Local residents and clergy listed with travels and health notes
William Connell plans a Friday trip to the South while Mrs. F P Meekin visits Scranton relatives. Rev T F Coffey visits Bishop O Hark. Philip Kirst, street commissioner, suffers rheumatism at home. Schools head Phillips ill, confined to bed. Miss Jeanette Hughes returns from West Side visit. Rev N J McManus plans West Indies trip for health. Charles Bloes attends mother Mira H S Plows funeral at Georgetown. Dr S L Underwood in New York for wynedialogy lectures, to visit city weekly. Rev R G Jones receives call to Taylor church, popular Wear minister, sister congregation to regret severance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Connell
F. P. Meekin
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
T. F. Coffey
Carbondale
Bishop O' Hark
Philip Kirst
Phillips
Jeanette Hughes
West Pittston
West Side
N. J. McManus
the Holy Rosary Church
Providence
West Indies
Chirlea’ Bloes
Erie and
Wyoming Valley Railroad
Georgetown
Mira H
L. Underwood
New York
R. G. Jones
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sumner Avenue
Taylor Presbyterian Church
Jones
Wearminster
Pueblo Land Company Letter on Pueblo Consolidated Stock
F J Chamberlin of Denver writes J D Stocker of Jermyn Pa about the Pueblo Consolidated Land Company property in Uplantis Park and a trust deed of 56000 with 7 percent interest. He urges stockholders to accept a cash settlement with the Colorado Coal and Iron Development Company to recoup investments and retire with the development effort. He notes his Denver presence, his brother in London, and invites a stockholder committee to Colorado to inspect opportunities. Also mentions Kirmoss event and Bows and Arrows via Floreys M C A building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Chamberlin
Denver
Jermyn, Pa
Pueblo Consolidated Land Company
J.D. Stocker
Jermyn
Uplantis Park
Block 14
Block 11
Chiamberlin and
Newman’s Park
Colorado Coal and Tron Development Company
0. M. Ladd
Pueblo
Colo
H B. Chamberlin
London
New York Life Insurance Company
Colorado
Early Pluck and Hustle in Scranton's Founding Years
A historical sketch recounts the early Young Men's Christian Association in Scranton, highlighting leaders E B Sturges C W Hartley F L Hitchcock and others. It notes campaigns against illegal liquor traffic, library growth, a park chapel project, and a 1877 Exchange block fire that destroyed records. The piece contrasts past vigor with Scranton’s later growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company
Wyoming Avenue
Colonel Boles
Sturges
T. H M. Roe
Scranton
Young Men's Christian Association
Railroads headline notes and incidents report
News of the railroads covers rallies at association rooms and new locomotive erection orders. A work accident injures Conductor Michael Fitegerald and Harry Durrant suffers a head gash. Coal trains surge on the Delaware Lackawanna Western line as a sign of potential trade upswing. A novel "Snowballs to Oranges" by Helen R. Ingram is described, and Mileage ticket changes loom from U S senate action. Emory R Johnson extols railway corporations' capital and public benefit with the Delaware and Hudson system highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Association
Thomas Bell
Scrinton
William Stillwell
Moses Taylor
Delg- Ware and Hudson Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Land of Flowers
Helen R. Ingram
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
United States Senate
Emory R. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Carbondale
Hallway Corporation
Delaware and Hudson
Johnson
Susquehanna
St. Lawrence
Lackawanna Trust Declares Dividend and Reelects Officers
At the annual meeting of the Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company, a 3 percent semi annual dividend was declared and $5000 added to surplus. The board of officers and directors was reelected, including President William J. Smith and Vice President Henry J. Anderson, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Trust Company
The
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company
William J. Smith
Henry J. Anderson
John W. Fowler
Henry Belin, Jr
TR. T. Tack
George Sanderson
C. Welles
P. J. Horan
William Connell
BB. Sturges
J. Benjamin Dimmick
T. C. Snover
Conrad Schroeder
W. T. Smith
Death of E H Mead President of Pennsylvania Coal Co
E H Mead longtime executive of the Pennsylvania Coal Company died at his South Orange New Jersey home Sunday at 1045 pm. He joined the firm as secretary in 1832, became treasurer in 1875 and was elected president January 10, 1888 succeeding the late George A Hoyt. He also served as treasurer and held directorships with the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad and the Dunmore Iron and Steel companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Coal Company
BE. OH
Mead
South Orange
N. J
George A. Hoyt
Commins
Hila Ifelong
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company
Dunmore Iron and Steel Company
Hospital Notes on Local Injuries and Discharges
Cabman Patrick Flannery was discharged from Lackawanna hospital after Friday’s Wyoming avenue accident. Joseph Davis from the West Side, seriously hurt two weeks ago at Pine Brook shaft, is progressing at Moses Taylor hospital. Patrick Welsh of 328 Decker's court sprained his foot from a rock fall at Pine Rock shaft and rests comfortably after treatment. In Beranton, Feb 2, 18%, a daughter of William Bant aged months, Funeral Tuesday at p. m with interment in Washburn Street cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Flannery
Wyoming Avenue
Lackawanna Hospital
Joseph Davis
West Side
Pine Brook Shaft
Moes Taylor Hospital
Patrick Welsh
Decker’s Court
Pine Rock Shaft
Moses Taylor Hospital
Royal Vaudeville Show Delights Davis Theater Audience
The Royal Vaudeville company presented an excellent programme of specialties at Davis Theater. An enjoyable evening featured well trained performers in many acts, delivering solid entertainment and broad audience appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis’ Theater
Davis' Theater
Royal Vaudeville Company
Legal challenges to La Plume and Seventh ward nominations
Horace Seamans objects to FF Loomis nomination for burgess in La Plume, claiming improper Republican procedures. O'Brien & Kelly contest Thomas H Clark Democrat nomination in the Seventh ward, saying caucus was invalid and papers lack secretary addresses. Court set to hear objections Saturday morning as nomination papers arrive from townships and boroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Holgate
Horace Seamans
Pryor
FF. M. Loomis
Burgess
A. Rielly
Harlen Howe
M. Prp Gardner
Charles Henn
BE. BE. Whitford
Emma Clayton
H. P. Gorr
A. C. Sisson
Republican Party
O'Brien & Kelly
M. F. Gilroy
Thomas H. Clark
Office of Common Council
Clark
County Commissioners Office
Civil Service Examination Today in Federal Court
A civil service examination will be conducted today in the federal court room for carrier and clerk applicants. Over twenty applicants have been registered. The following board of examiners, W. L. Roche, chairman, Louis Schuntz, secretary, and D. H. Jenkins, will conduct the examination, which commences at 9 a.m. The course comprises arithmetic, reading, geography, writing, spelling and addresses. A uniform standard of 7 percent is required instead of 70 percent for clerks and 75 percent for carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court Room
W. Ld, Roche
Louis Schuntz
D. H. Jenkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norton’s Fire Sale
Lacka.ave
Snow
Weston Mill Co
Garney, Brown & Co
Mfr
Court House Square
Pueblo Land Company
Florey
E. B. Sturges
C. W. Marthy
Powell and
Colone
J. Mitchcock
M.C
Old
New Youngs Men's Christian Association
Old Association
Atriefly
Hales
EB. GB
F. L. Hitchcock
William Hadden
Thomas McCune
Park Place Methodist Episcopal Chapel
L. B. Powell
H. H. Chapin
Hiitchcock
Bouffons
Belle Irving
Roach
Yorker
BE. OB
Col. Fo. Hitchcock
News OF the Railroads
E. Hl. Mead
Hospital Notes
LA Plume Borough
China Hall
Weichel & Millar
Sor
Is Schank
Spruce St
Florence
Mulley
Coglixer
Ella Manness
George W. Bushnell
Huntington's
William Law
Avoca
Cash
Grace Lawrence
L. A. Watres
Samuel Jones
M. Griffiths
FP. BE. Nettleton
Zeidler’s
Clark Bros
W. H. Pierce
C. W. Matthews
ANE
Marton
Delany's
Lackawanna Avenue
Eaporil
Spalding
Keating
Rochester
Hop Sing
Itorviy
Penn Avenna
Penn Ave
Hunt & Connell
Maxkup Factorers
Jon
Trenton Iron CO
van Alen & CO
Oxford Iron CO
A & Ladew
American Boiler CO
Griffing Iron CO
Lackawanna Ave
Wyoming Ave
E.M. Hetzel
Lacka. Ave
Our
Na” Jones
Cambrie
AWAN
Gen, NA Avenue
Ulster
Penn Clothing and Shoe House
Penn Avenue
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