City Notes from Scranton and Nearby Spots
City notes report the grand jury meeting today and a Florence Mission managers meeting tomorrow at 10 am. Other items include jail for a drunken vagrant from Maple Street, a baby's death at Lackawanna hospital, probate of Thomas Orchard's will, and various local notices on schooling, mining payrolls, and community events. Local obituaries mention Ida R. Olin's death at 29, funeral plans, and interment in Jackson, Pa. A tramp’s unidentified body remains at Lackawanna hospital, to be used for dissection if unclaimed. The Sheridan fair reopens, and St Luke's Industrial classes start a second term. Two boys’ families worry over possible matches to Shamokin tragedy reports.
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Gran Jury
Florence Mission
Tom Hughes
Maple Street
South Ride
Fred Hofman
Lackawanna Hospital
John Higden
California
Thomas Orchard
Carbondale
Keagteter
Willa Hopkins
John H
Charles Orchard
Thomas H. Cavanagh
Mayfeld
Howard Kennedy
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Chae and
Eddy Creek
Delaware, Lackawanna and Weaterm Railroad Company
Manville
Sing Sewing Machine Company
Daly
Scranton Cisarta House
Dee
Ida R. Olin
Green Ridge
Jackson
Public Schoola of Scranton
Liberty Hall
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
St. Luke's Church
Linden Street
Adams Avenue
Gilbert Cobb
Lizzie Sherer
R. J. Foster
Frank Jermyn
Coleman
The Leader Holds January Clearance Sale In Scranton
Truthful advertising earns trust as The Leader launches a January clearance sale starting Saturday with a large crowd. Extra sales staff will aid during the sale, which runs through February 1. Also advertised is Taylor's New Index Map of Scranton and Duamora available at the Tribune or via Scranton Directory order.
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Taylor's
Tribune
Scranton
Moir Slate Falls Short in City Delegates Rally
Ripple Widmayer and Williams claim a decisive victory as delegates are chosen for Tuesday's Republican city convention. Moir slate faces strong anti motions in North and West Sides, while South Side delivers solid Ripple-Widmayer-Williams support. Captain Moir remains noncommittal about an independent bid, stressing Republican loyalty.
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Ripple
Moir
E. H. Ripple
Fred J. Widmayer
Daniel Williams
Geventy
Ninteenth
Ine
Captain Molt
Mr. Westpfahl
Thomas Davies
Captain Muir
Lackawanna Avenue
South Side
North End
West Side
John
H. T
Thirteenth Ward
Colonel Ripple
Third National Bank
P. O'Malley
Thomas Evans
William Evans
C. D. Mead
Wiliam J. Rees
Samuel Daniels
Daniel Evans
Grant Cutler
Harry Birbeck
George B. Monies
John J. Owens
Robert Forvington
David W. Reese
John J. Willams
George Nurke
Herman Hagen
Elehth
William &. Millar
William T. Jenkins
C. Q. Carman
E. M. Verney
Harvey Long
W. H. Withers
Miles D. Hines
O. B. Wright
George Parrott
Harry Bastian
Fred. Bielfeidt
Albert Heler
Philip Wirth
Charles Weber
James Meuiness
Fred. Ehrhardt
John Ellis
Conrad Schroeder
Preston Robinson
BE. D
Montrage Barnard
John W. Kambeck
Luther Keller
Charles Beckett
Joseph Weber
Peter Naeher
Jacob Weissman
Fred. Zeigler
Julian Cooper
Fred.lass
James Mcoy
Pirac
I. D. Roberts
Henry Dale
Madison Avenue
Tribune
The Speculator and Other Plays At Local Theaters
Thomas Q Seabrooke presents George H Broadhurst's The Speculator at the Academy of Music with Ethel Winthrop Jeannette Lowrie and Marlon Young in a praised cast. Sutton Vane's The Cotton King debuts at the Academy tomorrow night with thrilling scenes including an elevator peril. Shadows of a Great City by L R Shewell opens at Frothingham Wednesday showing realistic New York locales. Edwin Forsberg stars in Frederic Bryton's Forgiven at the Davis Theater today through next day.
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Thomas Q. Seabrooke
George H. Broadhurst
Speculator
Academy of Muale
Ethel Winthrop
Jeannette Lowrie
Marlon Young
Ife
Chicago Board of Trade
Denbrooke
Academy
Sutton Vane
Academy of Music
L. R. Shewell
Benson
Bankers Mansion
J. Howard Rogers
Gaspard Marder
Edwin Forsberg
Frederic Bryton
New York Sun
Mr. Forsberg
Davis Theater
Sacred concert in College Hall praise of Haydn and piano solos
The second sacred concert by Prof. Schilling and St. Peter's cathedral choir was held in College Hall with a large audience despite zero weather. Miss Lula Spieske of Hartford gave piano solos, and Rev. F P McNally lectured on Haydn, praising the composer as master of instrumental music.
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W. P. Schilling
St. Peter's Cathedral
College Hall
Lulu Spieske
Hartford
Conn
Alfred Wooler
Elm Park
St. Mary's Church
Dunmore
Scranton Saengerrunde
South Side
Eadle Dougherty
Lillian Co
A. Hammett
John T. Watkins
K. J. Thomas
Thomas
Marv Lous
Haydn
F. P. McNally
St. Patrick's Church
West Side
Father McNally
Peter Peuser
Leseal
Kate Mongan
Sadie Dougherty
Miss Mongan
Elijah
Meseers
Watkins and Wooler
The Fencing Master at the Academy of Music
The Fencing Master with Katherine Germaine in the title role was staged at the Academy of Music Saturday night to a fair-sized audience. The production showcased bright music and strong costuming with Tre Dennick and Arthur Etherington delivering clever comedy, meriting encores alongside Germaine who impressed as a student of Marie Tempest. Also featured were Nella Dergen Marion Langdon and the Messia H Arthur Lelblee Tre Dennick Arthur Etherington and Harry De Lorme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Katherine Germaine
Academy of Music
H. W. Tre Dennick
Arthur Etherington
Miss Ciermaine
Marie Tempest
Nella Dergen
Marion Langdon
Messia
H. Arthur Lelblee
Tre Dennick
Harry de Lorme
Grenada and the Alhambra Described by Colonel Sanderson
Green Ridge library hosts an illustrated description of Grenada and the Alhambra by Colonel George Sanderson on Tuesday evening January 7. His talk features recent travel photos and admission is free with a silver offering at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sanderson
Green Ridge
Friends of the
Grenada
Alhambra
Fire Extinguished By Chemicals In Lehman Clothing Store
A furnace fire at B. Lehman & Co. clothing store at Franklin and Lackawanna avenues Saturday about 11 am was put out with chemicals before substantial damage occurred. Central fire companies answered the alarm and confined the blaze to the floor.
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8. Lehman & Company
B. Lehman & Co
Franklin and Lackawanna Avenues
Central Hove
Starting Out Young Lesson for Young Men
Thomas White, a 21 year old cabinet maker from Philadelphia, was arrested on Penn avenue for drunkenness and begging. He appeared in police court and was sentenced to thirty days in jail. He was apprehended by Patrolman Meinzer last Friday night and the incident was described as a warning to young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas White
Penn Avenue
Meinzer
Philadelphia
Weather News Predicts Frozen, Then Warmer Day
The article traces yesterday’s bitter cold near zero in Washington and unfolding forecasts. It notes a morning of 2 degrees above zero, a midday rise to 10–16 degrees, then a deliberate drop to 4 degrees by 11 p m, with temperatures edging up later as officials forecast gradual warming north of Scranton in Susquehanna County.
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Washington
Mercury
Scranto
Horanton
Rollin Hills
Susquehanna County
Weather Note Mentions Cold In Pocono Region
The report cites a baby bilizard Saturday night and states the Pocono region experienced harsher cold than a protected valley, noting the sections were colder with tea lingering in the air.
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Pocono
Scranton Girl's Sudden Death Linked to Reputation
New York death of Gussie Rosenkranz sparks shock in Scranton over a dying declaration accusing A. B. Cleveland, a local commission merchant, of ruining her. Cleveland denies the charge as midwife Elisa Landau faces arrest after an affidavit from the dying woman. The case connects to Rosenkranz's New York treatment and prior ties to Cleveland, with investigations and legal actions ongoing.
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Gussie Rosencrane
New York
Gussie Rosenkrane
A. 8
Cleveland
No. 1
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton
Beech Pond
Wayne County
Elisa Landau
Mast Forty-first Street
William N. van Sickle
West Fifteenth Street
Thouront
Thourot
EC. Armstrong
Fulton Street
West New York
Yorkville
van Sickle
Miss Rosenkrang
Mott
Miss Rosenkranz
Elmira Business C Oege
Filmira Business College
Rock Street
West Side
Mimira
Riwira
Two Ward Caucuses Nominate School Controller Hopefuls
In the Sixth ward Democrats held a lively caucus with John M. Casey leading the vote for school controller over M J O Toole and William McDonough. Casey totals by district were 140, 1, 7 for 28. O Toole 69, 42, 2 for 114. McDonough 4, 8, 16 for 99. Ward officers nominees included J J Regan for common councilman and others. In the First ward Republicans renominated Finley Ross for select council, opposing John Reese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Casey
M. J. O'Toole
William McDonough
J. J. Regan
Thomas A. Welsh
D. P. Mannix
A. F. Flannery
Patrick Murphy
Register of Voters
J. O'Malley
Finley Ross
Office of Select Council
John Reese
Sacred concert by First Presbyterian Church Choir
The First Presbyterian Church Choir gave a fine sacred concert at the Young Men's Christian Association auditorium before a large audience. It was the first meeting in the newly renovated hall. Twenty six members sat on a decorated stage as Secretary Mahy spoke on the Barren Fruit Tree and thanked Ollie Morgan and the choir for the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Young Men's Christian Association
Mahy
Ollie Morgan
Officials Retire as Kelley Is Succeeded by Longstreet
Coroner J A Kelley retires at noon and Dr B P Longstreet, Republican nominee, succeeds him after defeating Kelley last November. Kelley served three years and handled many autopoles and inquests, earning friends before returning to Carbondale to resume his practice. Longstreet is described as a young man with a rising reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Dunning
8. P. Longstreet
Republican Party
Carbonnale
Dunning Retires as County Surveyor. Bartl Named Successor
A. B. Dunning Jr retires after six years as county surveyor and earns praise for settling the Lackawanna Susquehanna boundary dispute. Edmund H. Bartl, who defeated Dunning for reelection last November, becomes the new surveyor. Werth also noted as a capable surveyor.
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Crober
A. B. Dunning, Jr
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Edmund H. Bartl
Dunning
Werth
Mrs Samuel Jessup Dead In Beirut Syria
Advices reach home on Dec 11 of Mrs Samuel Jessup wife of Rev Dr Samuel Jessup in Beirut Syria. She is sister to several Jessups in this city and related to church figures. other notices list marriages and local ads including a carpet shop on Lackawanna Avenue with decor items.
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Beirut
Syria
Samuel Jeanup
Samuel Jessup
Willem H
George A. Jessup
Jessup
Montrose
Henry Vweesup
Presbyterian
Arabia
Armenia
Condit boy funeral in Scranton on Wednesday
In Scranton on January 5 1898 William J Condit aged 7 years 6 months will be buried after funeral at 2 o clock from 2 Mulberry Street interment at Waymart Thursday morning Also Hoffman infant daughter Alma of John L and Annie M Hoffman died January 4 1896 funeral at St Luke's Church Wyoming Avenue at 2 09 pm today
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Condit
Seranton
William J. Condit
Mulberry Street
Waymart
Hoffman
Scranton
Alma
John L
Annie M. Hoffman
St. Luke's Church
Wyoming Avenue
Money for the Hospital Directors Plan Fund Raising
The Lackawanna hospital directors will meet next Friday to discuss raising funds for the year 18s debt. Hospital expenses through December 1, 1805 totaled 17000 dollars, with 12500 dollars from state aid leaving 4500 dollars to be raised locally. Only a small portion of this balance has been subscribed.
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The
Lackawanna Hospital
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Busset
Commonwealth Shoe
Washington Avenue
City Notes
John McVarrish
Michael McVarrish
Cedar Avenue
Anthony Connolly
James Connolly
Greenwood
Daily Papers
Shamokin
Taylor
Scrantog and
Duamora
Widmayer and
Williams
Cathedral Choir
P. I. M'Nally
Waydu
Lula Spieske
Hartford, Conn
Joseph Haydn
Huatria
Danube
Joseph
III
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Vienna
Handel
Messiah
Mins Epleske
Chopin
Mozkowski
First Presbyterian Church Choir
V. M. Co. A. Mall
Powell’s
Music Store
Slebecker & Watkins
Lackawanna Safe Deporlt Bank
W.W. Berry, Jeweler
Lackawanna Ave
Emerson
Malcolm Love
Clough & Warren
Carpenter
Waterloo
J. Lawrence Stelle
Spruce Street
Burbank
White
China
Rupprecht
Crystal Palace
Opp Baptist Church
J. Bolz
Christian Oureirien
Scranton School of Elocution
L. J. Richards
Buar Building
Washington AD
Tate Tee
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Washington Av
Beranten
Bil
Dunn
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