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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1896

Page

7

West Side hospital staff organized with Dr. Allen chief

The newly elected West Side hospital staff met at the Jackson street building and formally organized with Dr. W. E. Allen as chief and Dr. George B. Reynolds as secretary. Duties were set by month and the staff inspected the facilities while expressing satisfaction with the building.

W. E. Allen Geo. B. Reynolds West Side Hospital Jackson Street George B. Reynolds Allen West Side Reynolds Bently Paine Roberts Carroll Williams Mareh Beddue

Christmas Cantatas and Social Events Reported

At Scranton Street Baptist church children present Santa Claus Surprise with Miss Mattie Watkins in charge. Jackson Street Baptist and Ply mouth Congregational churches host evening cantatas under various conductors and musicians. West Side Athletic Club holds fifth annual hall at Turner's hall with Hayes orchestra. American Social club, formed by Knights of Malta members, held its first dance at Mes i hall. committee included Seehadt Howe Evans Snyder Jones. Will Lake promoted. Mrs Mallett played. Thomas Carson donates 50 dollars to foreign missions board elevating Rev. David Jones to honorary member. Mrs Carson becomes life member of Congregational Home Missionary society.

Scranton Street Baptist Church Children of the Sunday Actuel Mattie Watkins Jackson Street West Side Athletic Club Turner's Hall Hayes Wil American Social Club Knights of Malta Mesis Hall Charles Seehadt Wiliam Howe Byron Evans B. J. Snyder Will Jones Will Lake Mallett Thomas Carson American Board of Commmissioners For Foreign Missions David Jones First Congregational Church Carson Congregational Home Missionary Society Michael Golden Thomas Judge Hawley North End Harmory Economy Athletic Chlub T. J. Gwynne Cayvee Street Taylor Thomas Evans New York College of Pharmacy B. Evans School Street Wayne Avenue Margaret J. Jenkins Calvary Baptist Church Thomas Griffiths Martha A. Edwards W. F. Davis Margaret Avenue John M. Evans Bucknell University Willam Fitzgerald Georgetown College West Market Street James Bell Jas, Bell

Christmas exercises in three churches delight crowd

Christmas programs last night in The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal and First Welsh Baptist drew large crowds. About forty children recited and sang carols as BE Hughes presided and Hugh Williams led the singing.

Hampton Street

Holiday visits and local notices in Honesdale region

Miss Stella Bevans of New York will spend holidays with her parents on Capouse Avenue. Mr and Mrs Bryant and Miss Sadie Ray of Penn Avenue visit friends in Honesdale. Marlon Flin is confined at home. Brown's Lumber Company gave each employee a turkey. Mrs J D Evans of Delaware Street entertains her sister Miss Rena Walters. Wilbur Tourjee, formerly in Mr Slack's tin shop on Dixon Avenue, returned to Binghamton NY. Ira and Judd Stevens will spend the day at Wyoming with their parents.

West Side Republican League William A. Phillips John H. Reynolds T. James Thomas Leyshon William H. Morgan David KR. Jones William V. Griffiths Benjamin Griffiths Thos. J. Williams Charles L. Auer Geo. Edwards Ira Brown North Main Avenue New York State Charles Seeley Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia Bert Fern Philadelphia Dental College John Fern North Sumner Avenue George Lewis Salvation Army Corps No. 6 Cincinnati Ethel Henry Cole Honesdale High School H. W. Cole Albert Elias Honesdale Annie Willaims Keystone Academy Reese Morgan North Filmore Avenue Palmer & McDonalds William A. Price Frederick Warner North Bromley Avenue Washburn Street Elizabeth Simpkins Hampton Street Edward Lewis Jackson Street Schwenk’s Park Washington Ave Stella Bevans New York City H. Bevans Capouse Avenue Bryant Sadie Ray Penn Avenue Marlon Flin Brown Lumber Company J. D. Evans Delaware Street Rena Walters Wilbur Tour

Castoria for Infants and Children Tale Signature It 0 Wy

Ad text fragment references Castoria product for infants and children with unclear claim. No verifiable dates or entities. Summary reflects readable portion noting a pediatric remedy advertisement style and possible signature phrase.

Children Lead Throngs at Cedar Avenue Church Program

South Side News reports Cedar Avenue Methodist Episcopal church held a children focused program with junior participants outnumbering adults. The pastor Hey J L Race led a choir of over 30 voices and an accompanying orchestra. Several local residents and families are noted for travel, illness, and homecomings as skating at Schwenk's Park is announced.

Cedar Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Mverly Hey. J. L. Race Ada Connor Edith Mulligan Linsie Schrader Pearl Carey Dora Kirschner Caple Evans Ida Schaurder Mamie Sober Verna Lewis Kitty McFarland Mary Mulligan Louise Williams Isabella Castle Verna Jackson Heroie Parry Genevieve Berghauser

North End Basketball Duo to Play This Afternoon in Harmony

The first and second North End basketball teams meet in Company Harmony this afternoon starting at 1 20. After the game a dance will follow in Company Harmony conducted by the North End Social Club. Local residents, students, and visitors are noted in events around Tay lor and surrounding areas.

Company H Armony Holler Felows

Dunmore Roundup of Local News and Events

News items from Dunmore note Clara Kraecher and Theodore Dougherty’s upcoming wedding, St Mary’s fair at Manley’s Hall reopening at 2 PM, and barber shops closing at 10. Walter Jones visits from Wyoming Seminary. diphtheria affects Cramer and Burke children. Kate Gallena visiting Carbondale. St Mark’s hosts Holy Communion. Neptune Fire Co ball a success. Scranton Stave Works to close two weeks for inventory.

Clara Kraecer Cherry Street Theodore C. Dougherty Green Ridge St. Mary's Fair Manley’s Hall Walter Jones Wyoming Seminary Marion Street Cora Cramer Pine Street Misa Kate Gallena Butler Street Friends Carbondale St. Mark's Church Robert Hicks Dunmore Scranton Republican Rube Dainty Thomas Michael Burke Brook Street Elizabeth Jay Webster Avenue Neptune Fire Company Keystone Hall Scranton Stave Works

Letters From the People Published With Writer’s Fame

Readers submit brief opinions under a Tribune notice that letters will be printed when accompanied by the writer’s name and fame. the Tribune disclaims responsibility for opinions expressed in these letters.

Tribune

World sculling titles and winter sport races dominate notes

An article previews potential matches for Jake Gaudaur with Wag Harding and Barry in England or the United States in June for high stakes. It surveys hockey college play, Hudson River yacht club showdowns with a Canadian challenger, and racing finances at Latonia Oakley and Newport tracks. It also covers athlete comebacks and upcoming football and baseball arrangements for Yale Princeton Brown and others.

Wag Harding Barry Jake” Gaudaur England Gaudaur Harry Berry Hudson Commodore Hudson River Yacht Club Jack Frost R. H. Lee Kingston Russia Percy Ashley Hudson River Cincinnati Oakley, Latonia Newport Latonia Oakley

Mystery over a woman's death in St Louis boarding house

Deputy Coroner Lloyd ruled Mrs Cecile Franklin died of apoplexy in St Louis on December 4 but boarders doubt the verdict. Franklin, who ran a fashionable boarding house for nearly ten years, faced mounting debt as she was pressed by creditors. She had a stepmother and two sisters in Chicago.

St. Louis Lloyd Cecile Franklin Chicago Franklin

Gold ore of fabulous wealth at Dacy shaft mines

Excitement over a great strike at Hageed Top in the Dacy shaft mines Deadwood South Dakota December 2 reports ore running over 150 per ton. The bed of ore shows wealth within ten feet and drawing hundreds to the scene in what may rival historic western mining riches.

Deadwood Hageed Top Dacy Mack Hills

Bank Closure After Two Day Run at Calumet State Bank

Blue Island Illinois bank closes after a two day run. Assignment to vice president. Assets listed at 87669 with liabilities at 68 percent. Deposits near 60000 and assets chiefly securities of debatable value. Bank owned by a stock company with 25000 capital stock, eight years old.

Chicago Calumet State Bank Blue Island Ill

Crescents Challenge Crown Kings After Referee Dispute

The Crescents dispute Captain Hart's claim that they tried to break up a game. They note the Crown Kings always field a different lineup and state they would meet the Crown Kings’ regular team after the New Year. contact manager J. J. Dolan in Scranton for arrangements.

the Tribune Crescents Hart Crown Kings J. J. Dolan Scranton

Bank Depositors Clash as Bank Faces Depositor Claims

Report from the bank building today describes a turbulent scene with police needed to manage a crowd of clamoring depositors. The majority of those present are described as poor, awaiting assurance of full repayment.

General Miles to chair inauguration reception committee

General Nelson Miles accepted the chairmanship of the inauguration reception committee. The body includes senators, representatives, jurists, district officials and prominent citizens. The right of line will be assigned by order of the commissions of states, placing Delaware at the front.

Washington Nelson Miles Army Congress Ohio Pensylvania National Guard Horace Porter Delaware

Has the island disappeared near Juan Fernandez

Report circulates that the island once famed as Robinson Crusoe’s home, Juan Fernandez, was destroyed by volcanic action. Skeptical scientists denied it, but Captain Powells of the James Kerr claims seafaring men widely believe the catastrophe occurred. The James Kerr recently returned from New Castle, N S W, where coal strikes kept her laid up.

San Francisco Cal Lisbon Cape Horn Juan Pernamics Beland Hobinson Crusoe Cishd Powells James Kerr Janes Kerr New Caskly N.S. W

Mrs May Becomes a Countess in Paris Ceremony

The marriage of Count Luis Dandigne of Paris to Mrs Frederick May of California was celebrated in the Chapel of the Papal Nunci o with Archbishop Peratta absent. Monsignor Celli conducted the ceremony. The bride wore blue velvet. Witnesses included the Marquis of Dandigne and Iion Charette. The bride’s witnesses were her brother Coleman and U. S. Ambassador Eustis. A wedding breakfast followed at Hotel Vendome.

Paris Luis Dandigne Paria Frederick May California Perrata Monsignor Celli France Marquis of Dandigne Iion Charette

Aged farmer murdered near Millington Michigan

James Brown, 68, a farmer living one and a half miles west of Millington, was shot in the side last night after two men asked for water and entered his home. They chloroformed him and his wife, ransacked the house, but found no money. Brown died this afternoon.

Millington Mich Dee James Brown Mr. Brown Oman Brown

Jack the Ripper style killings shock Amsterdam

A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Amsterdam reports a string of Jack the Ripper type murders in the city. A woman's body with throat cut and mutilation was found in the street this morning, money and jewelry on the victim suggesting not robbery.

London Pall Mall Gazette

Christmas Cantata Promises Grand Evening At PL M church

Priceburg resident William McLoughlin on North Matin Street suffers a playful note of misfortune as the Epworth League hosts a grand Christmas cantata "A Jol ly Christmas" at PL M church tonight. Fremens fair drew crowds last evening. closing night featured a short social. Mrs M F Fadden of Main Street visited friends in Olyphant last evening. The King of Pills Beecham's appears in ad copy.

William McLoughlin North Matin Street PL M. Church Epworth League M. FF. Fadden Main Street Olyphant

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News of the Suburbs West Side Events No. 14 Kate Walsh Belle Doud Rachel Janes James Hughes Owen Jones Catharine Paine Grace Esther Hughes Renee Annie Jones Blanche Thomas Buffalo Emlyn Louis Hlanche Vane Wue Cessa Creaneven Cues Esdras Lowry Anes Wank Wheeler Helen D The Frogs Dames McHale Bertha Carson Evan Milee George Howell Rachel Powell News IN Notes Harriet J. Davis Sooth Malin Avenue J. C. King West Lacka@wanna avenue Morgan North Avenue Castoria TRE South Side News Cedar Avenue Church John J. Flaherty John F. Flaherty Martin Flaherty Far West Michael Murphy Elkhorn Montana Mr. Flaherty Rock Mountain Country West John Snyder Willow Street William Daniels Cedar Avenue Wilkes-Barre Julius Hoffman Elm Street Anthony J. Battle P. Battle St. Vincent's College Latrobe John Crane Providence Wi DaWl Sc Civec Ce Sror Wspeeneerssy Ens Brieg Evans 8Charar W. Evans HI B. Davis CONTE Ccc Cee Eee Reese Hut McManama Kurtz Webster McKeehan McBruaskle Hote Ceee Hale Connelly Campbell Lewis Hes Yale Princeton Cornell New York Athletic Club St. Nicholas Skating Club New York Hockey Club Montclairs Crescent Athletic Club Collegians Eli New York Wiward J. Reading Bellevue Hospital Madison Square Garden Bellevue Harry Durant G. Poster Sanford Consolidated Football Eleven Nashville Tenn Sanford Church University of Pennsylvania Frank Smith Tyler Anderson Sedgwick Morris McCluny Ioil Chub Morris Wis Alw) Athletic Association Tulane University New Orleans Dacy Shaft Devin General Miles Will Mave Juan Fernandes May Jack the Ripper Amsterdam Werkendam Rotterdam Patria Haiamburg Syren Southampton Sehledam Ametentam Anor Bourhampton Manitoin Londen Flam Mbalesippi Beachy Head Priceburg Beecham's Chenal Ais, Capel William S. Millar Wyoming Ave Center ST Academy OF Music Russ Whytal Fair Virginia Mr.and Mr. Whytal McBride Ne Venet Yellow Kid Weath Alley Hogan’s Alley Hogans Alley Davis’ Theater Little Boy Blue Washburn Pacific Coast St. John's New Foundland Rollicking Kace Coures Thoroughbred Charlea Frohman Henry B. Dixey Hale Frothingham Wager & Bole John L. Kerr PRO Ushsiar Wagner & Rels Johan L. Kerr Hig Jacob Litte Kentucky Ivouts Everson Amd the Frothingham Wanners Rels Kerr Monee Pri Waite Marie Lacrena Milton Rees James Donnelly Jane Smith Herman Waldo Hatele Arnold Moerie Diffin Iueaday Galy Genulac Gart Meare Jonirnraieet Emiecal Uo Loca Druggiote Sora Bittenbender & CO Scranton, PA Thee Dickson Manufacturing Co Peal Medicine CO Cleveland John H. Phelps Macist Wyoming Avenue Spruce Street
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