McAnulty and Local Notables Noted in City News
Attorney A V Hower rode from Scranton to Berwick in under four hours. Dennis Jones was picked up for drunkenness and panhandling. Emil Swarts, the runaway New York jabber, was sent home after funds to pay fare arrived. Bruner's band serenaded Corneter Hartnett on Capouse avenue, newly married. Mrs Sadie Rennie held on 40 bail for obtaining moods under false pretenses. A new memorial pulpit for St Luke's church arrived and will be unveiled Sunday. Seais & Dortman obtained a writ of replevin for a spring wagon worth 2100 held by several defendants. Rev C M Giffin reportedly misplaced a pocketbook with 75 dollars prior to Epworth excursion to Toronto. Marriage licenses issued to Massezar and Andrus, Reidy and Scott, Dobbs and Thomas, Wills and Howell.
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A. V. Hower
Scranton
Berwick
Dennis Jones
Lackawinnk Avenue
Haggerty
Emil Swarts
New York
Capouse Avenue
Hartnett
Sadie Rennie
Penn Avenue
Alderman Howe
Atlas
EB. Wells
B. Levy
E. Robinson's Sons
Weston Mill Company
T. J. Kelly & Co
C. M. Giffin
D. D
Elm Park Church
Delaware, Lackauwanne and Western Station
Toronto
Silvester Massezar
Eva Andrus
George Reidy
Olyphant
Della Scott
Thomas Dobbs
Annie Thomas
Old Forge
John B. Wills
Jennie D. Howell
Forest City
Wife Deserter Arrested After Verifying Alleged Charges
C B Stiles a hostler on Washington avenue was arrested at his wife Mary Stiles request for desertion and war-support. Alder man Millar set bail at 600 dollars. Mrs Stiles says after seventeen years of marriage he left three months ago for another woman whose home is near the Erie and Wyoming Valley station on Washington avenue. Officers found him at that house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Stiles
Washington Avenue
Mary Stiles
Alderman Millar
Stiles
Erie & Wyoming Valley Station
Woman Cleared in Alleged Theft At South Side Flats
Mary Cole of the South Side was arrested yesterday on a warrant from Alderman Millar's court for stealing sheets and pillow shams from Annie Stanley who shares the same apartment building. Insufficient evidence led to her discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cole
South Side
Millar
Annie Stanley
Keogh Extends Lead In World Pool Championship Match
Scranton’s Keogh dominates play at the Academy of Music, opening a 401 to 221 lead over Pittsburg’s Clearwater after two nights. Keogh continues to outpace Clearwater in a bid for the world title as the match progresses toward the 600th ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Keogh
Beranton
Clearwater
Pittsburg
Wes
Scranton
Hie
Union League Republican Club elects officers
The Union League Republican club elected Nelson G. Teets as president Frank Carpenter as first vice president Elmer Wilson as recording secretary John T. Perry as financial secretary D Edward Wall as treasurer and Arthur Vall as sergeant at arms The meeting changed monthly night to the first Tuesday and shortened terms to six months The club plans to meet at the Central Republican club rooms on Washington avenue then Spruce street membership is eighty five and a debate on joining the Republican League of Pennsylvania is planned at the next meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Union League Republican Club
Nelson G. Teets
Frank Carpenter
Elmer Wilson
John T. Perry
D. Edward Wall
Arthur Vall
Central Republican Club
Washington Avenue
Spruce Street
Republican League of Pennsylvania
Williams Efforts in Latter Half Hopeful for Success
The report notes that strong efforts in the latter half were intended to secure success, with optimism that these actions would yield the desired outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Burglary Fears as Mrs Silverstine Seized by Stranger
Mrs. Silverstine fainted after a burly colored man leaped from a bureau during a theft at her Raymond court home. A pocketbook with $7 missing pointed to Anthony Scott who was found nearby with some money on him. Scott was jailed and to have a hearing this morning after detectives secured a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Court
A. Silverstine
Millar
Will F. Clifford
Scott
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Exhibition Arrives Friday
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show tours the world presenting Rough Riders and Indian tribes in a grand educational spectacle. A free cavalcade opens the event with the Cowley Band and three brass pieces as detachments march in. The exhibition visits this Friday, July 30.
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Buffalo Bill
Colosseum
Rome
Flodden Field
Waterloo
Sedan
Sevastopol
Rockies
Alps
Pyrenees
Napoleon Bonaparte
Caucasus
Col
Cody
Buffalo Ril
Jme
Treush
Olchetski Re jailed again after bondsman surrender
Leon Olchetski was recaptured by his bondsman Anthony Swierkowski who posted and then withdrew security after learning Mrs Olchetskis stake was not valid. Olchetski allegedly wrongfully tried to enter Hamm residence on Elm street and was struck with a horsewhip by Miss Ligesse or Lena Himm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Olchefeki
Anthony Swierkowski
Tribune
Olchefeki
Bwierkowski
Hamm
Elm Street
Ligesse
Lena Himm
Olchefski
Olchet
Servant Girl Says Stop Monkeying With Parrot Incident
Rennie Rogers a servant girl at the Imperial arrested Henry Fahrenholt of Fenn Avenue for assault after he teased a parrot in a hotel room The girl demanded stop monkeying with it and he allegedly slapped her and shoved her out Alderman Millar set bail at 100 dollars for court appearance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennie Rogers
the Imperial
Henry Fahrenholt
Fenn Avenue
Fahrenholt
Alderman Millar
Letters From The People Reader Opinions
Readers send brief letters of interest under the heading with the writer's name. The Tribune notes it will not be responsible for opinions published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Consul Nomination For Cardiff Name Change Reported
The president sent to the senate on Wednesday a consular appointment for Daniel T. Phillips of Illinois as consul at Cardiff Wales. The Tribune, citing Associated Press, had listed Hon John T Williams of this city as the Cardiff candidate with support from Pennsylvania senators and Congressman Conncil. The contest appeared to be Phillips versus Williams with the outcome unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Daniel T. Phillips
Tllinois
Cardiff
Wales
The
Tribune
Associated Preas
Thiet
John T. Williams
Pennsylvania
Congremman Conncil
Phillips
Merriman Denies Big Pike Catch Description
A reader letter to the Scranton Tribune disputes claims that Mrs. Merriman caught a large pickerel in Big Pond Pike County. The writer argues the fish was about twenty two inches long and likely weighed around five pounds, noting it lacked scales and could not be weighed. FP Merriman Dunmore Pa July 187?.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
The
Tribune
Merriman
Big Pond
Pike County
Honesdale
Prize winning county fair ice cake stirs talk
Farmers discuss a long running county fair prize for an ice cake. Hory notes his wife won again, while Rakere questions the cutting of the prize cake. Rakes jokes that it cannot be broken, a running gag tied to the eight year streak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Yonkers Statesman
Farmer Hory
First Reunion of Loyal Legion At Laurel Hill Park
The first reunion of the Loyal Temperance Legions of Lackawanna County was held at Laurel Hill park with about 500 people. Mrs. Isabella Morris Holvay of Pittston gave an address on Our Young People and the Temperance Cause. Youth sports dominated the morning program with races won by Philip Goertitz and others, followed by ball games and a drum corps concert. The event announced a planned second county convention at Dalton in September in conjunction with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Morris Holvay
Pittston
Elgct
Lackawants County
Laurel Hill Park
James Elis
Harry Lacie
Philip Goerlitz
Dave Pira
Walter Harper
Fred Black
Green Ridge
Dunmore
Loyal Legioners
Pittstop
Dalton
Legion
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Dunmore Legion
L. C. Brink
Theoore Zeigler
B. BE. Cronk
Mise Elinor Jones
Peekville
R. G L. Pensie
Loyal Legion
Loyal Legion Guards
Loyal Temperance Legions
Drum Corps
Graic’s
Generous John Ruskin as Sacred Trusted Wealth
The article recalls John Ruskin as a benevolent heir who treated his wealth as a trust for the suffering and talented. He taxed himself to fund charity, donated his whole income, and even sacrificed travel or art purchases to aid widows and artists, reflecting his philanthropic character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Journal
Mr. Ruskin
London
Paris
Peabody
Burcett-Coutts
Switzerland
Cruikehank Memor
Philanthropist’s art gifts and social reform plan
The financier pledged ten William Munt watercolor drawings at 1765 each for London public schools. He supported St George's Guild and rent reform, giving away most of his fortune by 1877 leaving £12,000 in consols. The interest funds his social programs and pensions for servants and pensioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Munt
London
Great Britain
St. George's Guild
Wisdom and Woman Stop a Life Insurance President
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a life insurance company's president who describes his failed start as a country newspaper editor. He recounts a quarrel with a schoolteacher, her sharp rebukes, and her eventual control of his life, ending with him taking charge of her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance
The
Detroit Free Press
Firat
Life Insurance Company
Board of Revision sets Saturday for appeal day
The Board of Revision and Appeal will hold a special Saturday meeting to arrange days for appeals from the new assessment. The 1906 appraisement with added improvements seems likely to require little work this year. Beecher’s or Beecham’s pills for wind and digestion are mentioned as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revision and Appeal
The Lady's Age and the Prince of Wales Exchange
In London society the Prince of Wales met a Hamburg acquaintance who claimed she was twenty five. He repeated the inquiry and she kept the same answer, prompting a playful exchange about contradicting herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
London
Hamburg
Downstairs Department Copper Bottom Wash Botler Sale
Inventory fragment shows copper bottom wash botler with hand made tin items and a 10 quart tin bucket priced low. Includes cedar bucket listing with hoopa and sale price details.
Ice Cream Freezers and Household Goods Sale
Advertises discounted ice cream freezers 14 quart dish pan and 2 quart covered tin bucket. Mentions sprinklers painted green or brown bread boxes with gold lettering and sale prices scattered in unclear text. Notes various sizes and sale prices though many words are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bread i Wines
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