Eastern League games postponed by rain update
Rain washed out all Eastern League fixtures with Scranton and Syracuse tied after 12 innings on Monday. Standings show Wilkes Barre top with 1.000 and other clubs close behind as today’s schedule lists Syracuse at Beranton Rochester at Wilkes-Barre Buffalo at Providence and Toronto at Springfield.
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Wilkes-Barre
Springfield
Providence
Rochester
Buffalo
Toronto
The
Beranton
Wilkes-Harre
Rain Delays Three National League Games
Only three National League games were on the schedule yesterday and all were postponed due to rain. Brooklyn at Washington, Boston at Baltimore, and Philadelphia at New York did not take place.
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Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Louisville
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Scranton Baseball Notes And local Scene Report
Baseball gossip from Scranton and surrounding leagues covers lineup changes at Scranton with Johnson batting third, Elimira adding Herman Pitt, and the James Boys arranging a game for next Sunday. Other items note crowds at opening games, Hud son and Providence rumors, Bannon signing with Boston, and umpires and ground naming chatter.
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Johnson
Brown
Herman Pitt
Scranton
Elmira
James Boys
Eurekas
Scrantons
Radford
Giants
Phillies
Fourteenth Street
New York
Paul
World game score not official in Eastern league
The game will not be recognized in the Eastern league nor will players’ individual stats appear on official records. As an exhibition, it holds little official importance and bets on a metal record are losers.
Scranton Lawn Club Prospects Do Not Favor Reorganization
The Scranton Lawn Club faces a dim outlook for reorganization this year as officers and players discuss informally. The sole suitable courts on Platt place will be torn up for Spruce street bridge work, hindering tournaments. Many young residents will be away July through September, reducing local play.
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Scranton Lawn Club
Platt Place
Spruce Street
Possible spirited Company D captain election next week
The article notes a likely contest for Captain of Company D Thirteenth Regiment after Barnard’s promotion. Fremont Stokes is rumored to seek the post while First Lieutenant R M Stratton is the only confirmed candidate. First Sergeant Thomas Gillam is probable for second lieutenant.
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Barnard
Ikle
Fremont Stokes
R.M. Stratton
Thomas Gillam
Fitzsimmons Maher Fight Contract For Edison Kinetoscope
Bob Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher sign a six round camera bout with Edison Kinetoscope to be filmed. Each round lasts one minute with three minutes rest. The winner takes all if KO'd. if both last to the end the decision pays 3000 to the winner and 2000 to the loser.
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Maher
Bob Fitzsimmons
Peter Maher
Edison Kinetoscope Company
Bicycle Notes Milburn road race prize offered
The Milburn road race offers a gold nugget valued at $50 as principal prize. Ninety five bicyclists started from Brooklyn on a long run to Patchogue on Sunday. Due to a heavy headwind from the coast over 150 riders did not start and only sixty five men completed the trip. Mrs Ziegel was the sole woman to reach Patchogue.
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Milburn
Brooklyn
Bunday
Patchogue
Mrs. Ziegel
Patchorne
Babylon
Wisswaeasser Exit Sparks German Church Protests
South Side news notes Carl Wisswaeasser’s departure stirs factional tension as church elders plan to present German resolutions to the presbytery for reinstatement action on May 9. May devotions at St Mary’s Polish Church draw crowds with Mary coronation and processions of schoolchildren and various parish societies.
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West Side
Carl L. Wisswaesser
West Mountain
John Lentes
Lentes
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Presbytery
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St. Mary's
Prospect Avenue
Mary
St. Joseph's Society
Sacred Heart
Koeciusko
Pulaski
Society of Saint Stanislaus
Society of the Holy Cross
Society of the Holy Childhood
Society of the Holy Rosary
Society of the Blessed Sacrament
Blessed Virgin Sodality
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Peak Sisters entertain at church program and street clash
The Eg church program The Peak Sisters featured several talented young ladies from the congregation and proved musically and financially successful. Yesterday two opposing street crews attempted to pass two cars on a single track near Meadow Brook trestle. A collision occurred injuring Mrs. John Walsh of Minooka who jumped to save herself and was muddy and bruised. a young man sprained his ankle as well.
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John Walsh
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Cara
Arsenic Horse Trickster Confesses to Tribune Reporter
A Crankish hustler in Lackawanna avenue markets a foaming horse trick while boasting of profits from hog trades. He admits arsenic and turpentine are used to excite horses and brags of buy sell schemes, asking the reporter to publish the interview in the paper.
Boy's life valued at 20000 in suit against traction company
Jacob Pletcher of Drinkerstreet Dunmore, represented by Frank T. Okell, sues Scranton Traction for 20000 damages after his 12 year old son Willie was killed March 22 when an electric car struck him on Chestnut street Dunmore. The suit was filed in the prothonotary's office yesterday.
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Dunmore
Frank T. Okell
Pryor
Scranton Traction Company
Wiliie
Chestnut Street
Pletcher
West Side Notes on Musician Feuds and Local Life
Report from the Hyde Park West Side highlights include a disruptive scene at Mrs. Heckel’s Ladies Choir rehearsal, efforts by Judge Edwards to heal factional rifts, and a Scranton Choral union bid under John Watkins to win a $1,000 prize. Also covered are a horse ownership dispute before Alderman John, a Sunday wedding at St Patrick's Church, choir news, church sermons, business moves, and a charity concert at Bellevue Calviniade Methodist church.
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J. J. Herkel
Roderick Jones
Protheroe
Heckel
Judge Edwards
Hyde Park
Scranton Choral Union
John T. Watkins
Wilkes-Barre Elsteddfod
Meekel
Jones
John
Tienry Maugher
Park Place
William Brink
W. A. Cobb
Maugher
Brink
Cobb
Timothy Jones
Clergy visitors and funeral for resident of Old Forge
Rev J L Race of Scranton and Rev B C Hodge of Tunkhannock preached and visited in Old Forge while Lyman Hofficker of Nicholson stayed with Mrs Harriet Knapp. William Taylor died after a lingering illness and was buried at Marcy cemetery. fraternal orders attended the funeral. An advertisement touts Now Great South American Kidney Cure with claims of rapid relief for kidney and bladder ailments. Sold by C M Harris, 125 Penn Avenue, Beranton, Pa.
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Scranton
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Lyman Hofficker
Nicholson
Harriet Knapp
8. C. Hodge
Presbyterian Church of
C. M. Harris
Penn Avenue
Beranton
Rev J C Hanan declines Wyoming post in Forest City
Forest City learns Rev J C Hanan who faced discipline by the Wyoming conference will refuse to serve at Rush and will instead lecture on the Prohibition platform while continuing to reside in Forest City. Also notes on local figures Peter Quick visit Mrs F W Bivins Bivins family Episco pal service changes and a Har on reception with silverware gifts.
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Wyoming
Rush
Forest City
the Tribune
Peter Quick
Windsor
N. Y
F. W. Bivins
Poughkeepsie
J. M. Bivins
Episcopal Church
Main Street Damage Report For Traction Road Move
Property owners on Main Street allege damage of 500 dollars due to roadbed trading by Scranton and Pittston Traction. Mrs. Burke and J G Thomas visited Greenwood yesterday. Rumor suggests Stafford Street residents may petition the court to make it a township road claiming the street is deplorable and nearly impassable, and opening it would benefit line property owners.
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Scranton and Pittston Traction Company
John Burke
J. G. J. Thomas
Bloomsburg Normal School
Greenwood Yesterdy
Stafford Street
Castoria Seeps Through Generations in a Rhyme
A fragmented verse traces Castoria as a constant through Paby’s life from infancy to motherhood. The repeated line emphasizes Castoria’s presence as a comforting remedy across stages.
Doctor Reeves Offers Cure for Nervous Men in Boranton
Nervous men urged to consult Dr. Reeves at 412 Spruce Street Boranton for alleged cures from impotence to blood poison. Methods claimed to cure self abuse effects and restore vitality. Free examination with confidential treatment hours daily 9 to 9 Sundays 10 to 4.
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Spruce Street
Boranton
Stovene Stove Polishing Mitten Offer
A vintage ad promotes a Stovene Stove Polishing Mitten sold with a free ten cent box of Stovene. Consumers pay 15 cents for the mitten at their grocer and receive the bonus polish. The copy notes pairing with Slovene and other stove polishes and hints at a musical or song reference in the era’s marketing.
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