City notes on free picnic tickets and local notices
Community items note the Catholic Young Women's club distributing four thousand free picnic tickets for Laurel Hill Park on August 15 with daily afternoon distribution. Payroll updates list miners paid at Powderly No 1 mines and other nearby crews. A case of alleged assault involving Nora Jackson is noted with a local hearing and discharge. Excursion plans include Switchmen to Delaware Water Gap with many tickets unsold. Liederkranz event promises Lakeview outing with music, a large ball game, tug of war, footraces, and a concert. organizers listed.
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Catholic Young Women’s Club
North Washington Avenue
Laurel Hill Park
Aus
Sermon Ligderkrana Socoiety
Wilkes-Parre
Pluto
Charles Wenzel
George Neji Tievis
Frock Docker
Edward Kinele
Speedway Hotel Offers Yearround Rooms and Transports
Speed way Hotel operates all year and advertises services for mountain visitors. Carriages depart from Mears building corner at 6 15 pm 8 30 am 6 15 pm for trips there and back from Speedway Hotel at 7 30 am 5 00 pm 9 00 pm. Chicken and waffles served every Tuesday and Friday dinners.
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T “O
Mears Building
Speedway Hotel
Dining hours and party arrangements listed for cafe
The notice announces breakfast from six to nine a.m. lunch from one to two thirty p.m. dinner from six to nine p.m. and lunch served all day. Arrangements for large parties can be made by calling phone number 4674.
Nine Lives Lost In Local Bank Wreck Cat Among Victims
A sensational bank wreck report proved false as nine lives were lost the day after the disaster. The true casualty was a Maltese cat named Haefey found crushed near the bank vault. Clerk William Kessler located the remains while seeking missing papers.
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Tribune Ia
Yeaterday
Tribune
Mise Haefey
William Kessler
Merchants’ and Mechanica
The Hot Wave Still Waving Across Scranton
Heat dominates Scranton as thermometers linger near 92 degrees with 81 average for the day. Citizens adapt by embracing shirt waist fashion while workers in the sun face fatigue and a single horse succumbs to heat near Penn avenue.
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Lackawatina
Wyoming
Lackawanna Hospital
Casey & Kelly Brewing Company
Penn Avenue
Linden Street
Fire Department Funds Exhausted Prompting Ordinance Aid
The Ascal year faces eight months with exhausted fire department funds and Chief Zizelmann asks the council to approve an ordinance granting about $2,000 for repairs, hydrants, hoses and incidentals. Public objections focus on transfer methods while commissioners push financed improvements.
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Walker
Zizelmann
Common Council
Feranton
Fire Department
Balan
Clutias
VW. Zietmann
Wall Collapse narrowly avoids fatalities at downtown sites
Two tons of wall broke loose from the Campbell building top and tumbled into the Blair basement where Williams workers were present. Patrick Lally suffered three broken fingers and Patrick Kelly received a minor shoulder bruise as repair crews resumed after warnings. Debris removal follows tearing down the bank rear wall and Lorenz building walls.
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Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Behore
Andrew Campbell
Williams
Blair
Campbell Building
Patrick Lally
Patrick Kelly
Lully
Lackawanna Hospital
Kelly
Benare
Willams Ment
Campbell
Penore
Bank
Lorenz Building
Descriptive letter on Wilmington murder victim
A letter from Chief Massey provides a detailed but uncertain description of a 17 year old boy killed in Wilmington on August 2. It lists physical traits, clothing, and a claimed origin from Scranton, noting many tips have come in but none match the victim.
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John Moir
Wilmington
Del
Scranton
Sparrow's Point
Balnofort
Eugene Masey
Fell Township Election Contest Hearing Updates
A Fell township election contest heard 22 respondent witnesses yesterday as the court sets August 15 to close testimony. Attorney M J Walsh seeks a sixty day extension as the case, begun March 18, continues to determine who was elected school controller.
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Fell Township
Fell
M. J. Walsh
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Aids Mothers for Colic Diarrhea
The advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted remedy used by millions of mothers. It claims to calm pain ease teething sadness and specifically targets diarrhea and colic in infants.
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Mrs. Winslow
Reynolds Claims Owed Money Amid Stock Dispute
A witness in the equity case H B Reynolds vs C G Boland and others alleges Reynolds is owed payment for services tied to a deal with the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. The case centers on a $10,000 worth of People’s Coal stock assigned in trust to Boland, who disputes the transfer and the implied commission. Further hearings are set for next Wednesday as witnesses are examined.
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Kressler Court
Armory
Poplar Street
Delaware and Hudson Tracks
Handley
Penn Avenue
Luzerne
Twenty-first Street
Century Hose Company
Keller
Reynolds
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Edwards
H. B. Reynolds
C. G. Boland
W. P. Boland
J. A. Mears
People's Coal Company
Mr. Reynolds
Tribune
John W. FitzGibbon
Truesdale
Lackawanna
Avondale Company
Roland
Lackawanna Company
Avondale
Boland
Charles du Pont Breck
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for September and October Terms
A grand jury for the September session and petit jurors for the October term were drawn by Sheriff Pryor and commissioners Doherty and Wiggins. The list includes numerous Scranton and surrounding area residents such as James Nealon, Olyphant. Edward Parry, Mikely. John Pant, laborer, Scranton. and city officials implicated in bribery and related cases to be considered at these sessions.
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BE. Pryor
Frank Doherty
C. A. Wiggins
Weral Hyuor
W. TL
Roby
Scranton
John FR
Thomas
M. JL. Smith
Scrantin
Fidian
James PL Nealon
Francis Wren
Freeman
John Eo Fiont
Archibald
Kite
Mino
M.S. Gallagher
John Pant
Edward Parry
Farrer
Mikely
James Nybart
Farmer
Scott
John White
James J. O'Mara
Dunmone
Learn Ammi
Lehigh
Charles Millan
Jammier
Maidiven
Evan J. Thonuwa
Miner
Carbondale
Robert Farrington
Bereice Holmes
Simpeon
Local oat crop tops previous records in Lackawanna county
Ex Weatherman H. E. Paine credits special favor of Jupiter Pluvius for the region's record oat harvest and comparatively strong beet crop. He notes moisture came in heavy, sporadic thunderstorms rather than steady showers, yet still aided agricultural yields here this summer.
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H. E. Paine
Lackawanna County
Mr. Paine
Jupiter Pluvius
John B R Davis Dead Coal Operator of the Valley
John Br Davis a long identified coal operator died after a six month illness at his home on North Washington avenue aged 75. He lived in Beranton for forty years and is survived by his wife and three children. Born March 27 1822 in Norristown Pa his career began supervising a country school before moving to Philadelphia.
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John Tr. Davis
MT North Washington Avenue
Mr. Davis
Beranton
Walter Matthews
William Avery
W. RB. Davis
Philadelphia
Local Coal Operator Key Figure in Scranton Industry
The article traces a coalman’s career from early employ at a business firm to clerk roles in Pottsville, Ashland Ironworks, and Baltimore. He led the Black Diamond colliery at Wilkes-Harren before moving to Scranton in November 1555 to build Stafford Meadow Brook colliery and become a prominent regional coal operator.
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Pottsville
Ashland Ironworks
Wrightsville
York County
Baltimore
Wilkes-Harren
Black Diamond
Scranton
Stafford Meadow Brook
Reagion
Bears of KadiaK giants sent to capture for zoo
Dr Frank Baker of the Smithsonian dispatches Elwood Hofer to KadiaK Island in the Gulf of Alaska to trap Kodiak bears for the National Zoological Park. The polar bears, weighing 2400 to 3000 pounds, are savage and rarely caught alive. Hofer plans a three ton trap baited with honey or pork to lure them aboard a vessel.
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Chicago
Kadiak Island
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Frank Baker
Smithsonian Institution
Elwood Hofer
Yellowstone Park
National Zoological Park
Rocky Mountains
Carlton H. Bean
Department of Fisheries
Paris
Kasdiak
Yellowsstone
Kadiak
Hofer
Smithsonian
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