The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-27


give heartfelt thanks to God for the
blessings of the year, and for the seek
ers after pleasure there will be amuse-
ment galore.
The principal religious service of the
day in the central city will be the
union service in the Grace Lutheran
church. The congregations of the Elm
lark, Penn Avenue Baptist and Grace
Lutheran will unite at this service,
which will begin at II O'Clock. The SER
mon will be preached by Rev. DR.. G.. NJ.
Ginin. pastor of the Elm Park Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and the other
clergymen will assist. Special music
will be rendered by the Grace church
choir.
There will also be union services in
North Scranton at the Baptist taber-
nacle. and in Green Ridge at the As
bury Methodist Episcopal church. The
sermons at these services will be de-
livered by Rev. w. r. Clymer, Of the
Christian church, and Rev. DR.. Potter,
of the Green Ridge Baptist church, re-
spectively.
In Other Churches.
The congregations of, the First and
Second Presbyterian churches will
unite in the latter church at II o'clock
and listen to sermon by Rev. Joseph
II. Odell. At st. Luke's Episcopal
church there will be a special commun-
ion service at 40 o'clock this morning
and another service at 1870 o'clock, on
which occasion the rector. Rev. DR..
Rogers Israel, will preach.
There will be masses at $50. I and s
o'clock at ST. Peters cathedral. with
short sermon at the last mass. The
Jewish residents will hold q special
Thanksgiving service at 1870 o'clock
this morning in the new Madison ave-
nue temple. The colored Baptists of
the Shiloh church will have services
this morning at 1890 o'clock, and to-
night at Z o'clock. Rev. j. b. Boddie,
the pastor, will preach in the morn
ing and praise service will be con-
Quoted tonight. There will be a spe-
cial Thanksgiving service this evening
ir the Salvation Army barracks on
Price street
There will be two performances at
each of the local theatres Jolly Alice
Fischer in Mrs. Jack" will be the at
traction at the Lyceum, and the Him.
merlen Ideals will present "Conny's
Cross Roads, and "'rhe Heart of the
Storm" at the Academy of Music. The
great Ten Ichi troupe and the only
and inimitable James Richmond Glen
roy are to be the star attractions at
the Dixie, and the Star patrons will
have the pleasure of seeing "a New
York Girl"
Foot Ball Game.
The lovers of foot ball are promised
an interesting days sport at Athletic
park, whore the Scranton High school
team and the st. Thomas college eleven
will contest for honors. The lovers of
dancing will find an opportunity to
trip the light fantastic in various parts
Of the city both afternoon and night,
and the lovers of music will be enter
tanned in the afternoon at the Armory.
where the Scranton Choral society will
render the selections to be sung on
Saturday at the Brooklyn eisteddfod
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western company officials announced
yesterday that its mines will be oper-
ated for only half day, and that the
machine and car shops will be closed
all day. The officials of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company, the Hillside Coal
and Iron company and the Delaware
and Hudson company have decided to
operate their mines all day, providing a
sufficient number of men show up.
There was no general distribution of
charity yesterday on the part of the
board of associated charities. all per-
sons desiring food or money being di-
rected to the ladies of St. Luke's
church, who will distribute Thanksgiv-
ing dinners today to number of poor
families.
School ChildIen's Donations.
The school children went heavily
laden yesterday, but theirs was a joy
ous burden. 1t seemed that every child
luSged some contributions for the poor,
and the aggregate was very large. 1t
had been announced that the donation
received were to go TO various chart-
able institutions in the city. ana while
there have been generous responses in
former years, no such quantity of pro-
visions have been collected as on this
occasion. No. So school has for several
Thanksgiving seasons sent Il large
amount of supplies To the Home for the
Friendless, and the same custom was
observed Yesterday.
There was Il room full of vegetables
and other gifts, and the delight of the
children in the evidences of their char
liable thought was pretty to witness.
Some little ones could only bring
single potato, but the result was about
fifteen bushels. with the same quantity