Tribune opens Wilkes Barre office with broader news scope
The Tribune launches from No 2 Lanting building Publica Ave Wilkes-Barre to extend circulation in the region. It vows a full Luzerne county news department and stronger liberal coverage for the Wyoming Valley and northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Publica Ave
Wilkow-Barre
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Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
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Wikes-Barre
Wyoming Valley
Wallies
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York
Pittston Newsroom Opens in Pittston Scranton Tribune
The Pittston office of the Scranton Tribune is opened by H. W. Crasor at No. & Williams street. News complaints non delivery orders for job work and subscriptions to be addressed there. Funeral notices and local items follow including deaths in the area, church services, and community notices.
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Pittston
Scranton Tribune
H. W. Crasor
Ogent
No. & Williams Street
Annual Oratorical Contest at Harry Hillman Academy
The Annual Oratorical Contest at the Harry Hillman Academy drew a large audience last Saturday morning for the Miner prizes. Henry Welles Atherton won first prize of 15 dollars, Joseph Mulherin took second with 10 dollars, and James Morgan earned third prize of 1 dollar. Honorable mention went to John Gordon Smith.
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Harry Hillman Academy
H. B. Hillman
H. C. Davis
Harry Wilbur
John Gordon Smith
Belection
Errs
David Charles Jones
Henry Welles Atherton
Cecusan
Reathe Benifix
A. L. Williams
Dr. Mills
Liddon Flick
Joseph Mulherin
James Morgan
Fatal carriage accident kills child on Carey avenue
James W. Evans of the Heights hired a livery team to call on sewing machine collectors. On Carey avenue the carriage overturned injuring Mrs. Arthur Edwards and her one year old son. The child died two hours later. Evans posted bail on a charge of breaking the carriage as Coroner Perkins probes the death.
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James W. Evans
the Heights
Arthur Edwards
Carey Avenue
Evans
North Sherman Street
Singer Sewing Machine Company
McDonald
Glilderaleeve Alley
Co. W. Tammany
Perkins
Delegation Heads to Harrisburg for Judge Rice Support
A Luzerne Bar association committee of twenty departs for Harrisburg to lobby for Judge Charles F E Rice for the Pennsylvania superior court. They will meet Governor Hastings at noon and carry strong endorsements from northeastern Pennsylvania counties, including aid from many prominent citizens. The group also notes Lackawanna County holds its own candidate but appreciates the courtesy shown. The delegation boards the 7 25 train and plans return this evening.
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Harrisburg
Luzerne Bar Association
Charles FE. Rice
Superior Court
Hastings
Pennsylvania
Judge Rice
Lackawanna
Luzerne Committee
Common Pleas
Revenue violator held on Fortifying charge
Charles Knapp of Duryea was held in 1000 bail for trial Saturday by Commissioner Hahn on a charge of fortifying illegally and violating the revenue law. Measrs Brundage and Shaw seized a lot of corn stuff including a jar partly filled with sugar and bottles suspected of containing cognac.
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Charles Knapp
Duryea
Hahn
Brundage
Shaw
Democratic county committee fixes July for convention in Luzerne
The Democratic county committee met Saturday with proxies dominant and endorsed the Cleveland administration while denouncing the late legislature. July 22 was set for the county convention amid a lively contest over delegates to the national convention. Names like John Lelaening and other Luzerne County figures surfaced in talk of who might be nominated or appointed to offices, with speculation on common pleas judge and potential candidates for Congress.
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Cleveland
Lucerne
Examination committee hears high school applicants
The examination committee led by D. M. Hobbes F. J. Reagan J. O. Herman Ella McCann and D. A. Davis plus Superintendent Coughlin hear a list of applicants in two rooms including C. F. Cook Bridget Reilly Ella Quirk Lillie Powell Eva Hoyt and others.
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D. M. Hobbes
F. J. Reagan
J. O. Herman
Ella McCann
D. A. Davis
C. F. Cook
Bridget Reilly
Ella Quirk
Lillie Powell
Eva Hoyt
M KE. Buckley
F. Mullahey
Mary McCarty
Florence V. McKee
Coughlin
Fannie Peiffer
Cora Frey
K. M. Gildea
Grace D. Frey
Mildred Merrill
Guasie McClellan
Harriet Davis
Katie Williams
Philip H. Meyers
Bella McGlynn
Fannie P. Dasch
Beagle V. Butler
Maude Goulden
F. V. Dennis
Judge Rice Rules on Wilkes-Barre Board Secretary Election
Judge Rice issued an opinion holding the Wilkes-Barre township school board cannot be restrained from electing a secretary by injunction. He did not decide if a secretary may be chosen from among board members, suggesting first a self election at a stated salary and then quo warranto actions to test legality.
Arrest of Mysterious Man in Wilkes-Barre
A well-dressed man was arrested at 2 a.m. in South Wilkes-Barre and taken to the station. He gave the name RR. J. F. Small, carried a gold watch and $7.60 in cash. Arrested under orders from Police Chief Briggs under Philadelphia directions. Offense charged is not specified.
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South Wilkes-Barre
J. F. Small
Briggs
Philadelphia
Robbed on the Flats Between Wilkes Barre and Kingston
A bloodied Polander reported to police early yesterday that he was held up on the flats between Wilkes Barre and Kingston. He said he was severely beaten and robbed of 150 dollars. Police began the investigation but have no clues and few prospects for recovery of the money.
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Wilkes- Barre
Kingston
Railroad brakeman killed at Plymouth junction
Frank Jones a brakeman on the Delaware and Hudson railroad was instantly killed at Plymouth junction late Saturday afternoon when the engine backed down on the train and threw him from the coal car.
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Frank Jones
Delaware and Hudson
Plymouth Junction
Jones
Glen Lyon Railroad Depot Robbed in Blowing Open Safe
The Pennsylvania depot at Glen Lyon was entered on Saturday morning with a blast that blew open the safe and weighing machine. Thieves took about 25 dollars. The station’s distance from town left no clues, though some residents heard an explosion around 2 o'clock.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Glen Lyon
Runaway Team of Horses Damages Furniture Van
A team of large horses attached to a C. W. Tammany furniture van ran away Saturday near Hanover. The load was scattered along the road and one horse was scratched on a barbed wire fence. Damage described as very slight.
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C. W. Tammany
Hanover
Closing dance at Harry Hill academy tomorrow evening
Brief notes report a closing dance in the academy assembly room tomorrow evening. The Cathedral choir from Scranton sang at St. Marys yesterday and St. Marys choir will perform in Scranton. John Carliss a Polish miner died Saturday in the Blackman mines from a coal and top rock fall. He was married and lived on Blackman street. George Long an 8 year old from Plymouth fell from a cherry tree yesterday and suffered a shattered collar bone head wound and possible internal injuries.
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Harry Hillman Academy
Academy
Cathedral Choir
Scranton
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
John Carliss
Blackman Mines
Blackman Street
George Long
Plymouth
Shick Hinny Socials and River Bank Ventures
Ber wick residents on wheel meetings and visits with Mrs T C Hill who has been ill. Horace Briggs returns from New York and Boston. Christian church festival and bean soup supper planned on Parker's Hill. John Maiser to Riverside Park for a summer confections stand. Local residents travel through Shickshinny with garden and fishing tales including a two and a half pound bass caught by a cork rig in South Pond.
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Misa Beesle Hughes
John Maiser
Riverside Park
The
Christian Church
Parker's Hill
Frank Fiouffer
Lehighton
Archie Howard
Tringhamton
Huntington Mills
Coles
Howard
W. A. Campbell
Dr. Coolbaugh
South Pond
Montrose Notes On Local Visits And Moves
Charles DeWitt of Duluth visits his mother for a short time. Mr and Mrs J B Tarbell visit their son BE Tarbell in Winona Minnesota. Colonel Warner returns from winter south. County Superintendent Gillett in town for teachers examinations. John Kellys house now on a new foundation Union Street. Miss Sallie Courtright visits relatives at Wilkes Barre. James D Smillie and family arrive at their cottage for summer.
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Nancy Pickett
Franklin Street
West Pittston
Trinity Episcopal Church
Plymouth
Patrick Corcoran
Inkerman
George Dooner
Hamtown
Dennis Mulcahey
Frothingham Satre
Pittaton Hospital
Wright & Co
South Main Street
Aliee Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Union Street
Archbald
Barbara Miller
Scranton
George Alleman
Sayre
John Turn
J. A. Gillespie
Heck Quinn
Pawnee Bill
Justice Ehret
Squire
Hoover Alley
W. F. Moyer & Bro
North Main Street
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Ruggles & Manning
Water Street
George Williams
Lugerne Avenue
R. Mainwaring
Anna
West Side
Charles DeWitt
Duluth
Tarbell
K. Tarbell
Winona
Minn
Colonel Warner
Gilletta
John Kelly
Sallie Courtright
Wilkes-Barre
James D. Smillie
Children Day Observed at Ebben Ezra Baptist Church
The Ebben Ezra Baptist Church held a Children’s Day service with a morning program including recitations songs and hymns led by J Phillipa and a list of participants such as Martha Hawkins Edith Reese Ruth Hopkins and Sophie Thomann. An evening program featured hymns recitations solos and remarks on emblems.
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J. Phillipa
Martha Hawking
A. Bavis
Edith Reese
John James
Clara Surles
Eliza Shaw
Ruth Hopkins
Ernest Watkin
Hatthe Morris
Sophie Thom
Elize Shaw
Stewart Jayne
Annie Henrieta
J. W. Harris
J. W H. Barne
Charles Atwell
Magpie Pritchard
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Lizzle Oldfield
Maggie Johns
Annah James
Stella Lewis
George Tuby
Barah Thomas
Wesley League of the First Primitive Methodist Church
D. D. Honeywell
M. A. Hatch
Railroad Street
H. J. Day
Dallas
J. Lewia Wagner
Michigan
Theodore Fisher
Solbertsville
W. L. Bessel
Parrish Coal Company
First Presbyterian Sunday School
McAlarneys Hall
Horace Girton
Scranton
Chester Ferguson
Gwige R. Renard
Bloomsburg
H. M. Salsburg
New York City
Yetta Frank
Brooklyn
Samuel Salsburg
Patrick Cullen
Misa Linzie
Philadelphia
William Fox
E Wood
W. J. Day
Local notes from Tunkhannock and Lake Carey events
Local items report Mrs J F Daniels and family spending time at Lake Carey and a Knights of Pythias picnic planned for July 4 inviting nearby lodges. Also noted are school events, alumni officers, a grim funeral for Frances E Bardwell Bunnell, and sheriff sales of real estate at the county house.
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Cmasher
Lehigh Valley
BE. H .Lyman
Auburn
IF. Plhantey Stebbing
Charles 4. Faton
Vose
Philadelphia
Piati
Noeeler Hoveu
Alumni Association
Robert Little
Thomas Calahan
Marie Stinok
Harry Sickler
Oklahome
Pomona
Weat Nicholson
Bardwell
D. J. Bardwell
W. M. Hill
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Sheriffs
Count House
Teviot Suitings Offer Ideal All Purpose Cloth
Connolly and Teviot present a new fabric praised as the most desirable for golf cycling tennis and walking gowns. The material, resembling Duck Suitings, stands above wash fabrics for American consumers and offers flexible uses at affordable prices. Scranton sale rights are held by the maker. An inspection is invited.
First-Class Repairing Dept Post Feeds Store With Sporting Goods
Notice announces appointment of a repair department head at a Scranton area store selling sport items and bicycles. The document requests creditors to present claims by a deadline and lists names and localities including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It also names executors and heirs in a testamentary matter connected to the estate.
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Gauw
Adiirons
Eity
Pieru Ture Menean
William Fh
Camden
Nad
John Hand
Scranoon
Lacaawanoa County
Pye
Ander
Pitas
Lage
Wilkes, Faye
Scrantyn
John Torichards
Scranton
Xocwtot'r
Local notices recount sales and legal actions in Scranton area
The document lists multiple property sales and legal actions in Pennsylvania. Items include a 1400 dollar sale for the G B Appleman farm affected by Warren Kintner, Monroe township sale to W Pratt, and the collar property in Forketown township sold in two parts for 1400 dollars each. Additionally a court decision by Squire Kutz resolved a Chase Bros case with full payment, plus personal notices of visits and family updates from Altoona to Rochester.
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Appleman
Warren Kintner
Nathan Monroe
Monroe Township
W. Pratt
P Forketown
Ioa Wisot
Mita Ligsle Sproul
Montpone
Mies
Elen Broughton
Chase Bros, Nurseryoen
Rochester
la Bonner
Squire Kutz
Perry Billings
A. D. Prundage
Duane
Kngxton
W. P. Bil- Hiner
Charles Mares
Altoona
Mary Marcy
Local Notices and Advertisements From Scranton Paper
A collage of classifieds offering reduced watches and outdoor exhibitions, job seeks from a clerk and a bookkeeper, university Summer Lane lectures, and lists of local professionals including architects, printers, orchestra services, and woodware suppliers. Includes contact cues for E H Cal Tribune office and A. T. G2.
Professional Cards for Scranton Physicians and Surgeons
Listing of doctors with addresses in Scranton Pennsylvania including G Edgar Dean Kay A J Connell W B Allen C L Frey L M Gates and others. Provides office locations hours and residences with street details and cross streets. Some text garbled but preserves key names and practice areas.
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W. B. Allen
Washington Avenue
C. L. Frey
Wyomingtva
Kay Vine Street
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Claim by Indiana Man
Morton L Hill of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint and was bedbound six weeks with swelling. He credits the Mystic Cure for Rheumatism with immediate relief within days and states he saved her life. Sold by Carl Loreng, Druggist, 418 Lackawanna Avenue, Beranton. Ladies belt pinafore sale at Turnquest's, OS Washington Avenue.
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Morton L. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Carl Loreng
Lackawanna Avenue
Beranton
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