Scranton City Notes Roundup of Local Items
City notes record a charity dinner set at table M on Saturday evening. The pauper has suspended publication of the Scranton Sunday World. Several local appointments and notices include a judge of election for the Second district of the Twelfth ward to fill a vacancy. Union rail pay and Wilkes-Barre repair shop workers’ wages were issued. Funeral services for Rev. F A Dony are listed with times and burial in Dunmore. Multiple marriage licenses granted. Association meetings and sewer construction assessments noted. Sunday school officers listed. Wills and administrations for Carbondale and Taylor estates recorded. several inmates discharged from county jail after grand jury action.
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B. B. Morrin
Scranton Sunday World
P. F. Ryan
Daniel Hayes
Delaware and Hudson Company
Beranton
Wilkes-Barre
F. A. Dony
Monsey Avenue
Asbury Methodist
Young Women's Christian Association
McGinley
van Storch Avenue
Haresdale Street
Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Board of Control Rooms
Grace Reformed Episcopal Church
W.W. Lathrope
C.F. Hesse
Minard Frear
W. H. Muahody
John Kipikis
Taylor
Busionah Ko Mas
John Splave
Patrick Murray
Josephn Goawoskey
Joseph Lelaskey
Joseph Finn
William Wall
Kestin Moysing
Thomas Gaughan
John Simmons
Patrick McNells
Michael White
Peter Smith
John Hudack
Charles W. Fuller
Growth of Superior Court Work Compared to Supreme Court
Court Crier William K. Taylor compiles a table showing twenty year growth in appellate business, noting the new superior court disposed of about half of last year's local appeals. The report compares counts of appeals from each county for 1896 and 1897 and reviews work from the court's inception July 1, 1896 to Dec 31, 1897.
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Taylor
Supreme Court
Superior Court
William K. Taylor
Supreme and Superior Courts
Appeals outcomes show mixed rulings with reversals
The notice reports nineteen appeals submitted without oral argument, three reargued, ten quashed, with four concurring opinions and thirteen dissents among the appeals. It notes criminal cases: forty percent affirmed, sixty percent reversed. civil cases: seventy-three percent affirmed, twenty-seven percent reversed. The following table shows the in
Winnacrae house plants ad from Fels & Co Philadelphia
An old advertisement notes using Naptha soap suds after washing clothes to kill worms and insects and keep house plants thrifty. Philadelphia based Fels & Co promotes the product.
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Winnacrae
Fels &Co
Philadelphia
Appeals by district rise and fall across cities
Last year there were 186 appeals from the Philadelphia district and 188 from Pittsburgh, with 63 from Harrisburg, 43 from Scranton, and 95 from Williamsport. The preceding year Pittsburgh led with 108 appeals as activists from Philadelphia, 27 from Scranton, 20 from Harrisburg, and 12 from Williamsport.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Scranton
Williamsport
Former Attache Honored by Goldsmiths Bazaar Employees
Last night John R. Mahon ex-bookkeeper at Goldsmiths Bagnar was surprised by a group of employees who filled his Harrison avenue Linden Street residence. They presented him a handsome half hat rack and held a luncheon with singing and dancing to honor his years of orderly accounts and punctual salaries.
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John R. Mahon
Goldsmith's Bagnar
Fritzs Friend a Dog Arrested for Drunkenness
Henry Fritz was jailed on a drunkenness charge after a Wednesday night arrest. Patrolman Karius escorted him to the station. his dog followed and waited outside the cell. In the morning Mayor Bailey fined Fritz 3 but he defaulted to ten days in county jail.
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Henry Fritz
Karius
Fritz
Bailey
Gate Tender Fatally Injured In Runaway Car
William Williams gate tender at the Van Storch mine was crushed when a runaway car struck the gate. The accident occurred yesterday and Williams, who started work six days ago, sustained multiple rib fractures and a broken right arm before being removed from the wreckage and taken home.
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William Williams
Margaret Avenue
van Storch
William
Willams
Williams
Fifteen Year Old Burglar Commits to County Jail
Fifteen year old Albert Zwiskie was committed to the county jail by Squire Gilday of Archbald in default of bail on a burglary charge. The incident began when neighbor John Tomkosky reported Zwiskie entered the Zwiskie home and took a weapon as a prank, leading to arrest after his parents could not post security.
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Albert Ziviskie
Squire Gilday
Archbald
John Tomkosky
Zwiskile
Tomkosky
Zwiskie
Driver Boy Thomas Dempsey Injured at Pine Brook Mine
A rope breaking in the Pine Brook colliery injured 19 year old driver Thomas Dempsey. The rope wound around his wrist causing a broken bone and he was taken to Moses Taylor hospital on Quincy avenue Dunmore.
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Fine Brook
Thomas Dempsey
Dempsey
Moses Taylor Hospital
Quincy Avenue
Dunmore
A Dictionary for Two Cents By Williams Co
A compact 10000 word dictionary from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY promises complete meanings with omissions avoided. It emphasizes concise entries and usefulness for both educated readers and those without any dictionary, asking readers to mail two cent stamp for a copy.
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Dr. Willams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Public Works and Finance Tie Up City Council Session
The common council debated sewer projects on the Seventeenth district South Side and discussed paving Carbon street with asphalt or brick. City treasurer reported December finances while several ordinances passed two readings including opening Wyoming avenue and Dunn Sprinkling contract.
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South Side Ridge
Councila
Common
Williame
Manholes
Flanaan
W. H. O'Hara
Dunn
Trom
Carbon Street
Penn Avenue
Committee On Treasurers
Washington Avenue
New York
Marion Streets
Roche
Weleet
Wyoming Avenue
Gordon
Common Council
Scranton Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association
Dunn Sprinkling Company
Souvenir Postal Cards Free With Sunday Press
The Philadelphia Sunday Press will include six free souvenir postal cards with next Sunday's edition. Each card shows a famous Philadelphia landmark in color and the issue promises exclusive features and more reading than a magazine.
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Philadelphia
Workman Falls Thirty Feet From Ice Chute
Paul Vassil, a workman, fell from a ice chute while moving ice at Goulisboro yesterday. He landed about thirty feet, injuring his right thigh and head. He was removed to Lackawanna hospital and is expected to recover.
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Goulisboro
Paul Vassil
Lackawanna Hospital
Vassil
Musical and literary entertainment at American Memorial tabernacle
Tonight at the American Memorial tabernacle under Close No 4 a musical and literary program honors the young participants coached by Elisabeth Moyle. Performers include Caroline and Marion McDonald Sallie Tripp Heyth Kaufffeld William Francis Hattie Kline Hazel Hitchner Jane Russell Ralph Pease Elon Evans Bertha Francis Florence Mooney Ethel Pease Irene Francia Alice Mooney Florence Yost Beatrice Holden Blanche Scrine Mable MaeCawley Ressie Reynolds Lora Russell Flora Kaufhold with admission set at 10 cents.
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American Memorial Tabernacle
Close No. 4
Elisabeth Moyle
Caroline
Marion McDonald
Sallie Tripp
Heyth Kauffeld
William Francis
Hattie Kline
Hazel Hitchner
Jane Russell
Ralph Pease
Elon Evans
Bertha Francis
Grace Serine
Lois
Street Cleaning Clears Snow on Lackawanna Avenue
The street cleaning department removed packed snow from Lackawanna avenue yesterday. E. and W. Collars, Inc. advertises a bankrupt sale at 205 Lackawanna avenue featuring 25 cent neckwear and umbrellas at half price.
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Lackawanna Avenue
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