Seaside Dreams and Summer Social Life Notes
The column reflects a hot crowded season with limited amusements and seek for cool spots. It lists birthday parties, social gatherings at Irving avenue Throop and at Pittston, and ongoing summer lectures and travels. It mentions Mrs. Sanderson entertaining in Throop and a large crowd at Joseph O'Donnell's eighteenth birthday. It records a Night Blooming Cereus attraction on South Main and notes teachers attending summer schools while the New Age chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a meeting with a literary program and a refined luncheon. It also covers Mrs. Stein hosting card evenings, Roland Reed visiting Scranton and a War Party at Beidleman home with patriotic programming and guests. A surprise visit to Miss Edith Doty at the Cedar avenue parsonage is described along with the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Age of Tunkhannock
Dial Rock
Daughters of the American Revolution
James W. Platt
Tioga and
Putnam Streets
Pittaton
Annette Gorman
George Johnson
Pittston
Elizabeth Runnell
Rip van Winkle
Bertha Sooy
Mount Holly
N. J
J. A. Chapman
Charlotte Avery
Charleston, &. C
Scranton
H. H. Beidleman
Webster Avenue
Mackie
Kingston
Barbara Frietchie
Sheridan
America
F. A. Beidleman
Horton
Misses Mackie
Eda Wagner
Minnie Lange
Filo Owens
Daisy Doud
F. W. Lange
F. A. Wagner
J. M. McDowell
W. A. McDowell
Messrs
L. A. Lange
D. L. Wilson
W. B. Schimpf
Curtis Powell
West Side
Edith Doty
Cedar Avenue Parsonage
Miss Doty
Misses Casele
May Lewis
Mabel Hancock
Mary
Edna Parsons
Irene Moses
Cgiwenetta Phillips
Esther Howard
Grace Whiting
Hattie Goodrich
Hannah
Phoebe Davis
Bert
Philip Simone
Willie Warley
Eleazer Carey
Walter Lewis
Howard Doty
Movements of People in Scranton and Nearby Areas
A long list of residents and visitors travels across Scranton, Moscow, Lake Winola, Lake Ariel, Honesdale, Hazleton, and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Myron Kasson, Florence Richmond II, Mrs David Weed, Mrs G du B L Dimmick, Miss Ruth Edwarde, Miss Katharine Gallacher, Mrs M B Neal, Mr Howard Davin, and many others visiting relatives, hosting guests, or traveling to lakes and resorts such as Lake Winola, Crystal Lake, Lake Ariel, Adirondacks, Gouldabham, Hancock NY, and Easton. Several people depart for trips to Canada, Maine coast, Atlantic City, or Baltimore, with stays at hotels or farms and visits to relatives. Also notes on professional and civic movements from Deputy Prothonotary John F Cummings, Professor J M Chance, Superintendent Howell, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Kasson
Daleville
Florence Richmond II
Lake Winola
David Weed
Moscow
G. du B. Dimmick
Hojendale
Ruth Edwarde
Archbald Street
Crystal Lake
M. EB. Neal
Elmhurst
Howard Davin
G. du BL Dim
Mise
Carrie Darling
Hancock, N. Y
Jessie Kellow
Chestnut Street
Honesdale
Brasse
Binghamton
N. Y
HW. L. Wall
Washburn Street
Harvey's Lake
Lydia Jacobs
North Hyde Park Avenue
Hazleton
Jessie Froce
Wilkes-Barre
Weet Scranton
William Koons
Audonried
Seranton
C. D. Pettit
Baltimore
John F. Cummings
J. McAnulty
HH. Connell
Canada
J. M. Chance
Mrr
G. G. Mahy
Maine
Howell
Teachers’ Institute of
Bt. Cecilia
Fred Piaf
George James
Bert Pinnock
Archbald
L. T. Barnes
Scranton
Tunkhannock
H. M. Prendergast
Mise Prenderfast
van Booy
Brownscombe
Kingston
Grat Lakes
Mr. Livy
Richard
Lake Poyntelle
Moesra
C. Conklin
Frank Wolfe
W. J. Northup
West Side visitors invited to return visit
Inmates of the Cedar avenue parsonage send best wishes with the guests and invite them to repeat their visit at any convenient future time.
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West Side
Cedar Avenue Parsonage
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Longstanding Catarrh
Alfred Re of Hoernerrtown Pennsylvania reports long years of catarrh with head fullness and ear ringing cleared after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. He notes nasal obstruction improved and energy returned enabling a full day of farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Alfred Re, Viner
Hoernerrtown
Pennsylvania
Dr Longstreet Seen As Top Scranton Area Coroner Candidate
Friends urge Dr S P Longstreet to run again for coroner, noting an enduring public record. He built a strong career in Lackawanna County, with a history in Wayne and Erie counties, medical training at the University of New York, and a 1495 election victory by a wide margin. He faces a demanding role ahead but remains a leading Republican with deep community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Longstreet
Longstreet
Lackawanna County
New Jersey
Earliesr
Lonestreet
Wayne County
William K
Preampton
Moscow
Erie City
Samuel Price Longstreet
Hawley
Prompton
Wayne County Normal School
State Normal
Mansfield
L. Kelly
Olyphant
Hand
Scranton
University of New York
Benevolent Protective Order of Elite
Republican Party
Social notes from area denizens at summer travels
Mr EH Bird of Madison Avenue visits his mother in Binghamton. Mixx Hale of Yonkers visits Ada Phillips on Monroe. G M Hallatead goes to Allenhurst with family. M Hi Niland heads to Scranton Correspondence School in Kansas City. Tallie M Evans and J D Davies ride to Plymouth and back via Nanticoke and Parsons. Mrs H B Ware and son summer at Crystal Lake. Helen Jewell at Rahway. Carrie Bonnie in Sullivan County. Edith Pierson returns from Baltimore. Harry Stevens in Moscow. F L Peekie at Wayne County old home. Alten and Harry Barker at Atlantic City. Lulu Hayward vacationing at Elmira. Rev Dr and Mrs Eckman at Wyoming Campground. Bertha Lowenstein vacationing at Lake Winola. D B Harris and Maggie Harris visiting Hazleton. Gearhart and Wheeler to Beach Haven. Tallie Evans, Pittston Gazette editor, in city. Pratts and Willis Pratt leave for Thousand Islands. Huslanders wheel through Bradford County. Anna Van Nort, Maria Ewane, Jesse Flagen at Moody’s summer school Northfield. Hill returns from funeral in Littlestown. George M Hillstead returns from Slaterville with ill son, now recovering.
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P. Longstreet
Hallstead
W. Li. Davies
Archbald Street
New York City
Charles Manninger
North Garfield Avenue
Gouldabham
John Farrington
West Scranton
LL Amoreauy
Moscow
Morris Thomas
Company
Thirteenth Regiment
Miseex Lizzie
Sophia Stumpf
Kate Knoth
Magleton
Margaret
Mary Rowhon
Lafayette Street
Birrhamton
J. HL Backs
Stillwater
Hloomahure
Willis E. Merriman
Lincoln Avenue
Atlantic City
Misa Siseon
Ithaca
Scranton
Cayuga Lake
Frank McGowan
National Photographers’ Convention
EH. Bird
Madison Avenue
Binghamton
Mixx Hale
Yonkers
N. Y
Mikes Ada Phillips
Monroe Avenue
G. M. Hallatead
Allenhurst
N.L
M. Hi. Niland
Kansas City
Scrantor Correspondence School
Tallie M. Evans
J. D. Davies
Plymouth
Nanticoke
Parsons
H. B. Ware
Nuree
Crystal Lake
Dr. Ware
Lake
Helen Jewell
Rahway
N. J
Carrie Bonnie
Sulivan Coun Fe
Edith Pierson
Baltimore
Harry Stevens
F. L. Peekie
Wayne County
Alten
Harry Barker
Lulu Hayward
Elmira
J. G. Eckman
Wyoming Campground
Bertha Lowenstein
Lake Winola
D. B. Harris
Maggie Harris
Hazleton
Gearhart
Wheeler
Beach Haven
Tallie Evana
Pittston
Annie Huslander
Bradford County
Mishes
Anna van Nort
Maria Ewane
Jesele Flagen
A Queer Little Hen
A Cardiff Times poem about a brown hen that lays an egg from a tree each day. The narrator questions the odd habit and suggests some acts come from the right place even when they seem strange. It ends with a moral: do the right thing and bring good thoughts rather than dodge the wrong place.
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Cardiff Times
Nay Ang Park
S &Mart
Washington Avenue
Green Hidge
Spruce Street
Petersburg
Linden Street
One Woman's Views on Streetcar Women
A motorman laments women on streetcars as reckless, quarrelsome, and scatterbrained. He cites cases of near accidents, umbrella jabs, lost items, and crowding, then concludes men enable helpful yet intrusive manners and women spread skirts to claim seats. Saucy Bess adds a final warning.
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Saucy
Bess
Powerful Bargains in Men's Golf Shirts
A local sale promotes men’s golf shirts offered at fractions of cost. Shoppers rushed to buy hundreds of dozens, with repeat customers returning for more. The event emphasizes low prices on Madras shirts, cuffed variants, and patterns while supplies last.
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New York
Women’s Linen Collars and White Pique Scarf for 22
Thought we had everybody supplied but many were disappointed by last Saturday’s inquiries. There is plenty available tomorrow. Collars are fc linen in newest shapes and 22 Puffs are full length. The two for . . c
White Aprons Priced Low Amid Embroidery Trimmed
Local shop advertises white aprons trimmed with embroidery and plain hems and tucks at a bargain price this Saturday. Limited stock available, customers urged to visit early for best choice and savings.
Handkerchief Patterns Offered at Bargain Price
Catalog snippet advertises 50 patterns of men’s handkerchiefs with fancy colored borders priced at 6 for 25 cents and 4 for 25 cents on a Saturday sale.
Folding Fans and Leather Belts Sale Ad
Folding fans large size roll folding all sona worth 19c on Saturday 10c leather belts your choice black or white ordinarily worth 15 2gc for soda water and ice cream served in the store.
Paper Novels On Saturday Bargain Prices
Two thousand paper novels go on sale Saturday at unusually low prices. The selection includes works by Duchess, Charlotte M Braeme, Alexander Dumas, Jerome K Jerome, Robert Louis Stevenson, M E Braddon, Anthony Hope, and Conan Doyle among others. Copyright editions by E P Roe and Amelia E Barr are featured on premium calender paper with handsome bindings.
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the Duchess
Charlotte M. Braeme Alexander Dumas
Jerome K. Jerome
Robert L. Stevenson
M. E. Braddon
Anthony Hope
Mrs. Forrester
E. P. Roe
Amelia E. Barr
Soap and Wash Cloth Castile Sale Ad
Ad lists Castile soap bars with genuine green olive oil and large Turkish wash cloths. Notes price details include a cloth worth 8 cents and items available Saturday. casual sale announcement with abbreviated product names.
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Castile
Nay Ang Park Menagerie Draws July Visitors
The Nay Ang park menagerie delights visitors with three deer two rabbits five meerkats a raccoon two otters a fox and twelve alligators from Dr G B Hill at Indian River Florida The enclosure scenes feature the brigadier general and Dr Swallow among others The alligators rest in a muddy pool and a warning note warns swift turns to escape a sprinting alligator
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Nay Ang Park
G. B. Hill
Indian River
Fla
Blanco
Buffalo
Nellie McCrory
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Alana
Joseph O'Donnell
Irving Avenue
C. M. Sanderson
Throop
Mise Higgins
Orange
F. F. Arndt
Mra. Matthews
Smock
Jarsadelphia
Law
Mra. Griffin
Merrifield
Mra
A. T. Law
Gerecke
Marvine
Williams
Hull
van Cleef
William Price
South Main Avenue
Cereus
Beranton
Nettie Nye
Chicago
Stevenson
Nyack
Farnese
Harvard
Mason
Hannah Williams
Chautauqua
Eas
Grace
Katharine Hicks
Pickett
Huntingdon
Mrs. Stein
Wyoming Avenue
Roland Reed
F. C. Hand
Rudolph
John M. Harris
Schubert
Reed
Martha W. Moses
B. Moses
Samuel Woolner, Jr
Peoria, Ir
Arian Williame
Frank
Adirondacks
G. Benton Maclean
Willis Bweet
M. W. Smock
Philadelphia
Peter Davidson
Martha Fishing
Weet Lackawanna Avenue
Easten
William Gable
South Garfield Avenue
Gouldabora
Joseph Bender
Mollie
David Jones
South Lincoln Avenue
Urlean
John Edinger
South Hyde Park Avenue
James Rolline
May
Jorney Shore
Tillian Graham
Mrs. Rogers Israel
Coristo
Grace Ackerle
P. F. Campbellle
Thomas Miler
Camp Alger
James Beland
Wilkes- Berre
8. B. Means
Randolph Jones
C. L. Gritin
Lakewood
DR. S. P. Longstreet
George M. Hillstead
Slaterville
William
Ehy
Cutiura
L. J. Root
New Bootland
Tirere
Jonas Long
Alexander Rosa N. Carey
Hugh Conway
Marie Corelli
Henry Sienkiewicz
Walter Besant
Gustave Aimard
Conan Doyle
General Weyler
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