Stella of Lackawanna and the poet of humanity
The article honors Mrs. H. G. Watres known as Stella of Lackawanna for her poems in Cobwebs and her compassionate verses on Civil War heroes and the needy. It notes she wrote from inner vocation not social clubs, combining lyric beauty with social action and quiet self-denying service amidst poverty and hardship.
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Scranton
Stella
Lackawanna
H. G. Watres
No “Literary Club
May
Ble
Stella Watres remembered as gentle, witty circlemixer
The piece recalls Stella Watres, praising her gentle courtesy, aversion to shams, and vibrant personality. It highlights her kindness, her varied circle of friends, and the quiet strength of her convictions, with reflections on her epitaph worthy life and influence. The prose blends literary excerpts with personal reminiscence from Mrs. Lillie L. Van Nuys.
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Stella
Shams
Scranton
Mince
The Training School and The Profession of Teaching
The article argues teachers must be trained with love and reverence for children. It describes Scranton Training School’s aim to connect theory and practice, study how subjects relate to history, and shape noble character and patriotism in pupils through teacher influence.
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Earth
Scranton Training School
Board of Control
Free Kindergarten Movement Shapes Scranton Education
The Scranton Free Kindergarten movement began after a Lucy Wheelock lecture and formed its association, with officers chosen January 14. By February 28 a first kindergarten opened on Mulberry Street, followed by additional rooms and trained teachers across Hyde Park Archbald Ridge Green Ridge and more, funded by Mrs. Frances A. Hackley and supported by local churches and companies.
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Scranton
Lucy Wheelock
Houston
Thomas Dickson
Mulberry Street
Farnham
Sarah Fordham
Gerecke
May
Edith Hull
Daisy Memorial
Archbald Ridge
Lilian Morris
Hyde Park
Gertrude Northup
Elizabeth Wolfe
Jermyn
Second Presbyterian Church
Green Ridge
Helen Cheney
Massachusetta
Simpson
Simpson & Watkins Company
Duryea
Old Forge Company
Feuersteht
Glenburn
Katharine Clark
Boston
New York
Frances A. Hackley
A. D. Holland
Algo
Kindergartens Move to Howell Building in Scranton
The Centre Kindergarten under Miss Clark and assistant Miss Fanny Snover has relocated to the Howell building at Mulberry street and Penn avenue. Over sixty children are enrolled, drawing from Scranton alleys and alleys, with mothers’ talks and home outreach planned. A training class of eleven girls prepares for future work in early education.
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Centre
Clark
Fanny Snover
Howley
Mulberry Street
Penn Avenue
Scranton
Katharine H. Clark
Minnie E Cowan
Scranton Pree Kinder-garten Association
Kindergarten Scenes From Scranton to New York City
A Scranton student reflects on the impact of kindergarten work in New York and poor urban neighborhoods. The piece emphasizes play as formative, guided by Froebel’s principles, shaping children into capable future workers and thoughtful adults. It cites literature and anecdotes to argue that proper play fosters imagination, learning, and character.
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Scranton
New York City
New York
Ube Street
Froebel
Ape
Jain
Robert Falconer
MacDonald
Grannie
Dickens
Provident Life and Trust Company Installment Annuity Policy
The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia promotes its Installment Annuity Policy as an answer to family financial risk from a breadwinner’s death. It emphasizes guaranteed income for 20 years to support dependents and continue for the widow if she survives, backed by the company’s trusted status as a Philadelphia trust institution.
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Provident Life
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Galilee
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South Main Avenue
Minnie J. Cowan
Alliance
Ohio
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Henry J. Anderson
John W. Fowler
Henry Belia, Jr
R. T. Black
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J. P. Horan
Chas
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Geo. Sanderson
Conrad Schroeder
Edward B Sturges
T. ©. Snover
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Philadelphia
N. W. Corner
Fourth and
Chastnut Streets
Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Co
Lackawanna Avenue
E. N. Willard
L.A. Watres
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M. J. Wilson
Soksen and
L. A. Watres
August Robinson
H. A. Christy
Traders’ National Bank, OF
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W. W. Watson
Frank L. Phillips
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Spruce Street
Jas. J. Williams
Jas. Jordan
Chas. W. Gunster
James J. Williams, James Jordan
A. J. Casey, Franklin Howell
Thomas E. Jones
Scranton Savings Bank
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G. B. Price
O. Shafes
Lon
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James Archcald
B. Price
A. B. Blair
Vas
W. Oakford
F. Eae
Frank Me ‘Spencer
Northeastern
William M. Scott
Eastern
Pennsylvania
H. A. Coursen
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Side Bank
Carbondale 'Nors’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Cospital
Larence EB. Spencer
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