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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1894
Page
4
Post fire inventory lists diverse holdings from Alltire including miscellaneous books in cloth and leather bindings single volumes and full sets. Also available are choice stationery mercantile and school supplies blank account books Bibles prayer books hymnals and popular new books in cloth or paper covers.
Ex Mayor Loftus, now with ties to Moosic and Loftus Va, attends court as the city’s past leadership is recalled. John W. Farr campaigns in the First district touting free education and Hyde Park hiring a hospital, while W J Burr prepares to collect income tax after June 184. James Farrell arrives after 24 years to witness rapid city growth and visits the Wyoming house to find his daughter.
Thomas Millett of Old Forge faces arson charges after a house fire on August 29 damaged his home at 610 Forge. A lit mining lamp and oil soaked pattresses were found in the attic. Millett admitted the lamp but could not explain its presence. The defense challenged ownership of the damaged property. The trial resumes this morning as details unfold.
An array of notices from Carbondale to Scranton outlines upcoming visits by residents, social club events, a Republican club rally, marriage announcements, and local business ads. Highlights include plans for gatherings at Keystone Social and the Mather Whitty Rich corps, a marriage announcement for Merriman to Sultie Wombold, and promotion for Davison Bros banking and piano sales.
The Pittabure Tints report that Singerly and a state ticket face a mutiny as allies drop him to salvage something from the wreck. A trust in a sugar barrel image gives way to distrust and a tainted alliance with Congressman McAleer. The piece hints at traps and political infighting with a dark end.
Local theaters praise J J K Emmet in Our Frits as he appears Tuesday October 28 at Frothingham. He performs a German hero role and a play titled A Mad House with a long NY success run, backed by Emily Lytton and a noted company.
A ore car trip from the Lackawanna Steel plant derailed on the Cedar Avenue bridge causing seven cars to pile up and block South Side traffic for nearly three hours. No injuries reported. The accident followed a broken coupling pin as the train approached the curve, with the engine struggling to start the heavy load.
The Werz system converts garbage into a brown dry mass called St. Louis garbage tankage by heating and distilling oils and naptha. It is shipped for sale at 0 to 12 dollars per ton in New York and Boston, with Buffalo paying 50,000 dollars yearly for treatment. An advertisement touts ladies’ satin shoes and shinex stock from Davion Bros.
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