Gerrity Refuses Move of Forge Amid Church Dispute
Tension rises in North Scranton as blacksmith Michael Gerrity resists leaving his Oak Street shop to clear space for the North Main Avenue Baptist Church parsonage. The church, led by Rev. Dr. Reading, had pressed to relocate the church and parsonage. Gerrity offered to move at his own expense but denies any prior agreement and awaits a new site.
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North Main Avenue Baptist Church
Dr. Reading
Gerrity
Verson
North Scranton
Michael Gerrity
Oak Etreet
North Main Avenue
of Robinson
Michael Hannick
Taylor
Reading
Fidler
BE. C. Newcomb
de. Neading
Tribune
Wannick
Mrr. Gierrity
Mr. Haonick
Alderman Fidler
Tle
Uncalled for letters at Lackawanna post office
List of uncalled letters dated June 27 1000 for Lackawanna county Lackawanna Post Office. Names include Miss Angle Athrington Mrs Pelmer Walter Mallard Thomas Marry John Dunn Warr G Dunning Hiram Vriebie Chas H Finch Dr Carroll Pax Mrs Fitesimmona F C Gilbert Byron Gardner Miss Maggin Higgins Richard James May Jones Miss Bell Jarrett William A Kelley K Kondr Lefevre Kate Lake May Mec Cahill Isabella McKee Catherine Medirath John Meehan Annie Mulligan Bridget Nolan and others. Patrons advised to call and state advertised date.
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Foranton
Lackawanna County
Bera H W. Kipple
P.M
Miss Angle Athrington
A. A. Anthony
Adan
Mra
F. Bingham
Mies
Nellie Hyrne
P. Lelmer
Walter Mallard
Thomas Marry
Dr. Carroll Pax
Mrz
Fitesimmona
F.C. Gilbert
James G1
Byron Gardner
Mies Maggin Higgins
T. W. Jores
Richard James
May Jones
Mish Bell Jarrett
J. HL. Kew
William A. Kelley
Mason Chemical ad promotes Olives tablets for catarrh cure
Mason Chemical Company of Philadelphia advertises Tat Mason's Dream of Olives tablets and other mixtures like Yellow and Red pills for curing catarrh constipation and mucous membrane inflammation. The copy touts various remedies and includes a price note and address at 615 Arch St.
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Macon
Con
Maron
LA Morce
ILTI
Mason Chemical Company
Arch #f
Philadelphia
Mason
Immigrant Names Listed in Polish Community Roll Call
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals by given name and surname, with variants of Polish and Italian sounding names. The text resembles a roster or genealogical compilation, naming people such as Mia Stadt, Kate Smith Mee, C Stewart, and many others including James Walker and Julijanna Geecitewna. The list reads like an ethnic community registration or member index from a historic local source.
Report on State Industrial School for Girls Criticizes Eyler
A New Jersey assembly committee concludes that the State Industrial School for Girls has suffered from cruel methods and mismanagement. It finds fault with the boards of trustees for ignoring prior legislative wishes and deems Principal Mrs. Eyler's regime unfortunate and largely ineffective, though some testimonies are supportive.
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Trenton
N. J
Assembly
State Industrial School For
Board of Trustees
Catholic Clergy Convene In Philadelphia Seminaries Meeting
In Overbrook at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary leading Roman Catholic rectors and professors gather for a four day convention to compare methods of curriculum design and seminary management. Dated June 2, the talks cover Sacred Scripture study Latin in philosophy and theology and examinations with future sessions to address student stimulation scholarly disputation organizing studies and language studies.
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Philadelphia
Theological Seminary
St. Charles Borrompeo
Overbrook
McHale
Niagara University
John B. Murray
Cincinnati
William L. O'Hara
Emmitsburg
P. J. Garvey
J. A. Stafford
South Orange
N. J
A. L. Magnien
Baltimore
Illinois Democrats Nominate Alschuler for Governor on Second Ballot
Springfield June 26 The Democratic state convention nominated Samuel Alschuler of Aurora for governor on the second ballot and adjourned until tomorrow to complete the ticket and adopt the platform. The resolutions committee reaffirmed the 1906 Chicago platform, condemned trusts, upheld the Monroe Doctrine, and denounced President McKinley over the Philippines.
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Springfield
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
Committee On Resolutions
Chicago
McKinley
Philippines
Colorado Quarantine Sparks Governor and Health Official Clash
Denver reports a looming confrontation between Governor Thomas and Dr. George Tyler, secretary of the state board of health, over a quarantine targeting Japanese and Chinese. The Japanese legation in Washington has taken up the matter as Dr. Tyler refuses to lift the quarantine while the governor seeks a detailed report from the health board.
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Denver
Thomas
George
Tyler
State Board of Health
Washington
Hay
School for militia officers to open in Newton Kansas
Newton Kansas June 2 A school for the instruction of state militia officers is about to open here. The officers of the Second regiment are the first to receive instructions, which are given by regimental commanders.
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Newton
Kan
Lehigh Valley halts new work. DL&W board listed with crews
Industrial world brief notes surveyors at Hazleton to Wilkes-Barre road layout after stoppage. Archbald mine reports rope haulage. iron market conditions cited. Board for June 6 shows numerous crew assignments for Wildcat Summit and Puller sections with multiple names and times.
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Lehigh Valley
Hazleton
Wilkes-Barre
Archbald
Railroad Extensions in Lehigh Valley Pause Amid Earnings Dip
Officials announce a temporary halt to new work along the Lehigh Valley line as extensions are funded from current earnings. While Mutchier Connelly & Donnelly pause heavy work on the Fackerton to Siatington project and Herman Riebe & Son stop enlarging Mast Mauch Chunk yard, John F Dolan keeps about fifty workers on site for urgent track filling near Hast Mauch Chunk Station, awaiting the same notice.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mutchier, Connelly & Donnelly
Fackerton
Siatington
Herman Riebe & Son
Mast Mauch Chunk
John F. Dolan
Hast Mauch Chunk Station
Dolan
Survey Team Charts Wilkes-Barre Hazleton Trolley Route
Civil engineer J. W. Heas of Hazleton leads Lehigh Traction surveyors in Wilkes-Barre to Hazleton on a new trolley line. The team has reached Aghley near Triangular Lake, planning a connection with Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction tracks. The line would extend the West Hazleton branch with easy grades and few changes.
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J. W. Heas
Hazleton
Lehigh Traction Company
Wilkes-Barre
Aghley
Wilkes-Barre and
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Triangular Lake
West Hagleton
Iron Market Seeks Steady Bottom as Trade Quiets Down
The iron market settles toward a safe basis while remaining short of a bottom. Structural steel makers cut $7 a ton, a move welcomed. Mills stayed conservative, export talk persists with reports of large steel rail orders. Alabama steel imports expected to rise.
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Structural Steel
Alabama
Rail industry notes and staffing changes in 1910s era
I T Canfield, master car builder of the Lackawanna railroad, was in New York yesterday. The Dickson Manufacturing company has received an order for eighteen large freight engines from the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. Rope haulage at the Archbold mine has been completed and two engines 10 by 36 feet with two four foot drivers have been erected by Thomas J. Phillips for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company. The positions of drillmaster, drillmen and switchtenders at Hallstead yards have been declared vacant by Superintendent A C Salisbury and a uniformity of service will be inaugurated. Applications from new men will be received by letter during the next two weeks.
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I. T. Canfield
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Eghteen
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Archbold Mine
Thomas J. Phillips
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Hallstead
A. C. Salisbury
Chinese Fleet Off Shanghai Reports Quiet Front
Paris reports French foreign minister says Shanghai consul notes quiet in the southern provinces and no word from Pekin. Eleven Chinese warships are observed off Shanghai as tensions in the Yangtze valley and Sichuan province warrant vigilance.
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Paris
M. Deleasse
Shanghai
Yang-tse- Kiang
S¢echuan
Pekin
Coal Pillars Collapse Entomb Miners at Shamokin
Shamokin Pa June 26 pillars of coal collapsed in the No 10 vein of the Nilsen shaft entombing several miners and laborers as rescue efforts begin at the scene.
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Shamokin
Nilsen
Miners Entombed as Gangway Collapses at Elmira Shaft
A gangway collapse in Elmira at a coal shaft driven in by J Langdon & Co entombed miner Robert Taylor and a Hungarian laborer. Another Hungarian worker is missing. Rescuers race to reach them. recovery may take until tomorrow due to the coal mass to be penetrated. The shaft has a history of disasters in the past decade.
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Robert Taylor
J. Langdon & Co
Elmira
Marines Hurrying to Orient Through Chicago
The fourth battalion of United States Marines under Major W. P. Biddle passed through Chicago on a duty assignment to the Orient. The unit, reinforced by two squadrons of the Sixth Cavalry, will depart San Francisco on July 1 for Cavite, Philippine Islands via Japan. Major Biddle expects orders in Japan possibly to divert to China. The battalion totals 238 men and was recruited at Norfolk, New York and Washington.
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Chicago
United States Marined
W. P. Biddle
Orient
Sixth Cavalry
San Francisco
Cavite
Phillipine Islands
Japan
Biddle
China
Norfolk
New York
Washington
Chinese viceroys press to bar foreign troops from China
Six great viceroys of China through the Chinese minister in Washington renew their demand to keep foreign troops out until Li Hung Chang reaches Pekin. The formal document includes Li Hung Chang and is opposed by the U.S. government, which again declines the request.
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China
Washington
LA Hung Chang
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
United States
Pain Balm Heals Hip Sprain Says Local User
A local reader, F. A. Babcock of Erle Pa, describes spraining his left hip handling boxes. After a doctor’s initial misdiagnosis of a strain followed by rheumatism, he found relief using Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, finishing a half bottle and recommending it to friends. Sold by Matthews Bros. as agents.
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Tast
F. A. Babcock
Erle, Pa
Matthews Bros
Fire damages carpet mills in Philadelphia
A large blaze at Thong Mowes & Sons carpet mills on Mesa ont and Allegheny avenues caused extensive stock damage but left the building lightly damaged. The loss is fully covered by insurance.
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Philadelphia
Mino
Thong Mowes & Sons
Mesa Ont
Allegheny Avenues
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Polist
Veldor Dunareki
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Jakub Stuwacki
Ignas Ruralis
Bam Werbick
Adolf Scambelau
Mickel Domanowski
Anton Fittol
Felike Yothowsky
Stanislaw Haginski
Wilim Niceicki
Andel Matulanicea
Piter Dubicki
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John Menovsky
Jr. Huncatian
M. Cendre Turek
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Jan Sak
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Julijanna Geecitewna
John Chank
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Minka Jomefurnak
Trenton Industrial School
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Scranton’s Shopping Center
Williams & McAnulty
Wyoming Avenue
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Oaliten
Bomrale Cuyphaat
Pilsner
Atree
Scranton, PA
Densten
Temple Te Building
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M. Sendlar
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Chotoe & Secksoe Sts
McGarrah & Thomas
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Mount Pleasant Coal
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EESTI
Mount Pleasant Coal CO
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Ean Iri
Prive Pisenace
Rene
Theel
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Pulladel
Ve. Bee & Gwerasioe
Los
Sailgla Bad Boeke
California Fig Syrup CO
Third National Bank
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Bcoranton, PA
Moostco and
Kushiele Works
Laplin & Rand Powder Co
Repauno Chemical Co
Pxeltovives
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