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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
3
Community notices include MALL AUXILIARY meeting at First Presbyterian lecture room this afternoon. Other items report orders, funerals, recruitment, and officers installed for local groups with several names and places referenced.
A Saturday blaze in the basement of the Board of Trade on Linden street damaged rubbish and a run board partition. A short circuit sparked by old wiring lit debris near Fred KR. Smith’s gas and electric fixtures shop. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with no major losses though several men, including Frank Fehromler, were overcome by smoke.
An out-bound Green Ridge suburban car at North Washington avenue and Spruce street had a peculiar incident. The front track entered Spruce street turn out but the switch jammed, causing rear wheels to burn Spruce and stop the vehicle. It took half an hour to free the car, blocking inbound Spruce street and Washington avenue traffic with sixteen cars stranded.
Citizens of Beranton applauded the Young Women's invocations by purchasing many concert tickets at the armory to support choir members and music students unable to attend. The Four orchestra played a program in Carnegie Hall, New York, drawing high praise for conductor Mr Paar and soprano Miss Gifford, with Mr Hochman creating a warm reception on his return.
Rev Francs J Bateman of the Church of the Good Shepherd criticizes violence and lawlessness linked to the street car strike. He condemns mobs and urges adherence to lawful process, warning against agitation and calls for order amid public unrest.
The Gibney Hoemour company begins a week long engagement at the Academy today. On Wednesday afternoon and evening they present an original vaudeville sketch titled The Honeymoon of Me and Mrs Potts. The performance lasts about twenty minutes with actors Mr. Gilney and Mire Mirguerite Dow in leading roles.
An advertisement describes pale faced health issues among young girls and promotes Scott's Emulsion as blood food that supposedly restores rich red blood and rosy faces. The cluttered copy mentions a place in New York and a playful closing line.
Rev H C McDermott preached a frame missionary sermon at Simpson M E Church West Scranton on The Land That Remaineth citing there remains much to possess for the Master. He urged cultivation of our own lives before mission work and described himself as a forceful pulpit orator with keen firelight and scholarly attainment.
The pastor Rev H C Mdermotty attracted large crowds during his brief city pastorate. His morning remarks urged faithful leadership after Moses and urged unity among tribes, stressing a religious vision of communal settlement and devotion to God.
The sermon centers on keeping the Lord's Day and warns against Sunday desecration. It argues Sabbath sanctity supports education, industry, and morality, cites rising social harms from Sunday labor, and links Sabbath observance to public order, crime reduction, and national character. It notes opposition from those who work or revel on Sundays and spurs a call for renewed church outreach and policy support.
Members of General Gobin veterans group held their annual officers installation in Kaul's Hall on a Saturday night. Captain John W. Benjamin led the new slate with D. W. Thoms as first lieutenant and Jenkin Jenkins as second lieutenant. Other officers included Iarl Christer chaplain W. S. Young sergeant of the guard and A. E. Voorhees adjutant with J. D. Kelper as quartermaster. A gift from General J. P. B. Gobin thrilled the assembly.
A Dunmore Pennsylvania coal firm advertises Chestnut Blove and Bug coal at 2.10 dollars per ton with delivery to all parts of Beranton. Orders directed to Mowry Wilson Coal Co Box 272 Dunmore PA.
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