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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1895
Page
7
Classified notices and society items from the suburb section include ads for Le Luce Bros gun shop and photography services, barbers and grocers, second hand furniture buyers, and plumbing. social items report performances by a local tenor and cellist, arrivals back from New York, a Forest City visit, a diphtheria scare easing for a child, and Rev E Flack preaching at the Presbyterian church with two addresses.
Two 15 year old boys Howard Gannon and Thomas Flinton were arrested for breaking the Sabbath after playing marbles under an electric light at Swetland Street and Rebecca Avenue. Alderman Blair fined them $5, with parents to pay, after a hearing at 9:50 p.m. The youths remained in the West Side station house until late. Walter Evans and Miss Cora Rowley wed Friday at the Presbyterian church in Shickshinny with reception at Mrs Compline’s home. Evans, a streetcar conductor, and Rowley, daughter of Conductor Rowley, now live on North Hyde Park Avenue. The West Side station house has been renovated to be more comfortable for prisoners. Additionally, other local items include obituaries, social events, church notices, and various society activities.
Michael Battle of Lavelle court and Birch Street is jailed on charges including an attempted ax murder of his wife after a drunken rampage that wrecked their home. Michael O Halloran of Cedar Avenue, a chronic abuser, was held on bail after threatening and injuring his family, including an 18 year old daughter. The page also notes plans for Century These annual ball at Natter's hall and local updates on mills and marriages.
Atherton's and the North End combined meet the Triple-Stores in an indoor baseball game with admission 10 cents and free for ladies. Dancing follows the game.
Miss Hattie King of Cherry street spent Saturday with friends at Georgetown. Mrs. Henry Krause of South Blakely street has been visiting friends at Waverly. Stewart Bishop of Georgetown spent Sunday in town. James Young and H. A. Mace were guests in New York City Sunday. Miss Marshall of Hawley visits Miss Louise of Mill street Union. Thanksgiving services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 with the United church conducting.
A busy social page notes Miss Gabrielle Swarts hosting a dinner at 233 Cherry Street and plans for a Minooka Cornet band concert at Father Matthew Hall with a post event social. Other items include travel to Albany, property improvements on Cherry Street, local football plans, and a drunken passenger threatening a conductor on a Moosic car.
Michael Stafford of Minooka entered Clemons Ferber and O Malley’s china shop on Lackawanna Avenue seeking a saloon. He broke a large pitcher during a struggle, was arrested, then fined two dollars plus one thousand five hundred sixty dollars for the damage and released after payment.
The 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs Sol Platzek of Adams Avenue Wilkes Barre died in New York City after a brief typhoid illness. Remains will be shipped by Lehigh Valley to Wilkes Barre for interment at 2 PM in the Jewish cemetery. Mr Platzek works at Sumter Bros clothing store on Lackawanna Avenue.
Lexington reports a tight margin between Democrats and Republicans may spark contests in several districts. Democrat George Howard seeks to overturn a Republican victory in the Thirty-third district alleging ineligibility due to Harland County officeholding. In Lexington district, efforts rise to seat Republican Wood Dunlap. Senator Blackburn predicts election victory if a Democratic majority forms, however slight. The Pope convening a consistory schedule shifts from Nov 24 to Dec 2 due to health. Rome notes catarrhal illness.
To the Members of the Lackawanna County Bar the note highlights better Paper Books for Supreme Court cases after moving to a new building. It invites inquiries for printing and binding with a claim of lower figures and easy access to the job department on the first floor rear office.
Judge Edwards grants Leonardo Rosa a new trial in the first degree murder of Vito Louisso in Dunmore. Rosa had been convicted on circumstantial evidence after a late February killing spectacle on Willow street. the opinion cites lack of eye witnesses and corroborating details in the confession. Separate proceedings seek to dissolve the Yoos & Doyle partnership amid claims of mismanagement and asset concerns.
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