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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1894
Page
3
Norton's new store on Lacka Ave offers rebuilt stock including miscellaneous books in cloth and leather bindings single volumes and full sets. It features mercantile and school stationery, blank account books from penny to bank ledgers, Bibles hymns prayer books and popular new cloth and paper bound books.
Abi Snyder through Attorneys Halslander and Vosburg yesterday petitioned the court to divide a Baby Ye county parcel owned jointly by Snyder, Albert Knopf and others. The plot comprises forty four and one half porches. The notice references the 5 Bros’ 1.60 Shoe and a driving club race scheduled for Saturday at 9 p.m.
A jury awarded Henry Collins $500 damages in a trespass suit against the Carbondale Trust Company. Trials over claims by Martha B. Phelps against Cornelius Ruddy and other civil disputes followed, with juries and judges ruling on possession, jurisdiction, and damages in multiple actions.
The TMBONE will publish a carefully compiled classified list of Scranton's wholesale banking manufacturing and ancestral interests. Edition bound in book form with illustrated views of streets and portraits of leading citizens. Circulation planned to attract newcomers and advertise the city. Tus Tamune representatives will call on those named.
A $40,000 school house project on Columbia Avenue is listed as lost and will commence immediately. A few lots remain available at low prices. An advertisement from Antiun FPaormmonan of 110 Carroll Street Buffalo NY promotes blood bitters claiming health benefits.
Misa M Finley daughter of Mr and Mrs P B Finley married H W Adams of Arizona in a quiet ceremony at her parents home. Rev Warren G Partridge of Penn Avenue Baptist Church officiated. The couple left for a wedding trip then to their new home in Arizona.
The Academy of Music presents Rose Dale led by Joseph Haworth with M A Kennedy Charles B Han ford and others. Alabama a benefit for stage hands follows. Sandow vaudeville at Frothingham includes top acts and a Shown program. Corinne stars in Hendrick Hudson with Kimball Opera Comique. A grand Frothingham concert benefits St Luke's Kindergarten. Guernsey Brow Pruunmny Flour Mills capacity 17 500 barrels daily.
A small cyclone and heavy rain caused little damage in the city. A tent on Courthouse square nearly collapsed but bystanders kept calm and prevented panic. Streetcars were halted briefly and WU and Postal Telegraph lines faced outages until 11 pm. Water flooded Carbon Street delaying transit. telephone service stayed intact.
The piece notes the drop of the Minneapolis Tribune from five to one cent, compares Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton newspaper ventures, and lauds the New York Commercial Advertiser’s ninety eighth anniversary. It highlights John A. Cockerill’s departure and Foster Coates’ rise, plus a McClure's magazine sketch of Charles A. Dana by E. P. Mitchell, praising Dana as a leading American journalist.
Alderman Fitzsimmons presided over a busy morning at police court. James Crossin of Hyde Park avenue, a railroad worker, was fined for drunken violence against his mother after smashing furniture and assaulting his brother. William Brandki, a Hungarian miner, faced theft charges on Mayfle Street and attempted to bribe officers to escape. Thomas White on LackaWanna avenue displayed eccentric behavior and received fines or short imprisonment. William Leonard, a plasterer, was jailed on drunk and disorderly charges with a $500 bail default.
Emma Ward eldest daughter of Mrs Ward of Adams Avenue married yesterday at noon to James McWill iam McLeod of the First Presbyterian church. After a collation they left on the 230 Delaware and Hudson train for two weeks to Montreal and other points. They will live with the bride's mother on Adams Avenue after returning.
Afternoon social for misses masters and ladies Saturday Oct Parents and friends invited Evening class for ladies and gentlemen Tuesday evening Oct first lesson for beginners start date and invitation included
An early notice thanks friends and alumni for aid and invites patrons to daytime and evening sessions at Wood's College of Business and Short Hand. Principal E. Woon and Hardenburgh's Pianoforte School offer music study, teachers courses, and children training at 437 Wyoming Avenue. J Frank Siegel's Academy of Dancing advertises lessons starting October with a train service from Lake Ariel to Scranton discontinued.
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