Death of James Russell Courtney in Carbondale
James Russell Courtney of South Washington street died after collapsing on the sidewalk while walking to his night watchman job at the Delaware and Hudson pockets. He was 53, died of heart failure, and is survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters Mrs John Downing and Mrs William Brownell. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Courtney
South Washington Street
Delaware and Hudson
John Downing
William Brownell
Dundaff
Game Chicken Theft Case Heads To Court
Crowds gathered in Alderman Jones' office for a hearing on the theft of three game chickens. James Horan prosecuted Patrick Casey the defendant. Michael McGowan testified he sold the birds to Casey, though witnesses described two brown and one black birds. Casey was ordered to post bail before his appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Alderman Jones
James Horan
Patrick Casey
Michael McGowan
Casey
Spaeth Drug Store Sold and Relocated to Jenkins Building
The drug store of Julius Spaeth was sold yesterday morning and bought in by the landlord's attorney. Mr. Spaeth will continue the business at a more desirable location as the Jenkins building on Church street and Salem avenue is being fitted up. The store will open in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Spaeth
Spaeth
Jenkins
Church Street
Salem Avenue
Hurrah for the Fourth plans underway
Committees appointed to arrange a Fourth of July celebration met last night and drafted preliminary plans for submission to city societies. Solicitors will visit business men, seeking generosity. the success of the event will depend on their response.
Open air Mozart concert eyed on Cycle Club lawn
A propitious weather forecast prompts plans for an outdoor Mozart band concert on the Cycle Club lawn at Lincoln Avenue. It has been suggested the band be allowed to use the property for one evening, extending freedom to perform there.
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Cycle Club
Lincoln Avenue
Reading circle to be entertained by Mrs Church this afternoon
Mrs M T Church will entertain the Thursday Reading circle this afternoon. Mrs Phinney Slark of Cemetery street is convalescent. Dr and Mrs W W Fletcher have returned from Susquehanna. Mr and Mrs William Kenworthy were mentioned in the closing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Church
Reading
Phinney Slark
Cemetery Street
W. W. Fletcher
Susquehanna
Wiliam Kenworthy
Social round of local residents and visitors
The note lists entertaining guests and travelers in Honesdale Scranton and New York including Mrs Frederick Rupert Miss Anna Huson Misa Myrtle Burns Mrs KE Roach George Klots and Miss Della Chumard exhibition. Dr Reed Byrne visited Carbondale and M J Deets in Boonton remains unchanged as Mr and Mrs C R Manville return from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rupert
Honesdale
Misa Myrtle Burns
Scranton
KE. Roach
New York City
Germany
J. J. Simpson
Anna Huson
George Klots
New York
I. A. Basmett
Della Chumard
A. L. Patterson
Reed Byrne
Carbondale
Boonton
N. J
M. J. Deets
C. R. Manville
Boston
Mayfield High School commence ment exercises programme
The article lists the Mayfield high school commence ment program with performances by the Mayfield orchestra and chorus, recitations by Miss Julia Padden and Miss Mary D Edwards, solos, essays, calisthenics, and diploma conferment by Mr. Walker. Other local visits include Edward W. Creighton of Philadelphia with George S. Dunn, and various townsfolk noted for errands and social calls. The text also mentions early store closings and a silk cape loss on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield High School
Sousa
Mayfield
Julia Padden
Mary D. Edwards
Mayfield Orchestra
Evany
Loretta Walker
Ellen P. McNulty
Mina Annie F. Kilkeer
Violet
Sarah Quinn
Medley
Julia Donnelly
Harry Greene
Rowse A
Coyle la Serenate
Aldress
William M. Taggart
Walker
A. J. Baker
Duryea
Edward W. Creighton
Philadelphia
George 8
Simpson & Watkins
T. E. Griffiths
Scranton
Alonzo W. Haight
Baltimore
Manchester Insurance Company
Annie Gendall
Taylor
Nichol
Cemetery Street
Post Office Proposes Earlier Mail Pouch for Jermyn
Officials consider creating a Scranton pouch for Jermyn to speed delivery. The plan would have the morning mail reach the office by seven o clock, allowing two and a half hours earlier distribution and aiding residents with early engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jermyn
Carbondale
Taylor Union honors soldiers and local events in Lackawanna
Local news item notes Lackawanna Valley council No 1 Junior Order U A M will honor discharged soldiers Messia Ayers Reed and Reinhardt with a reception. Also reporting a Taylor Reds win at Factoryville over Keystone Academy, funeral notice for Mrs Margaret Cobleigh, school outings, and community activities including church events and local appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Valley Council
United American Mechanics
Messia
Thomas Ayers
Louis Reed
John Reinhardt
Porto Rico
Messrs
Edward Decker
John van Bergen
David Jones
Taylor Reds
Factoryville
Keystone Academy
Morris
Academy
G. Morris
Gendall
Reda
Reis
Pride of Lackawanna Lodge
American Protestant Ladies’ Association
Reese'a Hall
Margaret Cobleigh
Grove Street
Rock Cut Woods
Bouth Taylor
Taylor Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Ivor Thomas
Welsh Congregational Church
Hyde Park
Emergon D. Owen
New York Morning Telegraph
Thomas Reese
West Scranton
Scranton Truth
Foreman
W. B. Owen
Pocahontas Indge
John EE. Evans
Thomas Jones
Belle Vue
Thomas M. Davis
Grace Phillips
Mary Powell
Scranton
H. WH. Harris
Calvary Baptist Church
Harold Jones
Flag Pole Erected At Mill and Cross Streets
In Moscow a citizen committee secured a flag pole and placed it at the corner of Mill and Cross streets after a parade and cemetery services. The event included a flag raising in the lower town area as part of the day’s observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mill and
Cross Streets
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Lasting Relief Without Surgery
A long advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cure as a safe non surgical remedy for piles and rectal trouble. It claims instant pain and irritation relief, a rapid cure through nerve and blood vessel action, and no mineral poisons, with a price of one dollar per package from Pyramid Drug Co of Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piles
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Mariani Wine Promoted as Scientific Tonic Worldwide Endorsed
An advertisement extols Mariani Wine as a safe beneficial diffusible tonic for brain, muscles, and blood. It claims endorsements from physicians worldwide and promotes use for overwork weakness mood lung disease and malaria. Aimed at adults and children, it invites readers to request a book from Matiani & Co in New York and warns against imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matiani
West Litharrest
New York City
Memorial Day Flag Raising and Services in Madisonville
Memorial day events featured a 10 by 18 foot flag raised by Master Willard Johns amid praise for the committee. The day included G A R and W R C decorations, speeches by Rev. Prentis and Rev. Louis Cramer, and music by the Madisonville Drum corps and Prof. Martins quartet. Also noted: Mr. Charles Bird injured after a fall. local residents and visitors observed ceremonies and parades in town. A Patton/Beard letter praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with testimonial from Mary A. Beard.
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G. H. Prentics
M. E. Church
Willard Johns
Thomas Johns
Madisonville
G. A. Tk
Mill Street
Gvand Army and Women’s Relief Corps
K. H. Holgate
Prof. Martin
Dan Simpson
Grace Frazer
Scranton
Fannie Brown
Jerry” Buck
George
Glenburn
Mra
Tom Davis
Mil
Brown Streets
Prentios
Martin
Louis Cramer
Frytown
Daleville
M. P
Reva
McLean
Melvin
Langoliffe church society meets this afternoon at Mrs. Belle Morton
The Ladies Missionary society of Langoliffe church plans an afternoon gathering at Mrs. Belle Morton's home. Miss Jennie Whyte and Miss Mamie Cranston, with Kingston friends, visited Harvey's Lake on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Missionary Society
T. V. Harrison
Nay
Jean Cranston
Annie Hastie
Sadie Oliver
Grace
Anna Whyte
Jesale
Mary Cranston
Agnes
Mary Connor
Belle Law
Messia
John Mas Ue
William Oliver
David Tick
John McKutcheon
John Young
Edith
Lotta Dilley
Wilkes-Barre
Alkman
West Side
D. R. George
Lafin
Townes
Return of travelers in brief regional notices
Saturday reports show Frank Howard returning home after a visit in Painted Post New York. Mrs Frank Davis of Lincoln Hill is in critical condition. Rev T F Carmody returns from months away in Bulphur Springs Michigan and has recovered from rheumatic illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Frank Howard
Painted Post
Frank Davis
Lincoln Hill
T. F. Carmody
Bulphur Springs
Michigan
Local Notes From Carbondale and Community
Peckville residents Mr and Mrs Byron Peck returned home after visiting relatives in Carbondale and Wilkes Barre. Mrs W H Stevens recovers at home after a brief illness. The flag rope at Wilson Hose headquarters broke, sending Old Glory to the ground and requiring climbing to replace. Junior Sagamore A R Ayres met with Lackawanna tribe 208 Carbondale for an official view. Mrs E S Histed returned from a visit with Waymart relatives. A W Jenkins and Miss Matilda Maines visited Jermyn friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore A. R. Ayres
Carbondale
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promotion and Mercury Warning
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claiming mercury dangers in other remedies. Promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges genuine bottles from Toledo with testimonials free. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best and lists price per bottle.
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Mall
F. J. Cheney & O
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
I’. J. Cheney & Co
Honesdale Park Hosts Baseball Duo and Staffing Changes
Saturday at 2.45 p m the Bloomsburg State Normal team meets the home side at Honesdale Athletic Park. Two games Tuesday featured Honeesdale and Wyoming Seminary with crowds enjoying good weather and well-prepared grounds. James Pinkney leaves the Delaware and Hudson as telegraph operator to join Durland and Thompson Shoe Co in shipping. Schissier of Carbondale to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg State Normal
Honesdale Athletic Park
Freeman
Seeleyville
James Pinkney
Delaware and Hudson Company
Durland & Thompson Shoe Company
Schissier
Carbondale
Pinkney
Athletic Park
Honeedale
Wyoming Seminary
Honesdale Wyomingg
Honesdale
Wyomlee
OlLawoool
Spanish War veterans attend memorial service in this place
Three local Spanish War veterans joined the G A R for memorial services. The honorees were KH E Mentzer F J Sampson and G W McKown. McKown served with the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers while Mentzer and Sampson belonged to Company B Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Ex County Commissioner Henry C Bunnell of Meshoppen township also took part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. RK
KH. E. Mentzer
F. J. Sampson
G. W. McKown
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Henry C. Bunnell
Meshoppen Township
Stores in town shift to early closing after June first
Albert Bunnell and L. L. Barlow were in Tunkhannock on Wednesday while L Barlow, employed by Paul Billings & Company in Wilkes-Barre, spent the holiday with relatives. An early closing movement is adopted with all but two merchants agreeing to close at 6.00 each evening starting June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bunnell
Tunkhannock
Barlow
Paul Billings& Company
Wilkes-Barre
Social Notes From Old Forge and Nearby Towns
Old Forge residents report visits by Mrs. Thomas Drake and Mr. Archie Tinklepaugh in Luzerne. Mr. C W Brodhead of Montrose stays with his parents while Mr and Mrs Dewitt Reed entertain relatives from Jersey City Dunmore and Moscow this week. Rev Bird delivers an instructive Brick church lecture Monday evening. No 1 school closing exercises are planned in Mrs Brodhead s room Thursday afternoon with inviting parents and friends. Mr M V Stork visits relatives in King's Ferry NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Drake
Luzerne
C. W. Brodhead
Montrose
Dewitt Reed
Harry
Jersey City
Frank
Dunmore
John Wilson
Moscow
Archie Tinklepaugh
Bird
Mrse Brodhead
M. V. Stork
King’s Ferry
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Sey Will
Jermyn and Mayfield
Taylor News
Vas
Mariani
Mary A. Beard
Claremore
Ark
Gale
Matthew Bros. Wholesale
Tt Tall Agente
AVOCA
Olyphant
St. Patrick's Academy
Fern Hill
Blakely
Catholic Young Men's Total
Lackawanna Street
Mary Evans
Alice Evans
Weat
Minnie Hoban
A. F. Crans
Pittston
Wilkes- Barre
Daniel Gardner
Georgia Thomas
Delaware Street
Sylvester Willams
Mansfield
Edith Richards
Providence
Lillian Jenkins
Hood
H. B. Buterbaugh
Indiana, Pa
Johann Hoff
Ash Street
Millionaire Menagerie
Museum Aquariumar
Royal Roman Poodrome
Americas
Qaugetyn
Aa Ike
Wallace
II al Bel A A Ei
Peckville
Tunkhannouk
Art Pryor
Cy Nelson
Stirks
Dellaneads
Mlle
Norada Fincil
Equzstrans
THE
Livingstons
Ariol Bar
Leon
Sisters
Allomm
Corsilerdor
Peal Medicine CO
Cleveland
Joan H, Phelps
Spruce Street
Old Forge
N. K. Fairbank Company
Cucaco ST. Loui
Bellavita ‘Seuis
Nervita Medical Co
Cligton & Jackson Sis
All Druggists
Chicago
Lllness
McGarrah & Thomas
Lackawanna Ave
Berunton
Euminle
Talen
Drain
Vitel
Indiacretione
Ecm
Pol Thom Brace
Brow
McGarrah & the
Matthews Mas
Chichester
Ennyroyal
Chiakeater
Blue Molon
Hell
Chiahestert
Koonical Co
Dragale
LD Elon Ley
Tor Salen Boranton
Matthews Brow
H. C. Gandergon
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