Scranton-Area News Briefs Highlight Deaths and Local Developments
A long list of local notices from Scranton and surrounding towns covers deaths including Mrs. Lewis Shaver of Shavertown and Henry Oplinger of Huntington township, civic changes such as W. H. Capwell named burgess of Dallas, and planned infrastructure like new iron bridges on Bowman's Creek Branch. Reports also note liquor-license actions, tax collections, mine accidents, hospitalizations, a hotel project at Crystal Lake, and other regional items with multiple named places and people.
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Scranton
Carbondale
Lewis Shaver
Shavertown
Hazleton
W. H. Capwell
Dallas
Nelson J. Hawley
Askamp
Dorranceton
William Connell
Stull
Albert Lewis
Henry Oplinger
Huntington Township
Parsons
Internal Revenue
T. F. Penman
Oliver L. Stewart
Huntingdon
Huntingdon-Franklin
Charles S. Osborn
Ned C. Tiffany
Nicholson Examiner
Tiffany & Osborn
Susquehanna Dental Society
Hotel Sterling
Wilkesbarre
Charles W. Beck
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania
Freeland
Pittsburg
The
Examiner
Baptist Journal
New York
T. E. Jepson
Fifth
Williamsport
Charles Kelly
Towanda Catholic
Europe
Towanda
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Grand Lodge
Lochiel Hotel
William Kennedy
Co. K
Eleventh
United States Infantry
Governor’s Island
N. Y
General Otis
Philippines
Otis
Glen Lyon
Michael Lishock
Crystal Lake
Lake House
Stephen Whitmore
Jermyn
Philander Sutton Drowned Near D L W Bridge
Philander M Sutton aged sixty two an old resident of this place was drowned in the river last Friday after possibly falling or jumping from the D L W bridge Chester Brown on Washington street noticed a man on the outer railing then heard a yell and saw a body floating down the river They rowed after the drowning man and recovered him near Linden street Physicians were unable to revive him The coroner's jury ruled death caused by falling from the bridge and drowning The deceased served in Battery M Second Pennsylvania Artillery during the Civil War and leaves four sons and a daughter including Louis W and Phi lander M Jr The funeral was set for Sunday at 2 PM he had recently resided with Theodore Young after his wife died a year ago
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George W. Fritz
Scranton
Sullivan County
N. Y
Springville
Susquehanna County
Joseph E. Boyle
Wilkesbarre Heights
Boyle
Silas M. Bailey
Old Guard
Grant
Uniontown
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Dental Association
Wilkesbarre
Williams
Stratton
Crary
Thomas
Hertz
Easton
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Lehigh River
Leigh Coal and Navigation Company
Philander M. Sutton
Chester Brown
Washington Street
Mr. Sutton
Linden Street
Dru. Hileman
Hartman
Sutton
Bradford County
Captain Sutton
Harding
Battery M
Second
Pennsylvania Artillery
Theodore Young
Searle Street
Elizabeth
John Evans
Delaware Avenue
Louis W
Philander M., Jr
Robert Wesley
Squire Ehret
W. F. Staley
William Richards
J. D. Monie
8. B. Bennett
J. R. Ehret
W. B. Evans
Veal
Germany
Krummacher
Mississippi
Christ
Heaven
Adam
Eve
Wyoming Seminary Announces Annual Commencement Programme
The Wyoming Seminary commencement runs June 10 to 13 with a baptismal program. June 10 features a sermon by Rev Charles M Gif fin D D of Elm Park Scranton. June 11 offers a prize speaking contest with $15 and $10 prizes and a music recital. June 12 presents class day exercises and an alumni oration by John M Harris of Scranton. June 13 closes with commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Seminary
Charles M. Giffin
Elm Park Church
Scranton
John M. Harris
Eighty-First Luzerne Bible Society Meeting in Wilkesbarre
The Luzerne County Bible Society held its eighty first annual meeting in Wilkesbarre on May 1. Agent F T Allinson reported visiting 2 009 families and discovering 838 lacking God s word with 175 aided by donation 79 illiterate in any language and 86 refusing a Bible. Notable work included aid to Italians and Slavs and a raised letters New Testament for a blind girl. Receipts totaled 1324 20 with expenses 1249 50.
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Luzerne
Lace curtains sale at Antrim’s store
Readable fragments indicate a lace curtains sale event at Antrim’s store with potential prices or dates unclear in the text.
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Antrim’s
William Dolph A Young Farmer Ends His Life In Tragedy
William Dolph a twenty two year old unmarried farmer living near Lake Winola shot himself in the chest on May 2 in a field near his father’s farm. He procured a gun from his sister’s house and was later found missing at supper time leading to a search that uncovered his body and a note saying he no longer wished to live as his name was too unpleasant.
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William Dolph
Lake Winola
Dolph
Obituaries Highlight Pittston Area Veterans and Residents
Death notices report Francis B. McCanna of Pittston dying at Mercy Hospital Wilkes Barre after years of illness. Other obituaries include Charles P. Campbell of Shickshinny born 1862 and Thomas G. Thomas of Upper Pittston, plus Mary English Margaret Kaeufer Catherine Ringsdorph James Moore and James Mackin with brief biographical details and family survivors.
Census Fees and Data Collected For 1900 Enumeration
Census enumerators begin June 1 for two weeks divided into class A cities and class B townships with varied fees per item. Data gathered include location, dwelling order, names, relationships, race, birth, nativity, citizenship, occupation, education, and home ownership.
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United States
Pastor Fletcher anniversary report at Presbyterian Church
Rev Mr Fletcher marked the second anniversary of his installation by summarizing a year of church work. He cited 410 pastoral visits 20 funerals attendance at about three services weekly beyond Sundays 20 additions 19 dismissals and a debt drop from 1000 to just over 100 with $900 gained over the first year. He highlighted outreach through a Bible Conference cottage prayer meetings and two weeks of union services and thanked the choir officers and congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. K. Fletcher
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Fletcher
Don O. Shelton
Mine Strike Delays Duryea Colllery Resume
Connell Coal Co. William A colliery at Duryea idle for two weeks due to repairs was to resume Monday but union miners ordered a strike and persuaded non union workers to stay away. No clash occurred though tensions rose as workers demand higher wages and other grievances.
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Connell Coal Co
William A
Duryea
Driver Boy Killed in Triple Runaway Car Collision
Patrick Connelly aged eighteen son of Mrs. John Stewart of Upper Pittston was instantly killed Saturday afternoon around 4 30 when his team was struck by three runaway cars. His two mules also died. The crash occurred at the same spot where the Burns boy from Oregon was killed recently.
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Patrick Connelly
John Stewart
Upper
Pittston
Connelly
Burns
Oregon
First Silk Woven in Pittston Exhibition At Brown & Co
An exhibition on Main Street window shows a foulard silk dress pattern cut from Pittston's first woven silk. The cloth was made at Sterling Silk Co.'s Upper Pittston mill and donated to Brown & Co. to honor Mr. Brown for his Trade Board work. The blue and white pattern draws much admiration. Brown & Co. plans to award the silk to a patron with a public-spirited presentation planned.
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Pittston
Brown & Co
Board of Trade
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Market Notices
Frank J. Cheney & Co. offer one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case and certify a sworn oath by J. Ch. This 1886 notice notes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills with testimonials and Toledo, Ohio address. Frederick's market advertises large and small clams and fresh vegetables by daily delivery with phone connection.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lreas
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Thei
Hall
Itec
Frederick’s
The Elder Brother and the Prodigal’s Homecoming
Rev Dr Talmage delivers a sermon condemning self righteousness and celebrating the prodigal’s return. He paints the elder brother as jealous and critical while urging church members to welcome the repentant, emphasizing mercy and forgiveness from a loving Father.
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Dr. Talmage
Record of the Past Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for Cure
John Ryan of Circleville Ohio testifies after twenty years of kidney troubles that Doan's Kidney Pills cured him within days. He urges others with back pain urinary or kidney issues to use Doan's, sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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John Ryan
E. Union Street
Circleville, O
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Advice of a Druggist Promotes Acker's English Remedy
An advertisement extols Acker's English Remedy for coughs colds and consumption as a highly effective medicine. It cites Druggist R.R. Deveras Westfield New York and Mr S H Culver praising relief and cure after use and notes the product is sold nationwide with a money back guarantee. Availability listed at various prices and outlets including Frank Gordon.
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Acker
H. Culver
At A
R.R. Deveras
Westfield, N. Y
Streen
J. Hooker & CO
Proptidore
New York
Frank Gordon
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Jeanesville Iron Works
John H. Perkins
Af Askam
Oscar McCord
Port Carbon Schuylkill County
Carbondale City
Welsh Baptist Church
Edwardsville
Philander Sutton
Luzerne Bible Society
Panra
M'Canna
Francis B. McCanna
Mercy Hospital
County Letrim
Ireland
Ann Allen
Virginia
California
South Main Street
Paul Boban
Rose Daily
McCanna
Main Street
Charles F
Niagara Engine Co
Tillie
Edward Houser
West Pittaton
Kate
William Stark
Annie
Jeremiah Leehan
Jehan
Nellie
Joseph
Geraldine
Paul Behan
James McCannon
Angus Cameron
St. Louis
Charles P. Campbell
Shickshinny
William A. Campbell
Luzerne County
Beach Haven
Bloomsburg Normal School
Swarthmore College
Register of Wills
P. W. Weaver
S. W. Davenport
Register
Masonic Order
P.O. 8S
Elks
Lot Search
Thomas G. Thomas
Wilfred Street
Mr. Thomas
University of Pennsylvania
Brigend
South Wales
Hyde Park
W. G. Thomas
Griffith Thomas
Newton Coal Co
Llewellyn Hopkins
John
Taylor
William
Anna
Thomas M. Harkness
Los Angeles
Cal
Leadhills
Scotland
Iowa
Bright
Adam Harkness
Mary English
Anthony Earley
Broad Street
Margaret Kaeufer
George Kaeufer
Fernwood
Dupont
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
S'Dee
Orsie
Barbara
Charles
John Ringsdorpe
Catherine Ringsdorph
John Ringsdorph
Sixth Street
Wyoming
William D. Owens
James Moore
Marian Porteus
Swallow Street
Avoca
James Mackin
Pacific Coast
William 4
J. Ch “O
A W. Gleason
Notary Public
Parable
the Prodigal Son
Washington
Talmage
Canada
Church of Christ
Commons
Church of God
John Bunyan
Richard Baxter
George Whitefield
the Thunderer
Perdition
House of God
South America
Glasgow
Cain
Abel
Esau
Jacob
Saul
David
Haman
Mordecai
Othello
Iago
Orlando
Angelica
Caligula
Torquatus
Cesar
Pompey
Columbus
Cambyses
Dionysius
Philoxenius
Closterman
Geoffrey Kueller
Hudson
Reynolds
Francia
Raphael
Xenophon
Plato
Theogenes
Sor
Waerloo
Earth
Louis Klopsch
John Speed
Justice Quinn
Chicago
Inter Ocean
DeFonzsr HarvtaLp
West Pittston
Riverside Park
North Main Street
Ano
Americas
Wallace
Dellameads
Mlle
Norda
Mysterious Globe
Trilby
the Angelos
Atto
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