Social visit notes from Philadelphia and New York area
Personal mentions include Kathryn Malbure visiting sister Mrs B S Clometer in Philadelphia, Mise Van Cleef planning weeks in New York and Brooklyn, Joseph Mullarkey of Augusta Ga as guest of Boranton, and A Vosburgers at the Supreme Court in Philadelphia. Also Samuel and Henry Wertheimer visiting Dr G K Roos, and attendees at a Lake Scranton hockey match including Wil Boyle J M Walker and Clarence Ballentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhs
Kathryn Malbure
B.S. Clometer
la Vian Pelt Street
Philadelphia
Mise van Cleef
Sanderson Avenue
New York
Brooklyn
Joseph Mullarkey
Augusta
Boranton Fridtiis
A. A
Book-keepers Club Meeting in Guernsey Hall
A meeting of the Book-keepers club will be held in Guernsey hall this evening. The society aids book-keepers and young business men with social and business topics. It has free rooms in the proposed new Y. Moe A. building with low expenses. Inducements exist for new members before opening. Monday's topic is Forms and Uses of the Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Y. Moe" A
Boston Tea Party company stays in business despite notices
Manager Phil Mpa clarifies that the Boston Tea Party company at No 127 Penn avenue has not retired from business. The firm asserts it remains in Beranton to stay and serves its customers as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Tea Party Company
Penn Avenue
Wis
Phil Mpa
Beranton
Lane's offers finest wines and cigars at Spruce Street
A brief listing notes Finest wines and cigars at Lane's on Spruce Street, inviting shoppers to sample. A mention of a $20 item and the Hotel Jermyn cigar priced at 109 appears among the scattered lines. The fragmentary text suggests shop offerings and pricing without full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane's
Spruce Street
Plumbing Goods Stock Sale Hopeful Reduction
Store announces a large on hand stock of plumbing goods and will start a reduction sale from this date to clear inventory of celebrated items. Strong emphasis on satisfactory price cuts to move the stock.
Bargain Furnace Sales Offered by Irving Store
Our furnaces were bought on old contracts enabling us to quote low figures. If you want even a dollar’s worth of goods, it pays to come and purchase at once.
Burglaries Hit Palmer & Company Office in Arcade Building
Thieves broke into the Palmer & Company candy and cigar office in the Arcade yesterday morning, taking several boxes of cigars and other stock. Two newsboys alerted Patrolman Hurke and DMecer May, who found a broken door window and a tampered small safe, with Palmer missing stock awaiting his return to determine total losses. Authorities suspect local youths carried out the break-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer & Company
Hurke
May
Palmer
Dalton
Elite Photographic Company
RAFTER'S FATAL FALL IN RAYMOND COURT BUILDING
Thomas Rafter a 52 year old contractor residing at 1364 Gordon Street died after a fall from a steep stair in 490 Raymond Court. He had been drinking heavily in days prior and wandered from Tenn Avenue seeking ale. He collapsed at the foot of the stairs and died within moments from a skull fracture. Coroner to autopsy and inquest to be held. survivors include wife and children Mrs George Paskerville Thomas Michael Joseph and William Rafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas After
Gordon Street
Raymond Court
Rafter
Tenn Avenue
Mulberry
Vine Streets
Nathan Suravity
Sln
Jaacob Loveland
John Peaster
Matthew Dougherty
Matthew Lathan
Matthew Scanlon
Stephen McKane
Leon Levy
George Paskerville
Carbon Street
Thomas
Michael A
Joseph
William Rafter
Trip to Hazleton Ends Without Arrest
Constable William Cole of Alderman Howe's court returned Saturday morning from Hazleton empty handed after seeking Frank Maleski with a warrant for fleeing with Mrs Kowkowski. He found Maleski gone and could not learn her whereabouts. The wife was not brought back as Konkoweki did not wish to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cole
Howe
Hazleton
Frank Maleski
Kowkowski
Cole
Malecki
Konkoweki
New York and Florida Limited to Florida via Southern Railway
The New York and Florida Limited departs Broad Street Station Philadelphia at 3 14 p m daily except Sunday. The train offers dining, drawing room, and sleeping accommodations between New York and St Augustine and Pullman rooms to Aiken Ss Augusta Ga and Tampa Fin. Three other through Southern Railway trains run daily from Philadelphia with dining car service. Charles L Hopkins District Passenger Agent 828 Chestnut Street Philadelphia provides information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Augusta
Summerville
Asheville
Land of the Sky
Southern Railway
New York and Florida
Broad Street Station
Philadelphia
New York
St. Augustine
Alo
Tampa
Fin
Broadstreet Station
Florida
Charles L. Hopkins
Chestnut Street
Long’s Sons Sale Presents Vast Collars in Scranton
The Jonas Long's Sons store in Scranton launched a major merchandising experiment by offering thirty six thousand collars on a Saturday. The sale drew about nineteen thousand sales and required thirty seven clerks, two specials, four regular cashiers, and all bundle wrappers. The crowd was continuous and the sale continued the next day while stocks lasted. Sizes and styles remained fairly complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Jonas Long
Mrs Winsden's Booth Syrup Recalled as Teething Aid
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winsden's Booth Syrup as a long used remedy for teething discomfort in infants. It claims to soothe the child, ease gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhea, selling at twenty five cents a bottle.
Mayor and Controller Trade Bitter Letters in Scranton
In Scranton this week Mayor James Moir and City Controller Medras Howell exchanged harsh public accusations. Moir says a controller statement misled the public by blaming current officials for prior deficits, while Howell defends his note and accuses the mayor of undignified conduct and malice.
Local Grocer Ads Bargain Pantry List
A brief shopper notice lists buys including Gordon and Dil tomato catsup at 25 cents, Maine sugar 10 cents, macaroni and cheese 20 cents, Java and Mocha coffee 30 cents, and Best Rio Coffee 12 cents per pound, reflecting fresh roasted beans and value deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Amount of the Blair estate worth three million dollars
The New York Herald reports the Blair estate now valued at about 3 million, a reduction from earlier estimates up to 15 million. Questions linger over the will filed with the Warren county surrogate New Jersey and possible real estate gifts lapsing if not recorded. Dewitt C Blair is named executor and legal complications may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
John Inslee Blair
Warren County
New Jersey
Blair
Tt Ie
Dewidt C
Governor Stone delays judgeship appointment in 1900 telegram
In a telegram dated February 10 1900 Governor Stone says he will see Senator Vaughan in Harrisburg Tuesday or Wednesday. Deputy Attorney General Flerts states Stone aims to honor Republican wishes. endorsing John P Kelly is influential and Zimmerman and Carpenter are also considered capable Republicans for the judgeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan
Stone
Enrilert
Tion
John P. Kelly
Atlantic City
J. C. Vaughan
Scranton
Harrisburg
Reneson
W. A. Stone
John M. Harris
FL W. Flerts
Kelly
Zimmerman
Carpenter
Meter War Sparks $10000 Water Dispute at Wyoming Ave Hotel
Landlords Casey Brothers refuse to pay a $86.48 water bill charged to tenants Jennings & Neary at the hotel 106 Wyoming Ave. After shutoff, the water remains off for three weeks hindering beer service as both sides contest responsibility. Attorney M A McGinley represents Neary & Jennings in the trespass suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Brothers
Jennings & Neary
Wyoming Avenue
Scranton Gas and Water Company
Neary & Jennings
Water Company
Casey
Oght
M. A. McGinley
Lackawanna Telephone Franchise Approved by Scranton Officials
At a Saturday session Select Council granted a franchise to the Lackawanna Telephone Company to lay wires in city streets and it was signed by Mayor James Moir. A. P. Bedford said officers would meet to outline plans, with work to begin as weather allows and extend lines toward Pittston and Carbondale. Wires will be underground along curbs, with paving repaired by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Moir
Medras Howell
Pip
Select Council
Tribune
Select Council & Communication
Moir
Scranton
Select and Common Connells
FB. Trowell
Ttn
Huth
A. P. Bedford
Lackawanna Telephone Company
Common Council
Lackhwanna Telephone Company
Pittston
People’s Telephone Company
Wilkes-Barre
Carbondale
W. J. Lewis
A. F P. Bedford
8. K. Welland
T Reese G. Brooks
W. L. Connell
Charles Robinson
Lackawanna
Connell
Shen
Joss
Wea
Messrs. Chittenden
Kearney
State of Pennsylvania
Lack oWwanna Telephone Company
City of
Bernanten
Pennsylvania
Shill
Telephone system authorized to serve 500 subscribers
A city approves immediate erection and operation of a large telephone system to serve at least five hundred subscribers. Maximum annual rates are set: thirty six dollars for Viennese phones, twenty four dollars for residential use, and eighty dollars for two phones for business and residence combined. The grant includes rights to construct lay operate and maintain conduits ducts mains and poles under city streets and places with manholes and wires, cables and appurtenances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viennesns
Seasonal Stock Reduction Sale Offers Wholesale Prices
A mild December boosts shoppers as stores announce a genuine stock reduction sale. Prices will be rolled back to wholesale levels, lowering ordinary retail values for a limited time and encouraging quick purchases.
Death and Interment of Alfred Heckel in Arlington
The remains of Alfred Heckel, who joined the Thirteenth regiment at the start of the Spanish American War and served with the Fifth cavalry in Puerto Rico, were sent from New York to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington for interment. He died from complications after a horse kick causing lockjaw. His sister Miss Sophia Heckel traveled to Washington for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Heckel
Spain
Fifth Cavalry
Puerto Rico
New York
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Sophia Heckel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norton's Bulletin
Valentines
M. Norton
Youndays
DR. Taylor
Hotel Nero
Sanderson
Adenti
Ackawanna “the
Aundry
Fenn Avenue
A. B, Warman
Tonicht
Jermyn
Irving
Lackawanna Hardware Co
Lackawanna Avenue
Raymon Court
Constable Cole
Mrs. Winslow
Hatton
Hartley
McClintock
Maine
Meter
Wennings & Neary
Lackawanna Company
Ayer
Ross
Finn
Williams
James
Melvin
Wagner
Schneider
Shea
McCann
Fellows
Behroeder
Lansing
O'Boyle
Frable
Coyne
McAndrew
Nays
Roche
Chittenden
Mr. Roche
Clarke Bros
D. Beck
Adams Avenue
Sable
Matthews Bros
Chas. B. Scott
Franklin Ave
Foote & Fuller Co
Mears Building
Washington Ave
John Bull
Transvaal
Conradan Weishts
Union
Juny
E. G
Coursen
Hand & Payne
the Square
Washington Avenue
Pierce’s Market
Rockaway
Maurice River
Jug Point
C. F. Beckwith& CO
Dime Bank Building
Wakehouse
Green Ridge
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Sooth Main Avenas
Prompé
Arlington Reeer
Lira
Wyoming
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