Council Divided Over Hose House and Poles Tax Ordinance
The Carbondale council split on a cottage hose house ordinance with a minority plan to table it and a majority plan to print. Debate cited economy, existing districts, and danger of conflagration, amid other city matters including a poles and wires license tax ordinance and police wage concerns.
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Select Council
Mannion
Cottage Hose House
Battle
Fletcher
Sheelty
Suely
Delaware and Hudson
Clairman Thompson
Davie
Adop
Hmn
Varrett
Lyovis
Thompson
Comm Council
Kievis
N Electric Company
T. Theophilus
Spring Street
City of
Carbondale
City of Carbondale
Coun
Came
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Eid Grim
Detwilt
Theaire
Council Refs Matter to Police Committee Before Adjournment
The matter was referred to the police committee and the council then adjourned, ending the session with the issue moved to law enforcement review.
Population figures for Carbondale and surrounding towns
The official twelfth census count lists Carbondale population at 13 594 with ward breakdowns: First ward 774, Second ward 1 705, Third ward 3 145, Fourth ward 2 253, Fifth ward 1 942, Sixth ward 1 817. Additional populations of nearby towns are provided.
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Carbondale
Trinity Church Sets Opening Services Next Sunday and Monday
Invitations issued for the opening of Trinity Church after completion. Tickets issued for morning and evening services with distinct card types. Sunday events include Holy Communion and morning prayer, followed by an evening prayer. Monday features clergy processions and a reception to the bishop at Macily House, with all parishioners urged to attend.
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Trinity Church
Cartiondily
Fetyi
Tay
Trinity Clue
Momo
Pelee
Sunda
Holy Dominion
Arcllidapone
Boranion
Servion
Arcinieacwnredal
Carboridaly
Macily House
Trinite Saris
Ft Oebecks
J. W. Carner Stock Company Opens at Lycoming Opera House
The J. W. Carner stock company, new to the neighborhood, began a four week engagement at the Lycoming opera house last night to a large audience. They presented The Black Flag to general satisfaction and are noted as one of the season’s best repertoiring groups. Tonight’s bill is Shadows of Life after opening with The Black Flu and a previous run at the Grand.
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Williamsport Maily Gazette and Bulletin
J. W. Carner Stock Company
Lycoming Opera House
Mrs Hubbard Hosts Trinity Guild Tea Afternoon
Mrs Frank Hubbard invites Trinity guild members to an afternoon tea at her Lincoln avenue home at 3 o clock. Invitations also go out for two more teas hosted by Miss Tassett at Laurel streets, with events honoring Mrs Dusset and Mrs Daniel Smith. A sleighing party to Grover's hotel at Waymart ends with supper and possible dancing. Mr and Mrs Robert Bryson hosted guests on Park street Saturday. Temperance union social at Temperance hall on Salem avenue drew a large crowd with refreshments and a literary music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hubbard
Trinity Guild
Lincoln Avenue
L. A. Tassett
Lincoln
Myce
Dusset
Daniel J. Smith
Nellie the Wolf Hound Leads Carner Family at Grand
Nellie a wolf hound owned by the Carner stock company performs at the Grand this week and is mother to nine bright puppies about two weeks old. She rests in a dressing room under the stage while the pups wander about in various attitudes of contentment.
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Nellie
Carner Stock Company
Women’s Relief Corps Postponed Entertainment Tonight
The Women’s Relief Corps presents a postponed program this evening under the auspices of the Lackawanna Symphony Club. A fine programme is promised.
Scranton men seek Elbrecht building rent as store plans near
Tite reports a group from Scranton negotiating to rent the Elbrecht building on North Main street while a large department store prepares to open in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tite
Scranton
Elbrecht
North Main Street
School Board Meeting Votes and Finances
The regular school board meeting at Central School discussed bills from Plavk Diamond Coal Carbondale Gas and Electric Light companies, designated amounts or corrections, and authorized payments. Attendees reviewed tax receipts and fines, vaccination law questions, and adjourned to March 4 with plans to consolidate rooms and address heating and construction costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet
Gallagher
P. A. Carrol & Son
Plavk Diamond Coal Company
Ceeseeess Bien
Dehn Booth
Cebler B& Munpwe
Cccneeees
American Hob Company
Bh. Meyer
Treath Hoc
Gurder Coca Ccaeencen
Gilmartin Caubutitute Janitor
A. Whiter
Cccesecsvennece
Western Publishing Company
Sesecsieneee
BOW
Electric Light Company
C. J. Spencer
J. J. Simpson
Bryden
Butler
Moon
Watt
Clifford
Swigert
Eugene Dowe
Net
Wietit
Alan
No. School
Board of Health
City Board of Health Reports January Deaths and Contagions
The January tally shows 23 city deaths, up from December and January 1900. Ward counts span six wards with causes including pneumonia, stillbirth, old age, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and other maladies. seven bodies cremated in the city and five moved for interment to local cemeteries. Contagious diseases reached 19 with diphtheria and measles noted across wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Maplewood
Brookside
Funeral for Marjorie John Held at 2 PM
The funeral for little Marjorie John will be at 2 o’clock afternoon from her home at 20 Washington Avenue. The Rev. Charles Loo of the Presbyterian church will conduct a public service. Interment will be private at Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson remains under a physician’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Marjorie Johnso
Washington Avenue
Charles Loo
Presbyterian Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Johnson
Pension vouchers drawn in city aldermen’s office
Yesterday marked the quarterly pension disbursement for veterans at the aldermen’s office. About five dollars was paid to one veteran, with expectations of modest business activity in local stores for the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Funeral Held For Thomas H Champion In Jermyn
William Evans and numerous residents attended the funeral of Thomas H. Champion in Jermyn on Sunday. The gathering included Mrs N Afoon Mrs Holgate Mrs Cornell Mr Mitchell and John Moon from this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Evans
Afoon
Holgate
John Hawkins
Cornell
Mitchell
John Moon
Thomas H. Champion
Jermyn
Is Improving Thomas McCawiey of Eighth Avenue
Thomas McCawiey of Eighth Avenue remains slightly improved after injuries from a wreck on the Delaware and Hudson railroad. He was hospitalized and his condition has shown progress.
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Thomas McCawiey
Eighth Ave
Nue
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Little Joe Alexander Appointed to City Post
J. M. Alexander known as Little Joe of this city has just been appointed as a member of the city council, marking a notable local governance addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Alexander
Little Joe
Notable Grand Army of the Republic Leader Alexander io
Mr Alexander io is celebrated as a key and energetic member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has served as commander of William H Davies post in this city for four years and holds multiple national and state appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Bassieur
Grand Army of the Republic
Alexander Io
William H. Davies
Goblin
A. (. Wetesert
McCann Brothers to Open Modern Clothing Store in Carbondale
Patrick F. and Charles McCann plan a new clothing and haberdashery store in the Anthracite building Carbondale. Ground-floor alterations include removing partitions large plate-glass windows and a new double entrance on Sixth avenue and Main street. The firm will use Bell & Skinner furnishings and aim for up-to-date fittings.
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McCann Brothers
Carbondale
Patrick F
Charles McCann
Sixth Avenue
Main Street
Patrick F. McCann
Charles
Henry J. Collins
Scranton
Frm
Bell & Skinner
Jermyn Hotel
Kinney's Repeat Run In Greenfield Stirs Town
Milton Kinney, longtime Greenfield resident and former founder, appeared before Mayor Kilpatrick last month and pledged reform to stay away from Carbondale for a year. Yesterday he returned, bought cold dispeller on South Main, grew furious, rolled in the streets, and a patrol arrested him. If he faces county jail costs, a river trip may follow.
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Milton Kinney
Greenfield
Kinney
Kilpatrick
Carbondale
Jermyn
Carbondale Lodge to Install Officers and Initiate Three
Carbondale conclave No. 302 will install officers and initiate three candidates this evening. After business, a smoker will feature a program by the Lackawanna Symphony club and others, followed by refreshments. An evening of conviviality is anticipated and members are urged not to miss it.
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Carbondale
Lackawanna Symphony Club
Community and fraternal groups listed in Carbondale area
The fragment names several organizations including William H. Davies' Women's Relief corps No. 14 Division No. 24 Ancient Order Hibernians St. Vincent de Paul Lackawanna tribe No. 208 Improved Order Red Men Mitchell Hose Company Carbondale conclave No. 229 and Improved Order Heptasopha.
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William H. Davies’ Women’s Relief Corps
St. Vincent de Paul
Lackawanna
Evening Theater Schedule Shows Classics and Drama
Tuesday shadows of life. Wednesday matinees East Lynne. Wednesday night the Knobs of Tennessee. Thursday Michael Strogoff. Friday Rip Van Winkle. Saturday matinee Uncle Tom's Cabin. Saturday night Brother Against Brother.
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Shadows of Life
East Lynne
the Knobs of Tennessee
Michael Strogoff
Rip van Winkle
Brother
Army recruiting offices planned for three cities
A United States army recruiting office will probably be opened in this city as a branch of the Scranton office to raise 35 000 soldiers before May. A similar branch will also be established in Honesdale to fill the threatened depletion from mustering out of soldiers in the Philippines.
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United States Army
Fcranton
Philippines
Honesdale
Met Life manager wears plaster after door collision
John Naylor, manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance branch in the city, wore a strip of court plaster over his left eye after hitting swinging doors at the Mears building entrance during a Scranton business trip yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Naylor
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mears
Scranton
Town Folks Mentioned In Brief Health And Visit Updates
Belmont street resident Mrs. Albert Silby is ill with the grip while Miss Jessie Frazer of Wilkes-Barre visits. Stephen Nealon heads to Toronto for college. Miss Mary Monahan of Hotel Harrison recovers from a week of illness. Daniel Blanchard is homebound with a severe grip. Florence Kupp, once confined, is up and about. Mrs. T. L. Utley and daughter Lessie return from Windsor. Lenailey of Cemetery street leaves for Factoryville to stay with grandmother. Local social mentions include visits by Mrs. T. J. Maxey Elmer Joslin and John Denison to a Lyceum event. Florence Taylor of Peckville visits Mike Maud James and returns home with her.
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Albert Silby
Belmont Street
Jessie Frazer
Wilkes-Barre
Stephen Nealon
Toronto
Mary Monahan
Hotel Harrison
Daniel Blanchard
South Man Street
Florence Kupp
Harrison
T. L. Utley
Cemetery Street
Lessie
Windsor
Lenailey
Lyceum
Scranton
Florence Taylor
Peckville
Mike Maud James
Ninth Avenue
Miss James
Miss On
Pookville
Krause's Cold Cure Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Matthews Bros markets Krause's Cold Cure claiming it is safe to take during daily duties and will relieve severe cold symptoms in 4 hours for a price of $50. Bold text emphasizes quick relief without interrupting routines.
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Krause
Matthews Bros
Peruna Credited By Prominent Grip Sufferers
Congressman N W Howard of Fort Payne Alabama and other public figures endorse Peruna as an effective grip remedy. The circulated letters describe rapid recovery and renewed health after using Peruna, with many noting quick improvement within days.
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N. W. Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
George H. White
Tarboro
N. C
C.D. Powell
Epworth League
Chehalie
Wash
Peckville Social Notes Highlight Local Entertainment
The Harry Webber Comedy company draws crowds at the Fireman's hall with Nip and Tuck and Ten Nights in a Barroom. Local residents face illness and travel plans as Mrs Purdy prepares to join her husband in El Paso. Church events, school meetings, and a Valentine social at Lillian Hulse’s home add to the town’s busy week.
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Harry Webber
John Purdy
Elarly
el Paso
Texas
William Gayne
Green House
Presbyterian Sunday School
J. N. Lillibridge
Bert Morgan
D. 8
Evans
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dwight Lathrop
Ladies' Aid Society
F. Gendall
Forest City
Mr. Gendall
F. Y. Pierce
Penn Avenue Baptist Church
Scranton
Stella Wademan
Blanch Taylor
Gendall
Pierce
School of Song
Shea
Methodist Episcopal Choir
Chass
Pockville
Sthen
Cancer
Funeral of Joan Humphrey Set for Tomorrow
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD The funeral for Joan Humphrey will be held tomorrow due to a typhoon, delaying the earlier plan. Republicans of Mayfield nominate a slate for local offices including Anthony Kirker and Joseph Beckwith for School Directors, Patrick Tempany for Council, and other posts.
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Joan Humphrey
Y Tribune
Mayfield
Anthony Kirker
Joseph Beckwith
Patrick Tempany
Yatsko Adamlak
John Quinn
Patrick Daley
Noah Pugh
John 8. Davis
Charles Forkle
Thomas Pritchard
Andrew Iwanick
Sha
Liberty Judge
Knights of Pythlue
Peckville
Sheridan Lodge
John Solomon
Carbondale Friends
Four-Year-Old Anita Olyphant Dies of Bronchitis
Anita Olyphant of Dunmore Street Hed dies Sunday night at 10 from bronchitis. She was a four year old Universit favorite with a sweet disposition. Funeral from the family home tomorrow at 1 pm, with interment in St Patrick's Cemetery. Thursday evening the Saxon Sisters to entertain at Father Mathew Opera House as part of the program.
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Anita
Patrick Murph
Dunmore Street
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Father Mathew Opera House
Uiey
Taylor Fourth district teachers institute and town notices
The Fourth district teachers hold an institute at Old Forge High School on Saturday with a program including language composition reading geography history and civics. The Price Library association plans a public entertainment on Friday Feb 15. Winter snowfall prompts plans for the Twentieth Century club ride to Maxed. Local Electric Light campus workers prep church lights. Several obituaries and local visits are noted along with health official travel and lodge meetings.
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Old Forge
T. Th. Coyns
Reading
Gertrude Simmons
Charles Weber
Quinn
James Ff. Foley
Samuel J. Phillips
James BE. Watkine
J. C. Tasxley
Price
Twentieth Century Club
Bell and Miller
Taylor Electric Light
Welsh Congregational Church
Daniel Tones
Sabe
Amelia Decholian
Sitley
Lackawanna Hospital
North Main Street
Dougrhter
Jimnet
Jake Careman
Meighba Hotel
North Taylor
Forelt
Hughes
Annie Davis
Providence
W. B. Owens
Taylor Board of Health
Harrisburg
Eva Davis
Tide Park
Helens Davis
Nellie McLain
West Scranton
Misses Ray
Jessie Morgans
West Minooka
Lackawanna Lodge
American Ladies' Protectant Association
Annie Phillips
Hyde Park
Lydia Hosking
Atherton Street
George Ritter
Railroad Streel
John Bray
Joly Watkins
Main Street
Ivwell
Ind
Meeting notices for Ladies Missionary Society and supper plans
Avoxa notices a meeting of the Ladies foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church this afternoon at 26 cy's Pt with Mrs Webbe named. A second ladies meeting follows to prepare for the annual supper this month. M F O'Brien states he is not a candidate for Third Ward judge. Miss Mary McLaughlin and Miss Nellie Mc appear in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodial Episcopal Church
Webbe
M. F. O'Brien
Mary McLaughlin
Nellie Mc
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Convention Attended
Attendees listed include Donald Kate Waters Nellie Rear Anna McNulty and several Messrs at Keystone on Sunday. A forthcoming marriage between Mary Aikman of West Side and James Allen of Scranton is announced for Feb 14. Clara Schlager to conduct in Schulamite presented by the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Scranton. Mrs. Palmer spoke at a union rally of Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian pupils. Dr. Pier seeks eye treatment in Philadelphia hospital. his wife accompanies him. A young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L E O'Brien is critically ill with scarlet fever.
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Presbyterian
Pier
Philadelphia
Mre. Pier
L. E. O'Brien
Census figures mark Susquehanna area populations
The census lists populations for Susquehanna borough 3614 Lanesboro 821 Montrose 1827 Great Bend 836 Great Bend township 10000 New Milford 715 New Milford township 1206 Hallstead 1404. Also notes deaths, social visits, snowfall, theater, and local incidents in Susquehanna and nearby towns.
Seven Whales Trapped Off Vaughan Bay Near Tacoma
Reports from San Proneisco Chronicle indicate seven whales entered Vaughan bay twenty miles from Tacoma. Hunters attempt to harpoon them using a tactic last seen three years ago when four gray whales yielded oil. boats approach within thirty feet as villagers fear the whales may vanish with the tide.
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Kealdenta
Vaughan Bay
Tacoma
Barron Channel
Tacona
Puget Sound
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Washington
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Herrick
Athe
Thompson Township
Canaan
Cherry Ridge Township
St 'Clinton Township
Mt. Pleasot Township
Preston Township
Prompton
Salem Township
Bouth Canaan
Yi Waymart
Rollin A. Sawser, Neen
Opera House
Pension Day
Westside Young Women's Club
Weat
Congress Street
Chicago
Peruna
Nicolas F. Rossiter
Norwood Avenue
Cleveland
Max J. Porges
Eighth District
Rivington Street
New York
Percina
Charlee W. Culkin
Seventh Assembly
Borough of
Manhattan
Eighth Avenue
Anna A. McDonnell
Post Pocahontas
Jemassee
FR. M
West Forty-ninth Street
New York City
Joseph A. Flynn
Christopher Street
Martin Edwards
County Clare Men's Benefit Society
Blanche Dumont
Athenia Club
Aldrich Avenue
Camden Place
Minneapolis
Minn
Mollie McDonnell
Lucy Mooney
May Kennedy
Hannick Sisters
Misa Annie Jones
Agnes Revels
Priceburg
Tom Murphy
Morgan
Washburn Sertinion Ford
Romey
Jesup
Manaweer Gibbons
Misa Tossle Nailin
South Scraton
Edward O Mulley
Seventh Street
George Foyguson
Kileullon
Newark
N. J
James Mantes
Dunnwre
William ‘Todd
Matthew Mackey
Lackawanne Street
John Edwardes
John Hill
Edwardsville
Jermyn and Mayfield
Olyphant
Taylor
Avoca
Susquehanna
Scranton Tribune
Lanesboro
Montrose
Great Bend
New Milford
Hallstead
Orin Mattison
North Jackson
Mary Curtis
Five States Association
W. Jackson
Albert Falkenbury
H. C. Miller
C. C. Pratt
Binghamton
van Keuren
Erie
Muldred Holland and
Hogan Opera House
Fred Wright
Thomas
Celia Roe
Lestershire
Brandt
Baturdas
W. L. Derr
Susquehanna Division
Erle
Biarraucea House
Henry Blake
Lasurel Hill Cemetery
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