cautious optimism as Dr. Wheeler believes the finger can be saved. He was alone and trapped for several minutes before help arrived.
Catherine Devine testifies that Mark Pidgen threatened to choke her prompting a warrant for his arrest. Pidgen posted bail before Alderman Jones for a hearing set Saturday evening on the ongoing West Side fence case.
Local notes cover Mattie Hughes Brown visiting Salem Avenue relatives in New York City. Improvements begin on Lincoln avenue in front of Mitchell Hose house. George Long leaves locomotive shops to take another ballet maker job in Scranton. Tra B. Stone reaches eighty six in Abington County and visits family in Lincoln avenue. Etta Felts recovers from illness. Basett couple travel to Metropolis. George Cross hosts grandmother and daughter from Fimira. Vandermark couple tour Georgetown Kentucky. Stillvan couple visits Wilkes-Barre. Haigwines hosts guest M Higgins. James Heartt visits G W Dowe in Erie. Heartt based in New York. James Hall injures himself cutting wood at home on Williams avenue.
A thumb wound required multiple sutures after Dr. D L Baty treated it. William Pita planned to flee town prompting landlord W W Watt to file an attachment with Constable Gilby. Goods tied to a New York shipment were found at the freight depot after rent was settled. Palestine Commandery Knights Templar held their annual sermon in full uniform at Trinity church last evening.
William Pollard, about 35, killed in a mine accident at Delaware and Hudson mines while his partner William Langman escaped. Pollard warned Langman as rock shifted, saving Langman but fatal rockfall struck Pollard. Survived by wife, one child, and three sisters. Funeral planned at Yoeclowk with Methodist services and Shady Ride cemetery burial. Local officials glare at public decorum and spitting on Main Street. Archbold surprise visit to Lysle May. upcoming nuptials noted. Wickersex and Paddy Tarrell events referenced. various Archbald and Mayfield social mentions and travel notes.
Members of the Freedom Judge of Odd Fellows attended the funeral of Fred Martin, a member. The first baseball game of the season was played at Athtos Grounds between Honesdale and the Y M C A club from Scranton, with a score by inning. Mr O Connell umpired. John Martin of New London and Samuel Martin of Company F were called home by their father s sudden death.
The fragment reports adlections by a group including Olwen Howells and John Jones in Scranton with a May 24 date. It mentions a council chambers meeting this evening for important business. Also notes Taylor Hose Company new sign and Walling with David J. Jones as a guest in Kingston friends.
The St Aloysius society plans a regular meeting this evening. Langcliffe colliery workers will be paid today while Avoca colliery payments occur tomorrow. A social honored Rev Thomas Wilson in Sunday school rooms on Wednesday with a national colors decor. Welcoming addresses were given by George Curry Herbert Boase Mrs John Atwell Miss Mary Davis and W J Williams. A sumptuous repast followed and Mr Wilson will respond Sunday.
Stanley N Slimrell left Inez Wednesday for Albany to begin an extended tour through New York state. A cannon gifted by the government to the G A R post here has been mounted and repainted. The Wilkes-Barre Grand Lodge celebration drew many locals from our town including Mr and Mrs G W Stanton and others. Ten thousand Old Pel posts joined a parade Tuesday. A Keystone academy wagon horse escaped near the depot, ran along the tracks for half a mile, and escaped capture after a dramatic crossing of a culvert.
Thomas Kibon proprietor of Strouds bur woolen mills lowered the world record by one hour fifty four minutes and finished a suit from wool he produced. The cloth passed through eighteen steps of manufacture with five tailors forming the suit worn at a dinner for friends. Previous Scottish record used single wool type. Kilton trial used a blend of white and black wool yielding a finer cloth and a plaid pattern.
In St Louis on May 19 the Jesuit consultors of Missouri province agreed to tender five priests to the U S government to serve as army chaplains. Father Tom Sherman, son of the late General Sherman, will be among the five. Other provinces New Orleans New York and San Francisco are expected to make similar offers to the War Department.
Officer George Campbell of Spring City battled two suspected burglars during a traffic stop near Pottstown. The men grappled and toppled them from a car onto a roadside embankment. Campbell slid toward the Schuylkill river edge. one burglar fell into the water and escaped to the far shore while Campbell was rescued and treated.
The Sheth Steel Tube company in Greenville Pennsylvania completed a government order for three and six inch projectiles and holds a large stock of steel tubing. The plant runs day and night with an increased work force as production ramps up.
Property from sundry writs of the court of common defense of Lackawanna County will be exposed to public sale by the sheriff. Details specify sale by value and recipients Fa clas Levarl Ficlan Verditioni Mx pons.
The sale lists several parcels in Lackawanna County including Old Forge and Scranton properties. It names Metrofan Gambol administrator, Patrick Lynn heirs, and John Frievhtel among others, with details of parcels on Albion Hickory Church Market and Alder streets.
The document lists numerous judicial sales and property foreclosures in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania. It names executors trustees and attorneys and describes parcels in Benton Archbald Scranton and Olyphant with boundaries improvements and debts unspecified. Many cases reference judgments May and November terms and deed records in Deed Book pages.
Public notices reveal writs of execution against multiple defendants in Scranton Lackawanna County. Lands include blocks in Seventh ward, Hyde Park South, and Lehigh township with detailed bounds and improvements, two story frame houses, and coal and mineral reservations.
In an assortment of property seizures and transfers, judgments and liens are described against multiple defendants including M. O. Webster and Joseph Pirro. Parcels span Lackawanna and Lackawanna counties, Pennsylvania, with numerous outbuildings and improvements on farms and urban lots. The documents detail surface rights, coal and mineral reservations, and conveyances to several buyers with court terms and attorney references.
The notice states fifty dollars cash due when property is struck off and remaining balance in cash immediately after sale. If sold for costs, costs must be paid when struck off. Any properties not meeting terms will be resold before adjournment. Clarence Pryor Sherman, Sharif's office, Scranton, Pa. May 12, dae.
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