Surprise Band Serenade for T. M. Miller on Washburn Street
Prof. Bauer's band serenaded T. M. Miller at his Washburn Street residence, then accompanied him to Fairchild's hotel for refreshments. Miller, recently back from a health trip abroad, hosted an extended program with performances by Misses Lewis, Nicholla, Williams, Floyd, and others, amid a neighborhood gathering. A lamp explosion narrowly avoided a fire, quickly smothered by John Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer
T. M. Miller
Washburn Street
Miller
Pusie
Herr Miller
Fairehild
Mr. Miller
Scranton Glee Society Formed For Charity Concert
John E. Lewis of South Hyde Park avenue forms the Scranton Glee Society to stage a concert for the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association at Great Bend on September 20. A full rehearsal is tonight at the Railroad YMCA hall Lackawanna avenue. engagements and information available from conductor J. E. Lewis at Sumter Brothers' clothing. Members listed include accompanist Walter Davis and multiple named singers and basses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Lewis
South Hyde Park Avenue
Scranton Glee Society
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Great Bend
Lackawanna Avenue
J. E. Lewis
Sumter Brothers
Walter Davis
John Phillips
Edward Kidwards
Bromley Williams
John H. Phillips
Ben Bowser
Ebenezer Jones
Edward Sullivan
Gomer Evans
William Morgans
Griffith Morgans
Thomas Jones
William Williams
High Jones
Eli Morgan
Harry Edwards
Edward Davis
Edward Roberte
Fred Evans
John Clark
Evan Davis
Firet Hase
William Jones
Gomer Teese
John Slugg
Daniel Price
Walter Jones
William Evans
John Jenkins
John Jones
Gomer Williams
Loth Lewis
Joh Whitehouse
Sevond Bassa
Thomas Richards
Morris Thomas
Harry Asker
Albert Jones
Daniel Hughes
James Harris
Willam Willams
Thomas Roberts
William Gillman
David Hughes
Tallie M. Evans
Injured Driver at Frigg Shaft Receives Care
Fred G Sherman living on Jackson street and employed as a driver at Frigg shaft was badly hurt yesterday morning at work. He was caught between a loaded car and a prop with severe head contusions. He was returned home where Dr George Reynolds treated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Sherman
Jackson Street
Frigg’ Shaft
George B. Reynolds
Bell Social At Foranton Street Baptist Church
The Young People’s Baptist Union of the Foranton Street Baptist Church held a bell social in the church parlors last evening. Patrons enjoyed an evening of socializing and each attendee received a small bell as a keepsake accompanying ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Baptist Union
Foranton Street Baptist Church
Funeral Notices for West Child and Evans Family
The funeral of Raymond BE West infant son of Mr and Mrs Eugene West occurred yesterday afternoon from the parental home with Rev F P Doty officiating. Interment was at Washburn street cemetery. Margaret daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Evans was interred at Washburn street cemetery yesterday after short services at home with Rev Thomas Bell officiating. The remains of Mrs Rebecca Crouce died at her daughter Mrs George Fraunfelker home on South Hyde Park avenue and were taken to Frenchtown New Jersey where interment will be made today after a prayer service at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond BE. West
Eugene West
F. P. Doty
Hampton Street Methodist Church
Washburn Street
Margaret
Arthur Evans
Sooth Everett Avenue
Thomas Bell
Rebecca Crouce
George Fraunfelker
Hyde Park Avenue
Frenchtown
N. J
Chester
Orlando Jones
Wayne Avenue
Surprise Birthday Party for Otis Meyers
Friends gathered to celebrate Otis Meyers on his nineteenth birthday with a surprise party at the home of Misa Minnie J. Harding before proceeding to Mr Meyers residence. The evening featured recitations and refreshments as well wishers offered congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Meyers
Jackson Street
Misa Minnie J. Hardings
Bromley Avenue
Mr. Meyers
Meyers
Miner Isaac Smith Hurt by Fall at Archh Bald Mines
Isaac Smith of Sadie place, a miner at Archh Bald mines, was severely injured Monday afternoon by a top coal fall while cutting. He sustained three broken ribs and possible internal injuries. He was taken home and Dr. G B Beach attended him. he formerly janitor at Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church on South Main avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Smith
Sadie Place
Archhbald
G. B. Beach
Smith
Welch Calvanistic Methodist Church
South Main Avenue
Lamp explosion triggers alarm at Barrowman residence
Fire alarm from box No 4 at 9 20 tonight reports an explosion of a lamp at the home of Mrs John Barrowman 1219 Washburn Street. No injuries are mentioned. Fire department investigations follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howell
Mra
John Barrowman
Washburn Street
Community Events Parade Preparations And Socials In Scranton
Hyde Park lodge Knights of Pythias drilled fifty members at St. David's hall under Captain J A Lewis then marched from the hall to central city for today's parade. A farewell reception for Rev Thomas Bell is set for the lawn of Mr and Mrs Walter Wilkins. Daughters of Pocahontas social gatherings were held at Mrs Samuel Crew and at Mrs T J Wheeler residences. Plymouth church Sabbath school picnic is scheduled for Nay Aug on Thursday August 26. The funeral of Ellen Walsh will be held from 1384 North Ninth street with high mass at St Patrick's church and interment at Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. A Fourth Ward Mission Baptist Sabbath school social is planned on the lawn at Jackson and Garfield. D C Roberts announces candidacy for the Fourth district convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Norma Nichola
Price Street
Columbia County
M. F. Wymba
Lake Winola
Thomas G. Thomas
Garfield Avenue
Elizabeth Thomas
John M. Edwards
West Locust Street
First Welsh Baptist Church
Mattie Fillas
Washburn Street
Wilkes- Barre
Hannah Hughes
Dora Jones
Alfred Dowse
Kingston
West Scranton
Rungell C. Schmnard
Ralph Becker
Mahanoy City
Lillian Francis
Philadelphia
Myron Evans
Jenkins Pharmacy
Lake Cayuga
N. Y
Bessie Duffy
Annie Burnett
Mary Flaherty
West Linden Street
Sadie O'Hara
Wilkes-Barre
John J. Gahagan
Pleasant Street
Loretta
Kate Murray
Willie Hannick
Fifth Street
Pittaton
Mamie Weber
Allentown
A. W. Klotz
Lafayette Street
Klotz
James A. Evans
North Hyde Park Avenue
Niagara Falls
St. Leo's Batallion
North Main Avenue
Catholic Total Abstainance Union
Hyde Park
Thomas Bell
Plymouth Congregational Church
Walter Wilkins
South Lincoln Avenue
Daughters of Pocahontas
Samuel Crew
South Hyde Avenue
Ware Council
T. J. Wheeler
South Main Avenue
Plymouth Church
Bicnic
NayAug
Ellen Walsh
North Ninth Street
St. Patrick's Church
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Jackson Street
Fourth Ward
Mission Baptist Sabbath School
D. C. Roberts
Swetland Street
Classified business notices and personnel at North Main area
The notice lists Mrs Pen ton clairvoyant and prenologist at 412 North Main Avenue with notary services by B G Morgan and Co. real estate and foreign exchange, plus monthly settlements. Harriet J. Davis florist offers cut flowers at 1 South Main Avenue. Second hand furniture dealer J C King advertises cash for goods at 7 West Lackawanna Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penton
North Main Avenue
B. G. Morgan & Bun
Heal Estate
Foreign Exchange
Ocean
Jackson Street
Muggrave
Harriet J. Davis
Flonist
South Main Avenue
Dackeon Street
J. C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
North Scranton Visitor At Bristol House Event Planned
Eugene Scott of Wilkes-Barre visits Walter Mabey at the Bristol house. Alfred Willard and wife prepare a Business Men's carnival for next month in the armory under North Main avenue auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Scott
Wilkes-Barre
Walter Mabey
Bristol House
Alfred Willard
Armory
North Main Avenue
South Scranton Social Roundup With Accidents
Miss Rebecca Beamish hosted by Miss Nellie Sullivan while Miss Anna Witt visits Wilkes-Barre friends. John Vaughan leaves for Philadelphia eye treatment after a steel-cut injury. A heavy wagon collision injures Huckster William McAndrews and spills goods at Fig and Pittston. John Gilroy suffers a severed little finger at the South mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Beamish
Greenwood
Nellie Sullivan
Maple Street
Anna Witt
Cedar Avenue
Wilkes-Barre
P, FL
Coyne
Lake Winola
Francis, Kittie
Nellie Boland
Prospect Avenue
Carbondale
Annie C. Malin
Miss Snow
Lake Poyntelle
John Vaughan
Pittston Avenue
North Steel
Philadelphia
Vaughn
William McAndrews
Fig and
Pitt
Sunday School excursion at Harvey's Lake draws crowd
The Methodist and Baptist Sunday schools enjoyed a union trip to Harvey's Lake with about four hundred attendees. The article lists numerous residents hosting and visiting friends in area towns, noting social visits and returns from outings with many names and places among Elmhurst Nay Aug Carbondale Blakely Philadelphia and Lake Ariel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist and Baptist Sunday Schools
Harvey's Lake
P. J. Collins
Magele Jenkins
Lawrenceville
Jennie Wert
Elmhurst
Mae Pinnell
Drinker Street
Tillie Sohns
South Side
A. Smith
Riggs Street
Gertrude Farber
Nay Aug Park
A. A. Smith
Sadie Perry
Mount Cobb
Kate Benjamin
Pittston
Walter Swartz
Blakely Street
Edward Walsh
Moosie
Magele Trainer
Carbondale
Annie Bonner
Avoca
Peter O'Neil
Middletown
Lizzie McDade
Moscow
James Driscoll
Apple Street
Mame Burke
Mame Helley
Spring Street
Misa Mary McHale
Philadelphia
Frank Garvey
John Brown
Francis Manley
James O'Hare
Lake Ariel
Will Miller
Pine Street
Thomas Cawley
Scranton: Keystone City of Industry and Growth
A promotional panorama touts Scranton as a thriving municipal center with a $1,000,000 city and county hall, electric power, a pure water supply daily capacity of 1,000,000 gallons, 40 public schools, 70 churches, 8 hospitals, multiple theatres, railways, trolleys, coal shipments, and extensive banks and institutions. It highlights 12,200 acres, 100,000 residents, 7 manufactories employing 90,000 operatives, and vast coal resources, rail and streetcar lines, libraries, and cultural societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone State
New Portottice
Board of Trade
Haas
Peckville
Olyphant
Throop
Taylor
Pittston
United States
Hias
Flour Mills
Har
Capital
Purplin
Surplus
Mur
Masonic Temple
Society of Natural Sciences
Satisfactory performances by Coree Payton Company
Yesterday's shows by the Coree Payton company drew large audiences. Camille was well staged at the matinee, Galley Slave with Ella Reed as Cicely impressed, Payton as Franklin Pitts was very funny, Corbett as Sidney Morcutt notable, Toler and Howatt strong, Prentice Trio delivering variety and acrobatics, with Flirtation on the matinee and Driftted Apart slated for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coree Payton Company
Camille
Bartley Campbell
Ella Reed
Cicely
Payton
Franklin Pitts
Corbett
Sidney Morcutt
Messrs
Toler
Howatt
Prentice
Obituary notices from Scranton area deaths
Deaths reported include Rev James McAskie of Ireland aged 76 after long ministry with ties to Philadelphia and Monaghan, Jerome A Sykes 25 of Scranton noted for basketball and National Guards ties, and deaths of Chester Jones two and infant William Snaith in Scranton area with funeral plans announced.
The Shortest Name in the World
A curious note on ultra short names cites France and Belgium for one letter surnames and a U S man named P and a New England boy named J. It claims General I as the shortest discovered name though no one has a name as thin as a single letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
General I
Machanoiselles
Krocer
Lougiers
Monsieur
Department
Cote-d'Or
United States
New England
Boyle
Crown Degree Conferred by Naomi Order in York
Mrs. M. J. Myers of York presided as Grand Commander as the Naomi degree was crowned upon past lodge commanders in the district at Esther lodge hall 414 Lackawanna avenue. Grand Commander Myers and Past Supreme Commander Charles Naylor of Philadelphia spoke before a social session followed by honors for commanders from Magdalena No. 28 Petersburg Opah No. 29 Hyde Park Esther No. 14 city Mary No. 22 Olyphant Providence No. 9 Providence Pride of Lackawanna No. 11 Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Myers
York
Naomi
Ancient Order Knights of Mystic Chain
Esther Lodge
Lackawanna Avenue
Myers
Charles Naylor
Philadelphia
Knights of Pythias
Magdalena
Petersburg
Opah
Hyde Park
Esther
City
Mary
Olyphant
Providence
Pride of Lackawanna
Carbondale
Man Arrested for Abusing Horse in City Flight
George Carroll was arrested by Constable Joseph Woelkers for lashing his horse from the South Side to the central city. After a failed escape from Belles livery stable, Carroll was recaptured with Patrolman McMullen and arraigned before Alderman Millar, fined $3.50 for costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carroll
Joseph Woelkers
Carroll
Belles
McMullen
Woelkers
Millar
Directory of physicians and attorneys in Scranton
A listing of doctors with offices on Wyoming and Spruce avenues and other streets, plus a dense roster of attorneys and legal services. Includes office hours, removal notices, and multiple firm names such as Reed, Ruddle, Thayer, Jeffreys, Knapp, and Hancock, with addresses across Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Trapold
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Street
Scranton
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West Side
Bessie Lewis
B. G. Feddoe
Mine May Howell
Anna B. Williams
Martha Nicholla
Minee Mattie Hughes
Gertrude Floyd
Randolph Jones
Vin Jones
Harold Zintel
Lizzie Jones
Boyce
Alderman Roberts
Mary Langan
Brick Avenue
Jones
Mary Mahey
Annie Eagan
Plymouth
Bryant
Huesdale
D. R. Moore
Parker Street
Genevieve Shook
Ethel Clark
Owego
Clarence Riglow
Pleasant Mount
Misses Grace
Libbie Stikman
Berwick
Burton A. Stevens
Montrose
Ambrose Mulley
New York
Glee Society
Briggs Shaft
Globe Warehouse
Grace Taffetas
C. Foulard
Cheney Bros
West Side Business Directory
North Scranton
South Scranton
Dunmore
John G. McAskie
James McAskie
Belfast
Ireland
Southwestern Presbyterian Church of
Monaghan
Jerome A. Sykes
Amelia Avenue
North End
Company H
Thirteenth Regiment
National Guards
Pennsylvania
Sykes
William Snaith
Grant Avenue
Cor. Lack
Wyoming Avenues
Wyoming Ave
Newark
Goth Shane
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Aves
Drexel
Baldwin's
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ave
Snow
Weston Mill Co
Seramlon, Lyphanl
Cortona
Professional Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
Kay
Penn Ave
Chi
Teleo Ne
Bateson
Washington Avenue
Tod P
C. L. Frey
Jewell
Mary A. Shepherd
Adams Avenue
Anna Law
Mns
L. Freas
W. A. Rook
Burgeen
Ospital
Linden Street
James H. Torrey
Commonwealth Building
Frank E. Boyle
Burr Building
Ward W. Thayer
Attornees
Commonwealth Bus
Republican Building
Beranton
Pape A & Knapp
Jessup
Law
Patterson & Willoaders
Pattonal
Eee
Alfred HA
William
Hand
James W. Oakford
Froome Si, EY of Trade
Edgar
Samuel
Aryoming Ave
Watres
Scranton, Pa
S. Comhgys
D. B. Replogle
Ashington Ave
Nh. F. Killiam
Jas
J. H. Hamilton
aeLaw
Commonwealth
Watson, Diehl, Hall & Kemmer
Traders’ National Bank
Barring & M'Swaheney, Commonwealth Building
Interstate Secret Service Agency
Percival J. Morris
a —_ ane H. DAVIS
B. L. Walter
Fear of
Lewis Hancock, JR
Spruce Bt
Cor. Wash, Ave
Frederick L. Brown
Price Building
Bot Lacey & Son, Architects
DR. Fll
MGRAW
Spruch Street
H. F. Reynolds
P. O
B. Y. Harrison
Main Ave
C. C. Laubach
Snover
Lacka
M. B. Davis
Osee School OF the Lackawanna
Réques
Thomas M. Cann
Walter H. Buell
Leeds
G. R. Clark & CO
Green House
Tore Telephone
the Elk Cafe
Franklin Avenue
Bae Reasonable
Zeigler
Bcranton
Victor Koch
Mulic
R. J. Bauer
Hulbert
Megargde Brothers
Westmars Gontaas
Leckewenne
Thomas Aubrey
Rooma
Willams Building
Post Office
Rex
Tribune Publishing CO
Ben
John H. Phelps
Spruce Etreet
Academy OF Music
Corse Payton
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