Scranton Branch of Dickinson Law School Organized
Prominent Scranton citizens form the Scranton branch of the Dickinson Law School with President George Edward Reed and Dean William Trickett. The branch will operate temporarily from St. Thomas' College while a new building is prepared, with classes starting October 2 and lectures by local lawyers. The school remains based in Carlisle for now, serving Scranton and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Dickinson Law School
Carlisle
William Trickett
Law School
George Edward Reed
Alfred Hand
H . Boles
William Connell
E. N. Willard
E. B. Sturges
St. Thomas’ College
Board of Trade
Bishop O'Hara
Sec D. B. Atherton
Dean Trickett
Ckawanna Bar
Local residents update and community notices in Scranton area
Margaret Roche of Cherry street and Joseph Sullivan of Amsterdam NY are noted visitors and residents. The Scranton Athletic Club holds a clam bake at the No. 8 meadows. Community meetings for men and women occur at the tent with 3:20 PM sessions. School transfers for No. 11 graduates to No. 3 follow term opening. Ward politics show fewer advocates for improvements. Heavy rainstorms damage streets especially Fig street. residents urge sewer and street repairs and faster action by the street commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Roche
Cherry Street
Carbondale
Joseph Sullivan
Amsterdam
N. Y
Peter Pettengill
Brook Street
Ilmea
Scranton Athletic Club
No. & Meadows
George Rosen
Cedar Avenue
Scranton Saengerrunde
Schiveren
Kathe Opper
Mary Donahoe
Nellie O'Malley
Adeline Edwards
Katie Haggerty
Nellie Haggerty
Charles O'Malley
John McTighe
John Tierney
Fig Street
Martin & Delany to Auction Off Clothing Stock
Within thirty days stock of Martin and Delany must be disposed of. A significant sale begins Saturday, described as a genuine closing-out event not typical trade clearance. The sheriff’s sale liquidates the immense clothing stock to satisfy creditor claims, with prices cut 40 to 60 percent below cost to move men’s, boys’, and children’s wear quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin & Delaney
Martin & Delany
Suse Iia
Ad Irinotecan
Wyoming
Court calendar sets five terms for county structure in 1896
The county court system outlines five terms of common pleas and orphans court of three weeks, five terms of criminal court of sixteen weeks, and multiple one week sessions starting March 1896. Grand juries meet, constables file returns, and sheriff sales occur around term beginnings with 36 weeks of trials yearly. Two murder cases loom for the next grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple of Justice
Lackawanna County
Equity Court
Common Pleas and Orphans
Common Pleas Court
Argument Court
Wisniskle
Washington Avenue
Flata
Paretto
Mike Demarko
Jessup
Local notes and visits in Amsterdam and nearby towns
Daily items list visits births and moves in Amsterdam and surrounding communities. Names include Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington and son Leo Chestnut street. Mr and Mrs William Moffatt Cherry street. Mrs Shaffer Bryden and Milas Kate Young. William Hanning Brook street takes Dunmore Republican post. upcoming Episcopal Mission excursion to Lake Ariel. council to discuss fire alarm system. Mrs E M Keene Electric avenue to Paterson N J. Rev W S Mudge Princeton will preach at Presbyterian church. Maloney breaks ground Blakely street for new store room. Mrs William Rey returns to Omaha. Mrs Edward Gagel and Anna to New Haven Conn. Mrs Stanfield to New York then Georgia voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmore
Republican
E. M. Keene
Electric Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Thenda
Edward Courtright
Maud Chunk
William Miller
Brook Street
Mabel Christ
Lake Carey
Tunkhannock
W.S. Mudge
Princeton
Presbyterian Church
Maloney
Blakely Street
William Rey
Mowery
North Blakely Street
Omaha
Edward Gagel
Anna
New Haven
Conn
Stanfield
William Redding
Dudley Street
New York
Birmingham
Georgia
Local Notices and Social Updates From Weeney Street
James Gilboy of Weeney Street is listed as dangerously ill. Mrs Lane, recently back from England, has returned home. Mrs M A Cornell and son Hert are in New York City on business. Miss Annie Jones of Leggett Street visits friends at Bellevue. Miss Francis Winton of North Main Avenues has returned from vacation. Miss Carrie Williams, visiting her mother in Hartford, has returned. Byron Winton of North Main Avenue is building a new stone wall in front of his residence. Charles Reese and family of North Main Avenue have returned from a longer visit at Luzerne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gilboy
Weeney Street
Lane
England
M. A. Cornell
Hert
New York City
Annie Jones
Leggett Street
Bellvue
Francis Winton
North Main Avenes
Carrie Williams
Hartford
Byron Winton
North Main Avenue
Charles Reese
Luserne
Last Days of Pompeii Opens at Laurel Park Monday
Opening performances of Palin's Last Days of Pompeii set for Laurel Hill park next Monday despite weather. The show retells Pompeii’s eruption with scenes of Arbaces and Christian figures, a grand procession, and a final volcanic display. Special set pieces and Manhattan Head fireworks follow the destruction. Hauer's band will play nightly from 7 to 9 30. Admission 24 cents, reserved seats 25 and 60 cents. One fare round trip by several rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Mill Park
Laurel Hill Park
Palin
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Nedia
Pompei
Abaces
Ione
Neapolitan
Ist
Arbaces
Bath House
la Petite Evelyn
Harry la Rose
Globe and Steps
Martine
George Martine
Evelyn
la Pereira
Laura Martine
Tiberius
Tels
Glaeus
Tone
Lydon
Pain
Manhattan
A. J. Atkinson
Scranton Central Labor Union
Lackawanna and Western
Erie and Wyoming Valley
Delaware and Hudson
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
New York
Lake Erie and Western
Lehigh Valley
Hauer
Coal and Coke Totals Rise on Pennsylvania Lines
The Pennsylvania railroad reports coal and coke carried east of Pittsburg and Erie at 13 650 469 tons for the year, up 4 734 440 from the previous period. Passenger traffic remains heavy to and from the city, with summer resort travel fading as excursion season ends. A West Jersey dividend of 3 1 2 percent was declared, with $1 000 000 bonds due next January. A Reading reorganization plan, prepared by the Olcott committee, is nearing public announcement in September, seeking about $20 to $26 million, to secure a sound financial structure without excessive dilution for stock and junior bondholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Erle Thaa
West Jersey Railroad
Atlantic City
Reading
Olcott Committee
Han
Capitalist bidders seek Scranton street railway privileges
Mayor Connell is approached by a private representative of a non Scranton capitalists group seeking street railway privileges. He offers 35000 per mile for about twelve miles of city streets, insisting the bid proves this is not a paper road. The mayor declines to name the company or reveal more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell
Scranton Traction Company
Connells
Tribune
Exhibits for Atlanta Pennsylvanians organized by ladies
Women of Scranton organize to send city exhibits to the Cotton exposition in Atlanta. Mrs. H. M. Boies presides as committees form plans including Fingage and Erhiblis with dozens of named members and roles. They seek donations and coordination from locals, with free transport by the state for non sale articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ryumsa
The
Youngs Womens Christian Association
H. M. Bolva
B. H. Ripple
C. L. Frey
H. M. Boles
C. L. Penman
Fingage
A. Hendrick
Eb.h. Hipple
J. F. Everhart
G. L. Dickson
C. D. Simpson
Frey
L. M. Gates
C. BK. Fuller
F. E. Platt
Miss Lees
Mise Pettigrew
Mra. Vaughn
Moscow
Edward Burr
Peck
Carbondale
J. L. Connell
Dunn
Stein
Kate Wilcox
Misa Throop
Erhiblis
E. L. Puller
Manufactures
H. J. Carr
L. RK. Stelle
N. Y. Leet
Josie D. Lees
Deersam
Estelle Bevan
Alice Barker
Miles Blandine Harrington
Frances Pratt
M. J. Andrews
G. B. Hand
Susan E. Dickinson
Bassett
J. T. Porter
A. J. Connell
Bernstein
Hendrick
Pennsylvania
Curtaina
Stranton Lace Company
J. L. Crawford
Simpaun, Watkins & Co
Jermyn
Lackawanna County
Mies ‘Dickinson
Avlanta
Regatta at Lake Ariel Promises Top Rowing Feats
The Lake Ariel regatta next Saturday features double scull and four-oared shell races with top national scullers. Entrants include Star Boat club of Plymouth with two four-oared crews and West End club of Buffalo with a senior aculler. The event aims to offer premier sport, with silver cups, cul glaga prizes, banners, and medals for winning crews. Excursions to the lake are expected to be large and the day to be highly enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Ariel
Star Boat Club
Plymouth
West End Club
Buffalo
TWO MINE ACCIDENTS CLAIM TWO MINERS
William Hanley a miner at West Ridge colliery was instantly killed by a rock fall while loosening coal after blasting at noon yesterday. His body was taken to Undertaker O'Donnell and home on Brick avenue. He was 50 years old and survived by a wife. Thomas W Indian a miner at Pancoast Rough and Ready colliery was fatally injured by a rock fall at noon yesterday. He was crushed and moved to his Parker street home with a broken back and likely not to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Manley
Thomas
Indian
William Hanley
West Ridge
O'Donnell
Brick Avenue
Mr. Hanley
Thomas W. Indian
Pancoast
Parker Street
Obituaries from Scranton and Binkely
In Scranton an obituary notes Marty Buipp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig T. Buipp, died Aug. 2 at 6 am with funeral services at the family home on Olivet and Harrison avenues at 2 pm and interment at Pittston Avenue Cemetery. In Binkely Stephen Cal lender Callender, aged 86, died Aug. 29 after an illness, with funeral at the Callender homestead on Sunday Sept. 1 at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stipp
Scranton
Marty
Ludwig T. Buipp
Olivest
Harrison Avenue
Pittston Avenue
Callendee
Binkely
Stephen Callender
Callender Homestead
Officer Jones In Studio For Concert Engagements
Reeve Jones announces open for concert engagements and pupils, to be seen at his studio in the Raub building after September 1. Also mentions Norsford's Acid Phosphate for nerves and mood, and Bwanye's Ointment for piles with tumor risk and healing claims. Guernsey Bros Pillabury's Flour Mills capacity 17 000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve Jones
Jones
Raub Building
Bwanye
Druggista
Dr. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Pillabury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Niagara Power Co
D. & H. Gravity R. R
Honesdale
Cassier
Bonnie Briar Bush
Augusta Evans
Inez
Macaria
Afosto
Weston Mill Co
South Side
Key
Coan
Pasion
W. B. Christmas
Annie
Kate Haggerty
Providence Road
Mary Sheridan
Olyphant
L. Blair
Eagleville
Pennsylvania Christian Conference
Providence Christian Church
Fenner & Chappel's
William Hawley
Birch Avenue
North Main Avenue Baptist Church
North End
the Grand Entvy
Railroad Notes
Street Railway Company
Traction CO
Linke Ariel
W. H. Long
Tee Ke
Charles Huester
Eagle Brand Aces
Norsford
Weber
Guernsey
Aod
Aoe
Walla
Rexford
Lacka
Mason
Delly Glasses
China Hall
Weichel & Millar
Wyoring Avenue
ODD Fellows
Wyoming Avenue
E. Grewer
Philadelphia & Jalist
Hit
Garner Penavenue
State Berean
University of Pennsylvania
Medico-Chirurgical College
Oiladelphia
Sam
P.rs
Symroom
BE. Grewer
Old Post
Peas Avenue
Spruce Street
Scranton Tribune
Pratts, Laitivama Les
James & Kelly
Spruce ST
Scranton Training School
Jans
Katharine
Clark
Reading, Mass
G. Elmendorf
Elmira
Megargel & Connell
Scranton, Pa
Dor. Long
Dr. Long
Old Haymarket Square
Resa
Wright
J, Williams & Bro
Hunt & Oe
Rescue An Agen
Canadian Pacific
Maine
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Minneapolis
St Paul
United States
Vancouver
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
V. Skinner
G. E. A. Broadway
Rew York
Pierce’'S Market
Penn Ave
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