Personal greetings and visits noted in Scranton area social items
Misa Gilmore of Scranton visits Nellie Knight West Pittston and Nellie Campbell West Pittston visiting sister Mrs Pryor Scranton. Alex McCullock of Prescott Ave. and others vacation at Delaware Water Gap. Mrs Bushnell May Jones travel to Windsor New York for two weeks with friends. Arthur Davis Burt Harrington Law David from West Side and Richard Williams from Taylor visited Campbell's League. Charles Liszman Reading student at Georgetown visits Platt Price friend Frank Levard. Dr and Mrs W Adams leave for New York for Mrs Adams surgical operation at St Marks hospital. Mr and Mrs Fox Helen Clark of Carbondale and Mrs Sears of Buffalo visit Fox's father at Niagara Falls. Wilkes-Barre passenger agent of Lehigh Valley inspects Delaware and Hudson depot, calls it a dandy. Mr and Mrs James Fiddings Ton Stard? of Mapleton Iowa and Mrs George Brown West Pittston visit Prof H Burdick Capouse Avenue. Mrs A T Heiser and daughter Lizzie Scranton stay at Fellow's cottage Wyoming Camp Ground with Rev J G Rokman residence starting. Mrs and Mrs D Simpson Mr and Mrs T H Watkins and Mr and Mrs John B Law attend birthday at Albert Lewis Hearne residence. Bishop O Hara of Scranton diocese visits Archbishop Ryan en route to Cape May for health, to stay with brother Dr Michael O’Hara at Cape May cottage. bishop not been well recently.
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Misa Gilmore
Scranton
Nellie Knight
West Pittston
Nellie Campbell
Mra
C. E. Pryor
Alex McCullock
Prescott Avenue
Delaware Water Gap
HW. A. Bushnell
May Jones
Windsor
N.Y
Arthur Davis
Burt Harrington
Law Davie
T. H. Watkins
John B. Law
Michael O'Hara
Cape May
Scranton business interests to publish classified city guide
The Trimmers will publish a carefully compiled list of Scranton and vicinity leading wholesale banking manufacturing and professional interests bound in book form with illustrated views of public buildings streets blocks and portraits of leading citizens. The edition aims to showcase Scranton resources and attract newcomers as an unmatched advertisement. Representatives will call on those whose names are desired in the edition to explain its nature and arrange notices for residences views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Tae Tarsonn
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for skin cures
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for ulcers rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back with a 25 cent price per box, sold by Matthews Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras Roi
Matthews
School House No 27 bid openings on Columbia avenue
A bid for School House No 27 at 640 000 is to be opened this month. J L Walter is the architect for the project to be built on Columbia avenue. Lots for sale on this avenue offered at low prices for a brief period. Anravn Faotsinciau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Walter
Columbia Avenue
Ande
Anravn Faotsinciau
Pastor Thomas Bell Accepts Plymouth Church Post
News items note Rev Thomas Bell will become pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church. Old horse carriages from Columbia Company head to Great Bend. Local property owners oppose telephone poles. A dime social and entertainment is planned at Sumner Avenue Presbyterian Church by Mrs Gregory and Rev R G Jones Sabbath school classes with Mrs Powell's Ladies' choir. A fan social feature will present each adult with a fan along with cake cream and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Congregational Church
Old Hose Carriages of Columbia Company
Great Bend
Two Workmen Ordered Out After Beer Car Incident
Two men claimed to be bridge builders drew beer from a car after being directed by guards and allegedly told by a station agent that the beer was forbidden to all, but rendered harmless due to spoilage. An alderman lectured them and ordered their departure, warning against returning tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Buildars
Garde
North End notices at Lewis Drug Store and John's Store
North End affles of the Shannon Tiiane located at the Lewis Drug Store and John's Store on Wayne Avenue offer prompt attention for public scriptions advertisements and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Drug
John's
Wayne Avenue
Plymouth Church Names New Pastor Thomas Bell
Rev. Thomas Bell of South Dartmouth accepts call to Plymouth Congregational Church. He is praised as a fine preacher, eloquent yet clear, and will arrive Saturday September 8 to begin duties the next day. Church members welcome the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bell
South Dartmouth
Plymouth Congregational Church
Bull
Carver
Fire apparatus purchased by Great Bend burgess Simon
C. Simon, burgess of Great Bend, has bought the old carriage of the Columbia company. It was taken to a shop for repair yesterday and will be moved to Great Bend for use in the borough. The carriage served in the city for years and remains in good condition as Simon leads the new fire department following a recent damaging conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ©. Simon, Burgess
Great Bend
Columbia Company
Simona
Churches unite to ban Sunday funerals across Welsh congregations
Congregations of Providence churches including Welsh Baptist Puritan and Welsh Cilvinistic Methodist groups adopted a formal rule to not recognize Sunday funerals unless absolutely necessary. Lay members drove the movement, not pastors, citing disruption to Sunday school and church work as the main objection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Sudden Death of J. L. Thomas
J. L. Thomas a longtime butcher of 161 Albright avenue died yesterday at 1 o clock after a brief illness of about thirteen hours. He lived in Providence three years and previously in Taylor. He leaves a widow and an adopted son. Funeral from the residence tomorrow at 2 p.m. with interment at Washburn Street cemetery. He was a native of Wales who adopted America years ago.
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J. L. Thomas
Albright Avenue
Thomas
Washburo Street Cemetery
Taylor
Providence
Wales
America
Businessmen Protest New Telephone Poles Fronting Properties
Joseph A. Meara and W. A. Phillips oppose Central Telephone and Supply Co poles placed along South Main avenue. Phillips has served notice that no poles may be erected in front of his property, arguing the new poles are larger yet more presentable than the old ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Meara
W. A. Phillips
Central Telephone and Supply Company
Phillips
South Main Avenue
Local Notices and Visits Across Town
A stream of short notices lists residents and visitors across Scranton and nearby towns. Names include T. M. Miller in Atlantic City, J. P. Sanborn in New York, Mac Southberg of Plymouth, and Mrs. A. Greenwood in Owego New York. Various trips to Lake St John Pocono Summit Harvey's Lake and Carbondale are noted along with church events and a United Mine Workers collector David Parry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BonaAaron Tri
North Main Avenue
T. M. Miller
Washburn Street
Atlantic City
J. P. Sanborn
Jackson Street
New York City
Mac Southberg
Plymouth
Scranton
A. Greenwood
Garfield Avenue
Owego
N.Y
Maggie McNulty
Nicholson
Anta Mangan
Tenth Street
Pocono Summit
Fred Warnke
Lake St. John
Ella O. Evans
North Hyde Park Avenue
Dr. Evans
John A. Phillips
Mauch Chunk
Benjamin Phillips
Hub
Plymouth Congregational Church
David Parry
Glenrichey
Charfield County
United Mine Workers
Hala Fined for Tackling Advertising Banners on Poles
Bill Poster Reese was arrested and fined 2 by Alderman Fuller for placing advertising banners on telegraph poles against the police chief’s orders and the city ordinance. Reese argues out of town agents are allowed to use poles for ads and claims unfair treatment. Building material sale notice at Conrad Schroeder's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hala
Tae ‘Trincune
Bill
Reese
Police Department
Fuller
Police Intervene Between Thirteen Travelers and Beer Car
Police detained a group of thieves stealing from freight cars at Jerasy Central yard. The six men claimed they were bridge builders new to town and were given a hearing before Alder man Fitzsimmons. They denied long involvement and described their arrival as recent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerasy Central Yard
Simpson
Fitzsimmons
Open Air Service Led by Rev D M Kinter on the Square
A large audience gathered on the Square for the first in a series of open air services led by Rev D M Kinter of the Christian church. His remarks were amiable and practical, addressing capital and labor government and political parties and urging working men to act with Christian motives to improve all areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
D. M. Kinter
Mr. Kinter
North End Briefs mentions local moves and travels
Thomas R. James of Wayne Avenue recovers and walks. Providence tradespeople patronize Hocksters excursion to Ariel. Rev George Guild departs for vacation with parents in New York. Mrs Simms of Greenatrast vacationing in Pittston with Mrs Vaughan. Charles Martin of Bull's Head hotel recovering after hip fall. arm-sling needed. Cow strayed to 95 Oak Street. owner must pay ad and damages to recover. Funeral of Charlotte Hobbs of 28 Warren Street at 3 pm. interment at Washburn Street cemetery. Herald Gymraeg seen at John's store with Royal eisteddfod photos. Cow damaged garden at 48 Oak Street. owner sought. Wales vacationers. North End stays home as others sail from Wales. Methodist Sunday School picnic planned at Laurel Hill Park tomorrow with church transportation and teacher welcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. James
Wayne Ivennue
Providence
Hocksters
Tne Ariel
George Guild
New York State
Charlotte
William
Annie Hobbs
Warren Street
Washburn Street
Herald Gymraeg
John’s
Royal Eisteddfod
Scranton Cymen
Thomas Simms
Oak Street
Court Notes From Archibald Court Session
Judge R W Archibald heard cases yesterday amid routine duties after a seaside vacation. Several prisoners were discharged from county jail under insolvency law. Truman J Ackerly of Scott Township appointed to succeed the late Stephen J Miller as poor director of the Northern Luzerne Poor District. William Dougher posted $500 bail with Judge Archibald on a counterfeit charge, with bondsman Charles Dongher listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Archibald
Owen Hiida
George W. Morgan
John Campbell
Michael Walsh
Truman J. Ackerly
Scott Township
Stephen J. Miller
Luzerne
William Dougher
Archbald
Charles Dongher
Panera! Directors of Scranton Mourn Loss of Owen Cusick
Resolutions from the Panera! funeral directors meeting in Scranton honor Owen Cusick. They resolve to attend his funeral in a body in mourning and extend sympathy to his bereaved wife and family. Signed by T. P. Lerouwonrtn and the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Owen Cusick
T. P. Lerouwonrtn
One Funeral Directors Association
John Rosen’s Idiosyncrasies Spur False Robbery Claim
John Rosen, an ailing Cedar avenue hotelkeeper, pursued his son George as a thief claiming $4100 was stolen. He roamed the town before dawn, questioned neighbors, and searched for George, who he said robbed him in a case likely rooted in delusions and hallucinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rosen
George
Annie Dolan Traveled With Friend On Pittston Avenue
The 0-year-old daughter of Edward T Dolan of O’Connor Court Bellevue left home at 10 yesterday morning with a girl named Kelly without her mother’s knowledge and rode to the South Side. She returned home alone after dark, wandered Pittston Avenue, was picked up near the German cemetery, and delivered to John F Doyle of Bellevue who brought her home safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Dolan
Pittston Avenue
Edward T. Dolan
O'Connor Court
Bellevue
Kelly
South Side
Central City
John F. Doyle
Mission fosters public joy on anniversaries of conversions
The account notes Mr. Dunn once drank and gambled but after joining the mission he renounced worldly pleasures and has remained steadfast in a proper life for a year, celebrating the conversion anniversary with public rejoicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Ife
Silver in Wayne County Spark Prompts Prospecting Interest
Specimens of quartz show silver in paying quantities in Wayne County. A sample is being reviewed by interested parties in Scranton and another sent to the Philadelphia assay office. The mining venture is led by PS Page Victor Koch and S P Fenner with partners from Honesdale and Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Wayne County
Philadelphia
Ps, Page
Victor Koch
5. P. Fenner
Honesdale
Hawley
Victor Kocn
el Dorado
Excursion Trains Here to Scranton and Poyntelle
Dollar New York Ontario and Western rail road announces journeys Wednesday and Saturday. Train departs Scranton at 4.00 p m returning from Poyntelle at 4 50 p m. Good fishing nearby noted as an attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollar
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Scranton
Poyntoelle
Wonderful orchestral organs and old music boxes advertised
An advertisement for Gautechi 4: 8ons at 1080 Chestnut Street Philadelphia promotes old music boxes repaired and upgraded with new tung. It also notes Pillsbury Flour being sold more than any other brand in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gautechi
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
United States
Bugino Under Bail After Alleged Saturday Assault
Owen McGann of Cherry Street was maltreated Saturday evening by Mathias Bugino of Prospect Avenue. A warrant sworn out before Alderman Storr in the Nineteenth ward seeks Bugino’s arrest. The boy’s father testifies to the assault leaving him bedridden and bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen McGann
Cherry Street
Mathias Bugino
Prospect Avenue
Yeaterday
Alderman Storr
Bugino
South Side Bicycle Club Formed by Scranton Athletes
The South Side bicycle club will be organized by Scranton Athletic Club members. Several riders are experts and aim to foster sport among youth. A meeting at Markers pool rooms on Cedar avenue will plan a temporary organization later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Athletic Club
Steeport
Marker
Cedar Avenue
Local Notices and Social Updates From Cedar Avenue Area
William Scholl of Cedar avenue is affected with severe inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs Corcoran of Cedar avenue is sinking rapidly and death is expected soon. Mrs Conrad Beckerly of 415 Birch street is seriously ill. Washington Camp No 490 Patriots Order Sons of America held a meeting at Freuhan's hall. Mrs S. S. Sparks returned from Atlantic City after a three week stay. An ice cream social for young ladies only is at the South Side YWCA tonight. Sunday School classes of the Evangelical Lutheran church on Cedar avenue will hold a summer festival at Laurel Hill park today. Rev. August Klein will leave for Atlanta New York to possibly become pastor of a German Baptist church. Adam Wickel of 424 Maple street injured an eye Sunday while employed at the Electric Light works. Mozart Quartette club held a rehearsal last night with all members present as they near high quality performances. Mary Roache, age 6, of 722 River street, fell stairs and was seriously injured with internal bruising and facial cuts. Dr Kolb reports injuries are not fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scholl
Cedar Avenue
Mra
Patrick Corcoran
Conrad Beckerly
Birch Street
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Hell
Freuhan'’s Hall
Mra. S
Spraks
Atlantic City
Hente
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
PF. Holter
Laurel Hill Park
August Klein
Atalanta
N. Y
Belings Down
Adam Wickel
Mozart Quartette Club
Mary
John Roache
River Street
A. d. Kolb
Novelty Summer Coat Featured For Tennis Fans
A Nobby long cut double-breast blue and black serge coat is showcased as a proper item for tennis enthusiasts aiming for stylish summer wear.
Rockafellow May Confess In Embezzlement Case
Ex banker from Wilkes-Barre vows to disclose the whereabouts of embezzled funds before imprisonment in Philadelphia. He says three unnamed men influenced his delay but will act independently and not spare them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockafellow
Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia
Birthday of and New Soul at Rescro Mission Anniversary
The first anniversary of Charles Dunn’s religious conversion will be celebrated this evening at the Rescro mission. The program includes a testimonial address by Mr. Duon and a praise service, followed by light refreshments, continuing the Rescro Mission’s union anniversary observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunn
Rescro
Duon
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