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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
3
Knabe pianos offered cheap for cash or easy payments. Vocalion church and Carpenter parlor organs advertised with phonographs and supplies. Latest popular sheet music also promoted.
The Speedway Hotel sits five hundred feet above the city on the drive to Lake Scranton, a first class rural hotel with all Erie and Wyoming Valley trains stopping at Speedway crossing. Breakfast 6 to 9, lunch 1 to 2 30, dinner 6 to 9, lunch all day in cafe. Arrangements for large parties by phone 4674. Gentlemen's races Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p m.
A debate at the Young Women's Christian Association tonight features a panel led by judges Professor Grant and Professor Mock. Debaters include Miss Melena Clark Miss Louie Barnes Miss Josephine Lee and Miss Swingle with a musical program and admission open to men and women.
The Catholic Young Women's club opened its new house at 124 Washington Avenue with a reception. The renovated building includes a large dining room, sleeping rooms for girls, a library, recreation spaces, and a matron’s office. Bishop Hoban’s portrait and floral decorations were highlights as officers and guests praised the facilities.
The eleventh concert of the Symphony Society of Scranton will be held at the Lyceum next Monday evening June 4. The 63‑piece orchestra, led by Professor Hemberger, performs Haydn Symphony No 4 Nicolai Merry Wives overture Schubert Military March Grieg Spring Song with Oshlym Miles performing vocal selections. Reserved seats go on sale tomorrow morning at the Lyceum.
Judge John P. Kelly selected as toastmaster for the High School Alumni banquet at the Bicycle Club on June 2. Executive committee plans extensive arrangements and hopes this year will surpass predecessors. date may shift to June 24 but one of the two dates will be kept.
Rolas Pancho of Cayuga effort died at Moses Taylor Hospital at 11 40 am from effects of burns suffered in last week's Cayuga mine explosion. He was 27. Two other workers have so far recovered. The report notes ongoing injuries and hospital care.
Announcement records the marriage between William Whitbeck and Lillian Osborn in Beranton on May 1. Source text fragment shows civil record style, with names and date but limited additional details.
The readable fragments describe a fragmented street scene with references to locations and a damaged notice. No clear events, persons, or organizations are identifiable from the text provided.
Vast crowds gathered across Dunmore and Washburn Street cemeteries for Memorial Day ceremonies. Veterans led parades and a sequence of orations, addressing liberty, Union victory, and national duty, while civic and church groups decorated graves and reflected on sacrifices of soldiers and their families.
The day’s programme featured salutes from 6.30 am to 0 am at cemeteries and memorial exercises from 0 to 10.30 am. A parade at 2.3 pm and a memorial service at 3.80 pm followed, with Lt Esra 8 Griffin Beat and Col William N Monlew Post organizing. Veterans groups and auxiliaries aided, including the Spanish War veterans and the Harford Soldiers Orphans School artillery. Readings of Lincoln and grand army rites framed ceremonies at multiple cemeteries, led by assigned comrades and officers.
A local ad emphasizes pianos as inspiration and entertainment and urges buyers to choose now. It highlights furniture value and investment potential, claims age does not affect quality, and invites calls to examine pianos and other makes at economical prices.
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