City Notes and Local Events of the Week
The column reports a Sunday meeting of the Cab, Coach and Shate men's union at Raub's hall and announces Joseph Oliver as newly elected chair of Select Council with live committee appointments. It notes entertainment postponed to April 25, arrests and incidents involving Vaul Beké and Clara Weidle, and a social tribute to actor W H Burke. It also mentions investor guides and a Lackawanna railroad fare promotion for a May 1 to 8 event with April 19 onward travel.
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Select Council
Joseph Oliver
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
Mother Gray long a longtime figure at the Children’s Home in New York offers a prepared remedy now in drug stores. The sweet powders are gentle to take and intended to ease teething discomfort headaches and stomach distress in children. Available at all druggists with free tobacco, Le Hoy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Weiling
Arte Wu
le Hoy
N.Y
Death of Joseph F. Larkin and his local impact
The Cheinnuti Enquirer reports the death of Joseph F. Larkin at his Newport home shortly after 4 pm. He was a longtime financier connected to the Larkin firms and the International Text Book company and was a pillar of Wesley Chapel and later St. Manis Methodist Church. Four children survive him including Madison F. Larkin and Miss Helen Larkin. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Cheinnuti
Norinie Enquirer
Fellelig
Ohio
Queen City
Joseph PL
Larkin
Arnitof Larkin
Pow & Meow
Tantei & Co
Ami Larkin
Wrialt & Co
Wind Dex Larkin & Co
Ton Dave
Wesley Chapel
St. Manis
Npisco
Mo Larkin
Aehief
German National Tank
Madison F. Larkin
Peaiels Larkin
Grave Methodist Ryplavopaleluteli
Fan Franesen
Mise Wmelen Larkin
Scranton League Opens With Mixed Scores
The Scranton Bowling League opened last night with weak bowling across four alleys as eight teams faced off. The Timperials, a reorganized Died erkranz squad from Backus alleys, led by Peckins and Hopkins from the Northeastern league, swept Cambrian in three games on Auditorium lanes, with Dilly Hopkins posting an average of 109.4 over three games.
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Scranton
Timperials
Diederkranz
Backus
Peckins and
Hopkins
Cambrian
Auditorium
Dilly Hopkins
New Superintendent Named for Allis-Chalmers Works
George B. Fergect to take charge as successor to Nuersinger at Allis-Chalmers. Fergect formerly head mechanic at Bay View mills for Illinois Bi- cer company in Milwaukee and recently resigned that post. He is expected to arrive in the city today. Nuersinger was out of town with no disclosed plans.
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Nuersinger
Allis- Chalmer
George 5. Wergect
Bay View Mills
Illinois Bicer Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Fergect
Naersinger
Oity
Land transfer to Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit
Ninety-eight plus acres north of Mattes street, once part of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel plant, were deeded yesterday to the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit company for 196 950 dollars. The site includes the power station and depots for an electric rail line planned from Wilkes Barre to Carbondale, with work on clearing and sluicing under way.
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Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Mattes Street
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Company
Wilkes- Barre
Carbondale
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Bonn
James H. Torrey
Lackawann and Wyoming Ville
Pliteau
Erie and
Wyoming Valley Road
Roaring Brook
Jeneth
Westinghouse Electrical Construction Company
Hintner Sons, Company
Philadelphia
Slocum Forge
Berunton & Grant
Scranton & Platt
Lackawanna Droan and Coal Company
Scranton Coal Company
Steel
Security Investment Company
Grantee
Statter
Lackiwanne and
Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit
Walter Scranton
P. Wiggington
L. L & & Company
the Tribune
Beranton
Tailors Strike Affects One Shop In City
Yesterday only one shop was affected by the tailors strike. Ninety-five journeymen tailors are in the union with about seventy-five non union members. Union and non union workers have sometimes toiled together. the shop owner signed the cease and agreed to rehire all union men, but did not allow access to the women workers to join. As a result the unionists did not return to work. Shade Trees, Knut Clark's, 201 Washington Ave.
Libel Trials and Guilty Verdicts Dominate Session
In Scranton court W F Smythe prosecutes A H Kerwin and Edgar Wilson over a libel claim arising from claims Smythe was unworthy of public confidence. Volpe Leone found guilty of various offenses. multiple cases heard with other verdicts and sentences noted.
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A. H. Kerwin
Edgar Wilson
Volpe
Leone
Dominick Volpe
John Leone
Frank Lovelace
Bull's Head
Charles Reader
Chester Dennis
John Lillibridge
Blakely
Miles Finch
William Foster
Lackawanna Milling Company
Diamond Crossing
Newcomb
Arthur la Bar
Foster
James Barrett
West Scranton
Timothy Jones
Pitti
Barrett
Charles Jacobs
Fred Addison
Jacobs
Thomas Gallagher
John McGreevy
Jacob's Place
Jacobs de
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Joseph Sebp
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Phelpe
Nender
Knevale & Perry
Cheater A. Arthur Woes
Qeorge CL. Smith
Pittsburg
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Missouri Pacific System
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OI Clix
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Strong, Sturgis & Co
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Congress
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Camden
Henry 7. Conant
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr Company
Charles A. Terry
Thomas F. Penman
Llewellyn
Knut Clark
Washington Ave
W.bf. Smythe
Prome
W. H. Kerwin
Williams Directory Company
Mdger Wilson
Abel
Wilton
Smythe
Kerwin
Williams Company
Wilson
George §. Purdy
Honesdale
C. W. Soper
John Ft. Jones
J. A. Zimmerman
Clarence Brientine
Marshall Preston
Republican Job Printing Department
R. E. Prendergast
H. M. Hannah
L. I. Carter
John T. Howe
Myron Kasson
Strawbridge & Clothier
Mears & Hagen
Lackawanna Ave
the Bedding CO
Adams Avenues
Puliie
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Medford Cowley
Baby Bootees
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