Fourth Legislative district Republican convention notice
Notice to Republican voters of the Fourth Legislative district that a convention will be held at Burke's Ball Carbondale on August 13 1871 at 2 09 PM to elect three delegates for the state convention in Harrisburg August 20 18 71 to nominate a state treasurer and auditor general and conduct other business. Primaries will be held August 4 1871 at polling places from 6 to 7 PM to elect delegates. EB A Jones chairman Samuel Jones secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Legislative District
Burke's Ball
Carbondale
Harrisburg
City Notes and Local Events Snapshot
Frank Spangerburg faced bail before Alderman Howe on a defrauding charge as the auditing committee passed a $442 bill for Phoenix engine house repairs. Fire rules printing delay. new rules take effect today. City Solicitor McGinley renovates city hall offices with a painter crew. Dalton Methodist church Ladies’ Aid plans ice cream and cake Wednesday August 11. John P. Flynn’s will admitted to probate. sister Mary becomes executrix and sole heir. Bauer’s band to play open air concert to promote Elk excursion on Friday. Camp Little German at Lake Aries reports star fisherman Herman Woelchel with a four pound twenty one inch pickerel. John Thomas Haines released from Eastern penitentiary after two years minus two months for attempted criminal assault. Wheelmen report a successful Philadelphia meet. John J. Van Nort rode back forty miles from Pottsville by 6 p.m. A contract awarded to Scranton Iron Fence Co. for 8,000 feet of cemetery fencing around Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. completion by October 1 with six foot high fence and ornamental gates. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western to pay at car shops. Cayuga and Brishin mines to pay today. Delaware and Hudson paid yesterday at White Oak mines, Ar(st)a?id, and Baltimore Tunnel and Conyngham shaft, Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Spangerburg
Howe
Frank Ewart
Phoenix
McGinley
City Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dalton
Methodist Epiecopal Church
John P. Flynn
Register Hopkins
Mary
Bauer
Franklin Avenue
Lake Aries
Herman Woelchel
Archibald
Philadelphia
Thoee
John J. van Nort
Pottsville
Scranton Iron Fence Company
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Cayuga and Brishin
Delaware and Hudson
White Oak
Aretbaid
Baltimore
Conyngham
Wilkes-Barre
Board Advances Notz for Building Janitor and Board Borrowing
The board of control endorses Notz as janitor of building No 10 and plans to borrow about 830000 to cover current estimates. Resignations from Miss Ida Cahoon and Miss Helen Hurburt are accepted while discussions reveal friction over a proposed free kindergarten and procurement for supplies.
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Board of Control
Notz
No. 10
Wuilding
Mise Hertha Notz
Messrs. Welsh
Vermeer
Dyer
Noty
Gibbons
Miss Notz
Mr. Nota
Century Council Forms Permanent Catholic Women’s Legion
The Catholic Women’s Benevolent Legion established a permanent organization at St. Thomas’ College Hall last evening by electing officers led by President Miss Kate O’Malley and Vice President Miss Lizzie Snow. The Century Council, the hundredth council in the United States, was named.
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Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion
St. Thomas’ College Hall
Kate O'Malley
Lizzie Snow
Sarah Walsh
James Nailin
Kate Nalrn
Mary McDonald
Century Council
United States
Robathan Evans Nuptials Unite Two Prominent West Siders
Commissioners Clerk E. Be Robathan and Miss Emily Evane daughter of ex School Controller James A. Evans of Academy street were married last evening by Rev. James Singhes of Kimberly South Africa an uncle of the bride. The ceremony occurred in the home on South Hyde Park avenue newly furnished by the couple. The Lake Ariel excursion by the Filla was postponed to Friday and tickets indicate a large attendance with various games and contests. Humors in the blood are advertised with Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. BE. Robathan
Mise Emily Evane
James A. Evans
Academy Street
James Singhes
Kimberly
South Africa
South Hyde Park Avenue
Lake Ariel
Fuhrman Brothers Awnings and Decorations Advertisement
J Fuhrman and Bro advertise continuing operation at their longtime stand offering awnings tents and all kinds of society goods and decorations to the public after twenty two years in business.
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J. Fuhrman & Bro
To Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy
An old advertisement touts laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold claiming results in one day. It promises refunds if the remedy fails to cure the cold.
Striking Lathers Resume Work Amid 16 Cent Bargain Demands
Union lathers announce they will resume work at 16 cents per bundle on all contracts, including the No. 28 school and Connell buildings, after threats to strike yesterday. Sub committees tour Dunmore and Scranton to ensure compliance among bosses and to intercept non union labor, with two non union workers halted at noon. Fathers’ headquarters are at Morris hotel. contractors Conrad Schroeder Griffin Wheeler Edward Slack Malarkey and Morgan and Webb agreed to the rate for old and new jobs, with further work to begin as sites present themselves.
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Dunmore
Peter Sipp
Morris’ Hotel
Penn Avenue
Spruce Street
Conrad Schroeder
Griffin & Wheeler
Edward Slack
Malarkey
Morgan
Webb
No. 28
Green Ridge
Connell Building
Schroeder
Funeral of Mrs E H Griffin at Park Place
The funeral for Mrs. E H Griffin was held at her Park Place home on Saturday at 2 o clock. Reverend Hichard Hiorns officiated in the absence of the pastor Reverend George Bf Gruld. Burial followed at Dunmore cemetery as mourners recalls her forty year devotion to Providence church and Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. H. Griffin
Park Place
George Bf. Gruld
Hichard Hiorns
Dunmore
Providence Church
Micluski's Sudden Death at Brisbin Mines
FridayVictor Micluski a 0 year old boarder with his brother Joseph Micluski of Van Buren avenue died Sunday after illness following medicine given Saturday night. Dr Szlupas reported stomach pains and coroner Long Street ordered a post mortem at Undertaker Wymls with jurors including Patrick Cusick.
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Victor Micluski
Joseph Micluski
van Buren Avenue
Brisbin
Salupas
Penn Avenue
Mieiuski
Szlupas
Longstreet
Undertaker Wymls
Patrick Cusick
Jury to Hear Testimony on Suspected Natural Death Case
The jury will meet next Friday evening at Dr. Longatreet's office to hear testimony. Autopsy found no suspicions. evidence points to natural death from bronchial pneumonia with heart disease. Stomach contents will be analyzed before the jury meeting.
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James Wymbs
J. B. Wideman
John Majernik
C. F. House
H. D. Jones
Dr. Longatreet
Democratic Convention Planned by Third Legislative District
A meeting of the Democratic Standing committee in Mi nooka chaired by John J. Coyne sets a convention at Coyne's hotel next Monday at 2 PM to elect two delegates for the state convention at Reading on August 40. Primaries are Saturday 4 to 7 PM. La Plume and Ransom townships lack voting representation. Lackawanna south district gets two delegates, others one.
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John J. Coyne
Minooka
Coyne
Reading
Midnight warrant leads to hearings for Seelacy case
Mrs Rosale Leclacy obtained a warrant before Alderman Howe Mateven for the arrest of her husband Charles Seelsey on desertion non support and assault and battery. Seelsey to have a morning hearing. Another warrant targets Mrs Sheoks and Mary Jane Stevens for a disorderly house at 121 Central Street drawing police visit. Six women and five men were found present. three women and one man are white. hearings set for this morning at 7 PM.
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Rosale Leclacy
Howe Matevenine
Charles Seelsey
Seelacy
Dunning Plans Action Over Eight Hour Bill
Street Commissioner Dunning takes note of the Central Labor union’s plan to enforce the Farr eight hour bill. He seeks a certified copy and asks City Solicitor McGinley for guidance. Until advised, he will not act, but if violations occur in his department he will take decisive steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunning
Central Labor Union
Farr
McGinley
Liveryman Wins $50 in Horse Death Case
The L. C. Paine livery estate sued Alderman Wright for the value of a horse killed by hard driving. Henry J. Goodman had hired the animal and it died at Clark's Summit. Alderman Wright ordered a $50 judgment for the plaintiff.
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L. C. Paine
Alderman Wright
Henry J. Goodman
Penn Avenue
Clark's Summit
Serious Charge Shocks Throop Community
Andrew Kiasgo spent the weekend in county jail awaiting a hearing before Alderman John T. Howe on a charge of criminal intimacy with Max Swartz’s wife, owner of a Throop hotel. The case, long in dispute, was adjourned until Thursday night as witnesses were not yet summoned. Kiasgo remained jailed due to $1,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kiasgo
John T. Howe
Max Swartz
Injured Laborer Squeezed In Mine At Moses Taylor
John Jouppe, a Storrs mine laborer from Priceburg, was crushed between a mine car and gangway yesterday. He was taken to Moses Taylor Hospital with a fractured left leg a back injury and severe damage to his left eye.
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John Jouppe
Moses Taylor Hospital
Storrs
Jouppe
Priceburg
Man credits Mys TIC Care for Rheumatism relief
Morton I Hill of Lebanon Indiana states his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint, was bedridden for six weeks with eight doctors and no relief until Mys TIC Care for Rheumatism, which he says gave immediate relief and let her walk in three days. Bold by Carl Lorenz, druggist, 418 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.
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Morton I. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Carl Lorenz
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton
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Attest
Samuel& Jones
Flor DE Washington Cigars
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Sgranton Cash Store
MR. Notz
MR. Wormler
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Notx Wuthe
Building Committee
Mise Notz
Welsh
Herman Notz
Ayes
Messra
Shires
Francola
O'Malley
Davis
Carson
Casey
Devanney
Conrad
Walsh
Jacobs
Schriefer
Durker
Jennings
Nays
Measrs
Schaefer
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Langan
Mr. Langstaff
Finance Committee
Siebecker & Watkins
Tt. Board
Liebecker & Watkins
Toughera Committee
Joan Proud
Reynolds Bros
Thirnes' School Ok
Gillott
Gillott's
Eaterbrook’s
Haterbrook's
Enurle
Engle
Polatera
Eagle Penelia
Dixon's
Arthean
Eagle Mercantile
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Krerynolda Bros
Dixon Penella
Hai
Hagle
Waltham
A. Telcheman
Carrora Stafford
Barnes
Gillett
Esterbrook
Eagle
M. Norton
Carter
Stafford
David
Dixon's Artisan
Peters
York & Co
Beaterbrook
Eagle Vertical
Enacle
Dixon
John Grant
T. E
Gillett’s
Arti San
J. J. Dreher
Peather
FP. Brown & Co
Dunsters
Howley Brog
J. A. Beranton
Ben
M. J. Geary
Wilkes, Barre
Beidleman
Fabyan Mills
Price
Catholic Women’s Benevolent Legion Effects Permanent Organization
Robathan-Evans
Fik
Priday
Hood
Castoria
Edward Sinek
Mularkey
Morgan & Webb
School
Connell
E. H. Griffin
Dunmore Cemetery
Micluski
Centre Street
MR. Dunning
Klas
Paine Estate
Cumarall
Aluminum
China Wall
Wyoming Avenue
Throop
the Rexford Co
Lacka. Ave
Mercereau & Connell’s
Egents
Regina
Wyoming
Ames
Lackawanna Ave
J. I. Lad Wig
AL Pierce
Penn Ave Market
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