North Scranton Social Notes And Knights Of Malta Install
Entertained a company of friends on Saturday evening. Mise Catherine Reese and David J. Williams wed at the rides Home. The newly elected officers of Eastern Star commandery Knights of Malta were installed: Sir Knight commander William Smith, Sir Knight generalised me Richard Butland, Sir Knight captain general William H. Thomas, prelate David Davies, first guard Griffith James, second guard Morgan Wat king, inner sentinel William Evans, outside sentinel David Gravelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Catherine Reese
David J. Williams
Eastern Star Commandery
Order of Knights of Malta
William Smith
Richard Butland
William H. Thomas
David Davies
Griffith James
Morgan Watking
William Evans
David Gravelle
Reception at Reese Home Brings Local Friends Together
Mr and Mrs Elmer Reese hosted a Saturday evening gathering on Williams street with musical performances by Miss Linzie Leonard Alice Thomas Hattie Richards Bessie Evans Mary C Powell and guests Mr and Mrs David P Evans Mr and Mrs William Thomas Mr and Mrs William Morgan Mr and Mrs Griffith Davis Thomas Owens and Henry Jones attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Reese
Williams Street
Linzie Leonard
Alice Thomas
Hattie Richards
Bessie Evans
Mary C. Powell
David P. Evans
William Thomas
William Morgan
Griffith Davis
Thomas Owens
Henry Jones
Mrs Catherine Reese and David J Williams Wedding
Mrs Catherine Reese and David J Williams were married Saturday evening at the bride’s parents home on William Street. Rev John A Evans of West Market Street Welsh Baptist church performed the ceremony. The bride was attended by Miss Mary A Davies and the groom’s brother Joseph Williams served as best man. A reception followed and the couple will reside at Lackawanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Reese
David J. Williams
John Reese
William Street
John A. Evans
West Market Street
Welsh Baptist Church
Mary A. Davies
Joseph Williams
Local Notes of People Visiting and Calls in Wilkes-Barre
Rev G FE Guild of North Main entertains his father Truman Guild of Walton NY. Miss Ella Thomas of Factoryville visits cousin Miss Hattie Sharpless on North Main avenue. Jenkin Lewis from Wilkes-Barre calls on friends this end. Miles Barrett of West Market street in Wilkes-Barre. Rev W F Davies preaches at Welsh Baptist church Warrior Run. Miss Elizabeth Henwood leaves for Mansfield PA. Mr and Mrs Henry Hatton welcome a son. Mrs Edward Edwards ill in Putnam Street. William Tannery James McNulty and Patrick Malin arrested by Constable Seth Smith at request of Anthony Battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. FE. Guild
North Main Avenue
Truman Guild
Walton
N. Y
Ella Thomas
Factoryville
Hattie Sharpless
Jenkin Lewis
Wilkes-Thirre
Miles Barrett
West Market Street
Wilkes-Barre
W. F. Davies
Wayne Avenue Baptist Church
Warrior Run
Elizabeth Henwood
Mansfield
Henry Hatton
William Street
Edward Edwards
Putnamtreet
William Tannery
James McNulty
Patrick Malin
Seth Smith
Anthony Battle
Disorder in assault case ends with discharge
The case for defendants charged with assault and battery was to be heard by Alderman Fidler Saturday evening but the prosecutor failed to appear and the defendants were discharged. Justin Walaviets was arrested on a warrant issued by Alderman Fidler at the instance of Aretilla Warcavits who alleged theft of a sewing machine and clothes from the plaintiff’s residence. Walaviets was held on a $500 bond. Also noted, the Colonel T. D. Lewis Cornell Junior Order of American Mechanics invites members to an important meeting Friday evening. Miss Mary Daviee of Green Street has returned from a visit with relatives at Nanticoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fendants
Alderman Fidler
Justin Walavicis
Aretilla Warcavits
Walaviets
Walaviotszon
T. D. Lewis Cornell
Order of American Mechanics
Mary Daviee
Green Street
Nanticoke
Missionary Father Huntington to Visit St Mark’s Church
Rev James C Huntington founder of the Order of the Holy Cross will begin missions at St Mark’s Church tomorrow evening. The order is a leading Episcopal society focusing on spiritual life and retreats. The visit includes services tomorrow through Thursday and a two week mission planned for autumn. He will also address workers in Scranton shops and conduct services at St Luke’s at noon on Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. 8. Huntington
Order of the Holy Crows
Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Church
Huntington
United States
Father Huntington
St. Mark's
Scranton
St. Luke's Church
Dunmore Reading Rooms Board Meets This Evening
The Dunmore Reading rooms board of directors convenes at 8 o'clock this evening. The Presbyterian church Christian Endeavor Society plans a conundrum social Thursday in the church parlors to aid a charitable cause and invites public patronage. The repaired Methodist Episcopal Church bell, damaged by a fall, was reinstalled Saturday. The funeral of Thomas Ratchford of East Drinker street drew a large crowd with many floral tributes. interment followed at Catholic cemetery. Martin Richards is back to good health after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmore
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Ratchford
East Drinker Street
Martin Richards
Gas and Water Mains Break In Scranton Cavern
A cave-in struck gas and water mains at a Lugerne street and Booth Main avenue intersection. A three by six foot opening washed a gully in the roadbed and disrupted rails, but homes were spared and repairs began promptly by the Gas and Water and Scranton Railway companies. An Alderman’s family later found a lake inside their house after an open tap released water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul
Maine
Lugerne Street
Booth Main Avenue
Gas and Water Company
Scranton Railway Company
Taylor
Moses
Familly
Concert and dance by Woodworkers' union friends in Mears hall
Tonight in Mears hall the Woodworkers' union No. 26 presents a concert and dance with Philip J. Thomas presiding. Mrs. D B H Thomas accompanies vocalists and George Kern directs the dance. The program features piano, tenor and alto solos, recitations, quartettes, a pantomime The Raven, and performances by Harwood Mandolin and Guitar club and the Union quartette with multiple local performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mears’ Hall
Friends of the Woodworkers’ Union
Philip J. Thomas
Building Trades’ Union
D. BH. Thomas
George Kern
Agnes Malott
Loretta Fahey
Edwin Bowen
Hossie Slant
Union Quartette
Columbiaa
Clara Sandera
Gertie Hughes
Rhoda Clark
William Morgan
the Raven
Edwin Poe
Cornelia Moredock
Elizabeth Moyle
Margaret Jones
Charles Cadwgan
Clara Sanders
John Jones
Harwood Mandolin and Guitar Club
Ethel
Edith Morgan
C. A. Bennett
Columbian
Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal Church Fourth Quarterly Conference
The Hampton Street church held its fourth quarterly conference on Friday evening with Rev. Dr. J. G. Eckman presiding. Officials reviewed the year’s work and discussed matters of importance, and by unanimous rising vote requested the return of Pastor Rev. FL P. Doty for a fourth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal Church
J. G. Eckman
FL P. Doty
Funeral Notices Recap for Local Residents
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ann Monaghan of 618 Eynon Street at S J. Pat rok's church with mass of requiem. Interment followed in Hyde Park. Patrick Lavelle of Cameron Avenue had his blessing at St. Patrick's church and burial in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Thomas Edwards obituary lists a residence service and Washburn Street cemetery burial. Patrick McAuliffe of 323 Seventeenth Street was blessed at Bt. Patrick's church and buried in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery with pallbearers named. Harry Wright of 335 Meridian Street had services at home, organized by Moses Taylor lodge No. 141 J U A M. many lodge members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Monaghan
Eynon Street
S J
Thomas Armstrong
Michael Bolton
Martin Burns
William Murray
Patrick Hayes
Harry Wright
Meridian Street
Moses Taylor
Munyon’s Headache Cure Promoted With Patient Testimony
Mrs F B Hardin of Philadelphia reports thirty years of weekly headache attacks ending after Munyon’s Headache Cure. She says relief was almost instantaneous and three years headache free after treatment, praising colleagues who benefited from Munyon remedies. Professor Monvon touts a separate specific for each disease as the logical system of medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FB. Hardin
Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia
Board of Education
Dave
Munron
Munyon
Monvon
Burial at Forest Hill Cemetery
A funeral was held with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were chosen from the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hill Cemetery
Residents and Visitors Mentioned in Local Gossip
Multiple notices list residents and guests across Scranton area including F R Post moving to 221 Chestnut street, Mrs A R Teale ill with tonsillitis, Holmes entertaining Shoemakers from Elmira, DePuy at a funeral in Allentown, Kilgalion visiting West Scranton relatives, Warren in New York, Gloor hosting Beott from Philadelphia, Hall returning from the south, Evans hosting Laphy and Turrell, Enoch Evans hosting Miss Jennie Morgan, Noah Roderick visiting Parsons, Halentine visiting Bennett, Knight visitors to Walleyville, and Wymbs slowly recovering from typhoid pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Scranton
Warren
North Lincoln Avenue
New York City
Ernest Gloor
West Locust Street
E. Beott
Philadelphia
Harry Hall
Rynon Street
Robert Evans
North Sumner Avenue
K. Laphy
M. Turrell
Forty Fort
Enoch Evans
Evans Court
Jennie Morgan
Plymouth
Noah Roderick
Ninth Street
Parsons
Halentine
Meshoppen
G. W. Bennett
Jackson Street
Walleville
James Wymbs
Chestnut Street
Oxford Mine Accident Fund Members to Attend Evan S Davis Funeral
The Oxford Mine Accident Fund members are to meet at the Oxford mines at 1 50 o clock Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral of Evan S Davis. A two week series of special services at Washburn Street Presbyterian Church begins tomorrow evening led by Rev J P Moffatt with assistance from Rev Thomas Houston. The male voice party met at Jones hall to prepare for the Wilkes-Barre event on May 30 led by Prof Jorneth Prosser. The prize is 3150 and the piece is The Destruction of Gaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Oxford Mines
Evan
Davis
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church
J. P. Moffatt
Thomas Houston
Male Voice Party
Wilkes-Barre
Jones’ Hall
North Main Avenue
Jorneth Prosser
Gaza
Bulletin boards reveal Maine court inquiry details this week
The Tribune announces daily front office bulletin boards showing the latest Maine court of inquiry report and subsequent developments. Each morning a comprehensive summary of the previous day’s news will be printed, with coverage up to 4 a.m. and four hours earlier delivery than New York or Philadelphia papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Court of Inquiry
The
Tribune
Ao Scranton
New York
Philadelphia
Beranton
Local social rounds report from Green Ridge and Wilkes-Barre
Green Ridge and Windsor residents attended visits over the weekend while Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Palmer returned from travels in New York and Staten Island. Rev. G C Lyman preached at Asbury Church replacing Rev. Chaffee who was in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Birch
Windsor
N. Y
M. D. Farnham
Treaker Street
Co. H. Shedd
Pennvenue
New York City
Dixon
Smith Place
Tunkhannock
Palmer
Washington Avenue
Staten Island
George Perlinghoff
Capoose Avenue
Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh Valley Changes In Wilkes-Barre News Dealer Shuffle
The Mahoney division loses Alon zo Tiakeslee and Easton’s James M. Donnelly is reported to be dropped from the Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer lineup. An inquiry in New York yielded no firm denial though the tale is circulated as fact. Donnelly, a long time veteran, recently saw his territory expanded to Pottsville. The source claims the move originates in New York and remains unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Tiakeslee
Mahoney
James M. Donnelly
Easton
Wilkes-Barre
News- Dealer
Tran
New York
Shy
Donnelly
Potteville
Sign York
South Scranton Happenings and Baseball Plans
Community notes describe local police dispersing a street disturbance and several Cedar Avenue building projects. Manager John Ward reports Meadow Brook mine workers offering land from William Connell for a new baseball park, with strong local support and a drive for subscriptions to equip the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Avenue
Sriefer
Roaring Brook
John Ward
South Side
John Gibbons
Meadow Brook
William Connell
Tribune
William Harnes
Treas
Byrne
Drunken youths fined after gutter brawl on Finn Street
Patrolman Schmidt found Michael Pratt and Edward Benke fighting in a gutter on Finn Street. John Griffin, uncle of Pfaff, acted as referee and attempted to secure their release. In court Alderman Storr fined Pratt, Benke, and Griffin $2 each. parents paid the sums later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Pittston Avenue
Finn Street
Michael Pratt
Edward Benke
John Griffin
Pfaff
Griffin
Four-Story Cedar Avenue Hotel Foundations Underway
Excavations start for a handsome four story hotel behind Charles Kaestner's saloon with a sixty foot frontage. The blue mountain stone front and brick remainder will replace the old landmark at Cedar avenue and Alder Street in the Washington hotel corner. Peter Rosur, grocer, owns the site and the new building will house both business and dwelling space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cedar Avenue
Charles Keastner
Kaestner
Blue Mountain
Washington Hotel
Alder Street
Peter Rosur
Infant funeral and assorted local notices in Scranton
The infant daughter of Patrick Harmon of Irving avenue was buried in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery. Various items follow including thefts at John A. Gordon’s barber shop, a burglary spree with minor loot, Owen Walsh’s intoxication and abuse of his wife, a warrant for Thommae Gilroy’s arrest, and Armin Spencer’s break in. Other notes mention births, returns from Philadelphia and Wilkes Bar, and a YWCA gospel service led by Miss Lizzie Christopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Harmon
Irving Avenue
Hyde Park Cathodc
Joseph G. Rogar
New York City
Ida Horne
Soldiers’ Orphan School
Harford
Clara Boyer
Pittston Avenue
John A. Gordon
Owen Walsh
Cedar Avenue
Flaherty and
Schmidt
Walsh
Thommae Gilroy
Kate Cusick
Alderman Ruddy
Orin Spencer
Stone Avenue
Orchard Street
John Kelfer
Louis Armbrast
Philadelphia
Uiszle Harbach
Wilkes-Barre
Lizzie Christopher
William Huester
Charles Courtright
Wryoning Seminary
Columbus Council
Young Men's Institute
St. John's Church
Sudden Hospital Death of John Tunney at Moses Taylor
John Tunney died unexpectedly at Moses Taylor Hospital after two weeks of treatment for a leg injury from a villa incident two years ago. He collapsed in the corridor at about 10 am and died within two hours. his body was taken to his home at 1805 Pittston Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tunney
Moses Taylor Hospital
Lee
Tunney
Ward
Cusick
Pittston Avenue
Man Named Holland Arrested for Alleged Entrance Attempt
Patrolman Sloat arrested a man named Holland yesterday at 3 PM for attempting to enter the residence of W. Stokes at 401 Webster Avenue. Neighbors saw the intruder and, unable to question him, Holland was taken to the central police station and placed in a cell. Authorities described his actions as demented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Sloat
W. Stokes
Webster Avenue
Stokes
Central Policy Station
X Ray Charity Lecture At Linden Street Kindergarten
A lecture on X rays will be held at the High school auditorium on Thursday evening March 31. Speakers are Tr. Max Stern of Philadelphia and Elias J. Roos of the city. Proceeds go to the depleted treasury of the Free Kindergarten on Linden Street, an institution five years old aiding the poor between Raymond and Halstead courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Stern
Philadelphia
Elias J. Roos
Linden Street
Raymond and Halstead Courts
The Thirteenth Juror Bill for Maryland Trials
A Maryland Senate bill by President Randall proposes a reserve juror to reduce mistrials and new trials. If a juror is ill or unavailable, the reserve juror would join the panel without deliberation unless needed for verdict. Proponents cite lower costs and fewer delays in crowded courtrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Randall
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Reese-Williams
Globe Warehouse
Scrantonian
Giec
Luzerne and
Main Avenue Corner
Usion
Mourn’s Hall
Methodist Conference
Kemp
Green Ridge
Lehigh Valley
Ms Donnell
South Scranton
West Ndon
Jixis
Rexford Co
Lackawanna Avenue
Rexford's
Stokes Residence
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Wedding Pressng
Adams
Mercereau & Conne
Wyoming
Washington
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