Prize Winners Told For Sherman Avenue Picnic Contests
West Scranton lists winners from Nay Aug park Sherman Avenue mission picnic events. Races include 10 yard dash 100 yard, wheelbarrow, three legged, and hurdle races with prizes such as shoes, umbrellas, a pocketbook, and a parlor lamp. A later note reports a street accident near Musgrave drug store with a woman hospitalized but stable with hopes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Avenue
Nay Aug Park
Sherman Avenue Mission
Sarah Humphreys
Mary J. Phillipe
Norah Davies
Prise
Willie Phillips
Thomas Jones
David Dickey
Richard H. Phillips
John Phillips
William Taylor
Sarah A. Bowen
Joseph Williams
Hresvity
Margaret Phillips
Alice Quick
Rachel Jones
Emily Thomas
Annie Jones
Anne Gleason
Aliee Phillips
Marie Hoynon
Gwennie Tropkins
Joe Taylor
Jennie Beynon
Jardiniere
Gwennie
Philpa
Jennie Davis
Thomas Harris
Eddie German
Engle
Susan Edwards
Joseph Thomas
David Fox
Iidy
Garfield Davis
Nora Davies
Thomas Lewis
Fred James
Evan Wagstiff
Randolph Davis
Thomas Johns
Margaret Roberts
Polly Bowen
Howard Davis
Taken Suddenly Ill Mrs Boldry at 1154 Division
Mrs. Charles Boldry of 1154 Division became ill suddenly prompting a call for medical assistance. Neighbors reported the incident and authorities were informed as paramedics attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Boldry
Scranton Railway Car Stops on West Linden Street
A Scranton Railway double truck car carrying passengers stalled on a hill when an overhead switch flew off cutting power. Wet rails made the car slide from Chestnut Street to the curve before stopping. the motorman and conductor remained calm and averted a panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Linden Street
Scranton Railway Company
Chestnut Street
Funeral of William H Harris Follows Lake Ariel Death
The funeral for William H. Harris, who died of heart failure while bathing at Lake Ariel, was held at his father's home then at Plymouth Congregational Church. Rev Peter Roberts officiated as Masonic quartet sang. The procession went to Washburn Street Cemetery where the casket was laid to rest amid floral tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Harris
Lake Ariel
James M. Harris
North
Hyde Park Avenue
Plymouth Congregational Church
Peter Roberts
Mahanoy City
Masonic Quartette
Prof
W.W. Jones
Thomas Abrams
Harry Wrigley
Harry Acker
Jesus
Washburn Street
Masonic Emblem Funeral Tribute by Local Lodges
Beautiful decor includes a white rose anchor with three doves and casket bouquets. Camp 353 and Hyde Park lodge No 939 of Masons sent the pieces with family and friends. Pallbearers from the Masons included Walter Williams and Harry Wrigley among others. flower bearers were from the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Hyde Park Lodge
Masons
Jonas Long
Masonic Order
Patriotle Order Sons of America
Walter Williams
Harry Wrigley
Wiliam Hetterly
Harry Betterly
W. C. Garrison
Harry Colle
Patriotic Order Sone of America
Welsh preacher Miss Hattle Jones to speak in Scranton
Miss Hattle Jones the Welsh evangelist visits Scranton from Wales and will preach in the First Welsh Baptist church in English next Sabbath evening. Rev. W. I. F. Davis will lead the morning service at Memorial Baptist, North Scranton, and Jones will preach at his Providence church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hattle Jones
Wales
W. IF. Davis
Memorial Baptist Church
North Scranton
Miss Jones
Providence
Welch
Robert Phillips
Hyde Park Avenue
Wilkes-Barre
Farrell
Washburn Street
John Cullen
Morris Court
Emily Seymour
William Deacon
B. V. Dershimer
South Main Avenue
Francis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Roy Worden
North Hyde Park Avenue
Emily Achuff
Philadelphia
Austin Ringler
Division Street
Lake Winola
Thomas Timlin
Wettebone Street
Eears
Lackawanna Railroad
Elmira
N.Y
William Wilas
Forbes Eaton
Tenth Street
Atlantic City
Eatable Club
Harvey's Lake
Hdenvale Cottage
Anna Winterstelln
Maude Sander
Jane Jones
Edith Powell
Esther Sander
Bessie Evans
Susie Tarris
Margaret Hughes
Kingston
Walter Davis
George Sander
Jackson Street Baptist Church
Edward Stock
F. Matthews
First Baptist Church
Dunmore Cemetery
Burt Beavers
South Hyde Park Avenue
Montana
Dr. Rice
Harry Greenwood
Mr. Beavers
First Welsh Congregational Sabbath School
Nay Aug Park
Bellevue
Patagonia
Dodge Grounds
North Scranton church prepares for guest preacher in Wales
Memorial Baptist church members await Sunday morning services led by Miss Hat tie Jones from Wales who will deliver an English sermon and mark her last Sunday in America. The North Main Avenue Baptist church Sunday school plans its annual Meart Lake outing with 8:30 a.m. train departure and free transport for under 15s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmorial Baptist Church
Hattie Jones
Wales
Young Women's Christian Association
Amy
David T. Davis
West Market Street
Oceanic
Merthyr Tydvil
South Wales
Wayne Avenue
Plymouth
Francis Lynch
Ferdinand Street
Maria Martin
Summit Avenue
John Mullen
Lake Winola
Mra
Midgar Tulley
Wilkes- Hare
Morgan Edwards
Spring Street
Samuel Cohen
New York
Kate Laghan
Lake Windy
Leonard’s Hall
Robert Fish
North Main Avenue
Saratoga
Charles Clark
Providence Road
Wyoming Camp Grounds
Outing Club
Association
Lake Ariel Excursion Draws South Scranton Crowd
About 400 people joined the Fourteen Friends society excursion to Lake Ariel. The group left from Cedar avenue led by Lawrence Bund, rode an Erie and Wyoming rail special, and after dinner events crowned winners in a cake walk, futuna race, and target bullseye contest with prizes including a leather medal and an faded umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Ariel
Fourteen Friends Society
Cedar Avenue
Lawrence Bund
Coleman
Lille Lohmenn
Wilkes-Barre
Behener Bros. Lo
Old and well tried remedy Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
This notice cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted teething remedy used for sixty years in the United States. It claims to relieve pain, curb diarrhea, and soothe infants during teething, selling for twenty five cents a bottle.
Fishing Contest Ends With Prize To Butcher Danebber
A village fishing day ends with consolation prize to butcher Danebber who fell in the lake and caught a cold. The quest contest is won by Messrs. Fichita and John Aleamer. Committee members led by President John Lenton and secretary Ben Moore organized a lively outing with Dr. Albert Kolb and others assisting. Exclusionists depart lake at 9 PM and return home tired but happy.
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ABA
Butcher Danebber
Messrs
Fichita
John Aleamer
John Lenton
Jimmy Beat
George Miller
Charlies Helfer
John Demuth
Will Budenbach
Albert Kolb
Thomas Bornks
Andy Best
Fred Ehrhardt
Ben Moore
John Shunk
Behley
Marriages in town tie two well known residents
In East Orange New Jersey on August 3 Berena Bradley Bulkley and Katherine Amelia Wesley were married. The Bulkleys, prominent locals, plan to reside on Cherry Street. The community received word of the wedding through cards sent to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berena Bradley Bulkley
Katherine Amelia Wesley
East Orange
N. J
Bulkley
Cherry Street
Charles Woelkers
Lake Ariel
Jessup Avenue
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Social notes from Green Ridge and area captions
Green Ridge residents enjoy an outing at Cadossa while others visit Lake Starlight and Wayne county relatives. Nearby, Capouse avenue and Marion street residents report travel home from Block Island and extended visits. At Green Ridge Cash Store shoppers find ginger snaps and other produce priced through the day with old and new phone listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Jayne
Green Ridge Street
Cadossa
Henry Hitchcock
Mongey Avenue
Hitchcock
Lake Starlight
Ira Stevens
Capoose Avenue
Henry Benson
Marion Street
Wayne County
J. G. Borlinghofst
Block Island
Green Ridge
Elgin
Capouse Avenue
Race for Money in City Budget Shuffle
Director Wormser presses to move $193 unexpended from last year’s printing appropriation to this year’s budget to fund police printing and distribution of new regulations. A competing measure by Controller Costello seeks to merge last year balances into a general fund, threatening the transfer. The outcome hinges on committee delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Director of Public Safety
F. L. Wormser
Select Council
Common Council
Costello
Wormseer
Council
Commoners’ Committee
Annual Shore Dinner Feeds 1500 at Lake Poyntelle
The George W. West Division Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held its annual clambake and shore dinner yesterday at Lake Poyntelle drawing about 1500 guests. A fine menu and smooth organization marked the event aided by lake management and a large volunteer team. Special trains from Scranton and New York state ferried attendees, with notable guests including George W. Weat and Sheriff Armbruster among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. West Division Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ontario and Western and Erie Railroad
Lake Poyntelle
Henry Warner
S. Gritman
William Badger
Mayfield Yard
Charles O'Neill
Middletown
Armbruster
Honesdale
Sheriff Schaudt
John Loftus
Fred Stevens
W. H. McGarrah
John Fitzsimmons
A. R. Gould
William Roberts
Fred Bissell
Mulford
A. G. Thomson
B. T. Lacey
Charles L. Hawley
L. H. Wint
W. Edgar
P, J, Casey
B, Gardner
C, von Storch
Paving Scranton Street to Get City Plans
Superintendent Joseph Phillips of the bureau of engineering prepared plans and specifications for an ordinance to pave Scranton street from the Lackawanna river to the Delaware Lackawanna and Western crossing on the Bloomsburg division. Vitrified brick will be used. Select Councilman Thomas O'Boyle of the Eighteenth ward is the sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Phillips
Bureau of Engineering
Scranton Street
Lackawanna River
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Bloomsburg
Thomas O'Boyle
City Officials Inspect Water Supply On Elmhurst Route
City officials, invited by Scranton Gas & Water, will today conduct the annual inspection of the municipal water supply. Carriages will depart from the city building for the Elmhurst Boulevard route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Gas & Water Company
City Water Inspection Begins Under City Officials
At 9 o'clock this morning Recorder W. P. Connell, heads of departments, and Superintendent Robert Reeves of the Gas and Water company will visit Elmhurst boulevard for a full day inspection of the city water sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Connell
Robert Reeves
Gas and Water Company
Elmhurst Boulevard
Kely
Manley Dies From Quarry Explosion Injuries
Peter Manley of 616 Birch Street died at Lackawanna Hospital after sustaining a fractured skull and other injuries from last Friday’s Emmanuel quarry blast. He was 65 and survived by his wife and children, Mrs. Daniel F. Kelly, Mrs. Henry Albert, Patrick and Peter of Scranton, Mrs. W. C. Lambert of Wilkes-Barre, and Mrs. John Reilly of Brooklyn. The P. Quads. Next Sunday at Lake Poyntelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Manley
Birch Street
Emmanuel Quarry
Lackawanna Hospital
Daniel F. Kelly
Henry Albert
Patrick
Peter
Scranton
W. C. Lambert
Wilkes-Barre
John Reilly
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Mears Bulliting
Albert Ball
E. Joseph Kusttel
Lackawanna Avenue
Peter Stipp
Cellam
Washington Avenue
Scranton Vitrifigo Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company
M. H. Dale
Olive
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Nay Aug
Bow W
GrifFin's Art Shop
GAR
Mr. C. L. Griffin
AU Me
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Old Point Comfort
Richmond, Va
Washington, D. C
Old Dominion Line
North River
Beach Street
OLD Dominion Stealiship CO
H. B. Walker
J. J. Brown
Allis-Chalmers Co
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Oxford
Johnston and Murphy
Stetson
Collora
Scranton Umbrella Manufacturing CO
Spruce Street
Academy of Music
M. Reis
A. J. Duffy
Jacobs’ Stock Co
Dixie’s Theatre
Henry Farnsworth
Dixie
Lyceum Theatre
The
People's Opera Company
Goldfoden
Alexander
Crown Prince
Jerusalem
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