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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1900
Page
3
Scranton Transfer Co offers baggage handling from the railroad or station directly to hotels and private homes. The service aims to streamline traveler arrivals with door to door delivery and personalized pickup options.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a time window from a.m. to p.m. and reference Williams Building opposite a post office with unclear purpose or event.
Golf handicapping at the country club won by John II Trooks with 75. Board of Trade travel plans for the Wet Lackiwanna avenue exhibit. Memorial sale and institutional realignment readied. Funeral for Charles Graham at 2:40 pm from 19 Madivon Avenue. City Christian Madeover meeting tonight. William Ferguson jailed after streetcar incident. Lieut Bernard Huegerts resigns from Companys unit. Minicipals Routed Table committee to meet. President Kew to leave. Window break arrest of Thomas and Noire McCoy. Week’s Exchanges report from Scranton Clearing Association. Alford Kasson sues Clarke Vier over a bill. Scranton Eagles defeated at Wilkes-Barre. Columbus Hall reception and addresses.
John Lynch a Woods foreman for Dodge, Melee & Co, died in Tobyhanna when a large log fell from a timber car as he supervised unloading. He was 58, survived by his wife and five children. Lynch had a long career with DL&W and the local lumber trade.
A respected local man, described as honest and of stern character, has died. He enjoyed widespread regard among those who knew him. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
An unnamed man, later identified as William Kennedy, about 30, 6 feet 6 inches tall with black hair and gray eyes, was struck and killed by a southbound Erie- or train near Providence Station on the New York Ontario and Western line at 7 05 PM. A United Mine Workers transfer card in his pocket states he was in good standing. Coroner Roberts will view the remains today.
A sensational dispatch links Gaetano Longo the Dunmore killer to Tony Longo, a presumed Naples Pastena exile, suggesting the same man murdered Patrolman James Golden and others before his suicide. The tale traces sightings from Dunmore to Stroudsburg and Binghamton, notes alleged wife left in America, and cites family denial of Tony’s whereabouts while evidence points to a single person.
The Ort 10 parade of the Father Mathew Societies in the Scranton diocese faces postponement due to the strike. Governing board members Rev J J Curran William Gilroy James Mahon William Malloy and Charles Cavanagh discussed the issue at Curran's study and agreed omitting the parade this year appears expedient pending majority sentiment.
An inquest led by Coroner Roberts investigated a death at the Sloan mine caused by a fall of root. Witnesses testified and the jury ruled the death accidental, exonerating Louis B. Davis and William Sloan. The panel condemned hiring men who lack English language skills.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey will offer excursion tickets to Philadelphia on September 7 with return valid until September 2 at a rate of four dollars and eighty-two cents for members of the Secornt State Republican League clubs.
Read the fourth page feature detailing The Tribune’s Educational Contest and weekly shade offers at O’Nara’s 431 Spruce Street.
Rev R M Mateer, after seventeen years in China, says the Boxer uprising stirs foreign missions worldwide and may topple the Manchu dynasty. He extols Chinese Christians, recalls sacrifices, and argues the era deepens missionary zeal despite danger.
Rev Dr R F Pierce at Penn Avenue Baptist urged the congregation to confront a growing moral death by one’s own actions. He described death by setting aside the Lord and rejecting offered life, warning that many drift into self-inflicted ruin.
A Traders National Bank notice urges readers to save dollars and deposit them, arguing that bank reports reflect saved money rather than spent funds. It invites people to enter their name for the next savings report, claiming the figures will be pleasant reading.
The report notes a series of sermons delivered Saturday by clergy from several congregations. Rev Lathe Moos Waring spoke at the Young Women’s Christian Association, while George F. Guill preached at Providence church on true mightiness. Ber OL RB of All Boule’ University led a session on “The Power of Temdewitness.” Rev Jomew Fielding addressed the morning at Adam Avenue chapel and W W Adele of the Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association led an evening message.
A Tribune visit uncovers a long sealed cold storage cellar beneath the old Robinson hotel site on Cellar avenue. The 175 foot arched chamber, lined with stalactites and stalagmites, housed lager from M Robinson's brewery, cooled by ice and a rough refrigerator, dating to the 19th century and used until 1882 before modern methods replaced it.
Ninety six students enrolled with an additional female teacher added to the staff. The Girls' Department oversees normal and university graduate work. Last year’s health record stands unexcelled by any city school.
A damaged ad fragment touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid and universal remedy claiming relief from pain wind colic and diarrhea. It notes lucrative success over fifty years and urges purchasers to ask for the product by name and price as twenty five cents.
About 140 delegates arrive for the eleventh biennial United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Mayor James Moir will welcome in Music Hall as President Huber leads the opening session. speeches from notable labor figures and local leaders planned.
Barre and Pittston locals met in Carpenters' hall to arrange entertainment for the delegates during the convention.
James F. Grimes of Galveston reports that twenty city carpenters and twelve wives drowned in the recent flood. Union officials, including the acting recording secretary of Union No. 526, were among the casualties. A relief committee formed to aid destitute members asks the national union for immediate support.
A short notice reports a dispute within the men's union as leaders threaten action against members. No further names or dates are provided in the readable text.
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