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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1895
Page
5
Post readers report frequent irregular deliveries traced to stolen newspapers. A $5 reward is offered for information leading to conviction of anyone caught stealing The Tribune from subscribers’ doorsteps.
The county jails housed 128 prisoners yesterday. The Buckley food show collapsed at Syracuse after an earlier armory appearance. Church collections resume for non subscribers while Providence Presbyterian aids. Rescue Mission service will be led by W Walters this evening. The Green Ridge W C T U meets at 8 in Capouse Ave Evangelical church. The Good Citizens League gains Friday meeting space at the Board of Trade rooms. Select Council license and judiciary committees meet tomorrow. license panel weighs a $5 streetcar tax. Scranton Bicycle Club hosts a smoker Friday night with Billie Pierce chairing. Health officials report three new typhoid, three cancer, one scarlet fever death, two diphtheria cases, and eighteen total deaths last week. Marriage licenses issued to Watkin D Jones and Emme Walker, John Pakson and Anna Ivan, Benjamin Lewis and Elisabeth Fivans, William Morris and Catharine Dinglebery. Harman & Hossert Machine Shops contracted for decorative iron columns for Scranton Tribune building. W C T U will hold a 399 o'clock business meeting in Jewell building with local superintendent reports for temperance month.
James H. Farnham, 112 Penn Avenue, employed at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western car shops, reported $400 in cash vanished yesterday from a bureau in his bedroom. A false key was used to enter, with doors left ajar while residents were away. the thief and motive remain unknown.
Robert Savage of Dunmore was barred from extending his fence toward the street after the Pennsylvania Coal Company secured a temporary order. Judge Gunster ruled the company’s title by 25 years peaceable possession justified the injunction, though he doubted equity court remedies suited the case.
A large audience filled the Academy of Mystic last night for Aimee Acres presenting Whore Acres a wholesome drama of Idale farm life. The company of twenty seven featured Kean characters including Charles Craig Nathanie Berry and James Lackeye with Polly Sing Ann Berry Caroline Franklin and others. The program included Shore Acre to be shown in Hazleton and Shenandoah tonight and tomorrow. Also noted are a Chautauqua banquet Elm Park and local sales and piano for sale at Box 27 plus dental and horse race notices.
A large audience heard John M. Kemmerer oppose stock brokerage on the boards arguing it harms infant industries. Col Hitchcock and William Connell defended board use while others urged caution. The motion to abandon June 1 failed, and the meeting adjourned with officers to be changed next week.
The Tribune report on W. J. McIntyre’s arrest triggered a quick rush to his Raub building office on Spruce Street. People crowded the stairs seeking access, but the dingy office remained closed. Several irate callers vowed vengeance and threatened immediate action once they could reach him.
The semi annual meeting of the John I. Fordham Prohibition league convened in Zion Evangelical church annex on Capouse avenue last night. Rev J M Howells called the meeting to order and Rev George L Malice led the opening prayer as the president's report was presented.
A large audience at Davis' theater last night watched living bronze statues in a vaudeville program. The man and woman performers posed as The Disc Thrower Flora Paris and Helen Achilles The Dying Gaul and The Fisherman and finally Diana. The process involved a bronze coating with a secret preparation. Critics questioned the public staging of works from the artist studio but praised the posing as an artistic success. The show travels to Binghamton later this week with the company remaining at Davis' tonight and tomorrow.
Miss Leo M. Heath lectures on Venice and Venetian art at WOCA in Scranton. The talk features photographs and watercolors and benefits the Young Women's Christian Association with free admission for members.
Scranton unites its choirs to form one harmonized group of about 200 singers for the Wilkes-Barre eisteddfod on June 11 and 12. The event offers prizes of $1,000 and $300, with competing choirs from Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and a rich history of regional contests and famed conductors.
A one and a half story dwelling at the rear of a lot on Irving avenue near Mig and Palm streets burned at 1 yesterday morning. Loss near $1,000 with only half insured. James Donahoe, a South Steel Works charger, woke to find the house ablaze and saved his five children. Firefighters could not spray water due to weak mains. hydrant was two blocks away. Only that property was lost. Nearby events and notices follow including a Mayhap of the Scranton Athletic Club at Germania hall and community updates on residents and funerals.
The note asks customers to leave orders early in the week to ensure timely service. It promises correct styles and moderate prices, aiming to attract prompt commitments from shoppers.
John Jacobs Mike Henrich and William Sheridan were jailed on a highway robbery charge awaiting trial. They deny the accusation claiming they aided a drunken man home and found his watch later, then were arrested after returning with the watch. Home Seecker excursion ad and local plumbing and flour mill notes appear in the same column.
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