Open Wyoming Avenue Faces Mayor Bailey Decision
Mayor Bailey has fifteen days to decide on opening Wyoming Avenue from Olive to Ash Street after the council passed the ordinance. The measure, backed by city authorities, involves land damages and potential track relayout by the Delaware and Hudson company, with options secured from 17 property owners totaling around 57 776 dollars.
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Counsils
H. Co
W. Gibson Jones
James Kearney
Hailey
Olive
Ash Street
Palley
Tribune
Bailey
Cownells
Boranton
Wyoming Avenue
Olive Street
Sald Clty
Councila
Phillips
Tiree
Delaware and Hudson Company
W. Tibson Jones
D James Kearney
Kearney
New Street
Pine Street
Gibson Street
Capouse Avenue
Pine
Gibson Streets
Tate
Lackawanna Tron and Coat Company
Jones
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Bulley
Inventory Filed for Late Hazleton Brewer John Arnold Estate
The inventory shows $59,000 in gold at the residence and $49,250 cash in Hazleton bank plus $18,528 in Hazleton First National bank. Personal property and brewery stock stakes total nearly $550,000, making the whole estate about $658,580.70. Harry Jacobs, confidential clerk, serves as administrator. the estate is among the largest settled in the orphan's court in years.
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John Arnold
Hazleton
Fin
Wish
Hazleton Bank
Hazleton First National Bank
Harry Jacobs
Orphan'’S Court
Wilkes-Barre
Lecture on Roentgen Rays by Dr Goodspeed
Dr Goodspeed of the University of Pennsylvania will deliver a lecture on Roentgen rays. The Penn faculty acknowledge a duty to extend educational benefits beyond undergraduates and the city limits due to state support.
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Scranton
Goodspeed
Roentgen
Dr. Goodspeed
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvanian
Ite
Ladies of Ruth Households Fancy Cake Walk at Finley's Hall
The Ladies of Ruth, No 921, M T Jones Household, affiliated with the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, plan a Martha Washington themed cake walk at Finley's Hall on Tuesday evening February 2. Chas Smiths couple will lead the grand march as the event committee sells tickets.
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M. T. Jones
Ruth
Martha Washington
Finley's Hall
Chas, Smith
George
Martha
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Frien
New Mining Method Tested at Coleraine Colliery
Hazleton Sentinel reports a test of a Harrison coal mining machine at A. B. Van Wickle’s colliery in Coleraine near Hazleton. The device uses a piston driven drill on wheels guided by two handles, designed for narrow veins and steep pitches to cut wide floor sections. Early results suggest lower labor needs and potential displacement of skilled miners, with ongoing efficiency assessments and plans for vertical slice attachments.
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Hazleton
Harrison
A. B. van Wickle
Coleraine
Velna
Conmental
Two youths jailed for alleged poultry theft in Flattlesnake area
Jacob Herroth and Albert Heeckls from Flattlesnake Pond were committed to county jail in default of bail on larceny charges. They allegedly broke a coop, stole eighteen chickens from George Rogelle, and later claimed they found the birds. Alderman Howe ordered their detention.
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Jacob Herroth
Albert Heeckls
Flattlesnake Pond
George Rogelle
Fonelle
Hetton
Heckle
Howe
Centre Street police station to open soon after delays
The Centre street police station will not open on Feb 1 as planned by Chief Robling. Cells still need building and will take another week. Police business is dull with only three arrests in the central city in the past week, two for drunkenness and one for begging.
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Centre Street
Robling
Consul Beamish Reappointed For 1894
Beamish was reappointed yesterday as consul for the League of American Wheelmen in the North eastern Pennsylvania district. He served as consul last year and his renewal came as a surprise and unsolicited.
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Beamish
League of American Wheelmen
Pennsylvania
Maintenance and way forces reorganized at Lehigh divisions
The notice states that from February 1 the Easton Amboy and Lehigh divisions maintenance and way forces will be consolidated with Edward J. Dorsey as roadmaster and John Redington and John Dinan as assistant roadmasters, and William E. Harwig as master carpenter, office at Easton.
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Lehigh Valley
Easton and Amboy
Lehigh
Edward J. Dorsey
John Redington
John Dinan
William E. Harwig
Easton
Town Tales of Scranton and Wilkes Barre Confusion
Humorous scraps recount a Wilkes Barre telegram mix up leading to a train delay and a Scranton city hall hearing prank. A deaf muteness bit at a car yields a penny from a kind child while an earlier misread message about a telegraph clock confuses officers.
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City Hall
Mayor Bailey
Secretary Beamish
Man Jones
Jones
Quarrel at Board of Trade Office Sparks Ongoing Sit-Down Fight
In Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, a quarrel between Garret Smith and Atherton since Thursday grows as Smith, secretary-elect, shadows Scranton’s secretary. The dispute, fueled by a visit misstep and family ties, rages in the board of trade offices with loud exchanges and heated gestures.
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Board of Trade
Garret Smith
Wilkes-Barre Board of Trade
Atherton
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Scrantonian
Smith
Board of Trade Rooms
Two Brothers In Law Clash Over Visit Spills Into Debate
Smith and Atherton clash during a family visit in Wilkes Barre and Scranton trade circles brace for orderly business on Monday. The brothers-in-law argue, their wives calm nerves, and Smith departs this afternoon while Atherton echoes relief. The Scranton board of trade is slated to resume its regular sessions Monday.
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Wilkes- Barre
Smith
Atherton
Scranton Board of Trade Rooms
Walsh Re-Arrested on Perjury and Assault Charges
Thady Walsh of Minooka was arraigned before Alderman Millar charged with perjury and assault and battery. Suspected as the man who assaulted Motorman William Gleason on a Pitts ton car, Walsh had earlier been discharged after pleading not guilty. New evidence alleged links him to the assault, with bail set at 4500, which he met.
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Thady Walsh
Minooka
Millar
Walsh
William Gleason
Pittston
Waite Comedy Company Closes Two Week Run at Academy
Tonight the Waite Comedy company ends a two week engagement at the Academy of Music after drawing about fifteen hundred patrons per show. This afternoon they present Beacon Lights and tonight Passion's Slave.
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Waite
Academy of Music
Beacon Lights
Ferguson & Emerick Bring Bright Comedy To Academy
The cheerful comedians Ferguson and Emerick arrive Monday for an eight day engagement at the Academy of Music with matinees. They promise a lavish show featuring stage favorites and the new farce McNulty's View filled with rapid jokes and humorous situations sure to provoke constant laughter.
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Ferguson & Emerick
Academy of Music
McNulty
Four New Suits Filed Over Policy Payments and Debts
Legal actions include two against Old Wayne Mutual Life Insurance for policy payments where insureds Mary Gordon and John Kearney with James Loughney faced natural deaths but claims denied. An unusual trespass suit by Delaware and Hudson engineer Isaac Baker accuses A Berry of misleading reports leading to suspension. Simon Christ sues Margaret Hessinger over a paid judgment note and related goods. Attorneys O'Brien Kelly and S. Wluff represent plaintiffs.
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Old Wayne Mutual Life Insurance Association
Indianapolis
Mary Gordon
Margaret Loftus
Carbondale
John Kearney
Patrick Kearney
James Loughney
O'Brien & Kelly
Isaac Baker
Delaware and Hudson
A. Berry, & Carbondale
Baker
Berry
Delaware and Hudson Company
Haker
Wluff
Simon Christ
Margaret Hessinger
Irregular suit over old note leads to trespass action
An attempt to collect a second bill noted. a prior suit to block collection was ruled irregular by the court, which deemed a trespass suit the proper proceeding. The decision refocuses the case on the old note and ongoing collection effort.
Obituary notices mark longtime Kingston resident J Milton Nicholson
J Milton Nicholson of Kingston died yesterday at home from paralysis. Born August 3, 1824 in Salem Wayne County Pa, he served as train dispatcher and station agent for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad, and earlier was postmaster at Hop Bottom. Survived by wife Susan Elizabeth Potter, he belonged to the Presbyterian church and was a Republican. Funeral Monday at 1 pm from his home, interment in Salem.
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J. Milton Nicholson
Kingston
Wyoming Valley
Mr. Nicholson
Salem
Wayne County
Zenas and
Nancy (Goodrich) Nicholson
Connecticut
New England
Perentige
John Birmingham
Moosle
Moosic Presbyterian Church
Brick Church
Birmingham
Improved Order of Red Men
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Thompson
Detective Mair
Davis
Jack Tierney
Jack
Wilkes. Barre
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Dunmore
Mr. Jones
Lackawanna Valley
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Chicago
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Jonas Long’s
Greater Scranton
Old Wayne Insurance Company
Mim
Hessinger
Catherine Kelly
Lower Street
Bhola
Hyde Par Catholic
Charles Barnum
Washington Chemically
Washington, L. W
Gon and Bros
H., Sanderson
Monsey Avenue
New York Street
Adlon
Gilbert
Armise
Alfred
Charles
Francis Barnum
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Henry Fahner
Union Street
Taylor
William Olster
Michael Moesner
Moltke Avenue
Moses Taylor Tal
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Walter
Povenantas
Penn Avenue Baptist Church
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