The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-24
BOOMING Centennial,
Abe sahm, the Director of the De-
partment of Publicity Of the Semi
Centennial Association, Circulates
Among the Merchants and Stirs
Up Interest and Incidentally Gath
ers Up Some Good-S Sized Contribu-
tions-More Plans of Celebration.

ers Up Some Good-Sized Contribu-
tions-More Plans of Celebration.
The booming of the em-centenndl
celebration was well started yesterday.
when Abe l.. Sahm circulated among
the stores of the town, stirred up new
interest ana enthusiasm in the plans of
the city's jubilee, and incidentally
gathered up subscriptions to the
amount OF $500.
Mr.. Sahm is director of the publicity
department, as IL were, of the SEMI
centennial association and he has been
wisely chosen. for there Is no man ~
all the town who Is so we'll fitted for
the position. Mr.. Sahm has ideas. he's
choCk full of them, of the sOundest
kind; he has the ability to express him
sell In words that carry force with
them, and he haS an abundance of per-
severance which il sure to win out in
any argument or debate. Mr.. Sahm
started to work with a will yesterday
morning. and by evening his logic and
his talk and his Wit showed results for
he had subscriptions for the sum men
toned before. $500 besides setting loose
the pent-up enthusiasm of the business
men over the celebration. which the
projectors hope to make a big one in
every respect.
Mr. Sahm was well pleased with how
he and Frank Rommemeyer, who was
a ready second i'm the work of yesterday,
were received. But the business men
are only part of the population of the
town, and the celebra ton is one that
should appeal to the pride of every
resident of the city; hence Mr.. Sahm
and his co-workers will aim to interest
every person in the city in the jubilee
plans. They will seek to disabus the
minds of the people of the idea that it
Is only the larger subscriptions that
count; and they strive to obtain a con-
tribution from every person. according
to his means. No one, they believe, who
has the least pride, will pass by with
out contributing to the fund no matter
now small the amount The dollar, and
even smaller, from the one whose cir
cumstanCes will not permit a larger
offering, will be as acceptable as the
big contributions, for these small
amounts from thousands of persons will
make a sum that will assure d celc-
bration which will be creditable in the
highest degree to the towns inhabit-
ants on the occasion of its tifticth
birthday anniversary.
To encourage these small subscrip-
tons Mr.. Sahm will designa tc business
places where they will be received and
where certificates of membership will
be given in return for the offerings
The names of these givers, irrespective
of amounts, will appear also in the
official record that will be published of
the jubilee.
Mr.. Sahm proposes to have a souvenir
button manufactured and sold. and
hopes thereby to appreCia bly, augment
the general fund. He has adopted
happy idea in the selection of an en-
hlem. 1t will be the picture of the
three breaker boys who are aStraddle
the back of mule such as has hap
pCncd on the calendar of Scranton
bank and which win he readily recalled
The legend semi Centennial, 1S5l-
1901, Will find a place on tho button.
The price of the buttons will he rea-
sonable, and the sale it is believed, will
reach into the thousands.
Open-air meetings will also he ar
ranged for by Mr.. Sahm, at which the
prominent men of the town will be
present to speak on the why, how and
wherefore of the centennial celebra-
ton.
The labor, fraternal and beneficial or
sanizations of the town have already
taken a deep interest in the cele bra ton,
but it is Mr.. Sahms purpose to increase
this interest and awaken an enthusi-
asm that will sweep like d wave over
the united bodies of the town.
The Central Labor Union has begun
to prepare for Labor day, which will
occur on the second day of the somi-
centennial celebration The demon
stration on that day will be the most
imposing ever attempted in Carbon
dale. and among the ways and means
for the event will be picnic at XII
leen's grove, which it is expected will
realize an acceptable sum to meet
the expenses of the day, the reception
and entertainment of visitors and the
like, The guests will include national
labor leaders and others conspicuous in
labor circles.
The picnic will be held next month,
the date to be decided on at the next
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