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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1894
Page
5
Local items report a gungal ball at Turner ball and a Robin Hood box office sale at the Academy. Attendees include Mrs H J Beamish and daughter Dorothby returning from Pittaton. Lecture by Dr. Levin Irving Handy on The Road to Victory noted. funeral for Thomas Langan planned for Donmore Catholic cemetery.
The State Board of Pardons recommended a pardon for John Sheridan, once part of the famed Ballou Line gang. Sheridan and Fitzpatrick were convicted six years ago of highway robbery of Patrick Winn and each jailed ten years by Judge Hand. Also noted is Wallace Snow, linked to the Spencer pay office robbery, who faced a three year sentence in 1592.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe The Fiat Singers and Tae Onteriar Compasyy with references to music, love, and a local event. The text includes stray phrases about music, costs, and a Tuesday designation, but lacks coherent context or dates.
The Scranton Caledonian club gathered at the Wyoming to mark Burns’s birthday with a formal banquet. Rev Dr McLeod Judge Edwards and others spoke while Burns songs and readings filled the evening, ending with Auld Lang Syne.
The Tribune announces coupon deals at its office corner Poun avenue and Spruce site. Four coupons earn the holder discounts on Columbus Satire volumes Dickens works Rugby and Oxford series books with prices like 16 cents 62 75 and 76 cents per set.
Testimony before Judge Archbald in Winfield chambers features Mrs Nellie Jacques nee Scott from Scott Township in a divorce action. In February 1801 she changed her name to Nellie Jacque at her husband Winfield Jacques request. He deserted her on April 1 and remains missing. she now seeks to resume the name of Scott.
The lake is frozen over attracting locals to enjoy ice boating and winter gliders. The scene features clear ice, bracing air, and the steel runners’ music. An afternoon trip on the Erie Wyoming Valley railroad departs Creston at 3 0 and returns around 10 10.
Liverneey Bros lease the store at 224 Wyoming Avenue and will locate on April 1. They will continue their wholesale and retail business of nesting pianos and organs of the beat makes.
Photos drew large crowds with 60 requested but exhausted supply. about a thousand pictures now ready for distribution.
Scranton common council discussed poles tax and held up the pole ordinance. Transit tax by Mr Davies drew debate while several ordinances for street and sewer work passed final or first readings.
An ordinance provisions for appointing clerks and the chief of police and fixing their salaries passed first and second readings. Another ordinance for the purchase of a horse for the Nay red Hoge company passed third reading.
The Young People's Society of Penn Avenue Baptist Church hosted a first evening program in the church lecture room. Miss Bartholomew and Smith played a piano duet, Miss Richards performed The Dream of Memory, the Second Presbyterian Church orchestra offered a pleasing number, Grace and Anna Rosa sang Land of the Swallow, Edwin Williams, Fred Koshler and Frank Filmore delivered a vocal dyad, Clara Long and another Miss Smith provided violin and piano selections, a social followed, and Watson Browning gave A Spelling School before the program closed with an orchestra encore.
Theodore Hemberger assisted by Miss Emma Conrad gave a large concert at the Young Men's Christian Association hall. The audience welcomed the unfamiliar artist, praising his violin and piano numbers and vocal selections including Cavatina from Il Trovatore and Hubay's Czardas.
The Tribune announces a forthcoming Scranton book to be richly illustrated with photogravures and half tone cuts. It will feature portraits and brief life sketches of leading businessmen and professionals, plus views of major public and private buildings.
A special select council meeting discussed Mayor W. L. Coxngat’s attempted veto of an order to grade Tenth Street between Fellows and Hampton. The mayor cited lack of release from abutting property owners and costs borne by the city. Other items included sewer disconnections on Lee Alley, a ban on unapproved city expenditures, reassessment of paving costs on Madison Avenue, and an ordinance creating key city offices.
E C Fuller veteran businessman and politician of Scranton died at 5.10 last evening on Monroe avenue after a prolonged illness from heart disease. Born June 8 1826 in Woroming Luzerne County, he held roles from rope maker to drug merchant, postmaster of Scranton, city assessor and treasurer of the Lackawanna hospital, and was a long time Republican leader. He left three sons Charles B Edward L and James A Fuller and his wife Helen Ruthven preceded him a year.
George Schultz Jr returned from Harrisburg after taking the railway postal exam conducted by Chief Clerk Frederick Gore. He completed the six hour test in four hours forty minutes, passing despite not locating fourteen post offices in a list of 5,000. He has served as a postal clerk on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western between this city and Northumberland for four years and resides in the Tenth ward.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, featuring six veterans from their world tour, will perform next Tuesday evening amid strong local interest. The Young Men's Christian Association shows high seat demand as public excitement grows for the concert. In a separate notice, Josefin Lowenberg bought Thomas Francke's drug store at the corner of Washington Ave and Spruce St, promising full stock of prescriptions, medicines, and beauty items.
Tickets are moving fast for The Escape from Libby at the Academy of Music next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to aid the Board of Associated Charities. The Detroit Free Press lauds the drama for its ingenious plot, intense heart and thrilling climaxes, praising Roseman Whitman’s Harry Estes as virile and striving for artistic excellence.
Charles Ellis presented Count Caspar at the Academy of Music to a sizable audience. His singing and solos drew enthusiastic praise while Miss Florie O'Brien and Mattie Grier impressed with clever acting. The production was well staged and first class in every respect.
The notice argues abstinence fails against inveterate drinking habits and urges treatment at the Keeley Institute in Scranton Pennsylvania. It claims lifelong success is possible by seeking professional help and cites the 72H Madison Avenue address.
For sale at a bargain items include two W-foot quartered oak counters one S.foot quartered oak wall case a 12 foot show case five oak tables and chairs and all other store furniture at 2v2 Wyoming avenue Y M A building Toquird ag Frank Moyers office e
Edward C. Fuller, died January 23, 1504. Funeral services set for Saturday May 27 at 2 o clock from his late residence 845 Monroe Avenue. Relatives and friends invited. Interment private.
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