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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
7
Complaints reach us that some individuals claim to solicit work on our behalf and keep umbrellas or perform substandard service. We state we have no road reps and will call for work by mail order only. Scranton Umbrella Mfg Co M Silverman Prop 313 Spruce Street.
A local retailer promotes its leadership in pictures frames and art novelties highlighting imported art novelties tied to Dresden Germany and France.
Community notices list a New Year dance at the Scranton Hiovel club house, a Republican clubs donation to Kinley memorial fund, and several meetings including the Central Womans Christian Temperance Union, Florence Crittensen Home managers, and Methodist ministers. Also listed are an aldermanic marriage and social events by the Green Ridge Wheelmen and local groups.
Ithographic art panel photo holder and calendar in eleven colors on bristol board offered free December 16 to 24 to customers spending twenty five cents or more. See displays in the Grand Union Tea Co stores at Lackawanna Ave 116 and 118 5 Main Ave Lenox.
The text describes Schriever arranging sittings on Saturday December 21 and delivering finished portraits on Christmas morning. Sittings split through Saturday afternoon, with earlier participants receiving portraits sooner. The passage notes a distinctive designation for the artist’s effort.
My Chas Russell a renowned concert cellist and teacher of New York will accept a limited number of pupils in Scranton. For terms apply to Miss Julian C Allen 12 Washington Avenue Scranton. Public notice seeks local students to study cellistry and musical technique with a distinguished instructor. Her address is provided for inquiries and enrollment.
The Oak Cafe WH announces opening today at 44 Adame Avenue with new service model and dinner offerings. Shoppers are invited to try the new Prone Service as part of the launch.
The notice directs all persons holding tickets for the above event to make returns at a belt in the old armory. It sets a clear location for exchange or surrender of the tickets. No dates or names are specified in the accessible text.
Short sale notice lists cigars by the box with prices and location at AC Omnia's storefront on 4st Spruce Street. The readable text provides basic pricing and the shop's street address.
The notice advertises holiday cigars and cigars by Garney Brown & Co at 8 Linden Street. It presents a brief shop listing style item likely from a classifieds section.
The Board of Trade, in a noon meeting, discharged its three member special committee after reporting failure to settle the street car strike. Franchises faced opposition in their current form. a three member committee was appointed to lobby councils and shape ordinances. President Lansing declined a third term, while nominations for officers and committee posts filled the remainder of the agenda.
A $500 reward is offered by joint city councils for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone placing dynamite or other explosives on city streets or highways in Scranton. Dated December 16, 1901.
The Republican primary election will be held at several polling places in Serauniton City for party officers and local contest. Polls run from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. Officials meet at Central Republican Club for a meeting on Thursday. W. B. Millar serves as chairman with Arker as secretary.
The First Assistant Postmaster General orders the Dunmore and Scranton offices consolidated on February 6, with Marcus Bishop kept as Dunmore substation head and four new carriers to be appointed. Free delivery will extend to Dunmore, and the Dunmore postmaster will oversee the substation with one clerk.
A flood of submissions and queries pours into the Tribune junior contest desk. Readers propose rules about word lists, age limits, and formatting while noting new entries and an array of names from various streets and towns.
The article states that winners will be summoned to The Tribune office Tuesday afternoon before Christmas to select their presence. If a winner cannot attend, their wishes will be ascertained by telegraph and the present will be forwarded accordingly.
The funeral for F. R. Stark was held yesterday afternoon from hishome on Quincey Avenue. A large crowd attended and tributes from friends and groups, including a prominent coat courier from the chief association, were placed on the casket. Interment followed at Dinimore cemetery with a procession of pallbearers including G. Dunneham, O W Onrick, A. Dr. Davis, and others.
The Lackawanna railroad plans to resume summer advertising along its line with Whitehegeh town. Aimed at summer homes, a limited number of hotel and boarding house ads will be published. The policy shift allows a brief number of advertisements. specimen prices and details are available from the local ticket agent or the general passenger department, due by February 1.
A Scranton notice offers a 1902 calendar pane for free to customers spending 1000 cents or more between December 16 and December 31. It promotes Meerschaum and Briar pipes and other smokers’ specialties at O’Hara’s Elgar Store on Spruce Street.
The Griffin Art Co offers a decorative Madonna framed in silver gray maple Speelat for the holidays priced at $1.75 at 200 Wyoming Avenue.
1902 models from Columbian Hartford Vedette and Monarch bicycles are now on exhibition at Commi Dios. The display highlights classic cycles and recent designs from major manufacturers.
An item notes Tins, a jeweler and optician, moving from Spruce Street to a nearby venue below the Dour Cent Store, signaling a storefront shift in local commerce.
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