City Notes Social Gathering and Local Events
Social gathering and tea planned at Green Ridge library tonight. Delaware and Hudson company payments noted at Mill Creek and Parsons and Delaware. Fire department committees to inspect a new wagon for Chief Hickey. J. H. Edwards elected to fill vacancy on West Side Hospital board after D. M. Jones’s death. Wayne County events include Wakte Comedy at Academy of Music, Elks smoker with euchre prizes, Jerome Keogh pool benefit for Ed McTaughlin in Philadelphia. Nicholson vs Walton Gun Club match canceled due to Nicholson club issues. Scranton Clearing House reports weekly exchange totals and daily volumes with increases over previous week.
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Counpells
Hickey
Conrail Pell
Judie HH
ML. Edwards
Tueainy
Jodee Tooms
Euchre
Clich
Jerome Keogh
Ed. McTaughlin
Arena
Philadelphia
Nicholson and
Walton Gun Clube
Nicholson
Prisoner of Zenda at Thothingham Stages a Mixed Run
The Company of Players presented The Prisoner of Zenda. Edward Rose's adaptation kept the romance and poetry of Anthony Hope while balancing action. Edward R. Mawson excelled in dual roles, Ana Abell impressed as Princess Flavia, but Antoinette de Mauban and others were uneven. cast members Corrigan, Hendricks, and Robinson earned commendation.
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Thothingham
Anthony Hope
Edward Rose
Rassendyll
Flavia
Ufe
Rudolph Rassendyll
Ruritania
Rassendyk
Rudolf V
Edward RK
Mawson
Sothern
Ana Abell
Antoinette de Maubun
Jane Everett
Emmett Corrigan
Benjamin Hendricks
George ¢. Robinson
Change in choristers at two churches prompts new organists
Haydn Evans took charge at Penn Avenue Baptist, succeeding C. F. Whittemore. He leads the organ and directs singing at both services and Sunday school. The church will retain the Bolo Quartette for now and plans a chorus soon. At St Patrick's, Miss Anna Durkin succeeds Evans, drills the choir for next Sunday's services marking the Prather Mathew society anniversary. permanent appointment not yet set.
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Haydn Evans
Penn Avenue Baptist Church
C. F. Whittemore
Alec
Evans
St. Patrick’s Church
Mises Anna Durkin
South Side
Misitian
Prather Mathew Society
Scranton Turn Verein Hosts Tatsquerande Ball
The Scranton Turn Verein holds a Tatsquerande ball Monday February 5 at Turner Hall. Admission is $1.00 and two single buckets cost 60 cents.
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Scranton
Turner Hall
Parricide case spurs lengthy sentences and court week's start
John Govnee received ten years and three months in the penitentiary plus fines for the Archbald parricide. Judge Edwards noted mercy shown, urged second degree verdict, and warned the crime would haunt the offender. Other sentences included embezzlement, burglary, and assault cases as the February term proceeds.
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Einetern
Edwards
John Govnee
Balentine
Mahanoy City
Adward
Hagen
Archbald
C. J. Fisk
Wallsville
Liveryman W, BR
Tebriary
Trine Iwanowski
Frances Lehuchka
FE. J. Longshore
Nora McGlynn
Samuel Mahahy
Clara Welchel
Robert Davis
Arthur Hitchcock
Manager J Blynn Jailed Over Dancer Dispute
Corrie Montello, dancer for the London Gaiety Girls, charged with fraud after a $5 salary deduction by manager John A Blynn at Davis' theatre. Alderman Millar ordered Blynn jailed for trial. Blynn pleaded, wept, and agreed to restitution. Montello received full pay and left on the Lackawanna train to New York.
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Lansford
John A. Blynn
London Gaiety Girls Company
Davis’ Theatre
Corrie Montelle
Millar Priday
Millar
Satuday Flynn
Montello
Tierney
New York City
Wyoming and Pond Creek Coal Company Formed
The Pittston Item reports a new corporation, the Wyoming and Pond Creek Coal Company, with Pittston gentlemen as active investors. It has secured a lease on a large Pond Creek coal land tract near White Haven and plans a modern breaker to begin soon. Superintendent A. Jd. Lathrop of West Pittston has completed breaker plans. The proposed breaker capacity is about 600 tons daily. Initially no underground mining will occur as the surface operation proceeds.
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Wyoming and Pond Creek
Movement to cut coal middlemen profits in New York
A proposed New York company would buy coal directly from producers and sell to consumers, cutting out middlemen. Analysts say commissions and retail margins total millions annually, with grocers and peddlers handling 21 500 tons weekly and charging high rates to poor buyers, prompting calls for direct delivery and fair weights.
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New York
New York City
United States
Ita
Pennsylvania
Old Forge School District Seeks Bond Increase
The Old Forge school district petitioned Judge Gunster to modify a prior injunction to allow issuing bonds totaling 7,248. This would adjust the district debt versus 2 percent of assessed valuation, leaving 8,200 still owed on the high school contract. A rule to show cause was granted with a hearing set for Tuesday at (time not provided).
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Old Forge
H. M. Hannah
Gunster
Anti Sewer Opposition Delays City Sewer Vote in Ward Debates
A South Side deputation opposed to the Seventeenth district sewer met Mayor Bailey, arguing that ninety percent of Twelfth and upper Nineteenth ward property owners opposed the project. Speakers warned of unpaid assessments and political maneuvering as the mayor weighed the ordinance before the looming election.
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Bailey
Hie
Manley
Sweeney
Kelly
Citizens’ Opposition
James Boyle
C Boyle
William Coleman
Philip Nealon
John Nealon
Hugh Caffrey
Patrick Weir
Henry Jorman
Mr Frant
George Wirth
Wirth
Armanes
Tiechard Sheridan
Palley
Grandeur Vaudeville Show Delights Audiences
The program combines three acts including vaudeville and burlesque with a mix of white and Black performers. Stunning electrical effects and fresh scenery enhance the run as a carload of new acts debuts.
Comedian James Byrne Arrested on Serious Charge in Scranton
A 23 or 24 year old man calling himself James Byrne, claiming to be an actor and linked to the Dyrme brothers of Hight Hello fame, is held at the central police station in Scranton on a serious charge. He was found with two youths, Marty Kreege and Patrick Cartin, in Railroad alley at 12 18 Saturday night. Byrne confessed in police court to intoxication and the case was adjourned as Kreege was absent.
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Edwin Jones
Jones
Daviddéw's
George C. Pullerton
Wullty
Wullty of Wantonly Pointing Firearms At Meter Lafrance At Bimburet
Rendham
Jair John Summon
Eiizabeth Helly
John Leputski
Joseph Matusechak
John Krupleyuk
Olyphant
Costa
Andrew Lukatek
John F. Bheridian
John McDonnell
Patrick Ratchford
Mary Wilhelm
Archbald and Edwards
James Byrne
Brothers Dyrme
Byrne
Loys
Marty Kreege
Fugene
WN. Kreege
S12
Tenth Street
Patrick Cartin
Beranton Street
Railroad Alley
Hart
Mornig
Pie
Kresge
Cartin
Scranton
North Enid
Cortland
N. C
Monte Carlo Riverla Pointon Pixt Tre Coset
During the present Riverla pointon pix t tre coset of dulcide synneeted Wh Moneyand doings have oncurreid.
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Monte Carlo
Williamsport High Adopts Scranton Curriculum
The Williamsport high school curricu lum follows a model from Scranton high school after a recommendation from the state superintendent. Berantonian pride grows as Superintendent George Howell arranged the program showing broad recognition of local effort. The legislature discusses labor and corporate controls including a new electric rail labor commission.
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Williamsport
Wil- Hamsport
N.C. Siehawfffer
Tiatric
Scranton
Real Widow Brown at Academy of Music and Reeves at Davis
The Real Widow Brown premieres tonight at the Academy of Music in a major Floy Crowell company with sixteen performers and vaudeville specialties. Hoyt's A Midnight Bell stars Dinghy Bell and Laura Joyce Hell in a new musical drama with Victor Herbert music and elaborate scenery opening Thursday. Al Reeves’ burlesque at Davis' Theater promises one of the season's grandest productions.
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Widow Brown
Academy of Music
A. Q. Scammon
Hoyt
Hineeen
Dinghy Bell
Laura Joyce
Hell
Climore
Victor Herbert
Prince Ananias
Vaegtlin
Laure Joyce
Bell
Duncan Ls. Harrison
Academy of Muele
al Reeves
Davis
Reeves
Orig
Alabama Legislature Passes Antitrust Measure
In Montgomery Alabama on February 7 the state legislature approved an antitrust bill aligned with a general federal law. Lawmakers approved the measure amid debate over its impact on business and trade within the state.
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Montiomery
Ala
Li Rendera
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