West Spokane pastor named for Congregational church
Community notes report Rev. Mr. Edwards appointed to the Congregational Church at West Spokane Washington with his daughter assisting in his labors. The column lists local residents, visits, illnesses, and society event notices including a Joe Ort benefit, a New Year’s marriage, and upcoming social and literary meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
West Spokane
Washington
Edwards
Spokane
Benjamin Morgan
Ontario Theological Seminary
Minnie Davis
Wilkes-Barre
W. G. Daniels
South Malin Avenue
Nettle Bryden
West Pittston
Belle Vippend
Jackson Street
Christopher F. Robertson
North Rebecca Avenue
Elizabeth Price
Eynon Street
Margaret R. Davies
Washburn Street
New York City
Elizabeth Lewis
Hampton Street
Janet Anson
Bloomsburg State Normal School
Edward Hughes
Division Street
John Lally
Seventeenth Street
Williams
Evans
Mary Wren
Mahanoy City
John T. Williams
South Mary Avenue
Columbia Hose Company
Joe Ort
Hannah May Jakes
Fourteenth Street
Frank Smith
Rebecca Avenue
St. Brenden
Mearshall
Hyde Park
Hamlet
P. W. Tague
Burgess Griffiths
Taylor
Bho Derby
Edwards Court
John Derby
Los Angeles
California
Hugh Jones
Kingston
John Thomas
Lafayette Street
F.T. Stover
Nanticoke
S. F. Matthews
Scranton Street Baptist Church
Board of Trade
Oliver
Gertrude Freeman
Avenue C
W.T. Sproats
Nellie Sheappie
Philadelphia
A. E. Betterly
South Bromley Avenue
Cambrian Glee Society
John Lewis
Bromley Avenue
W. Ee. Thayer
Rosine Edwards
Key
Jonathan Edwards
Plymouth Congregational
Funeral Notices From Sherman Avenue Community
The funeral of John T. Davis was held at his late Sherman Avenue home with interment at Washburn Street Cemetery. The service drew many friends despite cold weather and pallbearers from Hyde Park lodge Knights of Pythias and Silurian lodge of Odd Fellows. Also noted was the funeral of Sister Joachim of S J Tutrick's convent with high requiem mass and several diocesan clergymen attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Davis
Mis
Sherman Avenue
Wasburn Street
Friends of the
Hyde Park Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Silurian Lodge of Odd Fellows
Joachim
S J. Tutrick
Whelan
Father Christ
South Scranton
Father Coffey
Carbondale
D. A. Dunne
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patricks Church
Haydn Evans
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Thomas Kane
Richard Lonergan
J. Doyle
J. Lunney
William Reese
Joseph Moore
Breck Street
Anthony Burke
Minooka
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Patrick Kenny
Nahi
Delaware and Hudson
Minooka Catholic
Miamere Late
St. Joseph's Church
Patrick F. Coyne
Michael O'Neill
Patrick McNally
Patrick H. Walsh
Patrick Mc Donnell
John Walsh
Martin Jeffers
Willliam Connell & Co
Misa Winifred
Local News Briefs From Bristol Area
George W Mabey Jr suffers a severe void at the Bristol House. Mr and Mrs David Reese welcome baby Ben on Wayne Avenue. No indoor baseball tonight. next game Friday between Malleys Triple Stores and Penner Chappels at Company Harmory. James Newcomb of Hrick Avenue injured by rock fall at Marvine shaft with fractures. Dr Sullivan attends. Thomas H Evang of Wayne Avenue seriously ill at home. Henry Protheroe of Throop improving after a long illness. Providence Methodist Episcopal church normal class met Friday at teacher's home for Fourth Gospel exam. Miss Kate Atherton of Clark's Summit visits Mrs J M Bumgardner on Church Avenue. George W Benedict of North Main Avenue improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mabey, Jr
Bristol House
David Reese
Wayne Avenue
Ben
Malley's Triple
Penner & Chappel's
Company Harmory
James Newcomb
Hrick Avenue
Marvine Shaft
Sullivan
Thomas H. Evang
Henry Protheroe
Bf Throop
Providence Methodist Episcopal Church
Kate Atherton
Clark's Summit
J. M. Bumgardner
Church Avenue
George W. Benedict
North Main Avenue
Central Park Garden Change Hands April First
Central Park garden and its hotel will transfer from Charles S Gelbert to Frank Moeller on April 1. Gelbert will retire, move to Pittston avenue and Palm street, and Moeller, an experienced hotel man, is expected to improve the park. Local church notes, police call, elections, obituaries, and wedding plans follow in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park Garden
Frank Moeller
Father Melloy
Charles 8
Zang
F. Roland
Miller's
Pittston Avenue
Philip Roller
Fred G. Schwenker
Austria with Germany on South Africa and Monroe doctrine
Berlin reports finance and bond issuance moves dominate markets as London and Frankfurt watch for a definitive American loan. Stolp from St Petersburg hints Russia may not recognize the Monroe doctrine, while Britain faces a potential exchange over the Transvaal accord. Germany backs Transvaal independence and possible protectorate actions, with Austria aligning to support German intervention and Vienna papers hoping for curbed English encroachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jan
Frankfort
London
St. Petersburg
Prince Labanoff-Rostovsky
United States
Cear
Germany
England
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
South Africa Company
Great Britain
Transvaal
Kruger
South African Republic
Austria
South Africa
Vienna
Baldwin Straw Plaiting Works To Move To Japan
Bridgeport reports N A Baldwin & Co straw plaiting works near Milford will relocate to Japan. A syndicate funds a factory there to produce Japanese straw matting using shipped machinery. William Dougherty will supervise setup as labor costs and duties push production offshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Straw Plaiting Works
Connecticut
Bridgeport
N. A. Baldwin & Co
Milford
Japan
William Dougherty
America
China
Fowl and Stock Exhibit to Open in Scranton Next Week
The first annual Scranton Poultry and Pet Stock Association show will run Wednesday through Saturday at Sumter's hall. Officials include President George Stevenson and VP George Owens. Premiums exceed $100 with cash prizes from local notables such as Mayor Connell and Captain James Moir. entries close Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Scranton Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Sumter's Hall
Penn and Lackawanna Avenues
George ©. Stevenson
Geo. W. Owens
B. T. Lacey
W. R. Leeter
Westlake
W. Market Street
David Huntsman
W. Ft. Teeter
William Haverly
C. W. Brockway
John Phelps
George Horn
Binghamton
Humorous Household by War Talk and Shore Tales
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper page blends comic dialogue at a doorstep with military banter about Chickamauga and Sherman's arrival. The Von Blumer scene shows a husband annoyed by visitors, followed by a veteran’s anecdote and a child’s quip about the devil and a visit to the sea shore.
Excited Canadians Try Lynch Murderer Shortis Sheriff Foils Them
Montreal January 6 Sheriff Laberge Beauharnois arrived with Valentine Shortis the Valley Field murderer whose death sentence was commuted to life by Lord Aberdeen. A mob at Beauharnois Jail broke a door but the sheriff calmed them and spread a false tale that Shortis had been moved. He then ferried the prisoner to Ste Martine and on to Chateaugay by rowboat and train to Montreal. Valley Field residents are enraged and have damaged governor general property amid the commutation controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Laberge
Beauharnois
Valentine Shortis
Valley Field
Neo
Aberdeen
Shortis
Ste. Martine
Chateaugay
Lord Aberdeen
Murder Ties Mafia in Louisiana Sugar Districts
New Orleans reports another Italian murder tied to Mafia activity in Louisiana sugar parishes near New Orleans. A man shot with buckshot was found at Peak plantation in St James parish. a Capone name note and Defalco trial link suggest he was Giuseppe Mauro, husband of a principal witness, slain to silence a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bike's Peak
St. James’ Parish
Giordano
Joseph Capone
Defalco
Gussippe Mauro
Battle Ship Texas To Undergo Board of Survey
The battleship Texas has arrived at Norfolk for a board of survey to assess condition and estimate the cost of repairs to restore her to service. She will be placed out of commission, with crew reassigned, and repairs begun in a dry dock, a delicate operation given past docking troubles at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peelde
Washington
Texas
Norfolk
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Norfolk Yard
Courage and Gunplay in Bourbon County Tales
The tale recalls George Davis and Bill Jacobs, Bourbon County farmers, once friends turned rivals who met in Paris with pistols and a brick, sparing each other after a tense stand off. It then shifts to a Denver tale of a eastern visitor with a pepper box who is spared by a seasoned gunslinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Bill Jacobs
Bourbon County
Paris
Davis
Jacobs
Denver
His Retort Courteous by Dr Chalmers Tale
Dr Chalmers tells of Lady Betty Cunningham who bowing to the plate instead of contributing provokes an elder’s rebuke. At a nobleman’s house he learns the lady is a relative, and the doctor vows to reveal the family tie when retelling the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
Betty
Five Minutes for Fun Unreasonable Rail and Comic Quips
A collage of witty snippets from Chicago and other papers features jokes about railroad fare unreasonableness, misheard phrases on trains, mistaken identities, and social quips. The pieces highlight era humor through cartoons and brief dialogue exchanges.
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News of the Suburbs
Luce Bros
West Side
William D. Griffiths
Aizes
R. J. Hughes
South Main Avenue
John H. Reynold
Fairchild
Usefil
Harriet J. Davis
W. J Breenback
West Side Bank
Starner
F. W. Mason & Co
J. C. King
James F. Beats
Cedar Avenue
Washburn Street Cemetery
North End
Tere Samters
South Side News
E. J. Meller
St. John's Church
BE. J. Melley
Church of Jesus Christ
Herod
Alligh Roller
Liberal
Chicago Times-Horald
Ven Blormer
Halifax
Chickamauga
Grant
Chick
Sherman
Old i
Mission Ridge
Aoe Ee Cavalry
Sheridan
Cleveland Plain Calor
Mame
Cincinnati Enquirer
Expressian
Express
Harper's Bazar
Washington Star
MAFIA
Battle Ship
Dune
Chicago
Casper Corker
Jonas
Caspar Corker
Wien
Brooklyn
Miss Ingenue
Sailor
Ingenue
Aiipman
Chicago Tribune
Indianapolis
Notie
Miss Summit
Dashaway
New York Herald
Harold
Detroit Tribune
John
Filegende Blaetter
Lackawanna Ave
Scranton, PA
Traders National Bank of Scranton
Muel Hindent
BW Watson
BO Williams
Samuel Hines
James Erortart
Jermy
Finchice BR
Tigley
Jogenh J
Mye
Kemerer
Chohn T. Porter
W. W Watson
Tats Bank
Busees
Firme Foneraly
William S. Millar
Scranton
Gas and Water Co
Wyoming Ave
Center St
Petites
Wyoming
T. Smith
Spruce ST
the Frothingham. & Reis, Lessees and Managers
Thomas Jefferson
Catherine Market
Blackwell's Island
Harlem River
Academy OF Music
Seabrooke
Sereeneene
W. A. Brady
Edigios
Sutton Vane
London Adalpha Theater
New Yok
Boston
Davis’ Theater
Edwin Forsberg
Frederick Bryton
Superbes
St. Denis
Broadway
Eleventh St
New York
Grace Church
William Taylor and Sow
The
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