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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1896
Page
8
Advertisements orders for job work and items for publication left at Shannon & Co. North Main street will receive prompt attention. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The Carbondale eleven defeated Scranton 10 to 0 in a Saturday afternoon game at Alum Park. A good-sized crowd witnessed fine play as Carbondale dominated. The lineup listed players and positions from both teams with officials named.
An order arrival requires full time operation across all D and H industries in this city. Key shops including gravity, Macksmith and machine, passenger, gravity road and car shops employ several hundred workers who have toiled nine hours daily for nearly three years. Mines with about fifteen hundred workers have run at three quarters time. The move signals renewed prosperity and will lift many spirits.
Arrangements are underway for a meeting of railroad brotherhoods on the twenty-ninth of the month. Engineers firemen conductors and trainmen will attend with separate morning sessions and a public gathering at the opera house in the afternoon with Mayor G Neil delivering the address.
Union meetings in aid of the suffering Armenians will be held during the week by the Haptlet and Presbyterian Christian Endeavor societies and the Cpworth league. Last night the services were attended in the Baptist tabernacle. Tonight they will be in the Presbyterian lecture room and tomorrow evening in the Methodist Sunday school room.
Over fifteen dollars was realized from the first venture of the Woman's Exchange at the Palace creamery on Saturday. Saturday orders were issued by Superintendent Manville that effective November 9 gravity shops would be placed on all time. Lagus Legion to entertain at the Academy of Music Friday evening with recitations songs vocal and instrumental music and tableaux. Miss Sarah Fowler left yesterday for Scranton to visit her brother Charles Burr. Charles McCann of Scranton spent Sunday in this city. Mr and Mrs E K Morss and son Kendall of Lakeside have taken rooms for the winter at Hotel Anthracite. Mr and Mrs George Williams of Fallbrook street are seriously ill. Miss Virginia Voorhees elocutionist of Wiskee Harre will give an entertainment under the auspices of the lady teachers of the Baptist Sunday school Friday Nov 17. Mr and Mrs J J McAndrew of Olyphant spent Sunday with relatives here. P H Murray South Main street bottler lost a valuable horse Sunday morning. Hon George R Wendling remembered for last winter’s lecture on The Man of Galilee has been engaged for November.
The Saturday Republican celebration in honor of William McKinley and G A Hobart drew a large crowd with decorated wagons and fireworks. A mishap on Center Street caused a riderless lumber wagon to crash. a passenger, Miss Rena Boucher, was bruised but recoverable. A skyrocket struck Fleming House proprietor James Fleming, injuring him. A two year old drowned in a Susquehanna street well. The Mendelssohn Glee Club concert is planned for Saturday evening.</S>
The Republican victory parade is postponed indefinitely. Episcopal ladies prepare a turkey supper and a tourist table at the Sunday school. A Citizens' Telephone store room is being fitted for a shoe firm. A child asked for soda water at Grand Union. tea and coke only were available. No word yet on post office removal from Washington. Independent building preparations continue as inspectors’ visit waits.
A popular Archband man Bert Presawood and Miss Hessie Hodges of Pyne are to marry next month. The Independent Social club plans its weekly social at Weber's rink. Rev T C Edwards to speak on a trip through Paris and Rome at the Welsh Congregational church next month.
A visitor report from Scott notes Mr and Mrs W R Gardner visiting last weekend and F T Okell moving from Lake Winola to town to spend winter, boarding with Wilson Gardner. Scott residents John Akerly visit, crows shot by a local sportsman for county food duties, and slower election returns cited. Infrastructure includes a sewer on Main Street and street lamp maintenance. Independent Order of Odd Fellows encampment to confer degrees this Tuesday. Town activity covers court week, visits from Scranton residents, WCTU meeting at Mrs Coleman, and various local notices.
Three thousand marching men with lights led a Mansfield parade praising McKinley as the crowd proclaimed satisfaction with the presidential verdict. Mansfield then defeated Athens 24 to 0 in a football match at Simythe Park, with captain Davis of Athens injured but returned after treatment. Dr. Holcomb and Dr. Albro were noted professionals in the area. The letter from Lo D. Puller sparked a local dispute, dismissed as unfounded by the correspondent.
A small man in the seat behind protests a woman’s head wobble in a theater. She asks him to refrain while he complains about the high hat and wabble disrupting his view of the kettle drum performer. An usher could move the drummer for better sightlines.
An indignant young woman argues with a speaker about contacting the manager of a hall. The speaker asserts the manager, who is his son in law, will instruct the usher. The scene captures tension and formal speech characteristic of the Chicago Tribune excerpt.
Tailor shop advertises extremely low prices for suits in Scranton. It claims weekly trade growth, emphasizes in house cutting and fitting, and asserts it is the only local maker offering such prices with full in house production.
Local sale notice lists men's suits from 14.06 to 40.00 and pants from 3.00 up. W J Davis is the advertiser. The listing emphasizes affordable apparel with a focus on suit pricing and pant options.
Mine investor H OF Prytherick relocated his family to Scranton last Friday. Blakely loses a good citizen in the removal. Delaware and Hudson collieries nearby resumed full-time work yesterday. Mrs. Bohner slowly improves after a week's illness. No. 26 won the suit of clothes at Gunn's. T A Spangenburg held the lucky number. Z P Tinklepaugh were called to Avoca for the former's mother's serious illness. The Grisedale child, seven months old, is dangerously ill. Mr and Mrs W B Stevens attended their uncle’s funeral in Pittston yesterday.
The Wyoming Methodist Episcopal church plans an oyster supper in the church parlors until eight oclock, featuring Professor Drwudioosher and his octuohamograph. Mrs. Thomas Keating visits Duryea, and John Carey dies after pneumonia at age 18. Funeral at the Methodist church with Rev. Wilson Treible and Rev. John Laber officiating. internment in Wyoming cemetery. A Wyoming board of health meeting with Dr Knapp presiding adjourns to consult with the Exent board tomorrow.
The Universalist ladies host a two day fair in the opera house this week on Wednesday and Thursday with daily afternoon and evening hours. Wednesday features an entertainment Jarley Wax Works led by soloist Mrs. E. M. Tiffany of Foster. Admission is 15 cents. Thursday offers a supper from 5 to 7 p.m. for 25 cents.
The employer of the Taylor Holden and Pyne collieries will pay their October wages tomorrow. The Anthracite Gee club plans a meeting this evening and all members are requested to attend promptly.
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