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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1895
Page
1
The note lists price points for fabric patterns with Spare, Ecru and White at $2.00 and three patterns in this Jot. White variants show $2.50 and $3.00 with White only priced at $2.70.
On November 28 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania crushed Cornell 46 to 2 before about 10,000 spectators. Penn opened with two quick scores, dominated both lines, and Brooke starred as a powerful back and precise kicker. The Quakers finished with six goals after touchdowns and two field goals, while Cornell's Wyckoff showed grit, yet could not halt the Penn onslaught.
London reports the Americans Society in London hosting a Thanksgiving banquet at Holborn with about 400 guests including James H. Roosevelt and Richard Watson Gilder. Gilder lauds President Cleveland and praises his fight for honest money and civil service reform while noting the loss of Wilson from Congress.
Wilkes-Barre, November 28. Metzgar, convicted in the second degree for the murder of an Arabian peddler, confesses he did the shooting. The admission could save William Penn Bowman, sentenced to death, who had claimed Metzgar acted. Bowman surrendered earlier, and Metzgar’s statement will be presented to the board of pardons. Pope Has Recovered in Rome after recent incision.
In Carlisle Pennsylvania on November 3 a barn fire caused damage to a local farm building. No injuries are reported and authorities investigate the cause as firefighters contain the blaze.
London dispatches report 15,000 Armenians under a Russo-Armenian leader seized a Turkish fort near Zeitoun on November 13 using dynamite. Rumors of massacres at Aintab and Marash circulate as attacks and arrests against Armenians continue in Constantinople.
A drifting Red River shanty boat near Author City I T was boarded by officers to find four bodies, three men and a boy, each with a bullet in the head and in advanced decomposition. Three victims were identified: BE. C. Canady, his son, and Henry Thomas Rice, once a music teacher at Chicola I T. A dog tied to the scene was subdued after distressed efforts.
James Mooney, longtime Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad engineer living in Toledo, is described as a candy drunkard who loves candy for its own sake. The report notes his habit of indulging in sweets, with mention of playful anecdotes from local life in Toledo dated March.
Captain Wiborg and his mate Johanson were arrested on a neutrality law warrant after a private consular hearing. The Danish steamer Horsa, bound for Port Antonio, cleared after the incident. crew members were subpoenaed as witnesses. The deputy marshal made the arrest on board. a hearing was scheduled for tomorrow.
At the Ontario Veterinary College on Thanksgiving Day American students led by Shaw displayed a US flag in the main assembly hall. Canadian Lindsay seized the flag and tore it down, Shaw punched him, sparking a brawl with about 150 youths, mostly Americans. Dr. Smith helped restore order and lectures resumed.
The Christian Endeavorers and Epworth Leaguers joined Christians in Cleveland to pray for Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll at noon Thanksgiving Day. The effort aimed at his conversion drew a warm response from participants who pleaded with him as they would for their own souls.
Peter Davis, described as a young man of two years, was arrested on Center Street at midnight by Patrolman Neals after possessing about 100 pounds of copper wire stolen from Scranton Illuminating, Heat and Power. Chaplain Levi B. Beckley of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers died at his Schuylkill Haven home aged 74, former Methodist preacher and postwar community leader.
President and Mrs. Cleveland attended a science church service led by Rev. Byron Sunderman at the First Church. Talmage delivered a sermon as part of the session.
Fragmentary OCR text references Merete and Galles with numeric sequences and boundary notes. Details are unreadable but suggest a dated survey or boundary record with names and figures.
Washington dispatch reports Ohio and Indiana Republicans backing the McDowell Glenn Russell slate for clerk doorkeeper and sergeant at arms, provoking southern lawmakers led by Tipton of Tennessee. Reed receives many chairmanship requests as party factions weigh caucus support amid looming committee assignments.
A German traveler named Otto Whl erm is reported drowned after a boat incident near Hamburg. The fragment notes two others also drowned in the same event and mentions a hat and gear recovered from the water.
A catalog of cotton and wool blankets, including 10-4 White and Grey Cotton Blankets and 12-4 White Extra Heavy Blankets with prices. Also listed are Plain and Damask weaves, California Extra Fine, and down filled comfortables plus imported sateen fabrics and eiderdown options for children's wear.
Warren B. Reese heads to Washington to run against Senator Morgan in Alabama. He claims will curb election frauds and prevent dog and dead Negro votes counting, aiming to restore Republican government. Reese asserts Morgan’s victory came from a fraudulent legislature with a Republican and Populist majority. Friends expect Morgan’s defeat and note GOP senators require his vote to organize.
Fragmentary OCR note with multiple garbled words and names. readable facts are minimal and no coherent event emerges for a concise summary or identifiable entities.
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