Crescent Nine Falls to South Side Nine in Scranton Contest
The Crescent baseball team from Carbondale lost 7 to 6 to a clever South Side nine from Scranton. Slippery balls and fielding errors marked the game before 3,000 spectators, with Crescents debuting new gray uniforms with blue trim and a prominent Crescent across the breast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent
Scranton
Joose
Thugtown
Crescents
No. 8
Spaulding
Joseph Gilhool
McAndrew
Cuff
Boland
Loftus
Murray
Emmett
McHale
Dyer
Harrison
Moon
Crane
McDonald
Carbondale
Harte
Gallaghy
Mr Spanle Dies After Ill Health at Home
Frederick Spanle a respected resident of Jeffrey Street died Saturday morning at his home after six months of illness. Born in Germany sixty two years ago he immigrated years ago and lived in Reading Pottsville and Herrick Centre before settling in Carbondale. He worked at the Delaware and Hudson car shops and was a member of St Boniface and St Rose churches. He is survived by his wife and son Joseph Spanle of Greene. Funeral services will be held this morning with a requiem high mass at St Rose Church and burial in St Rose cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Street
Frederick Spanle
Germany
Reading
Pottsville
Herrick Centre
Carbonedale
Spanle
Delaware and Hudson
St. Boniface Society
St. Rose Church
Joseph Spanie
Greene, N
St. Rowe Cemetery
Day Lodore Outing Ends With Plumbers Defeated
The carpenters and plumbers enjoyed a Lake Lodore outing last Saturday with the plumbers losing 26 to 15. The game was lively from start to finish and moved quickly through six innings. Willie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Robinson
McDonough
Robinson
Wilson
Carpenters
Harry Robinson
Murrin
Farrell
N. Robinson
Brunner
Cavigan
McConon
Deets
Willis
Plumbers
Sharlock
Sullivan
Cotter
Ryan
Moran
Beck
Colvin
Lodore
Lake Lodore
Willie
Farewell for Mrs. May From First Congregational
The Ladies Aid of the First Congregational church held a farewell at Mrs. David James's home in honor of Mrs. Thomas F. May and her son who leave for Niantic City Connecticut. A gift was presented by Mrs. Jonas Williams, music and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Congregational Church
David James
Ninth Avenue
Thomas F. May
Niantic City
Conn
Jonas Williams
May
Common Mercy
Jordan enters Republican senatorial nomination race
Attorney J G Jordan of this city announces his candidacy for the Republican senatorial nomination. He reports strong support from friends in Scranton and Carbondale and suggests that the district has received little party recognition in years. If nominated he would expect united party backing in the senate fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Jordan
Jordan
Scranton
Carbondale
Senate
Death of a Child in East Side Park
Olive Hedden, aged 38 years, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hedden of East Side Park, died Saturday evening at 6 o clock from cholera infantum. She was a bright child and a favorite with everyone. The funeral is set for Monday afternoon at 9, with interment in Maplewood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive
William Hedden
East Side Park
Maplewod Cemetery
Farewell Party for James Swindlehurst in Belmont
A Saturday evening farewell gathering at Mr and Mrs William McClain in Belmont honored James Swindlehurst who departs for Johnstown. Guests enjoyed games music and refreshments, praised the hosts, and included Agnes Wilce Pansy Steele Bessie Watson Maggie Watson Helen Stanton Annie Proeigh Edith Dunlap May Dunlap Daisy McClain Hazel Simrell Samuel Pierce Evan Batridge T Rosengrants Giles Philipot Edward Lowry and Howard Priestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
William McClain
James Swindlehurst
Johnstown
Helen Stanton
Annie Proeigh
Edith
May Dunlap
Daisy McClain
Hazel Simrell
Messrs
Samuel Pierce
Evan Batridge
T. Rosengrants
Giles Philipot
Edward Lowry
Howard Priestly
Thomas Watson
Anglers Return From Elk Lake Trip With Mixed Catches
Cc Ely C BR Smith George F James Louis Davis and Frank Derby spent the past week at Elk Lake and arrived in the city last Saturday evening. Albert Moon accompanied them but had to leave after four days. They enjoyed good time and fishing though few fish. Claude Smith brought home a nice bass catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
C. BR. Smith
George F. James
Louis Davis
Frank Derby
Elk Lake
Albert Moon
Claude Smith
Residents Enjoy Day Trip to Crystal Lake From Pittston
A group from Pittston including Misses Margaret Tighe Mary Gibbin Theresa Jennie Tighe Cecelia Cole Kate Flannelly Mary Gilboy Dora and Cecelia Early Grace Bishop Louise Bishop Kate Little Margaret McDonald Regenta and Anna Collier spent yesterday driving to Crystal Lake for a leisure outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lake
Margaret Tighe
Mary Gibbin
Theresa
Jennie Tighe
Cecelia Coleman
Kate Flannelly
Mary Gilboy
Dora
Cecelia Early
Grace
Louise Bishop
Kate Little
Margaret McDonald
Regenta
Anna Collier
Pittston
Kennedy and Buckley Families Attend Funeral in Dunmore
Mr and Mrs Alex Kennedy of South Main Street and Mr and Mrs David Buckley of Sand Street attended the funeral of a relative in Dunmore on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex, Kennedy
South Main Street
David Buckley
Sand Street
Dunmore
Child's Death Saddens Varcoo Family in Waymart
Mr and Mrs W H Varcoo of Waymart mourn the death of their little daughter, a young member of the well known local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Varcoo
Waymart
Patrick Tighe Dies in Pittston at 64
Word arrives that Patrick Tighe died at his Pittston home. He was 64 and had lived in Pittston for fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Patrick Tighe
Irish origin man among Carbondale deaths reported
Among the survivors is a sister Mrs Bridget Granahan of this city who is now confined to Emergency hospital. The deceased was well known in Carbondale. The note indicates an Irish origin for the deceased and links to local ties and a hospital confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Bridget Granahan
Carbondale
Travelling Folk Fill Town With Visitors
Names many residents and visitors across Scranton, Forest City, Prompton, Olyphant, and nearby towns. Notes social calls, sickness, and local outings from Sunday to the weekend, including Mr. and Mrs. Benton, Rev. Davis, Miss Mullane, and Mrs. Maxwell among others.
Deans Kidney Pills Prove Worth in Scranton Miner Case
A Scranton miner, Joseph Davis of 424 Fifth Avenue, reports severe back and kidney pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills from Matthews Bros. Drug Store. He notes relief began quickly and he has recommended the product to others. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY, agents for the U S Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Joseph Davis
Fifth Avenue
Dean
Matthews Bros
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan
Train trip notes at Crystal Lake and Carbondale visit
They had noon at Crystal Lake and in the evening visited Carbondale friends. They stopped over night at Hotel American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lake
Carbondale
Hotel American
School Board Set To Reopen Sept 2 In Olyphant
The Olyphant school board with full attendance except Symons and Morgan met Saturday night. Attorney James J. O Malley represented ex Tax Collector Hoban and a final settlement with the board was proposed. A meeting is planned for next Thursday to finalize. Also approved were several bills including Peck Lumber 12.55 and McDonnell 66.75. Secretary Lally was instructed to deliver tax duplicates once Hoban bonds. Community notices from Blakley and Scranton residents were noted along with social visits and a council meeting scheduled for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Symons
Morgan
James J. O'Malley
Hoban
Peck Lumber Company
Michael Heffron
Af. J. Casey
Lawrence Howard
G. R. Clarke & Co
William McDonnell
P. H. McCann
Lally
Merchants' Protective association closes shops for funeral
Jermyn and Mayfield merchants adopt resolutions of regret on C. D. Winter's death and close all business at noon. Members will meet at 1 30 to attend the funeral in a body. Also notes serious illnesses and a newborn in West Mayfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants' Protective Association
Assembly Hall
C. D. Winter
Jermyn and
Mayfield
Francis Gendall
Peckville
Jermyn
Whelan
Scranton
Thomas D. Williams
William Wasley
West Mayfield
Frank Muldoon
Main Street
Episcopal Sunday School
John Malloy
Peckville Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Attorney and Mrs J E Watkins and family of Taylor with Mrs Thomas Watkins and children of Olyphant visited W W Watkins on Main Street. Miss Florence Miner of Carbondale joined William Peck's family on North Main Street. Misses Bailey and Kimble of Honesdale visited Miss Flossie Warfield. Miss Nettle Babcock of Main Street is home sick with typhoid fever. Celia Tanner and children returned from relatives. Local youths attended a five o'clock tea in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Watkins
Taylor
Thomas Watkins
Olyphant
W. W. Watkins
Main Street
Florence Miner
Carbondale
William Peck
North Main Street
Bailey and
Kimble
Honesdale
Flossie Warfield
Nettle Babcock
Celia Tanner
Scranton
Local social notes from Dickson boulevard and Scranton visits
Mrs J W Samson hosts in Dickson boulevard in honor of her niece Estella Congdon of Honesdale. Attendees include Sadie Gendall Florence Maines Edna Brundage Edith Rooke Grace Hughes Mary Pentecost Bessie Thompson Leroy Simpson and John Pentecost. Miss Dawson of Scranton visits Mr and Mrs F P Benscoter on Main Street. Edmund Williams and Mrs R N Jenkins are noted visitors and Wayne Wademan Frank Williams return from a ten day outing at New Milford. Gendall of Main street calls on friends in Jermyn on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Samson
Dickson Boulevard
Estella Congdon
Honesdale
Sadie Gendall
Florence Maines
Edna Brundage
Edith Rooke
Grace Hughes
Mary Pentecost
Bessie Thompson
Leroy Simpson
John Pentecost
Miss Dawson
Scranton
F. P. Benscoter
Main Street
Edmund Williams
Wayne
Funeral of John Strine in German Evangelical Church
The funeral for John Strine who died at Moses Taylor hospital will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock, with services at the German Evangelical church and interment in Forest Home cemetery.
Archbaldd Miss Carrie Battenburg Vacationing in Honesdale
Archbald Miss Carrie Battenburg is spending her vacation at Honesdale. Mr A J Tentzer spent Sunday in New York City. Mr and Mrs A C Campbell Miss Sarah Gilroy Margaret and Agnes were mentioned in a social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Battenburg
Honesdale
A. J. Tentzer
New York City
A. C. Campbell
Sarah Gilroy
Margaret
Agnes
Scranton Visitors and Calls Noted on Weekend
Howley returned from Atlantic City. Mrs. John Siddons of Bridge street was a caller in Scranton Saturday. Mrs. Mary Judd of Apex New York is visiting relatives in town. Mr. John Durkin was a business caller in Scranton Saturday. Miss Rose Rosenbaum spent Sunday with friends in Jermyn. Mr. E S Jones of Olyphant was a caller in town Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice O'Malley
Scranton
May Morgan
Pleasant Mount
Dr. Dunnier
Forest City
Lulu Foster
Prompton
J. A. Spicer
Bcranton
Ruth Dilts
Belmont Street
James Collins
New York City
F. M. Gardner, Esq
Elizabeth Kearney
Dunmore
George J. Benton
Tyler Hill
W. F. Davis
Jermyn
Chaffee
Mary Maxwell
Park Street
E. D. Hoffman
J. A. Kelly
Mary B. Burke
Olyphant
Patrick Kelleher
Lucy Gilmartin
H. Seabury
Providence
R. I
Mary Meehan
Priceburg
Martin Dockerty
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Carroll
Camp Ping Pong
Crystal Lake
John Péllio
Francis Fr. Leggett & Co
Effie Franey
Fred W. Clark
Seventh Avenue
Clifford
Sarah Burr
Lincoln Avenue
Titusville
Stephen Nealon
Annie
Pike Street
Dwight Craft
David
Newton Lake
H. A. Purple
Thomas
Clarke Brothers
Philadelphia
Mayme Simrell
Clark Avenue
Mary F. Brennan
South Main Street
Atlantic City
D. A. Rolls
Mra
J. A. States
Honesdale
Clifford Chapman
George Chapman
Jeffrey Avenue
Lillian Siebolt
Edith
Alice Ulmer
Blaines
Wayne County
John Lippert
M. L. Rowlson
Johnstown
England
Sarah Anderson
Susquehanna
W. W. Fletcher
Birkett Terrace
John McLaughlin
Gertrude
Buffalo
N. Y
James Gerrity
W. B. Geary
South Church Street
William Penn Hotel
Winnie Murray
Afclent
Winnie
May Hilian
Pottsville
May Wasgman
Frances Lanner
Migsea Mary
Bessie Moran
F. E. Jenkins
Fort Morgan
Ala
G. F. Taylor
Salem
Mass
T. B. Vannan
Grace Simrel
Seeleyville
Washburn-Crosby Company
George Britton
Greenfield
Wedeman
T. A. Surdam
Forest City National Bank
Lewis J. Surdam
George B. Chadwick
Boston
Moosic Social News From Friday Reception and Visits
Mr and Mrs John Hallstone welcomed a daughter. Henry and Laura Miller visited cousin Miss Stella Le Van. Helen Lelly of Parsons and Pearl Shiffer of Plaing visited Ethyl Trepellas. A large reception for Rev and Mrs J N Bailey at the Methodist Episcopal church included a fifty dollar check from the official board. Maud Smith returned from Atlantic City. S S Watsons moved to the Brodhead property on North Main. William Stevenson and Ed Doran families spent Friday at Spring Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Laura Miller
Stella le van
Helen Lelly
Parsons
Pearl Shiffer
Plaing
Ethyl Trepellas
North Main Street
J. N. Bailey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bailey
Maud Smith
Best Results in Exercise From Success
The article urges relief seekers to flee to woods and mountains for two weeks to rebuild health through outdoor tasks. It promotes camping, gathering berries, climbing, foraging fuel, and hikes to peaks as substitutes for indoor contortion and drug remedies. It contrasts Dr Boerhaave’s plan with outdoor activity and extols movement care as a remedy for despondency and drug dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elysium
Ife
Huldy Burritt
Turner-halls
Nostrum-Monger
Boerhaave
Lackawanna Excursion To Atlantic City Aug 14
Special excursion tickets to Atlantic City from Scranton available for trains on August 14 with return validity through August 24. Adults $5.00 and children 5 to 12 $2.50. Route via Manunka Chunk and Philadelphia. Delaware bridge connections require no station change. Apply to local ticket agent for schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna
Atlantic City
N. J
Scranton
Manunka Chunk
Philadelphia
Delaware Bridge
Mt Gretna Exposition Round Trip Fare Notice
For the Farmers Exposition at Mt Gretna Pa August 18 to 22 the Pennsylvania Railroad sells round trip tickets at one fare from main stations between Altoona and Bryn Mawr on the Northern Central between Sunbury and Luthville and on the Philadelphia and Erie east of Renovo Mekers August 18 to 22 good to return the same day. Inquiries on service and rates to ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Bryn Mawr
Northern Central Railway
Sunbury
Lutherville
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Renovo
Reduced fares to Butte for International Mining Congress
On account of the International Mining Congress in Butte Montana from September 1 to 5, the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Butte and return on August 16 20 21 26 and 27 at reduced rates. Tickets good to return to original starting point not later than September 30. Consult the nearest ticket agent for specific rates and stop over privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte, Mont
Pennsylvania Railroad
International Mining Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Hutte
Menrest Theket
Spider Behavior and Spider Eggs Described in Country Life
A late summer to autumn account details the crypage aggiope spider catching grasshoppers with a wide silk sheet and quick immobilization. It notes the smaller male orange arylope living on a shabby web near the female and a globular egg-sac carried high to protect wintering young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerlos
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Maud Edwards
Charlotte Lloyd
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Annie Patten
Daniel Matthews
George Howley
Edward Matthews
Robert Sykes
Green Ridge
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Allda
Gertrude McHale
Bessie Murphy
Ferguson
Lackawanna Street
J. A. Hull
Mabel Schriner
Maplewood
Rex Kelly
Port Jervis
Jermyn and Mayfield
Connolly & Wallace Scranton’s Shopping
Ayard
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Connolly & Wallace
John Strine
Moses Taylor Hospital
German Evangelical Church
Forest Home Cemetery
Taylor Reds
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Riverside Park
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Edward
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F. J. Powell
Ezra Powell
Beech
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New York
M. M. Williams
Malin Street
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Grove Street
M. C. Lynch
Jennie Davis
W. 'l. Davis
Cooper Street
Ethel O'Haro
Masters Russell O'Haro
Spencer and
Leslie Reese
Gretta Purcell
North Scranton
E. T. Daniels
Ohio
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Stanley Miller
Auburn
William Miller
Taylor Street
Merrill Weston
Reese
Kimblem Division
Sons of Temperance
John Hallstone
Mt. Gretna Farmers Exposition
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