Dr and Mrs Gates Honor Dr Dunn at Birthday Visit
Dr and Mrs Gates hosted a visit from Rev Random Dunn celebrating his birthday. Dunn has served over 60 years in the ministry and more than 40 years as a Hillsdale College professor. A gold headed cane and autograph letters from colleagues marked the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Gates
Rov
Random Dunn
Hin
Dunn
Hillsdale College
Gates
Robinson
Logan
Mixed-Read Notes on Military, Society and Local News
The fragment recounts mentions of midshipmen and naval officers Captain Gridley and Captain Taylor, a book gift hint about Fler Lady ship's Elephant, and a humorous take on diplomatic adventures. It notes a Nicholson boiler maker James Aimertorg visiting town, inquiries about recruiting offices, a patrolman’s cautionary advice, and travel plans–plus anniversary invites, social gatherings, and local residents, including the Whyte and Alevier families, with a Lake Ariel business venture and a missionary tied update.
Local social notes and visits from Scranton area locals
Deputy Sheriff Jacob Forber is at Philadelph ia. Hon Jame Birdeall of Honesdale was in the city yesterday. Captain and Mr Morris are home after a visit at Alford OK. Laker proprietor of the Wairview hotel at Pocono was in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs Orville Nowek of Green Ridge returned from two weeks at Mon esdale. Dr Carl Viseher a surgeon guest of Mrs Anna C Clarke of Adams Avenue. Miss Della Vosburg of Moosic returned from visit with Mr and Mrs Woebur e on Sixth Street. Miss Marie Finnerty of South Seventh Street returned from Lock Haven Normal School. George Miller of Wilkes-Barre former manager of the Academy of Music spent yesterday in the city. Mr and Mrs J M Rewards left for Delaware Water Gap for a State Bar session. Mrs J Pritwell and Mr and Mrs W R Ackerman visiting their daughter Mrs C O Brooks of Brooklyn. Joseph K T McLoughlin of Shamokin guest of his brother Gutolde. Superintendent McLoughlin of Johnsons Colliery host family visit. Mr and Mrs A W Gates ofThormhow visiting their son and daughter in law Mrs A W Brown. They greeted Dr Dunn on his thir teenth birthday. Mrs S J Fowlke and two stepdaughters spend summer near Stroudsburg. Benjamin Fowlke to take October vacation in New Jersey. Word of the marriage of Miss Margaret Jeffries to Elmer Dakin at Milwaukee June 26 by Rev Edward Bey non. They will reside in Milwaukee. The couple formerly lived in North Scranton. Dakin was a DL&W machinist boarding at 1H Franklin Avenue.
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Jacob Forber
Philadetnula
Jame Birdeall
Honesdale
Ro RL. Morris
Alford
W.ok. Laker
Wairview
Pocono
Mee
Orville Nowek
Treen Ridge
Monesdale
Carl Viseher
Anna Cc. Clarke
Adame Avenue
Mies Della Vosburg
Moosic
Wo. Woebure
Sixth Street
Marie Finnerty
Bouth Seventh Street
Central State Normal School
Lock Haven
George Miller
Wilkes-Barre
Academy of Music
Hon
Mir. J. M
Delaware Water Gap
State Bar Association
Mra. J. Pritwehard Anl
Mra. W. OR. Ackermiun
Mra ¢. O. Hrooks
Brooklyn
Joseph TK. McLoughiin
Shamokin
Gutelde
That City
Dakin
Milwaukee
North
Scranton
Franklin Avenue
Brakeman Killed in Dunmore Yard Accident
Milton Hawk, an Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad brakeman, was killed yesterday morning in the Dunmore yard while making a coupling between cars. He signaled the engineer to move, but a co worker found him pinned between the cars. Hawk died at Little England. He was a member of the Dunmore lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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Milton Hawk
Erie and
Wyoming Valley Railroad
Dunmore
Hawk
Littl England
Dunmore Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Soldiers Relief Association Seeks More Aid
The Soldiers Relief Association received five new aid applications and announced a mistaken meeting date. The committee has about 8600 in cash and 1500 in subscriptions, with funds likely to be used as the regiment stays away. Vice president Captain W A May will fill in while Alfred Hand is out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldicers’ Relief Association
Relef
Relief Committee
Alfred Hand
W. A. May
Lowest rates on New York to Chicago trains with dining car
Advertises low fares on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western trains No 6 and No 7 from New York to Chicago. Promises superb dining car service and makes note of travelling conditions and pricing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Select Council Refuses Action on School Tax Copy Request
The judiciary committee reports that Select Council opposes authorizing a city clerk to copy the school tax assessment for the board of control. The proposed method would cost about $800 and require weeks. the old method cost roughly $100 and is preferred. The committee favors designating the board's secretary to prepare copies in the clerk’s office at no city expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
the Tribune
Select Council
Board of Control
Judiciary Committee of
Sanderson
Scranton City Behood
Captain May declines colonelcy of Thirteenth regiment
Captain W. A. Muay ex commander of Company 1 Thirteenth regiment refuses the offer of command of the regiment succeeding the Thirteenth. He tells Tribune reporter he cannot accept due to his business duties which are increasing. He says his name would not be formally considered for the post anyway.
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W. A. Muay
Tribune
May
Donations for June Acknowledge Florence Mission Helpers
Florence Mission managers at 712 Harrison avenue express gratitude for June donations. Contributions include medical services from Dr. Anna Law, daily papers, various milk and bakery items, vegetables from local suppliers, literature from Mrs. John Fritz, baby clothes from Mrs. W. W. Beranton, and forty plants from G. R. Clark and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Mission
Florence Crittenton
Harrison Avenue
Anna Law
Tribune
Times
Truth
Republican
Consumers’ [Co Company
Scranton Milk Company
Gere's Daily
M. H. Bolas
Huntington's Bakery
Lindner's Bakery
Price's Market
Mattie Hiorn
Mra
John Fritz
W. W. Beranton
G. RB. Clark and Company
Lulcany
Miste
Eert
Unclear listing of goods and names from Dunmore guild sale
A fragmented OCR record lists items and people associated with a Dunmore area work guild. It mentions blankets vests shirts boots berries meat vegetables and various names including Mrs Reese, Mrs Hackett, Mrs Gere, Mr Karnfeld, and Dr Robinson, with references to local shops and farms.
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Neeile Work Guild
Dunmore
Edward Reese
Hage
Dr. Robinson
Mra Hackett
Mia
Albert Nagley
Karnfeld
Gere
Farmington Sewing Pociery
Bb. G. Coursen
Coparagus
Hopeful Workers Band
Drake and Company
Montain
C. P. Matthews
Mre. Dick
Jenkins & Morris
Kate
Carr's
Marturgers
Cornish
Wormeer's
Pierce’s Market
Globe Trotter in Town Henry Thompson Soves Wager Ends
Globe trotter Henry Thompson of San Francisco visits the city in a curious wager promising $20,000 if he completes a world circuit. He has crossed the continent five times and traversed Canada, sending 17,400 messages while enduring extreme temperatures. He plans to marry a French Canadian judge's daughter in Canada after returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Trotter
Our City
Henry Thompson
San Francisco
Flo
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Summer Home Open for Convalescents Near Cresco
The summer home run by St Luke's parish near Cresco opened yesterday under Rev Rogers Israel and staff. It will house about thirty guests and welcomes women and children of all denominations. twenty guests arrive tomorrow for a ten day stay. Contributions remain slow though gifts from donors and parishioners are listed, with plans for ongoing support.
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Cresco
St. Luke's Parish
St. Luke's Church
Rogers Israel
MM. R. Noah
Derman
Thomas Sprague
Saul
Hutton
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cresco Station
Mountain Horse
Fair Paradise
Joseph Jeferson
Kble
Miss Saul
Mixes Hutton
Lackawanna Hospital
B. Derman
Francis
Duggan
Irish-American Games Planned at Case Hall Park
Irish-American games set for Case Hall Park on July 9 with postponement to July 10 at 2 p m. Tug-of-war for four teams scheduled at 7 p m. Lehigh Valley Railroad offers $10 round trip excursion from Scranton to Chautauqua Lake July 8 to August 6 excluding the Black Diamond Express. Tickets available from local agents.
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Baseball
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Scranton
Chautauqua Lake
Lehigh Valley Ticket
Lehigh Valley Tickets for B Y P U Convention
On account of the B Y P U convention July 14 and 17 1868 trains run via Lehigh Valley. Consult ticket agents for rates schedules and further particulars.
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Lehigh Valley
Sinking of La Bourgogne Claims Local Passengers
Twenty three travelers from the county died when the French liner La Bourgogne sank off Sable Island at dawn on July Fourth. Local agent Joseph Casbesse reported all twenty three were lost, listing families headed to Milan and Genoa in Italy, with many bound for Milanese and Genova via Havre. The stranded group included Abramo Gavazzi and Luigi Nosone families, Archdale residents, and the Staffaroni couple among others, most aiming to reunite with relatives in California or Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tithe Company
Joseph Casbesse
Elarch
la Bourgogne
Sable Island
Halifax
Joseph Cossesto
Lackawanna Avenue
Lugerne
Caseesse
Tribune
California
Archdale
Wiliim Connell & Co
Duryer
Luigi Nosone
Milanese
Italy
Besieged Office Hopes for News of Voyagers
Mr Cassesee’s office faced a steady crowd of anxious supporters from morning until night yesterday as friends awaited word about the voyagers. He could offer no reassuring update.
Delaware Lackawanna and Western and Nickel Plate Through Service
The through service of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and Nickel Plate roads proves a great success. Westbound train No 11 and No 7 offer direct travel to Chicago in coach or sleeper without changing cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Chicago
The Rocker Sale Draws To A Close
The sale features bamboo chairs and taborets offered at deep discounts. Rockers originally worth five dollars fall to 3.90, with line ten and twelve dollar rockers at 7.50. Taborets priced at 2.50 drop to 1.50.
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Nortons Summer Sale
M. Norton
Lack, Ave
S Main St
Amolus
Ackawanna
Aundry
Perry Bros
Wyoming Ave
Columbian Detective Agency
Lime Bank Building
Scranton, PA
John T.covere
Department of State
N. E
Washington, D.C
Crown Catarrh Powder Co
Clinton Place
York
Chas
McMullen
Ao General Insurance Office
Mottona Bank
Best Lock Companies
Cal Role Gamer and Supply House
Kemp
Wyoming Avenue
Atlanta Constitution
Henry T. Dunn
Brunswick
Arthur Dunn
Tun
Annapolla
Sampenon
Sigsbee
Clark
United States
Gridley
Olympia
Taylor
Indiana
D. Hwight Welle
Fler Ladyship
Trentry Holt & Co
James Aimetrorg
Nicholson
Oniet
Winder
Dentler
Bloch
Philadelphia
Blech
Mir
Mere
O'Malley
Quinney Avenue
Tom Lynett
Mary
Nellie McCourt
Minnie Moore
Minnie Thompson
Nellie
Kya Kelly
Eh. Givan
Kate McCawley
Meders
John J. Loftus
John Mecourt
John Jordan
A. J. Duffy
Trommurer
Lyceum Theater
Lake Ariel
Charles Schadt
Nettie Clark
Nettie Dunn
VY. W
Wecrdiary
Will Wayoumeed
W. Tl. Whyte
New Jerey
Peter Alevier
Soldiers* Relief Association
Kehoe
Justich OF
Demlant
J. Foster
W.l. Smith
Case Hall Park
Chatauqua
Kulllo
Lugnabone
Conneliion
Atrelia Gavazzi
Thre
Abramo Gavazzi
Ferdinando Staffaronsi
Connellian
Catherina Molinario
Ridge
Archbald
Aurelio Gavazzi
Abramo Gaver
Milano
Ferdinands Stattaron
DR. S.C. Snyder
Spruce Street
Vote
Jermyn
Omaha
Nebraska
Lehtich Valley
Kansas City
P. FP
M.T. Howley
Clarke Bros
Price
Lesand Ava
Raynolds
Colontal Rockers
Liebecker & Watkins
Waloney Oil and Manufacturing CO
Meridian Street
Hand & Payne
Washington Ave
Snow
Weston Mill CO
Scranton, Carbondale, Olyphant
Kimball
George H.ives
West Market Street
Barbour’s Home
Credit House
Lackawanna! Ave
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