Millers Face Charges in West Side Larceny Case
Samuel Miller Sr and Jr of 761 Seventh Street face larceny and conspiracy charges after a man named Mike Minto was paid ten dollars for cider by Polishon, who then had the Millers arrested. Samuel Jr. held on $100 bail for court appearance, with a Sunday sale charge added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Samuel Senior
Junior
Seventh Street
Samuel, Jr
Mike Minto
George Polishon
Milllers
Minto
Polishon
Millers
Kelly
Samue, Jr
Alderman Kelly
Andrew Acker
South Seventh Street
Mike Dresko
Jackson Street
Dresko
Camp 1748 Patriotic Order Banes of America Finances
Camp 1748 reports six month financials ending Dec 30 1896. With 255 members cash on hand was 1701.88 and total assets include real estate and paraphernalia valued at 242.50 and 28.62 respectively. Expenditures for sick benefits nurse hire building loans and misc totaled 861.40, leaving a prosperous balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Order Bane of America
Linden V. Decker
Fire alarm at Kelly's block sparks chimney blaze
The 9:20 PM alarm from box 44 reported flames around a chimney at 721 Beranton Street. Firefighters from the Eagles, Franklins, and Columbias responded but were not needed as the flames were quickly extinguished. A defective flue or overheated chimney is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly's Block
Beranton Street
Eagles
Franklins
Columbias
Mrs Watkins to spend summer with sister in Barry W Virginia
Mrs William Watkins of Deckers Court Wisconsin will leave next week to spend the summer with her sister Mrs Roger J Evans of Barry West Virginia. D L Reese of Pembre South Wales is expected here soon to spend the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Watkins
Deckerscourt
Roger J. Evans
Barry
West Virginia
D. l L. Reese
Pembre
South Wales
Company F appoints drill field leaders after Tuesday drill
After Tuesday evening drill Company F Thirteenth regiment announced new appointments First sergeant W F Freeman fifth sergeant Harry Carling corporals Fid ward Space George T Griffiths Thomas Beals Garrison Storm Thomas A Phillips from Price Street Also company cook to be assigned The notes also mention Sunday school class members visiting Nay Aug Park and July hospital duty shifts at West Side hospital and other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth Regiment
Freeman
Harry Carling
Fidward
George T. Griffiths
Thomas Beals
Garrison Storm
Thomas A. Phillips
Price E
Martha Nichols
Matti Hughes
West Side Hospital
W. E. Allen
M. J. Wil
Lediex' Aid Society
Hampton Street Methodist Church
Nay Aug Park
Luke Scott
Meridian Street
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
E. ¥. Harrison
Mears Hall
Main Avenue
Hay Williams
North Sumner Avenue
John HW. Williame
Edna Williams
Women's Missionary Society
Jackson Street Baptist Church
James Hughes
Kimberly
South Africa
Jemima Jones
John Lewis
Mr. Hughes
Thomas de Gruchy
Roberts
North Main
West Side Business Directory Advertisements
Notary Public B G Morgan and Bon offers real estate foreign exchange and ocean ticket services with monthly rents collected. Harriet J Davis Florist lists cut flowers and funeral designs. Second hand furniture by J C King at 701 to 709 West Lackawanna Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Morgan & Bon
Foreign Exchange
Ocean Ticket
Jackson Street
Klusgrave
Harriet J. Davis
South Main Avenue
J. C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
Dunmore News and Local Notes From Stroudsburg to Dunmore
Al Wagner returns from Avoon after successful cancer operation by Dr. Seamane. Stroudsburg School and guests attend events. Mountain Lake day outing for numerous Dunmore youths. Green Ridge Street dangerous with stones. Henry Krause injured but recovering. Express service opens branch in Bone’s drug store for Dunmore residents. Local residents tale of outings and recoveries with several names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Wagner
Avoon
G. Ft. Seamane
M. J. Murray
Lydia
Etta
Monroe Avenue
Stroudsburg
Stroudaburg Normal School
Henry Sedden
Florence
Brooklyn
N. Y
Amos Washer
Schumacher Avenue
Dunmore
Mountain Lake
Frank Bingham
Grace Engle
Grace Powell
May Pinnell
Elsie Powell
Grace Craven
Eva Montgomery
Jessie Wert
Genevieve Blesecker
Annie Powell
May Simpson
Delia Rose
Clara Collins
Lou Dimmick
Lucy Ellis
Ruby Wert
Marjory Eden
Lou Simpson
Emma Ludwig
Annie Young
Blanche Harper
Alexander Thompson
United States Express Company
Bone
Scranton
Charles Correll
Dudley Street
Lake Ariel
Roy Kellam
Grove Street
Fred Spencer
Peckville
G. W. Spencer
Clay Avenue
A. L. Austin
New York Street
Local Visitors and Funeral Notices in Scranton Area
Griffith Lloyd of Olyphant visited W. R. Thomas on William street. Mrs. Charles Thomas of Philadelphia visits her mother Mrs. David Reese of Sprite street. Andrew Muir, injured at Leggett's Creek mine, can now move about. Mrs. J. Cronk of Helvetta leaves for Wilkes-Barre. Funeral for F. B. Kleese at 1 p.m. from 209 Oak Street. interment in Dalton. Funeral for Albert Lewis at 2 p.m. Friday from Leggetts Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith Lloyd
Olyphant
W. R. Thomas
William Street
Charles Thomas
Philadelphia
David Reese
Sprite Street
Andrew Muir
Leggett's Creek
J. Cronk
Helvetta
Wilkes-Barre
F. B. Kleese
Delightful South Side Y W C A Social With Ice Cream
Tuesday evening at South Side Y W C A rooms offered a pleasant social with ice cream and a music program. Performances included piano duets by Lena Shants and Lena Miller and solo numbers by Daisy Huber Bessie Meyers Clara Bahls and Van Nort the secretary who will depart July 1 for vacation until September 1. Mayme Clearwater will supervise during Van Nort's absence as the gospel meeting is announced for Sunday at 3 45 with special music. Crystal Laundry promotes washed stiff collars with soft button holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Y. W. C. A
Muate
Lena Shants
Lena Miller
Daisy Huber
Bessie Meyers
Clara Bahls
van Nort
Mayme Clearwater
Miss van
Surprise Party For Miss Lillian Sharp At Home
A surprise party was held for Miss Lillian Sharp at 618 Larch Street on Tuesday evening. Guests included Isabella Hasleton Ada Kirk Venice McPeek Mertha Steffin Susie Pardise Ida Cleveland Rachel Leeds Dora Scott Mastera Thos Co. Prosser Willie Hazleton Raymond Deltner John Wilson Herbert Hill and Harry Shar. Refreshments, games and music concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Sharp
Larch Street
Isabella Hasleton
Ada Kirk
Venice McPeek
Mertha Steffin
Susie Pardise
Ida Cleveland
Rachel Leeds
Dora Scott
Mastera Thos
Co. Prosser
Willie Hazleton
Raymond Deltner
John Wilson
Herbert Hill
Harry Shar
School Board Reviews Moosic No 3 Building Condition
The school board met at No 1 school with full attendance. Director McCrindle arranged for expert builder M P Judge of Mulherin and Judge to inspect No 3 school in Moosic. Judge supported hiring a master builder to determine the cause of the dilapidation. Professors McConnell and Burdick spoke on their books as two agents. Mr. Thomas urged delaying purchase of new books and moved to consider it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rell
McCrindle
Moosic
M. P. Judge
Mulherin
McConnell
Burdick
Thomas
Beautiful June Weddings in Wilkes-Barre Area
The weddings of Blanche Louise Jenkins to John Harris Chapman at Green Ridge Presbyterian Church and Kate Saltry to Attorney William H. Gillespie at Holy Rosary Church are described. Details note gowns, attendants, music, receptions, and postwedding plans including home addresses and bridal tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Louise Jenkins
Eliezer D. Jenkins
John Harris Chapman
Duryea
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
T. C. Edwards
Kingston
Salome Hecker
Lohengrin
Grace Jenkins
Joseph Chapman
Charles Whenecke
Andrew M. Fine
Scranton
Carleton Brown
Wilkes-Barre
Welcome Stover
Mr. Edwards
Miss Becker
Chapman
Capouse Avenue
Perlors
Clarke
Bauer
Delaware, Lackawanna
Local weddings mark spring vows in Scranton area
Miss Hannah Thomas wed Horace Coslar in a private ceremony at her parents home with Rev. Hugh Davies officiating. The couple, guests limited to close relatives, plan a two week honeymoon to New York before settling at Price street and Bromley avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Thomas
John M. Thomas
Lafayette Street
Horace Coslar
Hugh Davies
Elvira Reese
George Thomas
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
New York
Price Street
Bromley Avenue
Marriages Reported Across Malone Lynn and Elmwood
A string of local wedding notices details ceremonies at Malone New York Jefferson Avenue and Lynn New York with Rev. Cann, Rev. Robinson, Rev. Hogd and others officiating. Couples include a Malone ceremony, a Lynn wedding at Mrs Corolta’s home, a Breaker Street bride and groom at St Pauls parsonage, and an Elmwood New Jersey wedding at the bride’s uncle’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Malone
Thomas Cann
Jefferson Avenue
Mr. Cann
C. Be, Robinson, TD
Second Presbyterian Church
Hudson River
Lynn’s
N. Y
J. George Fbisele
Delaware and Hudson Coal Department
Orff
Corolta
Mr. Hogd
Eleele
St Pauls Commencement in Green Ridge Endears Spectacle
One of the season’s entertaining commencements at St. Paul’s Parochial School Green Ridge featured a Dumbbell drill drama Sylvia’s Jubilee operetta The Butterflies Carnival and scarf drill. Bishop Hara presented diplomas to seven graduates and a business course diploma to Cordelia Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Parochial School
Green Ridge
Mieses Ann O'Malley
Julian Halligan
Nora Cadden
Eugenie Smith
Agnes McTague
Madeline Tallman
Helen Smith
Nellie Walsh
Annie Cadden
John O'Hara
Peter Comtesse
Edward O'Hara
Aloysius Grewer
Death of Jacob Courtright at Hillside Home
Jacob Courtright, a patient in the insane ward of Hillside Home, died yesterday. He had been at the institution since October 10 after being found wandering in a demented condition on the West Side. Courtright may have relatives in Freytown, Madison township, and his remains were unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Courtright
Hillside Home
West Side
Courtright
Freytown
Madison Township
Obituaries of William Penry and others in Bellevue and Jessup
William Penry 70 died at his Snyder avenue home after a peritonitis attack. He was born in Rhymney Wales in 1827 and lived in Bellevue 33 years, with a stint in Alliance Ohio. Survived by his wife, no children, formerly a miner and fireman with Delaware Lackawanna and Western. Interment at Washburn Street Cemetery after services at Bellevue Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. Daniel J. Moriarity, Times reporter 28, died at his mother's home after a pneumonia relapse. born in the city, viewed as a rising court reporter with the Times. James Prideau, after long asthma illness, dies at 60 in Jessup. wife and two children survive. funeral at 2 PM with Prospect Cemetery burial. Mary Dolan, four, dies of pleurisy at Joyce Town. funeral Friday 2:30 PM at Minnooka Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie R. Whetstone
Julia Penwarden
Lohengrin
Herbert Hall
William Herall
Wallace G. Moser
A. EK. Morse
Frank Thornton
Charles Seeley
Mrs. Keen
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
William Penry
Snyder Avenue
Bellevue
Alliance
Ohio
John Penry
Mr. Penry
Rhymney
South Wales
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Company
J. T. Morris
Hugh Davies
South Main Avenue
Penry
Washburn Street
Daniel J. Moriarity
Times
Orchard Street
William
John
Michael
James Prideau
Jessup
England
Prospect Cemetery
Mary
John Dolan
Joycetown
Minooka Catholic Cemetery
To Cure a Cold in One Day Promises
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold in one day with a money back guarantee from druggists if it fails. The claim reflects early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
Physicians and Surgeons Directory Entry Scranton
Medical and legal listings in Scranton show Dr Kay at 206 Penn Ave with hours 1 5 and 7 9 pm for diseases of women and children, Dr Bateson at 33 N Washington Ave, and other doctors including Dr Frey, Dr A Trapold, Dr Anna Law, Dr L M Gates, Dr W L Amoreaux, and Drs Freas and Rook. Attorneys listed include Frank Boyle, Edward Thayer, Jeffreys & Ruddy, Warren & Knapp, Jessup & Jessup, Patterson & Wilcox, Alfred and William Hand, and many more in Commonwealth Building and Traders' National Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Penn Ave
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City
Thomas D. Reese
Corbett Avenue
Reese
Lackawanna Valley
Mae Jones
North Rebecca Avenue
Carrie Newhart
Honesdale
Kate Ssuckley
Pittston
Josiah Shoop
Mie
Ella Kresge
Gilberta
Monroe County
George Thorn
Luzerne Street
Mia
Belle GB
Alexander
John FE. Harris
Forest City
John F. Randolph
South Hyde Park Avenue
West Side Business Directory
Globe Warehouse
Tome
Providence
South Side
Erie Medical CO
Sifpals
Boml
Tredeurer
Lovering
Elsc
eJenkine
Gillespie-Saltry
Kate Saltry
West Market Street
William H. Gillespie
Holy Rosary Church
J. J. O'Toole
Katie Thornton
John McCormick
Ashley
Libbie Neary
Charles Holand
J.B. Gilroy
M. J. Corcoran
Gillespie
Luzerne County
Young Men's Institute
Pennsylvania
Thomas Saltry
Coslar- Thomas
MacIntosh-Archbald
BE. Archbald
School of the Lackawanna
John Alexander MacIntosh
Eisele-Orff
Carter-Kennedy
Fred Carter
North End
Kate Kennedy
Breaker Street
St. Paul's Church
P. J. McManus
Holden-Stone
Lewis L. Holden
Elmwood
N. J
Leah L. Stone
Penn Avenue
F. 8. Ballentine
Church of the Good Shepherd
ST. Paul's
Lackawanna Avenue
Jnon
Drexel
Baldwin's
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ave
Snow
Weston Mill Co
Sertion
Bondate
Professional Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
DR. Bateson
N. Washington
Avenue
Co. B. Frey
Jewell
Spruce Street
Mary A. Shepherd
M. D
Homeopathiet
Adams Avenue
A. Trapold
Corner Home Avenue
W. B. Allen
North
Washington Avenue
Orth Wabi
Anna Law
Wyoming Ave
L. M. Gates
Madison Avenue
Percival J. Morris
Board of Trade
Edward H. Davis
E. L. Walter
Lewis Hancock
Cor. Wash. Ave
Frederick L. Brown
Erase
Ranton
T. S. Lachy & Son, Architects
Traders’ National Bank
DR. F._ street
DR. Co. L_ FREAS
W. L'Amoreaux
Tod P
W. G. Rook
Capital
Linden Street
Frank B. Boyle
Burr Building
Edward W. Thayer
Rooma
Commonwealth Bldg
Warren & Knapp
Republican Allaing
Law
Commonwealth Building
Patterson & Wilcox
Atmey Bank Building
Alfred Hand
William J. Hand
Frank T. Okell
Coal Exchange
Samuel W. Edgar
L. A. Watres
Lackawanaa Ave
Scranton, Pa
R. Pitcher
Comegys
D. B. Replogle
Loane
Mears Building
B. FP. Killiam
Wyoming Avenue
JAS
J. H. Hamilton
Attorneysl Law
Commonwealth Bidg
Scranon
Watson, Diehl, Hall & Kemmerer
Barring & Msweeney, Commonwealth Building
Interstate Beret Service Agency
H. F. Reynolds
P. D
Main Ave
Laubach
Snover
Lacka. Ave
M. BE. Davis
Horonton
Thomas M. Cann
Walter H. Buell
Leeds
G. R. Clark & CO
Green House
North Main Avenue
ELK Cafe
Franklin Avenue
P. Zeigler
Ooo Scranton
Victor Koch
Bauers Orchestra
Lerne
Ee J. Bauer
Music Store
Megarger Brothers
Beranton
Frank P. Brown & CO
West Lackawanna
Thomas Aubrey
Williams Building
Postofice
Rex
Tribune Publishing CO
Dr. Peal
Ceronesland
John H. Phelps
Corene Avenue
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