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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1896

Page

7

Elite Dancing Class Social Closes Season in Mears Hall

The Elite Dancing class ended its first season with a social in Mears hall. Bauer's orchestra provided music and refreshments were served in the second-floor parlors. Promoter Professor George Taylor led the event attended by numerous prominent society figures and a long list of guests.

Mears’ Hall Bauer George Taylor Bertha Wettling Myrtle Perry Sara Jones Lena Sissenberger Amy Howell Carrie Fellows Jennie Lowry Eli el Harris Lewis A Howell William Hughes Jonathan Marrs David Jenkins Frank Jones William Jones Robert Kiple A. O. Luce John Lloyd Lewis Sydney Mears Samuel McCracken George Mulley A. E. Morae William Marsh Thomas Marsh Samuel Mekheever Frederick O. Peters Louis Rockwell G. A. Williams Edwin G. Peters Elmer Swing Peek

Baby Boy Arrives for Mr and Mrs John in Wayne

News from Wayne avenue reports the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs John. Thomas Judge of Taylor circulated among Sones North End friends Insteven ney. Rev Newman Matthews preached at Providence Presbyterian church. Miss Marnie O Reilly visited here and returned to Hazleton yesterday. May 1 leap year social planned by Miss Thidget Murray Celia Nevers and Maggie Gillespie on Mary street. A H Kiesling is ill at Short avenue home. Mrs L W Kiesling spent Sunday with her parents in Dalton.

Stroudsburg T Hird Sumner Avenue Presbyterian Church Wallace Moser Times Republican Moser I*ales David E. Price John S. Jones Bellevue Heights Westerday Price Moses James Healey Hampton Street Hampton James Ford Continental Hill John FB. Edwards Philadelphia Thomas OV Bthen George Carson Washburn Street Honesdale Charles Yoos Bred Warnke North Main Avenue Maud Slate Swetland Street Samuel Rich Oneonta William Miller W Windean Clarke Kros J. Lo Logan Beers* Hall George Davis Eynon Street Wilkes-Barre John. Johu Wayne Avenue Thomas Judge Taylor North End Newman Matthews Providence Presbyterian Church Marnie O'Reilly Hazleton Thidget Murray Celia Nevers Maggie Gillespie Mary Street A. H. Kiesling Short Avenue L. W. Kiesling Mrs. Johnson Dalton

Local Church Events and Community Improvements Highlight Town Life

A Methodist church reception for Rev. and Mrs. C H Hayes is planned in the parlors this evening with an open invitation. Local families attendances include the Miller and Kraus couples at a funeral and a wedding. Improvements to the Penneylvania Coal office grounds and tearing down of the Berry property precede a planned grand lawn. Road repairs on the Drinker Turnpike are underway. A lecture series kicks off with Rev Dr Clark at Frothingham on April 50, with Rev A B O Neill and a Scranton speaker to attend tonight’s meeting at the Presbyterian church.

C. H. Hayes Epworth League Ladies' Aid Society Methodist Church John Miller Moosic William Miller Brook Street BE. H. Kraus West Drinker Street Paupack William Maxwell Hinkely Street Lydia Farrar Cherry Street Deelyn Penneylvania Coal Company Berry Drinker Turnpike Company Dr. Clark Frothingham Hel Presbyterian Church A.B. O'Neill The Baptist Church Scranton

Contingent Costs in Twelfth Ward Councilman Race

Amid controversy over twelve ward council seat results Judge Archbald orders a rule to show cause who should pay about $2000 in contest costs per candidate. Despite 63 illegal votes, Sweeney and Manley were seated, with next court argument set for Monday.

Twelfth Ward Henry W. Coyle John J. Kearney Morgan Sweeney James J. Manley Archbald Sweeney Coyle

Two Dollar Half Gold Piece Fools a Cashier

A young man buys a small item and hands over a two dollar and fifty cent gold coin. The cashier, following a strict dollar-first change system, struggles to make correct change causing a brief delay as she rechecks calculations.

Horatio Demands Respect For Author's Voice In Frustration

A heated outburst occurs as Horatio complains about an author’s writing style and being called gentle reader. He vents that bad grammar and a contrived tone irritate him, insisting the story’s outcome should unfold without his patience.

Horatio Mae

Stock decline in New York as Venezuelan scare returns

The New York market fell 1 to 4 percent on renewed fears of Venezuelan war. Sugar and internationals led losses while Grangers and several rail and utility stocks rose to their best levels of the bull run. Tobacco dropped about 4 percent amid rumors of a scrip dividend injunction. Total volume reached 79,399 shares.

New York London Stock Exchange Grangera Missouri Pacific Michigan Central Lake Shore Jersey Central New York Central

Buffalo Live Stock Prices and Declines Across Markets

Buffalo stock market reports show cattle steady to firm for butchers with light steers at 8.55 to 8.00, veals steady from 2.73 to 4.25, hogs active and higher with Yorkers 3.95 to 2.75, pigs 2.80 to 3.00, roughs 1.30 to 3.10, and sheep and lambs active and stronger up to 5.25 for Time wool lambs and 4.10 for export lambs. Chicago market receipts total 80 cattle with steady demand for light cattle and strong for light, hog receipts 100 with steady to lower prices, and sheep receipts with a stronger market overall, prices from 2.05 to 5.60 and lambs around 4.00 to 4.40.

New York Ebesar daSiec Bavarice Bk&c South America Buffalo N. Y I. S Chicago Union Stock Yards Aoe Ead

Market quotation for Ol City opens and closes at $1.20

In Ol City Pennsylvania on April 23 the market quoted $1.20 for the item after a range from $1.13 to $1.21 with a present balance unchanged at $1.20.

Ol City Wittebureen

Indignant Old Gofren Babbles On Penny Press Comedy

A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows Old Gofrem in a rambling, humorous vent about social change. Mrs Gofrem interjects with mock concern as a carnival of caricatured lines and playful banter unfolds.

Gofren Cleveland Plain-Dealer Gofrem

English Capital Investors List Promoters in London

A London based prospectus advertises a list of promoters with record investments over £100,000,000 abroad in six years and £18,000,000 in seven months of 1693. It offers subscribers introductions to promoters for bonds shares mortgage loans lands patents or mines. Directors include Sir Edward C Ross Hon Walter C C Pepys and Capt Arthur Atifa.

London and Universal Bureau of Investors Cheapside London ELC Edward C. Ross Walter CC. Pepys Arthur Atiffa

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