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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1894
Page
5
A housekeeper praises a fig cake, crediting Cleveland's Baking Powder and a cook book. She notes the recipe could be used for church fairs and donations. The Cleveland Hakine Powork Co offers a free recipe belt on receipt of a stamp to the Fulton Street address.
Florence Mission board meets at 10 this morning while Green Ridge WCTU holds an 8pm session in its room at 615 Green Ridge. The Sacred Music Society rehearse at the YMCA hall tonight and the joint streets and bridges and paving committees meet tomorrow at 7:30 pm. A regular Associated Charities meeting is at the Albright Library tonight, and a dog with initials B D R on a collar is to be claimed at Mil3 and Fifth in Dunmore. Also notices bid opening for 250000 Lin den Street and Roaring Brook bridges bonds at noon Friday. A social at the YWCA on Washington avenue features music, games, and five cent ice cream.
A four year old boy cried and wandered the streets yesterday, giving his name as John Drakes. A kind passerby brought him to the station after he could not be understood in English. He slept in a chair while officers searched for his home and no one has claimed him yet.
Jachi and Bone, manufacturers, offer specialty boxes carefully repaired and improved with new tunes. The notice highlights ready availability of repaired sound boxes and a focus on enhanced musical selections.
At a Board of Trade meeting the manufacturers reported Sterling Silk of Patterson, N J will move its plant to Scranton. The new facility will be built on West Side on Parkview Land Company property and operate with local business support.
Mrs Mary Clifford aged 60 died yesterday at her Dunmore home at the corner of Birch and Butler streets. She was a pioneer resident of Dunmore. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 9 am with interment at Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery.
The aunt of Loren Arthur of Forest court sues Frank Hollenback of Carbondale for 142 dollars, the contract price for mine ties Arthur furnished to Hollenback who supplied ties to the Delaware and Hudson Canal company. The case was heard in court room No 2 yesterday.
Advices from Scranton report the charter of the Wyoming Coal and Land Company with a capital of 150000. Directors listed include H C Schafer NE Rice and others. NE Rice is the only director locatable. The firm says it will develop coal lands and has an option on a property, but location and detailed purpose are not disclosed.
Daniel Farrell, a young Priceburg man, was shot Sunday evening by Officer James Snyder after a playful pebble throw. The bullet was removed at Lackawanna Hospital, and Farrell is expected to recover. Police action appears unwarranted. no legal action indicated.
The second anniversary of the Rein reform movement of Joseph Phipps was observed at the Rescue Mission last evening. Phipps, a young colored man, quit public performances after a barefoot glass dance at Eden Musee two years ago and has studied at Moody Institute in Chicago preparing to become a missionary to Africa. He plans to depart in two months under Bishop Taylor. The evening included a long service and refreshments.
Dr Joseph Parry the noted composer was honored with a banquet at the Vanderbilt hotel in Shamokin. Fifty covers were laid for the event and entertainment was led by Morris Williams John L Williams Evan M Davies George M Evane D J Lewis D L Davis and Rev Dr Davies. Parry delivered a lecture on Modern Music and Modern Musicians in the Presbyterian church before the banquet amid a crowded house.
William Jones of Taylor filed a petition through attorney J M Harris asking the court to issue an order removing his 16 year old daughter Sarah to a house of refuge. He cites that the parents cannot control her and that confinement is needed for her moral welfare and to wean her from viciousness. The court granted a hearing on the petition.
Musicians William Stanton and Charles Coorad seek permission from county commissioners to erect a band stand on the court house square for open air concerts. They plan to raise funds via subscriptions, but officials fear grass damage from attendees.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as nature's co worker and medicine praised for excellence and medicinal merit. It also touts Hood's Pills as a favorite cathartic enjoyed by all who try them.
Nineteen of twenty one applicants passed the assistant mine foreman exam in the First Anthracite district at Carbondale on July 10 11 clerks and examiners listed. Seventeen qualified for certificates and names of successful candidates for mine foreman and assistant foreman are provided along with questions used in the examination and required competencies on ventilation safety and mine laws.
A Wyoming store showcased snake skin novelty pocketbooks retailing 7 to 11 dollars, wholesale 65 to 100 per dozen, claiming one season wear. Manufacturers tout awake-skin lizard substitutes from South America and India, using anaconda and boa hides for popular effect, while promising strong advertising to drive fad sales. The article notes a bold claim that bullets cannot penetrate live skin and discusses evolving advertising tactics. An unrelated festival note mentions the Laur al Hill Park contest with male choruses from several towns and prize changes.
C. S. Swikert of the West Side found a corked bottle in Gravel Pond containing a yellowed note dated Sunday July 15, 1501 claiming the writer will die at the pond bottom. Swikert alerted Lieutenant Williams after searching the water. police have no record of any signer and the note’s author remains unknown, leaving detectives to ponder a possible prank or real danger.
Michael Brennan of Providence died yesterday at Lucka Winns hospital from long standing heart failure. William Mahady, received at the hospital Wednesday, died yesterday in a separate incident at the same facility.
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