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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1894
Page
3
Norton’s New Store at 115 Wyoming Ave in the Old Republican Building offers fresh stock since a fire destroyed the old Lackawanna Avenue shop. The inventory includes miscellaneous books in cloth and leather, single volumes and full sets, wedding gifts, stationery, school books and supplies, blank account books, Bibles and hymnals, and popular new titles in cloth and paper.
Miss Bensie Sherer of Madison Avenue a student at Wella College Aurora N Y is elected president of the junior class. Mrs Le Grand Wright local delegate to the W O T U convention departs for Philadelphia for meetings. Samuel B Dermon director of St Lukes branch attends the ninth annual Brotherhood convention in Washington DC. Scranton poor board members Langstaff Williams Gibbons Murphy and solicitor Scragg leave for York state convention.
The Tribune notes letters from readers may be published if accompanied by the writer's name. It will not be liable for opinions expressed in the correspondence.
The letter quotes Father O Reilly on the saloon evil and church stance against legalization. It notes the Woman s Home Missionary Society annual meeting of Lackawanna Presbytery at Green Ridge Church and a local hotel and Guernsey Brow advertising.
Verdicts in Luzerne County courtroom No 2 find Robert Robinson John Burke and Thomas Cavanaugh guilty of serious charges including aggravated assault and battery and keeping a tippling house. George Smith and Frederick Cotton receive six years at hard labor plus fines and costs for burglary. Additional sentences and acquittals cover a mix of immoral conduct chicken stealing and related offenses as Judge Lynch presides. The report notes testimonies against Peck and a related courtroom incident involving Mrs Cavanaugh and a frying pan climaxing in a guilty verdict. The Seattle stage reception of ONeill Washington DC by Daniel L Hart is described as a triumph with praise for Joseph O'Brien and Daniel Sullivan’s performances.
At the Academy of Music tonight Sidney Drew revives Mark Twain's The Gilded Age portraying Colonel Sellers. Charley's Aunt follows tomorrow with Israel Cohen in a strong cast offering genuine comedy and a noted Frohman adaptation. The Frothingham hosts further performances this weekend with William Gillette's English origin adapted for American audiences.
Arrangements for a Frothingham concert are complete to recoup loss from Laurel Hill festival. The program features the Boston Ladies' Symphony Orchestra led by Nellie B. Chandler, with choirs and quartettes, solos, and Mendelssohn pieces performed by the Mendelssohn Choral Society under William Evans. sixty to 120 voices, conductors named, and a strong Scranton audience in view.
The County Medical Society met at the courthouse with members including Drs Logan Burnett Barnes Re Gates Roos Payne Guster Falton Manley Williams Stein Thomson Gardner and Conner. Dr Manley read a paper on Manufacturing Chemists discussed by many members. meeting lasted over two hours. Lewng Driving Club races Saturday at 2 pm. PRuissung Flour Mills boast a capacity of 17 400 barrels daily.
If you have not seen them you want to. Then you will be one of the many who have feasted their eyes on our Jove ly Millinery. New ideas weekly.
The Lackawanna county People's party campaign kickoff at Workingman’s Ball on the South Side opened without attorney Cornelius Smith, the congress candidate. Chairman M. J. Coleman led a program with speakers John Gray, H. A. Atkinson, York, and John Goebel addressing labor, railroads, taxation, and political criticism before about 160 attendees.
Lucknowanna county temperance societies hold a parade today to mark Father Theobald Matthew’s birth anniversary. Three divisions march at 11 from the depot via Jermyn escort, then picnic at Him Grove. A separate parade from Minooka to Hazleton routes through Pittston with a later Oregon Grove picnic.
OMNBROS protest may seek injunction against Board of Control over awarding contract to change the Dix court sewer grade from the high school lot to Oliver street. The dispute centers on the board’s decision and the legal challenge likely to follow.
At Monday night’s meeting Dunno Bros. won the bid but a reconsideration by Mr. O Boyle led to a switch in the award to Conrad Schroeder. Dann Bros. deny the pauper labor charges and consider filing an injunction to block Schroeder from the contract. Their books allegedly show wages from $1.10 to $1.50 daily.
A fragment notes the belief that women cannot run a business, then moves to a dental visit at Inter 8 Walden on Spruce Street where Mrs Walden is supported by a top New York dentist, Dr. EB Burdick treats scalp disorders, and returns to work at 206 Adams Avenue offering care to patients.
A thoroughly high grade school for pianoforte harmony and musical theory. Special training for teachers and children. 487 Wyoming Avenue. Resten to tired toilers bread made from Pillsbury’s Beat.
A local shop reports strong demand for their large button ladies shoes. The sample in the window is one of 200 available styles and the public response has been rapid, prompting a new order. Shoppers are invited to visit and try on a pair.
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