Bankers Hear War, Revenue, and Tax Issues at Group Meeting
The semi annual session of Group 3 of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association met at Glen Summit with I P Pardee presiding. Scranton delegates included W Gunster Dunham Jermyn Phillips Eynon Hartman. discussions covered bank failures in Philadelphia, imperialist views, revenue tax on collateral loans, profits taxation, rubber stamp endorsements on checks, and criticisms of bank examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Glen Summit
I. P. Pardee
Hazleton
Scranton
Co. W. Gunster
Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank
H. G. Dunham
Dime Deposit Bank
George PB. Jermyn
F. L. Phillips
Traders’ Bank
A. B. Eynon
West Side Bank
Hartman Baker
Merchants’ National Bank
Philadelphia
Theodore Strong
First National Bank
Pittston
United States
Spain
Strong
William Hackett
Fasten
State Bankers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Dreisbach
Hackett
George H. Flanagan
Wilkes. Barre
Driesbach
Flanagan
Garhart
Patterson
Meeting of bankers ends after brief session
The group conducted business in about two hours then terminated the meeting. Afterward the members dined together at tea time. The dinner was elaborate and no speeches were made because several bankers had to catch early trains.
The Langcraff Kell ey contest hearing details
The Corribondale hearing for the Langcraff Kelley contest heard witnesses from Mell township districts and Mayfield. Many named witnesses testified including Quinn Tempenny Duffy Dunleavy McDonnell Gallagher Mehan Needham Brady Weerley Coyle Davitt Tallett Crogan Wasley Kenny Brennan Conner McGowan Flannacan Nealon McCool Wooled etc. One vote was rejected during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langcraff-Kelley
Corribondale
Mell Township
Mayfield
James Quinn
Patrick Tempenny
Joseph Duffy
Chris Dunleavy
Patrick McDonnell
John Gallagher
John Mehan
Patrick Needham
Andrew Brady
Hugh Brady
Thomas Weerley
Patrick Coyle
Michael Davitt
Anthony Tallett
Thomas Crogan
Samuel Wasley
Thomas Kenny
Daniel Healey
Thomas Sullivan
Martin Matlen
Dennis Gallagher
Jamee Finnnacan
John Tigue
Michael Sayers
Michael Grady
M. F. Howard
Candy Boyle
John Shortgek
Dean Tarls
Thomas Cornish
John Melden
James Muldooney
Henry Loftus
Samuel Saline
Joseph Kutser
John Owens
James Kenny
Martin Tokarczyk
Nicholas Glynn
Michael McLoughlin
Bart
Illustrat ed Prospectus for Scranton Conservatory of Music
The fifty page prospectus showcases the Scranton Conservatory of Music located on Adams Avenue and Linden Street in the Carter building. It details a complete program with a fourth floor recital hall, fourteen teachers, over two hundred students, courses in music elocution physical culture fine arts and languages, and free advantages for students. Miss Caroline T Conkling will head the new elocution and physical culture department with Delsarte training. The Fall term begins September 7 with offices open daily after August 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Carter
Adams Avenue
Linden Street
Caroline T. Conkling
Emerson School of Oratory
Boston
Madame Delsarte
Paris
Delsarte
J. Alfred Pennington
Ella MacNutt
Bauer's Band Concert at Laurel Hill Park
Bauer's band will perform tomorrow afternoon at Laurel Hill Park starting at 3 40 o clock. The program includes Alexander Overture Hunt ing for Lack Abide with Me and The Palm featuring trombone solo The Palm Mr John Turn Overture Zampa Romance Poem of Love Overture Before Paris Walton Homes and other works with a prize overture noted for a great contest at Binghamton NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Hill Park
Bauer
Laurel Hit Park
Bure
Alexander
Buppe
Monk Trombon
Tuura
John Turn
Zampa Eevee
Tural
Binghamton
N.Y
Ratiate Overture
Weber Ahegoalal
Paris
Tronkier Navaret
Walton “Homes
Buyers and Sellers Play Charity Base Ball This Afternoon
Buyers and Sellers stage a charity base ball game at Athletic Park this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Proceeds go to the Home for the Friendless and St Joseph's Foundling Home. Bauer's band will provide music. Admission is twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic Park
St. Joseph's Foundling
Bauer
Through Car Service to New Jersey Seashores
Central Railroad of New Jersey offers through cars from Scranton to New Jersey coast resorts. Train 16 departs Scranton at 8 20 a m and runs via Elizabethport and Branchport with a through car to the coast. A westward through car also originates at the seashore and reaches Scranton by 8 10 p m for convenient travel along the Lehigh and Susquehanna division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Atlantic Highland
Point Pleasant
Central Railroad of
Scranton
New Jersey Coast
Elizabethport
Branchport
Seashore
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
Letter from Circle City Traveler Plans Klondike Return
Michael Vaughan writes from Circle City en route to the Klondike interior to his brothers Senator James Vaughan and D. W. Vaughan. Dated in May the letter says he intends resuming his journey the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle City
Michael Vaughan
Klondike
James
D. W. Vaughan
City Pays Long Overdue Warrants to Staff
City treasurer has received enough funds to settle overdue salaries for city officers firemen policemen and other staff. Pay orders for salaries began yesterday afternoon in the city clerk's office.
Infant Toole Dies in August Tragedy at 607 Mineral
Lawrence Toole infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Toole died Friday morning at 607 Mineral Street aged a few days. Funeral set for Sunday at 8 o clock with interment in Cathedral cemetery.
Young boy burglar arrested by police
Clarence Foster a 15 year old colored boy living at 45 Hitchcock court was arrested for breaking into A. D. Pierson's wholesale produce on Lackawanna avenue between 6 and 7 pm Thursday. About $70 in money including $95 in bills was stolen from the shop safe. Foster implicated two other youths and led officers to a hidden money box beneath a kitchen, with over $50 found. Foster confessed earning part of the money but gave vague explanations. A second theft occurred the same night at M J Watkins barber shop on Market street with about $25 taken and eight razors, two with tortoise shell handles bearing names Tom Bannon and Fred Techer. The case also mentions union convention details and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Pierson
Tower Lackawanna Avenue
Clarence Foster
Hitchcock Court
Foster
Central Police Station
Ridge- Way
Bailey
Jackson
John Loomis
Kelley’s Patch
Frank Lee
Penn Avenue
Davis
Gurrell
Dyer
Young Foster
M. J. Watkins
Market Street
Tom Bannon
Fred Techer
Funeral for Rev J G Eckman Set for Monday at Kim Park Church
Funeral services for Rev Dr J G Eckman will be held Monday at 2 30 pm at Kim Park church. Friends may view the body Monday 10 to 12 at his residence. Rev W L Thorpe of the Honesdale district presides. Brief addresses by Rev A J Van Cleft Teev J B Sweet and Rev J C Lencock. Pallbearers chosen from younger clergy with older friends as honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Eckman
Kim Park
W. L. Thorpe
Honesdale
A. J. van Cleft
J. B. Sweet
Fire Department Committee to Meet at City Hall Monday
A special joint fire department committee of councils will convene Monday night to complete specifications for the new fire apparatus. The meeting follows the contract award and awaits Mayor Balleyatt's signature as the council reviews the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Fire Department Committee of Councils
Scranton
Fire Department
Balleyatt
Scranton Likely City for Union Veterans' Convention
It appears Scranton will be chosen as the 1809 convention city for the Union Veterans' encampment, which concluded yesterday at Hook Island. Scranton led the field, with several cities initial contenders, but proved strongest in the early balloting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Union Veterans’ Union
Hook Island
Jermyn Stabbing Affray Leaves Man Wounded
Thomas Morgan of Mayfield was stabbed by Hebert Trotter during a scuffle near the St George hotel in Jermyn. Morgan was cut on the right side with a pocket knife and neck wound. surgeons treated him and he improved after later transport home. Trotter was arrested and released on $800 bail after a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Morgan
Mayfield
Jermyn
Hebert Trotter
Trotter
Justice of the Police
Sieims
Morgan
St. George Hotel
Large Labor Day Demonstration Planned In City
Chairman P J Thomas of the labor day arrangements committee announces the event will be the citys largest public demonstration in years. Plans include special trains and excursion rates from Wilkes Barre Carbondale Scranton. D H and L W railways offer round trip fares. The committee, with wide labor group representation, pledges active work to meet expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whhist
P. J. Thomas
General Committee
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Delaware and Hudson
Thomas Down
Fenner and Chappell Dissolve in City Trade House
Fenner and Chappell dissolve with Stephen P Fenner retiring. The North End general estate was among the citys largest in its field and had a vast trade. Williams Chappell will continue the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenner & Chappell
Stephen P. Fenner
William Chappell
Fenner
North End
Chappell
Second Legislative District Republican Convention Notice
Public notice to Republican voters of Lackawanna county that a convention will be held in the Arbitration Room at the Scranton courthouse on Tuesday August 2 1998 at 2 PM to nominate a candidate for the legislature and conduct other proper business Vigilance committees will watch polls open from 4 to 7 PM on Saturday August 20 188 for delegate elections Fred W Fleitz Chairman W E Davis Secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawann County
Court House
Scranton
Fred W. Fleltz
W. E. Davis
Republian
Lackawanna County
Benton
George Freeman
Ciifton
James O' Boyle
Covington
William Cobley
Dalton
J. A. Woodbridge
Glenburn
J. J Northup
Gouldsboro
J. B. Gardner
Greenfiecld
Frank Kenyon
Lackawanna
David D. Griffiths
John McCrindla
William J. Williame
William H. Fern
Griffith T. Davis
la Plume
J. H. Holgate
Lehigh
Jacob Knecht
Madison
Eugene Noack
Newton
Oscar van Buskirk
North Abington
Stephen Aylesworth
Old Forge—firet
K. Willis Reen
James A. Salmon
William Bennett
Rangom—Firet
Tobias Stein
G. R. Wandell
Beott Township
George Miller
Sixth Ward
W. B. Davia
Booth Abington
John R. Johns
Clark's Green
Third District Republican committee meets in Lackawanna County
The third district Republican committee will meet in Scranton at 2 PM on August 6 to fix time and price for the district convention and handle related business. The meeting agenda lists committee members from Benton to Waverly across Scranton wards and townships.
Miner Jones Dies in 400 Foot Shaft Fall at Sterra No 1
Thomas Jones aged 19 fell 400 feet down Sterra No 1 shaft near the city line after leaping from a mine carriage at the top landing. Ten men were in the party. his body was recovered at the bottom and his parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Jones of 117 Watkin Street, North End, mourn his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Thomas Jones
Sterra No. 1
Efrasp
Charles McAnulty
James Hawley
Joseph Geary
Gleason
North End
Edward Jones
Watkin Street
Delegates to Grand Council of Y M I Leave for Altoona
Delegates from this city and surrounding area will travel Monday morning at 9 28 on the Telaware and Thadson train to Altoona for the annual Grand Council of the Young Men's Institute Pennsylvania jurisdiction session. About twenty five delegates and as many more will depart, with dinner arranged at Sunbury and arrivals expected in Altoona by 7 40 P M. The program includes an educational feature and several aspirants for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Cnuncil
Young Men's Institute
Fennesylivania
Altoona
Telaware
Thadson
Sunbury
Deelgates
Railroad Collision Near Parrish Street In Wilkes-Barre
A Central railroad fast freight from Scranton loaded with beef collided with a Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre coal train eight miles an hour just below Parrish street South Wilkes-Barre. The coal train was crossing the tracks when the freight failed to see the signal and struck the coal cars injuring or damaging a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad
Faston
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Parrish Street
South
Central Tracks
Red Board
Train Collision Damages Coal Cars Near Lehigh Valley Line
A coal train derailed but did not injure crew or damage engines. Six cars smashed and overturned onto the west-bound Lehigh Valley track. The fast freight was delayed about an hour. Power wires torn and the Central switch shanty knocked over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley
Reduced rate tickets for Exposition travel in Omaha area
Treduced rate tickets on sale June 10 to October 1 via Lehich Valley rail road to Omaha or Kansas City. Inquire of ticket agents for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehich Valley Railroad
Omaha
Kansas City
House Flittings Clearing Sale of Window Screens
A local sale offers window screens at reduced prices with emphasis on strength and quality. Various price points are advertised including 29c and 39c items, though the text shows garbled repeats. The notice promotes affordable screening options for homes and pest control.
Canvas Back Porch Item Sale At Nominal Price
A porch item described as canvas back is offered at a sale price of one dollar. The note emphasizes the item as ideal for porches and marks the price as a dollar. It appears as a brief sale listing.
Special Hammocks Offered in Fancy Colors and Extras
Local retailer advertises hammocks with fringe valance and head rest features in assorted colors. Prices shown include regular $1.98 items now offered at $1.19.
Clarke Bros Enameling and Nickel Plant Praised
Clarke Bros claims its enameling and nickel ing plant is the finest in the state, employing nothing but expert workmen.
Repair shop cutting bicycle prices yet remains well known
Our repair shop facilities are widely recognized and our bicycle stock remains large as we move units at cut prices.
Summer Value Tie Special at 25 Cents
Unusually good buy in summer wear with discounts up to half off. Notes include neckwear at 25 cents, puff fours, inands and ascots. Closeout sale signals end of line.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Sisters of St.John’s Convent
Pittsston
Knabe
A Briggs
Malinckrodt
Perry Bros
Wyoming Ave
Columbian Detective Agency
Philo
Victor Koch, Jr
Seranton House
Anna Cushman
Adams
Philo” Kifg. CO
Clinton Place
New York City
Huber
Chas Hollen i
TreToders National Bank Bld
Gul Rose Comerd
Kemp
Wyoming Avenue
BFI
M. Meinhart
Mae
Lackawanna Avenue
Bankers
Glen Summit Hotel
Union
R. C. Davenforth
Washington
J. B. Morgan
Davenport
W.L. French
Brockton
Mass
Jacob A. Green
Women's Relief Union
Auxiliary
Mre
Adi B. Johneon
N. Y
DR. Eckman
Thorpe
Fire Department Committee
Mr. Fenner
S.C. Snyder
Spruce Street
Driver
Storrs NO. 1
Grand Council OF
South Wilkes-Barre
Jenny Lind
California
E. G
Coursen
Nebraska
Clarke Bros
Mfr
Franklin Ave
Conrad
Lacka. Ave
Washington Ave
Gillette Brothers
Maloney Oi, and Manufacturing CO
Meridian Street
Piton Waernleb
Liyers
Japan
Holesale and Retail Sruggiete
Raynolds
Inaida
Hand & Payne
Silk Suspenders Inc
Madras Suspenders Sc
Snow
Weston Mill CO
Scranton, Carbondale, Olyphant
Kimball
George H.ives
West Market Street
Barbour’s Home
Credit House
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