Narrow escape at West Scranton dam prompts alumni plans
A 14 year old boy nearly drowned at the old Continental dam on West Mountain when a companion stirred mud keeping his head underwater. He was pulled out by friends, revived on shore, and the incident was followed by news of the Alumni association forming a track team with Eugene Tropp as manager and captain. The group plans games with Susquehanna and other local teams and sets regular meeting dates.
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Old Continental Dam
Alumni Association
Michael &Ybonski
Booth Keyser Avenue
West Mountain
Syboneki
Miner Worden Arrested on False Pretenses Charge
Contractor Miner Worden of North Hyde Park avenue was arrested on a false pretenses complaint by Matilda Fahrig. She said Worden borrowed 74 dollars claiming wealth, gave a note, then after an extension issued a bad check. He posted 300 dollars bail after waiving a hearing and denies the claim.
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Miner &. Worden
Hyde Park Avenue
Matilda Fahring
Worden
Tocal
Explosion Rocks Lackawanna River Area Near Lackawanna Ave
Witnesses on West Lackawanna Avenue reported a loud blast at 1 16 PM yesterday. A white smoke cloud rose beyond the stone bridge and authorities found a large quantity of powder exploded by the river. Leaves scorched and other damage suggested a violent blast. Railroad workers speculated boys may have used a drawhead to ignite the powder as a makeshift cannon.
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West Lackawanna Avenue
Lackawanna Avenue
Stone Bridge
Alumni Athletic Association Adopts New Constitution
At a meeting in Favorite Hall, the Alumni Athletic Association gathered over thirty members to adopt its new constitution and set aims for future activities. The session outlined governance, membership rules, and event planning.
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Alumni Athletic Association
Favorite Hall
Loyal Knights trip to Harvey's Lake set for August fourteenth
Members of Enterprise lodge Loyal Knights of America will run a free excursion to Harvey's Lake on August 14. Each member gets two free tickets. A committee led by John R. Thomas and William J. Jenkins has completed arrangements for the comfort and entertainment, including races baseball and other games.
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Enterprise Lodge
Loyal Knights of America
Harvey's Lake
John R. Thomas
William J. Jenkins
Loyal Knights
Bowling honors shift as Dutch and Welsh battle
At Electric City Wheel lanes the Welsh beat the Dutch by over 200 pins in a two game match. Welsh totals 2 247 pins led by captain Frank Watkins with Hugh W Hughes David Owens Henry Morgan and Barry Davis. Dutch 2 042 pins captained by Jacob Pfeiffer with William Troe Arthur Stover Dolph Bruning and Samuel McCracken.
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Electric City
Frank Watkins
Hugh W. Hughes
David Owens
Henry Morgan
Barry Davis
Boy loses leg then sustains severe injuries in series of accidents
Thomas Meehan of 121 North Sherman Avenue escaped a train incident two years ago now suffers serious injuries after falling from a culvert crossing Keyser Creek on Wednesday. A surprise party honored Miss Minnie Klee on West Locust Street Thursday evening. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Williams of 1210 is reported to have funeral services.
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Thomas Meehan
Sherman Avenue
Price Shaft
Keyser Creek
Minnie Klee
West Locust Street
Thomas J. Williams
Local notices span bereavement births and meetings
Bynonstreet held yesterday afternoon. After short services at the home by Rev D P Jones, the little one was laid to rest in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr and Mrs BE B Houser of 429 South Hyde Park avenue celebrate their son Babe's sixth birthday with a party Thursday. At 8 16 o'clock the Patriotic or Sons of America excursion to Mountain Park will leave the Jersey Central station. William Sproats of Engine Co No 3 enjoys his annual vacation. Mrs Eugene Warner of Wilkes Barre is improving at her sister Mrs Thomas Coleman’s home on South Bromley avenue. Local 637 members held a meeting in Cooperative hall yesterday afternoon. Dick Murphy of Jackson Street, discharged from county jail, was rearrested last evening on parental complaint. West Side locals of United Mine Workers to meet at Jayne's hall at 10 this morning for important business. Mr and Mrs G Kern and daughter Bertha of Brooklyn visit Mr and Mrs Alfred Kern at 1125 Washburn street. Oriole Camping club members plus John Williams and others plan an August outing at Harvey's Lake. Marital announcements: Miss Jennie Freeman to Gomer Davis on July 30. Fred Peters of the Sloan returns from Portland Maine. Miss Gertrude Loomis of North Lincoln avenue and Miss Huttle B Eynon of Stark's court return from Loomis Lake. In Susquehanna county Misses Anna and Beth Lewis of South Main avenue visiting Wilkes-Barre.
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Bynonstreet
D. P. Jones
Forest Hill Cemetery
BE. B. Houser
South Hyde Park Avenue
Babe
Patriotic Or
Sons of America
Mountain Park
Jersey Central
William Sproats
Engine Company No. 3
Eugene Warner
Wilkes- Barre
Thomas Coleman
South Bromley Avenue
Local 637
Co-operative Hall
Dick Murphy
Jackson Street
West Side
United Mine Workers
Jayne's Hall
G. Kern
Bertha
Brooklyn
Alfred Kern
Washburn Street
John Williams
Martin Barley
John Thomas
David Thomas
Archie Moses
Thomas Thomas
Oriole Camping Club
Harvey's Lake
Jennie Freeman
Thomas Freeman
South Main Avenue
Gomer Davis
Fred Peters
Sloan
Portland
Gertrude S. Loomis
North Lincoln Avenue
Huttle B. Eynon
Stark’s Court
Loomis Lake
Susquehanna County
Anna
Beth Lewis
Wilkes-Barre
North Main Avenue Baptist Church
David Williams
Giles Clark
Merton Emery
Dela Ware Water Gap
Heart Lake
Young Women's Christian Outing Club
Lake Scranton
Nothiig
North Scranton
Young Women's Christian Association
North Scranton Institute of Human Development
Young
Elsie Thomas
Joshua Ellas
West Scranton
BR. S. Jones
Welsh Congregational Church
John Regan
Oak Street
Sullivan County
N. Y
Valentine Birtley
Hose Company No. 1
Lake Poyntelle
G. W. Davis
West Market Street
Carbondale
Thomas Jefferson Independent Lodge
Osterhout's Hall
Thomas Price
Gon. Hayden
Reese Street
Wales
Otto D. Myers
Richard Thomas
James D. Evans
Lake Henry
Ida Perry
North Main Avenue
Pittsburg
Susie Walte
Waverly
Elsie Shires
Joseph Fairclough
Taylor
Jennie Price
Edna Avenue
Summit
N. J
North End
North Scranton Church Group Maps Out Annual Outing Plans
North Scranton locals announce an August church outing with a committee to secure rail rates for Delaware Water Gap or Heart Lake. The Young Women’s Christian Outing Club departs today at 1 30 for Lake Scranton. A lunch room opens Monday for lunching young women, and the North Scranton Institute of Human Development closes for August with a July 41 program. Long list of local social notes includes marriages and visits across Scranton and nearby towns.
Pups Adopted by Hen in Red Rock Tale of Unlikely Family
In Susquehanna a litter of six pug pups found by Sam Ransom of Red Rock become mothered by a kindly hen. The hens care leads to a unique blended family as the pups accompany the hen in daily activities. The piece weaves local notes of baseball and community life around this odd tale.
Green Ridge Notes of Local Visits and Away Travel
Green Ridge residents report visitors and summer travels. Lillian Jackson Nellie Benson Hannah Faust and Henrietta Faust return from two weeks at Lake Apriel. Miss Louise Warren heads two weeks to New York City and Saratoga. Lizzle Tillou visits Green Ridge. Mr and Mrs Campman of West Pittston stay with kin. Bible class plans a straw ride to Moscow tonight. Rev N F B Stahl of Delaware City and family are spending the summer in Green Ridge.
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Lillian Jackson
Nellie Benson
Hannah Faust
Henrietta Faust
Lake Apriel
Missy Louise Warren
Marlon Street
New York City
Saratoga
Lizzle Tillou
Honesdale
Green Ridge
William Campman
West Pittston
Church of the Good Shepherd
Moscow
N. Fb, Stahl
Delaware City
Del
Old and Well-Tried Remedy Promises Teething Relief
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as trusted for sixty years to ease teething pain and cure diarrhea and griping in infants. It claims to calm wind colic and provide rest for mothers, pricing at twenty five cents a bottle.
Lake Ariel outing for Fourteen Friends sets 200 couples limit
After a Fourteen Friends committee decision, the group will spend August 21 at Lake Ariel with invitations limited to two hundred couples.
Erie company completes new barn at No 6 breaker
The Erie company finishes a large new barn at No 6 breaker to become the chief barn, replacing the old depot barn. A six foot fence with two strands of barbed wire encloses the site. The funeral of Mrs. Martin Cooney was held from her Clay avenue home with a high mass at St. Marys church and burial in Hyde Park. Local residents and visitors are noted at several homes and towns including Pittston, Yonkers, Honesdale, Lenoxville, and Binghamton as people travel or visit.
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The
Erie Company
Martin Cooney
Clay Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Hyde Park
A.L. Bryden
North Blakely Street
Pittston
E. L. Jenks
Yonkers
Reuben Dainty
Fifth Street
Honesdale
Genevieve Ehrgood
Dudley Street
Obituary of Charles W. Carpenter at 22 in Scranton
Charles W. Carpenter died yesterday at his parents home after a four week illness. A Scranton High School graduate class of 1902 he worked at the Wintondale post office and was esteemed by many. Survived by parents sisters and will be interred at Washburn Street Cemetery after a Sunday funeral. Also reported is the death of Mrs. William Joyce, former South Side resident, in Buffalo with interment planned at Palm Street home among surviving relatives.
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Charles W. Carpenter
William Carpenter
North
Rebecca Avenue
Mr. Carpenter
Scranton High School
Wintondale
First Baptist Church
Mia
William Morgan
Clara Carpenter
F. Mathews
William Joyce
South Side
Buffalo
Palm Street
Mary Murphy
Joseph
Edward Murphy
Wellie
Agnes
Veronica
Senator Gal Inger Warns of American Global Economy
In a recent speech Senator Gal Inger argues Americans are increasingly self sufficient, outperforming workers abroad in efficiency and output. He predicts continued protection will boost U S production and wealth to rival or surpass the rest of the world.
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Gal Inger
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Mountain House Walk Seeks Favor and Desperado Showdown
A narrator describes pursuing Miss Chalmers at Mountain House summer. He plans to confront a suspected robber, but an amused twist ends with Miss Chalmers recognizing him and her father sparing him from further danger. The encounter ends with the narrator becoming closely tied to the Chalmers family.
Flint Glass Works Workers Rejected Demands
In Atlantic City on an August market date the manufacturers and workers of the flint glass works met to demand higher wages and shorter hours. Employers refused the increases and Sunday night shifts. Another meeting is planned for tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
Flint Glass Works
Laday
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William Phillips
Berwick
Lake Lodore
Washington
Eugene Tropp
Dufour
Gale
Geo. W. Jenkins
Main Ave
Madras
America
Wong
Mary McLane
Liberty
Globe Warehouse
Whitney
Red Rock
Scranton Tribune
Susquehanna
Sam Ransom
Martin O'Malley
Scranton ‘Tribune
Crescents
Susquehanna Stars
Great Bend
Cassidy
Melrose
Ross Park
Binghamton
Montrose
Windsor Club
Socore
Borge-Barn
L. JL. Twilley
Annapolis
Maryland
Susquehanna and
Hallstead
George W. Leach
Oakland
Nathaniel J. Topping
Royal Arcanum
Susquehanna County Medical Pension Examining Board
Cecil Rhadikar
Philadelphia
Crystal Lake
Cecil
Camden
Miss Rhadikar
Chester
Alice J. Pickering
Beranton
Harford
South Scranton
Friends
Lake Ariel
Joseph Ruane
John Lentes
Valentine Simon
Prospect Avenue
Runne
Cedar Avenue
Simon
Ruane
Margaret Boland
St. Joseph's Church
Minooka
Cathedral
Charles Graft
Mary Boland
St. John's Church
Fig Street
Schley
Joseph Loughery
J. J. Walsh
Pittston Avenue
Dunmore
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Dar
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Sourmarp
Phenix Mills
N.Y
Dean
Pintmam
Lydia
Pinkam
Cuas
Sour Hamp
Phoenix Mills
National City Bank of
Lynn
Idin E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyon
Mass
Iss Chalmers
Mountain House
Miss Chalmers
Plagea
Misa Chalmers
Law
Astrong
Brocken
Ethel
Mr. Troteter
Mr. Chalmers
Buffa Enoultrer
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