West Side Tragedy in Wingel Shaft Claims Young Man
West Side resident Martin M. King Jr. of 121 Merrifield avenue died from injuries in a Wingel shaft blast. He waited for a fuse to ignite, returned to pull it, and a delayed explosion hurled coal that cut his face neck and chest. Death due to hemorrhages leaves him unmarried and the family’s sole support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin M. King, Jr
Merrifield Avenue
Wingel
Mr. King
King
Martin M. King
Binghamton
Tliée
Man Injured After Fall From Street Car on Main Avenue
Michael E. Hughes of 190 South Filmore Avenue was badly hurt when he fell from a moving street car on North Main Avenue opposite Dr F C Hall's. He stood on the rear platform, reportedly drank beforehand, and lost balance as the car moved. He suffered a broken right collar bone and a deep facial cut near the left temple. he was treated at West Side hospital and later taken home after bandaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael E. Hughes
South Filmore Avenue
North Main Avenue
F.C. Hall
Hughes
West Side Hospital
W. A. Paine
Family feud over fence ends in arrests in Bellevue
In Bellevue two Jones families clash over a dividing fence. John 8 Jones and Thomas J Jones quarrel. Thomas jailed on $200 bail for threatening to ambush him. John 8 Jones and his son faced charges for threats and a second case involves alleged stone throwing by Mrs Lucy Jones and Mrs Mary Jane Richards.
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Bellevue
John 8
Thomas J. Jones
Thomas J
Moses
Wnembovel
John
Jones
Archivald Street
Storr’s Avenue
Storr's Avenue
Thomas
John T. Jones
South Main Avenue
John KR. Jones
William
John Ru
John RR. Jones
Lucy Jones
Mary Jane Richards
Said Thomas
Pompeii Views Shown by A V Bower at Simpson Church
The Simpson Social circle of Simpson Methodist church presented a fine program last evening in the church auditorium. Attorney A. V. Bower showed stereopticon views on Pompeii, delivering an entertaining and informative display to attendees.
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Simpson Methodist Church
A. V. Bower
Minor News Notes From Keyser Avenue Social Evening
Friends of Miss Mary Durkin gathered at her Keyser Avenue home Thursday for a social evening with refreshments. Guests included Mary Jordan Marty Gilroy Mabel Mullen N Finglish Liga Lynott Nora Fahey and F McHale T YConnell Jr McHugh P Monahan J Stanton F Fadden J Gilroy. Father Mathew society to hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at the usual place and Pupils of No 1 school enjoyed an afternoon outing with Miss Jesse Lees. Crystal Laundry announces services as Fred Warnke shifts from bowling to a concert room and summer garden. The Scranton youth group is mentioned continuing social activity.
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Mary Durkin
Keyser Avenue
Miss Durkin
Mary Jordan
Marty Gilroy
Mabel Mullen
N. Finglish
Liga Lynott
Nora Fahey
Messrs
F. McHale
T. Yconnell, Jr. McHugh
Crystal
Fred Warnke
North Main Avenue
The
Scranton
Community notices and personal milestones from Welsh Presbyterian area
The Wayne Avenue Welsh Presbyterian church postpones a May 12 event to June 9. Alexander Aikman, longtime Dickson shaft foreman, is honored with a 250 pound purse and a wife gift at his Home. he plans a Scotland summer. Local clergy and residents attend various events, baptisms, and funerals, including Mrs Rachel Evans and neighbors Neble Weeks and William Maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
Wayne Avenue
Welsh Presbyterian Church
Alexander Aikman
Dickson Shaft
Hast Market Street
Dickson Mine
Aikman
Tle
William Brown
Scotland
Mary Davis
Nanticoke
Mra. Jonee
Green Ridge Street
MeclLean
W. G. Watkins
North Main Avenue
Rachel Evans
J. M. Lloyd
Tayvior
Welsh Congregational Church
Washburn Street
Father Whitty
Farview
Martin Duffs
Laurel Street
Chicago
James Casey
Warren Street
Mr. Casey
Carbondale
George Bowen
Spring Street
Store
South Side Community Notices and Events
South Side gospel meeting at the Young Women’s Christian Association at 2 Sunday with a good leader and music. On Wednesday afternoon the last mothers’ meeting of the season will be held with refreshments and sewing. The South Scranton Literary Association plans an entertainment at St John’s hall May 28 featuring James Walker of Stroudsburg. The St John’s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society plans a Laurel Hill park picnic on May 14. Ernest Dillard and sister of South Washington avenue are visiting relatives in Binghamton NY. We laundry stiff collars with soft button holes Crystal Laundry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
South Scranton
St. John’s Hall
James Walker
Stroudsburg
St. John's Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society
Laurel Hill Park
Ernest Dillard
South Washington Avenue
Binghamton
N.Y
Crystal Lawundry
Dunmore Social Notes From East Drinker Street to Cherry Street
Dunmore residents host visitors and plan travel as guests from Pottsville New York City Philadelphia and Philadelphia area attendances are noted along with home repairs and return to work Frank Lahey recovers from surgery and the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad reports employees paid with No 11 colliery idle next week.
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A. F. Tuttle
Waymart
G. W. Frost
East Drinker Street
Hoffman and Bannon
Pottsville
E. J. Haughton
W. H. Metecler
Edith
New York City
Philadelphia
Phice
Charles Oliver
Green Ridge Street
Nellie van Camp
Dudley Street
Dunmore Lodge
Kntghia
The
Golden Eagle
Whillehly
Frank Lahey
Monroe Avenue
Lackawanna Hospital
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company
Drunk Twenty Years Antidote Advertisement
A correspondent claims twenty years of drinking ended by a mysterious remedy called Antijag. He praises it as a wondrous cure administered secretly by a Reverend Chemical Co. and offers to mail full details for one dollar from 4 Broadway, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Andoje
Revona Chemical Co
Broadway
New York
Munyon Catarrh Cure Promoted With Remedies
An advertisement touts Munyon remedies for catarrh and related symptoms including nasal discharge bad breath and headaches. It claims a cure through blood and nerve action and promotes Catarrh Tablets, Asthma Remedies and asthma cures with prices listed. Personal letters offer free medical advice from Prof. Munyon in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Prof
Arth Street
Philadelphia
Minooka Team to Play West Side Browns Sunday
Minooka will host a Sunday afternoon game against the West Side Browns on Burke's field. The day’s events also note Charles W Gallagher leaving for South Amboy New Jersey with his brother Frank. A local coal camp incident reports David Walsh injuring his right hand at work yesterday.
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M. J. Eagan
Jermyn
Charles W. Gallagher
South Amboy
N. J
Frank
Minooka
West Side Browns
Burke's
Rattlesnakes
Spring Brook
T. J. Cotter
T. J
St. Joseph's Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society
Martin Walsh
David Walsh
Greenwood Coal Company
Obituary notices from Carbondale and Wilkes-Barre deaths
Obituaries report the death of former Carbondale official Anthony Battle after a long illness tied to a 1890s home invasion robbery. Other notices include Morris M. Dougherty of Wilkes-Barre, Asaph Colborn of Troy, Nelce Quinn of Olyphant, and an unidentified child of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller with funeral plans. additional short notices cover Mrs. Wood of Duryea and an Oswego sale ad.
Mulberry Street Paving Plans Set by Columbia Construction
P F Quinlan of Columbia Construction Co and foreman George W Lamson visited to arrange Mulberry Street paving. They plan to start late next week with stone sand and cement purchases and hire crews. A permanent plant will be built locally with a portable unit kept in reserve. City Engineer Phillips will direct operations and work may start at both ends of the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Quinlan
Columbia Construction Company
Buracurse
George W. Lamson
Mulberry Street
Phillips
Quinlan
Fakir with cheap razors nabbed on West Side
Patrolman Martin Gurrell arrested a dapper youth peddling razors at cut rates in saloons. Thirteen new razors, branded by a known Sheffield firm, were found on his person. He claimed the razors were overvalued and offered no license sale charges pending further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Gurrell
West Side
Sheffield
Ten seamstresses rounded up in two raids
Eight were fined five dollars or thirty days in jail with release on payment. The ten women used stage names including Mame Smyth Minnie Lester Daisy Sherman Nellie Blackwood Nellie Simmons Nellie Bly May Martin Florence Reid Nellie Moore Carrie Moore and Addie Kivler. Most claimed seamstress work though Bly and Kivler denied such trades and said they ran boarding houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mame Smyth
Minnie Lester
Daisy Sherman
Nellie Blackwood
Nellie Simmons
Wnellie Bly
May Martin
Florence Reid
Nellie Moore
Carrie Moore
Addie Kivler
Bly
Kivler
Today's Great Mill Bargains at Unbeatable Prices
Readily available to customers, the store proclaims massive discounts of 20 to 60 percent across footwear. Bold claims highlight men’s hand sewn calf shoes, patent leather Russet boots, and women’s welt and hand turned shoes. Numerous price points target men, women, children, and bicycles shoes with emphasis on low cost and easy viewing.
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New York City
LOK
Vices
Associanarcw
Erec Ty
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Jackson Street
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Washturn Street
Denver
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Catherine Jones
Catawisin
David Thomas
Ion
South Re- Weeca Avenue
Shamokin
Eugene
Rihnomebure
Stewart Calloway
Corbett Avenue
Wyoming Valley
John #. Davis
Archbald Street
John J. Williams
Snyder Avenue
George B. Reynolds
McFadilen
West Pittsuin
T. WH. Roberts
North Garfield Avenue
Phillipsburg
Roberts
Order United American Mechanics
West Side Choral Society
Tabernacle Congregational Church
West Side Glee Club
West Side Music Store
KR. Thomas
T. C. Williams
Great Falls
Montana
T. V. Lewis
Fynon Street
Grifths
Edwards
Omeer
Dre
Harrison
Mente Hall
Main Avenue
B. G. Morgan & Bon
Notaries Public
Foreign Exchange
Ocean Ticket
Omice
Musgrave
Harriet J. Davis
J.C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
Bellevue People AT Law
Pompei
Lackawanna and
Penn Avenues
Sumters
Our
Samter Bros
Providence
South Side
Dunmore
Phofpessor J. M. Munyon
Anthony Battle
Danville
Batts
Blico
Ireland
Kathryn Murray
Thomas Murray
St. Rose Church
St. Rose Cemetery
Morris M. Dougherty
Wilkes-Barre
Carey Avenue
Grant Monument
Charles and
Julia Collings Dougherty
C. Bon Dougherty
Ninth Regiment
Alice
Asaph Colborn
Cidlzen
Troy
C.F. Paine
Mr. Colborn
Candor
N. Y
Elmira
B. A. Long
Nelce Quinn
Dunmore Street
Olyphant
Mr. Quinn
Armah
John McGinty
St. Patrick's Cemetery
George Miller
Pleasant Street
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
F. C. Wood
Duryea
Oswego Sale
Five Brothers
Fakir
Bloomingdale Bros
Kikavo
Venege
O'Shattora
Millinera
Paris
J. L. Harding
Wyoming
Linden Street
Eesarner & Reis
Jone L. Keir
Mansager
Notbor
Allie Akerstrom
Frothingham
Fanny
Mendelssohn Society
Mile
Alice Verlet
Miss Maud Morgan
Drexel
Baldwin's
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ave
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Richmond
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Pier
North River
Gullaudel
Traffile
Myerdavidow
Sorjanton
Lackawanon Avenue
Z Weingart
Conrad
Lackawanna Avanua
Min
Royal Medicine CO
River St
Matthews Bava
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