City Notes From The Scranton Area Society Calendar
A procession of local society items includes meetings of the Hebrew Ladies Relleh society the board of health and the Woman's Keeley league. Tonight hosts a euchre and supper by the Rowlltg association and a pay day for miners at Marvine Leggett's rock mines and Maup ton Sloan mines. A charity sale and church suppers are announced along with a Greek Catholic church charter filing and a Home for the Friendlies meeting. Maria Harber's funeral is set for Friday at Pine Street All Souls church with interment in Dunmore.
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Hebrew Ladies' Relleh Society
Board of Health Wim
Woman's Keeley League
Rowlltg Association
Delaware and Hudson Company
Marvine and Leggett
Rock
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Maupton and Sloan
SDE Wit
Elm Park
Ladies’ Ald Society
Second Presbyterian Church
John F. Scragg
St. John
Scrumtun
Young Ladies’ Society
First Presbyteria
Arthur Wrightson
Mowlster W. Os. Heirins
Margaret Wrightson
Mulbert's Hall
Wyoming Avenue
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America
W. H. Staples
Scott Township
Wright Lowry
Alderman Wright
Hals- Jander
M. W. Lowry
Maria Harber
S Velock
Thompson Street
Pine Street
All Souls’ Church
Dunmore Cemetery
John Flynn
Grace Ve Glone
Scranton
John G. Richards
Jane Humphreys
Peckville
Thomas
Contractor Max Phillips Held on Charge of Felonious Wounding
Max Phillips of the South Side was held on $800 bail for a court appearance after being charged with feloniously wounding his cousin Vincent Carlucci with a knife. Carlucci said Phillips owed him a month's wages and attacked him when he asked for payment, showing a coat with a stab wound as proof.
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Max Phillips
South Side
Millar
Phillips
Vincent Carlucci
Carlucci
Board of Trade Banquet Planned For January 19
The Board of Trade announces a banquet to be held on or about Tuesday evening January 19 starting at 6 o clock. Invitations will be sent to members this week and each member may bring one guest for a charged plate. About 200 people are expected.
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Board of Trade
Christmas sale of dolls and fancy goods at church
The First Presbyterian church will hold a Christmas sale of doll and fancy articles in the lecture room on Thursday afternoon and evening, December 4. Everyone is urged to come and buy. Refreshments will be served. Gentlemen as well as ladies are urged to attend.
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First Presbyterian Church
Weichel's Jewelry Estate Reopens on Spruce Street
Weichel's jewelry shop at 408 Spruce Street will reopen for business tomorrow morning. Advertises the greatest slaughter in prices ever and invites customers to call early to secure a Christmas present with a small deposit.
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Weichel
Spruce Street
Baby coats line at 512 Spruce street
A dainty display of children's coats is offered at 512 Spruce street. The notice also promotes Beecham’s pills and lists Miss Carolyne V. Dorsey, a teacher of elocution, oratory and delsarte, at 434 Adams avenue.
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the Baby
Spruce Street
Carolyne V. Dorsey
Delsarte
Adans Avenue
El Capitan leads packed shows at Frothingham and Academy
Fraught night in Scranton as Frothingham hosts El Capitan with Hopper and Edna Wallace drawing full houses. Sage hypnotist and Williams’ 48 hour sleep thrill audiences at the Academy. both programs praised for spectacle and energy.
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Hopper
Edna Wallace
Sage
Williams
Eastern League Meets at Fifth Avenue Hotel
Prominent Eastern League figures gathered at the Fifth Avenue hotel for the annual meeting and talks with managers. Directors adjourned after confirming club placement by past season percentages and approving a cash payment rule, with Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester among others represented. The league plans 126 games next season from April 29 to September 20, with Powers reelected president. A new constitution revision committee was named.
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Fifth Avenue
Saya
United Press
Tribune
Powers
Providence
Buffalo
Rochester
Toronto
Syracuse
Springfield
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
National League
A. ©. Buckenburger
James Franklin
C. A. Leimburger
C. Englebert
Troy
Worcester
Bogert
Shean
Kuntzsch
E. F. Bogert
W. H. Draper
G. M. Kuntzsch
Brooks, Franklin and Johnson
Guardians Appointed in Orphans Court
Before Judge Gunster in Orphans Court guardians were appointed for minor children. E. H. Estabrook is named as guardian for the minor child of Jennie G. Esta.
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Gunster
Orphans’ Court
E. H. Estabrook
Jennie G. Esta
Estate notices list guardians and heirs in Susquehanna and city
Brook late of Jackson township and Harriet Throop minor children of deceased, heirs named with guardians F W Arnold and Bond with Dimmicks as sureties. M W Morris guardian of Maggie and Maria Marshall minor children of deceased, late of the city. Christine Forkel estate shows Nathan Vidaver as renew auditor to distribute funds in the hands of Charles P Forkel administrator.
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Nathan Vidaver
Charles P. Forkel
Chamberlain Responds to Acme Coal Suit
George F. Chamberlain of Shaw and Chamberlain filed an answer denying the coal leased to Acme Coal is defective for sale and blaming Acme's incompetence rather than the coal for its alleged inability to mine marketable coal in the tract under dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Coal
George F. Chamberlain
Shaw & Chamberlain
Acme Coal Company
Patterson & Wilcox
Acme Company
Acme
Taylor Borough Eyes Bond Issue for New School
Attorney J E Watkins for the Taylor school district filed a statement of indebtedness with Clerk Thomas as required before increasing debt. The district plans to issue bonds to fund a new 1500 building, with total indebtedness listed at 2093. Last assessed borough valuation was 494412.
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J. E. Watkins
Taylor
Thomas
Tin plate demand in Geneva and shipping notes
Consul Ridgely reports a small demand for American tin plate in Geneva, with interest in raw material in boxes and black sheets in bundles. He offers to share price lists with buyers. Also includes steamship arrivals and departures in New York and Southampton and a list of display cards for sale.
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Washington
Dev
Ridgely
Geneva
State Department
To Cure a Cold in One Day Adverts Laxatives
A circa early 20th century ad promotes Bromo Quinine laxative tablets asserting cure of a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. It also advertises Lohmann's private dining rooms on Spruce Street offering superior service and cuisine for dinner parties.
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Lohmann’s
Bpruce Street
Pack Peddler Nearly Murdered in Duryea Robbery
Samuel Halper, a Wilkes-Barre Jewish pack peddler aged about 44, was decoyed by a short thick-set man with black hair into a vacant Duryea house. He was struck with a two foot gas pipe, robbed of about eleven dollars, and left unconscious. He recovered, but officers had no suspect by nightfall.
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Samuel Halper
Wilkes-Barre
Samuel Harper
Fell Street
Duryea
Lehigh Valley
Avoca
Bloomsburg
James Kennedy
Harper
Edward Miller
Wiliam Tracey
Old Forge
Phoenix Breakers
Pier
Lehiga Valley
Columbia
Halper
the Law
State board of charities meets in Harrisburg
The annual meeting of the state board of charities in Harrisburg reviewed appropriations for institutions under its supervision. A $400,000 request will fund a new state lunatic hospital here and new facilities for epileptic insane and homeopathic treatment. Plans for the Clearfield county jail were approved and officers including Mahlon Dickinson and Cadwalader Biddle were elected for the year.
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Harrisburg
State Board of Charities
Clearfield County
Mahlon Dickinson
Philadelphia
Cadwalader Biddle
George J. McLeod
Frank J. Torrance
Pittsburg
Henry M. Boles
Scranton
J.W. C. O'Neal
Gettysburg
Isaac Johnson
Coroner's Jury to Hear Barlow Case Testimony
Coroner Longstreet viewed the body of William H. Barlow of Tenth street who was killed Monday afternoon in the Delaware Lackawanna and Western yard and empaneled a jury. The panel includes William Raub John Raub A E Vorhi Wallace G Moser Thomas J Duffy and John T Brown. The jury meets Monday at 8 in the court house arbitration room to hear testimony. The funeral was held yesterday at 2 and interment followed at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Longstreet
William H. Barlow
Tenth Street
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Yard
William Raub
John Raub
A. E. Vorhi
Wallace G. Moser
Thomas J. Duffy
John T. Brown
Court House
Barlow
Forest Hill Cemetery
First skating accident on Central Pond ends in cold water
A crowd of youths ventured onto one and one half inches of ice on the pond near the Central mine at 9 30 last night. Edith Evans aged 18 of Washburn street was overwhelmed by the shock and required assistance and medical attention after the incident.
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West Side
Edith Evans
Washburn Street
Mrs Jennie Devine Seeks Divorce From Deserting Husband
Mrs Jennie Devine filed for divorce from Samuel Devine through attorney D W Brown. She states they married March 21 1888 and he abandoned her six months later, prompting the court to issue a subpoena in the case.
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D. W. Brown
Jennie Devine
Samuel Devine
Severe cold and snow grip city with warning from Washington
Citizens faced continued cold weather and drifting snow with subfreezing temperatures from dawn to dusk. A Washington warning urged caution as coastal storms threaten shipping. November rainfall exceeded averages, with 18 cloudy and 8 clear days and highs near 74 degrees earlier in the month.
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Willis Moore
Stenar
Paine
Sawyer's Great Reduction Sale of Millinery
A fragmented notice highlights Sawyer's reduction sale of millinery items including trimmed hats and related trims. The garbled OCR lists various trimmed hat references and stray numbers, indicating a local advertising sale focusing on millinery reductions.
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Sawyer
Mrs Beecher Recovers After Fall At Thanksgiving Visit
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher aged 84 suffered a serious head injury from a fall at the home of her son in law the Rev Samuel Scoville during Thanksgiving visits in Stamford Connecticut. She was found by family in a pool of blood and received surgical treatment and is rapidly improving.
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Stamford
Conn
Henry Ward Beecher
Samuel Scoville
Missing Teller Shiffer Seen Near Heilmandale Station
Lebanon Pa December reports that George Shiffer, the missing First National Bank teller, was seen Tuesday afternoon near Heilmandale Station by Zerbe. Zerbe says Shiffer appeared unconcerned, was breaking small sticks, and seemed affected by mental disturbance.
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Lebanon
George ShiMer
First National Bank
Zerbe
Heilmandale Station
Shiffer
Dynamite thawing accident near Jay injures workers
An explosion occurred this morning while dynamite was thawing near Jay on the Portland and Tramford Falls railroad extension. Italian worker Landa Rocca, about 18, was killed. Antonio Damoroita was seriously injured and four enginemen were shaken. About fifty workers were nearby but few serious injuries occurred.
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Jay
Dee
Portland and
Tramford Falls
Orlanda L. Rocca
Antonio Damoroita
Crystal Laundry Ad Promises Thorough Clean and Starched Work
Watch for the White Wagons. Our work is always thoroughly washed, nicely starched, beautifully ironed. Crystal Laundry advertises experienced help and reliable service.
Quinan Funeral Planned for Friday Morning
In Scranton Pennsylvania during December 1804 Thomas Quinan of 1335 Pataxeste Street is to be buried after a funeral service scheduled for Friday at 9 o'clock.
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Quinan
Scranton
Thomas Quinan
Pataxeste Street
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