Symphony Benefit at Academy of Music for Home for the Friendless
The Symphony orchestra will perform gratis for a benefit at the Academy of Music. Local financial updates include Scranton Clearing House last week totals and a weekly ending January 12 1895 clearings figure. Community notices cover stock exchange talks and a Weston Mill company directors election. Social events note May Elder birthday party and Harber family relocation, plus numerous church and charity references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Scranton
Board of Revision and Appeals
Swords Points
D. B. Atherton
Board of Trade
Pittston Board of Trade
J.C. Elder
May Elder
PL Wf. Haines
Weston Mill Company
William Connell
AJ We. Dilekson
F. BE. Platt
Weston
James A. Linen
Connell
Dickson
the Tribune
Fire damages Home for Friendless on Adams Avenue
A Saturday afternoon blaze at the Home for the Friendless on Adams Avenue near Gibson Street destroyed roof and walls in the south wing. Twenty eight children and eight old ladies were safely evacuated with help from neighbors and multiple fire companies. The fire caused about 3000 in damage, covered by 10000 insurance, and the home may be unoccupiable for two weeks pending board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Avenue
Gibson Street
Matthew Robling
Walker
Young Womene Christian Association
Board of Managers
Young Men's Christian Association
C. P. Matthews
Bailey Hesitates Over Democratic Mayoral Nomination
A political shakeup unfolds after a Lackawanna township caucus and city party leaders in the St Charles hotel nominate James A Halley for mayor and Edward Robinson for controller while Bailey wavers about accepting the nomination. Boland may join as treasurer if Bailey takes the mayoralty. A crowded primary distribution follows with votes tallied across wards and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
James A. Halley
Eity
Edward Robinson
Ely
C. G. Holand
Charles
Jacob Smith
Lawrence Dawe
Bailey
Hove
Boland
Stone Avenue
Tribune
Democratic Party
James G. Bailey
Edmund J. Robinson
Manager McDermott Sets Talks on Rose Ball Park Site
Scranton baseball manager McDermott will confer with owners this week on leasing land on Providence road near the old driving park or on enlarging the present park. No decision expected until his arrival. contracts approved for several teams and players. various releases noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermott
Scranton Baseball Club
Providence Road
Powers
Toronto
Thomas J. Dowse
William H. Dinneen
John A. Walsh
Rochester
Wiliam Day
William Friel
Frank Donnely
Ollie Beard
John J. O'Brien
Cha Dooley
Syracuse
John C. Rafter
H Jordan
Wilkes-Barre
E. B. Lytle
Fred Betts
H. W. Luckey
Providence
Frank Donnelly
Scranton
Alex. Smith
Be.n W. Crane
FE. L. Breckinridge
Joseph Keenan
Charles Hamburg
Tallie Morgan Resigns to Lead New York Church Choir
Tallie Morgan resigns from First Presbyterian church where he led a 26-voice choir for two years and will begin a year long engagement as director at Washington Square Methodist Episcopal church in New York. He plans reorganizing the group into a glee society and will teach sight singing to the Temple choir of Brooklyn. He also runs the National Press bureau and edits the New York True Reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallie Morgan
First Presbyterian Church
Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
Morgan
A. W. Dickson
the Frothingham
Washington Square Church
Great Temple Choir
Brooklyn
FE. M. Bowman
Prin
New York True Reform
Prohibition Party
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Academy of Music
A lavish production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream played Saturday night at the Academy of Music. Arthur Rehan directed a strong cast including John Doud John Crale Byron Douglass William Sampson George Leveir and actresses Elizabeth Gruth Lila Convere Marie Wellington Lilian Swain Sybil Carlisle, with particularly noted woodland scenes and artistic stage pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Arthur Rehan
Daly
Shakespeare
John Doud
John Crale
Byron Douglass
William Sampson
George Leveir
Elizabeth Gruth
Lila
Thomas McMillan Buried Saturday In Forest Hill
The funeral for Thomas McMillan foreman at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western blacksmith shop was held Saturday afternoon at the Madigan avenue and Mulberry street residence. Rev. Dr Charles E Robinson and Rev. James McLeod of the Second and the Presbyterian churches conducted services. Interment followed in Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were David Brown Frank McFarland Charles Lanning Frank Glover Alvin Stone and James Cranston. Flower bearers were Robert Palmer James Bryden Douglas Harvey and John McAndrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Township
Eld
No. 2
Minooka
Patrick Coyne
Thomas F. Coyne
M. J. Egan
John J. Coyne
Anthony Cusick
Thmas Mongan
P. J. Mulherin
Coyne
John T. Brown
Justice of the Peace
P. F. O'Hara
Stephen Kenavey
James Mangan
Patrick F. McDonnell
Patrick Lowry
John J. Lydon
John T. Holleran
Thomas Butler
Patrick J. Diskin
Register of Voters
Sulsor
John G. Jennings
Thomas Mongan
Thomas McMillan
Forest Hill
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Blacksmith Shop
Madigan Avenue
Mulberry Street
Charles E. Robinson
James McLeod
Presbyterian
Hyde Park Lodge
Forest Hill Cemetery
David Brown
Frank McFarland
Charles Lanning
Frank Glover
Alvin Stone
James Cranston
Robert Palmer
James Bryden
Douglas Harvey
John McAndrews
Obituaries and notices from Scranton area
Obituaries list deaths of Mary OMalley in Scranton January 11 1896 at her son’s home 9 90 Hyde Park cemetery. Kil ward McGoff of 47 Railroad avenue Scranton obituary January 12 1890 funeral notice later. William Morpenies Stroening Stroh Hawk aged 7 at 316 Railroad avenue January 2 funeral January 3 interment Forest Hill. Forty Fort death January 6 18% of Fuller Rf Stroh and Eather Hawk. Also local ads urge Sie Becker Watkins carpets at 406 Lackawanna avenue and announce first annual Scranton Pet Stock Association show January 16 at Sumter’s hall Penn and Lackawanna avenues with daily hours 9 am to 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Pet Btock Association
Sumter’s Hall
Penn and Lackawanna Avenues
Superior Court Opens Today in Federal Building
The first session of the Pennsylvania Superior Court begins at 11 o clock in Philadelphia at the Federal Building. Judges will enter to the crier’s formal announcement and seating follows U S Supreme Court etiquette. Judge Smith makes his first official sitting, with position largely by lot, preserving prior seniorities where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Federal
Philadelphia
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Superior Court
Supreme Court
P. P. Smith
McCarthy
Hastings
Rice
Wilkes-Barre
Orlady
Smith
Judges Arrive for Scranton Court Session in Silk Gowns
The article notes seniority order among judges led by Judge Rice and Judge Wickham with others including Willard Williams Beaver Reeder Orlady and Smith. Judge Wickham arrived first, with out of town judges lodging at the Wyoming and a reception by Elks building hosted by Amerman and a committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Wickham
Charles E. Rice
Wilkes-Barre
Bb. N. Willard
Scranton
John J. Williams
Beaver
James A. Beaver
Bellefonte
Howard J. Reeder
Easton
George B. Orlady
Huntingdon
P. P. Smith
Philadelphia
John T. Comly
Jenkintown
Montgomery County
Samuel H. Stevens
Supreme Court
Supreme Body
Smith
Willard
Orlady
Philadel
Reeder
Jersey Central
Wyoming
Elks
Franklin Avenue
Lemuel Amerman
Cornelius Comegys
John R. Jones
J. Alton Davis
M. EK
McDonald
Horace EK. Hand
Everett Warren
Special Real Estate Sale in Central City
Notice offers premier business real estate in a central city location. Call for exact location and full description at Jadwin Company, at the corner of Penn and Spruce Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. P
Jadwin
Cor. Penn
Spruce St
Surprised Thief Nabbed In Store Robbery
William Mooney, a convicted burglar just released from prison, was caught in the act robbing the safe of R. H. Frear's grocery store on Adams Avenue. Police arrived within minutes after a report from John Mann who saw Mooney entering through a broken glass panel. Mooney, found behind the safe with the door ajar, offered no resistance and was taken to the station, where he feigned drunkenness. He has prior terms at the county jail and two stints at the eastern penitentiary for theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mooney
R. H. Frear
Armory
Adams Avenue
John Mann
Keller's Carriage Works
Frear
Davies
Lowry, Rodham
John D. Thomas
Mooney
Eastern Penitentiary
Chamberlain Coal defense filed in prothonotary office
Attorneys Warren and Knapp filed the Chamberlain Coal company's defense to salts brought by Sterling Coal and Lackawanna Supply in the prothonotary's office. It is alleged notes are not collectable until collaterals are sold to cover them. A bondholders meeting occurred Saturday afternoon and creditors met at C. H. Welles's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prothonotary's
Chamberlain Coal Company
Sterling Coal Company
Lackawanda Supply Company
Warren & Knapp
Prothonotary’s
Chamberlain Company
Cc. H. Welles
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Eveland
Norman & Moore Fire Insurance
Wyoming Ave
Busset Shoes
Commonwealth Shoe Store
Washington Avenue
THE
Wyoming Avenue
City Notes
John B. Gillesale
Oak Street
Sumter's Hall
North Steel Works
Alex Dunn, Jr
New York
A. A. Patterson
G. Kerr, Son & Co
Jacob Ritter
Joseph A. Scranton
Washington
Severa and Drains Committee of Select Council
Tron Moulders' Union
Turner Hall
A. R. Harris
California
Liberty Hall
Edward H. House
Pittsburg
Cahill
Williama
Binghamton
Mary Nolan
Ntarrigan Avenue
Young Women’s Christian Association
McAll Mission
J. A. Linen
Jefferson Avenue
Ancient
Order of Hibernians of America
Olyphant
Federal Building
Tulzer-Vogt Company
Louisville
William Struening
Railroad Avenue
Choral Union
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Board of Trade Building Company
Linden Street
Andrew Gades
Riverside
Peckville
Lackawanna Hospital
A. C. Gaebeleon
Russia
Israel
Carbondale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Home For the Friendless
Young Women's Christian Association
perehTre
Theodore Hemberger
A. J. Harber
Hartford
Harber
Soldiers’ Orphan School
Frat Presbyterian Church
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church
C. W. Kirkpatrick
George Foster
Pittston
Vall
MR. Bailey
Lackewanna Township
Golpe
Burnett
John J. Fahey
M. P. Flynn
Joseph O'Brien
John F. Kelly
Charles Schadt
H.T. Koehler
Slating
J. Kelly
G. Boland
Patrick Cullen
John Flynn
J. J. Jennings
A. F. O'Hoyle
Fred Warnke
Brian Kerrigan
Michael English
John O'Hara
William Hagwerty
Conrad Lutz
Thomas C. Melvin
T. J. Lane
F. J. Fitzsimmons
Nathan Vidaver
W. J. Burke
Michael Kramer
Martin Laherty
John F. Kearney
Patrick Mown, Jr
Wm. Dougherty
M. T. Jackson
John J. Holleran
Wm. Kelly
James McCormick
Daniel Murray
W. J. Rowan
Kf. F. Blewitt
T. Lavelle
P. W. Stokes
Thomas Abryvis
John J. Moran
John J. Murphy
Andrew J. Conway
Richard Sheridan
William McCrea
M. J. Power
John G. O'Malay
J. F. Roache
Patrick Casey
Patrick J. Mulherin
Patrick Foley
Greenwood
Eugene Driscoll
Patrick Fitehenry
Mooale
James Ward
Sloan Patch
Dennis Olenahan
Andrew Diskin
Malin Street
M'Dermott
Rose Ball Park
Baby Bazaar
Spruce Street
Hayler
L.& W. Foreman
Stroh
Hawk
Forty Fort
Jan
Rev. H. Welles
Fuller Rf. Stroh
Eather W. Hawk
Siebecker & Watkins
Lackawanna Avenue
Lackawanna Safe Deposit Bank
Lot
Orlady and Smith
Willlard
Powell’s Music Store
Aone
Coal Company's
W.W. Berry
Jeweler
Lackawanna Ave
Burbank
Rupprecht
China
Pena Ave
Opp Baptist Church
J. Bolz
Srade
Shaw
Emerson
Clough & Warren
Carpenter
Waterloo
Malcolm Love
J. Lawrence Stelle
Fur Sale
Scranton School of Elocution
L. J. Richards
Burr Building
Washington Re
Oppesi
Columbus Monument
Washington Av
Dunn
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