Counterfeit Alert Ties to Local Cigar Makers
Erware warns that counterfeit Punch Cigars bearing initials G. B. Co. appear linked to Enoch Clnar Garney Brown & Co manufacturers. Officials urge buyers to verify genuineness and report suspicious lots.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1894
Page
3
Erware warns that counterfeit Punch Cigars bearing initials G. B. Co. appear linked to Enoch Clnar Garney Brown & Co manufacturers. Officials urge buyers to verify genuineness and report suspicious lots.
Dr H B Ware specializes in eye, nose, and throat care with office hours at 185 Wyoming Ave in RGR Pe.
A flurry of calls and brief mentions fill Scranton society as F C Whitney of Honesdale, FHS Booth of Schenectady, A Pattergou of Carbondale, and others appear in town. Doctors, businessmen, and theater interests like Prothingham’s John Blackwood travel to New York, while Miss Emma Gradley prepares for marriage to Arthur Idraway. Ernest Wightman reports progress on the Middletown to Beahen street railroad amid New York rail cooperation and local fireworks plans.
A moving Old Homestead story is set for the Academy of Music tonight, a simple plot with surprising stage contributions. The Night Owls Burlesque show returns Tuesday and Wednesday with Society Crofted and Lively Reception to Uhele Som. Pauline Hallis appears Thursday, with a strong company, at the Academy. Rip Van Winkle and Nick of the Woods headline Wonderland Theater this week for Irving and Cooper adaptions.
County records show liquor license filings totaling 145000 with 31000 paid on Saturday as applicants rushed to secure permits. Treasurer Powell handled the rush on the period’s final day, with most applicants submitting payment though a few did not.
Limployment news says a good year and rising demand for clerical workers. The College of Business and Benton Ward invites nearby youths with an emphasis on bookkeeping and stenography, grammar, arithmetic, penmanship, notes and drafts, business law, and commercial practice under proprietor F. E. Woop.
Obituary notes Elizabeth James of Scranton died after a long illness at age about sixty. The piece also reports a widespread epidemic in Hyde Park with many children ill and several deaths, plus other local notices and funeral arrangements.
The document details assembly orders for the Pirat Battalion and related companies, including drill schedules, formations, and movements for First Second and Third battalions. It notes adjutant updates, quarterly reports due, and praises Captain Barnard for reappointment. It references specific dates, commands, and locations in military drill context.
Erection of a minor warden on North Hyde Park Avenue for Washburn Avenue and a copper service on April 9 by the Ladies Aid Society of Hamp ton Street Methodist Episcopal church. Delaware Lackawanna and Western pays miners at Archbald Continental and Hyde Park mines today. Saloons on the West Side closed this year. Mrs Lewis Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Gore Mackreth of Tooth Street attended a funeral at Nanticoke Saturday. The Simpson Methodist Episcopal church choir sang Baxter wage lat evening, led by Miss Gora Storms. The singing was excellent and drew a large congregation.
Rt Rev N S Rulixon administered confirmation rites in three Episcopal churches in the city St Lukes and St Davids reported large congregations. He was hosted by Rev Rogers Israel at St Lukes New Bicycia. A separate notice states a bicycle valued at 75 dollars is up for sale with guarantee.
A South Side note sheet highlights Louis W. Setiwawa's nomination as Fourth district fire district anqieer while Michael I Corcoran is noted for postmaster appointment. Police actions at a Ni nooka store, community visits by residents, and local social events fill the short paragraphs, with several names and places from Scranton and nearby towns.
The Winkler robbery case is said to be cleared with the money recovered. Herbert Barnes of Brooklyn and Miss Philipine Kloty of likely Brooklyn obtained a marriage license, with speculation about motives and romance surrounding the crime. Authorities remain reticent and no further action is expected.
In Scranton, jurors in the Jennings case failed to agree after two days of deliberation. Judge Archbald ordered the panel discharged and set the case for retrial in June. The Manley case ended with a nonjury ruling due to intoxication questions, while Mulley v. Feranton yielded a plaintiff verdict. Also noted were local industrial notices and the Dunmore Catholic charnel stone ceremony.
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