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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1894
Page
5
A young housekeeper extols a Fig Cake saying it rivals her best bakes for church fairs and donations. She credits Cleveland’s Baking Powder and a cookbook, noting a free recipe by sending stamps and address to Cleveland Baking Powder Company in New York.
At a stockholders meeting of Base D association the manager Martin Swift announced he was tired of directing the club and willing to retire as manager. A dispatch from Harrisburg said CE Ko Meyers will transfer the Harrisburg Base Bell club to Atlantic City for State league play after July 4 due to poor attendance.
A weekly entertainment for women and girls was held at the Young Women’s Christian Association building last evening. Impromptu games and music entertained attendees while cream sold for five cents per pint. The piece notes the heat in the main floor rooms and urges a charitable donor to install electric fans to make the space more comfortable.
Miss Anna Colligan won the gold medal for music and Miss Charlotte Phillips the silver for Christian doctrine at the twenty second annual St Cecilia Academy commencement. Bishop O Hara and Rev J A O Melly presided as awards were announced and diplomas conferred.
The second annual St Paul’s parochial school commencement at Green Ridge was held in Church Hall with pupil performances and a long program of songs recitations and operetta scenes. Certificates and gold medals were awarded by Bishop O Flava and Rev Fuller McManus to two students, amid praise from attendees.
A notice touts posters for picnic parties, excursion parties, concerts, athletic and other societies. It promotes high quality, attractive designs printed quickly by The Tribune of Fine.
Police drill in the armory this afternoon. teachers to receive salaries at 10 this morning. The Lackawanna delegation left for the state convention. A court ruling refused an argument in the Carbondale annexation case. Several local officials newly sworn in. A St Mary’s marriage, sewer meetings, and a canal railroad accident near Linden Street reported. A Presbyterian church excursion to Farview, and a talk by Demetrius Furnasios in Providence Church. Surgical operation on Mr. Loote successful. no pain under anaesthesia. Reward offered for information on Crisengo Medusa. New marriage licenses issued in Scranton and surrounding towns. Miner strike fund contributions listed.
A severe thunderstorm struck Dunmore yesterday causing flooding and widespread damage. An Italian laborer on the Elmburat boulevard was killed by lightning and two houses on Shroap street suffered major damage. Multiple streets, culverts, and sewers were damaged as surface water overwhelmed drainage systems. The Undertaker T. P. Litchworth handled the Italian worker's body, and many residents were injured or terrified though few serious.
Ex Mayor Fellows says a majority of the county committee signed a petition asking Chairman Powell to call a June 50 meeting to set a date for the county convention. Fellows argues Powell must respect the majority and cannot act as autocrat or ignore their wishes.
The County Examination held June 1 at Liberty Hall in dis city awarded diplomas to Papila students in county schools who completed common branches. The exam was led by County Superintendent Tay lor with assistants Professora M W Cambu joge B D Bovard R A W Martin G A Gay and F B Coyne. An adjourned meeting at the courthouse yesterday finished marking the papers.
Michael Early is found guilty by a jury in a case involving Giuseppe Cambiao. His attorney seeks clemency as Judge Hald suspends the sentence to one year and eight months in the eastern penitentiary. Other defendants face varied verdicts or pleas, with fines and jail terms imposed in several cases.
Falls on Thursday June 23 offers a low cost trip to the Great Cataract with ERBLES guiding. Departures from Scranton D H line at 5 40 am and return next day. about 200 children ages five to twelve half fare. Also notes campus events and a lawn festival at Groan Ridge Wheelmen with band and dancing. The notice urges tax payment by June 30 144. Willtas Chalg Deputy Roveway Colivetur
A Wednesday event at Ventral Park features dancing games shooting gallery and similar attractions. Music by Gouth a band and the Gipar orchestra provide entertainment for attendees with various activities and retreatments of the thweenson air.
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