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Newspaper

Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1895

Page

3

Local residents enjoy visits and travels around regional towns

Miss Teresa Lenahan of Wilkes Barre visits Miss Lizzie Keogh while attorney T. V. Powderly heads to Washington. Several residents plan Atlantic City trips and summer stays in Columbia, Philadelphia, Shelter Island, Crystal Lake, and Lake Ariel.

Teresa Lenahan Wilkes-Barre Lizzie Keogh T. V. Powderly Washington, D. C Gus Battynburg City Solicitor's Office Anna Nealon Carbondale Visting Mary C. Duffy Madison Avenue Helen B. Evang Quincy Avenue Glenwood Susquehanna County Emily W. Smith Columbia Philadelphia Weaver Buffalo H. B. Ware E. L. Fuller Susan Jermyn Winton Shelter Island John Colligan Washington Avenue Atlantic City J. J. Conniff A. H. Dimmick Mulberry Street Peckville Mieves Susie Gordon Annie Cawley Pittston Scranton John J. Phillips Northpark Charles H. Ashton Cambridge Edna Mabel Nece Mra Frank Thompson Wyoming Avenue Friedman Mnew York Nece Anna Hincelt Penn Avenue

Mistaken Identity on Philadelphia Beach Prank

A Philadelphia Press piece recalls a beach prank where bystanders bury a young girl in sand and a passerby erupts in mistaken identity, shouting a hostile line before realizing the target was not Linda. The incident ends with the prankster escaping down the beach amid mortification.

Philadelphia Neptune Husay Linda

Supposed They Knew Excursion Ends in Simple Farm Stay

A Boston Appalachian Mountain Club excursion to a rural area caused members to lodge in a farm house due to scarce hotel space. The guests found the stay clean and simple with no keys in the rocks, reflecting rustic hospitality and an absence of upscale city hotel amenities.

Appalachian Mountain Club Boston

Te Nevers Conference Opens At Green Ridge Tabernacle

An interdenominational religious conference opens at the Tabernacle church on Adame avenue Green Ridge. Prominent speakers including Rev A B Simpson Rev Stephen Merritt Mrs Abbie C Morrow will address five day program in church and large tent seating over 1000. Transportation notes power and motor details.

Te Nevers’ Conference and Christian Workers Convention Tabernacle Church Adame Avenue Green Ridge Christian Workers of the Ela A. B. Simpson Stephen Merritt Charles N. Crittenden Mien Louise Shepherd Mra Abbie C. Morrow New York H. Senft Altoona A. Rennick Corry George Smith Newton Abble C. Morrow Miss Morrow Louise Shepherd Dunmore Tabernacle

Unfortunate Boyer Family Laments Infant Death

Dorothy Boyer two month old, one of seven siblings, died yesterday from typhoid fever that struck the family at 815 Gibson Street. The Home for the Friendless cared for the infant twins while other children received aid. The mother and father died earlier in the outbreak as an investigation found unsanitary conditions at the dwelling. Dorothy’s funeral is set for today at 4 o’clock.

Dorothy Boyer Boyer Dorothy Gibson Street W. Gibson Jones Boards of Health

Crushed Foot as Steel Bar Falls on Injured Man

Daniel Marcy, 36, a laborer at the upper mill, was brought to Moses Taylor Hospital with a left foot badly crushed after a steel bar rolled from a car and struck his instep. Doctors doubt amputation will be needed. The resident of Stone Avenue was injured yesterday.

Daniel Marey Daniel Marcy Moses Taylor Hospital Marcy Stone Avenaie

Insolvency discharge and estate administration filings

Mrs. Allen Stiles was discharged from custody under insolvency laws. Amy A. Bartron was granted letters of administration for the estate of Philip Bartron. Robert Haag, tax collector of Seventeenth ward, filed a $20,000 bond with BE Ripple and Sheriff Clemons as sureties. William Walker, borough treasurer of Mayfeld, filed a $5,000 bond with Norton and Edmunds as sureties.

Allen Stiles Philip Bartron Amy A. Bartron Robert Haag Seventeenth Ward H. Ripple Frank Clemons William Walker Mayfeld M.F. Norton FE. F. Edmunds

Underground trolley in New York proves feasibility

The Lenox avenue line in New York City is operating an underground trolley car driven by a new motor. Electric electricians from General Electric, building the system for Metropolitan Traction, have tested the car for weeks. The 33 foot cars use super springs, resemble Broadway dining cars, run up to fifteen miles per hour but stay within the ten mile per hour legal limit.

135Th Street Columbus Avenue New York City Lenox Avenue General Electric Company Metropolitan Traction Company

Street Car Schedule Improves South Side Service

The new Roilers lines and seven car system began yesterday boosting South Side transit to Silk Mill and Meadow Brook Hill. Despite brief delays, evening service ran smooth and company expects profits. local notices report visitors and a Silk Mill milestone with first bollera arrival.

Chy

Christmas Boardwalk Notes From Lake County Area

Daily social notes list residents journeying to lakeside cottages and beaches. trips include Lake Winola Lake Ariel Ocean Grove Asbury Park Mansfield Nanticoke and Rhode Island. In addition a church event at Providence Presbyterian and a birthday reception promise entertainment by chaos No 9 with no admission at the door.

W. FB. Christmas Lake Winola W. C. Tunetall Lake Ariel P. F. Flinigan Providence Road New York City Europe Welsh Baptist Church T. J. Detweiler Church Avenue Ocean Grove Charles Henwood Mansfield D. D. Jones North Main Avenue Nanticoke Ziegler Alice Carl Asbury Park G. R. Clark Pleasant Mount Kate Hicks Wyoming C. W. Benjamin Byron Winton Helen J. B. Nicholas Parker Street Rhode Island E. M. Peck Carbondale Nickerson Afton N. Y W. B. Christmas North End Heaton Providence Presbyterian Church

Local Social and Infrastructure Notes Across Towns

Miss Mary Jeffers of Davis street visits Wilken Harre friends. Allie Casey returns from Plymouth visit. Traction Co places a signal box at No Gawitch on Main street. Greenwood Key fund met to plan July 2 event. Walter Gorman and John Cualck of Scranton, Stephen O Boyle of Providence, and Rev T J Teeffey of Rt Michael's College Toronto visited P Joseph Kelly on Main street yesterday.

Mary Jeffers Davis Street Wilken-Harre Allie Casey Plymouth Traction Company No. Gawitch Main Street Greenwood Key Fund Walter Gorman John Cualck Scranton Stephen O'Boyle Providence T. J. Teeffey Rt. Michael's College Toronto Canada P. Joseph Kelly

Three Powers and the Mind’s Unbound Rule

A Chicago Record poem by B Anderson declares that truths and spirit grant control over earth and sea, yet love governs both power and thought. It contrasts unlimited power with restrained, ecstatic union under love’s sway.

B. Anderson Chicago

Lackawanna Seeks Full Anthracite Prices Amid Trade Tensions

The article urges the Lackawanna to secure full coal prices and reports no foundation for rumors of New York prices below 3.05 per ton while noting some firms resist outside business. It reviews June and year totals of anthracite shipments, stock at tidewater, and critiques federal railroad regulation and the Interstate Commerce Act in vague terms.

Boston New York Lackawanna Bureau of Anthracite Coal Statistics Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Northwestern New York Central Pennsylvania Division Pennsylvania Railroad Congress

The Railroad Problem and Government's Role

An Atlantic Monthly essay by Henry J. Fleitcher argues the U S government must regulate rail and water carriers across three domains shareholders and finance, workers and families, and the general public. It warns of looming pooling and monopoly unless comprehensive national control is adopted and crude lobbying delays end.

Atlantic Monthly Henry J. Fleitcher United States Cootety United Front

Delaware Lackawanna and Western Crew Back From Three Day Fishing Trip

Conductor Horatio Fellows and brakemen W B Evans, Joseph Robbing, and Frank Fennell of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western returned from a three day fishing trip to La Grange with 150 pounds of eels and 25 pounds of black barn.

Horatio Fellows W. B. Evans Joseph Robbing Frank Fennell Delaware, Lackawanna and Western la Grange Conrad Schroeder Carbondale Seventh Avenue Schroeder Cass Delaware, Lackawanna and Western St. Paul Union Pacifics Burlington Omaha Missouri Pacific Chicago Eastern Seaboard Upper Delaware and Hudson Roundhouse Round House Roundhouse

Boy Injured by Railway Torpedo Explodes Face

Eight year old John Dyke of Dunmore was seriously burned when a railway torpedo exploded in a tin casing. The blast damaged both eyes and left him temporarily blind. Doctors say a day or two will determine if sight can be saved.

John Dyke Afr East Drinker Street Dunmore Harry Richards Duke

Simplified Land Conveyance Law Gains Adoption in Cook County

The Chicago Times Herald explains a new Torrens land system set to take effect in Cook County. It aims to speed real estate transfers, reduce abstracts and opinions, register titles, and make the registrar’s certificate conclusive for the title’s state, simplifying descents and wills through recorder records and probate court decrees.

Cook County Chicago Times Herald The Times-Herald Recorder's Office

Flexible installment Dinner Sets and Toilet Sets Offered

A seller promotes affordable partial sets you can buy over time. Customers may purchase portions such as Tea Cups and Saucers, Fruits Saucers, or Dinner Plates in installments, stopping anytime. The program promises easy buying with matching stock patterns and decor.

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