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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1895
Page
5
A $5 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of any person caught stealing The Tribune from subscribers' doorsteps, in response to numerous irregular deliveries traced to stolen papers.
After Feb 1 Scranton Dairy will sell milk at 4 cents a quart. The Home Managers meet tomorrow morning and the Hour of Health meets at 3 in the municipal building. The ladies of the Second Presbyterian Church serve supper Friday evening. In Moran vs Leonard, Judge Archbald granted a new trial. Owen Lawland of Olyphant injured at Blue Ridge colliery. Meyer Cohen stock sold by Sheriff Clemons. Judgments entered against Cohen total 3180 dollars. Jobin Jones case grants new trial. Scranton Gines stockholders meet. future looks promising. Elm Park Zenith to meet Friday evening with program. North Abington polling place moved to Knight School House. Coon judge, Stevens inspector. Marriage licenses issued to Williams and Sedden, Ludwill and Matthias, Kaprok and Bwedir, Osborn and Don.
Fragmentary OCR shows names including Kadgen McAloon and Horl Leinerenuy from Scranton and Greenfeld. The text lacks context but lists individuals likely linked to a notice or notice-like item in a local page.
A burglar identified as John Doe of Meridian Street in the Fifteenth Ward was committed to the county jail in default of $1000 bail after allegedly entering the Delaware Lackawanna and Western station at Lackawanna. A coal train watcher chased and captured the suspect near the depot, and police found express packages a guitar and six revolvers on him. Hardware dealer George Keller identified the revolvers as stolen from his Penn Avenue store after the front window was smashed last Saturday. The man gave a false name, later claimed as William Doe, before bail was set and he was sent to jail de facto by Alderman Fitzsimmons.
A new party forms in the Boevonth ward with M. Gilroy named as common council candidate. Gilroy holds Democratic and Republican nominations via informal caucuses, drawing opposition from True Democrats and wary Republicans. Nine Kool members file nomination papers with signatures including Garrity and Scanlon. Thomas Clark also seeks the regular Democratic nomination and challenges Gilroy’s certificate.
Alderman Donovan returns from Montrose with a tale of legal eloquence during a hotel license case in Forest City. A young lawyer for a Hungarian client delivered a florid plea about seeking comforts, ending with a fiery metaphor that compared serfdom to street life, which the judge dismissed as improper.
Officers Perry and Day arrested two boys, M. P. Hannis and P. M. Hannis of Hampton Street, for robbing Moody & Gould on Seventh Street. They stole about 40 in copper and brass over several days while a watch was kept, preventing further thefts. The item also lists assorted cigar and tobacco ads and a job notice for a competent accountant, with a chamber concert postponed to February 21 by J. W. Conant.
Kirmiss organizers announce next week specials with Bows and Arrows at Floreys Yo M C A building. Turkish baths for ladies available on Tuesdays from 8 a m to 6 p m at Owens cloak parlors private entrance on Spruce Street. Proprietor M J Purcell promotes the event.
A crowded Prothingham program featured Mrs Baldwin in a hypnotic trance revealing visions. She named Mr Archers missing brother in Texas after twenty years and disclosed thefts and secrets involving attendees. The readings touched on bank troubles, jewelry theft, and future events, with no collusion found and the show ending after fatigue set in.
A laughable comedy will be seen tonight at the Academy of Music. James T. Powers leads the original cast in The New Hoy, a reigning success prescribed for 150 nights in New York this season. Charles Frohman’s company is here, promising a strong engagement.
The court ordered Lackawanna Legal News to be the official county publication issued weekly with Attorney John G. McAskie as editor. The first issue appeared last Saturday. The prior official papers Lackawanna Jurist and Law Magazine edited by Colonel F. Pitesimmons were revoked from official status.
Ellinwood's Players at Davis' Theater drew large audiences with the melodrama A Prisoner for Life yesterday. The realistic scenes and vivid depictions of life in South America earned continual applause, with interspersed comedy providing light relief.
A presentation brings gentle relief through naturalistic scenes that feel authentic. The show highlights clever specialties and succeeds in depicting pathos with restrained, life-like humor.
Common Councilman Daniel P Battle of the Twentieth ward chairs the public buildings committee. With Hickey of the Nineteenth ward and Norton of the Twenty-first, he toured the North End police station and condemned its condition. He urged the estimates committee to approve funds for decent quarters, noting the Market Street station violates health rules and city standards. The three cited the need for Providence to provide proper facilities.
Attorney J P Kelly assignee petitioned for appraisers to value the bank estate. A H Christy and J H Gunster were appointed by Judge Edwards. Stone the ex cashier assists, with talks of early settlement and no expected criminal charges after full accounting.
The Twentieth Century Club hosted a social at Excelsior Hall on Wyoming Avenue with numerous local attendees from Wilkes-Barre and Pittston. Out-of-town guests included Misses Reiley Dayla Moore Ruswell and Messrs Fyans Nolan O Malley Atkinson.
The Driving Park offers skating with music tonight and notes that polo or other games will not be played on the ice during the season due to urgent patron requests.
Exeter Machine Works Pittston Pa offers large sale on engines boilers and pumps including two 16x80 engines many small engines and tubular boilers ranging 6 to 100 horsepower with Worthington and Davidson pumps. Pillsbury Flour Mills reports a daily output capacity of 17 600 barrels.
Advertises low prices on canned foods including mushrooms cherries apricots sardines beans and peas. Lists per can and per dozen prices with several brands and quality notes. All goods guaranteed or money refunded.
Residents clash over a proposed ordinance to grant Scranton Traction Company permission to move Suburban tracks and add a second line on Franklin Avenue between Spruce Street and Lackawanna Avenue. Adjournment was taken with two petitions pro and con, and a plan to visit the avenue for further facts.
City treasurer clerks rush to finalize duplicate listings of delinquent taxpayers. The aim is to place the duplicates in the hands of tax collectors to pursue collection.
Major fur sale promises deep discounts on Alaska Seal Sacques Astrakhan and Eastern Mink Circular Capes and other fur accessories. Prices range from 9 to 225 dollars with claims of best offers in eastern Pennsylvania and a guarantee from the Scranton manufacturer.
The city’s only practical furrier advertises expert fur repair services. Contact details and shop hours are provided for customers seeking restoration and mending of fur garments.
The ad copy pledges honest advertising and warns against exaggerated claims. It touts thriving trade, attractive styles, and new reductions as a natural seasonal order, asserting LOWER PRICES than elsewhere and praise for customers choosing this shop.
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