Professors Buck and Wrt Go to Seashore Break
Scranton Business College officials H. PD. Buck and A. R. WRt depart for a seaside retreat, prompting a temporary college closure until their return. West Chester Daily News reports a local graduate, a second Miss Williams from Peckville Lackawanna County, who has taught six years and plans to focus on language and history.
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H. PD. Buck
A. R. Wrtmore
Scranton Business College
West Chester Daily News
West Chester State Normal School
Williams
Peckville
Lackawanna County
Mine Foreman Examinations Announced for Anthracite Districts
Mine examinations for the First and Second Anthracite districts are announced by Mine Inspector H. C. Prytherch. First district exams occur July 21 and 22 at Carbondale. Second district exams occur July 21 and 22 in Scranton at City Hall. Applicants for assistant foremen certificates will be examined July 21.
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H. C. Prytherch
Carbondale
Scranton
City Hall
Lynn Deserts Home Again Prompting Detention
Word reached police yesterday to detain Willie Lynn the Moosic youth once jailed for bicycle theft. He has again left home and has not returned, alarming his anxious parents.
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Willie Lynn
Lynn
Kelley Arrest Highlights River Jordan Threat Test
Dennis Kelley, an ex-printer known in the city, was arrested early yesterday after threatening to kill himself and telling Patrolman Lowry of the danger. He had expressed desperation and sought to test the waters near the River Jordan.
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River
Jordan
Dennis Kelley
Lowry
Dennis
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Tonic Claims
Claim states the tonic from Horsford's Acid Phosphate is a delicious drink that removes fatigue and low mood and serves as a grateful, restorative beverage.
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Horsford
El Progresso Key West Cigar Ad Headlines Quality Smoke
In El Progresso of Key West a leading brand in Americasweet cigars offers new crop tobacco and a price change to $1.50 per box with Coursen's advertising the item.
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el Progresso
Key West Cigar
America
Coursen's
How Scrantonians Observed the Day
The third edition of the Fourth of July 1897 in Scranton featured Caledonian Games Base Ball and Lake Ariel excursions. Thousands left the city yet crowds behaved orderly with minimal fires and arrests. Police vigilance and heat from early afternoon to evening marked a quiet holiday with steady crowds and notable fireworks displays.
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Base Batl
Lake Ariel
Smali
Big Boy
Hickey
Century House
Nay Ang Park
Mountain Lake
Laurel Hill Park
Base Hall
Athletic Park
Wilkes-Barre
Eureka and Lackawanna
Traction Company
Hospital Firecrackers Cause Minor Injuries at Lackawanna
At Lackawanna hospital fourteen patients were treated for cracker related wounds. A Raymond Alley youth lost his right hand to a exploding cannon cracker while a rolling chair bound patient and another recovering child joined a lawn display. Fireworks drew a cheering crowd of local alley children despite injuries.
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Lackawanna Hospital
J. L. Andrews
Frederick Gilbart
Raymond Alley
Tribune
Littl
Bloodthursty
Erie and Wyoming Valley excursion to Lake Ariel
The Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad carried between 1400 and 1690 people to Lake Ariel yesterday in 66 cars. No accidents occurred and orderly conduct prevailed. Local brewers staged a beer war with one firm selling two glasses for five cents while another gave beer away.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company
Lake Ariel
Short Court Session Grants Charter to Wheelmen
In a brief morning session on regular motion day judges heard several lawyers and granted a charter to the Electric City Wheelmen after an application by Beera and Grambs.
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Electric City Wheelmen
Beera & Grambs
First Petersburg blaze from John and Ash streets
A 1 am alarm from box 24 reported a small fire in Petersburg at Stein's house caused by fire crackers. Relief company put it out in minutes. Later a burning balloon damaged the First Presbyterian church roof on Washington avenue but was quickly extinguished by Phoenix company with trivial damage. A 11 pm still alarm from Chemical and a fireworks incident under Butterman's porch caused a cross beam to be chopped out.
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John Street
Ash Street
Stein
Petersburg
Relief Company
First Presbyterian Church
Washington Avenue
Presersby
Phoenix Company
Butterman
St Luke's Sunday School Excursion to Lake Ariel
St Luke's Sunday school plans its annual parish outing to Lake Ariel on Thursday. The train departs the Erie and Wyoming station at 8 20 a m. Tickets 40 cents for children 75 cents for adults. Caution urged for pickpockets at the station. At the lake Neff provides ice cream and refreshments. Music will be supplied by a city orchestra.
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St. Luke's
Lake Ariel
Erie and Wyoming
Neff
Wheelman's Narrow Escape on Laurel Hill Line
A Laurel Hill car clipped a fender at Adama and Lackawanna and tore down a trolley wire at the span. A bicyclist in the group was struck on the arm by the wire and escaped by sprinting away. Electricians say rubber tires likely prevented a fatal shock as traffic waited about twenty minutes for repairs.
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Orelock
Laurel Hill
Adama and
Lackawanna Avenue
Buck Will Recover After Winton Explosion Death Scene
George Buck, 12, present with John Busko when a giant powder blast killed Busko at Winton Sunday evening, was hospitalized at Lackawanna with injuries to the body. Dr. Andrews believes Buck will recover. Coroner Longstreet will empanel a jury on the case at Winton today.
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George Buck
John Busko
Winton
Lackawanna Hospital
Andrews
Buck
Longstreet
Busko
Powell's Tonight Features Southworth Pupils Recital
A Powell's recital with Mr. Southworth's pupils includes Emma Ludwig Laura Meldrum Cleora Heecher Mary Shepherd Behr Anna Robertson Leonora Rice Anna Coughlin Sadie Posner Vera Solo Star of Bethlehem Joshua John Anna Clark Etudes Gavotte and more piano pieces all performed this evening by a long list of singers and pianists led by Emma Ludwig and Elizabeth Palmer.
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Laura Meldrum
Ublaw
Cleora Heecher
Mary Ieeily
Pereene Behr
Anna Robertson
Chopin Leonora Rice
Valse Berouse
Anna Coughlin
Eeseseeessei Pohner Sadie Posner
Vera
Star of Bethlehem
Adans
Local Listings Include Potent Remedies and Services
Fragmentary ad copy lists remedies and services including Bromo Quinine Tablets for 25 cents and refunds if cured. It mentions Miss Carolyne V. Dorsey teacher of elocution and drama at 107 Wyoming Avenue, Twining optician at 125 Penn Avenue, and Harrie’s Drug Store with hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Carolyne V. Dorsey
Wyoming Avenue
Twining
Penn Avenue
Harrie’ Drug Store
Caledonians at Laurel Hill Park thrill crowds with Highland feats
Thousands packed Laurel Hill Park for Caledonian games and a spectacular De Comas bicycle and trapeze act fifty feet above ground. Competition crowned winners across twenty seven events while trolley cars ferried nearly 10,000 spectators. Fireworks and dancing closed an record day for the Caledonians in the city.
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Laurel Hill Park
de Comas
Laurel Hill
W. C. Moffitt
Thomas Gilmartin
T. J. John
Eorge Iutledge
James Dick
Joseph O'Neill
Harvey
Thomas Gemmell
James Cranston
Wiliam&. Collins
Scranton
John K. Lambie
Joseph Nelli
John Naughton
Thomas Morahan
James Cransteen
James Beatty
Peter Curley
David Harris
Broad Jjump
Eugene A. Tropp
John Davidson
Lindsay
James Buren
Lindsay McMillan
Firet
Alexander Tyre
Andrew Zigmont
Avoca
Harry Finn
Edward Stanton
J. A. Naughton
William Johnson
Toronto
Canada
Irei
F. A. Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
William Cameron
New York
Dward Stanton
Wilkes- Barre
A. J. Lindsay
Newark
N. J
James McHugh
West Pittston
John McHugh
Lawrence Morahan
Stabbed in Head After Saloon Dispute
Two Hungarians argued over the Fourth of July in Mahon's saloon on Fourth Street. George Druryik drew a knife and slashed Steve Rosnock in the head. Rosnock was taken to Lackawanna hospital with a large scalp wound. Druryiak was arrested and held for county jail while Rosnock’s condition is not serious.
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Mahon
Fourth Street
George Druryiik
Steve Rosnoc
Rosnoo
Lackawanna Hospital
Druryiak
Sioat
Dyer
Specials Dubige
Ferrell
Firat Street
Rosnoc
Andrews
Little Girl With Him Found Drunk Near Providence Road
A man was found at 7 40 o clock in a beastly intoxicated state on Providence road with a 5 year old girl presumed to be his daughter. They were brought to the police station in a patrol wagon and placed in separate cells.
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Providence
Pallens Celebration Ends With Injury At Mountain Lake
M. J. Fallen and his family visited Mountain Lake for a celebration yesterday. His shotgun fell and discharged the trigger striking his left leg. He was treated at Lackawanna Hospital and is listed as living at 636 Orchard Street.
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M. J. Fallen
Mountain Lake
Fallen
Lackawanna Hospital
Fallon
Orchard Street
Chemicals Celebrate Fourth of July Fireworks Display
The Chemicals club held a community Fourth of July celebration with a large fireworks display set off between fires in front of a house. Several hundred residents attended and enjoyed the show.
Announce mentin Real Estate Column Offers Choice Home
Real Estate column by W. Gibson Jones highlights a limited chance to secure a desirable home. It outlines available properties, pricing, and deadlines, urging readers to act quickly to avoid missing out on prime listings.
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W. Gibson Jones
Fifteen Year Old Tampers Cannon. Amputation Needed
Willie Clarke aged 15 tamped a cannon at midnight when the charge exploded. He was rushed to Lackawanna hospital where doctors amputated two fingers on his left hand after the spike damaged them beyond repair.
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Willie Clarke
Lackawanna Hospital
Outing Draws Fifteen Hundred To Far View Resort
About fifteen hundred people visited Far View yesterday for a pleasant outing. The weather was cool and the altitude offered relief from the heat, with no accidents reported during the excursion.
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Farview
Beecham's Pills Advertisement in Local Stand Note
We continue at the same shop after twenty two years inviting the public to patronize us for awnings tents flags and society decorations. Beecham's Pills are promoted to dispel the blues.
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Ae 6
J. Fuhrman & Pro
Independence Day Rush Folders Upward Comfort and Value
The store touts spacious aisles and a large sales staff guaranteeing prompt service. It promises carefully chosen Saturday stock with competitive prices on shirt waists and sets, belts and pins, hosiery, gloves, parasols, fans, handkerchiefs, ribbons, and small wares to prove its reliability.
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Lackawanna Avenue
Williams
Quick Sales and Small Profits Promoted by Local Vendor
A local seller advertises a rapid sale of fifty dozen Leghorn chicks at astonishly low prices. Lot options include good quality at 50c, better at 75c, very good at 20c, fine at 10c, and very fine at 5c. The shipment arrives and is offered Tuesday morning, promising strong value compared with other places.
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Nese Woods
Hair Bugs Offer Cheaper Look Alikes For Occasions
An advertisement urges buyers to purchase affordable alternatives that imitate the real appearance and service of hair pieces. It warns prices for carpets will rise soon and advises shopping now to save money.
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Review of
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Garney, Brown & Go
Norrman & Moore Fire Insurance
Wyoming Ave
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Aunday
A. B. Warman
Chas
McMullen & GO
National Bank Bldg
W. B. Henwood
Lackawann) Ave
Kelley
Altern
Waters, the Hatter
Lackawanna
Scrantonians
Robling
Phelps’ Drug Store
Wheelman
Mr. Southworth
Powell's
Emma Ludwig
Joshua John
Les Marguerites
Pontaing Anna Clark
Gavotte
Eeevaen Vole
Emma ‘Ludwig
Florence Kline
Einigleman
Elizabeth Palmer
Mona
Mr. John
Schmidt
Teseeses Adams
Gluk Aut
Veeses Lehner
Helen Gibbons
Marie Neutroton
Etude
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inabeth / Jenwood
Serenss Louts Minuetto
Eliza
Caledonians
the Sports
Frank Wilson
John Clifford
Philadelphia
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J. R. Lamb
Brooklyn
Peter Haggerty
Wilfred Moir
Cocrond
James Lamb
Fer McHugh
Farquahar Beaton
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Robert W. Rinkin
James Cranaton
Sam McCracken
Alexander Jeffrey
James E. Drummond
James B. Skeoch
Thomas Gemmel
William Reid
Thomas Wilson
Hugh Jeffrey
Jas, Moir
Pirte
John Jeffrey
William Collins
John Ross
Thomas Jeffrey
William Hill
Jas. Turnbull
John McMillan
John K Lamble
Charles Graham
Lawrence Band
Beecham
Clarke Bros
Silverstone
A. R. Sawyer
Young Bros.’ Straws
Dunn
the Hatter
S.C. Snyder
D. D
Spruce St. Opp
Jermyn
Ito Sweet Control
Edwin Rees
Scranton School OF Music and Languages
Carter Building
Adams Ave
Linden At
J. Alfred Pennington
Dinecron
Elm Park Church
Camel
Lackawanna Ava
Raynolds
Lohmar Piano
J. W. Guernsey
Scranton, PA
Prop
Protechn
J. D. Williams & Bro
Gta
Lack. Ave
Cotmue
Lacka. Avenue
Dunlap's
Bronson & Tallinn
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