City Notes and Public Notices in Scranton Area
Multiple brief items report city happenings including Swiss Independence anniversary music hall event, regular meetings for Home for the Friendless and Hebrew Ladies Relief Society, All Saints and Saints’ Day church observances, a Halloween social at the Main Avenue Baptist church, a straw vote in a local business house favoring the current administration, donations to the Home for the Friendless, a deering expedition to Mt Pocono, Montin's Clearing figures for October, firemen’s relief claims, pay days for local mines, a patriotic fraternal visit to Camp No 4, Madame Davenport health lectures, a false fire alarm at Green Midge crossing, and an application for a charter by the Car Pendale Cycle Club.
Local Post Office October Receipts Hit Peak
The October post office receipts reached 17 7846 dollars, the highest monthly total in the valley's history, up sharply from the previous year and March record. Contractor M J Ruddy faced charges over church construction access at Fig Street and Pittston Avenue, Scranton, but an amicable agreement was reached with Street Commissioner Rowland Thomas.
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Ite
MTA
Reddy
M. J. Ruddy
Fig Street
Pittston Avenue
Scranton
Alma Howe
Rowland Thomas
Evening political meetings list across multiple halls
A long notice catalogs Thursday through Monday evening gatherings at venues such as Newton Center Mooale Mond’s hall Providence Auditorium and Corcoran Hall. Speakers include Hon. John R. Farr A J Colborn Jr Hon. Charles J. OMalley W Gaylord Thomas and James Moir among others in New Jersey and Polish language events.
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Newton Center
Vin Sickle's Hall
John R. Farr
A. J. Colborn, Jr
Mooale
Dymond's Hall
Vreeland
New Joravy
Old Forge
Law
Frente Republican Hall
Charles ¥. Daniela
R. van Dusen
H.C. Hubler
East Benton
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lewis B. Carter
W. J. Douglass
Ablworth
Providence Auditorium
Ton
Weorland
New Jersey
James Moir
TA. Zimmerman
P. FL Loughran
W. Gaylord Thomas
Charles E. Olver
PF. Loughean
Money George
Clerk
Central Park Hall
South Washington Avenue
O'Malley
F. W. Fleitz
Athletic Hall
Alder Street
Hondamew
T. DuBois
Switzerland
BF Ow
Fleitz
A. J. Colhorn
A. J. Colhorn, Jr. Monday Evening, Nov, §.—Workingnen's Hall, Alder Street
Monty Googe
Jon
Delin
Kuloskits
Pittston Avenue
Elm Street
Spiakers
Mon
Junes Moir
Hallowe'en Social Highlights Caledonian Club in Guernsey Hall
The Caledonian club held a crowded Hallowe'en social in Guernsey hall with members in Highland costumes. Chief James E. Drummond opened the program, Mayor James Moir and Chief elect Thomas Thompson spoke, the club choir performed Scotch melodies, and solos by Lindsay McMullen and Thomas Kerr followed. Refreshments then led to hours of dancing for younger members and their ladies.
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Caledonian Club
Hallowe'en
Guernsey
James E. Drummond
James Moir
Thomas Thompson
Department of Sanitary Plimbing
International Correspondence Schools
Annie Laurie
Bonnie Woods
Craigslee
Lindsay McMullen
Thomas Kerr
Robert Beattie
Odd Fellows Visit Sparks Large Wilkes-Barre Gathering
Thirty one Lackawanna lodge members were hosted by Wilkes-Barre Odd Fellows with a brass band treatment at the railway station and escorted to the Masonic hall. Four to five hundred Luzerne members attended, prompting a move to a larger hall. C. G. Battenburg led initiations, followed by speeches by Alderman John T. Howe of Lackawanna lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Wilkes-Barre
Odd Fellows
Scranton
Luzerne
C. GC. Battenburg
Reddington
John T. Howe
Effort to Pass Resolution on Barber Asphalt and Vosburg Bills
Select council plans a motion directing Clerk Lavelle to prioritize bills for Barber Asphalt and City Solicitor Vosburg. The auditing committee recently passed the bills, but warrants have been withheld until all prior claims against the judgments and incidentals appropriation are settled.
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Select Council
Lavelle
Barber Asphalt Company
Vosburg
Felipse Football Opens Season With Debut Lineup
Felipse high school fielded its first football team yesterday with players including Jordan Stanton Otis Ly Hopkins and Williams. The Lackawanna game featured multiple lineups and key shows from several players as coaches tested positions and tactics in a windy afternoon scrimmage on the gridiron.
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Felipse
Ee Slara Om Eelipse
Jordan
Stanton
Otis
Hopkins Mies
Lackawanna
Eelipse
TOUCH
Seenseeseay
McKandy Cottle
Eees
Williams (Hub
Opening of the new Niagara Hose Company quarters
Firemen host a housewarming at Niagara Hose Company new Bull's Head quarters in North Scranton with Mayor Moir, councilmen and guests, a parade by bands, and a speech by the mayor praising the new firehouse and its impact. Leaders and visitors admire historic trophy banners and photos of notable firemen.
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Moir
Zirlemann
Niagara Hose Company
Bull's Head
Citizens' Band
North Scranton
Liberty Hose Company
General Phinney Engine Company
John Moir
Navy
Hickey
Morris V. Morris
Second Ward
Niagaray
Military elects for two vacancies in Thirteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel FF W Stillwell directs an election on Nov 1 for a second lieutenant of Company C to replace Bernard Haggerty. Adjutant D B Atherton orders an election in Honesdale on Nov 15 for a captain of Company BE to fill Captain Grant W Lane's death. If the election creates more vacancies they will be filled then. A special meeting of the field staff and officers in the armory is scheduled for tomorrow night.
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FF. W. Stillwell
Bernard Haggerty
D. B. Atherton
Honesdale
Grant W. Lane
Sflvers
Cake Walk at Music Hall Wins $50 Prize
A large audience attended a cake walk at Music Hall hosted by the Warm Babies club. Four couples competed in a ragtime sequence with William Fisher and Miss Porter winning, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Robert Ford and Miss Rooney, and John Gilson with Mary Burr. The last pair, two young children, provided an exhibition walk. Judges included E J Robinson Alderman S Millar Alex Dunn Jr Philadelphia A Rinsland and E B Coleman.
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Music Hall
Warm Babies' Club
William Fisher
Miss Porter
Philadelphia
Williams
Binghamton
Robert Ford
Miss Rooney
John Gilson
Mary Burr
Williamsport
E. J. Robinson
Alderman
Millar
Alex Dunn, Jr
A. Rinsland
Eb, J. Coleman
Official Ballot Printing Nears Completion for Tuesday Vote
The ballot printing is nearly finished for the upcoming Tuesday election. Voters will receive an official 21 by 27 inch ballot to place in the booth.
Funeral for Richard Firor Held at Local Pastor's Home
Services were conducted at the home of Rev. M I Firor of Calvary Reformed church for Richard Nevin Firor a d year old child who died Tuesday from burns suffered Sunday When his mother briefly left him he found matches and his clothing caught fire Rev W D Happel of Zion Reformed presided withMs Rose singing and roses chrysanthemums and carnations placed by mourners The body will be transported to Baltimore for interment today
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M. L. Firor
Calvary Reformed Church
Richard Nevin Firor
W. D. Happel
Zion Reformed Church
Wilkes- Barre
Misa du Rose
Baltimore
Mansfield Nabbed in Scranton Sharpers Scheme
T W Mansfield of 431 Chestnut Street West Scranton lost about $100 and a silver watch after meeting a man calling himself Richard Sheehan in a sharpers ruse. Mansfield identified the recovered watch at Center Street station along with two men and a woman, one of whom fled as a companion named Lisaie Allen.
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T. W. Mansfield
Chestnut Street
Scranton
Richard Sheehan
MccColligan
Day
Lona
Jack Tierney
Jilkins
White House
Center Street
Mansfield
Mim Sheehan
Mr. Sheehan
Sergeant Jones
Bee
Matt. Bliglin
Morris Seeks Liberty in Writ of Habeas Corpus
Arthur Morris, a young calared boy, was committed to the county jail by Alderman Millar yesterday and applied to the court through attorney F. Boyle for a writ of habeas corpus. He and Bulth Pond, a colored woman, were arrested on vagrancy and gambling charges. Morris was fined $20 and sentenced to sixty days in the county jail in default. Judge Archibald granted the writ and set return for this morning in chambers.
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Arthur Morris
Millar
Flfe. Boyle
Bulth Pond
Archbald
Lipton's Pork Corner Sees Price Jump to $20 a Barrel
Exclusive wire reports Sir Thomas Lipton controlled the October pork corner as pork for delivery rose to $20 at the close, with 35 000 barrels delivering and Lipton owning both delivered stock and additional holdings. Short sellers faced losses amid private settlements and last minute bids.
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Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton
Shorts
Sir Thomas
Lipton
Militia Break Camp in Panther Creek Valley
The six remaining companies of the Fourth regiment and the Governor's troop broke camp in Panther Creek valley today and headed home. They had been on duty since September 22 and were glad to return to their homes as militia in the coal regions were no longer needed.
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Pottsville
Panther Creek
Six Year Old Kills Classmate with Toy Shovel
Exclusive: In Chicago, a 6-year-old boy struck 9-year-old Ernest Didler with a toy shovel after toy quarrel and caused a fatal skull fracture. The incident follows a younger boy's act of toy violence and ends a child's life.
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Chicago
Associated Pros
Ernest Didler
George Waterman
Jury Deliberations Prolonged In Gavellis Railroad Death Inquest
Coroner’s jury probes whether Simon Gavellis was foully killed and placed on the Lackawanna tracks near the Hrishin mine. Witnesses describe no train strike, noting a head injury and blood near the track. adjourned hearing to hear more testimony from other witnesses.
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Simon Gavelia
Lackawanna
Hrishin
Gavells
Walker
Roberts
Court House
Edward Aten
Clark Summit
George Price
Aten
Guvelis
Mr. Aten
Notch
John Chusivskie
Clusivskie
Theodore Street
Gavelis
Foun
Ferrell Attempts Suicide After Murder Verdict
In Marysville Ohio on October 31 Rosslyn H Ferrell who was found guilty of murdering Express Messenger Lane tried to suffocate himself by wrapping bed clothes around his head. Guards removed the coverings as Ferrell resisted. Judge Melhorn adjourned court to Friday for a motion for a new trial filed by the defense. The verdict news distressed the prisoner's mother and Miss Coslow.
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Marysville
Rosslyn H. Ferrell
Express
Ferrell
Melhorn
Miss Coslow
Standard Mining Company Chartered in New Jersey
The Standard Mining company with capital of 11.6 million dollars was incorporated in Trenton to conduct general mining business. Incorporators include Edwin H. Corey and Green Pinkins of New York and Richard B. Coleman of Montclair. The Utah Coal and Coke Company changed its name to the Dinah Fuel Company and increased capital to ten million dollars, with William Dieta Jr. as president and Esra H. De Forest as secretary.
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Trenton
N. J
Standard Mining Company
Capital
Edwin H. Corey
Green Pickens
New York
Richard B. Coleman
Montclair
Utah Coal and Coke Company
Dinah Fuel Company
William Dieta Jr
Esra H. de Forest
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Syruefics
California Fig Syrupco
Francis
Louisville
New ‘Ork
Lackawanna Dairy CO
H. B. Ware
Ofice
Postoffica
St. Luke's Church
St. Peter's Cathedral
The
Hebrew Ladies ® Reliet Society
Women's Union
Hallowe'en Social
Tweniar
Mia
B A. Stevens
Mee
W. U. Gearhart
Foote & Shear
Charles Robinson
David Pritchard
Victor Koch
Charles Miller
Peter Ziegler
Mt. Pocono
Montin
Tradera' National Bank
Scranton Clearing Touse Association
Firemen's Relief Association
Board of
al, Lewis
Columbias
G. Iuydam
Nay Augs
James Derby
Anking
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Hyde Park
Continental
Diamond
Watletead
Manville
Bellevue
Dodge
Oxford
Patriotic Order
Bons of America
Camp No
Carbondale
Delaware and Hudson Station
Madame Davenport
Teachin
Wity
Elaware and Hudson
Pendale Cycle Club
H.C
Niagara Hose CO
Blowk
Common Council
W. W. Griffiths
Niagara Hose Ecominy
Edward Tatem
John Wit
Grant Cutler
E. Wilcox
R. A. Brink
George Henseler
T. J. Reynolds
Recorder of Deeds
Emil Bonn
Adam Schroeder
Finley Tross
A. B. Lidstone
Common Counectimen
W. V. Griffiths
M. ¥. Morris
EB. J. Soleman
M. J. Cuslek
D. H. Reese
Watres
Richard Firor
M. I. Firor
Morris
Liberty
Lipton's
Pork Corner
Associated Press
Michael Gavelis
Nay Aug Avenue
Shmmon
Simon
John Yearsaviteh
Yearsavviteh
Leyshon
Yenrsayvitch
NEW Jersey Charters
Haviland & Co
Crrina Vali
Geo. V. Millar & Co
Wyoming Avenue
Dr. Reyer
J.D. Williams & Bro
Lackawanna Avenue
Bittenbender & CO
Franklin Ave
Siebecker & Watkins
the Oriental
Gruener & Co
UY Mur
Snow
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