Dunmore Christian Endeavor Rally At Dunmore Presbyterian
A Dunmore Presbyterian church rally under the City Union Christian Endeavor featured choir and orchestra performances, a responsive Psalm 103 reading led by Rev W F Gibbons, talks by Rev M L Firor and Henry L Peabody, urging strong faith and a universal ideal of Jesus Christ, followed by a social hour and refreshments. Miss Myrtle Burns has accepted a position at Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Christian Endeavor Union
Dunmore Presbyterian Church
City Union Christian Endeavor
W. F. Gibbons
M. L. Firor
Calvary Reformed Church
Jesus Christ
Henry L. Peabody
B. Fay Mills
Local Births and Moves Across town
Born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson of West Drinker street a son. John Brown a Villa Nova College student returns home for summer. George Winterstein Ralph Ives and George Kellam sightseeing in New York City. Miss Myrtle Burns leaves for Wilkes Barre to join Warner Co wholesale merchants. Charles Boland of Gast Drinker street goes to Butte Mont to settle. Thomas Matthews of Drinker street spends a week at Like Winola. P J Horan of the Inlon Cash stores on business in Wayne county. Mrs Osborn and her daughter Fanny Osborne of Dudley street visit Rockland. Mrs Arthur Spencer is indisposed at Blakely street. Mr and Mrs R F McMillan leave for Lake Winola to spend summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnson
West Drinker Stret
John Brown
Villa Nova College
George Winterstein
Ralph Ives
George Kellam
New York City
Myrtle Burns
Stevens
Wilkes- Barre
Warner & Co
Charles Boland
Gast Drinker Street
Butte, Mont
Thomas Matthews
Drinker Street
Like Winola
P. J. Horan
Inlon Cash
Wayne County
Osborn
Fanny Osborne
Dudley Street
Rockland
T. J
Arthur Spencer
Blakely Street
R. F. McMillan
Lake Winola
Funeral of Edward J. Howard in Olyphant
The funeral of Edward J. Howard First ward school director will be at St Patrick s church at 10 o clock with a requiem high mass. Interment follows at West Side cemetery. Ancient Order of Hibernians to attend in a body. Dimes the young son of Bernard To Eenfeld of River street, injured by a firecracker bullet. Dr. Van Sickle removed the bullet. Various local residents and visitors noted in this column with events and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Howard
First Ward
St. Patrick's Church
West Side
Order of Hibernians
Dimes
Bernard To- Eenfeld
River Street
van Sickle Sus
W. J. Schubmehl
LeRoy
William Morris
Taylor
Susquehanna Street
Gertrude Dougherty
Southforth
Myangelista
Jennie Mason
Richard Pettigrew
John Pettigrew
Grace Pettigrew
Priceburg Yestterday
T. W. Watking
Lewsley
Mary A. Evans
John T. Watkins
Scranton
Harry Buddle
Hoboken
N. J
Edward Rennie
Jermyn
Albert Symons
Carbondale
Marie Lungan
Binghamton
Dunmore Street
Local Notices of Travel and Social Gatherings
Green Ridge residents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Deltrick and daughter Mildred plan a trip to their cottage at Coxtown Pond in Wayne Gunty. Miss Madge Brandt visits in Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. George Watson hosts a cobweb party for Miss Froy Kintner with Mrs. Kintner and Miss Lewis assisting. lawn tea served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Deltrick
Mildred
Banderson Avenue
Coxtown Pond
Wayne Gunty
Madge Brandt
Wilkes-Barre
Gussle Brandt
Monsey Avenue
George Watson
Jefferson Avenue
Mins Froy Kintner
Walton
Reward Offered for Hae Catarrh Cure Promoted Locally
A historical ad fragment advertises a one hundred dollar reward for a so called Hae cata Cure and promotes Cheney Co Toledo as makers. It includes testimonials from local business figures expressing belief in J F Cheney’s honesty and promising to honor obligations of partners Truax Kinnan Marvin and Hall. The text is partial and garbled but centers on a cure product and endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy, Cheney & Co
Toled Oo, Co
Fb. J. Cheney
Transacions
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Weat & ‘Truax
Wilkes Bearers Return Home From Green Ridge Visit
A group of Wilkes Barre women including Grace Atherton Sadler Henwood Chivers Guild Zlerier Watson Hitchcocd Hank Jones Woodruff Kelly Laurence Edgar Lindsay Boyle Feinberg Katfield Clark Fellows Tripp Nye Kinhack Jessie Kelly rest of names will return home today after visiting Green Ridge friends. Mrs Clarence Foster of Sanderson Avenue and Ralph Snowden Benedict Pearl Treverton attended Wyoming Seminary exercises in Baltimore this week. The Ladies Aid Society of Green Ridge Presbyterian Church plans a peddlers parade in church parlors this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misser Grace Atherton
Molen Sadler
Julian Henwood
Maude Chivers
Gertrue Guild
Harriet Zlerier
May Watson
Carrie Hitchcocd
Ruth Hank
Isabella Jones
Lelia Woodruff
Clara Woodruff
Jessie Kelly
Nelle Laurence
Emily Edgar
Francia Lindsay
Nora O' Boyle
Teabelle Pfeinberg
Florence Feinberg
Mabel Katfield
Florence Clark
Bertha Fellows
Grace Tripp
Florence Nye
Blena Kinhack
Misven Jessie
Kate Kelly
Wilkes-Barre
Green Ridge
Clarence Foster
Sanderson Avenue
Baltimore
Ralph Bnowden
Mane Benedict
Pearl Treverton
Wyoming Seminary
Ladies’ Aid Society
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
City Tax Fight Elicits Two Replies From Corporations
City Treasurer Robinson sought a 5 percent gross receipts tax from public service firms under a license tax ordinance effective April 1. Only two firms replied, Consolidated Telephone and Central Pennsylvania Telephone, disputing or limiting tax applicability. Other firms including Scranton Railway and Scranton Gas and Water ignored the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Consolidated Telephone
Central Pennsylvania Telephone Companies
Wayland
Central Pennsylvania
Scranton Railway Company
Scranton Illuminating, Heat and Power Company
Scranton Gas and Water Company
Eagle hotel proprietor arrested for selling liquor without license
T W Knowles proprietor of the Eagle hotel at 309 Penn avenue was arrested for selling liquor without a license. He admitted selling bottled beer but claimed ignorance of the law. Magistrate Millar fined him zero and costs after his admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Knowles
Eagle
Penn Avenue
Millar
Day
Death of Peter Mahon Northumberland lawyer dies in Philadelphia
Peter A. Mahon a leading Northumberland county lawyer and former resident of this city died Tuesday night at the Hotel Florence Philadelphia from peritonitis. He was brother of Attorney James Mahon and studied law with him. Admitted to the Luzerne county bar in 1875 he practiced in Wilkes-Barre then Shamokin where he gained prominence. He served as district attorney of Northumberland county from 1883 and was re elected three years later. The funeral was to be held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Mahon
Northumberland County
Florence
Philadelphia
James Mahon
Lugerne
Wilkes-Barre
Shamokin
Flo
Watkins Myers Wedding Ceremony in Green Ridge
Frank Watkins and Miss Jennie F Myers were married last night at the home of the bride’s parents 108 Larch street. Rev F P Doty officiated. The bride wore a white chiffon gown and was attended by Miss Evans. The groom was supported by Mr Stevens of Dalton. A reception followed and the couple departed for a wedding tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Ridge
Frank Watkins
Jennie F. Myers
John *. Myers
Larch Street
F. P. Doty
South Scranton Methodist Episcopal Church
Evans
Stevens
Dalton
Wards Witnesses Paid in Lungataff Kelly Contest
Three clerks in the county commissioners office prepared warrants for witnesses from the First to Third wards. Two clerks in the county treasurer’s office handled the funds. About 1,100 witnesses were paid yesterday totaling around $1,500, with Fourth to Sixth wards scheduled for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners
Lungataff-Kelly
Training of the Lion by Pauline Devere at Elks Carnival
Pauline Devere, famed lion trainer, performs with the Bostock-Ferrari wild animal show at the Elks Carnival. She describes lions as loving yet treacherous, recounting near misses with Nero in Minneapolis and bites from Monarch and Duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Devere
Ilon
Alan
Minneapolis
Nero
Monarch
Duke
Fragmentary account of a confrontation with Nero
A desolate fragment depicts a confrontation where Honess or the Empress hurls Nero back after a throat grip. The speaker notes the Empress would bite if provoked yet targets others who caused trouble, hinting at a tense factional scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Honess
Empress
Obituary for L Willard Lanning and Dr Lewis Sherman Barnes
Obituary notes L Willard Lanning aged 41 of North Hyde Park avenue died yesterday after two year illness from stomach cancer. He was an engineer for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and a member of several fraternal orders. He is survived by wife two sons his mother father and brother Charles E. Lanning. Funeral Sunday at 2.30 with Union lodge in charge. Interment Forest Hill. Also noted is the death of Dr Lewis Sherman Barnes aged 89 at Vine street and Monroe avenue after a short illness. Born 1863 in Bradford county he practiced in Scranton twelve years and earlier at St Agnes hospital Philadelphia. Survived by wife and father J J Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Willard Lanning
Hyde Park Avenue
Schlager Boulevard
The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Mutual Aid
Lackawanna Council
Royal Arcanum
Knights of Malta
Union Lodge of Masons
Frank
Fred
Charles E. Lanning
J. P. Moffat
D. D
Union Lodge
Forest Hill Cemetery
Lewis Sherman Barnes
Scranton
Vine Street
Monroe Avenue
Bradford County
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Barnes
Lackawanna Medical Society
J. J. Barnes
Harsickville
Funeral Arrangements for May Farley Announced
May Farley age 38 daughter of William H Parley of 1346 Wyoming Avenue died at Hahnemann Hospital after an operation. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 3 PM with interment in Dunmore cemetery. A second notice states a funeral this morning at 8 AM with interment in Lewisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Farley
William H. Parley
Wyoming Avenue
Hahnemann Hospital
Lewisburg
Court House News Notes In Equity Case And Tax Collector Action
The amended answer of Rev. John J. Ardan in the equity suit brought by George Sinkuwo and others was filed yesterday. The impeached tax collector’s sureties in Fell township were approved by Judge Edwards. Emma Thomas obtained a writ of replevin to recover household goods, valued at a stated amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ardan
George Sinkuwo
Joseph White
Fell Township
Edwards
John White
J. J. McNulty
A. J. Gavin
B. J. Murphy
Catherine Leary
Akym Howran
Emma Thomas
Unlawful Seizure Allegations Name Local Officials
The report alleges unlawful seizure by Mary Durkin Windlord and John MacGowan with John McAndrew and constables named in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Durkin
Windlord
John MacGowan
John McAndrew
Cross Murder in Arkansas Feud Sparks Outcry
Exclusive wire reports James Cross son of Captain J. C. Cross was assassinated last night at the Pendleton plantation in Deshea county near Little Rock. The killer, a man named Martin Nash, is said to be tied to an old feud between the Cross family and a neighboring prominent family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
James Cross
J. C. Cross
Pendleton
Deshea County
Martin Nash
Cross
Escaped Murderers Captured in New Jersey Manhunt
Charles Grether and Bennie Abello, convicted murderers who escaped from the county jail Sunday, were captured today. Grether was seized at Manunka Chunk New Jersey and Abello at Belvidere New Jersey. Neither registered arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Charles Grether
Bennie Abello
Manunka Chunk
N. J
Belvidere
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Dunmore Doings
Presbyterian Church
Rev. M, Ll
Peter Mahon
Watkins-Myers
Madame Devere
South American
Panama
Sumter Bros
Complete Outfitters
JON
Long
Jonas Long
Jersey
Minnesota
Yeiane
Rogers
Caute Sitona Wii
A. E Jfrogers
Teen
Dunmore Cemetery
Court House News Notes
Associated Proas
Associated Press
CHOI
India
Madras
Point de Paris
Val
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