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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1895
Page
5
Readers report irregular deliveries traced to stolen papers. Five dollar reward offered for information leading to conviction of anyone caught stealing The Tribune from subscribers doors.
Numerous notices announce meetings of the estimates committee councila Florence mission board of managers and various unions. events include a twilight recital by George B Cartir at Elm Park church a lecture on My Trip In Irlande at Providence Methodist Episcopal church and a mothers meeting of the West Side Ministers association all today or this week.
The weekly health board report shows eight new scarlet fever cases, one new death from diphtheria and three deaths from consumption, with thirty-five total deaths from all causes. A church event at Penn Avenue Baptist will feature Company A of the Boys Brigade with drills led by Captain J M Koehler and musical selections. Company Mires of Given Ridge Baptist Church is invited as guests for the Sunday school farewell night.
Mrs. Simon Belles of Oak Hill Lackawanna township disappeared from home after Tuesday. Her husband Edward Maher, both employed at Katyville colliery, reported her absence with no farewell note and missing clothes and valuables.
A meeting of Thirteenth regiment members and others was held to arrange an entertainment at the armory from April 22 to 27. The five act military drama Allatoona linked to Sherman's march to the sea will be staged with rotating specialties and tableaux. George Bruce, Mr Kingsbury, and D W Scism will manage the dramatic parts. Special nights including Governors, Grand Army of the Republic, Thirteenth Regiment Veterans, and Second Battalion are planned. Further details and committees will be set at a meeting tonight in Colonel Ripple's office.
A Cracker Jack reappeared at Davis theater drawing large audiences. Sam Derrick, Oklahoma legislator, and Wil Robyns remain central to interest. The play’s Carrington escape scene drew wild cheering. An All Star Specialty company planned Thursday night shows, with proceeds Friday to the Associated Charities. Police will manage ticket sales and crowd rules.
Taxpayers notice that the Board of Appeals, elected by the city, will hear appeals for 1896 at the City Hall office in the Mintoapel Building from March 7 to 12 with sessions 9 to 12 and 2 to 6. MT. LAVELLE, Clerk, Scranton, Pa. March 1, 1898.
Mrs Richards offers a Thursday evening lecture in the Allbright Library lecture room on March 7 with the subject Queen Anne. Single tickets available at Pewell’s gift store. no tickets sold at the library. Private dining and service offered at Lohmann’s on Spruce Street for dinner parties.
Captain William Kellow a prominent military figure and city legislator died at his home on Mulberry Street after a brief illness. Born in 1840 at Honesdale he served in the Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Army of the Potomac before settling in Scranton. He held council seats from 1875 to 1898 including president of common and select councils and was a respected Republican with a concise speaking style. He died of heart failure twenty five minutes after his visitors left. He leaves a widow Frances A. Spangenburg and no children.
W. Hudson Shaw presents a lecture tracing Venice from its early maritime rise to a commercial power through the era of Doges such as Orseolo and Dandolo. He notes the city’s wealth, Byzantine art influx, and Crusade dealings, with remarks on Gothic and Byzantine architectural forms and illustrative photographs.
Miss Little M Congdon of 418 Hones qualifies Street and Charles K Mitchell of 52 Nay Aug Avenue formally joined in marriage in the clerk of the courts office as the ceremony drew to a close. The event was witnessed by Alderman Buller and followed by the couple’s public acknowledgment. Funeral notices and obituaries for local residents are listed alongside wedding items.
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