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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
2
Henry Jeffreys foreman at E G Hughes carpenter shop North Hyde Park avenue suffered a severe left hand injury while shaping moulding in the lathe room yesterday. The forefinger was amputated after doctors Paine and Moreland treated his wounds.
Misa Olive Heath celebrated her seventeenth birthday yesterday afternoon at her parents home on Avenue B. A group of young friends attended, including Beatrice Morgan Annie Roberts Amanda Morgan Mina Morgan Amis Jones May Jones Olive Bowen Mame and Bessie Lewis Anna Collins and Frank Colling Arthur Morgan Elmer and Ralph Collins.
Local items report a 4 percent semi annual dividend at West Side bank and various residents with addresses in Eynon Chestnut and North Main avenues. Community happenings include a fourth annual ball, a tabernacle choir meeting, hospitalities at church halls, a funeral, and social and entertainment events across Bellevue and Mears halls with officers named for Christian Endeavor and Welsh Baptist groups.
The steel mills and mines drive large exodus of unemployed workers from the town in search of jobs elsewhere. Families move from streets as the outlook for work remains bleak and a new Hickory Street streetcar line offers limited relief to a job-short city. An official from Lackawanna Iron and Steel notes steel prices are low and production has continued despite idleness.
The text argues that restoring the Republican party to power and adjusting steel tariffs are the only measures likely to revive trade and boost economic activity. It reflects a stance prioritizing party control and tariff policy as drivers of commerce.
Jacob Hartman of Birch street is seriously ill. The Sauquoit Silk factory on South Washington avenue is mentioned. A sight reading class at St. John's has nearly seventy members. The Twentieth Ward Democratic club meets weekly until election. The Neptune Engine Company holds its twenty first annual hall in Germany on Oct 23. Mr and Mrs Arthur Evans begin housekeeping on Wyoming avenue. The engagement of Miss Mary Cummings to William Shaw is announced. The Electric City dancing class holds its first annual ball at Majerynik's on Hickory street on Oct 10. Miss Kate Jordan of Pittaton avenue will teach at McKean County Normal school this year. The funeral of Mary Garvey, 6, of 415 Irving avenue, is at 2 pm, Hyde Park cemetery. Willig, 4 months, daughter of Mrs Kearns, died yesterday. funeral at 2 pm, Hyde Park. The funeral of Mary Warner, 7, of 25 Brook street, is at 2 pm tomorrow, Pittston Avenue cemetery. Brady, Reedy and Wehlan performed surgery on Harry Doyle, 4, Fightreet, to save him from a birth disease. Martin Murphy of Coyle place had a large funeral. interment Hyde Park. pallbearers listed. Martin Gibbons of Pitts ton avenue had a funeral attended by St Patrick's and other groups. high mass at S J Joseph's Minooka. interment Pittston Catholic cemetery. pallbearers listed.
A busy North End page reports a large turnout at a Store-Pennypacker wedding and many community events. Rev E J Morris of Wilkes-Barre will lead Puritan Congregational church next Sunday. Gypsy travelers stirred the square briefly. Local visits include Dr H E Dawson and Miss Sallie Reese. Mendelssohn Oriatorio rehearsals proceed at Lucas Hall. A wrestling match is set for O Donnell's Hall tomorrow night. Mrs Alice Wicks returns from West Virginia in good health. Rev D A Evans departs for Vaughnsville Ohio, with a Cincinnati pulpit stop. Mrs Wellington White plans a talk in the Presbyterian church. Epworth Leagues hold meetings in city churches with planned entertainments. A flag-raising program at No 23 school celebrates Columbus Day with a 15 by 40 foot flag. Odd Fellows lodge installs officers in Masonic Hall with a large turnout.
Treverton celebrated its formation on April 14, 1887 with Pred Dunn Frank Beane Hugh Cougier and A B Greene as officers and about seventy guests attending a repast on the second floor after the ceremony. The lodge now counts about 91 members.
Mrs E A Wart returns from Newark and Miss Blanche Crippen visits her sister Mrs A E Brown. A Dunmore couple Miss Lens Barth and Charles Grosspach wed at the bride’s home on Tripp avenue. Local workers face a dull winter with coal company layoffs and reduced hours. Lodge and Epworth League events highlight community activity while a potato delivery error yields a lucky memory for farmer Weldy who recovered a 250 memorandum from a road mishap.
Tomorrow afternoon the Gentlemen's Driving Club holds trotting races with entries listed for CLASS and ROAD RACE events. Notable horses include Dasher, Pilot, Mollie, Blue, Gayfoot, Browny, Fanny Blair, Maud L, and Duke among others vendors and owners such as Thomas Hughes, M T Koller, J F Seigel, G M Shelly, A L Spencer, Dr G B Hill, and Dr Houser.
Henry Collins sues Car Bondale Traction in a trespass action. A new trial was requested by defendant attorney LB Price detailing five grounds including jurors not following court instructions and the verdict lacking evidence. The motion cites trial errors in verdict and rulings.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway announces service to Chicago with Chicago sleepers attached to a New York bound train leaving at 7 20 pm and arriving here at 12 10 am. Buffalo to Chicago cars transfer over Nickel Plate controlled by the Vanderbilts. Chicago sleepers for New York depart Chicago around 7 pm daily. Service starts Sunday.
A readable account of the play Alabama produced at the Frothingham Institute Night as a southern themed benefit. The performance drew praise for a skilled cast and an inaugural ladies orchestra that opened with a short concert.
Hugh Laneing of the Baltimore Champions, a Moosic boy, was voted the most popular player in the club and enjoyed a splendid new suit as a prize before taking part in the decisive game against Harris.
Classified notices offer sale positions with $75 monthly wages plus expenses and rapid-start opportunities. Also ad for aluminum novelties, rental listings, horse team sale, binding services, meal tickets, and sealed proposals from Scranton city for fire department coal supply with bid terms and security.
Notice that 4 percent application for Hyde Park Lodge No 900 Knights of Pythias is to be presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County on Sept 24. The petition, filed by solicitors Hi L Taylor and W R Lewis, seeks incorporation under the act for benevolent and protective purposes and rights under the assembly.
A fragmented 19th century classified page shows multiple help wanted notices. Youthful workers seek tasks from sewing to office work, with references and addresses in Hyde Park and Dunmore. A first class engineer seeks employment, while a middle aged man offers reliable service.
Scranton and vicinity will publish a bound, illustrated care pay compiled and classical of wholesale banking manufacturing and other interests. The edition will feature portraits of leading citizens and views of public buildings and streets to attract newcomers and advertise the city. Representatives will seek views from residents and will call at designated offices for names and residence details.
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