McANULTY Rifle Range Closure and Local Crimes Report
The rifle range will close Saturday afternoon due to plonk in the erore. A workman named Gibson injured his right foot at the South mill and was taken to Moses Taylor hospital. Multiple local people faced legal actions or releases including Mary Capone Christine Spental and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erore
Gibson
South Mill
Moses Taylor Hospital
Calvary Reformed All Grace Lutheran
Lake Ariel
Hell
Aid for Strikers From Pittsburg Workers
Two Pittsburg strikers W. W. Plasterer and Adam Fox visit the city soliciting aid for local mine workers. They say removing starvation risk will boost morale and with support from fellow workers nationwide sustenance will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. W. Plasterer
Adam Fox
Obituaries from Scranton 1897 notice list
In Scranton on August 1 1897 Anttie M wife of W E Clark age 45 funeral at residence Capouse avenue Sunday 2 oclock interment Dunmore cemetery. Mrs William Delke Aug 20 1897 at 1214 Mulberry street after short illness funeral Sunday afternoon interment Forestal cemetery. Tara Davin infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Davis Aug 2 1897 deceased at 428 North Maryavanus funeral Sunday afternoon interment Washburn street Cemetery. Wittem JenRing Aug 19 1897 age W years at home of Mr and Mrs David M Jones 14 South Gurtliid avenue funeral Sunday 2 oclock interment Washburn street cemetery.
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Porestal
Davis
Heranton
Tara Davin
Daniel Davis
North Maryavanus
Washburn Street
Jenkins
Scranton
Wittem JenRing
Lie Aust
David M. Jones
South Gurtliid Avenue
Rearden
Aehburn Street
Winton Court Debates Borough Build In Two Halls Plan
Two town halls spark a court fight in Winton as Walsh and Barrett factions clash over Mulhern Judge contract for a borough building. Peck Lumber hired by the rival side seeks a separate injunction while hearings set for September 19.
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Winton
Peck Lumber Company
Mulhern
Judge
Facion
Barrett Board
Walsh Board
Mulhern & Judgne
Peek Lumber Company
Barrett
Peck Company
Mulhern & Judge
Thomas F. Walsh
J. F. Loftur
M. J. Barrett
Michael Gallagher
P. J. Burke
Thomas J. Mack
Missing Pittsburg delegate Cooper sought by companions
Two uniformed delegates from Smoky City report their colleague Mr Cooper is missing since 10 o’clock Thursday night. They searched town venues including a steel bedroom and police headquarters but have found no trace. They note he carries significant money on him and cannot leave town until morning.
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Knights of Pythias
Pittsburg
Cooper
Smoky City
Cooper Gating
Bacon Charges Perjury Against Mrs Drier and Daughter
BACON has evidence and charged Mrs Drier and her daughter Mrs Charles Bacon with perjury. The case involves a marriage to evade punishment, a non support suit, and a claim the Drier girl was underage. Both women posted bail and will appear in court following a prior hearing that lacked sufficient proof.
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HW. G. Bacon
Drier
Charles Bacon
Paco
Bacon
Bacon, Jr
Throop men charged with conspiracy to defraud
M Swarte and Fr Rosenfeld partners in a Throop grocery were arrested on a conspiracy to defraud charge by city merchants. Alderman Millar set bail under 1000 dollars for trial. Éwartz had earlier leveled sensational charges against his wife and a boarder, and a later incident followed a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Swarte
Fr. Rosenfeld
Throop
Swartz
Rosenfeld
Millar
Ewartz
Howe
Swarts
Corse Payton Company Ends Scranton Run With Plays
Corse Payton's company performed "Lend Me Five Shillings" and "A Yankey In Cuba" yesterday afternoon and "Two Nights in Rome" at the Academy of Music. Today the run ends with "Two Hearts are Won" and "The Daughter of the Regiment" in the afternoon and "The Plynger" tonight.
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Scranton
Corse Payton
Cuba
Rome
Academy of Music
Payton
Young Girl's Nerve Foils Robbers at Toll House
Ruth Richmond a 10 year old girl and her family awoke to four masked men in their Green Ridge toll house on the Dickagon City boulevard last Sunday morning. Insect powder thrown by Ruth blinded a robber as the escape plan failed. The family, including Mrs Annie Richmond and Ellwood Richmond, reported the intruders and the danger they faced during the attempted burglary.
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Wttle
Ruth Richmond
Green Ridge
Dicka Gon City
Annie Richmond
Ruth
Ellwood Richmond
Burglary Foe Blinds Robber With Insect Powder
Ruth Richmond escaped a house attack as a burly intruder grabbed her mother. She flung powder from a window into the burglar’s face, blinding him. Elisha Blackman alerted neighbors who chased the fleeing robbers down the boulevard, leaving no clue to their identities. The criminals likely knew the toll keeper’s Monday earnings routine.
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Ruth
Elisha Blackman
Demand for Money Spurs Formation of Economy Building and Loan
A new Economy Building and Loan association was organized at the office of O B Partridge and Hon J C Vaughan. Officers include George P D Brown president and Hon J C Vaughan secretary with a board of directors. A charter will be applied for this week and operations expected by September as they aim to meet demand from small investors and home builders.
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O. B. Partridge
J. ©. Vaughan
George PD. Brown
J. C. Vaughan
George W. Finn
A. H. Christy
P. FP. Gibbons
D. J. Campbell
Robert McKenna, Jr
Charles H. Farbach
J. G. Lewis
Smal Investors
Poor Board Deliberates Charity Requests At Quiet Meeting
The Poor Board met with President W. S. Langstaff presiding and read minutes from the prior session. Applications included seeking space from the Associated Board of Charities and a plan for room upkeep in exchange for cleaning duties. The Pennsylvania school for enfeebled children advised no free patients due to reduced state funds. patients must be paid at four dollars weekly. Mrs. Max Hirsch sought relief for paralysis and hardship, directed to Director Fuller. James Moran requested property tax relief but was denied. Adjourned after no further business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor Board
Langstaff
Lynott
Associated Board of Charities
Pennsylvania School For
Max. Pascaviteh
Wayne Avenue
James
Plumbers jailed after lead pipe theft fraught with 85 cents sale
John Barrett and Alfred Barry, two plumbers, were arrested for stealing lead pipe from a residence on Oakford Court and selling it for 85 cents. Detectives traced the material to Goldstein and linked the theft to Battin’s hardware store. They were held on bail and later released after admitting the sale.
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John Barrett
Alfred Barry
Alderman Millar
Oakford Court
Moir
Goldstein
Davis
Battin
Wyoming Avenue
Barrett
Barry
Trolley Motorman Hart Injured by Car Window Fall
Anthony Hale, motorman on the Bione avenue line, suffered a painful wound when an end window fell from the car yesterday evening. He ceased work and the conductor took the car to central city. Hale was treated at Lackawanna hospital.
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Anthony Hale
Bione Avenue
Hale
Central City
Lackawanna Hospital
Hiawatha council members host Daughters of Pocahontas gathering
The Daughters of Pocahontas met at homes of Mrs. D. C. Wil iinaing and Mrs. A. Wheeler on Lugurne street for an evening event. The lawn glowed with Chinese lanterns and flags while tables held refreshments including ice cream and cake. Dr. C. C. Sapp of 14 Wyoming avenue appears in the notice.
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Hiawatha Council
Pocahontas
D. C. Wiliinaing
A. Wheeler
Lugerne Street
Miss Cordelia Freeman Soprano to Perform Weekly In Newark
Opera singer Miss Cordelia Freeman will perform weekly vocal sets at Mer. South Works Studio located at 220 Wromint kveunua in Newark New Jersey starting September 1. She will present pieces from Morivgna, Maris, and Jinn Mey with harmony and composition by Herlin and Mey.
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Firat
Newark
N. J
Morivgna
Maris
Jinn Mey
Herlin
Mer
South Works
Wromint Kveunua
Three Men Arrested in Suspected Murder Case
Coroner Longstreet reports Windergratz killed by a crushing blow to the skull. Three Polanders were arrested near Hollentmek's Patch, north of Carbondale, and jailed in Lackawanna county prison. Evidence at an inquest points to murder. wife testified seeing the men with the victim earlier.
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Longstreet Din
Windergratzs
Albert Windercrats
Hollentmek
Carbondale
Longstreet
Windergratz
Healey
Justice of the Peace Glynn’s Court
Lackawanna County
Hollenback
Simpson
Peter Tyrpet
Two Loaves of Bread Swindling Attempt Intercepted
A young Italian boy tried to swindle two loaves of bread by sending another youth to charge them to Hotel keeper Durkin at a Franklin avenue bakery. An alert worker followed, the bread was recovered, and the two boys were turned over to Patrolman I. F. Jones before being released.
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Zeidler
Franklin Avenue
Durkin
I. F. Jones
Washington Avenue
Hand badly crushed in factory car accident
Thomas Harvey foreman of the laborers at Dickson Manufacturing Company Penn avenue shops had a hand caught between two car bumpers yesterday. The injury is serious but doctors believe the hand can be saved.
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Thomas Harvey
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Penn Avenue
Contributions for St Luke s Summer Home Cresco
The article lists donations to St Luke s Summer Home at Cresco including Mra EB Gh Gussessccevencwcees and a friend per D Hiuscssceccccee totaling 20.00 with a previously acknowledged amount of 399.49. The record notes the sequence of gifts and overall fund totals.
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St. Luke's
Cresco
Company D elects officers after resignations
Company D met last night to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of First Lieutenant Lelby Reed. Captain Thomas E. Gillman led the election with Private BE Snyder as clerk and Sergeants Pross and Corporal McCullough as tellers. Second Lieutenant W. W. Inglia was unanimously elected first lieutenant on the first ballot.
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Lelby
Reed
Thomas E. Gillman
Snyder
Pross
McCullough
W. W. Inglia
Safford
Leutenant
Election of Lieutenants Seals Branda Foote and Bush
On the first ballot Branda led with Foote 27 and Bush 1 percent. Bush withdrew after. The second ballot elected Foote as second lieutenant with Branda as first lieutenant. Captain Gillman swore in both officers. Former Lieutenant Reel presented a sword for the new first lieutenant.
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F. A
A. R. Foote
W. F. Bush
Branda
Foote
Bush
Gillman
Reel
Poster Entertainment for Green Ridge Library Benefit
A Green Ridge benefit show titled Poster Entertainment featured young locals in living tableaux of popular poster and magazine imagery. Performers included Miss Marion Sanderson Miss Taney Miss Van Cleef and others with acts of piano solos, a reading, and a duet aiding the library fund.
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Green Ridge
Eiver
Miss Hann
Miss Sanderson
Miss Taney
Mrs. Breck
Ralph Goldsmith
Columbia Bicycle
Misa van Cleef
Lowney
Marion Sanderson
Hubert Schadt
Dorothy Dimmick
Cleveland
Misa Louise Hooley
Columbia Meyele
Mise Taney
Miss Hooley
Harry Connolly
Misa
Hann
Louise Connolly
Taney
Hootey
Electric Light Company
Mrs Davis Seeks Divorce Over Desertion by Richard Davis
Mrs Harriet Carter Davis files for divorce from Richard Davis on grounds of desertion. Married August 30, 1891, they lived together until January 3, 1892, when she says he deserted her and remained absent since. Case filed by attorney W Gaylord Thomas.
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Harriet Carter Davis
Richard Davis
Bloomsburg State Normal School Readies Fall Term
Bloomsburg State Normal School prepares for the Fall term to begin Tuesday in August with extensive campus improvements and new apparatus. The faculty mostly returns, adding a biology specialist. Programs adjust to help students strengthen weak areas and include targeted English drill. Fall term enrollment numbers reach new highs.
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Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg State Normal School
Practice Economy in Medicines Ad
An advertisement urges buyers to practice economy in medicine purchases. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as highly medicinal value, claiming it contains more benefits than others and offers 100 doses for one dollar.
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Hood
Dinner Set Offer from Laughlin Semlivitheous China
Local dealer promotes a new open stock Laughlin Semlivitheous China pattern as sole regional agents. Complete 100 piece sets priced at 145.00 with selection in window display and growing choice as needs arise.
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Laughlin
China
August Improvement Sale Slashes Art Prices
Daily sale updates cut prices on pictures and prints to clear stock. Etchings, window cards, pastels, watercolors, photographs, and oil paintings reduced with a 10 cent discount on pictures excluding showings. Hand tinted pieces with mats and frames offered at deep cuts and special bundles.
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Christine Spental
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Jermyn
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Foreman
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St. Luke’s
Sergeant Foote
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J. Fuhrman & Bro
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