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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1895
Page
3
A 13 year old girl from Minooka used the name Mary Downey when found by police. Investigators, aided by John Stafford the real father, concluded the tale of being driven home by foster parents was a bold fabrication. Stafford described his daughter as corrigible and prone to telling Hes. An inquiry confirmed the lie.
An ad promotes a hosiery sale by Mears and Hagen offering large stock of good sturdy stockings for women men girls and boys. The wording emphasizes value and urges customers to visit the shop.
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In Harrisburg a suit in assumpsit seeks to recover from cashier W. Jessup the sums amounting to 1000 1800 100 230 1000 178 2000 334 and 1600 alleged as not accounted for in the defunct bank. Major Warren and others presented testimony showing the missing funds and the bond issue. Gunster assignee testified about minutes and bond possession. The court: other verdicts granted in separate actions and a separate jury verdict in a case by Miriam Miller against W S Reed.
A mass meeting is planned at the Armory tomorrow night with Mayor William L. Connell presiding. P J McGuire will lecture on Trades Unions in America and Europe. A parade precedes the meeting, assembling at 7 0 0 sharp at Hulbert's hall before marching through a listed route ending at the Armory.
The Chopin Literary Society of All Souls' Universalist Church will stage Sylvia's Soldier at Excelsior Hall on Wyoming Avenue on November 20. Cast includes Sylvia Horton Miss Dolly H Jones Henry A Giles Bessie Bray Ida Smith Arthur Horton John Ellicot Horace Lyford Danny Mulligan Edward Kingsbury Archie Blake Alfred West. The company has rehearsed the drama and a fine production is expected.
A transient using the alias John Norcross, resident Fort Wayne Indiana, stole a roll of cloth from Fenner and Chappel’s store display. He was arrested by Officer Thomas, jailed in the North End lock-up, claiming unemployment and seeking county town work. A court or city police action followed. The same issue notes a Baptist Home and Foreign Mission quarterly meeting at the Kinke Bar on Thayer Street at noon.
H N Jones the state secretary is widely known as a charming speaker as he visits Olyphant to pass through the church event attracting public interest.
Susan Ryan, about 44, faced disorderly conduct charges in police court after a personal upheaval and failed romance with George Shawcross. Chief Simpson and Alderman Millar sought to defer jail. she resisted, causing a scene before agreeing to go to Pittston to live with a sister. Authorities reported she had $500 cash at the time. Shawcross, described as an English nobleman turned itinerant, was said to be the fiancé who borrowed her money and left her stranded in the station house.
William Fennessy's dramatic spectacle Slaves of Gold receives its first local production at the Academy of Music this evening. Elmer Grandin directs Eva Mountford with a strong company including Frank A. Tannehill, John T. Burke, Franklin Harleigh, and others in a rational melodrama with lavish scenic environments. The Frothingham and other acts follow with Dolla Fox's Fleur-de-Lis next Friday and Saturday, and The Two Johns by J C Stewart and Paul Dresser slated for Saturday at the Academy. The Henry Comic Opera and Comedy Boom rounds out the week with a 30-person cast led by Marie Rostelle and Annie Waltman.
Attorney George L. Peck filed assumpsit against Mrs. Mary Connell of Minooka to recover 2600 dollars plus interest from October 30 after she halted work on a Birney Avenue corner house. Worden claimed breach for nonpayment and substandard materials. carpenters halted work for a month as Connell sought to hire another contractor.
The Sheridan Monument association fair in Music Hall drew a large crowd with the Elks Quartette as the main attraction. Officers from Scranton and Wilkes-Barre agreed to contest a diamond ring donated by Collins & Hackett to boost the treasury and engage attendees in the event.
Thomas Cox, a 15 year old driver boy from the Nineteenth ward and employed at Store's shaft, was kicked by a mule yesterday morning. He sustained a compound fracture of the left jaw, was knocked insensible, and transported by ambulance to Moses Taylor Hospital where doctors set the bone and cared for him.
Scranton readers are invited to explore the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science on the third floor of the courthouse. The growing collections include fossils shells minerals and birds with active donor support from Henry Moons J A Scranton and others while curator Charles LeRoy Wheeler expands classifications and displays. A recent donor list notes 60 fossil species from Columbus Ohio and a donation of 50 Smithsonian and US Geological Survey volumes among other items.
John Caffrey aged 50 died at his home on Phelps Street last night at 8 oclock after a three month illness. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 pm with interment in Dunmore Catholic Cemetery. He had lived in the city for thirty years and was respected by all. He leaves a wife and one son, also named John.
One of the season’s largest attended balls with many union members including James McGouldrick. The event ended with ready care for guests as carriages waited to transport attendees to various city points.
William T. Lamoreaux known as the Bean King shot himself at his Grand Rapids elevator. Ill health is given as the probable cause. Lamoreaux, 48, rose from a small operation thirty years ago to handle more beans than any other man in the world.
An order was issued at Devonport for a detachment of troops to sail from Liverpool on November 16 to the Gold Coast Africa to join the expedition against the king of Ashante. Similar orders were sent to other garrisons. Card of Thanks from G W Roberts family expresses gratitude for sympathy after a bereavement.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on November 12 1899 Carl Hollister aged 6 years 4 months son of Mr and Mrs Hart Hollister of 21 Ash street funeral notice to be announced later. An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for nervousness digestion and constipation plus an iron aluminum Garland stove and Taylor's New Index Map of Scranton and Dunmore for sale at the Tribune Building and Taylor's Directory Office.
Turner Hall hosted the fourth annual ball of the Scranton Motormen and Conductors Union last night. The crowded ballroom rang with dancing from 10 p m to 3 a m as members and guests enjoyed a night of music and social gaiety.
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