Notable Locals and Engagements Highlight Wilkes-Barre News
In New York City, F L Crane and Charles Robinson are noted residents. Miss Fortha Goodman of Madison Avenue is confined at home by Alness. Detective Randy Brullwell of the Lackawanna force is seriously ill. Mr and Mrs R G Brooks of Quincy Avenue travel to California. Robert Snodgrass of Harrisburg, ex state deputy AG, visited the Jermyn. Hon Morgan Williams, long ill, is now able to go out though weak. Engagement announced between F J McMahon and Miss Mary Agatha Ward, daughter of Joan Ward. they will marry in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortha Goodman
Madison Avenue
Alness
Randy Brullwell
Lackawantae
R. G. Brooks
Quincy Avenue
California
Robert Snodgrass
Harrisburg
Jermyn
Hon. Morgan Jr. Williams
Williams
Wilkes-Darre Revord
F. J. McMahon
Mary Agatha Ward
Busquelman Coal Company
Joan M. Ward
Wilkes-Barro Revord
Lull In Battle Between Mayor and Controller Over Lincoln Day
A temporary pause in the feud between Mayor Moir and Controller Howell occurred as municipal offices closed for Lincoln's birthday. The dispute resumes with no mercy anticipated from either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moir
Howell
Lincoln
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern offers stopovers on first class tickets
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway allows intermediate stopovers on all first class unlimited tickets for up to ten days. This feature, among several advantages, benefits traveling men and others who wish to visit multiple towns on their route. Finest wines and cigars at Tane's 820 Spruce Street. Smoke the Hotel Jermyn cigar for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway
Plumbing Goods Stock Cleared by Promotions
Local merchants announce a large stock of plumbing goods on hand with Will offering very satisfactory reductions starting from this date. The message promises continued strong inventory of the celebrated items.
Irving Bargain Range Offers On All Furnaces
Local dealer promotes low prices on furnaces by claiming purchases were made under old contracts. Customers urged to buy immediately to secure value and savings on any item in the line.
Coroner's Jury Finds Rafter Death An Accident
The coroner J J Roberts presided over the inquest into Thomas Rafter of Gordon street found dead at the Loveland residence on Raymond court. The jury ruled death due to injuries from accidentally falling down a flight of steps after hearing testimony from Mrs Loveland Winifred Rohan and Mrs Lizzie Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rafter
Gordon Street
Jacob Loveland
Raymond Court
Court House
J. J. Roberts
T Rafter
John Peuster
Matthew Scanlon
Matthew Latham
Richard Dougherty
Stephen Mckenna
Leon Levy
Aliee Loveland
Winifred Rohan
Lizzie Cobb
Conservatory Concert Opens Mid-Winter Series in Guernsey Hall
The Scranton Conservatory presents the first mid winter concert in Guernsey Hall. Students from the pianoforte vocal and elocution departments perform under Prof Pennington Miss Timb erman and Miss Dean starting at 8 o'clock. The program features piano solos vocal items four piano pieces and ensemble works with performers from Scranton Carbondale Dunmore and Atlanta among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Conservatory of Music
Guernsey
Pennington
Timberman
Dean
Plano
Englemann
Stella Parks
Providence
Csacves Resescseepecss Herald
Lenore Stetler
Beranton
Gaumfelder
Florence Tock
Alice Burns
Scranton
Hungarkin
Drahms
Miss Browning
Mutchison
Rone
Miss Wagenthirst
Mise Follanehee
Miss Conrad
Mr. Wilkins
Csvessersserees Rorces Ih
Ouransensa Needhim
Maxwell Chopmin
Dunmore
Louise Slocum
Carbondale
Lichner
Grace Browning
Bour
Whitcomb Riley Mies
Mildred Slowe
Merkel
Alma Follansbee
Oberlin
Dumenthal Mises Hildegard Conrad
West Fittsten
Melodia Meditaglene
Vera
Milhotti
Goring Thomas Mies
Grace Duncan
Atlanta
Harry Wilkins
Maying
Nevin
Safe at Hotel Jermyn Defies Eight Days of Cracking
After a week with the hotel safe at the Jermyn locked and the combination lost, machinist Smith has drilled twelve hours daily. The steel bolt, two and a half inches thick, resists despite continuous use of the top drills, and the safe remains unopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jermyn
Smith
Municipal Sanitation Lecture Planned by Green Ridge Club
Mayor Moir, Luther Keller and Secretary Dolph B Atherton form a special committee to receive Colonel Morse and Charles F Wingate, eminent sanitary engineers of New York City, for a Friday evening lecture in the board of trade assembly room on Municipal and Home Sanitation. The event is under the household economic section of the Green Ridge Women's club and admission is by invitation only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moir
Luther Keller
Dolph B. Atherton
Colonel Morse
Charles F. Wingate
New York City
Board of Trade
Green Ridge
Sliders of 90 Report for February 13 Meeting
All members of the Sliders of 90 are asked to report at E A Tropp 415 Washington avenue Tuesday night February 13 at 7 30 for business of importance. The Scranton Bicycle club bowlers travel to Wilkes Barre to face West End Wheels on their alleys in the third Northeastern Pennsylvania Bowling league game. The Wilkes Barre men beat the Elks in Beranton and outscored both the Bicycle club and Backus club opponents last Tuesday, though pin quality was blamed for lower scores. Tonight's match is billed as spirited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Tropp
Washington Avenue
Scranton
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Claim Banner
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year old remedy used by millions of mothers. It claims to calm infants, ease teething pain, soothe colic, and cure diarrhea and wind colic. The ad urges buying from druggists worldwide at fifty cents a bottle.
Requisition Papers Arrive for Montreal Anarchists in Scranton
District Attorney Jones receives requisition papers from Harrisburg and Washington to extradite Auguste Morel and Antoine Robert, accused of shooting Scranton police on July 1. Police Chief Henry Dierks and Detective John Moir will depart at 6:50 AM by railroad to escort the suspects to Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moir
Henry Dierks
Dunmore
Montreal
Rays
Snyder
Washington
Auguste Moret
Antoine Robert
Quebec
Patrick Kays
Henry Snyder
Henry Dierke
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
William PD. Hoyer
Frank Robling
Silas H. Carpenter
Scranton
Hoyer
Jones
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Secretary of the State
Il Oelock
Robling
Auguste Morel
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States
John Hay
W. G. Max Miller
Pennsylvania
Morrisburg
Morel
Robert
William A. Stone
W. W. Griest
The
Commonwealth
William McKinley
Kays and Snyder
Justice of Peace
BR. W. Cooney
Lincoln's Day Observed at Camp No 8 Anniversary
Lincoln’s birth anniversary marked by Camp No 8 Sons of Veterans in G A R rooms with speeches by John T Howe and I M Bunnell. Committee chaired by W L Nash oversaw the event with piano by Miss Rankin and a vocal by John M Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinick
Roy
Ralph Haan
Mary Hughes
Robert Rankin
Abraham Lincoln
Ezra Griffin Post
Sons of Veterans
John T. Howe
I. M. Bunnell
W. L. Nash
Fred Leber
Charles Moyer
J. Allen
J. 8
Reliable Canned Goods Price List
A catalog of canned beans and corn with bulk prices. Items include Fancy Stringless Beans 10 cents per can, 1.20 per dozen. Fresh Red Kidney Beans 1.00 per dozen. Extra Arbutus Lifted Peas 1.20 per dozen. Extra Telephone Peas 1.50 per dozen. Panes Maine Corn 1.20 per dozen. Arbutus Corn 0.60 per dozen. Franklin Corn 0.10 per can or 1.00 per dozen. Fancy Green Lima Beans 1.50 per dozen. Coursen’s Red Label Peas 0.18 per can or 1.75 per dozen. Value 0.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Franklin
E G Coursen Best Goods for Least Monsy
Local shop promotes value with a focus on low prices and broad stock. Advertised goods include household items and daily essentials aimed at budget conscious customers seeking quality at minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockaway
Maurice River
Blue Point
Vin Mariani Promotes Safety of Teetotal Tonic
The advertisement asserts Vin Mariani proves the tonic is equally reliable and safe for all users. It claims perfect confidence for a restorative effect and urges druggists to refuse substitutes.
Ferber Seeks City School Director and Eighth Ward Controller
C C Ferber, a Republican and real estate businessman, files as a candidate for city at large school director and for Eighth ward school controller. A longtime Scranton resident, he started in crockery business, later led Clemons Ferber Co. Now treasurer of Harmony Building and Loan, director in several groups, member of Liederkranz, Masons, Elks and Royal Arcanum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Ferber
Elx
Ferber
Washington Avenue
Sixteenth
Kishth Ward
Mim
Avenue
Coursen, Clemons & Co, Crockery Dealers
Lackawanna
Dinners For Officers Of Companies B And L
Colonel L A Watres hosted a dinner at his Quincy Avenue home for officers of Companies B and L. Hanley catered. Bayera orchestra provided music as national colors were displayed. Attendees included Captains Kambeck and Roub, Lieutenants Berry Relph Davis Cooper, and many corporals and sergeants from both companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Watres
Quincy
Hanley
Bayera
John W. Kambeck
Mimer J. Berry
Guy K. Relph
Eugene W. Hiesecker
Warren Colwell
Chester I. Smith
Herbert F. Kellow
Alfred E. Berry
Arthur PP. Hidgway
John '\. Cakley
Charles Colwell
William Saville
Frank Malott
John Lock
Larry Colony
Arthur J. Weeks
William A. Roub
Veal Sold Illicitly From Farmers Warned by Inspector
Food Inspector Widmayer reports that banned bob veal is being brought into the city by a class of farmers and has already captured a small quantity. Prosecution will follow if caught. Reputable butchers avoid it. some unscrupulous dealers will take the meat. Inspectors can condemn and destroy the product, but the farmer culprits will face penalties. Try a Hotel Jermyn cigar, 10c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widmayer
Bellevue Baptists Win Court for School Room Use
The Bellevue Hill Baptists won permission to use a room in No. 13 school for Sunday school until May 1. The board rejected a similar request from a United Mine Workers branch for two monthly evening sessions. The decision followed a heated debate about educational use of buildings and a note on stationary contracts with Prendergast for pads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Baptists
Bellevue Hill
United Mine Workers
FE. E B. Evans
W. A. May
Evans
Gibbons
South Scranton
May
Jennings
Board
Roche
Miners’ Union
R. EB. Prendergast
Prendergast
Mr. Jennings
Women’s Auxiliary Board of Missions Winter Meeting
The Wo man’s Auxiliary Board of Missions of the Scranton archdeaconry holds its winter meeting in the city with about sixty delegates. A communion service at St Luke’s Church at 11 am features Bishop Talbot, followed by a luncheon and a 2:20 pm business session in the auditorium. The meeting includes addresses by the bishop and Mrs J G Scott, discussions of the United Offering Fund, letters from missionaries, financial statements, and payroll approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary Board of Missions of
Archdeaconry of
Scranton
St. Luke's Church
Talbot
Francis Bateman
J. J. McHenry
Ballentine
E. J. Haughton
M. T. Nash
Mra
J. G. Scott
Wilkes-Barre
United Offering Fund
Misa Emery
New York
Japan
China
Manila
Dunning Denies Run for Carbondale City Engineer
A. B. Dunning denies being a candidate for Carbondale city engineer. He states he runs a flourishing business and will keep it, refusing any political bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Dunning
Carbondale
Dunning
Tribune
S-cent bottle Tar Syrup refund pledge card
A local refund pledge notes money back if Greene’s Warranted Syrup of Tar fails to cure a cough or throat ailment. The card promises a 5 cent bottle refundable to prove satisfaction or money refunded, with signatures including Thompson, M J Vetter, A W Murgrave, Albert Schultz, David M Jones, and Bhryer’s Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Alan Furrantey
Co. Thompson
M. J. Vetter
A. W. Murgrave
Albert Schultz
David M. Jones
C. Lorenz
Bhryer
F. 1
Terppe
H. M. Cole
Ches
P. Jones
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Norton’s Bulletin
Valentines
M. Norton
Lackawanna Ave
Ecranton
Seal Line
Spruce Street
DR. Taylor
Weeminge Avenue
Hotel
Sanderson Avenue
Ackawanna
Sf’ Penn Avenus
B. Warman
F. L. Crane
Ee Charles Robinson
Tane'a
Irving
Lackawanna Hardware Co
Ratiter
Conservatory
Guernsey Hall
Randolph Jones
Chapman
Lister
James
Duncan
Burns
Sanderson
Torrey
Callender
Gallen
Municipal Sanitation
Morse
Wingate
Mrs. Winslow
Mota
E. G
Coursen
Vin Mariani
Mariani
Seltoh
C. C. Ferber
Cc. Ferger
B and L
BOB” Veal
She
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Lackawanna Avenue
South Mal Avenue
Bellevue Baptists
Langan
Peter Stipp
No. 38
Annie E. Judge
No. 2
Schriefer
Women's Auxiliary
Liut
Darker
Tie Monpeas Hardware
Strouse
Buyewaw Sterling
Ween
Pierce
Pierce’s Market
Penn Avenue
50 Cent
Hand & Payne
the Square
Washington Ave
F. Beckwith & CO
Dime Bank
Wakehouse
Chas. B. Scott
Franklin Ave
Foote & Fuller Co
Mears Building
John Bull
Conrad
Union
Desslen
Arlington
Wyoming Ave
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