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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1894
Page
3
Michael Sweeney and the Mex Michael Joyce group face cancellation of engagements in the western state due to a theatrical license issue. The company begins a two week engagement in Philadelphia next Monday.
A scrambled report lists warnings on hallway floors, fines and costs for Frank Rica, and appointments of attorneys in guardianship cases. It notes final discharges for several individuals, estates disclosed on Washington Avenue, distributions from Patrick’s estate, and court actions involving railroads and guardians.
Claimed articles include music boxes and phonographs for sale or rent, with references to manufacturing and copying, plus a Philadelphia trial note and entertainment rental. Old devices described as reworked or repaired with new parts, pricing figures unclear and terms inconsistent.
Book orders of ten or more are dispatched prepaid. A new bicycle valued at a certain price will be sold. the machine is guaranteed and may be bargained. The notice mentions delivery options and sale terms in a period catalog style.
An OCR fragment lists Roeinhart's Market at 8 Lackawanna Avenue with hours from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. and mentions meats such as round steak standing rib roant chuck roast Bo boiling meat and pork sausage with misread prices and words.
Reverend D P Jones plans trip to Columbus as Billy Glancey accuses James Kennedy and William McNichen of felony after inducing him to drink drugged beer. Glancey, in demented state, had hair clipped and a mustache trimmed while others arrested on charges over a chicken theft at the Duck Bowl. bail set at 4200 for next quarter sessions.
The Taberna cla Congregational church crowd heard Rev. D. P. Jones state after a week of considering his resignation that he will not recall it and plans to move to Columbus Ohio where he will lead a new pastorate. A farewell sermon is set for Sunday with a farewell reception to follow by the church.
The article describes rapid advances in automatic type setting in the mid nineteenth century, detailing two main machine groups. One handles movable types while the other creates matter de novo. Machines mimic typewriter input, eliminate direct manipulation, and automate distribution and justification, enabling a fast, precise compositor process.
The Situanron Tribune reports a mock 1867 Scranton column by "Peep Of Day" listing residents and events. Mentions A A Chase denying ties to a chiat justice, Dr Wheeler leaving, Ward quitting horse trading, Herbert planning public singing, Whitmore aging, Weetcott planning mayoral office electrification, McKane proposing home insurance, Winton charming Dr Masser, Dr Squire favoring porter, Slocum planning a water project, Republican editors plotting a planetary railway, Captain Robinson lifting himself, Sir Benjamin Finch courting matrimony, and Uharney Brook coat tail contract awarded to Mansfield.
The Dazaler will headline at the Academy tonight with Joe Ott Max Miller the Original Clipper Quartettes John Corran Jessa Hatcher and Annie Wilmath Corran in a lively farce. Belle Archer presents Arabian Night on Thursday with Robert Hickman Charlene Butler Franklyn Robert Charles Lyonel Fannie Denham Rouse Florence Marion and Louise Galloway. William Bsery brings The Rising Generation Irish American play Friday and Saturday with mirthful incidents bright dialogue and catchy music.
A social event at Exoslator Hall entertained about forty couples hosted by the Adonis Dancing class. Mian Kathe Reardon arranged music, with Professor award O'Malley in charge of dancing. Committees for the event included Me. eoplion, Joseph Tannon, Edward Coleman, John J. Gordon, John J. Donnelly on the pleasant committee and Charles Malley, Martin O'Malley, Edward Black, gigante and James Walah on the floor committee.
The Providence W C T U will convene this evening at 21 W o'clock with all members urged to attend. Mrs. Wills Benjamin of North Main avenue rests quietly this morning and shows signs of improvement. Local grocer and butcher contributed to Sunday mince meat.
The Scranton Athletic Club hosted a grand masquerade with stunning costumes and lively fellowship. The event featured notable attendees Mrs Robinson and Mrs Spruik, as well as music by Hayes orchestra, and souvenir programs. The ice house of Robinson’s on Meadow Brook was burned by an incendiary fire, uninsured for the year, blamed on tramps. a South Side board of trade meeting and Keystone Social Club masquerade follow, with Wilkes-Barre guests to be met at the Central Railroad of New Jersey station.
A social gathering of Conclave 19 of the Improved Order of Heptasopha was held at the Masonic hall on Dickson avenue last evening. Officers were publicly installed and a large attendance of members and visitors enjoyed speeches, cigars, and a collation at Frank Smith's on Green Kidwe Street.
The Ti Tuipene paper offers subscribers rare bargains on books. A large line of bright bound volumes will be sold at about one fourth the usual price. The list promises valuable additions to readers libraries and emphasizes unusual opportunities.
W. E. McDonnell of the Second Ward protests the irregular introduction of a pole tax ordinance at Imatredghi's meeting. He argues last night's session was only an adjournment of a special meeting about Rebecca Avenue grading, while Captain Moir and councilmen warn that a legal challenge could nullify their actions.
At a Browning meeting clerk Clare Maton said a package delivered Friday between 2 and 6 PM contained the pole tax ordinance previously removed from his office. Chairman Mole opened the envelope and the document was found to be the ordinance originally introduced in November 1400 and referred to the city committee.
H Schubert of the Prudential Company received a roll top oak desk on his fourth anniversary as superintendent. The gift was presented by staff member J Grady of Pittston, and Schubert expressed pride in leading the Scranton district’s intelligent and aggressive team of agents and assistants.
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