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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1901
Page
5
A garbled personal column mentions Tob Staten of Mullaly and a traveler, with scattered references to places, names, and events. It alludes to kin, social visits, a cemetery code, and an upcoming week of activities, though details are unclear due to OCR corruption.
A damaged OCR summary notes a film event at the high school auditorium featuring scenes about President Motintes and local testimonies. The text is garbled but suggests a community film program with multiple entries and a second number by the Hishaelians.
Fragmentary OCR reads as cryptic notes mentioning holidays and portraits. Names and places are unreadable, leaving little concrete detail about individuals, dates, or locations.
Coal price set at 83.00 per ton for Chestnut, Stove and Egg varieties. Delivery to Boeton and Dane areas offered. Orders to Mowry Wilson pulco at Tox 21g Dun. move Lu. Includes a 3.00 charge for move.
Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions names and places in a jumbled string. No coherent event, dates, or facts are readable to summarize into a proper news item with entities or outcomes.
Readiness is complete for the Opera Carnival tonight with a dress rehearsal at the Lyceum this morning. The program features Tolandhe Lohengrin and Bohemian Girls choruses with a large chorus and grand procession. Proceeds go to Hahnemann hospital and tickets remain available for all performances tonight and tomorrow.
Rh M Leslie of Philadelphia former president of the American Cement Company spoke before the Engineers club to about two hundred attendees. He traced cement manufacture from its English origins to modern US growth, noting 1880 output of 5 000 barrels rising to millions this year and projecting cement becoming a new era alongside stone bronze and steel. He highlighted cement’s increasing use in construction and its exceptional strength, claiming concrete slabs can bear five to sixty five tons per cubic foot depending on placement and design.
A county case centers on Mrs. Maury Hunesell and a broader seizure from Quinney Avenue. Detectives Daisy and others recovered items from Mussell's house, some identified by Mrs. Mussell, Holl Young Woman, Phisslett MacQuivey, and Mrs. De Stonehoof Prospect Avenue, while many items remain unaccounted for.
In a Penn avenue saloon a quarrel between three colored women Lucy Harris Mabel Miller Prances Johnson and John Pierce led to a challenge of wiping them out. Han the mobster claimed foul and a warrant was sworn for one more participant. All were jailed and arraigned before Magistrate Millar with bail set at $300 each.
A quirky line hints at a Paynote style slogan referencing John Harper and the public buzz around a beverage product. The fragment mentions Puneh tevigar and Coureen Binoche in a playful, unclear context.
Scranton select council debates municipal water policy with calls for greater public ownership and rate reform. The session includes a water rate report from the board of trade, opposition to license tax changes, and strong criticism of the city controller’s office.
The Penn Avenue Bur ist church hosted a turkey supper in the church lecture room drawing a large crowd. The event featured an executive committee and reception team led by named members, with tables hosted by numerous volunteers and a long list of assistants handling confections and coffee.
A garbled payroll listing for Drehie ware and Hudson covers the first half of November. It names multiple places and workers with unclear spellings such as Manville Marmwine Deegetts Creek Vou Stuvel Ucksor Nets Olyplngnt Belly Creek and others, dated early November in Clinton and Coal Crook regions.
The Lankatout tott tall tevin team meets Gardontale Wish school at Ate Tevin Park in Sesanton this Friday. A great game is anticipated with strong effort from both sides.
Listing of groceries with prices including Malaga grapes at 15 and 26 cents per pound and Ox Tongue canned at 75 cents. Also notes 1 pound Coursen’s Java Coffee and 3 pound granulated sugar priced, with unclear rest of text.
The semi annual gathering of the Inter State Homeopathic association was held at the Hotel Jermyn with over forty physicians from Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New York in attendance. Sessions ran from 2 to 6 PM with dinner, then continued to 10 PM, featuring numerous papers on typhoid convalescence, rigid cervix, pneumonia, pelvic indications, heart lesions, and respiratory disease. Notable participants included Dr. Theodore Sureth of Wilkes Barre and many others from Binghamton Philadelphia Syracuse and surrounding towns.
At a regular meeting of Local wo2, members pass resolutions urging Congress to preserve the Geary exclusion and support immigrant handling. They appeal to Hon. William Connell and party leaders to back a continued prohibition and coordinate with emigration officials to maintain national policy.
A dispute over property ended in the arrest of Mr and Mrs George Heron of 512 and Michael Golden after John Gallagher of S04 Railroad Avenue caused the incident yesterday in a local area.
Hampton Street is charged with forcibly entering a house tied to Railroad avenue and Lit verne street. A dispute arose over ownership as the Herons claim an interest in the property. Roth and Alderman Millet also entered, with Michiel Golden charged with maliciously breaking the fence.
The Railroad Department of the Young Men's Christian Association invites members to tonight at 8 o clock for the second number in their star course. J Williams Macy, famed New York entertainer, will perform a humorous, musical program. He is assisted by Stanley Swarts and Clinton BE Weston with family admission for members. No public tickets.
The Street Railway Union adopted resolutions honoring Conductor Elmer Dobson. They note his service and express condolences to his family, with a resolution to be read in minutes and four copies shared. Also details resume Sunset Limited service for 1901-1902 by the Southern Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad with Philadelphia to New Orleans and connections to San Francisco.
Exclusive wire report from Tio Associatif Pres notes a disruption in Frankfort Indiana with five early incidents prompting measures across five city blocks. The total impact appears to reach 45,000 in costs or damages with partial mitigation efforts underway.
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