Amalgamation Forms New Consumers Ice and Coal Firm
Pocono Ice and Coal merges with Consumers’ Ice and Coal. New directors include five Consumers stockholders and two Pocono names. Pocono assets such as ice houses lakes and wagons are transferred to Consumers’ company. Capital and officer lineup restated. ownership split by shares. New venture to be led by executives of Consumers’ firm with Pocono figures in key posts.
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Pocono Ice and Coal Company
Consumers’ Ee and Coal Company
Pocono Company
Poyntelle
Ontario and Western Road
Poyntello
Pocono
Consumers’ Company
Cona@Umera’ company
Consumers’ Com
Stockhold Pee
Ol Ows
Consumers
I. F. Megargel
William Connell
J. H. Stelle
E. N. Willard
P. J. Horan
Reese G. Brooks
Robert Reeves
Consumire
A. D. Blackington
John A. Schadt
Charles H. Schadt
J. Bielle
E. B. Jurges
BH. N
Frothingham Theater
City of
New York
Clark & Co
H. M. Hales
Henry Bein, Jr
Willian Connell
Kk. B. Sturges
T. H. Watkins
George E. Fancourt
C Wil
Breakstone
Phoebe Smith
Mr. James
E. Grewer
Philadelphia
Cal'st
Igh
Perma
Old Postoffice
Uilding
Penn
Sarcke Trent
University of Pennsylvania
Med.co-Chirurgical College
Ophia
Sa.m
R. E. Grewer
Old Post Omce
Corner Avenue
Bpruce Street
Lustrous kid and silk trimmings sell as stylish pair
A description notes lustrous kid leather and flexible white silk trimmings with beaded accents offered as a stylish pair for sale at three dollars.
Vanderbilt Marlborough wedding card sale fuels social chatter
Society notes report a forged church card for the Vanderbilt Marlborough wedding and a sensational ad in the New York Herald offering the church invitation to the ceremony for cash. Meanwhile Halloween parties and gatherings fill Cherry Street Dunmore and nearby homes with Frill and fanfare as locals host dances, readings, and cháteaus.
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Vanderbilt-Marlborough Church
Severa
Vallowe
New York Herald
St. Thomas’ Church
Vanderbilt-Marlborough
Andrew A. B
Tiffany’s
Noted Retailer Ad Promotes Low Prices on Essentials
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper advertises underwear hosiery blankets quilts and comforts at remarkably low prices by Mears and Hagen. The line reads of this clee cack at the rat ini ay roughly signaling a clearance sale with bold pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mears & Hagen
Candidate for Surveyor Profile of Edward A Bartl Republican candidate
A fragmented profile of Edward A Bartl, a Austrian born civil and mining engineer who immigrated in 1881. The piece details his education in Schemnitz, early work with Danube Navigation, then with Delaware Lackawanna and Western as a draughtsman, and his rise to lead significant coal land maps. It notes his move to business in 1891 and naturalization as a Republican, praising his public spirit and integrity.
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Edmund A. Bartl
Apuaity
Mr. Bartl
Tive
Mr. Bard
Fuenskinchen
Austria
Schemnitz University
America
Danube Steamtalp and Navigation and Coal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Woertarn Company
Lugerne County
Baril
Barineca
Washington Avenue
Lackawanna Avenue
Bart
Republican Party
American
Jos
Magnificent Monroe Avenue Mansion for Thomas H. Watkins
A grand home rising on Monroe Avenue between Vine and Olive streets for Thomas H. Watkins draws attention for size and design. The 2 3 story stone building, with a red slate roof and copper wash, features extensive ground dimensions, elaborate interiors, and modern fireproofing as architect L. C. Holden and builder Conrad Schroeder push toward a costly, elegant result.
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Thomas H. Watkins
Monroe Avenue
Vine
Olive Streets
West Mountain
Lake Superior
Nine Trespass Suits Filed Over Carbondale Street Tracks
Attorneys Burns and Donahoe filed nine trespass suits seeking 5000 dollars each against the city of Carbondale Carbondale Traction company and Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit for injuries alleged by residents on Cottage street. Tracks laid Oct 1891 to Oct 1892 narrowed streets damaged water pipes and affected homes. Plaintiffs seek arbitration with a Globe Hotel venue noted.
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I. H. Burns
M. J. Donahoe
Prothonotary Pryor
Sarah Bagley
Michael Lynch
James Killeen
Patrick Donnelly
Nicholas Devine
Dominick Killeen
William Malloy
Patrick J. McAndrew
Mary Pace
Carbondale
City of Carbondale
Carbondale Traction Company
Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit Company
Cottage Street
Carbondale Turnpike and Plank Road
Street Railway Company
Cure All Skin Diseases Promoted With Ointment
An ad touts Bwayne's Ointment for skin diseases claiming cures for tetter eczema and eruptions on face hands and nose. It urges asking druggists for Swarpes Ointment and mentions physicians bureaus and local businesses in Scranton Bevuce and related names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bwayne
Local goods and fashions from Adams Avenue and Spruce
An itemized advertisement touts Aunt Kael’s Peruvian malaria remedy as a health aid, praises Francis Fitzgibbon Cloak Store for coats and cloakroom goods, Mrs. Humphrey Kradey’s millinery at 206 Adams Avenue, and Blume’s Carriage Repository offerings. It invites families to visit Cloak Store Saturday and view new dress hats and children’s wear with extended tops and varied finishes.
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Thore
Kael
Humphrey Kradiey
Adams Avenue
Court House
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Scranton City
Culm
Cassier’s
Monsey
Century
M. Norton
Lackawanma Ave
Snow
The
Weston Mill Co
Poccono Tee and Coal Company
the Consumers’ Company
Boulevard Brancho
Gtzies - Eee
Blume
Taylor
Scranton
Dunmorer
Taylor's
Pees
Iere
Pramin
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St. Omas’ Church
Duke of Marlborough
Vanderbilt
Moe Simpson
Cherry Street
Dunmore
May Pinnell
Addie Barnard
Joasie Wert
Annie Powell
Eva Montgomery
Lella Ross
Jennie Eden
Jennie Biesecker
Edith Schoonover
Myrtle Burns
Blanche Harper
Messia
Mies May Davis
West Side
William B. Williame
Fred Evans
Thomas Evans
David Evans
David J. Jones
Howard Davia
Mendle Davis
Clyde Phillipa
Oliver Too Hugh Williams
George Harrington
Annie Eawie
Lisle Phillipa
Lilly Thomas
Florence Freeman
Lissie Howells
Jennie Davis
Rhoda Thomas
Hattie Morris
Edna Evans
Maud Moses
May Davis
Mamie Williams
Hallowe'en
Mia
T. H. Watkine
Miss Downs
Germantown
Misa Clark
Kentucky
Dr. Downs
A. H. Christy
H. P. Simpson
N. G. Robertson
H. W. Kingsbury
A. F. Law
Belin
A. Hunt
B. E. Watson
T. 8. Fuler
H. H. Coston
Clay Avenue
Emma Shaw Colcbaugh
Hudson Bay Company
Misa Kate Cobb
New York Street
Alice
Madge von Storch
Lizzie Metcalfe
Minnie
Hattie
Miss Green
Miss Warren
Lillie Dousle
Florence Cobb
Messrs. Ormande
Cox
Fred A. Metcalfe
Charles Cobb
Gatford
Fitasgerali
Maud Fisher
N. Y. Leet
Miss Dickerson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Voorhis
Auburn
N.Y
Miss Dale
Messrs
Chas
Whitmore
Moir
Boyer
Williams and Wharton
Charles Wellard
Gibbons Street
Gertie Bimrell
Meta
Alice Osterhout
Oak Street
Bernice Conger
East Market Street
Ww. H. Richmond
Anna Law
Pittston
Carrie Hatchman
Eee Ma City
Edward A. Bartt
Edmund A, Bartl
Hitchcock Court
L. C. Holden
Conrad Schroeder
Globe Hotel
Academy of Mus'c
Th Frothingham
Beandrd & Flanaghan
Ee Wyoming
Francia
Pratt’ S
Brett
Scheibel
Wate
Francis Fitzgibbon
Francia Fitzgibbon
Pillabury
Rexford’s
Rees
China Hall
Weichel & Millar
M. P. McAnn
MundUb
Knox Hats
Wyoming Avenue
P. M’crea & CO
Rexford
Sie
G. Elmendorf
Elmira
Megargel & Connell
Scranton, Pa
Uluin
Canadian Pacific
Regon Ptive
V. Skinner
Broadway, New York
N. A. Hulbert
Wyoming Ave
Steinway & Son
Decker Brothers
Maurich & Back
Stultz & Bauer
Lacha.ave
Martin & Delany
Wyoming
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