Epworth league program at Embury church entertains members
WEST SCRANTON The Epworth league of Embury Methodist Episcopal church entertained members and trends last evening with audience music scenes and prayers led by Rev James Renninger. Hon James Moir gave the main address with humor and thoughts worth keeping as Watkins family from Taylor performed and Miss Littie Jones recited again. Ice cream and cake followed. Meanwhile Kleager Jenkin of Thirteenth street, paralytic stroke victim, was reported very low with doubtful recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Embury Methodist Episcopal Church
James Renninger
John Williams
John Stephens
Lottie Jones
James Moir
Watkins
Taylor
Littie Jones
Anna Davis
Kleager Jenkine
Thirteenth Street
Injury Mar Henry Kline While Mountain Visit
Henry Kline, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kline of Hampton street, sustained a painful injury while visiting the country on Wednesday. He fell from a ladder and was taken to the city where Dr. F. C. Hall found a broken arm. Mrs. Waterfeiffer of North Hyde Park avenue pinched her thumb with a needle. Dr. Hall removed it with no serious results expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kline
H. C. Kline
Hampton Street
F. C. Hall
F.C. Hall
Local injuries update in city streets
Miss Kate Trainer, thrown from a carriage at Lackawanna avenue and Seventh street, is recovering from severe contusions though a hardy constitution aids healing. Michael Jordan of Lafayette street, aged 60, rallies from paralysis with strong hopes for recovery. Miss Catherine Fitzsimmons of 910 South Main avenue suffered severe injuries after being run over by a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Trainer
Lackawanna Avenue
Seventh Street
Michael Jordan
Lafayette Street
Catherine Fitzsimmons
South Main Avenue
Woman Arrest Warrants Shown In City Disorder Case
Carrie McAndrew of Broome county sought a warrant from Alderman Noone to arrest a woman in the central city for defamation. The constable carried the warrant but McAndrew was later found not seen as police had arrested her instead on the charge of disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie McAndrew
Broome County
Noone
Ladies' Ald Society Celebrates Sixteenth Anniversary
The German Presbyterian church on Chestnut street marks its Ladies' Ald Society sixteenth anniversary with an anniversary sermon by Pastor Rev. J. Schoettle and special choir music. Officers are President Mrs. Elizabeth Naumann, Secretary Mrs. Elizabeth Koch, and Treasurer Mrs. Elizabeth Schubert. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Ald Society
German Presbyterian Church
Chestnut Street
J. Schoettle
Ladies' Ald Society
Elizabeth Naumann
Elizabeth Koch
Elizabeth Schubert
Ink stained lips scare Jackson street boy
Mr and Mrs P W Tague of Jackson street faced a scare when their twenty month old son William found a bottle of ink. He may have swallowed some or only stained his lips and hands. Dr F C Hall was called but the child shows no symptoms yet.
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P. W. Tague
Jackson Street
Welsh Baptist Pastor to Speak at Local Church
Rev Abell Parry of Rhyl Wales will preach at the First Welsh Baptist church on South Main avenue next Sunday with a Welsh morning sermon and an English evening sermon. Local No 1715 United Mine Workers of America meets at Jaynes hall this evening. A parlor dance honors Elmer Hughes of Bangor Maine at Misss home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abell Parry
D. D
Rhyl
Wales
Atlantic
First Welsh Baptist Church
South Main Avenue
Parry
United Mine Workers of America
Jayne's Hall
Elmer Hughes
Bangor
Local social notices and events around town including marriages and gatherings
Ruth Lewis on Swetland street hosted a dancing evening with a late midnight repast. A large group joined Enter prise lodge Loyal Knights of America to Harvey's lake. CHM works and Finch Manufacturing to pay Saturday. Dowd entertaining for Henry W. Rawson. Attendees listed. Simpson Epworth league attendees to Methodist camp meeting. Minnie Pillott and Frank Halley wed August 2 at Simpson church. First Baptist choir to Nay Aug park. John Morgan resumes after Bellevue washery injury. Harry Edwards and Frank Coons return from Lake Winola. Mamie Saul to marry Thomas Kelly next Wednesday at St Patrick's. Mrs Jennie Williams at Lake Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lewis
Swetland Street
Enterprise Lodge
Loyal Knights of America
Harvey's Lake
CHM Works
Finch Manufacturing Company
George B. Dowd
Oram Boulevard
Simpson Epworth League
Margaret Crawford
May Jones
Emily Sutton
Lulu Leader
Florence King
Mary Daniels
Mra. Artemus
G. B. Doud
W. H. Crawford
Lloyd Kresge
Bea Duffy
Florey & Brooks
Lake Ariel
Minnie W. Pillott
West
Lackawanna Avenue
Frank Halley
New York
H. C. McDermott
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Nay Aug Park
John Morgan
Bellevue Washery
Chemical Company No. 2
Harry Edwards
Frank Coons
Lake Winola
Mamie Saul
Thomas Saul
Price Street
Thomas Kelly
Tenth Street
St. Patrick's Church
Jennie Williams
South Hyde Park Avenue
Lake Sheridan
Gallagher Leaves Eureka Nine For Blossburg Ball Club
John Gallagher of McDonough Avenue, after six years as a Eureka second baseman, left yesterday to join Blossburg’s independent ball team backed by local business support. Blossburg has defeated Harrisburg and Chester clubs this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gallagher
McDonough Avenue
Blossburg
Eureka
Harrisburg
Chester
Social notes from Cayuta street to Atlantic City
Residents and visitors named include Elsie and Margaret Decker visiting Cayuta street sister in Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese welcoming a baby boy in Spring Street. Thomas Reese, G. R. Clark and others at a Wyoming camp meeting. Mrs. M. W. Snyder and daughter Cora visiting Cherry Ridge relatives. Bridget Jordan at Atlantic City. John Moran at Nut and Bolt works. Officer Burke and wife at Atlantic City. Benedict family at Elmira. William Meredith at Lake Winola. Margaret Lee visiting her mother on School street. Kate and Minnie Jordan returning from Elmira. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Peck fishing near Frytown. James Elsby and William Wescott vacationing at Atlantic City. Stella James vacationing at Hallstead and Carbondale. Mrs. Crosby family at Black Lake. Alderman Otto D. Myers spending yesterday at Lake Ariel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Margaret Decker
Cayusa Street
Taylor
Thomas Reese
Spring Street
Charles Clark
G. R. Clark
G. C. Lyman
Teathery
Ethel Clark
Ronald Clark
Wyoming
M. W. Snyder
Cora
North Main Avenue
Cherry Ridge
Bridget
Lake Winola
Margaret Lee
Binghamton
School Street
Kate
Minnie Jordan
West Market Street
Elmira
N. Y
W. A. Peck
Frytown
Wayne County
James Elsby
William Street
William Wescott
Church Avenue
Atlantic City
Stella James
Putnam Street
Hallstead
Carbondale
William J. Crosby
Columbia Avenue
Black Lake
Otto D. Myers
Lake Ariel
South Scranton Notes on Local Club Events and Misadventure
An Evening of Fourteen Friends at Hotel Best saw broad attendance and fruitful committee reports. Members planned sports including boat racing quoit playing and a fat man's race with a social supper to follow. A tug-of-war between single and married members at Beranton Athletic Club ended with the singles prevailing and a supper for losers. Four men engaged in a flawed fish culture expedition near Lackawanna brewery using firearms. the carp pond was fired upon but no catch was made.
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Alder Street
Charles Kaessner
Peter Muarker
Paddy Miller
William Dippre
Lackawanna
Plerve’s
Old Timey Patent Remedy Featured as Best for Teething
An old and well tried remedy, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, touted as a top physician’s prescription in the United States. Used for years by millions of mothers, it supposedly eases teething pain, cures diarrhoea and griping, calms wind, and gives health to the child, with the mother resting. Price twenty five cents and bottle.
Surprise birthday serenade at Alder Street home
A party honored William Stel at his parents' Alder Street home last night. Serenaders gathered about 9 pm and were treated to refreshments after paying their respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stel
Alder Street
Charles T. Miller
Cedar Avenue
Apending
Buffalo
Nivenna Fadia
Caroline Berghauser
Blm Street
Wilkes Harre
Behley
Anle
Annie Wilt
Philadelphia
B. R. Conley
Blocuim Street
Bterning Simroll
Connell Hose Company
Myrtle
William Kohnstamm
Stone Avenue
Meadow Brook
Social visits and homecomings across Northeastern towns
Green Ridge Dora Borner of Dickson Avenue visits friends in Blakeslee. Miss Clara Slocum of Sanderson Avenue summering at Lake Carey. Miss May Haslem returns home from Dalton after visiting Mrs J F Hangl. Mra Lansing and daughters Helene Miriam return from Preston Park. Mrs Fell returning to Wilkes-Barre from Capouse Avenue. Mrs R M Lindsay and daughters depart for two weeks at Lodge Preston Park. Co E Bond returns from Stroudsburg and Water Gap. Nettie Lawrence visits Moosic Lake cottage of Rev and Mrs Bateman. Mrs Helen Stackhouse visits S J Matthews at Olyphant. Judge John F Harris of Reading, state deputy Modern Woodmen, travels to Sheffield to arrange district deputy and camp lecturer meetings in September.
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Dora Borner
Dickson Avenue
Blakeslee
Clara Slocum
Sanderson Avenue
Lake Carey
May Haslem
Mra
J. F. Hangl
Dalton
J. Lansing
Helene
Miriam
Preston Park
Fell
G. B. Howe
Capouse Avenue
Wilkes-Barre
R. M. Lindsay
Monsey Avenue
E. Bond
Stroudsburg
Water Gap
Nettie Lawrence
Delaware Street
Francis Bateman
Moosic Lake
Helen Stackhouse
Capoose Avenue
J. Matthews
Olyphant
John F. Harris
Reading
Modern Woodmen of America
Whitney
Woodlawn Park
Sheffield
Obituary of T. J. Quinnan Scranton athlete
T. J. Quinnan longtime Scranton sports figure died after a five week illness at 1395 Lafayette Street. He won over fifty medals cups and diplomas representing the Turners and Y M C A in A A U games. Funeral set for Saturday August 16 at St Patrick's West Scranton at 930 am. He is survived by his mother and several relatives. Sarah Myers died at her daughter's home 125 Pennacene Wednesday at 1 pm aged 4 years. Funeral at 2 pm at the AMFE church Howard Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Quinnan
Scranton
Lafayette Street
Turners
Branch 44
Holy Name Society
St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Patrick's Church
West Scranton
James Kearney
Annie Williffer
John Pellester
Thomas Mullen
James Quinnan
Sarah Myers
James G. Foster
Howard Place
Scranton Eyes Free Swimming Pool and Lake at Nay Ang Park
Director of Public Works John E K Roche says plans for a free pool at Nay Ang park and completion of an artificial lake depend on endorsements from prominent Scrantonians. He notes that if plans satisfy, construction could start soon with a ready dam and completed excavations in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John EK. Roche
Tribune
W. L. Connell
Immense Scranton Park Lagoon Planned With Pool
A new park lake will extend 720 feet by 160 feet at its broadest, with a maximum depth of 39 feet. A shallow pool for children will sit at one end and a 120 foot swimming pool will hold up to one hundred bathers. Three draw-off pipes will drain the lake to raise or lower water levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Railway Company
Not Murderer Cerro Sighting In Lackawanna Yard
Special Officer Clark arrested a man in the Lackawanna yard who resembled Francesco Cerro the suspect in the Augusta Falbro case. He talked little admitted nothing and shrugged in a Latin manner. He was found to be a Polish vagrant and jailed ninety days for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oficer Clark
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Lackawanna Yard
Francesco Cerro
Little Augusta Falbro
Old Forge
Auga
Ruddy
Offie
Max Firestine
Shore Dinner at Lodore Excursion by Delaware and Hudson
The Delaware and Hudson conducts an excursion to Lake Lodore on Wednesday August 27 offering a Rhode Island Shore Dinner with roasted chickens sweet potatoes corn fish and clams cooked under a pyramid of wood. The event includes an elegant dance and other attractions with reduced excursion rates from Wilkes Barre Honesdale and Scranton. Trains depart Lackawanna Avenue Scranton at 9 28 and 10 15 a m and 12 noon with a 76 cent fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson
Lake Lodore
Rhode Island
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Wilkes-Barre
Honesdale
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton
Slattery Released After Defrauding Charge in Wilkes-Barre
James Slattery, arrested by Superintendent Day and Detective Delter on a charge of attempting to defraud his boarding house keeper in Wilkes-Barre, was released yesterday. W. H. Miller stated Slattery owed $24.98 for board and lodging and Slattery had only $21.47 when arrested. Slattery’s home is in Green Island, N Y, and police expect Green Island authorities to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Slattery
Day
Delter
Wilkes-Barre
W. H. Miller
Slattery
Green Island
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Dufour
Geo. W. Jenkins
S. Main Ave
MMA
AY Panna
Carrie
General News
Globe Warehouse
North Scranton News
South Scranton
Green Ridge
Dunmore
McAllister
O' Boyle
Conmy
McLaughlin
Junior Order United American Mechanics
American Band
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Union Cash Hardware
Traction Company
P. D. Manley
H. N. Hause
Itirrisburg
Royal Haft
North Blakely Street
C. H. Newing
Mary
Spencer Brog
F. E. Spencer
John M. Wert
Clay Avenue
Emma
Bessie Bone
Clark
William Young
Englewood
N. J
Scrantonians
Cerro
Lodore
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n
St. Louis
Erie Depot
Cranberry Lake
Association OF Scranton
Father M'Cawley
P. H. McCawley
Rolfe
Iowa
Father Logue
McCawley
Jeferson Avenue
Frank McCawley
St. Peter's
Mercereau & Connell
Wyoming Avenue
Agnew
Chelsea
Weddneday
Richmond
Kentucky Avenue
From Beach
J. B. Jenks
Ina
Pennsylvania
Lake Wesauking
Alleghany Mountains
Lehigh Valley
Towanda
Apes
C.K, Harris
Lake Winola, PA
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