Demolition of Hyde Park Landmark at 221 South Mali Avenue
The two story frame building at 221 South Mali Avenue is being torn down removing a West Side landmark. B G Morgan of the Slocum estate recently purchased the property and dwelling with plans to build a modern structure for his family to live in. Most older Main Avenue houses have given way to newer pretentious residences erasing early Hyde Park memories.
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South
Mali Avenue
B. G. Morgan
Slocum Estate
Morgan
Main Avenue
Hyde Park
Mauch Chunk
District President Honored at Informal Reception
District President D. W. Phillips of the Lackawanna-Western district was hosted by J. Archie Jones on Thursday evening. Members of Camp No. 78 including Linden V. Necker and Robert Eldred attended with the district president on installation trips, aided by Mia Jones and guests David Treland Mrs. Mary A. Butcher and Maggie Van Camp in the event at the host's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Phillips
Lackawanna-Western
Patriotic Order Sons of America
J. Archie Jones
No. 78
Linden V. Necker
Robert Eldred
James Hulson
Sylvanus Savitto
Elias Anthony
Alfred Twinning
Mia
David Treland
Mary A. Butcher
Misa Maggie van Camp
Street Regrading Underway At South Main and Lugerne
City engineer crews are installing guide lines on South Main avenue and Lugurne street at the intersection to begin regrading. Severe winter conditions have left the area in poor shape. property owners waive damage claims and no obstacles remain to rapid, substantial improvement. Work is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
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South Main Avenue
Lugerne Street
Children Day Observed at Beranton Street Baptist Church
A full day program at Beranton Street Baptist Church marks Children’s Day with a morning sermon for children and parents, 2 pm school session, and 7 pm Echoes program. Rev Mathews presides and a varied lineup of songs, recitations, and dialogues is planned by the children and the church choir.
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Beranton Street Baguet
Clara Reid
Arthur Boddoe
Jesus
Re Mathews
Cora Cramer
Bargain Fashion Items Advertised For Saturday Sales
A fragment of a store circular lists yard wide Plack net tops and golld Hourdeen Laces priced 1.25 to 2.50, 49c per 100 dozen ladies taftta gloves in tans or modes, 10c Harvard ribbed underwear, 59c for undergarments, 20c for black or tan hose, and two for 25c fancy web suspenders.
Local Residents Return From Trips and Visits
Ira Newton of South Rebecca Avenue visited friends in Wyoming during the week. Miss Anna Edwards of South Main Avenue has returned from New York City after a week there. Franklin Howell and sister Miss Jennie Howell of Scranton Street returned from a visit to New York City. They were accompanied by Miss Howell’s guest Miss Stevens of Towanda. Harry R. Peck has come home to spend the summer with his parents on Price Street. he is a IT graduate of Lehigh University. Mrs Hert Kime of Robinson Street entertains Mrs John J. Wilton and her son Earl of Rastin Pennsylvania.
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Grammer
Crittenden
Kemmeling
Gwenette Phillips
Cliss
Thomas Thomas
Elmer Jenkins
Bertie Thomas
Scranton Traction Company
Ira Newton
South Rebecca Avenue
Wyoming
Anna Edwards
Sooth Main Avenue
New York City
Franklin Howell
Jennie Howell
Scranton Street
Miss How
Mise Stevens
Towanda
Harry R. Peck
J. B. Peck
Price Street
Lehigh University
Hert Kime
Robinson Street
John J. Wilton
Earl
Raston, Pa
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Ann Johnson changed to Sunday
The late Mrs. Sarah Ann Johnson will have funeral services Sunday afternoon at her residence replacing the earlier plan. Crystal Laundry advertises stiff collars with soft button holes. Crystal Williams of Music faced an alderman hearing for assault and battery but the case ended with a mutual settlement and discharge. Dr. E Y Harrison, dentist at Mears Hall, attends. Patrick Gibbons of Lafayette Street, a Briggs mine driver, was severely injured yesterday when kicked in the head by a mule. he received about a dozen stitches and is resting at home awaiting further care. The flatest and best styles offered by Roberts at 126 North Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ann Johnson
Cleero Williams
Music
Alderman Moses
Elia Reed
Kelly's Patch
E. Y. Harrison
Mears Hall
Main Avenue
Patrick Gibbons
Lafayette Street
Briggs Mines
J. J. Carrol
Roberts
North Main
Notaries Public Heal Estate and Office Adverts
G Morgan & Co notaries public heal estate and foreign exchange agents with monthly settlements and rents collected. Office at 10 Jackson street over Musgrave's drug store. Harriet J Davis florist offers cut flowers and funeral designs at 2 South Main Ave. Second hand furniture by J C King advertises cash for used items at 701 to 709 West Lackawanna Ave.
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G. Morgan
80ON
Notaries Public
Heal Estate
Foreign Exchange
Orcann
Jackson Street
Musgrave
Harriet J. Davis
South Main Avenue
J. C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
Local notices and church events highlight community week
Thomas Davies visits his uncle John Jones in Mary Street then returns home to Moratio. Vaughn Davis of Nebraska plans a Monday address at the Welsh Baptist church on Providence seen forty years ago. Various social visits and Children day exercises fill Welsh Congregational and North Main Avenue Baptist churches with programs, readings, songs, and recitations.
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Thomas Davies
John Jones
Mary Street
Moratio
Vaughn Davis
Nebraska
Welsh Baptist Church
Providence
Vaughn
Far West
Mary Gilmore
Dalton
Cora Green
Clifford
M. J. Clark
Church Avenue
Welsh Congregational Church
West Market Street
Dutch Gap
Echool Agators
Tees
John Gwyther
Erie
Sadie Jones Fong
the Smiling Meadows
Jomes
Galawiehn
Elisa Jones
Eliza Jones
Anna Pree
Willan Lewis
Jennie Price
Pate
Meee
Gene
North Main Avenue Baptist Church
W. G. Watkine
Scott Hattin
Mamie Phillips
Alderman Roberts
William Gearheart
Phillips
Allerman
No. 25
Schimpf
Central High School
Ethel Kirle
Olive Munn
Sadie Robinston
Elizabeth Rodham
Elsie Shires
Jennie Smith
Myrthe Thayer
Ger- Sane Onan
Beereeeene
Noneae
Geee
Pisefhnool
Heavenly Garden
Margaret Brown Bong
Anna Prive
Local arrests follow larceny and receiving charge
Galnell Grien Kira and several others were involved in the arrest of Mrs Nicholas Naskwell on larceny and receiving charges. Mrs Bankwell appeared in court after being held on 00 ball. Andrew Muir, a miner, was injured by falling rock at Legend's Creek Shale Works. Philip Thomas relapsed from pneumonia. John Loftus visited Pittston relatives. Miss Lizzie Davies returned home after a week with kin in Pittston.
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Tle Galnell
Nelle Grien
Eroma Kira
Fred Atherton
Pulaski Carter
William Finn Daniel Fitzgerald
Edward Calloun
Austin Moore
Fort Taylor
Griff Thomas
Te Flannian
Nicholas Naskwell
Alderman Fidler
Mra Bankwell
David Smith
Wither-Harre
Andrew Muir
Wella Street
Philip Thomas
Spring Street
John Loftus
Fenner and
Chappell E Store
Pittston
Lizele Davies
Margaret Avenue
Local society notes and theater report from Shenandoah
Mrs William Rees of Shenandoah guest of the Jeffreys in Jefferson avenue. Miss Letta McCullough of Philadelphia visits the Wert family on Blakely street. A four act drama Confidential Clerk drawn large audience at Manleys hall with A L Austin as star. Mrs Jarley wax works to be shown at St Marks church with new lineup and Guild of St Agnes surprise. An admission of ten cents collected at the door. Edmund Howell of Brook street loses prized English fox terrier in fatal accident injuring two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rees
Shenandoah
William Jeffrey
Jefferson Avenue
Thomas Protheroe
Drinker Street
Keystone Academy
Manley's Hall
A. L. Austin
Letta McCullough
Philadelphia
B. A. Wert
Blakely Street
Edmund Howell
Brook Street
St John’s T A B Society Picnic at Laurel Hill Park Today
Community picnic planned at Laurel Hill park with expected large turnout. Rev Edward Lange and Rev Mrs Lange depart for Troy New York where Lange will lead a church. Trev Haas succeeds him at St Paul’s Lutheran. Ice wagon accident disrupts Fig street. wagon wrecked and ice spilled. Incandescent lighting to be extended along Traction company poles. Scranton Saengerrunde to hold Lake Ariel excursion June 28. Services next Sunday at Hickory Street Presbyterian Church. The Fourteen Friends meet at Best’s hotel to plan future outing. Crystal Laundry advertises stiff collars laundered.
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St. John’s T. A. B. Society
Laurel Hill Park
Edward Lange
Troy
N. Y
Lange
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Prospect Avenue
Trev. T. C. Haas
Thomas Needham
Fig Street
Best
Coft
Mahon Named Candidate for Thirteenth Ward Delegate
Peter J. Mahon runs as a delegate candidate for the Democratic county convention from the First district of the Thirteenth ward. He seeks support among local party members ahead of the upcoming convention day.
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Peter J. Mahon
Reading trip plans and local baseball results described
Mesdames A H Compton and J B Campbell left for a week with relatives in Reading Pa. The Populara and the Centrals of Scranton will clash on Burke grounds. Greenwood Sigers tied Spike Igland Reds 9 to 9 in fourteenth inning at former site. Minooka baseball club to meet at Coyne’s hall this evening. Measles prevalent in western town.
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Mesdames
A. H. Compton
J. B. Campbell
Reading
Populara
Centrals
Scranton
Burke's
Greenwood Sigers
Spike Igland Reds
Minooka Baseball Club
Coyne's Hall
M. F. Judge
Obituary Notices Gather Local Losses
John F. Bird aged 25 of 1913 Lafayette Street dies of plucro pneumonia at home. Mass of requiem today at St Patrick's Church with Hyde Park Catholic cemetery interment. Hubert Flannery of Joyetown near Greenwood dies after short illness aged about 70, survived by wife and family. Infant child of Mr and Mrs Peter Gerrity of Hemlock Street dies. funeral this afternoon with Myde Park Catholic cemetery interment.
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John F. Bird
Lafayette Street
St. Patrick's Church
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Hubert Flannery
Joyeetown
Greenwood
Peter Gerrity
Hemlock Street
Myde Park Catholic Cemetery
Father seeks $10,000 in suit over Washington Avenue deaths
Anthony Bociansky, father of one of two boys killed by a street car on Washington avenue about a month ago, filed trespass against Beranton Railway Company. Attorneys Vosburg and Dawson filed the $10,000 claim. The two boys were remembered by the community.
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Anthony Bociansky
Washington Avenue
Vosburg
Dawson
Beranton Railway Company
Mrs Pinkham’s remedies praised by reader
A letter from Maa EuA Kner of Knightstown Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Pills and Sanitive Wash with relieving years of Change of Life symptoms. She reports renewed health, recommends the cures to friends, and says there is no need for female suffering.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Children in Toy Wagon Crash On Track Near Rail Line
A hill incident describes two boys in a toy express wagon coasting down a slope near the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad. The front wheels swerved and the boys were thrown onto the track. The coroner's inquiry absolved the company, noting the car lacked safety equipment and deemed it a public menace.
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Erie and
Wyoming Valley Railroad
Patrolman Martin Flaherty Resigns After Shooting Allegation
Martin Flaherty resigned from the police force, a move accepted by Mayor Bailey. He sent a statement to The Tribune denying that officers were present at a Wednesday night shooting on Prospect Avenue, claiming only that he fired a ground shot to deter followers while off duty.
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Martin Flaherty
Bailey
Flaherty
Zang
Neals
T. W. Powderly
the Tribune
Kador
Excursion of the Home for Friendless Women and Children
The Home for Friendless Women and Children in Scranton announces its annual excursion to Shawnee Lake on Tuesday June 22. The train leaves the B.E. and W. R. R. station at 5:00 AM and returns before dark. Last year netted over eleven hundred dollars. this year aims to match or exceed that amount to fund a larger family and a new building. Caterer William Hanley will join, providing sandwiches, cake, and ice cream so attendees need not bring lunches.
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Scranton
Shawanese
Harvey’) Lake
Washington Avenue
Binghamton
William Hanley
Eale
Not Exactly Right Blood Purifier Promises Quick Gain
Public notice-style ad claims many feel unwell due to poor blood. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the one true blood purifier that will promptly set people right. Pills described as purely vegetable with no purge or pain. Sold by all druggists.
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Hood
Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Cure Remarkable Claim
A testimonial from Hon George Taylor of Scanlon Pa describes twenty years of catarrh and relief after using Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. He says coughing and throat pain vanished after several bottles and praises the remedy as great. Sold by Matthews Bros.
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Dr. Agnew
George Taylor
Scanlon
Professional Directory Listings in Scranton Area
A dense directory listing multiple physicians surgeons and lawyers with addresses in Scranton and nearby avenues. Includes Dr Bateson Washington Ave. Dr Frey removal to Jewell Asnutiner Spruce Street. Dr Freas rupture specialist. many attorneys such as Franker Boyle Edward Thayer Jeffreys Ruddy Jessup Jessup Patterson Wilcox. architects Hancoock Brown. other professionals and services listed with offices and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateson
N. Washington Avenue
M. Anearey
C. L Frey
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City
David ‘T. Jones, Choister
T. M. Fenderiing
Mies Mattie Watkins
Hanlin
Diane
Jennie Thomas
Gerile Powell
Florence Miller
Willie Morris Binema
Vivesiagsvesnesns Soooevesl
Fant Claus
Ruth Beddoe
Morris
Eddie
Eddie Lord
Ligels Jacoby
the Four
Jennie Seibring
Besale Daniela
Edna Teague
Carrie Phillips
Globe Warehouse
Harvard
Bie
West Side Business Directory
Notary Public
Dunmore
South Side
Green Ridge
Shawnanese Lake
Castoria
Drexel
Baldwin's
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ave
Snow
Weston Mill Co
Séroion
Olyphant
Carbondale
Professional Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
Mary A. Shepherd
M. D
Adama Avenue
A. Trapold
Wyomin Avenue
Spruce Street
W. B. Allen
North
Anna Law
Wyoming Ave
R. Cc. L. Freas
W. L'Amoreaux
Oftich
Adams
Mulberry
G Rook
Horsee
Joarital
Linden Atrest
Edward W. Thayer
Flooms
Commonwealth
Warren & Knapp
Republican Guvaing
Jessup
Outlaw
Commonwealth Building
Patterson & Wilcox
Traders National Hank Building
Alfred Hand
William J. Hand
Frank T. Okell
Coal Exchange
James W. Oakford
Aneer
Samuel W. Edgar
L. A. Watres
Scranton, Pa
R. Pitcher
Comigys
D. B. Replogle
Meares
Washingtoon Avenue
Killiam
Wyoming Avenue
Jas
J. H. Hamilton
Saranon
Watson, Diehl, Hall & Kemmerer
Attorneys
Traders’ National Bank
Barking & M'Swheney
Interstate Secret Service Agency
Percival J. Morris
Board of Trade
Edward H. Davis
E.L. Walter
Offich
Lewis Hancock, JR
Spruce St
Ave
Soranton
Frederick L. Brown
Price
T. S. Lacey & Son, Architects
DR. F. L
H. F. Reynolds
P. D
B. ¥. Harrison
Main Ave
CC. Laubach
Bnover
Lackat Ave
M. E. Davis
Adams Avenue
Jos
Oe School OF the Lackawanna
Ree Guest
Thomas M. Cann
Walter H. Buell
Ee Miss Worcester
Leeds
Franklin Avenue
Fates Reasonable
P. Zeigler
Branton
Ropean
Victor Koch
Bauer
J. Bauer
Hulbert
Megarger Brothers
Boranton
Frank P. Brown & CO
West Lackawanna
Thomas Avarey
Williams Thuilding
Post Office
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