Local notices list residents visiting relatives and trips
Lackawanna County news records numerous people visiting relatives in nearby towns and states. Entries show Miss Nora Grear in Wilkes-Barre, Mrs. Nichol hosting, Miss Maud Harnden returning from Great Bend, families traveling to Ocean Grove and Niagara Falls, and several others taking short visits to Dyberg Meshoppen Honesdale Port Jervis and Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornellaville
Niagara Falls
Tre Thory Isgar
Wyoming Street
Mise Maud Harnden
Great Bend
Edward Robbina
Aueton and
Maurice
Caton
Wayne County
Rebekah Simpson
Olyphant
Lucy Robinson
George Moon
Clifford
Monroe Tyler
Mildred Tyler
Forest City
G. J. Benton
Tyler's Hill
C. J. Meaker
Ocean Grove
Frank
John Lonch
Murphys
Retreat at St Rose Convent Ends With Vows
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart begin their annual retreat at St. Rose convent led by Father Lars. Eight young ladies will take vows as Rt. Rev William O'Hara returns from Cape May to participate. Second division starts August sixth with an institute in Scranton. An August picnic in Fearview expects about 5000 attendees from local Sunday schools with music games and athletic attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart
St. Rose Convent
William O'Hara
Cape May
Father Lars
Order of Redemptariste
Avinapolis
Sistera
Scranton
Fearview
Honesdale
Forest City
W. DD. Frank
L. D. Wolfe
William Male
Jermyn
Arrests and Clerks’ Association Meeting Report
Joseph Smith had his brother John Smith arrested on a charge of stealing a suit of clothes. The case before Justice Glynn showed no guilt. Joseph was later jailed for a short term after unpaid debts. A Clerks’ Association meeting discussed organizers, new members, and delaying enforcement of an early closing agreement until August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Smith
John
Glynn
John Smith
Joseph
Ferber
Clerks’ Association
Agkodlachin
Neeson Teets
Alumni Meet Honesdale High at Anthracite Park
The Alumni team faces Honesdale High School this afternoon at Anthracite Park. Last week Honesdale whipped our boys, and the Alumni, strengthened, aim for a tougher showing and a better account of themselves today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honesdale High School
Anthracite Park
Honesdale
Scranton Group Visits Honesdale on Gravity Road
A Scranton party took a Thursday trip to Honesdale via Gravity road. Attending were Mr and Mrs JH Phelps, Mr and Mrs JH Pratt, Mrs Gengler, Mrs Charles Green, Mrs Pratt and daughter of Brooklyn, Mrs Kay, Miss Williams of Buffalo, Miss Timberman, the Misses Phelps, Captain Samuel Hines and Morten Rolls of Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Honesdale
JH. Phelps
J. H. Pratt
Gengler
Charles Green
Pratt
Brooklyn
Kay
Miss Williams
Buffalo
Timberman
Phelps
Samuel Hines
Morten Rolls
Detroit
Two Cyclists Planned August Trip to Chicago
Thomas Levison of this city and John Matey of Forest City plan a two month bicycle tour starting in August to Chicago. They will visit Syracuse Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands en route and Levison may continue the journey from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Levison
John Matey
Forest City
Chicago
Syracuse
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Mr. Levison
Local Notes Highlight Kingston Couples and Visitors
Judge Alfred Carte and his wife of Kingston will spend Sunday with Mrs. Herring on Salem avenue. Mrs. Bess White of Honesdale spent Saturday with Mrs. Oscar Wonnacott. Miss Hannah Pavy of Wilkes Barre has returned home after a three week visit. Miss Mina Frank of Washington street has returned home from an unspecified destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Carte
Kingston
Herring
Salem Avenue
Bess White
Honesdale
Oscar Wonnacott
Hannah Pavy
Wilkes- Barre
Mina Frank
Washington Street
Olyphant Borough Council Acts on June Finances and Appointments
Borough council in Olyphant met last Friday with all members present except Fadden. They approved June expenses totaling $22713 for street work and utilities, discussed electric plant staffing, and approved fire alarm plans with Excelsior Hose Company. A vacancy on council was filled by Gavin after resignations and balloting. The meeting also approved a bond for the electric light collector and set resolutions for street work and a stone culvert on Lackawanna Street. A petition for free church lights was tabled as illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fadden
Electrecht
Tollone
Edward Tinsley
J. W. Patten
Olyphant Water Company
W. HH
Campbell
Gallagher
Excelsior Hose Company
Lewin and
General Electric Company
M. PD. Flynn
James B. Martin
Henry Deane
Rowan
William Patten
William Rogan
Freman
Wadden
Dempsey
T. J. Gavin
O'Brien
Michael Nealon
Gavin
Rogan
Gunnan
Lewis
Tinsley
Patten
Nealon
O'Halloran
Burke
Curran
Blaat
Brien
Tingley
Cummings
Hurgens MccNulty
Patrick McLarin
Lackawanna
Willow Streets
Lackawanna Street
Jesse Morris
Borges
Mies
Nellie McCourt
Scranton
Mamie O'Malley
Bessie Towner
Hornellsville
N. C
Blakely
P.'B O'Malley
Thoman
List of Names in Local Notice Paragraph
A series of personal names appears in a local notice fragment. The list includes William Kelly Martin Mecheain Dave Jones John McCormac J B R McHale Charles ORoyle James O Malley Thomas Gibbons and multiple women such as Mary Rogan Bernetta McHale Minnie Hoban Nellie Murphy Annie Hoban Katie Neaton Alice Kelly Alicia McHale Sadie Nealon Mrs J R McHale and Mame Roach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Kelly
Martin Mecheain
Dave Jones
John McCormac
J. BR. McHale
Charles O' Royle
James O'Malley
Thomas Gibbons
Misees
Mary Rogan
Bernetta McHale
Minnie Hoban
B. O' Hara
Nelile Murphy
Annie Hoban
Katie Neaton
Alice Kelly
Alicia McHale
Sadie Nealon
Local School Board Reelects Staff Except One
The school board held their regular monthly meeting on Friday evening last. Last year’s corps was re elected with the exception of Polly A. Davin Mira Hegsie James will succeed her. The teachers are listed by school and street locations including Grove street High school and North Main street No 2 and Feltaville No 3 and the Fifth ward No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reewiar
Corpa
Polly A. Davin
Mira Hegsie James
Teitchers
Mmigh
Grove Street
Jamon F. Poley
Misson Hattie McKenzie
Edith Atherton
Jennie Nichols
Mary van Buskirl
Sarah Price
Polly Davis
Mia
Livby Jones
North Main Street
Janet Inelle
Agelatant
Ensle James
Feltaville
Samuel J. Phillips
Lizeie Daniela
Magglee Whiteford
Malin Street
Emblem Division
Temporanes
van Hornstall
Jermyn
Greenwool
William Thomas
Wilkes-Barre
David Price
Bert
Hillside
Fog E. J. Davis
Main Street
Welsh Congregational Church
James Thomas
Pyne
Storrs
Thomas
Anthracite Glee Club
Professor Thomas
Orpheus Quartette
David M. Davis
Portaville
Clelland, Simpson & Taylor
Globe Warehouse
Scranton
Farglew
Bert Stone
Pricebure
Mr. Holden
Messre
William Watkine
Daniel Tubbs
David Harris
Lealle Frutchie
Lew
Ivor Thomas
Wilkes- Barre
Joseph Fletcher
Winton
John Lloyd
Hyde Park
Taylor
John Thomas
In the bank such a transaction or such a relic
A brief item notes a banking context mentioning a transaction or relic in a concise archival line. It reflects a formal tone and hints at financial or historical significance without specific names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laughable hotel order mix up from Griggs Courier
A new hotel waitress misreads the menu in a humorous scene as she calls beef steak fried salt pork and cold meats. The hungry boarder expects a full meat order and asks for the whole cheese, leading to laughter when only cheese arrives.
Tanners and Temperance Parley Clash in Banter
In a Cincinnati Enquirer fragment, Perry Pattetic insists on a drink before offering one while Wayworn Watson argues the first drink starts the trouble, reflecting tavern talk and temperance preachers warning against early indulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Pattetic
Watson
Bubby
Cincinnati Enquirer
Try Grain-O A New Grain Beverage For All Ages
Try Grain-O the new food drink that can replace coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. It has a rich seal brown color like mocha or java but is made from pure grains. The gentle stomach can receive it without distress. Sold by grocers for 25 cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Sunday School Outing Planned by Local Churches
Jermyn and Carbondale Sunday schools plan a day trip to Far View on August 17 with traction from the Jermyn school. Activities include sports a band concert and an address by a prominent speaker plus a Jermyn Carbondale ball game. William Sullivan of Beranton visits A J Gavin. Citizens band directed by Harry Gress to perform Ranch King at Davis opera house August 1 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Second Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist
Carbondale
Methodist Sunday School
Farview
Wolfe
W. D. Frank
William Male
Martin Oliver
C. D. Winters
Jermyn
William E. Sullivan
Beranton
A. J. Gavin
Citizens’ Band
Harry Gress
Davis
Opera House
Ladies Catholic Benevolent convention opens in Chicago
Mrs E J Wells and Mrs Hannah Cav anagh departed for Chicago to attend the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association convention opening this afternoon in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Wells
Hannah Cavanagh
Chicago
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Webster and Clay Draft Scandal Supposed Bank Draft
An old tale claims Daniel Webster and Henry Clay plotted to raise funds by drawing a £500 draft indorsed by Clay and cashed at Riggs Bank. A Washington visit to the bank vice president yields no record of such a draft or its protest, casting doubt on the historic anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Webster
Henry
Washington
Rige
Rigg’s Bank
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Erie and Wyoming Valley Trains Schedule Notice
Trains leave Scranton Monday May 31 1897 for New York and intermediate points on Erie railroad Hawley Lake Ariel and focal points at 5 00 a m special trains for Ariel end at 8 45 a m end points listed in the notice reflect the schedule fatigue in the OCR text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
New York
Erie Railroad
Hawley
Lake Ariel
Ariel
Ana
Carbondale
Albany
Gavatore
Montreal
Borgew
New England
Wilks-Barrendt
Nemork
Begashivania
R. KR
A.om
Western Points
Hs Debt Valle A
Wilkes-Barre
The
South
Lehigh Valley Railroad Coal Service and Train Routes
The bulletin lists Lehigh Valley Railroad coal operations and passenger service details across routes to New York Philadelphia and western points. It notes schedules for White Haven Bethlehem Easton Reading Harrisburg and intermediate stations, with mentions of the Diamond Express and Pullman cars and key offices in South Bethlehem and Lackawanna Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa
Nea
Easton
Trenton
Philadelphia
South
Washington
Tobyhanna
Oswego
Eltra
Corning
Ath
Daneville
Mount Orris
Buffalo
Northweat
Southwead
Binghamton
Way Station
Nicholson
Hinghemton
Elmira
Allea
Richfeld Springs
Ithaca
Northumberland
Pittston
Wilkes
Barre
Plymouth
Bloomabore
Danville
Willameport
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Nanticoke
Mor Kineston
M. Li. Smith
Ahs
Pacinelvey
Insurwis
Piste Rains
White Haven
Taxteton
Pottsville
RTR
Bethlehem
Reading
Harrisbore
Tunkhannock
Towanda
Geneva
Rochester
Buffato
Niagara
Bas i
Chicago
D. H. RK. BR
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Lackawanna County
Teft
Shannon & Co
Newedteaters
Union
Padway’s
Padway
Stang
Grigg
Murray Hill
Murray Hill Park
St. Lawrence River
F. R. White
Spring House
Heart Laks, Pa
Crofut
Alford
Hotel
le Chevalier
Ocean Grove, N. J
Matthew
First Avenue
Asbury Park
N. J
O. W. Matthews
Msonders
Ade
Mooelic and
Suger Dale
Laplin & Rand Powder Cos
Electric Potteries
Paemeto Jey
Ex Plodiug
Repauno Chemical Co
Old Dominion
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Richmond
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Pier
North River
W.L. Guillaudeu
E. C. West
Arter
Wim, G. Clark
Penn, Ave
Conrad
Lacka, Ave
Central Railroad ‘of
New Jersey
Long Branch
Belmar
Onsen Beach
Spring Lake
Mit
Alo Seuze
IL Olmausen
P, Baldwin
Gineral
E. Robinson
Pigenet
George W. Coleman
General Plant
Wyoming Valley
Myar
MHI & Connell, Protheros Co
A. E. Strong
Aine
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Inneapolis
St. Paul
Northwest
Vancouver
Ite
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Mm Sivays Kne
BE. V. Skinner
Broadway
the Newark
Newark
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
Jas
A. Banister Co
Shoes
Waconmakers
Bittenbender & Co
Scranton, Pa
Lagkawanna Lumber CO
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Port Allegany
General Office—Board of Trade
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunbury
Pittsburg
West
Hazleton
Norristown
J. R. Wood
J. B. Mutchinson
Central Railroad of
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
RBC
Syvenaire
Gundage
Yor Xisat Park
Atlantic City
Ewark
Elisabeth
A. m
Parloreas
Phiiadelphia
Faston
Lebanon
Liberty Street
Fexprens van Urtet
Himm
Phiadelphia
H. Aldwin
Paws
J. H, Olhausen
Lacka
Western
Erie and
Delaware and Hudson
Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Schanton
North Bound
Ans Daily
Apt
Munday
Y. Franklin
Weehawken
Lea Colmsis Hancock
Preston
Winwood Poyntelle
Wursog
Pleasant Mt
Uniondale
Carbondae
Wesy
Wuval
Iin
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