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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
5
Local notice announces a five dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone caught stealing The Tribune from subscribers doorsteps. The appeal cites numerous irregular deliveries traced to thieves.
City notes report various events from the week including theater rehearsals for The Brownies In Fairyland at the YMCA hall, a funeral for Jacob Cohen with interment at Honesdale, and a cantata Flags of All Nations at the Music hall. Also listed are tax matters, church receptions, a supper by Carpenters union, electric light upgrades in the prothonotary's office, and a sleighride by Warman's laundry girls. Kate Secosky was committed to the county jail for obtaining goods by false pretenses. the doctor J W Coolidge plans to move March 1.
About 350 performers from Green Ridge and Scranton prepare for a week of dances at Frothingham theater to raise funds for the Lackawanna Hospital. Dances include German Harvest Maypole Military Tarantelle Indian Gypsy Spanish Highland and French Liveton Pardon with matinee numbers featuring Japanese Court Carnival Rose and Bee Hornpipe and Checker.
Advertisements in The Truth lure experienced motormen to the Beranton House at 9 pm as agents seek men to take striker places. James Mahoney of Philadelphia and Charles Arien of Newark deny agency ties while stating Mahoney may recruit more men in Carbondale. A Tribune report confirms their identities and notes cautious reactions from Scranton Traction workers and officials.
At physicians and ladies request, baths to Jadien on Tuesdays from 9 a m to 6 p m. Private entrance via Owens cloak parlors on Spruce street. J Purcell proprietor.
Supper will be served at Elm Park church Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o clock under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society. The public is cordially invited.
The Epworth League of Elm Park Church presents a varied program this evening featuring readings by Mark Twain including Anectode of Artemus Ward and The Schoolboys Favorite, poetry by James Whitcomb Riley, and musical numbers such as violin, banjo, and organ pieces. Featured readers include J E Surdam William Brandemore Miss Allee Griffiths Miss Olive Gilpin Miss Stella Yost Miss Alice Hine Miss Lillian Milnes Miss Alice Peck and Miss Addy Bone with performances by George Carr and Robert J Burdette.
The Scranton Cash Store announces a temporary ten percent cash rebate on all purchases until March 1, aiming to ease living costs amid hard times. The offer applies to general groceries with Sugar Flour and Feed exempted.
Louise Atherton hosted a small gathering in Glenburn to honor Miss Edith Smith who departs Saturday for an extended voyage through Europe and Asia. Attendees included Misses Edith Smith Sarah Northup Gertrude Northup Minnie Wolfe Elizabeth Wolfe and Messrs Tom Hall W A Wolfe T B Atherton H M Wolfe W A Northup and O Ray Wolfe. They wished her a safe and pleasant voyage.
John J. Thomas of Taylor borough petitions for removal of his daughter Ann, age 16, to the House of Refuge to curb her alleged dissolute conduct. Attorney A J Colborn Jr filed the appearance. The mother died in 1882 and Ann has been twice confined before fleeing. A hearing is set for January 20 at 9 a.m.
A report of a single evening at the Scranton YMCA shows 182 men in the building with up to 242 attending, engaging in gym drills, reading, and classes across floors. The piece highlights social, educational and physical activities, noting diverse city representation and practical benefits. The article also advertises Spalding gym goods and bicycles available at C. M. Florey on Wyoming Avenue.
Exeter Machine Works Pittston Pa advertises heavy industrial gear including two 16x engines two Mx engines four 100 horsepower boilers twelve return tubular boilers four high Davidson pumps and three Knowles pumps with elevating and conveying machinery for mining and related applications.
J D Chamberlin writes to stockholders about Pueblo Consolidated Land Company property in Uplands Park. Colorado Coal and Development in Pueblo offers concessions to holders of trust deeds and invites proposals to settle or reduce debt. He asks stockholders to propose cash payments to cancel trust deeds or lower amounts, noting Mr Ladd’s delegated discretion. Stockholders in this region are asked to respond.
A fragmented old advertisement lists small household goods and tools with prices. Items include a 2 quart tin pail with cover for 5 cents, a full size earthen cuspidore for 10 cents, carving knives and forks, white soup plates, cups, napkins, table knives and forks, enamel stove polish, cedar pencils, curling iron, pie plates, fire shovels, sheet music, and more, each priced in cents. The cadence suggests a general store sale or catalog scrape from a bygone era.
Prices cut on Alaska Seal Sacques Astrakhan and Electric Seal items with large sleeves full skirts and circular capes. Highlights include Alaska Seal Sacques $225 formerly $800 and circular capes from $9 to $173 with items from Labrador Mink to Hudson Bay sable. We guarantee every garment and offer fur repairs by Scranton’s Practical Furrier.
In a promotional note the store touts honest advertising over exaggerated claims. It boasts reduced prices and attractive styles, claiming trade has risen and inviting shoppers to compare with lower prices than elsewhere.
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