City News Briefs From Scranton Area Commerce And Life
Patrolman Block sustains injuries while on duty. Sunday school excursion set for Lake Ariel on July 7. DL&W to pay workers at machine shops and Storr’s mine today. Health board to meet before July reorganization. Marriage license granted to William Howells and Agnes Allen of Carbondale. Tax collection and probate actions proceeding in county courts. Various notices include lost keys at Elm Park, a contractor fine over wagon blocking, and a charity building fund list for St Joseph’s Foundling Home with numerous donors. Bicycle thefts rise with Sterling model No 418 gear details. Religious and social events planned including Laurel Club meeting and a stereopticon talk on Spain and the Alhambra.
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Joseph Block
Bollen
Penn Avenue Baptist
Lake Ariel
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Storr's
Board of Health
John H. Thomas
William M. Howells
Agnes Allen
Carbondale
John Bechtold
Sebastian Fisher
South Side
Anna Maria Fisher
H. Bloes
Erie and
Wyoming Valley Railroad
Elm Park Churen
Tribune
Peter T. Mulligan
Howe
Kinsley
Mifflin Avenue
Laurel Club
Young Women's Christian Association
Colonel Sanderson
Bower
Methodist Episcopal Church
Waverly
Soain
Alhambra
Janet Bryden
John A. Boyden
Emeline Fuller
Peter Gallagher
Hampton Street
St. Patrick's Church
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Citizens' Street Railway Enters Scranton Fray with 25 Mile Franchise Proposal
The Citizens' Street Railway of Lackawanna County filed an ordinance seeking roughly twenty five miles of Scranton streets. It outlines routes on Washington Avenue, Phelps Street, Wyoming Avenue, Green Ridge Street and more. The plan envisions a belt network with double and single tracks and bond obligations, aiming to supersede the Valley Passenger franchises claimed by the existing Traction Company amid looming legal battles. W L Connell was elected president with H H Archer named general manager of the new venture.
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Valley
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Lackawanna County
Select Council
Scranton
Railway Committee
Washngton
Lackawanna Avenues
Washington
Ashton Penn
Sunset Avenue
Electric Avenue
Washington Avenue
Phelps Street
Wyoming Avenues
Wyoming
Vine Street
Breaker Street
van Storch Avenue
Market Street
West Market Street
Providence
Abington Turnpike
Cusick Street
West Market
Oak
Church Street
Theodore Street
North Main Avenue
Green Ridge Street
Meylert Avenue
Marion Street
Wyoming Avenue
Dunmore
Dickson Avenue
Delaware Street
New York Street
Penn Avenue
City
Orchard Street
Wayne Avenue
Oak Street
Parker Street
Brick Avenue
Amelia Avenue
Hace Street
Lackawanna River
River
the Boulevard
Electric Street
Monsey Avenue
Hollister Street
Throop Street
Gibson Street
Arthur Avenue
Wheeler Avenue
Cross Street
Linden Street
Webster Avenue
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Ridge Row
Jefferson and Lackawanna Avenues
People’s Street Railway Company
Franklin Avenue
Suburban Street Railway Company
Spruce Street
Mifflin Avenue
Mulberry Street
Mifflin
Swetland Street
Chestnut Street
Scranton Street
Main Avenue
Jackson Street
Everett Avenue
Price Street
Grant Avenue
Kaiser Avenue
Washburn Street
Filmore Avenue
Sherman Avenue
Shermian Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Luzerne Street
Continental Mines
Lackawanna Township
Elm Street
Ash Street
Roaring Brook Bridge
Pittston Avenue
Birch Street
Adama Avenue
Lackawinna Avenue
Mattes Street
Cedar Avenue
River Street
Chestnut
Cherry Street
Breck Street
Stone Avenue
Beech Street
Washington Ave
Nue
Nay Aug Park
Petersburg
Green Ridge
West Side
Bellevue
Th Fats
South Side
St. All
Cittizens
Supreme Court
Ita
Citizens’ Company
Traction Company
W. L. Connell
C. H. Schadt
R. J. Horan
Page
H. H. Archer
Aldermanic troubles and cases tied to two picture peddlers
Alderman Millar hears cases involving Jones and McCard picture peddlers and their wives over unpaid bills and alleged assault. Mrs Jones faces a $200 bail for attempted defraud while Mrs McCord remains jailed on an $800 bond for assault. Other items include a European trip debt, a saloon threat over a box of matches, a stabbing suspect, and forcible entry charges against Attorney Okell and Constable Roche.
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Millar
Europe
Lackawanna Depot
Davis
Philip Kessler
Patrick Gibney
West Lackawanna Avenue
Gibney
Alderman Kellow
West Side
William Gurd
Boles
Purvis
Linden Street
Belgian Block Paving Ordinance Signed by Mayor Bailey
Mayor Bailey signed the West Side paving ordinance for Ninth Rob inson and Jackson streets with Belgian block and approved the accompanying grade ordinance yesterday. He also signed sewer ordinances on Capouse avenue near New York street and Fourteenth District main sewer, plus portions of Sanderson avenue Fordham court New York street Monsey avenue and Penn avenue near New York street.
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Ninth
Robinson and
Jackson Streets
Bailey
Capouse Avenue
New York Street
Fourteenth District
Sanderson Avenue
Fordham Court
Monsey Avenue
Penn Avenue
Good night poem fragment by B. Wier Mitchell
Fragment of a romantic poem noting farewell and enduring love. The speaker bids night to wrap the beloved in thoughts, promising that each night holds love until death. The text appears as a brief verse with archaic spellings and missing lines.
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Wier Mitchell
Booths Welcome Scranton With Volunteer Movement Tour
Commander and Mrs. Booth with Major Trumble arrived in Scranton to promote the American Volunteer movement. They spoke at Elm Park church and attended a reception at the Y M C A with large crowds and a Defenders' League organized. The tour builds support for the Volunteers of America as a distinct U S movement led by Americans.
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Ballington Booth
Major Trumble
New York
American Volunteer Movement
Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Station
Hannah Masland
Nellie Green
H. M. Boles
Boles
Booth
Young Men's Christian Association
Mra Booth
Captain Masland
Lieutenant Green
James McLeod
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Christian Boldler
McLeod
George Washington
Volunteers of America
Volunteer Movement
Cooper Institute
Bible Building
Union Square
Volunteer Gazette
Commander Booth
G. F. Reynolds
H. M. Boies
John G. McAskie
George 2. Guild
Richard Hierns
G. T. Price
Wiliam Griffiths
J. B. Sweet
Mr. Parker
Chaffee
E. Robinson
CC. Logan
No Account For Tastes Ends With Hearing Demand
Richard Davis of the Patagonia West Side came to the central station yesterday afternoon demanding confinement under threat of imprisonment. Day Sergeant Peters accommodated him, but Davis soon wished to leave. he was told to await a hearing next morning. He was very drunk and the incident followed promotion of New Lager ads and local hotel notices. Siebecker funeral notices list Wille F. Siebecker age 3 and Charles W. Roesler age 1 with private and family services in Scranton and Beranton Pa.
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Richard Davis
Patagonia
West Side
Central Station
Peters
Davin
Siebecker
Scranton
Wille F. Siebecker
Louis J
Jennie M. Stebecker
Monroe Avenue
Roesler
Beranton
Charles W. Roesler
Fuheral
Franklin Avenue
A. m
Dunmore Cemetery
Poor Directors Appointed for Jermyn Borough
Judge Archbald appointed Henry Soby and Michael Muldoon as overseers of the poor for Jermyn borough due to a vacancy from the February election. The appointments followed strong recommendations from Messia.
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Jermyn
Archbald
Henry Soby
Michael Muldoon
Messia
Soby
Muldoon
Sawyer's Hat Sale Shifts Styles Without Higher Prices
Sawyer's promotes a fall winter millinery sale with lower prices on hats. White Leghorn, trimmed, and untrimmed hats in multiple colors are offered at fractions of regular costs. The store boasts stylish offerings and substantial savings to shoppers in Scranton through limited selections.
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Militnery Gantot
Sawyer's
Scranton
Albany
Siw
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Norman & Moore Fire Insurance
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Ackawanna
Penn Ave
A. B. Warman
City Novel
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Old Forge Township
Lackawanna
Oram Spencer
South Scranton
Madison Avenue
Pine Street
Scranton Clerks’ Association
Luke Poyntelle
Julius Abrams
Albert Withi
Myles J. K. Levy
Emmet C. Brady
William Widener
Charles E. House
Nelson G. Teeta
Eugene Schimppit
Schimpf
Weekington Avenue
St. Joseph's Foundling Home
John Walsh
Nevaonez, Jr
Michael McNally
Thomas Hogan
Bessie Hogan
Martin Keegan
Anthony Judge
Willym Gaughan
Ernasius McDonough
Thomas Ferguson
P. T. Kerrigan
Michael Gilroy
Mra
James Murphy
Mary Keegan
John Mack
Peter Gerrity
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Patrick Rogers
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Teeon Hae Beckett
John Griffin
Samuel Williams
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Lackawanna Township Inc
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Jefferson
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Dunmore Borough
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Eighth Ward
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Salvation Army
England
International Center
Uncle Sam
Gail
Casey & Kelly
Motel
Warwick
Ocean
South Carolina Avenue
Atlantic City
N. J
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Berry
W. W. Berry
Sias
D. Bolz
Shaw
Emerson
Clough & Warren
Carpenter
Waterloo
Halcolm
J. Lawrence Stelle
Powell
Lush Store
A. R. Sawyer
S. C. Snyder
Spruce St
J, Alfred Pennington
Wil
Elm Mark Parsonage
Pennington
Turner and Dunham
Boston
Cullmant
Sbrigtia
Paris
Ehriicht
Haupt
Reimann and Becker
Berlin
Elm Park
Lackawanna Avenus
P. M’crea & CO
Ruppreght's Grystal
Opp
Baptist Church