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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
3
Local item notes Beranton lodge of Elks holds its regular meeting this evening. Also listed are public notices about a torn flag near Republican HQ, pay days at the Delaware and Hudson shops in Carbondale, and various local incidents and events from the city.
In the church of Holy Croga yesterday afternoon Mixa Nora Hogie and Arthur Meinzer were married by Rev. W. P. O'Donnell. Miss Nellie Jones was maid of honor and John G O'Hora was groomsman. The bride wore white mull lace and ribbon with white aigrettee. Reception followed at the bride's home on Broadway. The couple will reside in Bellevue.
A rumored shift of the Honesdale Elevator Works to this area gains attention from a source deemed trustworthy. The report notes the National Elevator company interest and suggests a relocation plan under consideration.
The Honesdale works may move to Scranton within a year, affecting sixty to seventy five male workers employed year round. Output already has a ready market in New York City and is controlled by Scranton capital. An interview with workers yielded no affirmation or denial of the transfer rumor.
Mrs Ann Shevlin of Lloyd Street was killed near the High Works when a passenger train from Buffalo struck her as she crossed the railroad. She was returning from a visit and had limited hearing and sight. Coroner notified. inquest set for today. Survived by three sons John Anthonys Patrick and a daughter Mrs Patrick Murphy.
Thieves attacked the Dunmore post office safe with stolen tools from William Hall’s blacksmith shop on Apple Street. They forced the door and bored the safe, abandoning two drilled holes due to hard spots, then fled when startled. Postmaster Bishop suspects a premises familiar culprit. Conrad Schweitzer nearby may have scared them off. Two tramps were seen fleeing the area.
Mrs Reheven Jackson was arrested at her home in Williamsport Fifth Ward by Constable P J Kelly on a warrant sworn by Mrs Virginia Sid Ward alleging unlawful relations with Ashbey Edwards husband of the prosecutrix. Edwards once janitor for the Democratic club, later married woman disclosed her marriage, leading to Jackson’s commitment in default of $100 bail.
John Schmidt of Providener was arrested after an alleged street curse outside Simon Hinerfeld’s Penn ayenuo grocer shop. A prior dispute with Hinerfeld was noted. After a brief hearing, Schmidt was fined £5 plus costs by Alderman Millar.
Fred A. Metealf of Wyoming Avenue married Rowe M. Hudson of Marion Street yesterday afternoon in the Church of the Cond Shepherd by Rev F Ballentine. They were unattended. The groom is a salter in the Scranton house dining rooms. The bride is well known in Green Ridge and to a lady of many charms. They will reside on Monsey Avenue.
The Park Hill Stars challenge the No 1 school team on Clover field ground Baturdiy. Captain Dan Corntetlo from Origin July Eleven of Sandy Bank leads a newly organized squad ready to match any junior team weighing up to 240 pounds on the original grounds. John Wortimer is listed as manager.
The residence of the bride's parents on Platt Place hosted the ceremony for Mr. George M. Mulley and Mize Harriet Stanton of Foranton. Reverend William Edgar officiated the wedding on October 21.
A garbled note mentions a wonderful remedy claimed to relieve lazy trouble, with unclear terms and names. The text reads as a damaged OCR fragment lacking coherent facts, making it impossible to identify specific remedies, persons, or places.
Governor Hastings and Colonel Ripple greet nearly a hundred Pennsylvanians aboard the transport Berlin and Obdam. Relief Commission nurses provide milk and care while officials arrange furloughs and homeward transport. Most soldiers recover well with few needing hospital care.
The funeral for Patrick Brown of Minooka was held from his Main Street home at 1 o clock yesterday. A high mass of requiem was celebrated at St Joseph church by Father Carmods and the sermon urged prayers for the deceased. Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery with pallbearers Peter Lowry W Michaw AL Donthow Michael Wrish Patrick F Downe Timothy Waleh and jtlehnel Cusick.
A solemn requiem mass was celebrated yesterday morning at St Peter's Cathedral for Sister Gerald. The rites were conducted in the chapel with clergy and mourners in attendance.
The body lay in state at the Convent of the Immaculate Heart on Wyoming Avenue as hundreds of friends came to view the deceased. A solemn high mass followed at St. Peter's Cathedral with Rev. J A O'Reilly as celebrant and two deacons. after the service the sister was laid to rest in the Cathedral cemetery beside fellow nuns. Pallbearers named Krown O'Hoyre McAndrews Barrett Colligan McCarthy.
A framed group photo of Beranton officers is sent with an autograph letter from Mayor Bailey and city officials including Secretary Teamish Chief Gurrell Clerk O Connor and others. The letter dated October 1 1 in Scranton Pa honors Captain Frank Robling Jr of Company 17 Thirteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and recalls their official relations.
Sergeant Lona Day and detail depart on the 1.58 Delaware and Hudson to collar ten runaways heading to Camp Meade. A single arrest, George Duncan of Olyphant, occurred as he wandered into a station. The ten troopers, confined at the police station, caused much rowdy amusement and Shavian humor from their confinement as they awaited transfer. Names listed include Gillis Richards Einains Bleckwell Williams Tinean Phillips Dillman Phillips Murphy.
Commissioners cler k C F Wagner said the task of sizing ballots for each district is flawed. The county must allot seventy five official ballots and an equal number of senatorial ballots for every fifty approved vote or fraction thereof in each district. There are 800 registered voters in the county requiring printing and distribution of 70 029 ballots of each ballot type.
An old ad copy touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as superior to cheap dipper cough syrups. It claims greater healing power in drops for bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough and throat lung ailments, contrasting quality with quantity.
Henry Felper of the South Side was convicted of assault on John Gordon after a dispute over a reporter’s marriage notice. McHale and Burns were acquitted. a raft of other juried cases followed including theft, labor license, and assorted assaults with mixed verdicts and pending sentences.
The Peace Jubilee in Philadelphia will feature a grand military and naval review civic and industrial parade the re enactment of Independence Hall and the unveiling of General Grant’s monument. A $50,000 city appropriation plus private subscriptions ensure lavish expenses, with excursion tickets from major lines at reduced fares available October 4 to 21.
A rule for a new trial was granted in the case of J W Gaon v Millard favoring the defendant. A. L. Nowell must show cause why she cannot sell the mortgage property in Dunmore to John L Rowe. In Whitmore v Boye et al the interpleading claimant American Woodworking failed to use the required four. The court ordered the sheriff to proceed with the sale of goods and to turn proceeds into court.
Reading on trains is eased by Pintach gas lights in all day coaches and by electric lighting on limited trains from a Westinghouse power unit. The road is praised for smooth beds and comfortable travel, urging passengers to choose Lake Shore for journeys westward.
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