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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
2
Fragmentary listing notes shirt waists Lot No 1 valued near 1 to 1 and Lot No 2 priced from $1,080 to $1.75 under leader's price. The text is incomplete and missing full context or dates.
Factoryville and Scranton area residents participate in Memorial Day planning. Ladies of the Grand Army urge youths to help with bouquets and wreaths. A large Memorial Day program includes grave decorations at multiple cemeteries and a Saturday parade, with Rev. G H Balt and Rev. Gillet among speakers.
Washington May 23 Congress acts on relief for victims of the St Louis cyclone passing a joint resolution for loans of tents and other aid. Debates touch on currency policy and Indian citizenship while a contested South Carolina election case dominates House discussion.
Miss Dorothy Usner daughter of E D Usner auditor of the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad caused a stir on the ferry Liberty after signing with Nat Goodwin for Gentleman Joe She wept as her father objected but she insisted on honoring the contract The Usners planned to meet the train in Chicago and the Goodwin company risked losing her services.
Mrs Martha Calloway of Fort Scott Kansas leaves half her valuable estate to her son Clark Bedell a life convict at Auburn New York state prison and denies his father any share The news notes Bedell was a prominent local figure kept disgrace secret until his mother's death and a contest by the stepfather follows The exact nature of Bedell's offense is not disclosed in Fort Scott.
Indiana writer Clifford Abbott, a rural poet from Rockport, receives one hundred bushels of potatoes for his first book. The offer valued at twenty five dollars mirrors Milton’s Paradise Lost earnings, but Abbott declines a second offer of 150 bushels. He jokes a poet cannot live on potatoes alone and may enter history as the Hoosier Potato Poet.
Mrs. J. C. Crogin of Kalamazoo Mich was bitten by a tarantula that emerged from a bunch of bananas last night and became a raving maniac. Hopes for her recovery remain today.
Princeton Ind May 28. Ollie Coolidge a respected young lady left her home to join a show company called the Bloomer Girl. The company was Chas. T. Robinson whose show name is Chas Hart. Ollie and Hart were married.
In Windsor Canada a woman from Homer Michigan says she is wife number one of a man who fled town. She was wed to Robinson at Scottsburg Indiana on July 4 1982. She confronted wife number two that night but the encounter was unhappy.
May 11 in Trouston Texas reports the murder of wealthy and influential local figure Baker. Amelia Pateron, a servant, discovered the body at Congressman J. C. Hutcheson’s residence. The face was mutilated and robbery suspected after silver wire bundles were found. fight suggested but no clues to the assailants.
The Lasell seminary canoe team on the Charles River saved a man from drowning during a dangerous overturning incident. The rescue earned praise from friends and supporters including Miss Call of Chicago and others across Chicago, Mahlen, Kansas City, Columbus, and Fort Worth.
May 28 near Kennett Square Pennsylvania a man named William S. Martin was shot at twice by a concealed highwayman while on a road ride. His horse was struck multiple times but he survived unharmed. authorities suspect robbery as the motive.
A Syracuse Post report describes a young wealthy man's insolvent case under bankruptcy laws. He handed over all property to the official, then secretly retrieved several thousand dollars from a tubular cane gifted by a friend, prompting questions about his honesty and the law's reach.
The school board held a special meeting to review finances. After expenses, $2,980,058 remained in the treasury and $1,000 in bonds were recommended for redemption. Tex Collector W. E. Moses presented exoneration lists totaling 1200.90 and exonera tions on the seated at 41.3.3. Local items mention home additions, hotel visitors, diphtheria report, property work, a large Main street block project, and upcoming school entertainment.
A new preparation claimed to cure dyspepsia and indigestion is a tablet made from vegetable essences, pepsin, and Golden Seal. Promoted by Dr. Harland and Dr. Jennison, the tablets are said to aid digestion after meals, prevent souring, and relieve heartburn gas and bloating. Sold widely by druggists for cents per package, with mail orders from Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
An unsigned notice describes T H Snyder & Co of Cincinnati and the former Weichel & Millar partnership joining forces with Mr William Jegenh Peck and editor H Peck. The new firm will operate from Wyoming Ave and continue the old stand selling chinaware and related goods.
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