Mission at St Rose Church Crowded Throughout Services
The St Rose church mission in Carbondale drew large crowds at every service led by five Paul Fathers from New York. Rev John Griffin celebrated the first high mass with deacon V T Coffey and sub-deacon Rev W W A Nealon. Lessons and instruction followed morning and evening sessions, with women’s services this week and men’s to begin next Sunday. Father Nevin delivered a forceful sermon on Behold I send my angel and the mission’s purpose.
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Gt. Rove
St. Rose Church
Paul Fathers
New York
Reya
Father Nivens
Burke
O'Callaghan
Cullen
Menton
Bel Sunny
John Griffin
V.t. F. Coffey
Www
A. Nealon
Father Nevin
Pather Burke
Artificial skating pond to be flooded at park
W J Bryne leases the park for winter skating and plans a deeper artificial pond fed from a well beneath the river bed. Steam pumps will flood the basin, lights powered by the electric road will illuminate the surface each evening, with ice kept in good condition and refrozen after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Burn
W. J. Bryne
Struck by Street Car Fatal Injury Near Belmont Street
A Rapid Transit car struck George Lowery walking near Belmont Street near the Forest House complex Sunday night. Conductor Charles Budd and motorman John Hoyt operated Car No 12 southbound but could not stop in time. Lowery, from Belmont Street, suffered severe injuries leading to leg amputation and hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowery
Rapid Transit Company
Forest House
Belmont Street
Charles Budd
John Hoyt
Narrow Escape At Mountain Pond A Skate Mishap
Four young men faced a life threatening incident at Sun yim Mountain Pond Sunday afternoon when the ice broke. William Cavanaugh skated near a hole cut by fishermen at the pond’s northern end and submerged himself in several feet of water. Companions pulled him free and he was rescued from a perilous situation with timely assistance.
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Sunyim Mountain Pond
Mountain Pond
William Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Ely
Samson to be buried today in Peckville
The remains of Luther H. Samson, killed by an Erie pusher on Saturday night, will be laid to rest today in Peckville. Friends and relatives are expected to attend the funeral service.
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Samson
Peckville
Luther H. Samson
Erie
Rainey Talent Scouted Amid Quiet Local Talk
In a murky OCR snippet, rumors surface about Rainey and Yona pursuing goals amid local sports chatter. The fragment hints at a potential pairing or event but lacks clear specifics or dates.
Funeral services set for Mr Sempon G A R in Scranton
Poat No. 187 G A R of this city will conduct the funeral for the deceased member. The service will be at ten in the morning from Rome No. 3 Porter Avenue and burial at Peckville. Sempon, born in Canaan in January 1845, came to Nebraska as a young man, lived there, later married, moved to Scranton, then to this city where he resided. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters.
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Rome
Porter Avenue
Peckville
Mr. Sempon
Canaan
Russell
Nebraska
Ngo
Scranton
Republican City Committee Sets Primary Election Rules
Nearly all Republican city committee members met Saturday night with E F Hendricks presiding. They scheduled the primary election at polling places 4 to 7 pm on Saturday Dec 28 and set a convention for the following Tuesday. Delegates will be allocated one per fifty votes with extra for overages. rules for future conventions will be drafted. Committees were named to draft and locate a convention venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican City Committee
E. F E. Hendricks
R. D. Stuart
J. H. Thomas
The Temple Quartet to Perform Tonight at Masonic Temple
The famous Temple quartet will be heard at the Masonite Temple with Miss Katharine Ridgeway as accompanist. The concert marks a return engagement after two previous successful appearances and many course tickets have already sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Katherine Ridgeway
Transit Company to Reorganize and Expand Board
The Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit company will reorganize at the start of the year with J. W. Aitken remaining general manager and treasurer. Other officers keep their posts while prominent local businessmen join the board, marking the first local representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit Company
J. W. Aitken
Kerr & Siebecker to Dissolve. Kerr, Son and Co to Open
It was announced earlier that Kerr and Siebecker would dissolve on January 1. The firm will end its operations immediately and form Kerr Son and Company. The new firm will operate from the Burke building selling carpets draperies furniture and upholstery, continuing the same line as the old firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr &Siebecker
G. Kerr, Son and Company
Burke Building
Bought a New Team for Columbia Hose Company
The Columbia Hose company now owns a pair of dapple gray horses obtained from G. W. Table of Honesdale. The four and five year old animals weigh a total of 2400 pounds and were purchased for 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hose Company
G. W. Table
Honesdale
Social and wedding notices fill Scranton column
A nut social and entertainment will be held at Berean Baptist church on Friday. Mr and Mrs Thomas Howerd plan a fifteenth anniversary celebration at their Canaan street home on January 1 with many invitations. Dozens of local residents including Miss Mary Healey, Joseph Devine, Mrs Thomas Evans, Miss Annie Shannon, Miss Jessie Davis, Miss Hattie Dennis and others are noted as visiting or returning from trips. Several residents are ill or traveling, including diphtheria and spinal meningitis cases. several others are visiting Philadelphia, Scranton, Binghamton, New Milford and Danville. Local residents and visitors are repeatedly mentioned with names and homes throughout the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean Baptist Church
Thomas Howerd
Canaan Street
Mary Healey
Wisconsin
Joseph Devine
James Devine
West Side
C. R. Smith
Mra. Payne
Binghamton
N. Y
G. A. Place
Charlotte Giles
Philadelphia
Mize Grace Island
Danville
Jessie Vannan
Charles Wilmarth
Aldenville
Community Notices Hint at Spring Borough Elections
Residents plan for spring vote with offices listed including two councilmen and several ward based roles. Funeral for Heese P. Price from Evan Evans home and burial at Hilleide cemetery noted. visitors from Waymart and Clifford. Local official Atkinson, Hanna County commissioner, was in the borough Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Wa Is
Mr. Wells
Clifford
Ernest Horton
Waymart
T. L. Horton
Delaware Street
Heese P. Price
Evan Evans
J. G. Evans
Hilleide
Firat
Atkingon
Hanna County
Pittston News Shorts and Local Incidents
A 3 year old child of Mr and Mrs Milton Carey of Yateaville died of diphtheria. Funeral held yesterday. Michael Donohue 64 died Sunday. mass in Dushore after funeral at 7. Street work dispute leads to warrant for Superintendent Monie. $25 fine. Schooley colliery to resume next Thursday after seven months idle. Patrick Battle Jr. died at home. Polish laborer John Klaock injured at Hoyt shaft. Charles Rosenkrance knee fracture from fall. Miraton Business Directory lists plumbing by Wright & Co and a used goods market.
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Milton Carey
Yateaville
Michael Donohue
Remanns
Dushore
Carrol
Loftus
Monle
People’s Water Company
South Main Street
Mooney
Schooley
Butler Mine Company
Patrick Battle J
John Klaock
Hoyt
Charles W. Rosenkrance
Cork Lane
Lehich Valley
Ellen Manley
Hill Street
St. Thomas’ Church
T. J. Comerford
Father Comerford
Thomas
Patrick Caffrey
P. J. Collins
Wilkes- Barre
Thomas Grogan
John Colling
John Reap
Scranton
John Manley
Thomas Reap
Patrick Feeney
Patrick Grogan
Pine Street
John P. Lack
Jones, Simpson & Co
E. 8. Jones
Lack
Local notices and obituaries from Towanda area
A Towanda area column reports varied items including a Knights of Pyltics burial statement from Florida, a funeral party for Miss Lucy Shelp to Fairdale, and court sessions in Laporte. It notes deaths, weddings, illness, and local events with multiple named residents and nearby towns, plus a fire at Drayton mills and a child typhoid death.
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Tunkhannock Lodge
Knights of Pyltics
Calanthe Loder
Berten
Florida
Cheuieer
Breese
Wilkes-Harre
Lucy Shelp
Fairdale
Lockyville
Judicial Court
Laporte
W. N. Reynolds
Washington
J. W. Reynolds
West Nicholson
G. CC. Lyman
Pittston
Dennis McCarty
Towanda Bridge
Sayre
F. Bolton
Traymore
Atlantic City
Vislt
M. P. Lyman
Lake Carey
Lehich Valley
Linn P. Drake
Troy
Bradford County
F. F. Drake
Methodist Church
Eckman
Do. A. Sisk
D. L. Howell
Adelbert Reynolds
Drayton
Towanda
Sylvia Ketchledge
James Kitchledge
M. H. Jones
Bangor
Wilkes-Barre
H. Flood
Teachers’ Institute
Court House
Paul du Chaillu
Equatorial Africa
John ‘Temple Graves
Charles T. Grilley
Laceyville
Christian Alliance
Meshoppen
Choir Procession to Langcliffe Cemetery After services
A church cortege accompanied the Albion band and local groups to Langcliffe cemetery for interment. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The season also notes local social items and a theater company opening in O Malley’s Opera House with positive reception.
Degutis Hall to Host Ridge Kindergarten Opening
The Ridge kindergarten will be opened in Degutis hall in the first week of January with Miss Edith Hull in charge and her sister Miss May Hull assisting. Also mentioned is the promotion of Miles J. McAndrew to assistant foreman at the Riverside mine following a creditable exam and certificate.
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Mr. Lack
Degutis’ Hall
Edith Hull
Blakely
May Hull
Miles J. McAndrew
Riverside
McAndrew
Peckville church notes show gains as losses widen
In Peckville the Methodist Episcopal church reported since April 21 eleven withdrawals by letter and fourteen new accessions by letter plus fifty four probationist joins, increasing net losses by fifty seven and adding one hundred ninety one new library volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Treverton
Green Ridge
I. H. Mishel
Beach Lake
Mira
George Treverton
Presbyterian Church
Kindergarden
Dolph’s
William Johns
Slaughter
Maud
M. Rogers
John Kendall
Walter Williams
W. B. Cobb
Hoge Company
Tribune
William Goyne
Carbondale
Runaway horses roam Main Street without damage
Saturday night saw a second runaway in the borough as horses fled up Main Street and disappeared. John N. Sharpsteen of Carbondale visits relatives here while local happenings include J. Weaver opening a restaurant and John Riefler planning a large house on Upper Main. A man named Maher entered the Wayne County Herald office seeking his uncle, caused a disturbance, and a warrant was sworn out as Maher returned with alleged arms to confront the staff.
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Main Street
John N. Sharpsteen
Carbondale
J. Weaver
John Riefler
Maher
Wayne County Herald
William Wallace Ham
William Ham
William W
Trim
T. J. Ham
The
Herald
Wiliam
Local notes and notices from Scranton area
Various residents and visitors town gossip including William W. and Maher warrants, changes of employment at Fern Cliff and Mt. Vernon breakers, and movements of Edward Watson Joseph York Mrs Bests George Richardson. Also an advertisement touts the New Great South American Kidney Cure claiming rapid relief for kidney and bladder ailments with local availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bests
Fern Cliff
Mt. Vernon
Edward Watson
Hartford
Joseph York
Peckville
Mra
Hunter
Mrye
Willam Belch
William Hughes
Sandy Run
Joseph Richards
Wyoming
Mr. Richards
Bimpson & Watkins
George Richardson
Pittston
Lizzie Bests
C. M. Harris
Penn Avenue
Scranton
Advertisers Urged to Contract Early for Tribune Hand-Book 1896
Businessmen are urged to secure advertising space early for The Tribune Annual and Political Hand-Book for 1896. The edition promises unprecedented completeness and reliability with extensive facts and statistics serving as a year long reference. It targets Northeastern Pennsylvania including local counties.
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Tribune
Ito
Pennsylvania
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Gail ' Borden
Moniday Specialties
Raine
Boott Inglis
Temple Quartette
Forest City
Winslow
Binet Pg
Sane
Teton
No. & E Viillage Stn
Sa. m
Miraton Business
Wricht & Co
Avoca
Miares
Lydia Connor
Lizzie ,Dixon
Preasie Webber
George «Len
William Curran
George Webber
William Jennings
Thomas Engleh
Katie
North End
Harry Alger
Albion
St. George and’ Colliery Association
Langcliffe
Block
Clifford and
Hartl
South Side
Belle Connor
Orchard Street
Sydney Rushworth
Weat
Vina Gibbons
M.A. Quinn
Lackawanna
Anna Deeble
Wyoming Seminary
Kate O'Malley
Mise B. Reap
J. Malone
St. Mary's Church
Minnie Seward
O'Malley
Opera House
Miss Seward
U.S. Gov't Report
Archbald
Archer
Rm Druggist
Anc
Sec
Ft. All Druggiste
Acker Medicine Co
Chambers St
Alieres
Calalohler
WM. T. Smith
John H Gist
Wroming Ove
Ren Bpruce Atreet
Herald Office
A. P. O'Malley
Washington ST
the Tribune Annual
Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, Monroe
Scranton, Pa
the Tribune Publishing Co
Washburn-Crosby Co
Dickson Manufacturing Conton
Demain
Peter
Hood
W.T. Spencen
Fort Mitchell
Virginia
Cry Coonan
Lacka
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