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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
9
Beeste Ray, a colored woman, was arrested in the city on a charge of Jateeny and taken to Wilkes-Barre. The record mentions a motion from a house in Maresons and references a veatonii in the olhnire of stout.
The Carbondale Indians and an Alls Cranton football team will play at Ahietia Park on Wednesday afternoon November 1. The two sides are regarded as strong with a lively contest anticipated. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 oclock.
An affidavit led by John Bursehell J Dr Dreher Henry Jenkne Peter Burchell and Arthur dene Kins sexterday claims involvement of Sochiliet Labor party members in a county election effort. The document asserts attempts to influence the tile and election by 14.
The United States court adjourned the Thornton insurance case as jurors go home to vote on election day. Frank Puckley testified the plaintiff’s books were valued around 1000 dollars and fire damage about 400 dollars. Thornton claims the value was about 9000 dollars. Witnesses for the defense and rebuttal described values of furnishings, clothing, and home contents, with various recollections of the Kingston fire and the Thornton move.
Scranton investors back a Cleveland Scranton Oil venture forming in New Jersey with $100,000,000 capitalization and 1240 shares at $100 each. The plan drills twenty new wells, boosting daily output to about 400 barrels and aims to pay 12 percent on capital. Key stockholders include Scranton and Cleveland financiers such as Elmer LaWill and Walter Howler.
Dry HL A Baer introduces a new eyeglass frame concept at 341 Washington Avenue featuring a curled top design that eliminates the old nose hooks. The device remains secure on the nose and an accompanying eyeglass cleaner is also showcased for wearers.
The Saengerfest Society of Baltimore awarded Louis V. Saar the prize for best musical setting of the poem Das Deutsche Volkslied from 387 entries. An honorable list of twenty one included Theodore Hemberger of Baltimore, noted for producing the most artistic composition though not the prize winner.
The Saengerfest society reveals the honor list from its twenty first song competition. Among 197 submissions, three eclipsed the winner but were rejected for lacking national popular style. First place went to Theodore Hemberger of Scranton and others across New York Basel Dresden and St. Petersburg. A funeral postpones the monthly meeting to Sunday November 2 at 1 pm.
A local meeting of judges from Constableville selects Louis V. Saar’s entry Die Deutsche Volkatled as the top prize from 197 compositions. The group also lists twenty one authors worthy of honorable mention and promises public disclosure of names in a forthcoming notice.
A catalog like listing details various blanket styles including heavy buckskin, fine grey, heavy grey, cotton and wool, lakeport and Santa Rosa blankets, and related flannel from Cunton and Good Shaker lines. The fragment emphasizes outfing use with fleece and double fleeced outings.
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