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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
5
Citizens report numerous irregular deliveries traced to stolen newspapers. A five dollar reward is offered for information leading to conviction of anyone caught stealing The Tribune from subscriber doorsteps.
Lake Ariel excursion draws crowds as Knights of the Mystic Chain members ride the holiday trip on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line. A $2.50 ticket offers round trip to Binghamton. Center street disturbance leads to fines for Dave Feedman and Wolf Webber. Thousands view Lorraine building lots from Clark's Summit. August Fadden collapses at Memorial services in Forest Hill cemetery and is moved home. A later note mentions a thirty cent fee for a related event by Dene ware and Hudson Canal Company.
Considerable interest surrounds the seventh anniversary observance of the Young Women's Christian Association to be held in the Elms Park church this evening. Miss Mary A. Dunn elite secretary will speak on The Association Idea and Iveal. Arrangements are in charge of Professor Carter.
Michael Peick a Hungarian track walker on the Delaware and Hudson line was struck and killed as a passenger train passed between Jermyn and Archbald. An inquest found nine railroad employees open to censure for the fatality.
Twilight service arranged for next Sunday at Pret Preatisterian Church features a large mixed chorus and Bauer's orchestra with electric linkage for timing. Mrs Dimmick to sing offertory. program includes hymns and anthems with organ and orchestral accompaniment. Rev James Meteod to preach.
Bauer's Band offers an open air concert at Westminster tonight featuring marches and overtures such as Honor the Brave and Light Cavalry, selections from Fanst, Sehnsucht, Humorous Chinese War March, and a polka medley. Printed in good style at low prices, The Tribune notes poster and circular printing services for summer excursions and festivals.
Public notices promote low rate excursions on May 21 and June 11 1895 to almost all points in the West and Southwest at half rates. F J Moore general agent 23 Exchange Street Buffalo NY urges inquiries through Nickel Plate agents. Also ads promise dental replacements without plates at Dr EB Wheanton 411 Lackawanna Ave. Guernsey Bros Pillsbury Mills tout a daily capacity of 17000 barrels.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Scranton area towns including Henrietta Borchers Honora Connery Milsie Higinton Frances Fuller Sarah Gilmore Primus Joseph Mary Stark and Morgan Williams with details of ages, residence, and upcoming services or interment venues. Names include Mrs Louis G Schontz Mrs J K Lambie and Mrs W H Carpenter among others.
Veterans in the Thirteenth Regiment led the afternoon parade while garlands and flowers beautified graves in morning ceremonies. Public tributes continued with speeches and songs at cemeteries, the Academy of Music, and the YMCA hall drawing thousands to honor the fallen.
At Forest Hill cemetery Commander Smith B Mott led services with pupil choirs from No. 27 and 28 singing America. E W Pearce read the roll, and flowers were laid for the Unknown Dead. Colonel F L Hitchcock delivered an oration affirming sacrifice and the enduring, eternal good done by men, urging remembrance of the equal rights of all.
A large crowd attended Memorial services at Clyde Park Catholic cemetery under the hot sun. Rev J McManus delivered an eloquent oration denouncing religious intolerance and urging support for the Union and American citizenship. The ceremony included prayers, choir, benediction, and taps concluding after the heat subsided.
Rev. A L Urban and Rev. M B Dontan delivered addresses at the Dunmore cemetery. Attending were Lieutenant Ezra Griffin post officers under F J Amsden, the No. 1 school children, the Young Men’s and Emerald Temperance organizations, and Camp 226 of the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
Reverends Urban Leacock ONeal Guild deliver oration and devotional services at a ceremony. The procession then moves to Dunmore Catholic cemetery where Rev M F Conan gives brief address as Fern Griffin detail under KR T. Cluark command attends. Music by St Marys church choir.
Decoration Day was observed with solemnity at Washburn Street Cemetery honoring Civil War dead from 1861. A large crowd gathered as processions from Franklin Mogine House moved to the cemetery. Rev Doty and Rev Hughes delivered patriotic addresses while the Plymouth Congregational choir led by Elias Hivane sang. Floral tributes were distributed to veterans who received two bouquets and two flags per grave.
After ceremonies the mourners and distributers moved apart in groups across the city of the dead as the grounds showcased their loveliest appearance amid the solemn gathering.
South Side residents paid tribute to deceased soldiers with services at Pittston Avenue and German Cemetery. Veterans paraded from Lackawanna avenue, led by the Oitleena band, with dignitaries Attorney A. W. Towers and Rev. August Lange speaking. crowds, police, and military units joined in a large tribute across Lackawanna avenue to the Mulberry Street reviewing stand.
The afternoon parade was a key event with Grand Marshal BE Ripple giving the command Forward march at 245 p. m. on Adama and Lackawanna avenues. Veterans led by the marshal moved from Washington to Spruce and Adams avenues, with the Thirteenth regiment under Colonel H. A. Cotsen forming the first division, Irish-American societies in the third and a fourth division on Jefferson and Spruce. Morty patrolmen in dress uniform guarded Adams Avenue.
In a May 19 1895 letter from New York F P Price responds to a request on Havana and Key West cigars. He identifies the Bella Rosa Concha as the best Key West cigar and provides quotes for larger sizes.
A fragment notes Rosa as a fine cigar described as extra choice for a special occasion.
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