Scranton Social Notes Record Visits and Travel
A long list of local residents and guests travel or visit destinations including New York Kingston Lake Winola Honesdale Plymouth Philadelphia Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Names include Miss Jennie Daniels Mrs Albert Zaenke Miss Anna Butler Mrs George Sampson and many others with mentions of return trips and extended stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Shea
New York
Jennie Daniels
Div'sion Street
Kingston
Albert Zaenke
Lake Winola
J. A. O'Reilly
Cathedral
Wie
Honesdale
Rush Weight
Lathrop
Susquhanna County
Anna Butler
Eloora
Scranton
Mies Ligie Price
Eynon Street
Property Molders of the Seventeenth Sewer District Hear Appeals
Edward J. McNally August Schimpff and Robert Haag led a day of hearings as the board of viewers reviewed protests from property holders in the seventeenth sewer district. The session in the council chamber saw pointed exchanges over the assessment's fairness with the viewers defending their methods as proper and just.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth Sewer District
Edward J. McNally
August Schimpff
Robert Haag
Seventeenth
Council Chamber
New Free Evangelical Church of Peace Chartered
An application was filed yesterday for a charter for the Free Evangelical Church of Peace on the South Side. The group split from Hickory Street Presbyterian after Rev. August Lange resigned. Joan Lentes helped lead the faction and served as organist. They seek a permanent church, naming subscribers and first-year trustees, to hold property and incur debts for worship per evangelical scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Evangelical Church of Peace
South Side
Hickory Street Presbyterian Church
August Lange
Lange
Hickory Street
Joan Lentes
Mr. Lange
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Prospect Avenue
O'Brien & Kelley
God
Local residents host visits and return home
Mrs Edward Flaherty guests with Mrs John Ruane on Cedar avenue and returns to Schuylkill County. John Golden visits Pittston avenue friends in Hawley. Edward Knellner resumes duties after ten days vacation with Century Hose. Mrs Daniel Kelly entertains Mrs John Moran on Prospect avenue and Mrs Stephen Spraka visits Pittston avenue in New York City. Miss Maggie Melvin spends days in Pitts ton. Frank Brady returns from Manistee Michigan. Miss Mamie Hastings returns from Honesdale. Miss Hattie Jones hosts Archbald friends. P J Kelly hosts relatives in Carbondale. Funeral of Mrs Ellen Gibbons from Breck street with high mass at St John’s and burial in Hyde Park cemetery. Mrs Gibbons aged over 80 long-time South Side resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Flaherty
John Ruane
Cedar Avenue
Schulykill County
John Golden
Hawley
Pittston Avenue
Edward Knellner
Century Hose Company
Daniel Kelly
Prospect Avenue
Johnn Moran
Pittston
Stephen Spraka
New York City
Maggie Melvin
Remington Avenue
Frank Brady
Genet Street
Manistee
Mich
Mamie Hastings
Honesdale
Hattie Jones
P. J. Kelly
Locust Street
Carbondale
Ellen Gibbons
Patrick Moore
Breck Street
St. John's Catholic Church
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Gibbons
South Side
Local residents return from trips and outings
North End notes report Rev Mr Edgar back in Ocean Grove after weeks away and Alvin Decker and William Chappell returning from Lake Winola. Several families and visitors are mentioned including Miss Annie McElroy in Philadelphia visiting Miss Meta Osterhout, Mr and Mrs McCarty hosts on William street, and Mrs Elizabeth Kelley visiting Parsons. A Puritan Sunday School outing at Laurel Hill Park is noted and an evening entertainment at North Main Avenue Baptist with Joel W Abraham presenting Persian life via sixty views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edgar
Ocean Grove
Mortimer Christmas
Lake Winola
Puritan Congregational Church
Laurel Hill Park
North Main Avenue
Joel W. Abraham
Alvin Decker
Cornell
Oneonta
West Market Street
Bloom
Asbury Park
Elizabeth Kelley
Parsons
McCarty
William Street
William Chappell
Lake Winoa
Annie McElroy
Philadelphia
Meta Osterhout
Oak Street
Charles Zeigler
Jennie Zeigler
Montreal
Lake George
W. A. McAllister
Belmont Terrace
Northumberland
Fred Crippen
Cedar Avenue
Local social notes and visits from the Dudley area
Miss Bessie Shepard returns home from Glenburn after a week with relatives. Kate McMillan comes back from Avoca after two weeks with friends. Dr Elmer Carty and Lillie Woods host and guest exchanges occur on Blake y street and Butler street. Elsie Colgate visits Blanche Blues in Hawley. James Hopkins returns from New York trip. North league meets at the Methodist church tonight. The Christian Endeavor society at Dud Street Baptist plans a social tonight. An interesting mme has
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Shepard
Dudley Street
Glenburn
Kate McMillan
Avoca
Elmer Carty
Blakely Street
Florence
Lillie
Jennie Woods
Dr. Brown
Butler Street
Jessie Brown
Kate McMillar
Blakey Street
Elsie Colgate
Hawley
Blanche Blues
Fourth Street
James Hopkins
New York
North League
Christian Endeavor Society
Dud Street Baptist Church
Mme
Railroad excursion nets heavy sums for local associations
An excursion last Saturday raised about 600 for the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association and Mutual Aid, with 100 to be used for new library books and the rest for building upkeep. The article also notes a dredging project approved for a new channel from Cleveland docks to deep water and mentions Richfield as a summer base for DL&W officials, plus a joked banquet plot thwarted by timing and local figures.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Mutual Aid
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lamont
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Richfield
Eems
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western System
Spa
New York Central
Fort Plain
New York Herald
Wy. F. Hallstead
Scranton
EL Zipple
Fast Orange
Tmivision
Wegener
Hoboken
Thatcher
Merrill
Long Island
Holwill
New York
Borland
Sam’ Sloan
Letters from the People on Marcellus shale and coal prospecting
Weertbrook Merring of Maplewood Pa argues Scranton investors misread geology outlining the Marcellus shale extends across multiple counties and lies beneath true coal measures. He urges consulting a geologist before costly prospecting for coal or Utica depth formations to avoid wasted money.
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the Tribune
T. A. ¥. Hodgson
Scranton
Hamilton Township
Monroe County
Pike
Monroe
Carbon
Schuylkill
Hamilton
Portage
Chemung
Catskill
Pocono
Mauch Chunk
Red Shale
Pottaville
Marcellus
Utica
New York State
Mohawk Valley
Stroudrburg
Weertbrook Merring
Maplewood
Arranging Institutes by Lackawanna Agricultural Association
Leading farmers formed the Lackawanna County Agricultural Association to promote scientific farming and educational shows. The executive committee met at the courthouse with Freeman Leach as president and H W Northup as secretary. A county fair is planned for next year with institutes in Clark's Green Heaton Center Tompkinsville Newton Center and Moscow featuring papers and addresses by practical agricultural thinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna County
Controllers to Inspect No 27 School Building Today
The board of control will visit No 27 school building at 2 30 p m to inspect the new facility praised as handsome and well equipped. They will be accompanied by district officers to Green Ridge where No 87 school is being formally turned over to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Ridge
Board of Control
Dougher Funeral Notice in Scranton Stream
In Scranton on August 18, 1895, Beecher at ties Mr and Mrs Pop onths and 137s. Funeral to be made near cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougher
Scranton
Beecher
Linden street bridge approaches costing more than funds
City Engineer Phillips estimates the Linden street bridge approaches at about 22000 while only about 21000 is available. The engineer’s corps review plans to cut costs as Councilman Nealla pushes to align funds with the estimate. paving plans cover Mifflin avenue to Swetland street bridge with asphalt on the bridge and stone blocks on approaches. Some property owners have not yet agreed to share the expense. The Robinsons and Jersey Central expected to contribute. streetcars will not travel over the Linden street bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Street
Phillips
Nealla
Mifflin Avenue
Swetland Street
Robinsons
Jersey Central
Impressionta
Bonds of tax collectors receive judge's approval
Judge Archbald approved bonds for tax collectors J. G. Baller of Lehigh township 400 with three sureties. K. A. Lane of Jermyn 2041.08 with seven sureties. D. Winter, Patrick McGeever of Fell 19800 with eight sureties. Also notices advertising medical ointment and Ocean Grove excursion details appear in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbald
J. G. Baller
Lehigh Township
E. D. Melvin
Samuel Weckheiser
John L. Smith
K. A. Lane
Taxen
Jermyn
Jacob Hiller
George Stone
Thomas Walkey
R. Bunt
John Solomon
M. J. Shields
D. Winter
Patrick McGeever
Fell
Eliza McGeever
T. P. McNulty
John McNulty
Thomas McDonough
George A. Ross
Patrick Hart
James McGinty
Michael Flannelly
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Coney Island
F. A. Abrams
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
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Capouse Svenne
M. J. McGovern
Penn Avenue
Europe
Professor Whitmore
Scranton Business College
Stroudsburg
M. J. Healy
James H. Kelley
Dunmore
J. J. Lynch
Olyphant
E. J. Maloney
Telcon Exchange
Atrtic City
Mas Cora Davis
Plymouth
Hag
Misa Anna Williams
Frank Whetting
Ernest Gilmore
Scranton Bicycle Club
Wilkes-Barre
W. F. Hallstead
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Richfield Springs
Carrie Price
Atlantic Cit
Mary C. Powell
Charles Powell
Traction Company
Vist
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Chester D. Smith
Billa A. Compton
A. J. Abeale
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St. Paul's Church
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John Lentes
George J Morlang
Jacob H. Schaffer
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Conrad Beckerle
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William F. Forkel
Charles Graf
Philip Edvarhardt
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Henry Weber
Peter Berghauser
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J. W. Costello
Kate (Duffy
Harry Luce
Presbyterian Church
Scranton Traction Company
Scranton Gas and Water Company
North End
Railroad Notes
MR. Hodgson
Agricultural Association
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Lohmann’s
Spruce Street
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Central Railroad of
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Heart Lake, Pa
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Elmira
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Megargel & Connell
Scrantea, Pa
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Univerealty
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