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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1900
Page
3
The county commissioners have bought maps of twenty city wards from A B Dunning and will revise them by the county assessor. Other items include a theater benefits update and funeral notice for Lydia Wade Barnes. Additional notes mention a New England singer event, a Fourth Cannivetesatev celebration, a hamster injury, and local crime reports with arrests and hearings.
Tony Ritoz a four year old was arrested Saturday on a warrant by Alderman Millay for larceny of a vest from 4 Spruce street tailor. Police say he wore the vest when taken into custody bail set at 300 dollars for appearance. The boy joked about marital trouble while in the alderman’s office claiming he would marry in two years and seeking a divorce.
Negotiations completed Saturday for transferring Forest Mining and Raymond coal companies to the Ontario and Western. Two additional collieries join the system bringing its total to fifteen and boosting output. Forest will keep Crescent Hill Light plant operations and Archbald will continue electric heat supply. Change in management is expected to hasten a settlement of the Forest mine strike idle since January.
Lehigh Valley engine 741 on a milk-car train jumped the cut off near Pittston city on Saturday morning. The engine and four cars derailed and plunged down a stern bank, firemen and crew leaped to safety. Pittston and Duryea Hose companies fought the blaze to extinguish the wreck, blocking traffic for six hours.
Pastor Gil l Clune of Providence Methodist Episcopal Church delivered a fiery evangelistic sermon urging personal salvation over worldly gain. He warned that vice can erode the soul and urged Christians to boldly profess faith, citing Bishop Potter’s New York revival and noting special services that have drawn many to Christ.
A chaotic local report notes pastors from All Souls, Grace Reformed Episcopal, and Simpson addresses on faith and miracles. It cites a Piet Church sermon on lawful living and highlights a Providence Methodist Epworth League session debating the cost of intemperance with figures and arguments presented by Attorney W. Dawson.
Since the end of the strike students have been securing positions almost at one a day. Principals Buck and Whitmore worked to qualify them quickly as demand outstrips supply.
A Saturday night blast at Bull's Head rear, within 1449 North Main, ripped the Payne residence and Salvatore bottling shanty. Mrs Salvatore, her workers, and neighbors slept through the explosion with all escaping uninjured. Police investigated. Paynes escaped with debris injuries, while the assailant remains unknown but suspected to aim at ending the bottling business.
The Weston Mill property at Lackawanna avenue Y is now owned by the Delaware and Hudson company which plans a large freight depot on the site. Price paid was $110,000 and the Weston Mill company will close business soon winding up affairs. The firm, organized after the war by several founders, later reorganized with William Connell and A W Dickson as large stockholders and Mrs Connell as president. It began as a feed mill and evolved into a first class flour mill with milling of feed as a secondary business.
The speaker addresses degeneracy at the American Baptist mission on Prescott Avenue. He rails against moral decline, urges education of memory and conscience, and cites biblical, classical, and natural law to warn that neglect leads to degeneration. He calls for moral reform and self-discipline to achieve happiness and eternal life.
Mayor Moly signed the viaduct ordinance after early opposition petitions. The Scranton Railway and DL&W must file a joint bond of 200,000 before bids can be sought, with construction likely to start next spring and a court review possible for viewership awards.
Poem urges rising above blame and fear to speak well of others. It calls on readers to be kind, compassionate, and to honor moral hope through positive words, even amid fear and shame. Narrative voice invokes sacrifice and redemption.
A local message encourages young men to spend evenings at the Scranton Business College night show, arguing it costs less and offers better prospects than street life. The statement frames higher education as a prudent, affordable path for youth.
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