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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1900
Page
9
Local music shop advertises Knabe and Briggs pianos at discount prices with cash or easy payments. Vocalion church and Carpenter parlor organs, phonographs, supplies, and the latest popular sheet music are also offered.
Puriic exercises by the Seratites fratrity will be held Tuesdays in May from 2 to 4 pm. A snake bracelet was stolen Thursday from Dudley Mo Handles at DOT Pithe. A blue femme and red nim accessory were noted. one of the grips de breton is mentioned.
A first class city hotel perched five hundred feet above the city invites visitors to the woods near Lake Scranton. Edward Bnoehler is engaged as chef for Bendennis Club of Louisville Kentucky. Arrangements for large parties by phone 4674. Gentlemen's Races scheduled Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p m.
Runaway boy John Vealey aged 7 is reported missing from home on South Main avenue wearing a black belt and corduroy knee pants. Joe Franklin is accused of fraud before Alderman Stevehaley, with 200 dollars bail set. he awaits potential county jail. The Velvety Nate society invites participation in laying the corner stone ceremony of St John’s new church at College chapel.
Asa B Stevens commander of Lieutenant Kara Griffin Post 189 directs Memorial Day programs across venues in Brenton Pa on May 50th Observances include church services at Wa shban Street Presbyterian and a 1907 style parade and theater program The note urges veterans families and citizens to honor fallen defenders with flowers and restrained ceremonies across multiple cemeteries and posts including Grand Army troll at 20 rpm and a reading of Lincoln's address.
Rev. Wy HM Williams, head of the Anti-Saloon League, held meetings in Mongle borough churches this week and organized an Anti-Saloon League with 1183 members. He will travel to Philadelphia to meet the district superintendent and resume speaking in Old Forge borough next week with additional engagements in Pittston Taylor South Scranton and West Scranton. The Pocono cigar is advertised as thoroughly established since 1842.
Fragmentary ad style text describes Thea Nectar a pure Chinese tea suitable for iced tea. It mentions packaging, price and decorative banding but text is garbled with many illegible phrases.
Rev J J McCabe will preach the dedicatory sermon at the laying of the corner stone of St John’s Church South Side. The new church on Fig Street will cost about $75 000 with modern lighting heating and ventilation and will seat 1100. a large parade and Cathedral Holy Name society choir will mark the ceremony.
A letter from Mrs Mant Marea Ranpixenwae reporting years of illness, miscarriage recovery, and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The writer thanks Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies and urges other women to seek advice and treatment.
Mayor Meir will sign an ordinance granting a franchise to the Connell Park and Speedway Street Railway company to build a road through city streets to Nay Aug park and the Speedway and Connell’s park. Work on the road is set to begin within two weeks with material contracts ready and a September completion target. The company plans a public park beyond the Speedway hotel featuring a large theatre open year round for vaudeville.
Contractors John Benore Peter Stipp and Washburn Williams told the building committee that new schools Nos. 9 88 and 9 7 are on track to be finished so they can reopen with other facilities in September. The committee will notify current renters to vacate by July 1 to save July and August rent. Finance committee awarded printing contract for bonds and will seek bids Monday afternoon.
Night Watchman William Hughes and Engineer Richard Morgan caught a man in the act of robbing a supply shanty at 11 30 last night at the Hyde Park shaft and turned him over to Patrolman Peters. The prisoner, James Needham of 2011 Luzerne Street, admitted entry by picking a padlock and was locked up at the West Side station house. His actions indicated that he was very much a thief.
Select Councilman John J. Costello of the Third Ward aims to sue those connected to bribery prosecutions after his name appeared among eighteen set for warrants. Senator J. C. Vaughan will represent him to seek vindication, Costello asserting he was not arrested and faces false accusatory publicity. The article notes Vaughan’s denial and Costello’s plan for redress. The Dunmore Licensed Liquor League met to close Sunday operations starting May 7, with 34 of 46 hotel keepers present and a committee tasked to notify absentees. S. A. Norrin presides. John J. O’Beyle is secretary.
The funeral of Miss Mary McDonough was held yesterday morning from her mother's home on Fourth Street. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated at Holy Cross Church by Rev. W. P. O'Donnell who preached a sermon praising the deceased. Solos were sung by William Lynott and the Angels' Sodality attended in a body. Interment followed in Cathedral Cemetery with pallbearers P F E Kilcullen Bartley Leonard David Dodd Martin Keegan Joseph Kerrigan and George Gaughan.
Present indications suggest complications may arise from the council’s refusal to concur in removing Lieutenant Spellman and Patrolman Jones. The report notes potential friction between municipal authorities and police leadership over disciplinary actions.
The mayor declined to reinstate two officers despite questions over removal. he would not swear in John Addyman after council confirmed his patrolman appointment. The court held the mayor cannot remove without council consent, leaving reinstatement as the likely option while three officers remain off duty and salaries accrue. A petition by the mayor's supporters circulates in North Scranton praising his action against Lieutenant Spellman. Stieff pianos advertise as a long standing local choice.
The offer emphasizes minimal cost and immediate access to plans and money. It urges readers to act quickly to see how much value they can gain by purchasing a plano now.
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