Scranton Tribune Newspaper Archives, Aug 20, 1897, p. 9

West Side Aldermanal Battle Over Rent Case and Death Notice

Mrs Margaret Healey sues Alderman Moses over rent due April in a dispute tied to West Ridge Coal. John W Jones accused of withholding rent. furniture sold to a second hand dealer for two dollars. The case drew a large audience amid funeral notices and community notices from Scranton area.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Moses Mra Margaret Healey Price Aired John W. Jones Joneses Furnire

Read with Free Trial

The Widnesday Phony at G W Jenkins Pharmacy

A smooth faced man attempted a two dollar fraud at G W Jenkins Pharmacy asking for a sofa and using a counterfeit two dollar bill. He fled when the clerk realized the scam. A second attempt occurred next morning with a different man at the soda fountain, but the staff thwarted the plan.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Robert Cradley

Read with Free Trial

Nine Boys Fined for Orchard Theft in Local Case

A warrant led to the arrest of nine youths aged 10 to 14 for taking apples from Joseph Lambert’s orchard on Kyre Avenue. They appeared before Alderman Johns and were fined $1 each for petty larceny. their parents, local residents, paid the fines.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Joseph Lambert Lambert Kreyser Avenue Johns

Read with Free Trial

Funeral services for David T. Jones held yesterday

The funeral for David T. Jones proceeded from his North Malin Avenue home to Tabernacle Congregational Church where Rev. D. J. Jones preached a lengthy sermon.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

David T. Jones North Malin Avenue Tabernacle Congregational Church D. J. Jones

Read with Free Trial

State Board Charities Inspects West Side Hospital

A three member delegation from the State Board of Charities visited the West Side hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Cadwalder Biddle, J. W. C. O'Neal, and Frances J. Torrance examined the building and grounds unannounced. The inspectors found the facility in good condition and praised its usefulness.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

West Side Hoenital State Board of Charities Cadwalder Biddle J. W. C. O'Neal Gettysburg Frances J. Torrance Pittsburg

Read with Free Trial

Local Camp Organizes Pen Nant Winners Baseball Team

Camp No. 333 of the Patriotic Order Sons of America organizes a baseball team claimed as pen nant winners. Disputes may be settled via a challenge to Manager William Kieper. Also noted are a new J B Burshall cigar factory sign painted by William Andrews, a lawn social at Mrs D C Williams home, an infant burial at Washburn Street cemetery, Alderman Moses’s mounting wedding duties uniting Barbara Elizabeth Atkinson and James White, and Mrs F P Doty returning from Waverly New York with Edith and Howard.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Patriotic Order Sons of America Lackawanna County William Kieper J. B. Burshall Cigar Manufactory South Main Avenue William Andrews Hampton Street Tte D. C. Williams Luzerne Street Ladies of Hiawatha Council Pocahontas David Colling South Everett Avenue Washburn Street Moses Fifteenth Ward Wright West Side Barbara Elizabeth Atkinson James White Atkinson F. P. Doty Edith Howard Waverly N. Y

Read with Free Trial

Classified Notice Fragments From Local Ads

A collection of brief notices lists services and occupations including clairvoyant and prenologist Mrs. Penton at 412 North Main Avenue, B G Morgan & Son as notaries public and agents, Harriet J. Davis Florist at 164 South Main Avenue, and J C King offering second hand furniture at West Lackawanna Avenue.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Fpenton North Main Avenue B. G. Morgan & Son Foreign Exchange Ocean Jackson Street Musgrave’s Harriet J. Davis South Malin Avenue J. C. King West Lackawanna Avenue

Read with Free Trial

Funeral Rites Held for Chester Jones in North Scranton

The funeral services for Chester Jones were held at the Jones family home on Wayne avenue with Rev. R. B. Jones presiding. The procession then moved to Washburn street cemetery for interment. The report notes continued local social visits and a separate funeral for Jerome A. Sykes at the Primitive Methodist church on East Market Street, with pallbearers from Company H, National Guard.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Chester Jones Orlando Jones Wayne Avenue R. 8. Jones D. D Washburn Street Robinson Dean Street John Nelmes Mazleton Anna Colvin Parsons New York Philip O'Malley Shenandoah Edward West Market Street Kate Welles Archbald Margaret Healey Lake Winola Florence Vandermark Parker Street Susquehanna County Annie Jenking Putnam Street Belle Robinson Spring Street Peckville Margareta Williama Williams Street Europe Jerome A. Sykes Hhe Amelie Avenue Primitive Methodist Church East Market Street Charles E. Prosser Company H National Guard

Read with Free Trial

Burial salute at Forest Hill for visiting group in Connecticut

Herbert Dykman, Charles Bennett, Harry Gardner and James Jonon fired a petting salute over the grave. Interment was made in Forest Hill Cemetery, Mire, Rose Holgernon and Miss Alice Preston of Central Village, Conn., who had been visiting Mrs. Mary Coona of Deacon Sirmeet, returned yesterday to their home.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Herbert Dykman Charles Bennett Harry Gardner James Jonon Forest Hill Cemetery Mire Rose Holgernon Alice Preston Central Village Conn Mary Coona

Read with Free Trial

Runaway carriage injures residents. local events noted

A Cedar avenue runaway near Connell's breaker left Mrs W H Hollister with a sprained ankle and minor injuries to Hollister and Mrs Kellum. Other Cedar avenue residents and visitors were mentioned, along with two deaths and police actions including Anthony Brennan and Michael Spindler incidents.

Read with Free Trial

Social Notes From Maplewood and Nearby Towns

A roundup of local visits and travels shows Gus Sholla staying at Maplewood while residents visit friends across Hawley Elm Street and Pleasant Valley. several residents return from trips to Lake Wincela Pittston and Union New York with family updates and guest stays. The death of Charlotta Rogge at 67 on William Street is reported with funeral and Petersburg Cemetery interment details. Helen Reynolds of New York dies at four months old at Clarence Reynolds home on Martin Street.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

North Main Avenue John D. Thomas New York City Sarah Davia Price Street Dalton Minnie Rinker South Bromley Avenue Virginia George L. Peck North Lincoln Avenue Lake Winola H. L. Gibbs South Main Avenue Dwenger and William Hager North Summner Avenue Factoryville George Dawkins North Bromley Avenue Colorado Anna Hendricson Lincoln Avenue Salem George Howell Scranton Street Mary Howell Baltimore Hannah Hill Garfield Avenue H. D. Morse Jackson Street Albert Rogers Binghamton Gussie Polhamus Clark's Summit Miner Weeley Rebecca Avenue Clem Mash South Hyde Park Avenue Margaret Harris Hyde Park Avenue Ocean Grove May Thomas Luzerne Street Crystal Lake Gus Sholla Maplewood Marvin Tuthill Cherry Street Hawley John Moffatt Elm Street Lake Wincela Jennie White Pleasant Valley Marion Moffatt Elsie Decker Salem Corners Lucinda Pinnell Drinker Street Union N. Y G. W. B. Allen Nellie McHale New York Florence Dean George Allen Charlotta Rogge Henry Klasner William Street Presbyterian Church Petersburg Helen George Reynolds Clarence Reynolds Martin Street

Read with Free Trial

Two Cannon for the Square in Soldiers Monument Plan

The county commissioners received from the War Department two thirty pound Parrott guns and forty shells to be mounted at the base of the proposed soldiers' monument on court house square. They were shipped from Governors Island and secured by local G A R men through Congressman Connell.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

War Department Court House Square Governor's Island Connell

Read with Free Trial

Death of Dr Winters at Lake Como

Dr. Peter Winters of Dunmore died yesterday at Lake Como in Wayne County. He was among the best known physicians in this part of the state. Dr Winters had gone to Lake Como on Wednesday.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Lake Como Wayne County Peter Winters Dunmore Winters

Read with Free Trial

Do my vocal lessons disturb you

A Dublin World fragment portrays a dialogue between a young aspiring singer and a truthful man. The woman asks if her lessons disturb him. he replies uncertainty. A remark on a dentist named Sluice renting a front room on the first floor adds a local, mundane detail.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Dublin

Read with Free Trial

Old Soldier With Wooden Leg Recounts Wartime Action

In the Indianapolis Journal an old veteran with a wooden leg recalls wartime exploits answering a question about action. He suggests his limited postwar activity stems from his war injuries and experiences.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

The Indianapolia Journal

Read with Free Trial

Scranton Keystone City and Convention Hub

Scranton is portrayed as a leading Keystone State city with a $1,000,000 City Hall, a new post office, numerous cemeteries and a crematory, 12 200 acres, population over 100,000, three theaters, seven churches, two hotels, hospitals and infirmaries, abundant pure water, electricity, and extensive street railways. It lists factories, parks, coal supply, banks, libraries, and a large public debt, presenting a booming civic profile with strong economic indicators.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Keystone Staters & Great Convention City Board of Trade Throop Taylor Pittston United States Ecapital Surplus Capital Birplue

Read with Free Trial

Obituary of Philp Kirst Former City Street Commissioner

Philp Kirst former street commissioner of this city died Wednesday night at his home 1031 Cedar avenue after a three weeks illness. Born in Roetd Rhine Province Germany March 1 1864 he came to America at age nine and lived here except for years in Philadelphia He was a contractor active in Eleventh ward politics served in common and select councils and later nine years as street commissioner He later worked with Schroe der and others in sand deposits near Moscow He was a member of Schiller lodge Masons Residenz lodge Odd Fellows Deutcher Unterstitzungsverein Royal Arcanum Scranton council 23 and Saengerrunde He is survived by his wife and two children Will iam and Katie Kirst Funeral Sunday at 2 pm Hickory Street Presbyterian church burial Pittston avenue cemetery.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Cedar Ave Connell W. H. Hollister Avoca Birch Street Mt. Cobb Willam J. Smith Maple Street Anthony Brennan Crown Avenue Thomas Langan Kate Brennan New York City Edward Murray Anthony Mathew Brennan St. John's Church Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery Michael Spindler Neptune Court Willow Street Haggerty Spindler Thomas Walsh Pittston Avenue Avenue Allentown Anthony Stopper Amelia Stopper Willamesport George Stopper St. Ae German Catholic Church Yestery Annie Gibbons Overton Misa Dankwirth Annie Hocks Mises Dankwirth John A. Uttroct Philp Kirst Cedar Avenue Mr. Kirst Roedt Rhine Province Germany Philadelphia Eleventh Kirst Schroeder Moscow Schiller Lodge of Masons Residenz Lodge of Odd Fellows Deutcher Unterstitzung

Read with Free Trial

Fire Alarm After Smoke From Stove Incident

Alexander Williams of 716 Lee Court started a stove fire at 12 30 causing heavy smoke. A passerby summoned Box 28 at Adams Avenue and Gibson Street. The Chemicals and Crystals units arrived quickly amid neighborhood excitement.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Alexander Williams Lee Court Adams Avenue Gibson Street

Read with Free Trial

Mystic Cure Promises Relief from Rheumatism

T J Blackmore of Haller & Blackmore Pittsburgh says a bottle of Mystic Cure cured him of rheumatism after nine months in bed. He tried five physicians with little relief before using Mystic Cure. Sold by Carl Lorenz, druggist, 418 Lackawanna Ave Scranton.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

T. J. Blackmore Haller & Blackmore Priteburgh Carl Lorenz Lackawanna Ave Scranton

Read with Free Trial

Medical Directory Sparks Scranton Area Physicians

Directory lists physicians and surgeons with addresses and hours. Dr Kay at 206 Penn Ave offers 1-5 and 7-9 p.m. services. Dr Bateson at 331 N Washington Ave 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also notes Dr Frey moved to Jewell Building 305 Spruce Street and Dr Trapold at corner Wyoming Ave and Spruce Street with specific hours. Includes veterinary and legal ads among entries.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Bateson Washington Avenue A. Trapold Wyoming Avenue Spruce Street Scranton

Read with Free Trial

Also Mentioned on This Page

City BE. R. Lewie Richard Thomas Reese Lloyd Richard Witheame John T. Davies Samuel Rogers Henry P. Davices Frederic BE. Niece A. W. Muarrave’s Williamsport Harrisburg Thomas Leyshon South Lincoln Avenue West Lennox Mary Ellis Swetland Street John Muir Shamokin Mise Emma Lewis Lafayette Street Btroadshire Mise Ethel Chase Academy Street Stroudsburg Northun Deckers Court J. D. Gillispie William Brammer William Edwards West Scranton Dedham Iowa A. Hartman Rebecca Avennue Waller John B. Knight Lenoxville R. F. Peat B. Gallagher Preston Park Thomas V. Jones North Sumner Avenue Walters Edwards Court Orick Bend Bradford County Gwennie Thomas North Malin Avenue Atlantic City William Oram Clifford David Jones Globe Warehouse West Side Business Directory North Scranton DR. Winters Mra. E. F. Murray South Side Mra. T. I. Langdon Kathryne Matthew Gertrude Mary Carden-Dickson Michael Carden-Dickson Phelps Street Williams COR LACK Wyoming Avenues Wyoming Ave Newark Silok Beranton Lackawanna and Wyoming Aves Newark Drexel Baldwin's Hunt & Connell CO Snow Weston Mill Co Professional Directory Physicians and Surgeons Kay Penn Ave Mary A. Shepherd W. B. Allen Anna Law W.amoreaux Adams Ims Mulberry W. G. Rook Linden Street Lawyera James H. Torrey Commonwealth Building Frank F. Boyle Burr Building S Manson Dward W. Thayer Rone Warren & Knapp Republican Building Jessup Law Egge Frank T. Okell Attran Orney-Atla Room Coal Exchange Bacanion James W Oakford True Edgar Atcamo Mice L.A. Watres Cee Ee G. R. Pitcher Ee ——— & Comegys D.B. Replogle Attorney—Loans Ee Ae Hamnn Sea Estate Secarian Re Corner Nue Ashington Ave Be. Killaam Jas J. H. Hamilton Watson Diehl Hall & Kemmber Pi Auere Howe Barring & Msweeney Interstate Secret Service Agency Percival J. Morris Edward H. Davis E. L, Walter Lewis Hancock, JR Wash. Ave Frederick L, Brown Price Building Eranton TI. Lacey & Son, Architects National Bank DR. I Lyman 325 N Mgraw Spruch Street PR. H. F. Reynolds EB. Y. Harrison Main Ave C. C. Laubach Snover, Lacka, Ave M. E. Davis School OF the Lackawanna Thomas M. Cann Walter H. Buell Leeds G. KR. Clark & Co., Seromen and Nurserymen Green House ELK Cafe Pranklin Avenue P. Zeigler Scranton House Victor Koch Bauver R. J. Bauer Megarger Brothers Frank P. Brown & CO Gale West Lackawanna PruoMas Aubrey Rex Tribune Publishing CO Jane OF the CTA Farview Sea Shore Central Railroad of New Jersey Long Branch Asbury Park Vecean Grove Ashbury Park Ape Olay Advlie Ocean Grove Station Academy OF Music Ening Corse Payton His Sia John HM Phelps Pharmacist Wromingevende

Read Page with Free Trial

Scranton Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania

We have 17,918,174 pages in Pennsylvania

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Articles on This Page

West Side Aldermanal Battle Over Rent Case and Death Notice

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

The Widnesday Phony at G W Jenkins Pharmacy

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Nine Boys Fined for Orchard Theft in Local Case

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Funeral services for David T. Jones held yesterday

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

State Board Charities Inspects West Side Hospital

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Local Camp Organizes Pen Nant Winners Baseball Team

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Classified Notice Fragments From Local Ads

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Funeral Rites Held for Chester Jones in North Scranton

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Burial salute at Forest Hill for visiting group in Connecticut

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Runaway carriage injures residents. local events noted

Social Notes From Maplewood and Nearby Towns

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Two Cannon for the Square in Soldiers Monument Plan

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Death of Dr Winters at Lake Como

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Do my vocal lessons disturb you

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Old Soldier With Wooden Leg Recounts Wartime Action

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Scranton Keystone City and Convention Hub

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Obituary of Philp Kirst Former City Street Commissioner

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Fire Alarm After Smoke From Stove Incident

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Mystic Cure Promises Relief from Rheumatism

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Medical Directory Sparks Scranton Area Physicians

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Also Mentioned on This Page

Search the Scranton Tribune Today with a Free Trial

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Scranton Tribune?

Browse Newspapers

By Location

By Date

By Publication