Winter Potatoes and Local Notices In Short List
News bits from the suburb list summer items and local notices. Names include widow of James P. Durkin and life policy payout, two horses found in the street and placed with Wymbsa, Bendham visiting Reynolds, Hungarian Yuskie detained for disturbing behavior, and filings for voter registrar in the Fourth ward. Also ads for Majestic Oil Stout, photography studios, barber, groceries, second hand furniture, plumbing and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Durkin
Lewis
Wymbsa
Henjamin Reynolds
Binghamton
Fred Reynolds
North Main Avenue
Gwillym Yuskie
West Side
Leyshon
Yuske
Bendham
Cr. F. Robertson
Rebecca Avenue
Register of Voters
Majestic Oil Stout
Grand Parlor
Mystic
Easter
Dockosh
R. J. Hughes
South Main Avenue
W. L. Steenback
West Side Bank
Starner
South Male Avenue
John H. Reynold
Fairchild
F. W. Maton & Co
J. C. King
Jackson Street
William D. Griffiths
West Side election contest and social events noted
The Fifteenth Ward heat sees Horatio Fellows opposed by Elias Evans with votes stirring. the Fifth and Fourth wards host multiple Republican nominations for city offices as primaries on December 1 frame the race. J. Jones burial prompts turnout. ongoing notices mention local funerals, society events, and residents’ moves across West Side communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Fellows
Elias KE. Evans
Evans
Fellows
R. E H. Will
William T. James
West Side
Daniel Williams
Thomas D. Davies
Wiéill- Neom
Davies
PAYS TO ADVERTISE Prominent Ad Exec Promotes Buying
A bustling advertiser touts the value of advertising, vowing readers that timely ads boost merchant and lawyer profits. The piece extols a selection of stylish goods and the satisfaction of financing weekly or monthly purchases through ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trecer
Indoor baseball game links Mulley and Osterhout stores
A local indoor baseball match is planned for this evening between Mulley's and Osterhout's stores at Company Harmony. Community groups Eureka Base Hall and the Keystone Dramatic Club consider a five-game series for a $3 purse, with a meeting tonight to decide and set a schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulley’s
Osterhout's
Company Harmory
Jones
Hughes
Wayne Avenue
Pillaton
Lewis and
Waltera
Olyphant
Eureka Base Hall Club
Keystone Dramatic Club
Guy Ovterhout
Oak Street
James Cochran
Illinois
Walters
Jermyn
Puritan Congregational Church
Newman Matthews
Professor Rockwell
William Thomas
Violet Dancing Clase
O'Malley
Brown
Dennis Gannon
Cornell
N. Y
Michael Gannon
Tilly Foster
Young Ladies Mission to Pack Christmas Box for Freedmen
The Young Ladies Mission circle of the Presbyterian church will meet at Miss Annie Boyd's home this afternoon at 4 o'clock to pack a Christmas box for the Freedmen of the South. Articles are gratefully received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Mission
Circle of the
Presbyterian Church
Annie Boyd
South
Mia
Fred Stevens
Harry
Weat Drinker Street
Madisonville
Maloney
West Drinker Street
Nanticoke
Hard
Methodist Church
Bradley
Greenfiell
Conn
B. Bulkley
Cherry Street
A. L. House
Attleborough
Mass
Local social notes from West Pittston and surrounding towns
Miss Celia Nallins and Katie Jeffers visited friends in West Pittston yesterday. William Conroy and Peter Judge left Minooka for parts unknown. Misses Lingle Mogele and May Hale of Avoca visited Minooka friends. Dave Jones, formerly of the South Side lore Greenwood, is now superintendent at the Lee colliery in Newport owned by Brooks and Dale. The Billie Social club of Pittston will attend the Independent club social in Taylor Tuesday evening. Joseph Purnell Walsh of Gilmore Avenue circulated among friends at the Austin Meights yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Nallins
Katie Jeffers
West Pittston
William Conroy
Peter Judge
Lingle
Mogele
May Hale
Avoca
Dave Jones
South Side Lore
Greenwood
Lee
Newport
Brooks & Dale
Billie
Pittston
Independent Club
Taylor
Joseph Purnell Walsh
Gilmore Avenue
Austin Meights
Masqueraders at Academy Receives Mixed Review
A Florida review calls The Masqueraders at the Academy of Music a flawed dramatic work. It condemns its conception and moral tone but notes the cast led by Forest Robinson holds attention with strong stagecraft and memorable lines from Montagu Lushington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men Jones
Aca
Montagu Lushington
Hfe
Oscar Wilde
Tlauly Windermere
Mr. Jones
Forest Robinson
Ruben Warner
David Remon
Mr. Robinson
Cecil York
Charles Bowser
Tony Cummings
J. C. Rodgett
Mabel Bert
Lizzie Rechelle
Sheridan Monument Fair Reopened at Sumter's Hall
A large crowd attended the reopening of the Sheridan Monument association fair at Sumter's hall Penn and Lackawanna avenues Saturday evening. Booths drew steady interest with many chances taken on articles as contests ran vigorously and a large return is expected from the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samiter's Hall
Sheridan Monument Association
Sumter's Hall
Penn and Lackawanna Avenues
Fire Brigade Ruse Delays Engine in Hastings Area
In a Hastings area tale from Pearson's Weekly, firemen attempted to move the town engine kept on a resident’s mounting, only to be blocked by the resident’s refusal. The crowd’s pressure prompted the men to respond by drawing a water pall from the village well, quelling the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Pearson’s Weekly
Polish Laborer Killed in Meadow Brook Shaft
Polish laborer Ludwig Gunkluski died after a roof fell in at the Meadow Brook shaft. Funeral set for 9 o'clock with interment in Minooka Polish cemetery. Also reports Max Phillips barn and blacksmith shop burned, with extensive loss including tools and implements. Residents speculate matches set by vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Brook
Bern
Maz Phillips
Ludwig Gunkluski
John Gibbons
E. H. Jordan
Prospect Avenue
Cherry Street
Fig Street
Gunkinski
Minooka Polish Cemetery
Alumni Triumph in Muddy Alumni vs Undergraduates Football
A large crowd watched the School of the Lacka wana alumni defeat the undergraduate team 4 to 0 in a mud filled contest. Murphy scored early in the second half and added a second drive with Brooks as the lead contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Lackawa
Murphy
Brooks
Forford
Hhidaaseie
Ua Dac
Vbaageans Ee
USA
Board of City Assessors and Appeals in Deadlock
Conflicting demands between the city board of appeals and the assessors bar any 1896 assessment. The assessors refuse to use the appeals boards quarters or blotters, while the board requests necessary books. A mediator, Charles Chittenden, pledges action. If unresolved, the city risks missing the February 1 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Appeals
Chittenden
Select Council
Tribune
Assessors
Appeals Board
Board of Revision of Taxes and Appeals
Board of City Assessors
Board of Assessors
Charles F. Yoos
Henry D. Jones
Rudolph Buensll
Boaria
Board of Revision and
Anneal
Rudolph Buensil
Charles A. Yoos
Two Lackawanna Players Slated for All Star College Eleven
The article notes Gelbert and Wagenhorst from Lackawanna County as likely members of a theoretical football eleven drawn from the nation’s top college players. It recalls the 1895 intercollegiate season as highly successful, with regret that Pennsylvania’s great team did not face Yale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Harvard
Quakers
Princeton
Tigers
Yale
Pennsylvania
Crimson
Leges
Brown Universityette
University of Micket
Crescent
Orange
Sun
Cornell
Geibert
U. FP
Church
Chadwick
Galley
Wharton
D. BP
Murphy
Cochran
Williams
Thorne
C. Brewer
Brooke
U. P
Cubat
Wagonhornt
U.P
Woodruff
Bull
W. R. Cross
Leo
Dickson
Wynkoff
Wrightington
Minds
UC. P
Jerrems
Lackawanna County
Gelbert
Wagnhorst
New York Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
News of the Suburbs
Winter Potato
Luce Bros
West Side Business Directory
West Side Events
Jesse Jones
D. P. Robinson
Hampton Street
Rev. George
Delaware, Lackawanna
Hiram Smith
Elmira
Pine Street
Ye G. H. Taylor
Clarence Huth
The
Sons of America
D. J. Davis
James Glenon
Grant Avenue
Daniel Phillips
Philadelphia
Rutherford R. Hadley
Bucknell Academy
Hadley
Charles Hadley
Eynon Street
Annie Aneley
Meridian Street
G. A. Conkey
Syracuse
Bunier Avenue
Samuel Bly
Oneonta
Robert Cassom
Honesdale
Grandpa
First Welsh Baptist Church
Joseph Summerhill
Bauer
Cleveland
Summerhill
Ladies’ Aid Society
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church
Hugh Davis
D. Jones
Butterman
Petersburg
Washburn Street
Emilie Evans
Sarah Meredith
Surday School
Margaret St. Davis
Carbondale
Rena Kellow
Honeydale
Robert Hepburn
Factoryville
Aniron Fardd
Brooklyn
Mary J. Reese
Reese
Twelfth Street
Wales
Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association, Branch 44
North End
Dunmore
Pir
South Side News
Max Phillips
Box 49
Crown Avenue
Beech Street
South Side
Mr. Phillips
Alder Street
Phillips
Chinchilla
Joseph Kramer
Louis Bombacher
Peter Mulliger
Mulliger
Dr. Maniey
Daniel Kelley
Maple Street
Baltimore
Mary Kelley
Charity
Mary Catherine
St. Joseph's Convent
August Kempe
Cedar Avenue
Century Howe Company
James F. Bests
School of the Lackawanna
Dis
Gelbert and
Wagenhorst
Hobb's Medicine CO
Chicago
San Francisco
Lackawanna Ave
the Fashion
Nickly Trimmad
Nottinghams
Brussels
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton
Davis’ Theater
John B. Wills
Female Seminary
Academy OF Music
Stetson
Mercereau
Connell
Lackawanha
G. W. Fritz
Dupont
W R Milla
Levenseres
Renean Ye
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Ave
Third National Bank
MND
MT. Pleasant
Wyoming Avenue
T. Smith
Fock
A. W. Jurisch, Sprus
Burves
Wiliars & Bt
Belasco and
Fyles
New York City
N. ¥. Herald
S. Army
Robert Santell
Hoyt's
Hoyt
Frothingham, Wagner & Ross, Sewsons
New York Casino
Bone Y Baekhomne
Shan
Aylesworth’s
Votie
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