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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1896
Page
7
News of the Suburbs reports a burglary at Protherve & Watkins on South Main Avenue with groceries taken. Two youths fled. later a boy found a hidden man under a shed, prompting police search but attackers escaped. Also noted are tributes and notices from local groups, clergy, and residents including deaths, funerals, and community events.
The article notes the death of 17 year old Gus Ferber son of Chief Ferber of the fire department after a long illness at Hunger Inet evening. It describes his quiet, attractive disposition and large circle of friends who gathered at the Ferber home on South Main Avenue. Funeral plans were not yet set. Also reported are local incidents including injuries from a baseball accident on Luzerne Street and civic events such as George F Kellow resigning from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western car shops to assume a ward aldermanic seat, with colleagues presenting him a gift. The Welsh Philosophical Society meeting featured talk on Aymenia, and Edward Hughes of Division Street is set to graduate from Gloumbury State Normal School later this year.
Mien Carolyne VY Dorsey who led the elocution and oratory department at Central Normal school Danville Ind for four years has returned home at 521 Delaware street She left last fall due to ill health and spent the winter in the South Also notes Rev Aldrich will read Bible tonight at the Women’s Christian Temperance Union rooms Penn avenue near Marion street and Mrs Coleman of Delaware street is ill last week The Tribune offices list local stores for newspaper notices and visitors Mrs Edwell hosts callers from Pittston.
Janws Jones and T. J. Nobathan from Chreenwood visited Lee Pa on Saturday. William Cotter of Forest City mingled with Greenwood friends yesterday. James Powell a Stroudsburg State Normal student called in town Saturday evening. Gilmore sees a building boom as local teams Clare, O Connell council Y M I and the Stars played on Burke ground yesterday afternoon. The Stars had Meligh star in the bat. The Y M I team lost 19 to 1. Early yesterday morning two valuable umbrellas were stolen from Peter Higgins of Gilmore Avenue.
Councilman T J Coyne wins passage of an ordinance for three additional electric lights in the Twentieth ward and seeks funds for three more. Installations this week will place lights at Celar avenue and Fly street Pittston avenue and Saginaw street Cedar avenue and Sanders Street.
Captain Joseph F Woelkers of the South Side Wheelmen orders members to report at 7 for a spin on asphalted avenues in the hill area. All members urged to be punctual for the ride through the central city.
Mies Benedict hosted a social tea for No. 25 school teachers including Professor Lange Misa Nye Miss Wallace and others. A Providence citizens committee plans a June 8 grand concert at St Marys hall to aid Morgan children. Alderman Roberts arraigns several offenders and fines total 21. Harry Skelton from Wilkes-Barre visits Bristol house.
Mrs H Pinkney sails Saturday from New York for England to spend summer with friends and relatives. Miss Genevieve Servis visits Mrs Cornelia Galpin in Elm street while Mr and Mrs Charles Jay host Sabbath guests on Webster avenue. G W Jones travels from Brook street to Moscow on business. Mr Turnbull adds improvements to Grove street property. A team of mules owned by F E Swartz was shot due to sickness and old age. Miss Kathe Benjamin visits friends on West Pitts ton. Mr Galpin of Binghamton visits Mr and Mrs A D Blackinton in Elm street. Frank Chamberlain ill at Cincinnati hospital with Buffalo Bill show. locals wish him a speedy recovery. Miles Jessie Brown visits Miss Kate McMillan on North Blakely street. Miles Annie Elwell from Newark Valley visits locally. The funeral of Stewart G Dilley, died Colorado Springs, held at his mother's West Drinker street residence, Saturday at 2 pm, conducted by Revs Chatman and Hiorns and Co L Hayes. Choir selections by Methodist Episcopal church, burial in Dunmore cemetery by Fred Stevens and others.
The column records visits and gatherings among area residents including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster and Hessie of Bouth Canaan with the Jenkons and Day families in town. It also notes Burah of Belfast calling on G. I. and Swingle riding to Dalton on a bike, plus Ambrose Brundagern's Saturday evening at home as the week closes.
The Academy of Music presents Lost in New York a vivid portrait of life from Battery to Central Park with a cast led by Lilly B. Sinclair and Charles E. Edwards among others. Thursday features Lillian Russell with a grand opera program and The Goddess of Truth followed by a Branislaue Stange Julian Edwards opera.
William McLane and George Stecky, both of Little England, were each held for court on assault and threats charges after a quarrel over an incident at Stecky’s home. The same paper reports a Dalton wedding as Miss Libbie Wademan became Mrs Samuel Branlick at high noon with about thirty guests and family present.
Tuesday evening program at the Young Women's Christian Association gym includes music by Doersam and Kiple, a children dumbbell drill, and a young Indies class exercise. A. V. Bower will lecture on Michael Angelo using stereopticon. combines entertainment with instruction. Tickets 25 cents.
Captain D B Atherton of the Blues writes to Secretary George Mahy of the Y M C A explaining that workers under his command in a recent victory over the Reds were ready to dispense with the victory banquet. He suggests using the $400 to fund improvements in the building.
Special officer Frederick Mink wounded in the Ruthven riot at Dunmore shows rapid recovery and is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon.
It is very probable a new powerhouse will be built at Avoca to supply power for the recently completed trolley branch between Mooale and Pittaton.
New York May 2 The stock market opened steady then Tobacco fell sharply and closed with a 4 percent loss. Sugar rose as bulls bought, Bay State Gas led gains climbing from 2 to 3, while the general list declined with the Tobacco slump. Total volume 40 087 shares.
Daily market report from New York notes dull and unchanged flour and provisions. Wheat futures show a decline after options activity, with No 2 red May and July bids mixed. corn and oats listed with steady to weaker tones. Butter, cheese, and butter substitutes remain quiet, while hogs are weak with regional price contrasts.
The report records varied prices for beef pork and lard in Philadelphia with mixed advices and averages. It also notes May grain and seed receipts including wheat and oats at Toledo with dull shipments and distinctions among grades and months.
Buffalo market notes on May 2 show cattle steady to easy with medium weight steers at 3.70 to 3.70 per cwt, veal dull at 12.00, hogs steady with lighter weights around 0.75, and sheep and lambs opening steady but slipping with prime lambs around 5.10. Prices reflect mixed packers and buyers, with irregular bids across grades.
Chicago May 2 receipts show 22 803 steers calves and cows bids mix 1.00 to 4.00 with Texas values 2.65 to 5.00. Howse Receipts list 18 000 head market firm with heavy packing and shipping lots 1 250 45 common to choice 3 25 to 3 00. Lambs and hogs quoted at 1.05 and 2.50 to 3.75 respectively.
In Oil City on May 2 the option oil market showed a single quotation of 1.25 with no runes or shipments reported. Credit balances remained unchanged at 1.25 as in Pittsburg reports.
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