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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
2
The Leader presents a grand display of 14,466 cakes of Medicated Toilet Castile Soap forming a facsimile of the United States Administration Building of the Columbian Exposition. The Cincinnati Soap Co. offers two cakes for 5 cents for a limited time, promising America’s greatest soap bargain and a chance to save money for all.
A newspaper notice promotes a pure Toilet Soap offered by Lebeck & Corin at 124-126 Wyoming Ave. The ad claims the soap is affordable for all, compares its value to customers in New York and Chicago, and announces a sale now ongoing.
In Wilkes Barre a crowded courtroom heard testimony corroborating earlier statements about the body’s appearance and location. Dr. McFadden described brutal head injuries and a four to five day postmortem state, while other experts noted mammal blood and ritual rigor mortis details.
Witnesses describe odor and signs of a death four to five days old and identify Windisch at his home and nearby streets on April 4. Testimony includes observations of a woman's cries, a thimble and needle at the scene, and Windisch's attire as he moved toward Wilkes-Barre. The court adjourned for the day.
Jury selection in the Metzgar Casco case moves slowly as exhaustion and objections delay proceedings. Judge Bennett orders a new panel and later forty eight special jurors summoned. only three jurors have been accepted so far.
The Woman's Auxiliary convention gathered yesterday at St Stephen's Episcopal church with many dignitaries present. Bishops Rullison Brewer and Garrett preached and administered communion with Dr. Jones assisting. An offering for missions was taken and Bishop Brewer spoke on missionary work.
Yesterday morning Jacob Brown wed Miss Mary Zimmerman at St Nicholas church in a ceremony led by Rev P C Nagle with a nuptial mask. The couple’s reception followed at the bride’s Kidder street home with a wedding breakfast. A will filed in Dallas assigns life rights to the wife and then subdivides land and modest sums to several sons.
Yesterday morning William Curl a miner at Kingston Coal Company colliery No 4 Edwardsville was badly burned by a gas explosion. He is expected to recover though injuries are severe.
Danbury Conn November 14 Judge James E Walah plans to file at the state department in Washington a $200000 damages claim against the Spanish government to be recognized as a US citizen claim. The case mirrors the Mora claim in smaller scale. Repko Italian born naturalized American owns the Roma Grand Continental Hotel Havana one of the largest hotels. Officers of parish regiments sent from Spain to quell the rebellion were stationed.
Repko claims a hotel was confiscated as a pretext by revolutionists and that safety payments forced him to surrender. He, a U S citizen, argues the act breaches international law and seeks restoration of the hotel plus 200000 dollars for damages after alleged near poverty from the confiscation.
Washington November 14 The Knights of Labor general assembly debates law report while voting to reduce per capita tax fails. The constitution is amended taking from past master workman the right to vote though he may advise. Powderly under suspension does not vote. The change also affects Sovereign next year.
A five story brick building at 200 and 202 Congress street in Boston was gutted by fire. The Empire Distilling company occupied the premises and 45 Thompson and Norris workers fled to safety as alcohol exploded on the second floor. Fire spread to nearby buildings but caused only minor damage. A dozen or more girls fainted or panicked in smoke. one firefighter or worker, James Connelly, sustained a serious injury. The Empire Distilling loss ran about $10,000 with partial insurance.
Elizabeth Kelly, 26, the daughter of a poor Lancashire gardener, inherits $15,000,000 from her late Australian uncle Peter Kelly. The fortune, earned in the Australian gold fields thirty years ago, will be distributed this week after William Kelly, the father, pursued the will through an attorney.
Thirty miners at the Lenz coal mine ten miles south of East St. Louis faced a near suffocation after a steam pipe burst flooding the drift with hot steam. Fresh air cut off they crawled on hands and knees to an old tunnel leading to the Oak Hill mine where they were rescued.
A Mexico schoolhouse with 150 pupils burned rapidly on November 14. Thirty-one charred bodies, including the teacher, were recovered as residents fought the blaze. Investigators suspect incendiary origin and believe two suspended pupils may be responsible.
William Sherman, a Pullman Building employee, caused a stir by running through offices shouting he had to kill Mr. Pullman and General Manager Griffin. In Chicago on November 14 he appeared in the insane court and was committed to the county insane asylum, saying he was driven by unrequited love.
A flood of help wanted notices and sales agent opportunities appears, offering positions for stenographer, printer, and general agents with earnings from daily or monthly commissions. Employers include Kiln, Mango Chemical, British firms, and local firms in Scranton seeking canvassers, sales staff, and skilled workers with various pay structures.
Timetables show Scranton to Pittston Wilkes Barre and Montrose routes with departure times starting 8 20 a m and continuing through day and evening. Express services to New York Philadelphia and Atlantic City listed with parlor car options. Connections to Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Reading and Harrisburg noted with limited via Allentown service. General Superintendent J H Olhausen directs notices encouraging advance ticketing at stations.
A fragmented timetable lists train departures and routes from Scranton to Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and via Beaver Meadow to Pottsville and Bar ree via E and W V R R with several morning and afternoon departures. It references connections to Elmira Niagara Falls and other western destinations and notes intermediate stops including White Haven and Wilkes Barre.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions several names and places in a stray collection of terms. This brief appears to be a damaged local notice lacking clear actions, dates, or outcomes.
Fragmented timetable notes through trains to and from Honesdale with stops at Hawley and local ties to Wilkes-Barre. Times listed include morning at 7.00, 9.40, and afternoon 3.9? p m with additional 5.29 p m and 10 and 9.40 a m.
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