Wilam Connell Named Cher on Cotton States Exposition Committee
Wilam Connell is appointed chief of the executive committee for the Cotton States Exposition to be held in Harrisburg on July 10. The lieutenant governor and Mrs. and son Reyburn depart today to join relatives traveling to the event and related family gatherings. Dora Cady, once state secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association in Kansas and now in Omaha, visits sister Mrs. Hines at Lackawanna Avenue. Mary L Mahon Anna L Cor and Mame G Kelley return from East Stroudsburg Normal after attending the class of 01 reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilam Connell
Harrisburg
Reyburn
Dora Cady
Secre
Young Women's Christian Asfon
Kansas
Omaha
Mrs. Hines
Lackawanna Avenue
Mary L. Mahon
Anna L. Cor
Mame G. Kelley
Yester
East Stroudsburg Normal
Will of Mrs. Catharine Winton Divides Estate Among Five Children
The Providence widow's will, drawn by Judge Garrick Hardy, leaves all real and personal property to her husband if alive, then to five children in equal shares. A trust funds the family burial ground, with 70 percent of any excess above 20 000 invested for ten years and monthly interest paid to the five heirs. No charity legacies are provided. executors are the five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Winton
Providence
Tudge Garrick Hardy
Wilkes-Barre
Henry Heermans
Regimental Orders and Drill Schedule for Third Brigade
Headquarters of the Thirteenth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania in Scranton issues Regimental Order No. 4. Non commissioned officers of Companies A to D must report for exam and warrants next Monday evening July 8 at 8. Third battalion drill set for Tuesday night at 7 9. Gherst, adjutant of the Third brigade, visits. regimental colors received from Harrisburg. Forwarding notes: Colonel Coursen absent. returns early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Montrose Barnard
L. T. Mattes
Gherst
Sauquoit Silk Mill Expansion Pushes Toward December Machinery
Ground was broken for a 50 by 150 foot addition to the Sauquoit Silk mill four stories high, expected to add 150 workers and reach full operation by December 1. The project supports a growing silk trade as the largest United States plant when finished, with about 1,500 employees across the complex. Meanwhile James Simpson & Co on Cedar avenue nears completion of a new mill, boosting the county as a silk manufacturing hub. Thomas Myers of Cedars Avenue barely escaped a severe hand injury when chopping kindling, the forefinger nearly severed but salvaged by Dr. Kolb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauquolt
Fas
Sauquoit
United States
Ftare
Belpe
James Simpson & Cos
Cedar Avenue
Twentieth Ward
Taylor and
Minooka
Thomas Myers
Dr. Kolb
Myers
Local notices report injuries and social updates
Fred H Becker of Prospect avenue recovers under De Kolb care after a serious dog bite on the legs. John Mullen, River street, returns home after seven stitches from a fall. Mrs Angelina Sykes and Conrad Reichstiner to wed this evening. Michael McGarry and wife set to sail for Ireland for six weeks from Pittston avenue. Bargains in chemisettes and ladies wares offered by Mears and Hagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Becker
Prospect Avenuue
de Kolb
Buono
Mears & Hagen's
Henry Mellrath
South Steel
Frank Kleinschrodt
Pittston Avenue
Thomas Smith
Hillside
Charles Steinley
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John Mullen
River Street
Cedar Avenue
Birch Street
Angelina Sykes
Mountain Lake
Conrad J. Reichstiner
Robert Robinson
Michael McGarry
Ireland
New York
North End Notes and Local Tidbits From Town
Miss Bessie Henwood travels to Glenwood to upend the Fourth. Excelsior Hose company plans a picnic and clam bake at Frear's grove. Nettle Christmas of Philadelphia visits Weat Market street. Meara and Hagen offer 9 cent shirt waists. Welsh Baptist Sunday school to Europe trip July 17. Mice Suale Evans visits Wayne avenue after Stroudsburg Normal School graduation. Mrs Hudson of Washington D C plans a meeting with Mrs George Griffin in Vaughnsville. Providence Gas and Water lays large water pipes through Providence square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Henwood
North Main Avenue
Glenwood
Excelsior Hose Company
Frear's Grove
Nettle Christmas
Oval School
Philadelphia
Weat Market Street
Meara & Hagen's
Welsh Baptist Sunday School
Europe
George Griffin
Mears & Hagen’s
Providence Gas and Water Company
Providence Square
Rescue Story From Lake Eric Captains Wife Shares Relief
Mrs. Captain Hensy recounts a five month ordeal with recurrent attacks causing head and abdominal pain, bloating, and weakness. She credits immediate relief and lasting improvement to Donn's Kidney Pills after trying plasters and medicines. She expresses lasting faith and gratitude for the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Evening News
Front Avenue
Captain Hensy
Builders on Edna and Olyphant Roads Reported
David H Price and John H Bexon are noted as building houses on Edna avenue and Olyphant road respectively. Mr and Mrs H Chester Inglia of Boston visit their uncle W H Moore on a wedding tour. Miss D Hamlin, visiting Mrs Clearwater on Monkey avenue, left for Hamilton Wayne county for bargains in chemiselles and items from Japan and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Price
Edna Avenue
John H. Bexon
Olyphant Road
Mra
H. Chester Inglia
Boston
Mara
W. H. Moore
D. Hamlin
Mrs. Clearwater
Monkey Avenue
Hamilton
Wayne County
Borough Council Tonight and Weekend Socials In Town
The council will meet in the borough building tonight. A string of Sunday visits shows residents from Grove Street Chestnut Street Peckville Hawley and Cherry Street with friends. A lamp explosion was misreported as Palmer Bros grocery store mishap. Epworth league remodeling meeting set for tonight. Chestnut street alley nuisance and street flooding noted after Sunday rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Haxter
Grove Street
Honesdale
James McDonough
Chestnut Street
Peckvill
Flora Ashop
Hawley
John Correll
Dudley Street
Frank Marshall
Thomas Warner
Mr. Spencer
Bloom Street
Philadelphia
Palmer
Patrick Reilly
Resolutions Passed By Mayor on City Projects
City officials approved numerous measures including bids for re advertising for city building ratings and plans for grading Prescott avenue W Mulberry to Olive. The report also notes hydrant construction in several wards and appeals in the Jackson Merryweather case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coutella
Connell
Prescott Avenue
Mulberry and
Olive Streets
Seventeenth Ward
Ecity
Irving Avenue
Mulberry Street
Roaring Brook
Thirteenth Street
Fellows
Division Streets
Fifth Ward
Jackson Street
Avenue 1
Jackson Merryweather
Myrtle Street
Washington and
Quincy Avenues
Wymbs Court
Hyde Park Avenue
Price Street
Rebecca Avenue
Fig Street
Twentieth Ward
Spruce Street Bridge Construction Nears Start
The Phoenix Bridge Company's superintendent of construction will arrive Friday to arrange an early start on the Spruce Street Bridge work. The northern abutment and two adjacent piers are nearly finished and operations will begin there. The first component of the front is in Phoenixville yards and ready for shipment once unloading is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce Street
Tihoenix Bridge Company
Phoenicxville
Matron for the Jail Named in Court Appointment
Mrs. Cora M. Johnston was confirmed by Judge Archbald as keeper of female inmates at the county jail. Sheriff Clemons nominated her, duties start immediately, and compensation is $50 per month. Johnston previously operated a boarding house at 422 Mulberry Street and had suitable jailwear prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Johnston
Clemons
Archbald
Johneaton
Mulberry Street
Jawell
Glass Factories at Green Ridge Postpone Restart to September
The Scranton Glass company facilities at Green Ridge close for the annual summer vacation for furnace repairs. Operations are slated to resume in September. The notice sits among other unrelated items including ads for Hood's Pills and local printing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Ridge
Scranton Glass Company
Equity cases heard in Scranton court amid adjournment
In Scranton equity proceedings of Bright and Love versus the city over Fifth district sewer construction were heard as part of an argument court that opened yesterday and adjourned at noon. Attorneys argued that the land taken for the sewer belongs to the plaintiffs and damages have not been settled, with irreparable injury alleged. Other cases were continued or disposed of including divorce, attachments, and new trials, with Phoebe Quick versus James Quick listed for adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bright
William Love
Scranton
Flanaghan and
O' Hare
Gunster
Hl. Burns
John P. Kelly
J. MH. Torrey
Railroad Notes Show Rail Traffic and Engine Advances
Passenger traffic south of Scranton remains heavy. Nay Aug’s D. Jacob Berkhart returns to work after illness. Great Northern orders fifteen Mogul and two switch engines from Brooks Loco Works. The Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association baseball team meets at 2 PM. Master Mechanic David Brown upgrades Scranton shops with compressed air systems and plans a steam compressor. Many roads install air systems and Ingersoll Sergeant compressors. A Lehigh Valley test run with engine 662 on train No. 1 covers 87.1 miles in 35 minutes from Batavia to Buffalo, engine 663 built by Baldwin, noted for high speed and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Sam Boycum
William Justin
D. Jacob Berkhart
Nay Aug
Great Northern Railway
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Association
David Brown
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Brown
Ingersoll Sergeant
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Reading and Union Pacific
Lehigh Valley
Moody
Motive Power
Plains
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Batavia
Buffalo
Buffalo Yard
New York Central
Elk Shtreet Market
Higgins
Lohlah Valley Railroad
Buffalo Courier
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Norton’s Bulletin
Medodpeten
Norton’s
Snow
The
Weston Mill Co
Jp. Jordan
Parsons
Sturges
H. R. Lathrope
Connecticut
P. J. Casey
Orney
R. J. Burke
Matthew Cawnt
Carbon
Ics
P. H. Gilgallon
Julia Allen
Whitney's Point
Thirteenth Regiment Infantry
Third Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania
Imate
Bridget
Pat
Ea Erick i Porcine
News OF
James Simpson & Company
Cedars Avenue
Dunmore
Mears & Hagen
North End
Lake Eric's
Spruce Street Bridge
Hood
Tribune
Pillabury
Piour
Bright
Love Against
City of Scranton
J. H. Gunster
Aseignen
S. Scranton Uwominating, Heat and Power Company
Collins Wetherby
C. L. Bell
E. Brandt
Executrix
Mre
F. A. Reese
Mary C. Wilson
Richard H. Wilson
Florence Lilly
William Leonard
Davidow Brothers
Morris Schwartzkopf
C. C. Steereva
D. K. Oakley
Arguead
J. FL McDermott
Industrial Benefit
Demurrer
Mary Hines
Industrial Benefit Association
In Equity
C L. Rice
Fidelity and Casualty Company, of
Edwards & Harthold
Martha Pritchard
Katz Brothers
John Stout
William Schafer
Charles Robinson
Washburn
J. B
J. C. Lesh
Rosendorf & Co Ve
Wartowsky & Muscat
Phoebe
Quick
James
Railroad Notes
Rogers
Rexford
Jerome Pees
Wyoming House
Auraphone CO
Madison Square
Safe Deposit Vaults OF the
Lackawanna Ave
Ha. m
P. m
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
A. E. Jordan
Boston Hospital Training Hool
Jinji
Weichel & Millar
China Hall
Wyoming Avenue
Oxfords
James & Kelly
Pittsburg
Spruce ST
G. Elmendorf
Elmira
Martin&delany
Manhattan Beach
J.D. Williams & Bro
Lackarve
Megargel & Connell
ODD Fellows
ALR
Thinuns
Darren Sur Go
Terex Aptal Terme
Deere
Messrs
Curtis & Wheeler
Oxford
Lagkawanna Store Associat Hon
Jefferson
John L. Hangi
Leck, Ay
Stewart's Art Store
Morgan & Wright
Lackawanna Avel
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