Bauer's Band Plans Annual Event at Central Park
Local notices report Bauer's band to hold its annual public concert at Central Park South Side on Thursday August 2. Other items note a Syracuse girl sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd a counterfeit coin scare near Old Forge and several local legal and civic updates including arrests, bail, and estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer
Central Park
South Side
Alice Phillips
Syracuse
The
Good Shepherd
Old Forge
George Smith
Green's Court
German Building Association
David Miller
West Lackawanna Avenue
Misa Kate Smith
Wood's Business College
Genevieve Kelly
William Kelly
Lake Ares
Henry Hell
Butterman
Elisa Brown
W. W. Watson
Garfield Avenue
Melvin E. Ainey
John H. Thomas
Fred H. Nicherson
Jenni C. Geigie
Dunmore
John H. Walker
Gertrude G. Becker
Scranton
Will H. Lewis
Newport
Herkimer County
Della Sprague
Lennox
Ughanta County
John Paskanitz
Monoyi
Albert T
Francie FE
Dathyvis
Dathyvis, Jermyn. Fabian Lubasik
Mary Ann Oeene
Joseph Ciin
Hollisterville
Mary van Buskirk
Newton
Tallleesin
Ade E. Allin
Taylor
Volunteer Firemen Seek State Convention in Scranton Next Year
At Currt's hall volunteer firemen plan to push Scranton as the site for the seventeenth annual Pennsylvania State Firemen's convention in 1896. Delegates meet in Reading Oct 1 2 3 4, and Isadore Goodman of Beranton is a candidate for vice president praised by the Firemen's Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Currt's Hall
State Firemen's Association
Reading
Isadore Goodman
Beranton
Lackawanna County
Goodman
Pennsylvania
Late Firemen’s Association
Seadore Goodman
Cranton Fire Department
Ake
Ate &Cranton Business College
Council Caucus Debates Board of Revision and Appeal Elections
Republicans hold a caucus in the mayor’s office to map strategy for tomorrow’s Board of Revision and Appeal elections. With 15 candidatos for 5 seats and party lines drawn, no outsider prospects seem likely and Democrats run personal campaigns aiming to win all five seats if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select and Common Council
Board of Revision and Appeals
Mr. Loftus
Mrr. Loftus
Sol Shepard's bogus employment house closed by police
Sol Shepard operated The Employer's Clearing House and The Advertising Business Exchange from the Odd Fellows' building on Wyoming Avenue. Police chief Simpson shut the shop after attorney C L Hawley complained. Applicants paid $1 to $6 for work leads, with several taking the fee. Shepard claimed branches nationwide, but Hawley warned of prosecution. He closed briefly then disappeared at closing time.
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Odd Fellows
Wyoming Avenue
Simpson
C. L. Hawley
Sine Building
Sol Shepard
West
Advertising Business Exchange
Shepard
Mr. Hawley
Jim
Hawley
Reception planned for Northeastern delegates at Erie convention
More than fifty Christian Endeavor delegates from Northeastern Pennsylvania will be honored with a pre departure reception at the Young Men's Christian Association hall before the 12:10 PM DLW train to Erie. A three member Scranton committee leads the reception with many locals expected, free streetcar service planned, a varied program of readings and music, and refreshments served until 11:30 PM before escort to the station for a spirited send off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Pennsylvania
Christia Endeavor
Erie
Young Men's Christian Association Hall
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Scranton
Miraculous Escape After Engine Collision Near Clark's Summit
A Scranton man, Jacob K ht ler, was struck by a Delaware and Hudson train near Wilkes-Barre yesterday. He survived with a scalp cut and a broken rib, taken to Lackawanna hospital in resting condition. A meeting marks the 34th anniversary of Company K, Pennsyl vania Volunteer Cavalry, at Nicholsville Clark's Summit on Monday August 16 with a basket picnic and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Delaware and Hudson
Wilkes-Barre
Jacob Khtler
Lacka- Wanna Hospital
Clark's
Company K
Pennsylvani E Volunteer Cavalry
Nichol
Clark's Summit
Lehigh Valley Railroad Offers New Ion Trip
In a partial notice the Lehigh Valley Railroad advertises another opportunity for a round trip to Ion. Details remain unclear due to fragmentary text but reference travel and rail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ion
Republicans set Sept convention date and primaries
At a meeting of the Republican County committee in the Central Republican club, it was decided the county convention will be held September 17 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse to nominate coroner and surveyor, with primaries on September 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. Debate over dates delayed final action and delegates to the national convention were to be elected at the county gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Committee
Hell
Central Republican Club
Washington Avenue
Court House
E. H. Ripple
W. 5
Millar
A. F. Hobbs
Fleetville
John G. McAaskle
W. H. Withers
Joseph Lewis
West Side
Ripple
Lewis
E. E. Robinthan
Snld
Lewin
Davis
Finn
Thomas Dale
Cosen
Colonel Ripple
Negotia tions Off as Godfrey Declines Hotel Jermyn Lease
Fred S. Godfrey owner of Lackawanna Valley house says no lease with John Jermyn for the new Hotel Jermyn. Both men state negotiations ended with unsigned lease returned. Disagreement centered on lease term length and renewal privileges, not the $20 000 annual rent. Original $250 000 cost rose to at least $300 000 with full seven stories in stone. land and building valued around half a million. Jermyn cites interest from two or three prominent hotel men.
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Fred S. Godfrey
Lackawanna Valley House
Jermyn
Mr. Godfrey
Jotn Jermyn
Scranton
Godfrey
Tribune
An Evening With Burns Recited In M C A Hall
Miss Joan Howlson of Perth addressed a Young Men's Christian Association gathering on Robert Burns and his poems. She recited Burns works including Man Was Made To Mourn and A Man's A Man For A' That, praising Burns as the bard of liberty who valued lowly subjects and Labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Howlson
Jean Howlson
Perth
Scotland
Young Men’s Christian Association Hall
Robert Burns
Burns
Mins Howison
Burn
Mary
Burne
Homeopaths Meet in Wilkes-Barre Regular Session
A regular meeting of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania will convene in Wilkes-Barre tomorrow at 7. Readings will be delivered by Dr. Dreher of Wilkes-Barre and Dr. Derlinghof of Scranton. Leaders in discussions include Dr. Brewster and Roberts from this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes- Barre
Homeopathic ‘Medical Sociey
Northeastern
Pennana
Eeces
Eecaye
Dreher
Wilkes-Barre
Derlinghof
Lackawanna Board Deliberates on Pyne School Principal Pick
A Lackawanna Township school board meeting at No 3 school in Minooka last evening aimed to decide on a principal for the Bestar of the Pyne school, vacancy created by the transfer of T. G. Opborne to Moosle. Professor I H Davey was proposed as successor amid uncertainty and chaos in the room.
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I. H. Davey
Lackawanna Township
Minooka
Davey Wan
Pyne
Stein Used a Hammer in Forehead Attack
Joseph Stein of 317 Garfield avenue struck his wife on the forehead with a hammer after a quarrel fueled by drinking. Mrs Stein, who was later struck by her husband, was knocked unconscious briefly and the couple’s fight ended with Stein taken to the West Side station house by bystanders Albert Davis and David Hanis. She says she will not prosecute. injury not serious.
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Joeph Stein
Garfield Avenue
Stein
Mra. Stein
West Side
Albert Davis
David Hanis
Railroad Notes and Traffic Peak at Scranton Lines
William B Kellum of the DL&W dispatchers office is on his annual vacation while Conductor Richard F Walsh awaits a few days at the seashore. Reading Railroad announces a general wage advance of from 8 14 to 15 percent starting Oct 1. Scranton roads report their largest summer traffic yet and seek to meet demand for corn across lines. Special Officer Goerlitz fished Lake Ariel at the week’s start. No mileage books date yet for DL&W. Erie and others’ system may be adopted. No decision on cheap excursion for next Sunday. railroads watch each other for rate moves.
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Goerlitz
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Lake Ariel
Erie
New York State
Lackawanna
Travellers Meet Sparks at Valley House Office
A half crowded room heard a well known drummer enter and greet letter writers with amiable remarks. He mused that inspiration comes to those who hustle, drawing amused comparisons to expressions about walls.
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Valley House
Reeul
Lehigh Valley Suit Over Malicious Actions Delays
John G Jennings sues Lehigh Valley Railroad and officials Archbald Burns Warren Willard Pryor Kasson Ammerman Reynolds for 100000 dollars alleging conspiracy to hinder delay and defeat prior actions arising from the Mud Run disaster injuries to James Jennings in 1888 and related claims for losses and medical expenses.
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Tennyson
Brook
Jennings
Lehigh Valley Rairoad
Cornelius Smith
I. H. Burns
Connolly
Supreme Court
Burns
Mr. Smith
Ibel
Smith
John G. Jennings
Lehigh Valley Ballad Company
R. W. Archbald
Everett Warren
E. N. Willard
C. E. Pryor
Myron Kasson
Attto
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Court of Common Pleas
Gaid Court
Lemuel Ammerman
Thomas Reynolds
James Jennings
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bovinine Promoted as Baby Milk Additive Not Medicine
The piece states that the medical profession relies on this practice, clarifies that Bovinine is a food not a medicine, and advises adding a few drops to a baby's milk to boost health and strength.
Excursion to Lake Ariel by Chi Upsilon Society
The Chi Upsilon society plans a Lake Ariel excursion next Monday with wide attendance expected and precautions in place. Five balloons will be sent up Saturday night each carrying a ticket. the finder becomes the society guest. Susquehanna Association Meeting to be held at All Souls church Scranton on Sept 4 and 5 with delegates and visitors entertained free.
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Lake Ariel
Chi Upsilon Society
Susquehanna Association
Susquehanna Association ofUniversalists
All Souls’ Church
Adams Avenue
Pine Street
Scranton
Local Social Notes From Sheffield and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Sarah Lambvkin of Sheffield visits sister Mrs. O H Williams. John Courtney of Clark's Green and George Smith of Glenburn call on friends. Mrs. Stephen Jay convalesces. Mrs. Bert Wilkins returns from Scranton. D W Titus travels to New York to meet son William. Neal Walker of Buffalo visits his parents. Ralph Williams departs for a two week trip to New York and New Jersey. James Platt of Tunkhannock visits town. Mrs. M K Walker visits her brother at Hart Lake. Locals attend Soldiers Encampment excursion at Montrose.
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Sarah Lambvkin
Sheffield
O. H. Williama
John Courtney
Clark's Green
George Smith
Glenburn
Stephen Jay
Bert Wilkins
Scranton
Frank Tiffany
D. W. Titus
New York
William
Montrose
Fragmentary 1896 notices from Scranton area papers
Patchy OCR item discusses products like acid phosphate and Pillsbury flour capacity, followed by death notices and funeral details for residents of Scranton and Hyde Park. includes names such as Walter Waller and O Malley family, with ages and addresses, all clumped in a damaged text readout.
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Wss Scranton
Walter
Jacob Waller
First German Methodist Episcopal Church
Adams Avenue
Vine Street
Etn Scranton
Pisettos
Hia Arenta
South Sumner Avenue
Gtain
Moerlid'an Street
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Norman & Moore Fire Insurance
Wyoming Ave
Commonwealth
Ackawanna
A. B. Warman
Poeu Ave
City Notes
Apesia
Iene
Atenoami Academ
Patna
Gee Triads
Councilman
Board of Revision
G. T. Davis
Llewellyn Hopkins
Green Ridge
R. N. Davis
Archbald
Pigeon
Harvey Lee Buree
Loeane
Nanos Lehigh Valley Company
R. ¥. Archbald
Bures
Willard
Pryor
Bovinine
Woolworth
Kleberg
Louis Rupprecht
Carlsbad
Penn Ave
Opp
Baptist Church
Capes
J. Boll, Jysteron
Furrier
Duck Pants
Ialkiers
Ueverso Fur
Edwin C. Burt & CO
Assan
Jefferson Aves
Lebanon
Weber
Guernsey
Pillsbury's
S. ©. Snyder
D. D
Teo Serasten Trinene
Peices
H. D. Swartz & CO
Arene
Sos Nedeon, Demir
Frank P, Christian
Spruce Street
Slackawarra Ave
Sa. m
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
Ofa Kates Puctnasteterren Ieee
A. E. Jordan
Geese Wines
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