Races and weddings mark Luzerne County fair day at West Pittston
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports 1,600 spectators at the Luzerne County Fair races at West Pittston. Highlights include the Major Ross Lucy Heyer match win for Lucey Heyer, the Brothers baseball team defeating Scranton Amateurs, Miss Hester Giles wedding to William Morrow, and local obituaries for Michael Connors and Daniel Lewis.
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Scranton Tribune
Pittston
Luzerne County Fair Association
West Pittston Fair Grounds
Squire Ehret
West Pittston
Jennie Glennon
Perrin
Pitts
Hirenrivasenen
Jennie
Miera
Wilkes- Barre
Viscess Vivsaeareevenstape
Llerace Fusty Garret
Wood
Lacka- Watvay
Kansas
James Llewellyn
Pisign
Sirvanena
Richard Davis
West Pitts
Tony Caer
Asdade
Babe Gue Pen
Cali
Eep
Victor, Jr
Corcoran
Callie K
Tatem
Major Ross
Dr. Cobleigh
Kingston
Lucy Heyer
James Cool
Wilkes-Barre
Lucey Heyer
Hughestown
Hester Giles
William Giles
William Morrow
Trev
Robert Holmes
Water Street
Michael Connors
Margaret Miles
Carroll Street
Daniel Lewis ‘Avill
Delaware Avenue
Funeral Held For Squire Elijah Carpenter In Uniondale
Mrs J F Basa returned home after visiting her daughter in Galeton. The funeral for Squire Elijah Carpenter was held at his residence with Rev H J Crane presiding and interment in Uniondale cemetery.
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Ore
Forest City
Thuraay
J. F. Basa
Galeton
Squire Elijah Carpenter
Rev
H. J. Crane
Uniondale Cemetery
Hallstead Social Notes Trim Local Visitors
Hallstead residents and visitors are listed in the Thursday chronicle. Names include C. Thorpe of Forest City, Searle McCollum of Montrose, N. O. Major relocating to Scranton to run a hotel, Franklin Tusk of Seattle visiting, and Miss Sarah Cruser with Marion Alden in Conklin.
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Hallstead
C. T. Thorpe
Forest City
Mitchell House
Searle McCollum
Montrose
N. O. Major
Scranton
Arthur Chichester
Bingham
Martha Millard
Binghamton
Orange G. Woodhouse
New Milord
Thursav
Memorial services and social notes from Scranton area
Rev D D Jenkins visits relatives in Wilkes Barre. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal church met for tea at the parsonage. Memorial services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church. Claude Lockwood, son of Mr and Mrs Weston Lockwood, is very slick. Henry Butler of Welsh Hill visited his sister Mrs Elijah Carpenter. Hattie Crocker and daughter spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W W Smith of Burnwood. The will of the late Elijah Carpenter...
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Scranton Tribune
Uniondale
D. D. Jenkins
Wilkes- Barre
Ladies' Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Claude Lockwood
Weston Lockwood
Henry Butler
Welsh Hill
Reliable remedy against cholera and colic risks
An urging notice extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a dependable preventive and lifesaving medicine available from all druggists. It stresses the danger of colic and cholera morbua and claims the remedy has saved many lives and eased suffering.
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Chamberlain
Local Notables Visit Nearby Towns for Appraisals and Family Time
Special to the Scranton Tribone notes Mise Wangle visiting her sister in Binghamton for several weeks. A. W. Gates and Samuel Hubbard were in Susquehanna yesterday. G. P. Little and Sheriff Maxey of Montrose conducted the appraisal of the late Mrs Fletcher estate here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Smith French are visiting relatives in Binghamton. H. B. Larrabee dean of Keuka College spent a few hours in town.
Local visitors and music lessons noted in town
Mrs. Thompson and her sister visit the Varley View home while Mrs. Wrights attend. Mr. Cecil Wright was seen in Scranton Thursday. Mrs. Parley Wright returned to La Grange Tl. Mrs. G. O. Bailey and Miss Bellva Taylor are in Nicholson and town respectively. The Ladies' Aid at Mrs. W. A. Jeffers’ garden party drew $9.95. Miss Lillian Byram opened a vocal lessons session with seven pupils and growing.
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D. W. Wright
Thompson
Lestershire
Varley View
Cecil Wright
Scranton
Parley Wright
la Grange
G. O. Bailey
Nicholson
Bellva Taylor
W. A. Jeffers
Lillian Byram
Decoration Day Observed With Local Parades
May 0 Decoration Day ceremonies were held with Odd Fellows and Rebekahs participating. James Decker of Alford and James Jeffers of Montrase visited friends Friday. The Tribune notes ongoing strike interest and asks why locals do not enter its prize contest.
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Nicholson
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
James Decker
Alford
James Jeffers
Montrase
Friends
The
Tribune
Memorial Day events and local notices in Jackson area
The report covers a Memorial Day address by Prof. Edward Curtis at Grand Army hall, alumni reunion notes, teacher examination by C. E. Moxley, Grace Tower’s exam outcome, and several local visits. It mentions deaths and funerals, animal shipments disrupted by whey, and local residents traveling to memorial services with flags and bunting visible in Jackson.
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Pleasant Mount
Academy
Thompson
Guernsey Hubbard
Jerome Pilkington
C. E. Moxley
Grace Tower
West Lenox
Edward Curtis
North Jackson
Grand Army Hall
Tra Latham
Wallace
Ararat
Cora G. Simons
Sterling
Ernest Potter
A. H. Crosler
New Milford
Ray Gelatt
Scranton
S. J. Gelatt
P. M. Tallman
Carbondale
W. P. Tallman
Jackson
Charles
Jerome Brundage
Preston Park
Frank Crossin
Memorial Day Observed by Four Brothers Post No 453
Memorial Day services were held in Montrose under Four Brothers post No 453 G A R with Commander Dr C C Halsey in charge. Cemetery rites were followed by exercises at Village Hall crowded to the doors. Music by a male quartet from Montrose and Great Bend and Bullard's Comet band accompanied an eloquent address by Rev Father A T Brodrick of St Mary's Catholic church.
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Scranton Tribune
Montrose
Four Brothers Post
C. C. Halsey
Village Hall
van Gansbeck Munger
Great Bend
L. A. Titsworth
H. ¥. Frink
Base Ball Morning Games Summary
Baseball results from Philadelphia Boston Washington and Baltimore with teams such as Philadelphia Detroit Chicago Cleveland and Baltimore listed. Batterymen Sudhoff Sugden Plank Schreck Miller McGuire Dem inger Warner Garvin Griffith McFarland Carrick Clark Wright Bemis Howell Robinson Connolly Johnstone Sheridan etc.
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R.H.E. Bt
Lewis
Sudhoff
Sugden
Plank
Schreck
Connolly
Boston
R.H.E
Detroit
Broslon Ee Esseeeseeeses
Miller
McGuire
Deminger
Mitchell
Warner
Johnstone
Washington
R.H.E. Chicago
Battteries
Garvin
Griffith
McFarland
Carrick and Clark
Sheridan
Baltimore
R.h.le
Cleveland
Baseball score roundup from New York and surrounding cities
In ten innings New York and Philadelphia battled to a 6 12 final with Dugeleby and Jacklitsch on the Philadelphia battery and Evans and Bowerman for New York. Brooklyn and Boston plated runs with Pittinger Maran Kitson Farrell and Farrell behind the plate. Pittsburg beat Chicago 12 to 4. Cincinnati edged St Louis 8 to 2. Philadelphia defeated New York 14 to 4 at Newport. Boston toppled Brooklyn 3 to 8. St Louis won 37 to 28 in a later tilt as Dunham and O Neill supplied offense for the visitors.
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New York
R.H
Philadelphia
New York Vo
Dugeleby
Jacklitsch
Matthewson
Evans
Bowerman
Yeager
Emelle
Foret City coal and iron police arrive in town
About a dozen men arrived on a train and went to a local hotel sparking curiosity. Some say they are coal and iron police, others think they replace firemen and pump-runners, with rumors they may stay. The company plans a four barb wire fence around the breaker and fifteen locals were sworn in as coal and iron police. No indication of imminent trouble among strikers.
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Forest City
Coal and Iran Police
Register and Recorder
Coal and Iron Police
Local Visit Highlights Frank Janau Shek and Ella Waters
Hopbottom notes Frank Janau Shek visiting friends in town and improving his hotel with new Veralda. Ella Waters of Binghamton is mentioned in connection to local social circles.
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Scranton Tribune
Hopbottom
Frank Janaushek
Stone
New Veralda
Aliss Ella Waters
Binghamton
For Rent and Sale Notices from Scranton Listings
Multiple small ads show properties for rent including six room house at 40 Garfield and barn at 324 Madison with stables. Also homes for sale, a bay mare, a piano, and work gear. Listings include acetylene gas plant, boiler, and horse boarding. Also several employment and service notices and want ads from Tribune office.
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Garfield Nne
Afternoon baseball scores from morning games
Morning games in Worcester and Buffalo produced a mix of close and high scoring results. Toronto routed Buffalo 10 to 1 in the morning, while Jersey City defeated Newark 4 to 6, and Worcester tied Providence 6 to 6 when play halted for train travel. Afternoon results show Toronto 11 Buffalo 5. Jersey City 5 Newark 4. Worcester 4 Providence 4. Rochester and Montreal both missing final scores.
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Worcester
Providence
Buffalo
Toronto
Montreal
Rochester
Newark
Jersey City
Unclear sports results from multiple college matches
The article fragment lists scores from various college games in different locations including Bethlehem Amherst Providence Worcester New Haven and possibly others. Teams mentioned include Pennsylvania Lehigh Georgetown Brown Cornell Holy Cross Dartmouth Yale Princeton with varying point totals.
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Bethlehem
University of Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Amherst
Mass
Georgetown
Providence
Brown
Cornell
Worcester
Holy Cross
Dartmouth
New Haven
Yale
Princeton
Fire destroys large nail mill in Sunbury
An exclusive AP report from Sunbury details that the American Steel Company nail mill was totally destroyed by fire. The plant had been idle since its purchase by the steel trust several years ago, with about $200,000 in losses partially covered by insurance.
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Associated Press
Sunbury
American Steel Company
Steel Trust
Elegant home sites in upper Green Ridge for sale
For sale in Lackawanna county are elegant sites for homes in the choice upper Green Ridge neighborhood. J A Marvine publishes location at 1716 Sanderson Avenue and urges prompt inquiry.
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Upper
Green Ridge
Lackawanna County
J. A. Marvine
Sanderson Avenue
Notice of Tax Appeal Hearings and Lost Items
Appeals from state tax assessments will be held in the county commissioners office at the courthouse on June 9 and June 14 1908 for War towns ships and boroughs excluding Dunmore. Lost items include a bull terrier with one black eye a loose brooch and a ladies gold watch rewards offered for returns.
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Dunmore
Beranton
Carbondale
South Side
Cedar Avenue
County Commissioners
Lackawanna County
Tunkhannock Creek
LaPlume
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Moosic
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Dalton
Fall Brook
Fell Township
Greenfield Township
Newton Lake
Clifford Corners
Summit Lake Creek
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Abington Township
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Routh Abington Township
Apn Brook Township
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Tohn Penman
Courier
Morrie
County of Feta
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Board of Commissioners of Public
Executive Department
Harrisburg
T. L. Eyre
Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Bulldings
District Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Adelbert
Rhodes
North Abington
Lackswanna
Scranton
A. l
A. van Wormeer
William Connell Hose Company
State of
Sal Corporation
Act of Assembly
Ita
Court of Common Fleas
W. Stokes
Dr. Hand Condensed Milk Co
Welles & Torrey, Solicitors
William A Stone and T L Hyra Named to State Posts
William A Stone and T L Hyra are designated for state roles with the governor and superintendent directing operations. E B Harden Berge listed as Editor General and Frank q Har Blate referenced in the assignment notes.
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William A. Stone
T. L. Hyra
E. B. Harden Berge
Frank Q" Har Blate
Briggs Cleans Privy Vaults and Pools
A. B. Briggs undertakes cleaning of privy vaults and cesspools. The text notes improved rye usage and a proprietor named A. B. Brisi with orders for 1100 North Main Avenue and Bickel’s Drug Store at Adams and Mulberry, with references to telephones.
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A. B. Brisi
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Bicke
Adams and
Mulberry
Hoth
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Scranon
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Washington, D. C
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Washington Avenue
Connell Building
Dept
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H. van
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J. Be, Taylor, Scranton
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Harrison Avenue
Petersburg
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Mulberry and
Wheeler Avenue
Kline
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Bcranton Loan Guaranty Co
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Connell
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Paull Building
Spruce Street
C. Laubach
Jessup & Jessup
Commonwealth Building
I. A. Watres
Board of Trade Building
Scranton, Pa
Patterson & Wilcox
Tradmar National Bank Building
A.W. Bertholy
Bcranton
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Thele Cave
Wranklin Avenue
P. Ziegler
Vietor Koch
Ancree
Wire Goreens
Joseph Kuettel
Lacka
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