Death notices and obituaries mark Belmont street loss
The city mourns Mrs. Corts Geary who died after a brief illness from an internal abscess at age twenty three. She leaves a son, her parents, two sisters, and was a member of the First Methodist church. Funeral Thursday at 1 PM from Maple avenue home. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Mary Finnerty aged around late life, widow of Edward Finnerty, with funeral arrangements in St Rose Church. Additional social notes mention local residents and a Dickson Manufacturing engine awaiting use on the Albany and Susquehanna division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corts Geary
Girs. Geary
Belmont Street
Geary
Uniondale
Cora Carpenter
Russell Carpenter
George Geary
First Methodist Church
Whele
L. A. Burdick
William Rounds
Maple Avenue
Mary
Edward Finnerty
O'Coock
Mary Finnerty
Mirs
Finnerty
Sligo
Irelan
Patrick
New Haven
Conn
Thoms
St. Rose Church
St. Rose Cemetery
Successful Candidates for Mining Examinations
List of men who passed the recent mining examinations held July 9 10 in the city for mine foremen and assistant foremen. Names include Walkenshaw Indian Jenkins Hatfield Edwards Jones Reed Jones Jones from Scranton and Throop, plus others from Olyphant Archbald Vand- Ung Carbondale Providence officials supervised by A P Patten J Morrison V Richards E Roderick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walkenshaw
Scranton
John Indian
Throop
Obed Jenkins
Joseph Hatfield
Luther Edwards
Gwilym Jones
William Reed
Thomas W. Jones
Olyphant
W. H. Berkheiser
Edwards Evans
Thomas F. Curran
James B. Wiliams
John J. Morgan
Archbnld
Miles J. Mel Andrews
Patrick J. Lally
Vand- Ung
Thomas Parry
William R. Jones
George Siems
Daniel @nokins
Thomas Lewis H. John
John
W. Lewis
Albert L. Mason
David T. Lewis
Odd Fellows Excursion to Binghamton Arranges Park Dance
The Odd Fellows excursion to Binghamton plans a park dance with Severeon's orchestra providing music. Fireworks are scheduled for the evening and a large crowd is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Binghamve
Binghamton etter @ark
Stricken by Diphtheria Claims Brother and Endangers Child
The second child of Mrs. John McFarland visiting sister Mrs. John Potter on Dundaff street was stricken with diphtheria yesterday. The mother mourns the death of her eldest son from the same disease on Sunday and fears for the remaining child’s peril.
Personal and Local News Highlights in Scranton
Patrick Bunny, back from New York where he studied embalming, has joined Undertaker Morrison Arthur Lewsky and may return today from the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor in Baltimore. Frank and Burt visited Scranton, while Burt Dix vacations at Starrucca for two weeks. The Coogan property sold yesterday morning to P A Carroll for what is believed to be two brick stores planned for the coming year. Hendricks visited Scranton yesterday. Professor and Mrs E E Pitts have been visiting the latter’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Bunny
New York
Morrison Arthur Lewsky
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Baltimore
Frank
Burt Wee
Scranton
Burt Dix
Starrucca
Coogan
P. A. Carroll
Hendricks
E. E. Pitts
Miner Killed After Noon in Jones Simpson Mine
Grimith Reese son of Richart Reese from the Ridge was killed in a Jones Simpson & Co. mine yesterday afternoon while serving as a runner. He, about 18, stumbled before moving cars and died instantly. His brother perished in a mine accident less than two years ago. Funeral notices and local obituaries follow in county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimith Reese
Richart Reese
Ridge
Jones, Simpson & Co
Michael Swift
St Thomas’ Church
Dr. Lucas
Lucas
4. M. Gilroy
James Corcoran
Mies McAndrew
Thomas K. Churney
Patrick Moran
Martin Cummings
R. N. Davis
Harold
New York City
Farview
Gillespie
Pine Brook
Mise
Bridget McAndrews
Patrick McAndrew
Charles McDonnell
Martin McLaughlin
the Place
James P. Lawler
Taylor
Obits and funeral notices from a rural Scranton area
Thomas Fadden a long time local resident dies aged 47 after months of miners asthma born in Ireland leaving a wife four sons and a daughter funeral set for Thursday at 1 o clock interment in St Patrick cemetery Mrs Douglass Morton widow of Douglass Morton dies suddenly at her Blakely home aged 61 with three children surviving funeral tomorrow at 3 with services at the house and burial at Union cemetery Griffin Reese 14 son of Richard Reese Ridge killed instantly in the Jones and Bimpson drift while rails cars operated funeral Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fadden
Fadden
Ireland
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Douglass Morton
Fourth Street
Blakely
Union Cemetery
Griffin Reese
Richard Reese
Ridge
Jones & Bimpson
Storm Dooms Hawley Glass Site Fire Averted
A lightning strike hit the Five-pot furnace stack at Hawley Glass works and rolled to the ground after rebounding to the iron roof but caused no apparent damage. In town notes, residents and visitors including F W Schalm family and others returned from trips to New York City and Scranton, with social calls and errands listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hightning
Hawley Glass Company
F. W. Schalm
Arthur Echalm
Emma Schalm
Hattie Bruner
New York City
John Ball
Honesdale
Weasley McCann
Willum Bolarst
New Paill
Frank Phillips
Fair Rev
A. W. Cooper
F. R. Gill
Jermyn
Visitors and Local Events Highlight Tafton Pa Community
Guests include James and Mary Mayer sisters on Malin Street and Hoboken manager Mr Gantzberg visiting Tafton. Residents Lou Hardenbergh and Rev J J Rankin family travel from Scranton and Fairview Lake. Mark Edgar and Jack Kimble catch sixteen bass at Paupack River. Mr and Mrs Soliday stay two weeks at Fairview Lake clubhouse. A lamp explosion caused a small fire at Dr L P Gook’s residence with minor carpet and bedding damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Mary Mayer
Malin Street
George Ammerman
Seeleyville
Robert Gantsberg
Hoboken
N J
Tafton
Labes
Gantzberg
Gantzberg Theater
N. J
Mises Lou Hardenbergh
Honesdale
J. J. Rankin
Fairview Lake
Mark Edgar
Scranton
Jack Kimble
Paupack
Pauwpack River
Joseph Soliday
L. P. Gook
Aunt Sarah Rogers Visits from Wyoming Mesdames Four Generations
Mrs A M M Maybee hosts her aunt Mrs Sarah Rogers of Wyoming on Monday. The two ladies, each about 76, represent two of five living generations. Other local notes include Roland McNab plans a lithographed town business directory for display at Lehigh Valley station, a fatal Sayre shift engine accident involving John Maloney at the Athens Bridge works, and various social visits and upcoming events such as choir at church parlors and a dime musicale by the Young Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the Baptist church ons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. MM. Maybee
Sarah Rogers
Wyoming
Maybee
Roland McNab
Lehigh Valley
John Maloney
Sayre
Maloney
Athens
Fred
Hiller
Ibaby
Carbondale
F. L. Hiller
Drysten
Methodist Epplecopal Jarronage
D. L. Jackson
Paul Billings & Sons
Elmira
J. T. Jennings
Mehoopany
Dryden Springs
N. Y
F. G.martin
Gidney
D.C. Graham
Clare
Dana
New York
City of Rome
Greenock
Scotland
Epworth League
R. J. Bardwell
B. M. Stone
Stulli
Mies Grace V. Bonner
Eatonville
Mehoopany Opera House
Frear
Dutch Mountain
Willie
John Townsend
Warren Street
Lake Carey
The
Agricultural Society
W. N. Reynolds
Gray Block
Judge
Stttler
Owasco Lake
Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Harry Mack
Forest City union picnic and a strange horse theft incident
Forest City plans a union picnic at Lake Poyntelle in Wayne county on Tuesday August 20 with excursions via the Scranton branch of the Ontario and Western. Fares are set for adults and children from Carbondale Forest City and Hanlonk. A second notice reports St Agnes Pioneer corps picnic and a social at Davies Opera house August 16. A Carbondale man, riding with a stranger who then disappeared with a horse, was arrested on a warrant for horse theft after being left on Maltstreet in the borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Lake Poyntelie
Wayne County
Scranton
Ontario and Western
Carbondale
Poyntelle Summit
Carbonvale
Main Street
Wandling
Itr
Carbondallan Big Tae Andeanadian
Fin
Republicans Hold Ward Caucuses for County Convention
In Forest City borough the first ward Republicans meet in W. J. Maxey's office on Saturday evening August 4 from 8 to 9 to select two delegates for the county convention in Montrose on August 6. Second ward Republicans meet at the Davies House hall at the same time to elect delegates. The Forest City Car and Manufacturing Company nears completion of grading and will start building soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
W. J. Maxey
Montrose
Davies House
Forest City Car and Manufacturing Company
Local social notices and visits fill town pages
Mrs Brooks of Binghamton visits Hon. S B Chase on River street. Others from Norwich Montrone Elmira and New Milford visit friends and relatives here. Church groups plan events on Friday and Thursday evenings. Local improvements include sewer work and church foundation. Wheels tax change noted for Wheelmen and ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Brooks
Binghamton
B. Chase
River Street
Low Oliver
Norwich
Haseen
Frank Brown
Dayton Avenue
Mra. Sheak
Front Street
Willam McDonald
Moses Taylor Hospital
Roy Barns
Elmira
Barns
Misa Rossie Perrigo
Montrone
Vislting
Misa Mattle Millard
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
C.J. Langley
C. J. Langley
Hatch
Tose Dayton
Fred Carl
Christian Endeavor Society
Church Lawn
Junior
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Will Hayner
Timothy Shannon
Church Street
Mastera Ray
Jay Tegart
John Coyne
Main Street
Misa Emma Hayward
Pringhamton
R. W. Hayward
Allie Ward
New Milford
R. H. Hayward
J. M. WH. Ashton
Mra. N. IL. Tyler
Pine Street
J. W. Larshee
Forest City
C. Anderson
Port Jarvis
C. F. Langley
Harrison Dunham
Pinghamton
Phil Tengtham
John Rooney
New Baptist Church
Frankin Street
Tom Shannon
Charles Brown
Place
Great Bend
Keystone
New Presbyterian Church
Layton
Local social notes from Elmira and area
Me and Mrs Fordson of Elmira with several others spent Monday at Lake Ariel. Frischkorn broke his arm in a barn fall. Hallett, idle on the picket line, is convalescent. Brown returned home from Yatesville. Smith of Nicholson visits town. Watson Andrews Kelly Tighe Meyers Hines Bartholemew and Doherty brothers attended Moses Taylor lodge excursion to Elmira last Saturday. Cannon and Runyan left for Brooklyn to open a drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordsman
Elmira
Misa Nettle Vail
Eli Vail
Peters
Misa Peters
Lake Ariel
Newman Frischkorn
A. J. Hallett
Ethel Brown
Yatesville
Verndon Smith
Nicholson
Mieses Bessie Watson
Nellie McAndrews
Bin
Local Social Notes From Amora and Scranton
Mrs Susanna Williams of Amora Ti visits O I Williams. Mrs Chester Butts of Scranton visits her mother Mrs Theodore Thurber. Mrs Wilgabeth Stevens returns from two weeks with daughter Mrs G A Shoemaker of Scranton. Miss Lizzie Bronson of Scranton stays with Mrs Horace Mack. Kane of Scranton travels on business. Ex Sheriff Robinson stops by town. Mathilda J Smith of Upper Main Street leaves for Plymouth. Thomas Campbell of Lincoln Street heads to Altoona to establish home. Edward Early of Park Place becomes teamster at Jermyns store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susanna Williams
Amora
O. I. Williams
Chester Butts
Scranton
Theodore Thurber
Wilgabeth Stevens
G. A. Shoemaker
Laura Walker
Arthur Titus
Lizzie Bronson
Horace Mack
Thomas ¥. Kane
Fairview Avenue
Edward Early
Park Place
Jermyn
Robinson
Misa Mathilda J. Smith
Upper Main Street
Plymouth
Thomas Campbell
Lincoln Street
Altoona
May field boys overpower Jermyn in Alumni Park game
May field defeated Jermyn 41 to 10 at Alumni Park. McNulty pitched well, Williams caught, Mendleson at first base contributed. scattered updates note visits by McGovern and Walker. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertised as teething aid for babies, sold worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Jermyn
Alumni Park
McNulty
Williama
Mendleson
Fhrst
John McGovern
Scrmaton
Wiliam Walker
Pioneer City
Industry News Reveals Rail, Steel, and Power Expansions
Happenings of Interest to the Staple Trades report Pennsylvania Railroad builds 100 locomotives, signaling 100 new engineers. steel and iron trades rise post panics. Sacramento switches to electric streetcars powered by Folsom Dam water. Chicago firm forms a $150 million motor venture claiming Atlantic crossing efficiency. An act in New York tightens trade secrecy for telegraph and telephone employees. Philadelphia merges major transit lines into a new $200 million company, with John Lowther Welsh to lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Siberia
Milla
Nall
Everett
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sacramento City
California
Folsom
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
State of
New York
Telegraph
Philadelphia
Philadelphia People’s and Electric Traction Companies
People's and Electric Companies
Consolidated Company
Philadelphia Traction Company
Electric
John Lowtherwelsh
People's Traction Company
Cure for Goitre Claim via Magnetic Treatment Featured
Article promotes magnetic therapy as a remedy for goitre recounting John Nordin a young man who allegedly improved after two months of treatment by Dr Smith and staff at 05 Linden Street opposite the courthouse. It notes free consultations from 4 to 5 daily except Sundays Tuesdays and Fridays evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nordin
Dr. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas D. Rees
Oneonta
Frank Fox
Wood Miler
Stanton Pond
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Albany Amd
Scort Inglis
Hawley
Hallstead
Moscow
Price Burg
Hood
E. Beary
Richmond St
Hood’s
Lackawanna Ave
Cassimora
Mlen
the Bell Clothing House
Mea
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Empire Dry Goods CO
Great Cut Price Store
Lacka, Ave
Kerr, Liebecker & CO
Irangh
Carbondal
Dickson Manufacturing CO
Wron
Wyoming Avenue
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