West Side Outing and Obituary Notice in Scranton
A West Side youth party explored Bald Mount with listed attendees and chaperones. Mrs. Gwennie Reynolds dies at 1716 Jackson Street. funeral at 2 pm tomorrow from the Jackson Street residence with Washburn Street cemetery interment. Movements of many residents follow with social visits, travels, and local engagements noted throughout Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bald Mount
Gweanie Reynolds
Gwennie Reynolds
Reynolds
Jackson Street
Thomas Hell
Plymouth Congregational Church
D. P. Jones
Tabernacle Church
Washburn Street
Flags and deaths in a bustling community page
In a hilltop school scene a taller flagpole replaced a shorter one after a storm tore down the old flag. Mrs Jeanette Bryden, 76, dies after months of illness. Death notices, visits, arrests, and local errands fill a day in this town with references to churches, schools, and neighbors.
Local Social Notes From Uniondale and Nearby
Mrs. Horace Lewis of Uniondale visits Mrs. A H Shannon of Fordham street. W W Osmond spends Sunday with family on Dickson avenue. A C Monses of Dickson avenue goes to Cleveland today as delegate from the Muster Plumbers association. Mrs James Dolph of Monsey avenue entertains Mia. Daniel Crompton of Camp and Mrs Henry Hanover of Delaware street plan today’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Lewis
Uniondale
A. H. Shannon
Fordham Street
W. W. Osmond
Dickson Avenue
A. C. Monses
Cleveland
Muster Plumbers’ Association
James Dolph
Monsey Avenue
Mia
Daniel Crompton
Camp
Henry Hanover
Delaware Street
Funeral of James Cavanaugh at St Peter's Cathedral
The funeral for James Cavanaugh of Orchard Street was held Saturday at 9:30 AM with a high mass at St. Peter's Cathedral. Rev. Walter A. Gorman presided, sermon by Rev. Father Malone urging faith, interment at Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery, pallbearers listed, and workmates from Lackawanna Iron and Steel attesting to his esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cavanaugh
Orchard Street
St. Peter's Cathedral
Walter A. Gorman
J. W. Malone
J. J. B. Feeley
Father Malone
Hyde Park Catholic
Michael Cavanaugh
Thomas Kennedy
Anthony E1ddiit
Stephen Mullen
James Cawley
Frank Connery
Dieco
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Local residents share visits and gatherings across town
Miss Ruby Yost on North Blakely street receives a bicycle from her father. Charles Potter visits friends in Hawley. Ulisses Bessie and Katie Donnelly spend Sunday at home in Pitts ton. Marion Bryden from West Pittston visits her parents on North Blakely street. Edgar Jones attends a Womel’s Business College picnic at Mountain. Yeager of Hadisonville visits West Drinker street hosts Mr and Mrs Fred Stevens. Mrs Brown and son Willard of Tallapoosa Georgia are guests of Swartz on Electric avenue. Clair Hollister and William Jennings of Avoca call on friends. A P McDonough sick at home on West Drinker street. Lydia Polen of West Pittston visits Mrs Van Wormer on Elm street. Mrs P H Brooks of WilkesBarre visits Mrs W F Gibbons on Elm street. Ressie Shepherd of Clay avenue visits Kate Filley on Broad street. Young Men's Temperance Literary and Benevolent society holds a pleasant entertainment in Washington hall. Memorial Day gives the borough a holiday look with many storefronts decorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Yost
North Blakely Street
Charles Potter
Hawley
Ulisses Bessie
Katie Donnelly
Pittston
Arthur Johnson
Fred Russell
Grace Chamberlain
Mountain Lake
Marion Bryden
West Pittston
Edgar Jones
Womel’s Business College
Yeager
Hadisonville
Fred Stevens
West Drinker Street
Brown
Willard
Tallapoosa
Georgia
H. J. Swartz
Electric Avenue
Clair Hollister
William Jennings
Avoca
Broad Street
Young Men's Temperance, Literary and Benevolent Society
Washington Hall
Memorial Day Observed and Local Social News
Memorial Day was observed with suitable ceremony. Cards announce the approaching marriage of Patrick Connoly and Miss Anna Cook. P J Quinn visited Pittston. John McCrea and family attended a funeral there yesterday. Lackawanna township school board to meet to organize amid prior deadlock. Democratic visitors in Pittston included M J Carroll C W Gallagher John Crane M J McCrea Andrew OHara and PD W Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Connoly
Anna Cook
P. J. Quinn
Pittston
John McCrea
Lackawanna Township
Messrs
M. J. Carroll
C. W. Gallagher
John Crane
M. J. McCrea
Andrew O'Hara
PD. W. Shea
Steam launch wreck during Harlem regatta near Second Avenue Bridge
A steam launch named Ben Franklin carrying a university party from the Harlem regatta ran into the Second Avenue bridge buttress last night and overturned. Five aboard were rescued. two women, Mabel Walfort and Kate Murray, are missing. The engineer had defied orders by taking friends out for the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Second Avenue Bridge
Harlem River
Mabel Walfort
Kate Murray
Ben Franklin
University of Pennsylvania
Harlem
Philadelphia Woman Tries Laudanum On Train
Mrs Agnes Degenheimer 22 of Philadelphia attempted suicide on a Philadelphia and Reading train near Phoenixville by swallowing laudanum from a four ounce bottle. She was revived after arrival at a hospital. Family troubles were cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tending
Agnes Degenheimer
Philadelphia
Reading
Phoenixville
No-To-Bac and a Factory of Warnings
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac tobacco cure with testimonials from J. W. McCully of Crestline Ohio and notes its availability from druggists in the US and Canada with a lifetime guarantee. The surrounding copy complains tobacco robs vitality and promises easy, permanent quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestline
Sira
J. W. McCully
Ike Mr. McCully
United States
Canada
The
Sterling Kennedy Co
Chicago
New York
Tragic Crowd Disaster Updates from the Plain
Eyewitness reports detail a deadly stampede at a czar gift event. Thousands crushed and suffocated as barriers failed, with a grim scene of bodies in the earthworks and a panic among attendees and volunteers. The czar promises 1000 roubles per deceased family and burial expenses. official tallies vary from 1128 to over 1300 dead, with many uncounted injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensee York
Amerinoe Eco
Fox
Father John
Cronstadt
Kremlin
Trther
United Press
Ehrede
Bootha
Lise
Sach
Terrile
Corres
Kate Field Dies After Volcanic Voyage
Chicago May 11 Kate Field, renowned writer and lecturer, is dead. A cable from Yokohama reports she died May 19 in Honolulu of pneumonia. Field, born 1838 in St Louis, famed as a correspondent and editor of Kate Field’s Washington, traveled the world and profited public life with lecturing and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kate Felld
Herald
Yokohama
Kate Pield
Honolulu
Thurston
Hawaii
United States
Times-Herald
Miss Field
Mauniloa
Misa Field
St. Louis
Joseph Field
Elizanapsley Riddle
Philadelphia
Kate
Boston
Italy
England
Europe
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Tribune
Isis
Hoath
New York
National Capital
Kate Field
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
America
Planchett
Adelaide Ristori
Charles Dickens
Poston
Spain
Bell
London
Kentucky for Silver Dominates Kentucky Democratic Primaries
In Louisville May 9 1 free silver carried Kentucky in Democratic county primaries by a sizable margin. Delegates to state and district conventions to be held June 4 were chosen with many counties endorsing free silver and supporting Joseph Blackburn for re election as U S senator. Carlisle faced opposition for the presidency and some resolutions backing the national convention were rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Free Silver
Kentucky
Lexington
United States
Joseph Joseph Busckburn
Carlisle
Scranton Firms Quoted in Exchange Listings
Scranton based companies and banks show quotations on various securities in a historical board of trade listing. Names include Scranton Lace Curtain Co First National Bank Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co Scranton Jar & Stopper Elmhurst Boulevard Co Scranton Savings Henk Bonta Plate Glass Co Beranton Car Replacer Co Weston MNI Co Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co Scranton Traction Co Scranton Pass Railway People's Street Railway Dickson Manufacturing Co Mt. Vernon Coal Co City of Scranton Street Impair Borrow or 1920 due 1915 due 1920 6% notes and mortgage dates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
M’f'g. Co
Scranton Traction Co
Beranton Glass Co
Seranton Pass
People’s Btrest Mailweau
Scranton & Pittston Trac
People’s Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka
Township School
City of
Scranton
Winton
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Scranton Axle Works
Market Report From Philadelphia May 2 Band
The market remained quiet and nearly unchanged for multiple meat products. Prices listed include beef, hams, bacon, lards, and tallow with varied barrel and tub lots and regional prime and country grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Heef
Howshoada
Casey and Kellys lager beer call for extra fine
A brief notice urges Casey and Kellys to obtain an extra fine lager beer and ensure the supply is kept moist. The message notes the beat is not satisfactory and emphasizes quality handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey & Kelly
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Wille Sweet
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Eynon Street
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W. HH. Snover
Twelfth Street
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Lizzie McCormack
South Piain Avenue
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Jennie
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Elm Park
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N. J
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Samuel Lewis
Burt Harrington
Will Reynolds
Wilkes-Barre
F. York
F. G. Peters
Rev. T. Bell
Ridgeway
Taylor
Luzerne Street
West Side Hospital Association
Jackson Street Baptist Church
Scranton High School
West Side Business Directory
Harret J. Davis
Starner
J. C. Kung
Jack Een Street
Olean, N
Hanover
Scranton Glass Works
Providence
Patriotic Order of Sons of America
Free America
O. P. Miller
Church Avenue
Jeanette Bryden
P. Miller
This
Martin Holdich
Binghamton
N. Y
Edward Inch
Carbondale
John Bryden
Nineveh
Presbyterian
St. Mary's
Virgin Mary
Marin
M. Noon
Sweet Mary
Elirines
Pennsylvania
Frank Rusavitch
Felix Johnson
Alderman Roberts
John Petavitz
Charles Setavitz
Alexander Bryden
A. M. Bryden
Oswald Rodgers
Alden
Nelson Elsby
William Street
Price Davis
Cayuga Street
Green ‘Ridge
Samters
Sollard
Furishars
South Side News
Minooka
Joseph Parr
James Morrison
Cedar Avenue
Jacob Geiger
Elm Street
Wasington
Central Fark
Patrick Connolly
Ann Cook
St. Joseph's Church
Yesteray
John Loughran
Dunmore
Moujiks Bitter
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Lackawanna Avenue
Washington Avenue
Sarah Pernherd
James Moir
First National Bank
Tno
Fise
Madea
Mar
Stith
Thade
D.sease
Matthews Bros
Wyoming Ave
Son's
Decker Bros., Kraniche & Bache
N. A. Hulbert
Music Store
Tribune
Frothingham
Edison
Vitascope
Opera
NUL Company
Ecursion
Lake Ariel
Auspcs
Scranton School
William $. Millar
Center ST
MT. Pleasant
Commonwealth
Telehone
WM. T. Smith
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