Local notices list timely ad requests and bids in Carbondale
Shannon & Co. announces accepted ads and job orders at North Main street with prompt service. Payton will perform with his company in Scranton this week. Prof Tumaby and Ackerman play violin and cornet while William Hall plays clarinet and Joseph Fiore flute. A. E. Tiffany plans a handsome Wyoming street residence for Hon. J. B. Reynolds to be finished in white stone and wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon & Co
North Main Street
Payton
Scranton
Tumaby
Ackerman
William Hall
Joseph Fiore
A. E. Tiffany
Wyoming Street
J. B. Reynolds
Welcome Home Clyde Davenport Guests Gather at Davenport Residence
A large group of friends gathered at the home of David Davenport to welcome Clyde Davenport for his summer visit with his parents. Attending were Misses Mary Wagner Williams Huffman Gislin Davis Astiefort Cook Burns McNeil Wagner Ward Meharl Huffman Gates and Morgan and Masters Sullivan Brennan Huffman Wagner McGarl Walker Duffy Nealon Walton Fulmer plus Walter Reaves and John Feeney from Jermyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Davenport
Clyde Davenport
Mary Wagner
Mary Williams
Agnes Huffman
Matilda Gislin
Mary Davis
Sarah Astiefort
Helen Cook
Rose Burns
Annie McNeil
Annie Wagner
Ella Ward
Annie Meharl
Annie Huffman
Rose Gates
Janet Morgan
Masters James Sullivan
Willie Brennan
Nicholas Huffman
Thomas Wagner
John McGarl
Michael Walker
Daniel Duffy
Richard Nealon
John Walton
James Fulmer
This City
Walter Reaves
John Feeney
Jermyn
Prohibitionists Meet at Methodist Chapel on Belmont
Last evening a Prohibitionist gathering at the Belmont Street Methodist chapel aimed to spur interest in county elections. J. C. Robinson led a program with song, quartette performances, addresses on state taxation and candidate platforms, and a bass solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Belmont Street
J. C. Robinson
Quartette
F. E. Kilpatrick
H. J. Hockenberry
Pierce Butler
Conductors Excursion To Cooperstown Planned With Three Trains
Final arrangements are set for the railway conductors excursion to Cooperstown and Otsego Lake this Saturday. Three trains will depart from Wilkes-Barre Scranton and Carbondale with forty passenger cars, refreshment and bicycle care provided. Stop over privileges, low rates and first class hotel accommodations are expected to attract many participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperstown
Otsego Lake
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Carbondale
Sunday School Picnic Unites City Churches At Farview
The union picnic of the Presbyterian churches First and Second and the Methodists and Baptists of the city brings a large crowd to Farview today. Rev. William Hiller Jr. will give an address and music will feature favorite selections throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farview
William Hiller, Jr
Retreat Closes at St Rose Convent After Week Long Solemn Mass
A solemn high mass on Sunday morning closed the retreat of the sisters held at St Rose Convent during the past week. Rev. Thomas Handley of Annapolis Maryland a redemptorist father conducted the retreat. The sisters who are to take charge of schools in Portland Oregon have not yet been appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Rose Convent
Thomas Handley
Annapolis
Portland
Oregon
Social visits and travel notices from Scranton region
Mrs P A Cavanaugh and Miss Rose Gorman visit uncle Michael Loftus on Pike street. Mrs Kate Lynott and daughters stay with Thomas Carey on Pike street. Forl Lee of Newark NJ spends Sunday with W T Morgan. Henry Singer returns to New York duties. Various locals plan trips to Atlantic City Troy Providence Rockaway and Moscow Stroudsburg. Four Mozart Orchestra members engaged by Corse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Cavanaugh
Rose Gorman
Scranton
Michael Loftus
Pike Street
Kate Lynott
Frank Gallagher
Wilkes-Barre
Thomas Carey
Forl Lee
Newark
N. J
W. T. Morgan
Henry Singer
Singer
New York
A. F. Giles
Genevieve
Park Place
Oxford
N. Y
Andrew Niles
Cripple Creek
Ian
L. J. Bunnell
Rockaway
Edson Bunnell
George Ludwig
Terrace Street
Mary F. Brennan
South Main Street
Atlantic City
A. Kafka
Troy
Henry F. Elbrecht
Providence
R. J
James Cooper
Siromer
Indiana
Israel Crane
James Brown
Pittsburg
James Hunt
Arizona
T. #. Hunt
North Church Street
William G. Cooper
Green Ridge
George Kellew
Eighth Avenue
Samuel Lewis
Dart Avenue
Cortland
James
George Paul
Maurice Watt
J. Singer
Crystal Lake
J.B. van Bergan
Mate van Bergan
Keyes
Fernhall
J. W. Kilpatrick
Misa Marie McCawley
Moscow
Stroudsburg
Church
Mozart Orchestra
Corse
Grain-Ola Promoted as Nourishing Coffee Alternative
An advertisement extols Grain-Ola as a nutritious drink for children and adults offering a coffee substitute. It claims Grain-Ola is nourishing, helps health, and enhances focus when prepared properly, suggesting it as a desirable daily beverage.
Obsequies Held for Evan KR Williams in Home of Son
The funeral service for Evan KR Williams was conducted Sunday afternoon at his son's home by Rev. J. J. Will ame of the Welsh Presbyterian church. Burial followed in Jermyn cemetery with pallbearers named. T. J. Williams served as flower bearer. Also noted are brief social items about visits and travels of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan KR. Williams
Richard Williams
J. J. Willame
Welsh Presbyterian Church
John DB. Powell
David R. Davis
Thomas M. Griffiths
William Thomas
John Howells
John Penman
T. J. Williams
Jermyn
Mary J. Hughes
New York
Jean Williamson
Pittaton
D. W. Harris
C. J. Watkins
Frank Parry
Atlantic City
Mica Hannah Gilhool
Carbondale
Grace Lynch
C. E. Maxey
Raymond Maxey
Lake Winola
John McAndrew
Moscow
Michael McDonnell
Helen Kennedy
Green Ridge
P. J. Collins
Dunmore
Saxon
Granville
Charlotte Lloyd
P. F. O'Malley
Avoca
J. M. Smoulter
Community Notes from Towanda Area Socials and Local Events
Mr and Mrs W J Cobb and family of Towanda spent Sunday with Mrs Cobb s sister Mrs F A Peck A F Kiser has returned from a ten days outing at Philadelphia and Ashbury Park A regular communication of Oriental Star lodge Free and Accepted Masons will be held this evening James Nute will represent Sheridan lodge Knights of Pythias from Peckville at the grand lodge convention in Scranton today Mrs and Mrs J B Milroy express thanks to all who assisted during the sickness death and burial of their daughter Mrs Hattie Williams Last Monday morning Mr and Mrs Wallace Barber of the Back Road near Delaware and Hudson depot and Grassy Island breaker in Winton borough were awakened by a crying infant on their stoop they found a new born male baby wrapped in red flannel and an old bed quilt they sent for Dr J W Wilson who said the child is about four hours old weighing about seven pounds The Barbers are caring for the child The Blue Ridge and Riverside excursion to Harvey s Lake tomorrow promises to be the largest of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Cobb
Towanda
Hattie Williams
Wallace Barber
Delaware and Hudson Depot
Grassy Island Breaker
Wintonborough
J. W. Wilson
Barber
Jesse Scott
Blue Ridge
Riverside
Harvey's Lake
Jermyn News: Franks Bell Injury and Local Sports
Frank Bell of Jermyn suffered a severe leg injury yesterday when flipped from his wheeled vehicle near Mayfield opposite Glenwood breaker. He was taken to Emergency hospital Carbondale for treatment after a thigh bone fracture. Mayfield baseball team defeated Holforda Peckville 17 to 1 at Alumni Park with detailed inning scores and fielding stats. Additional notes include residents visiting relatives and a birth announced for John and Mrs Yates.
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Frank Bell
Mayfield
Glenwood
Nathan Cole
Carbondale
Mesdames
John Gardner
Couch Oliver
Jermyn
McAndrewa
Couch
Grover
Rendhan
Simmons
Elmhurst
Tillie Baker
Cemetery Street
Holford
Peckville
Alumni! Park
Holfords
McNulty
Gendall
Holforda
Welch
Evans
W. Jones
P. Lynch
John H. Siegle
Scranton
Naomi
C. Whitmore
Crystal Lake
John W. Grant
Mullen
John Yates
James R. Evans
Fourth Street
le Quite J
Noted evan gelist to preach in Lawrenceville church
Miss Rosanna Davis of Wales will preach at Lawrenceville Congregational Church on Tuesday evening August 17. Services begin at 7 o'clock. The new bridge abutments are finished and preparations for the iron work are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosanna Davis
Wales
Lawrenceville Congregational Church
Making a Change in the Store Request for Kerosene
A fragment shows a customer and clerk discussing kerosene at a grocery store. The man insists on getting a small amount urgently to appease his wife who wants him to stop using kerosene and switch to petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bian
Miami Vessel Encounters a Ghostly Wreck of 1833
The American bark Miami spots a desolate ancient ship east of Bandalwood Island in 1833. Aboard, crewmen fall ill from a deadly odor and several die after salvage efforts reveal a richly furnished yet cursed derelict. The tale reappears in later sightings by the Perron and Bushmaster and connects to a Timor plague legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroko
Miami
Perron
Bushmaster
Taylor Notes Social Life and Local Incidents
Misses Maria Thomas and Bertha Jones depart for a two week visit at Catawirsa. Tramps linger in town. officers captured about fifteen near Forest Home cemetery with many sent to hotel Clemens. Miner Isaac Smith injured by falling rock at Archbald Mines. Community events include socials at Weber's rink and Myrtle Social club gathering. several residents visit relatives in Peckville and Pittston. The year old child of H. J. Fraley buried at Forest Home cemetery with Rev Walker conducting services.
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Maria Thomas
Bertha Jones
Catawirsa
Aster Joseph
Misa Lizzie Powell
Aprisincun
Ud Davis
Pride of
Lackawanna Lodge
Reese's Hall
Forest Home Cemetery
Hotel Clemens
North Taylor
Isaac Smith
Archbald
Peter Youngblood
Pittston
Independent
Weber's Rink
Daniel Gilgallon
Mill Creek
John Lally
Cobleigh
Atlantic
Gertrude Watkins
Peckville
Thomas Prendergast
Depot Street
J. McCarthy
Duryea
Myrtle Social Club
Weber
Messrs
W. G. Howells
D. T. Davis
Trenton
N. J
Grand Lodges
American Protestant Association
Daniel Davis
Cora
H. J. Fraley
Archbald Mines
Mr. Walker
Mary Jones
Edna Davis
Barbara Jenkins
Mary Jane Lloyd
Sunday temptations at a drug store misfit
A Chicago druggist's clerk endures a day of odd callers from Christmas to a tired sigh after a child asks for stamps and a man seeks a lighter. He laments the grind and vows higher pay as the steady stream of errands tests his endurance.
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Benderby's
Chicago Tribune
Medical Journal Estimates Oysters in Germany Vary Wildly
A medical journal cites a wide range for oyster quantities in Germany from 40 000 to 8 000 per ordinary harvest, noting figures imply 46 000 to 80 000 more than those at a church fair oyster stand.
Worth While Poem of Courage and Endurance
A poetic meditation by Ela Wheeler Wilcox on virtue tested by fire. It contrasts easy prudence with resilience, praising the smile through tears as the true honor of life and the rare moments when steadfast virtue conquers passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tila
Earth
Ela Wheeler Wilcox
Lehigh Valley Railroad Schedule 1897 Trains from Scranton
Lehigh Valley Railroad timetable effective June 1897 lists trains from Scranton to destinations including New York via D&H and D.L. & W. routes, with Black Diamond Express options and multiple daily departures. It notes Pullman parlor and sleeping cars between Wilkes-Barre and major cities, plus key offices and agents in Philadelphia and South Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del
Lacka
Western
Scranton
Extons
New York
Brees
Easton
Enton
Philadelphia
Washington and Way
Tobyhanna
Alg Elfra
Corning
Bath
Danaville
Ountorria
Buffalo
Binghamton and Way
Nicholson
Pinghamton
Elmira
M. i
Utica
Richfield Springs
Nortumberland
Plymouth
Ingston
Liman
M. IL
Famith
Geenger
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Eacorhia
D. HF
Piiteton
White Haven
Hazleton
Pottavilla
Tunkhannock
Towanda
Tinea
Geneva
Rochester
Niagara
Chicago
Lehigh Valley
Wilkes-Barre
Rollin H. Wilbur
Lie
Phila
Nonnemacher
Bethlehem
Cranton
Lackawanna Avenue
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Lackawanna County
Olyphant
Old Porge
Indian Ocean
Philadelphia Times
Bandalwood Island
Murphy
Borden
Mr. Borden
Jordan
Jansen
Java
Nautical Magazine
Timor
Janeen
Rea
Taylor
Business Cares
Dr. Pierce
Golden
Pierce
E. Robinson's Sons
Pisener Oger Beer
Moobic and
Rube Dale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
Atlantic Refining CO
Canadian Pacific R'Y
Maine
Canada
Maritime Province
Minneapolis
Ac Paul
United States
Northwest
Vancouver
Seattle
Tacoma
Ore
San Francisco
B. V. Skinner
G. BE. A
Broadway
R. G. Williams
Franklin Ave
the Newark
Kuoh
Rae
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
Waconmakers
Blackswith
Bittenbender & Co
Scranton, Pa
Lagkawanna Lumber CO
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Fort Allegany
General Office—Board of Trade
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
West
Pottsville
Reading
Norristown
Haziston
Wood
J. B. Hutchinson
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
Liberty Street
N. R
Whitehall
Mountain Park
Newark and Elizabeth
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Lebanon
Allentown
North River
Uarer
Htrooklyn
Staten Island
Coney Teland
Grand Central Depot
Long Island Railroad
Reading Terminal
H. P, Baldwin
Pass
Agt
J. H, Olhavben
Erie
Wyoming Valley
Moniay
Mat
Lee
Schanton Division
Vo Marple
Franklin
Sol Weehawken slowArrive
Hancork
Preston Park
Ayfeld
Aily
Gupday
Miralue
Ontario
Pisa
T, Fluverott
Erie Railroad
Hawley
Lake Palian
Lake Ariel
Delaware
Hudson
Wie
Rene
Albany
Saratoga
Montreal
Bos
New England
New Fork
Rahi Valley
Black Diamond Est Press
Repneyvanta R. R
Iwith
Diamond Express
M. Arate
Folrei Corpets
Boon
Wilkes
Roth
N.Y
Tiseeaton
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