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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1897
Page
9
Misa Amy Maud Davis of 62 Archibald Street suffered severe scalding yesterday while lifting a boiler near a stove. Neighbors treated her with cooling lotions. condition improved by evening with no serious outcome anticipated. Other local items note visitors, hospital treatments, and a funeral tomorrow for John Kapsick.
The funeral for Anthony Tiewan of S1 Broadway will be a solemn high mass at Holy Cross church this morning followed by interment at Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. A concert to aid John T Travies of Fourteenth Street, a Factoryville student, is planned for Wednesday Nov 10 at First Welsh Congregational church.
A Washington Chemical Co publication in Washington Lv promotes an animal extract cure. The free book explains treatment method and claims efficacy.
Local notices promote carpet weaving pawns and second hand furniture with brief contact cues. A political rally text graves the Republican push in Lackawanna, predicting victory and Waterloo for Democrats.
South Scranton reports a Comet lodge gathering and a highly attended German Catholic fair. The St Pauls German Evangelical church hosted a bazaar at Schimpfit’s Germania hall with wheel of fortune contests, cheap goods, and a prize suite auction. The Taylor band performed, and officers for the event committee were listed with many volunteers.
Green Ridge residents host visitors from Lanssboro Tremont City and Wilkes Barre while others travel from Sidney N Y Chicago and Dickson to see friends. Local families entertain celebrate anniversaries recover from injuries and enjoy lamp gifts and social gatherings on Penn and New York streets and nearby avenues.
Elizabeth Kether Ida funeral Thursday afternoon at 8 oclock. Annie L Andrews, 1k year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Andrews of 61 North Filmore Avenue, died Monday morning from membranous croup. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm with interment in Washburn Street cemetery. Mrs James Keogh died yesterday at 12:16 at her home 2 Fig Street. survived by husband and two children Jameson Jr and Thomas Keogh.
Miss Veasie V. Butler of Wilkes-Barre wed Attorney Robert J. Murray of this city in St Marys church Wilkes-Barre yesterday morning at 9 oclock. Bishop Hoban officiated and Mass followed. The couple will reside on Pine Street after a New York honeymoon.
About twenty property holders met in Alder man John T Howe s office to protest the Mulberry street paving tax They argue the assessment is unequal favoring single track sections and claim double tracked frontages should pay less The Scranton Railway tracks are central to the dispute Charles Schlager chaired the meeting another gathering will set a definite procedure
A cave-in on North Malnavenue near Wood Street from the Rock vein at the Von Storch mine sent earth sinking several feet beneath the sidewalk and toward street car tracks. Street crews filled the hole by 7 pm after hundreds of locals gathered, with nearby homes showing minor effects from underground squeezing. No further movement was visible late last night.
Dr Paxton discussed courage and fear among soldiers, noting how bravery grows with numbers and how veterans view the war years. He illustrated front line conditions, boot and blanket abandonment, and Hancock’s calm retreat at Chancellorsville, praising Hancock as the noblest. Rev Logan introduced the speaker.
The passage urges support for a political platform and candidates while opposing Bryan affiliated agents. It references McKinney protection and prosperity and urges voting for Achadt and Horn among others, amid a partisan call to action.
The Ald Concert at Y M C A hall features a Philharmonic String Quartette with Mendelssohn and Chopin pieces, sacred overtures, and a varied program including Schubert and Sousa marches. Performers include Abt, Leon, and the Philharmonic Quartet with Mr Conant.
Detroit merchant Patrick I Monahan, longtime marine supplier, recounts his 40 year business career and a back ailment cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He claims four boxes restored his health and allowed him to resume duties at his Twelfth and Baker Street store.
The Stuute convention of the Young Women’s Christian associations will be held in this city from the 1st to the 14th. Miss Effie K Price international committee general secretary will speak, with Miss Annie ReynoldsWorld secretary also attending before sailing abroad. State committee aims to make the event unusually interesting and asks local support.
Word arrives that Festus Price formerly of Pino and now of Pittsburg died yesterday in Pittsburg after a railroad injury. Friends mourn his untimely death as a fine young man.
Mrs Frank Giles died yesterday morning at her home on South Becond Street Jermyn after a lingering illness She was aged 12 years and beloved by neighbors Her husband and seven children survive named Frank William Edward Mary June et al
Rumor says D and H may run three Sunday round trips from Carbon Dale and Nineveh to Wilkes-Barre and back. Officials decline to confirm any accord. Pressure from patrons and connections at terminals is cited as motive, though no definite decision has been announced.
A 4 year old boy Frank Gould son of A. Gould of 408 Clay Avenue sustained a badly bruised foot when his tricycle was struck by a coal wagon at the Jefferson Avenue Mulberry Street corner yesterday. The wagon driver fled but has since been identified and will be arrested today.
An advertisement asserts catarrh relief from Dr Agnew's Calarrhal Powder curing a cold in ten minutes. It claims benefits for headache foul breath forehead pain throat dryness and chronic catarrh with no failure and safe harmless use, sold by Matthews Bros.
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