Two Engines Crash at Mayfield Yard Wreck Injures Crew
A foggy collision at Mayfield yard on the Ontario and Western rail line involved engines No 73 and No 178. No serious injuries occurred though the pay car crew suffered a bad shaking and several cars were badly damaged while the engines sustained smashed pilots.
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Mayfield
Ontario and Western Railroad
Mayfeld Yard
Harvey
Neill
Bates
Scranton
City
R. B. Williams
Draper
Reilly
President Hanlon in town to decide Carbondale league fate
President J. J. Hanlon of the Pennsylvania baseball league visits Carbondale to determine if the city will remain in the circuit next season. With other towns seeking entry, local support and a capable manager are needed to secure a club. Mianner Swift has managed the team before and faces offers from other cities.
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Carbondale
Ite
J. J. Hanlon
E. Ia
Hanlon
Mianner Swift
Swift
Lawsuit Aimed at Lackawanna Valley Transit Company
George Lowery sues for damages after a grave injury on the Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit line cost him a foot. He alleges the car struck him before he could exit, with no warning, and says he was left in the cold vestibule after the crash until care arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowery Sava
George Lowery
Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit Company
Poisoned by a Cactus Injures John Street Worker
BN L Moon of John Street suffers a severe reaction after a cactus pricked his thumb while in the hot house of Mr Orchard. The infection swelled his hand and forearm, with a 105 to 107 degree fever. Dr Bailey treated abscesses and opiate relief as Moon’s condition fluctuated but showed improvement yesterday.
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BN. L. Moon
John Street
N. L. Moon
Mr. Orchard
Fine Entertainment at Baptist Church Sunday School
The Sunday school class led by Mixe Lucy and Mrs T E Jepson presented an entertainment at the Baptist church revival night. A large crowd attended and proceeds donated as a Christ offering. a considerable sum was raised. The program included music by Magnolia quartet, duets, mandolin and guitar numbers by Messrs Hunt and others.
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Baptist Church
Mixe Lucy
T. E. Jepson
Jeair
Magnolia Quartette
Messrs
Hunt
Unclear OCR Reads Slashed Holiday Ad Phrases
OCR fragment shows partial items mentioning holiday specialties, barpets and names Scotts Inglis Lacaawania Ave with unclear context. No clear event or outcome can be established from the readable text.
School Concert Prologues Include Mixed Vocal Selections
A program listing vocal solos recitations and duets features performers Miss Amy Kinback Miss Mabel Fuller Ella Purdy Grace Hall and others. The event includes instrumental duets and a Magnolia quartet with various groupings led by Mesars Hunt Wilson and broader ensembles.
Local Notes and Visitors Report from Scranton Area
A patchwork of social visits and movements from Scranton and nearby towns includes Wilton Geary returning home, Mrs. R. O. Jones hosting in Forest City, and several others visiting friends in Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale, and Washington Street. A onetime colliery idle on the South Side is noted as men and drivers move about, with residents from Archbald Street and Scranton planning future ties and travels to Philadelphia and beyond.
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Wilton Geary
Huckno) University
R. O. Jones
Forest City
James Robison
Woodnenany
Mira Plo Aven
Porett City
Howard Kiajp
Shan May Parrell
Nise Mery Vatnea
Wilthes-Harre
Archbald Street
G.W. Pell
Spaetia’ Drugators
Weiner
Honesdlote
Philadelphia
FW. Tigtey
Kerr & Sichecker
Scranton
Mise Robers
Breoklsn
N. C
Beriefing
Misa Hattle Pascouw
Washington Street
Mira Agnes Moyle
Wilkee-Porre
AL KR. Cowell
Givhan
Ned
Carbondale
Weidltots
Emmon Peck
Tycknell Wilveretty
Haliliye
Charles Coogan
Joseph Conran
Park Street
John Kimble
Seventh Agonuw
Roy
James Meere
The
Methodit Eplaveccd Ehurch
Thin Ehy
Tasca
Wash
Thie Ety
Wilwon Howe fair draws hundreds nightly crowds
The Wilwon Howe company fair thrives with near four hundred visitors each evening. Wednesday night featured a danner show and door prizes including a rug, a garden hose, and a plush rocker won by A. J. Demming. Friday offers Crystal Hoge company performances and a bread baking contest with flour prizes.
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Wilwon Howe Company
Arthur Deeming
Fred
Benjamin
Apa
John Day
A. J. Demming
Crystal Hoge Company
Jermyn
Roberts Bros
George Cool
Carbondale
Consumers’ Powder Company
Hollenback
Oscar Demming
J. J. Peck
Wayne County
Traviss Rudd
Local stage crowd and repairs darken Montrose scene
Archbald resident Charles Law attends a town event as Minnie Seward company presents That Ciel of Pan's at Father Mathew Opera House. A new operetta Santa Claus Jr. plays Susquehanna Street Baptist church Christmas night with cast listed.
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Charles Law
Archbald
Ciel
Pan's
Minnie Seward
Father Mathew Opera House
T. W. Wathing
Peckville
Sarah O'Malley
Dunmore
W. J. Schubmehl
Inerphant Gazette
Gazette
Santa Claus, Jr
Susquehanna Street Baptist Church
Santa Claus
J. A. Williams
E. Price
Gnome
T. RB. Brown
Luna
Mies
Maggie Evans
Tina
Misa
Mary Meyrick
Chorus of
Fairies
Visit and construction notes in Wilkes-Barre area
Mrs. David Mendleson of Hill street returned home after visiting friends in Wilkes-Barre. A. E. Tiffany was in Foster on business. Jeremiah O Sullivan occupies his new hotel on Lackawanna avenue. Night school attendance has risen this week. Mrs. D. Sayers was in Scranton yesterday. The Cawley home on Lackawanna avenue nears completion. The Polish society hall and school on Hill street is nearly finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mendleson
Hill Street
Wilkes- Barre
A. E. Tiffany
Foster
Jeremiah O'Sullivan i
Lackawanna Avenue
D. Sayers
Scranton
Cawley
Polish Society
Relief in Six Hours by New South American Kidney Cure
Distressing kidney and bladder pain relieved in six hours by a new remedy advertised as a great surprise for prompt relief. It claims to ease pain in the urinary passage and stop retention, offering quick relief. Local readers in Beranton, Pa are noted as potential buyers.
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Beranton
Pittston News Briefs Include Murder Inquest And Local Light items
Deputy Coroner Perkins held an inquest into the murder of William Dangeleo at Akerman Loftus' office with Dr Barrett reporting a neck wound and fatal hemorrhage from a knife. Giovanni Distaslo named as killer by verdict. Other items note Fred Siber's finger amputation, a school drive to hospital, a mock trial at Music Hall, the Mary Gallagher funeral, and local business directory ads.
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Perkins
Akerman Loftus
William Dangeleo
Giovanni Distaslo
Barrett
George Buss
Loftus
Charles Colony
Thomas S
John McHale
John McNamara
Fred Siber
Cora
Coxton Yard
Netown School
Music Hall
Joseph Huelner
stealli @& roosters
Mary Gallagher
St. John's Church
John Dougherty
Daniel Mundy
James McDonald
Patrick Meorald
Patrick Daly
James Multahey
Cheyenne Visitor's January Vacation Headlines Local Notices
Mrs Fmmna Mahon of Cheyenne visits friends in Pittston and Wilkes-Barre as Keystone Academy ends a two week vacation. Bucknell student Myra Sprague returns home for holiday. FH B Reynolds departs for Connecticut as telegraph operator. Baptist church hosts lecture on Foreign Devils in the Celestial Empire. Mrs Charles Clark of Scranton visits her parents. Local ladies plan Scranton outing and election. Circle No 104 meets Saturday evening. Ladies' Aid Society reports strong church gathering and dining room purchases.
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Fmmna Mahon
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Whera
The
Baptist Church
Dobbine
Celestial Empire
Charles Clark
Scranton
Peter Bakus
H. N. Capwell
L. D. Kemmer
L. 5. Chase
Charles Knapp
W. N. Manchester
Scratton
Gardner
Binghamton
Sarah Rice
Ald Society
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Hip Disease Claims
A Philadelphia father reports their daughter suffered hip disease due to impure blood and cerofulous conditions. After starting Hood's Sarsaparilla she could place her foot on the floor, soon reaching playthings, with steady improvement and better general health. Banay of Richmond Street, Philadelphia, endorses it for sick children.
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Hood
Banay
Richmond St
Philadelphis
Factoryville Seeks Keystone Academy as Nicholson Seeks School
Tables replace rickety ones as harvest begins. Ice runs ten inches thick. Nicholson pines for a wood public school in Factoryville while Factoryville queries when Nicholson will have a Keystone Academy.
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Nicholson
Factoryville
Keystone Academy
Death of Mrs Atherton at Old Atherton Homestead
Mrs Atherton died suddenly at the Atherton homestead on Matin Street after reporting chest and back pain. Dr Porteus arrived shortly before 9 o clock to find her dead, survived by Ira C Atherton and five adult children including Mrs Co H Van Horn and Mrs Thomas G B Bow en. She was born in Pine Plains New York in 1848 and moved to town as a child.
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Tra ¢. Atherton
Atherton
Matin Street
Willard
Pine Piaina
Columbia County
N. Y
Ira C. Atherton
Co. H. van Horn
Thomas GB. Bowen
Mise Edith
John
Willard Atherton
Local Notables Visit Mrs Newton as Mines Run Half Time
Ford and chaplain Jacob Kintz join O G Lewis Durland and surgeon H C Jones as guests of Mrs J C Newton. Miss Cora Lloyd visits Pittston friends. Mines operate only half time due to over-stocked markets.
Local notices and social updates from a Luzerne county town
Mrs W J Brown convalescent and Giles Roberts and wife back from Washington. Frank Miller and Jennie Park ton wed at the Methodist church with reception then southward. Mrs George Beck visits, Miss Kellogg visits father Thomas Woodbridge, new store at West End near bridge. Parsonage nearing completion. School children plan music and recitations to buy reading books. Christmas services announced. Methodist and Baptist hold programs. John Hopkins recovering from hand injury at Mount Lookout. Archie Honeywell to Philadelphia as electric railway conductor. Peter Mitchell from Shickshinny visiting. Mrs Willis of Forty Fort visits Grandma Reldy. Christmas entertainment planned by church. William Spear to return from Mansfield State Normal School. Dennis Keating recovering at Lackawanna hospital. Mrs William Switzer ill with grip. Harry Coolbaugh visiting grandparents J W Baker. Philip Harris from Mount Zion in town. Mrs Thomas Cheaworth at Wilkes-Barre. Mr Mrs Harris of Avoca visit Ira DeWitt. Lieutenant Charles H Riley Post 667 G A R elects officers.
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Frank Miller
Jennie Parkton
Methodist Episcopal Church
George Beck
Milwaukie
J. W. Dershimer’s
Kellogg
Meshoppen
Thomas Woodbridge
Stone
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Graded School
Baptist Church
John Hopkins
Mount Lookout
Archie Honeywell
Philadelphia
Peter Mitchell
Shickshinny
Mrs. Willis
Forty Fort
Grandma Reldy
William Spear
Mansfield State Normal School
Dennis Keating
Lackawanna Hospital
Scranton
William Switzer
Harry Coolbaugh
Jackson
J. W. Baker
Philip Harris
Mount Zion
Thomas Cheaworth
Wilkes-Barre
Charles H Harris
Avoca
Ira DeWitt
Charles H. Riley Pout
Grand Army of the Republic
F. P. Cr
O. P. Garnet
J. di Jst
Shogiuaker
Ik Jamon Bist
Why He Left Arkansas A Curious Tale Of Stingy Locals
A humorous reminiscence recalls Arkansas as too stingy for a gentleman of taste. A traveler describes an attempted lynching over a chicken theft, then a proposed hanging with breeches as a crude indignity. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertises itself as a long trusted teething remedy for children.
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Hufftalo Express
Arkansas
Tribune Annual and Political Hand-Book 1896 Ad Space Offer
Wide awake business men are urged to contract for advertising space in The Tribune Annual and Political Hand-Book for 1896. The work promises to be a comprehensive reference with facts and statistics for Northeastern Pennsylvania, issued January 1 1896 and prepared by competent hands for a large edition.
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Tribune
Pennsylvania
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John Jermyn
Myron Kasson
O. D. Rhepherd
T. H. Joyce
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C. Comegys
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C. R Manville
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H. P. Read
Wirt Conklin
Pennsylvania College
Baldwin
Kearney
Nebraska
Literary Society
Daniel Sayre
Pittston
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Pitteion Business
Daly
Wright & Co
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Hood's
En Bean Hs
Dalton
W. J. Brown
Giles Roberts
Washington, LD
Winslow
Mrs. Winslow
Aereat
Clemons, Ferber,O’malley Company
Lackawanna Ave
the Tribune Annual
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Luzerne
Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming
Monroe
the Tribune
Scranton, Pa
Ney TE
Manete Comte
Cranton, PA
Laff_in & Rand Powder Co
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Empire Dry Goods
Enna Cut Paige
Oodman
Smee’ ‘Ienun
G. Kerr, Son & CO
Commonwealth Ride
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