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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1895
Page
6
John H. Thomas asserts that a civil slander suit by J. Price led to a confessed judgment of 25 dollars, offered to settle with costs and arbitrators, denying any guilt or arrest claims as false. He argues Price exploited a technicality to boost his own reputation.
In Scranton local clash between the Board of Assessors and the Board of Appeals escalates as the assessors refuse city clerk Lavelle’s order to surrender furniture and books. The office is barricaded with furniture and windows barred while discussions continue over furniture and assessment books at issue.
In a Yorks dated column Hartley, a ventriloquist once of Scrantwon, stages a comic deception aboard the Bergen Delaware Lackawanna and Western ferry. A crowded cabin erupts as he feigns danger and orders the audience to flee, then returns to reveal a single witness who spares him.
Two innocents phonographs stood on the lower deck of the Mary Patten when temptation overtook someone. The fragmentary text ends abruptly with I was on the re.
Louisville story from the Courier-Journal recounts Major Throckmorton and a group of players in a card game where a stranger accused of cheating is knocked down after the same question is posed to several men. Throckmorton admits a change of opinion after hearing the accusation.
City Clerk M T Lavelle argues the municipal turnpike contract cannot bind the city beyond a year and cautions the agreement is invalid after 365 days. Attorney Price counters that contracts for public services violate no city power and that taxes to travelers fund the line through its operations. The matter is set to be discussed at the next council meeting.
Willie Cutler a West side boy of four became hysterical and convulsed after three lads wearing fake faces groaned on his yard fence. He was treated by Dr Cibbe and showed partial recovery but a second fright on the porch caused a deeper swoon with tremors and possible permanent mental damage.
Two Wilkes-Barre players M. M. Helstand and Charles Kivier battled in the first Keogh tournament game with Kivier taking a tight win. Scranton pair Davis and Herris followed, Davis winning easily as the second match. Tonight Marsh faces Davis and Jones meets Lewis as scores from last night are listed.
The article warns that catarrh in the head can lead to serious diseases such as bronchitis or consumption. It attributes catarrh to impurities in the blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the superior purification remedy to expel impurities and restore health.
The advertisement promotes Garland healing stoves made of iron and aluminum with nickel plating and a revolving tre pot available at Leonard's. It also touts Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases claiming external use cures for eczema tetter itching and eruptions without internal medicine and urges asking a pharmacist for the ointment. It mentions Pillabury's flour mills with a 17 500 barrel daily capacity.
The cathedral choir performed at the Phil Sheridan fair last evening, delivering choral and solo selections to a large audience. An upcoming show titled The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is teased with early developments to be read in The Tribune. Taylor's new Scranton and Dunmore index map advertised for sale at Taylor's Directory office.
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