CITY NOTES TO FORM AN ABSOUTATION
City notes recount a spate of local incidents including a Tuesday night meeting, injuries from a derailed king bolt mishap, arrests for drunkenness, a funeral for George Callahan, and a burglary arrest of Thames Thur. Youghs for a Belvidere drige store heist. Names such as Will ie, Christine, and Alexander Smith appear amid mentions of local authorities and towns. The piece reads as a rough compiled amalgam of fragments from town life with scattered dates and places.
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Thames Thur
Batunday
EL A. Hoyer
Belvidere
Revenue Report Details War Era Tax Impact in 1897 District
The district reports a $486,853.41 increase in revenue over the 1897 fiscal year ended December 1. War taxes and a wartime fee boosted totals with continued monthly receipts and notable stamps sales, cigars and liquor leading categories. Collections were handled by Ex-Collector Grant Herring and later Penman, with figures across months and categories showing a sharp rise in 1898.
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DSK
Y. I. Pane
Grant Herring
FO Penman
Mls
Hierro Ixtiries
Sermon Emphasizes Christmas Gifts and Family Unity
Rev H A Grants sermon on "A Merry Christmas" urges joy through giving and love. He links God’s gift to household salvation and the unity of family, urging members to live as a radiant Christian home. He cites John 3 16 themes of Fatherhood and brotherhood.
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Solfisi Hess
David
Chad
Saneip
Eamhip
God
Fragmentary religious verse on Christ and brotherhood
The text offers a fragmented devotional reflection praising Christ as the Son of God and Son of Man. It references mercy and cosmic love, mentioning the mother’s promised love and a Christmas theme, though phrasing is garbled and uncertain.
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Jeu
Loire
God
Ben
Two Die in Peckville Rail Yard Accident
A Saturday crash on the Ontario and Western line near Peckville killed two men, driver Lewis Weissberger and worker Peter Wasnok, and fatally injured boy Joseph Walsh. Wasnok was crushed under a locomotive and died. Walsh lost both legs and died later at Lackawanna hospital. Weissberger survived with a broken leg. Coroner Longstreet will hold an inquest in Peckville. only one body will be viewed to fix responsibility.
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Lee
Peakvilly Eroasine
Ontario and Western Railroad
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Peter Wasnok
Joseph Wateh
Samuel Weiss
Peckville
Wasneck
United States
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Killa
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Welsaberger
Lackawanna Hospital
Patrick C Watch
Longstreet
Death of William Henry Platt Pioneering Scranton settler
William Henry Platt died yesterday in New York City at his daughter’s home. A Scranton pioneer, he arrived before 1850 and helped form Scranton & Platt, later merging into Lackawanna Coal Co. He served as a ruling elder at First Presbyterian since 1874 and remained active in church and civic life. He died at 77, left three children, and was remembered for steady character and religious devotion.
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New York City
Millapaugh
Scranton
Ims
Scranton & Platt
Jim Joseph CL Platt
Thember Mey
Lackswinna Tron and Coal Company
First Presbyterian Church of Scranton
Naugatuck
Conn
Willian Dr. Platt
Ivy Emily
de. Millspaugh
Catherine Scranton
Religious News Notes and Christmas Sermon Reflections
The Tay lor Aventine Mission Sunday school holds exercises at 7 00 p m. The Enterentine programme of Christ-Duismiele was rendered yesterday at St Mark s Aprecopal church in Dumere. Evening worship featured a choir with Mrs Shamans Eugene Hanmi Dr George Brown Thomas Matthews Wellyn Jones and others. Rev James Hughes preached on The Birth of Christ at the Presbyterian church on New York street. Attendees sang hymns and the message urged sacred joy and devout thanksgiving amid postwar prosperity and peace.
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Elm Park
Alfred Wooler
Misa Thomas
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Bunday
Ja M
Aivary Reformed Church
W. Welch
Rees Watkine
North
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Moritiey
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Eilesly Mere
Charl Metzier
Miss Smith
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Joshua Jotn
Charles Whittemore
Sdarce
Igta
Owuett
Chreen Ridge
Green Pudge Bapitet
Thames Watkins
Seach Scranten
W. A. Nord Olllelftved
Hickory Street Presbwterian
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Neridt
Iauke
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BK. Melley
Cumin Avenue
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Jodshull
Hache
Washburn 8 Street
Taylor Aventine Mission
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Dumere
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George Brown
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Thewellyn Jones
Christmas Fire Destroys Harrisburg Cathedral
Christmas Day blaze at St Patrick’s Pro Cathedr al in Harrisburg destroyed the interior of the church, starting shortly after 1 pm. Fire spread from the rear, damaging the roof and ceiling while altar ornaments and sacred vestments were saved. Organ ruined by heat and water. Loss estimated $14,000, fully insured. Electric wires crossing caused the fire.
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St. Patrick'’s Pro
Murder Suspect Arrested After Saloon Quarrel
In Wilkes Barre on December 24 John Mallick and Mike Ladue quarreled in a Sturmerville saloon. Ladue claimed Mallick was killed by a train after Mallick began home. The body showed a head wound and Ladue was arrested for investigation.
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Sturmerville
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Mallack
Ladwe
Emperor William Interacts With Soldiers in Christmas Stroll
The emperor walked near Potsdam and Ban aruel palace in a solitary stroll after Christmas observances. He spoke with soldiers and workers and distributed Christmas gifts.
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Speedily cures whoop ing qough croup and measle hh
Remedy praised for swift relief of whooping cough croup and measles symptoms. Claims safety for infants and mothers, urging reliance on the price acts.
Shooting and Clubbing Affray in Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre today Fiugene Welcome fired a shot at Edward Kinelow and Kinelow’s companions Mendy Horace Logan and John Phoenis recovered the gun and beat Welcome unconscious. None were seriously hurt. The confrontation began after an attempted coerced drinking incident.
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Edward Kinelow
Kinslow
Mendy
Horace Logan
John Phoenis
Welcome
Finslow
Login
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Hell
Steam Honting and Plumbing Ad Notice
P F M T Howley 231 Wyoming Ave advertises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a dependable pleasant medicine, with Matthews Brow listed as wholesale and retail agent.
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M. T. Howley
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