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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1895
Page
5
A published notice offers a five dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone caught stealing The Tribune from subscribers doorsteps. The reward amount is raised to forty five dollars in total.
A busy evening unfolds with the board of trade meeting, entertainment events by John’s Father Mathew society, a literary entertainment by Green Hildge unit, and Florence mission gatherings. Basketball finals loom as Pittston faces Scranton at the armory on March 21 for state honors. Local administration notes include estates, political meetings, and court notices alongside scattered incidents and a patent note for a watchmakers lathe tool. Local crime reports recount arrests for disorder and a rail worker incident, with police activity on Lackawanna avenue.
South Side undertaker E H Jordan faced a permanent injunction after city officials and the court ruled he could not continue building a barn on the 10 foot privilege along Cherry street. The case arose after Jordan bought two plots from Flannon, previously Fisher estate, with deeds warning no building within 10 feet of the street. The injunction order, issued after a bifunction, upheld the plaintiffs rights. final hearing to follow.
Scranton city teachers met at Liberty Hall to organize The Teachers Mutual Benefit Association of Scranton. George Howell presided. Eliza Chase, Milas Josephine Lees, D A Stont elected to officer posts. six trustees and two matrons chosen. constitution adopted establishing uniform dues and salary-based assessments.
The Fiske Jubilee Singers performed at the Y M C A concert hall Saturday night to a large audience. Loudin’s original group featured three sopranos, contraltos, two tenors, two basses and a phiast. They opened with a Southern melody Sinner Man and an intonation of the Lori's prayer. An encore followed the Building of the Old Ark. Loudin sang Rocked In the Cradle of the Deep and encore The Largest Man in the Town. Miss M P B Calloway sang T was a Vision and showed a pure voice and wide range. The choruses displayed depth of feeling throughout.
Relatives and intimate friends gathered Saturday evening to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Tr A Halley at their home 1617 Capouse Avenue. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J D White Peckville and many others.
Howard Wallen Theals closed a successful three days engagement at Davie's theater Saturday night with The Black Flag produced before an audience overtaxing the house capacity. At the Academy of Music The Two Sisters offered a moral driven drama with a strong thread, well-acted by a good company. Garry Owen played to a crowded Frothingham Saturday night with Tony Farrell as lead, praised for singing and acting though the plot mixes jollity and tragedy. The Fourth Venice lecture discussed St Marks and the Dical Palace with Austrians shown all evening, urging early seating before darkened rooms. Special sheet music and small instruments offered by J. L. Stelle at Wyoming avenue.
Rev James McLeod preached on restitution tied to liquor licensing and the duty of wrongdoers to make amends. He cited Zacchaeus and British landlord oppression in Ireland, urging licensees to exit the trade and compensate the injured, while criticizing court house license grants.
In Scranton March Wi William Farrett age two and a half son of Mr and Mrs Barrett of 148 Summit avenue funeral data. In Olyphant March 15 Dante Fallon funeral Monday morning at Weatherock a solemn high mass of requiem at St Patrick church interment in Olyphant Catholic Cemetery. In Boranton Sunday March 17 Geral aged 16 months son of Mr and Mrs M J May Prospect avenue corner River street funeral Tuesday 2 0 p m interment in Hyde Park cemetery. In Scranton March 1 Peter Morton at his home 2 Keyser avenue 48 years old survived by wife and four children funeral Tuesday at 2 p m.
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Police raided two houses on Franklin avenue and the Nelly Blys dice parlor on Lackawanna. Proprietor Riley Edwards and associates were arrested. five women and four men were rounded up, with fines imposed and most released after hearings. Edwards later sold the business to a woman. bail set at $600.
A Saturday circulated petition with signatures from almost every Lackawanna member asks Governor Hastings to appoint Attorney BN Willard as judge of the proposed Rupertor court. Willard has broad party and bar support across the region.
Engineers J T Troch and Swartz returned from New York yesterday. Rev T J Collings preached to a large congregation at the afternoon meeting yesterday. Eight lectures on the Air Brake will be given this month by Messia McKenna and Langan. Brakeman Wilbur Nichols was taken to Moves Taylor hospital on Saturday suffering from kidney disease and is progressing favorably. Mrs Wilber Haller acknowledges heartfelt thanks to Acme lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Revs W H Pierre and Mr Simikin, Moscow, and Secretary Poursall for assistance and to Delaware.
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