Speedway Hotel Hosts Large Party Arrangements and Races
The Speedway Hotel offers year round service with arrangements for large parties by phone at 4674. Gentlemen races are scheduled Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. for guests and members.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
Burial at Ward-Warn Street Cemetery and local notices
A community notice list includes a burial at Ward-Warn Street Cemetery tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Local items report Lackawanna hospital society organizing with officers named Dr J L Rea and Dr Lewis Frey among others. Lectures, a Venice spirit show, and a Guernsey hall event are announced. White Haven laurel shipment business grows. Epworth league election tonight at Ems Park Church. Symphony concert plans and soloist Gwilin Miles are highlighted. Funeral of James Bowen held at Forest Hill. Mystic Circle attendance noted. Scranton Whist Club to visit Pilghamton for a return match. arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. FE. Price
Epworth Brede
Ems Park Hutch
One Thousand Dollar Reward Offered by Scranton League
The Municipal League of Scranton Pa offers a reward of one thousand dollars for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who within one year unlawfully solicits or influences a Lackawanna County juror. Five hundred dollars is offered for the arrest and conviction of any juryman so influenced. Prosecuting Committee KB B Sturges H M Boles W A May J A Lansing Scranton Pa May 23 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Municipal League
Scranton
Lackawanna County
J. A. Lansing
Worden v Connell ruling upholds lower court finding
The Supreme Court upheld the Lackawanna county judgment in Worden against Connell, affirming a $1,500 claim for work and materials on a hotel in the Twentieth ward. Dispute over adherence to plans halted the job. Worden’s assignee sued for the amount due when work stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Watkins
Moore
Common Pleas
Lackawanna
Worden
Connell
Lackawanna County
Purdy
H. H. Worden
M. BE. Worden
Mary Connell
Twentieth Ward
Sulider
Both Councils Tonight Face Bribery Suspicion
Both the common and select councils plan meetings tonight. The bond ordinance reaches third reading in the common council, and Connell Park and Speedway Company's railway franchise measure also awaits third reading in the select council. A license tax ordinance likely will not be acted upon due to unsettled affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select
Common Council
Connell Park and Speedway Company
Select Council
Strawberry Social by Penn Avenue Church Choir
The Penn Avenue Baptist church choir invites the public to a strawberry and ice cream social on Thursday evening. An elaborate musical program by Mr Haydn Evans features ventriloquist Mr Charles Hartley, a noted New York entertainer, with choir members serving guests. Smoke the Pocono cigar 6c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue
Promot Getiveny Lackawanna South Main
Ambiguous OCR fragment lists Lackawanna address and a phone number 732 with unclear promotion text. The readable items show a street near South Main and a contact phone, but no coherent event or names to confirm a story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna
Elks Street Fair Opens with Huge Night Crowd
The Elks street fair opened at 2 pm with crowds through midnight and strong attendance at the animal shows. Wallaces lions and Morelli leopards and jaguars thrill audiences as “Streets of Cairo” and “Streets of All Nations” draw large crowds amid moving pictures, magic, and a German village vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffries-Sharkey
Lyceum
Hindoo
Masura
Odalisque
Cairo
Orient
Brown Brothers and Morgan Letters of Credit Exposed
Brown Brothers J P Morgan Co and Knauth Nachod Kuhne issue letters of credit and international cheques affecting trade finance. Prominent banks face scrutiny over documents and settlement practices impacting merchants and importers globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Bros
J. P. Morgan & Co
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne Letters of Credit and International Cheques
Big crowds attend grounds as fair eyed for success
Six thousand five hundred forty two paid admissions last night signal strong public interest in the fair. Fred Godfrey and A. P. Shauer rode an elephant and camel at the streets of all nations exhibit, camel lift causing Godfrey a bruised hand while Shauer escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostock
Fred Godfrey
the Jermyn
Cairo
Mr. Godfrey
A. P. Shauer
Chicago
Mr. Shaver
Mr. Shauer
Memorial Day Observance Plans Approved in Scranton
The joint Memorial day committee of Lieutenant Ezra Griffin post and Colonel Monies Post G A F met to finalize parade plans for next Wednesday at 2 PM. Invitations went to Lt Col L A Watres and the Thirteenth Regiment, with several officials attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Griffin Post
Monies Post
L. A. Watres
Thirteenth Regiment
Hh.t. Jayne
Board of Control
Relief Corps
American Guard
No. 27 School
Soldiers' Orphan School
Harford
E. W. Pearce
W. F. Albro
Griffin Post
Scranton
Those Who Passed Examination In This City
The board of examiners of the Second Anthracite Inspection district reports pass lists from the recent city examination. Mine Foremen named include Richard R. Hughes Henry J. Davies Mathias Clemon and Thomas Edwards with many Assistant Foremen listed. Certificates will be sent to the individuals from the Harrisburg department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Examiners
Second Anthracite Inspection District
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Richard WR. Hughes
Henry J. Davies
Mathias Clemon
Thomas Edwarda
William Robertson
John Bathbridge
Wm. White
William M. Glyan
Chas, Growpelund
Thos D. Morgan
T. Jones
W. T. Williams
J. Wawking
Thomas Sweeney
Ch. Griffthy
J. Whitehous
D.C. Young
W. A. Phillipa
J. Morgan
J. Collind
William W. Hopkin
William McAvick
John J. Wiggins
Harrisburg
Mayor Moir Bans Sunday Work on North Scranton Pave
Mayor Moir declares no further Sunday labor on the North Scranton pave after a letter to Rev. Readin. He states the protest was timely and emphasizes preserving the Sabbath. City Engineer Phillips had argued Sunday work was necessary, but the mayor stands against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
North Scranton
Moir
8. G. Reading
North Main Avenue Baptist Church
Ridge Turnpike Fettered No Free Toll Road Yet
Judge Archbald set aside the board of viewers report condemning Ridge turnpike for toll removal. He ruled the sole reason given that cities cannot control sidewalks and sewers was insufficient. Cities may improve toll roads without condemnation, placing costs on adjoining property owners as intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbald
Edwarda
Abington
Archhbald
Scranton
Throop
Dickson
Allegheny and
Butler Plank Road
Pitts
Old Man Grieves Over Gracious Treatment Claim
Seventy three year old William S. Jones of Carbondale testified before Judge Edwards and a jury about alleged mistreatment by his cousin Mrs Elias Potter. He had deeded a Carbondale property to them three years earlier in return for lodging and care but says he was forced to leave their home due to abuses and seeks compensation or support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geen Wallace
New York
Lawrence
Mile
Morelli
Cordana
William S. Jones
Carbondale
Edwards
Elias Potter
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Elk’s Street Fair
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the Fashion
Uncle Sam
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White Goods
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