Probate of Catharine Doud filed by city official
The will of Catharine Doud was admitted to probate yesterday by Register of Wills Hopkins. Workmen graded grounds about the post office prior to sodding and improvements. A charter was granted to the Equitable Building and Loan association of Dunmore at the state department. Capital stock $15,000. Charles Hatan of 175 Wilbur street was injured Saturday in the Storrs shaft and taken to Moses Taylor hospital with spinal injuries. Frederico Tablana of Scranton Gas and Water was killed by a rail accident near Wimmers while boarding a coal train. One leg severed, other badly mangled. Marriage licenses granted to several couples from Avoca, Scranton, Minooka, and Tappin. Crystal Hose Company fought a blaze in Frothingham cellars on Penn avenue. Washington Camp No. 42 of the Patriotic Order Sons of America will attend service at Green Ridge United Evangelical church with a patriotic sermon next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Doud
Register of Wills Hopkins
Equitable Building and Loan Association
Dun- More
State Department
Charles Hatan
Wilbur Street
Storrs
Moses Taylor Hospital
Avoca
John J. Burns
Maggie Flynn
Scranton
Peter Perko
Rosalia Wandelock
Minooka
Michael Wills
Reentie
Elizabeth Tappin
Trinidad
Crystal Hose Company
Frothingham
Penn Avenue
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Green Ridge
Order
Cathedral Choir Outing To Harvey's Lake
The Cathedral Choir will depart from Delaware and Hudson station at 8 00 AM by train to Wilkes Barre and thence to Harvey s Lake for a day trip. Accompanying clergy include Rev J A O Reilly Rev D J McCarthy and Rev P B E Lavelle. Wilkes Barre hosts expected to greet Bt Wary s church choir members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson
Wilkes-Barre
Harvey's Lake
J. A. O'Reilly
D. J. McCarthy
P. BE. Lavelle
Wilkes- Barre
Bt. Wary’s
Oregon Attorneys Question Schedule A in Handley Will
The Dalles July 1 1996 letter from Huntington & Wilson asks Clerk of the Orphans Court Scranton if certain persons are named in Schedule A of the late John Handley will. Contributions listed include funds to St Luke's summer home and a Lehigh Valley Railroad Niagara Falls excursion with a July 37 date and three day return validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Qerk
Thomas
Dalles
Orphans’ Court
Scranton
Bir
John Handley
Huntington & Wilson
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Niagara Falls
Buy the Weber and wet the best at Guernssy Broa
A fragmented notice mentions a Weber purchase and a best wetting event at Guernssy Broa emergence tent. No clear names or dates are readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Guernssy
Picnic Fight Leaves Polish Man in Hospital and Killer in Jail
George McCloskey, a Greenwood Polander, was found with a crushed skull after a midnight quarrel at a Greenwood picnic near the old Greenwood Coal shaft. His assailant, Alex Lefkowski, was jailed on a warrant from Stanley McCloskey. McCloskey's fate remains uncertain as doctors assess his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earty
George McCloskey
Greenwood
Death in Bellevue Heights Miner Thomas Moran Succumbs to Heart Disease
Thomas Moran of Bellevue Heights died of heart disease at age 40. His widow and seven children survive. He was found in bed after a night with no signs of distress. coroner's jury verdict confirms heart disease as cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moras
Bellevue Heights
Thomas Moran
Bellevue
Kelley
J. A. Jones
J. F. Cloherty
Jacob Morgan
William Jones
John Barclay
Patrick Hearn
Missing Spellman advances vacation note at Delaware station
Railroad news reports Officer Spellman absent from Delaware and Hudson station for a Rockaway vacation. Coal shipments remain modest while rail traffic stays profitable. Scranton’s reliance on coal is questioned as efforts seek a meeting of western general passenger agents to conserve revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omcer Spellman
Delaware and Hudson
Spellman
Rockaway
Fcranton
Chicago
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Vea
Delaware and Leon
Two Daughters Missing After Scranton Runaway Plot
Two Edwardsville mothers seek their daughters Sadie Jones and Katie Curvis age sixteen after Dolly Clark lured them to Scranton with offers of maid positions. They toured the tenderloin district with Chief Simpson vowing to locate the teens if they are in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Sadie Jones
Katie Curvis
Edwardsville
Dolly Clark
Jones and Curvis
Scranton
Tenderloin
Detective Barring Tracks Murder Suspect in Italy
In Od Forge on June 17 1894 Emil Love was killed. Detectives Leyshon and Barring pursue Crincengo Medola with Italian counsel seeking inquest transcripts. Joseph Salivo arrested on suspicion as an accomplice after being spotted with his wife en route to Carbondale and Peckville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crincengo Medola
Halian
Od Forge
Kelley
New York
Herman Barring
Barring
Italy
Thaat
Murnerer
Emmanuel Love
Joseph Salivo
Ballvo
Old Forge
Peckville
Carbondale
Leyshon
Providence
Salivo
Joseph Casesesse
City sewer survey blocked by court yard clash
Police were called as city engineers attempted to survey a Bright Street court yard for a sewer. William Bright and William Love resisted, pulling up stakes and delaying work. Both men were arrested and later released after Alderman Fuller refused adjournment. They threaten damages for false arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Engineer's Corps
Bright
Dominic Healy
William Reilly
James Smith
Engineer's Corps
William Bright
William Love
Love
Mills
Thomas Thomas
Phillips
Edwards
Moir
Geome
Fuller
I. H. Burns
J. P. Kelly
Simpson
Cam
Bright and Love
Expenditures of the School District for the Year 1896
A detailed table lists annual disbursements ending June 30 1896 including Teachers warrants 116270.28 night schools 6097.45 officers 95296.00 janitors 14189.60 repairs 16261.67 supplies 4120 coal and wood 5660.46 printing 433.87 horse and wagon 268.30 Insurance 1667.21 gas water and telephones 1004.64 rent 4298.1 legal expenses 736.40 new furniture 1240.97 text books 6434.02 tax refunding 64.08 new high school 128933.49 building accounts 72027.08 agit 292.63 improved 013.19 total 384257.63.
Scranton Seeks New Home for Dickinson Law School
Dickinson Law School Wil plans a Friday visit to Scranton to evaluate the city as a home for the transfer from Carli le. Professor Guy Carlton Lee met with the manufacturers’ committee of the board of trade to discuss the move. Reverend George H Reed and Reverend William Trickett will visit Friday with a reception committee to tour Scranton and persuade site selection. St Thomas college and the new board of trade building are under serious consideration. stockholders may decide Friday on dedicating a floor of the new building for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Carlton Lee
Manufactures’ Committee
The
Board of Trade
Prckinson Law School
Carliale
Scranton
George H. Reed
William Trickett
W. A. May
William Connell
Taather Keller
John T. Porter
Alfred Hand
St. Thomas’ College
Death of Peter Nolan Accidental Says Coroners Jury
Coroners jury in Fairchilds hotel case finds Peter Nolans death accidental but censures hotel management. Witnesses testified Nolan was found semi clothed by a locked door, gas leak strongest near stairs, room later burst open by police, administrator J W Wright appointed, Nolan leaves five children in poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Peter Nolan
Foster
South Main Avenue
Lackawanna Hospital
J. A. Kelley
Nolan
Joseph Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Fairchild
Leyshon
Mpatrchild
Mother Sues for 10000 in Railroad Death Case
Mrs. Mary Farrell of Carbondale filed a damage suit seeking 10000 for the death of her son in an October railroad accident on the New York Ontario and Western line. She contends a warh out and a poorly constructed culvert failed to drain water, causing the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Mary Farrell
Carbondale
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Farrell
Moon a Clever Scoundrel Arrest Offered Words of Plunder
A report from Nicholson said Charles Moon stole about 350 dollars worth of goods and was headed to Scranton. An hour later Chief Simpson telegraphed that the man was arrested and the property recovered. An afternoon train brought further word.
Moon Arrested After Jewelry Theft at Lord House
Nicholson constable with warrant captures Moon on Lackawanna Avenue. Moon allegedly ransacked W. E. Lord house while family away, stealing jewelry two notes for 3250 a dress cloak and bracelets. He is taken to Nicholson on the 6.05 o'clock Delaware Lackawanna train and found with the items, an old offender with prior similar convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Nicholson
Moon
W. E. Lord
Lord
Arthur Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Burglary Victims Find Cushy Looters In House
Dr. Dennis Pierce of 616 Mulberry street returns from a two month eastern trip to a burglarized home. Three boxes of cigars vanish from the pantry after entry via the dumbwaiter shaft. A toy dirk lantern and cigar stubs suggest local neighborhood youths may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Pierce
Mulberry Street
War of control erupts over school appoints in city board
The board of control splits as factions battle over appointing No. 6 school post. Miss Marie Connery backed by controller Wormser faces denial as a teacher from an adjoining ward is chosen, breaking a long held practice of consulting ward controllers. The dispute signals a broader power struggle likely to affect future appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
F. L. Wormser
Tocsln
Miss Connery
Wormser
Mr. Wormser
Man Johnson Stabbed in Wrist Seeks Treatment at Moses Taylor
A man named Johnson arrived at Moses Taylor hospital yesterday with a deep wrist wound from an alleged fight. He offered few details and authorities had little information as a blood trail from Lackawanna Avenue led to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Moses Taylor Hospital
Lackawanna Avenue
Death of David Morgan in City Hospital
David Morgan aged 57 of 622 Fourth Street died at Moses Taylor hospital last night at 9 30 after spinal trouble. He was married and leaves a wife and family. The undertaker will be sent for to take charge of the remains this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Morgan
Fourth Street
Moses Taylor Hospital
Local Obituaries from Scranton and Nearby Towns 1895
Death notices from Hawley Scranton Olyphant Blakely report multiple residents passing in late July 1895. Entries list ages names relations and funeral times with interment at Hyde Park or local cemeteries and Peckville cemetery for the Blakely case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
Booth Irving Avenue
Pine Brook
Hyde Park
Moran
Scranton
Mary
Patrick Moran
Hampton Street
Hyde Park Catholic
Thomas Moran
Judge and Attorney Clash Over Perjury Case Records
The article reports Attorney Cornelius Smith seeks a writ of mandamus in the supreme court to release John G. Jennings on own recognizance to face a perjury charge. Judge Archbald earlier kept Jennings in ball. Smith’s papers accuse Judge Connolly of corruptly altering a verdict in Jennings versus the Lehigh Valley Railroad. I. H. Burns states he will review the charges if publicly substantiated and may pursue libel action if defamed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Smith
Supreme Court
John G. Jennings
Common Pleas Court
Smith
Jennings
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Archhbald
Jones
Grand Jury
Archbald
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Connolly
Jenning
I. H. Burne
Jenniezs
Judge Connolly
I. H. Burns
Tribune
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Norrman & Moore Fire Insurance
Wyoming Ave
Commonwealth
Washington Avenue
Ackawanna
A. B. Warman
Peon Ave
Pan
Cambrig
Wyoming Avenue
City Notes
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Lackawanna
Pital
Greenwood Mine Accidental Fund
Tia
McCloskey
Lefeoski
Marshwood
Lefcoski
Stanley McCloskey
John Duffy
Justice of the Peace
Squire O'Hara
McCloakey
Miss Y
Lefcofcki
Lefcefel
Peter Robiing
Justice of the Peace O'Harm
Hall
Railroad News
Loyshon
Bright's Court
Dickinson Law School
J. LL Benton
Sino the “Armory
Burns
Hood
Sheriff's
W. Freeman
John L
Lack
Stewart
S/ C. SNYDER
Scranton Cash Store
Ando Sheen Isber Door
C.S. Woolworth
Lacka, Ave Green and Gold
Victor
J.D. Williams & Bro
Lacka. Ave
D Bank
MD Mass A
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
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Jordan
Aftreed
Weserves
Washington Av. Scrantan.Pa
Mackin
Toshes
Capes
D. Bolz
Duck Pants
Frank P. Christian
Hatter
Spruce Street
Lackawanna Ave
Scranton, Pal
Lake Ariel
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