Death of Mrs Hannah McFadden in Suburban Home
Mrs Hannah McFadden died suddenly yesterday morning at her Chestnut street home. She was sister to the late Mrs Patrick McCann and survived by six children Patrick John Manus Annie and Mrs Joseph McKenna. Community notices list local candidates, society meetings, and upcoming concerts with various names and venues throughout the suburbs.
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Hannah McFadden
Chestnut Street
Patrick McCann
Patrick
John
Manus
Annie
Kathe McFadden
Joseph McKenna
Wickwire Recovers Bullet Shot Year Ago in Michigan
William Wickwire, shot by Michael Gaillhan in Scotts Michigan, for over a year lived with a bullet lodged in his throat. Doctors could not locate it until Wickwire coughed it up, ending thirteen months of irritation and danger.
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William Wickwire
Scotts, Mich
Michael Gaillhan
Boy shoots three girls then commits suicide in Milledgeville
In Milledgeville Kentucky on January 6 a boy named Walters obtained a revolver while playing and fatally shot his two female cousins aged 4 and 8, wounding a third girl. He then shot himself in the head and died from the self-inflicted wound.
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Milledgeville, Ky
Walters
South Side News Reports Transit Slump and Job Cuts
Complaints mount over Scranton Traction service on the Electric Road with uneven car spacing and tight schedules. Machinists at Booth Steel are laid off leaving about nine dozen workers idle as local industry moods darken and political caucuses loom in the Twentieth ward.
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South Side
Scranton Traction Company
Agaim
Jis al Owen
Booth Steel
Mrs Annie Emery Dies at 42 East Market Street
The widow of George Emery passes at her home after nearly five years of illness. Survived by husband and five children, funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm at Providence Methodist Episcopal Church with interment in Forest Cemetery.
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Annie Emery
George Emery
East Market Street
Emery
Providence
Green Rhige
Forest i
Plymouth
Plaeton
Presbyterian church elects trustees and seeks pastor
The congregation will hold its annual meeting in the torture room at 7 39 this evening to elect two trustees and hear the report of the committee appointed to secure a pastor. Local reports note Arthur Smith’s return from Union and Charles G. Cole’s return to Princeton after holidays. Weather and utility news mention extreme cold, ice harvesting prospects, and repairs to pipes and sewers.
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Arthur Smith
Union
N. G. Parke
Pittston
Presbyterian Church
O'Clork
Plumbers and Water Company
Epworth League
Methodlatehurc
Charles G. Cole
Princeton College
Odd Fellows
Spencer
Washington
Political Notes on Ward Caucuses and Nominations
Republican voters in the Ninth ward will hold a joint caucus Friday evening January 10 from 8 to 9 at the Central Republican club rooms to nominate candidates for select council constable and ward officer and conduct other business. The Twenty first ward nominations include Martin Joyce select council Joseph Dean constable John G Nicholson assessor Reese R Thomas register of voters John Ord judge of election and Thomas D B age inspector of election. Earthquake in New Hampshire Hanover January reported felt at 4 o clock this morning waking residents and rattling buildings.
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Nova
Charles Duggan
Board of Trade
Cambrian Glee Society
John Lewis
Bromley Avenue
Hamlet
Hyde Park
John T. Watkins
Watkins
Davies
London
Talieson Phillips
Grennell Sovtey
Rutherford B. Hadley
Joseph Jerevan
Palmer William
William Morris
Retort James
Bert Synon
Winetmage
Waco Council
Arthur Phillips
Jeanette Davia
Ligzyle Parry
Gwennie Thomas
Ldwie Parry
Willam R. Williams
David Smith
Henry G. Davis
Reese C. Powell
William BR. Willams
Evan Miles
C. M. Florey
Martin
W. W. Ross
John FP. Donahoe
Stone Avenue
New York
New York College of Pharmacy
John McVarries
Cedar Avenue
Anthony Connolly
Greenwood
Peter Lally
Mendham
Martin Melvin
Cdar Avenue
Charles Stone
Select Council
Tebert Robinson
Stone
Stowllee
Robinson
Ninth Ward
Republican Club
Constable
Ward
Acsear
F. W. Feliz
F. P. Price
C. P. Jadwin
C. E. Chittenden
Twenty-first Ward
Martin Joyce
Joseph Dean
John G. Nicholson
Reese R. Thomas
English Speaking World Urged to Press Arbitration Now
The American commissioner in Washington reports growing favorable American opinion for a peaceful settlement with Britain over the Venezuelan dispute. He cites Tribune and Sun editorials praising Britain's resolve and urging diplomacy, arbitration, and a convention covering all questions between the two nations.
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London
Jan
Daily Chronicle
Washington
England
Chronicle
New York Sun
The
Tribune
Agincourt
Plassy
Trafalgar
Great Britain
Westminster
Gray
Delaware
Cleveland
Benator Gray
Lord Saliebury
Hailish
New York Times
Fingland
Lord Lallenbury
Britain
Spreckels War With Sons Over Hawaiian Capital Stock
San Francisco January 6 Sugar millionaire Clara Spreckels had long clashed with his two younger sons August and Rudolph over three fourths of the Hawaiian Commercial stock. After bitter family strife and failed attempts to secure funds, the elder learned the full payment had been made on January 2 1895, and now searches for the capital lender who aided the sons while the street mocks the magnate's wrath.
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San Francisco
Cal
Clara Spreckels
August
Rudolph
Capitallista
Spreckels
Gus
Hawaiian Commercial Company
Claus
Bull Fighters Seek Chicago Exhibitions Amid Expo Halt
Chicago may host genuine bull fights as matadoras and riders travel from Mexico. Mexican bulls moved from Atlanta to Chicago for exhibitions, but the exposition company shut down this feature and concessionaires faced heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Chicago
Exposition Company
Foraker for Senator No Opposition in Ohio
Ohio legislature convened with T L Steener as speaker and J C Hutsinpiller as president pro tem. The session will elect a U S senator to succeed Galvin Brice, with former Governor Foraker slated to win as the opposition remains weak and some Democrats may withhold support.
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Ohio
Columbus
House
TD. L. Steener
Senate
J. C. Hutsinpiller
Alex. Cain
R.F. Hayward
United States
Galvin
Brice
Foraker
Paiy
General Assembly
Farmer Kills Wife Then Wounds Self in Indiana
In Little York Jeffersonville Ind this morning Walter Coombs a prosperous young farmer shot and killed his wife Lizzie and shot himself. He is believed fatally wounded and threats of lynching loom if he survives. Lizzie was described as handsome and accused of giving her affections to other men.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Little York
Walter Coombs
Lizzie
Coombs
Utah Celebrates as Utah Joins the Union
Salt Lake City marked Utah's entry as the forty fifth state with a festive holiday. The capital city was adorned with hunting and decorative displays of great variety and beauty as residents celebrated the new state's career in the union.
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Bingham Young
Salt Lake
Utah
State
Union
Nearly All Manufacturers Report Agreement in Millville
In Millville New Jersey on January 6 wires were blocked in factories Nos 4 and 6 as talks suggested near universal agreement among manufacturers. Local workers expressed concern over disruptions and possible impact on production schedules.
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Millville
N. J
Glass factories face mass shutdown across the industry
Whitall, Tatum & Co reports a large layoff of glass workers last night. Rumors claim factory No. W will suspend blast and many plants may close before month end. Reports say a large share of hit glass manufacturers have signed to close factories for two weeks in January, causing worker anxiety in both branches.
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Whitall, Tatum & Co
Oyster Dredger Frozen Three Colored Men In Savannah
A oyster boat with three colored dredgers drifted into the Savannah river mouth in a northwest gale. One man frozen to death, another near death, the third unable to talk after 63 hours at sea with no food or water.
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Savannah
Bevannah River
Calahogue Sound
Coventry dies in Bechuanaland battle
London reports Hon. Charles Coventry captain in the Bechuanaland police has died from wounds received in the Boers and Dr Jameson’s followers battle. John Stewardson of the firm Cope Stewardson, Philadelphia architect, drowned after falling through ice on the Schuylkill River while skating.
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London
Colonial Office
Charles Coventry
Bechuanaland
Earl of Coventry
Jameson
The Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Gains
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood enriching remedy that rebuilds strength and prevents wasting. It claims up to 68 percent cure rates for consumption in early stages and offers free literature from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York, upon request.
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Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
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News of the Suburbs
Luce Bros
R. Jones
John Griffiths
Samuel Harris
Thomas Elias
Thomas Abrams
Hattie Davis
West Side
William D. Griffiths
North Malin Avenue
R. J. Hughes
South Main Avenue
John H. Reynold
Fairchild
Harriet J. Davis
W. L. Steenback
Weat
Starners
Revere
F. W. Margon & Co
J. C. King
Jackson Street
James F. Beats
West Side Events
St. Brenden
M. I
Father McNally
Spartacus
Gladiators
Edward O'Malley
Mary
Michael Sullivan
Patrick Henry
James A. Quinnan
William Youston
St. Patrick’s Church Choir
John Conway
P. McNamara
Dominick Gibbons
Anthony Martin
P. FP. McCoy
Charman
T. J. Carr
P. J. Hogan
F. L. McLane
John T. Davies
Fourteenth Street
W. Lewis
D. Stephens
8. Watkins
Lizzie Lewis
Lisate Jenkins
Norma Williams
Mary A. Thomas
Rachel Ellas
Marvy Ann
First Welsh Congregational Church Sunday School
Dol. Evans
John R. Jones
Mimself
HE Samters
South Side News
North End
William Gedine
Dickson
Mcrvon
William Heine
Marion Street
Andrew Davitt
Haly Rosary Church
J.J. 4
Toole
James
Thomas
Patrick Malley
Patrick McDonough
Thomas Walsh
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Lewis Jenkins
D. F. Davis
Green Street
Thomas I. Evans
New York Pharmacy College
William Fitzgerald
College of the Holyrose
H. Db. Evans
Philadelphia Naval Academy
Ne Eee C
Tal Lake Glee Club
East Market
John Grier
Wayne Avenue
Evan Lewis
Putoum Street
W. D. Donne
Lingle Jones
Carbondale
Fenning
Putnam Street
Lackawannahes
Thomas and
Evane
Piliston
W. J. Edwards
Margaret Avenue
Hannah Arnott
Mame Hodgson
Amelia Avenue
Dunmore
New Lathpshire
Hanover
N. H
Bull Fighters
IHS
Indiana
Medical Boards
Harrisburg
Allopathic Board
Homeopathic Board
Eclectic Board
Wilkes-Barre
Jon
Vaesal Crap- Oo
Central Railroad
Alden Coal Company
Trenton
Reed
John Thompson
Atlantic City
Hrigantine Beach
Wyomung Valley
Thie City
Mercury
Harvey's Lake
Mt. Glen Summit
Wand Bear Creek
Roya
the Fashion
Lackawanna Ave
Scranton, PA
Amue Hines
W.W. Watson
A & B. William
Cashi
Samuel Hines
James MM. Everhart
Irv A. Finch
Pierce B. Finley
Joseph Jermyn
M. 8. Kemprer
Charlies P. Matsa
John T. Porter
W. W. Watson
AcKker
Storough
Acker Medicine Co
Chambers St
N.Y
William S. Millar
Scranton
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Boston
Samuel
Bangor
Caroline
Thos. Smith
St. Louis
Columbia Chemical Co
Washington, D
Pirietata
Matthews Dros
Lock
Wyoming
WM. T. Smith
A. W. Jorisch
Spruce ST
Frotaingram
Thomas Jefferson
Catherine Market
New York City
Blackwell
Puoper Ward
Liftine
Murlem River
Evi
da. m
Academy OF Music
W. A. Brady
Sutton Vane
Adelphia
Bowtong
Davis’ Theater
Edwin Forsberg
Frederick Bryton
Saper
Atlantic Refining Co
Mason
Coal Exchagne
Av& Works
Pine Brook
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