Courtship by Wire Ends in True Engagement
A telegraph clerk recalls a curious love story begun with misread messages. A shy young man wooed Maud Hampton via a string of replies, then confessed his real feelings to the operator, who reveals they fell in love and became engaged after a park confession and a ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messigos
Miss Maud Hampton
Regency Terrace
St. John's Wood
Albert
Reginald Peel
Maud
Resuke
Beegan
Jade
Buncombe
Beasides
Interesting cage tale from West Virginia household
W. E. Curtis reports in the Chicago Record on a remarkable family scene in West Virginia featuring twin brothers, twin sisters, and two sets of triplets born within a single household, an astonishing domestic incident drawing local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Curtis
Chicago
West Virginia
Chile's Silver King and the Mine Finder Priest Friendship
George B. Chace known as Chile's Silver King built his fortune after decades of prospecting in Chile. Aided by Padre Miguel who taught him Spanish and led him to the San Pedro y San Pablo mine map, Chace found the tailings wealth and later reopened the site boosting his Chilean ventures. He went on to locate multiple properties including Discobradora and San Augustin with twenty claims in the Chuguicamata region, signaling continued riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Chile
George B. Chace
Mr. Chace
California
Iquique
Peru
Tarapaca
Padre Miguel
Chace
Pozo Almonte
Miguel
Huantajaya
Hace
San Pedro Y San Pablo
Chaco
San Augustin
Antofagasta
Chuguicumata
King of Tarapaca Mines Wins Prolonged Legal Battle
Allver King finally clears disputes over Chaco properties after twelve years of Chilean court battles following Tarapaca’s transfer from Peru. He has built a fortune estimated above five hundred thousand pounds with English bankers, funded by mining wealth and large church contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allver
Tarapaca
Peru
Chile
Chaco'a
United States
Anecdote of Modjeska Recitation With Polish Numbers
The renowned actress Modjeska entertains guests with a tale of memory lapses during a Polish ballad recitation. Lacking verses she improvises by reciting numbers from 1 to 250 in Polish, eliciting laughter and applause as she shifts through moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anenzyme
Modjeska
Poland
Modieska
Servant Girl Problem Cited by London Opera Spark
Chima says the servant girl question has become comic opera in London. Cawker counters that the issue is no laughing matter and cites Slarper's Hagar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chima
Cawker
Slarper
Hagar
Sheriff Sales of Valuable Real Estate in Lackawanna County
Public sale by vendue at Scranton courthouse on November 15 1900 at 10 a m. to dispose of multiple parcels in Beranton Carbondale and Scranton, including Lot No 2 in Thurston's Addition, Lot No 27 in Square 48 on Stone Avenue, and other described tracts conveyed to heirs, with two story dwellings and outbuildings on each property. Names of plaintiffs New Schiller Building and Loan Association and defendants and heirs appear in the listings.
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Court of Commonens
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Lackawanna
City of
Beranton
County of Lackawanna
State of
Pennsylvania
Thurston
Jones Street
Providence
Lackawanna River
Henry Thurston
Fannie Arnold
Salt of New Schiller Building and Loan
A. Bertholf
Samuel Arnold
Stokes
Lackiawanna
Pennsylvvania
Stone Avenue
Salt of New Schiller Building and Lawn Association
Windylaws
Kawcynski
Leon Kawcynski
Luella Blanchard
Carbondale
Seventh Avenue
John Murrin
Bernhard Champman
John Hanson
Daniel BE
Blanchard
Sethe
Salt of Bagan & O'Donnell Vn
Salt of Kagan & O'Donnell Ve
Storyville Road
Senate
Edward Reynolds
Deogreen
Philadelphia
Great Bend and
W. Tt. Seamane
BE. L. Lord
Miller
Park Pines
Railroad Avenue
Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company
I, J. Post
BE. L
Lev
Loula Spitz
Borough of
Winton
Patterson
Jessup Road
George Hosly & Son
Louis Spitz
Howard W. Hull
Dalton
Dalton Borough
Iackiwannd
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
C. RB. Newton
Julla
Brewster
Newton
Brewer
Eigheen
Randolph Crippen
D. Mackey
Ruble
Loreby
Charles R. Newton
Howard W. Tul
Alloa Fl
Patterson & Wilcox
Alt
George Bocsar
Mary Bocgur
Jessup
Dolph Street
Dolph and
Sturges
David Brown
Recorder's Office
Anthracite Bulldog and Lawn Association
George Bocsur
Mary Hucsar
Recorders Office
Salt of Anthracite Building and Loan Association
Mary Bochar
Zimmerman
County
Lackawinna
Potinen
Grove Street
Winan
Salt of New Schiller Building and Loan Association
Charles Billings
Fifa
W. H. Bant
Jennie Sant
Filmore Avenue
State of Pennsylvania
Price and Pancoast
Seranton
Fillmore Avenue
Price Street
Fillmore
West Side Bank
W. TI. Sant
Homas
J. W. Slocum
W. H. Sant
Mi. Fa
Willard, Warren & Knapf
Eliza Lown
George Lown
Madison County
Jacob Blesecker
Horatio Sager
Charles Biesecker
Henry Yeager
John Coon
John J. Snyder
Eureka Lawn
Summit Avenue
Pasadena Street
Mina Robinson
Salt of Citizens’ Building and Loan Association
Zimmerman, Atty
Pabst
Dunmore
Irving Avenue
Mich
Cahet
Vald
D. Pabst
Haie
W. C
Speedway Land Company
County of Lackawanha
Pennavivania
Stake
Stones Corner
Nay Aug Falls
Elmhurst Boulevard
Pennavivanina Coal Companys
Bald Corner
Énet
Boweward
T. A. Warren
Celia A. Hill
Nald Boulevard
Cella A. Hill
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Theennsylvania Coal Company
Calvi A. Hill
Miniiz
R. N. Labor
Frank Connell
Vosburg & Dawson
Alt Ye
Casey Bros
Speedway Land
Horn
Att
William Connor
Dundaff Street
William McMinn
Edward Clarkson
Ida J. Grewer
Edward Grewer
Jordan
Hannah
Richmont Park
Recorder of Deeds
Luackawanna
Washington Avenue
Alfred Griffin
Ida Grewer
Price
Complex Sheriff Sale Describes Abington and Scranton Properties
Public sale details several parcels including Summit Park annex lots in Lackawanna County and two frame houses in South Abington. Also listed are Miller Block in Scranton, Patersons Addition Winton, and multiple Jessup area lots with coal reservations. Debt amounts cited include 2000 5620.01 and 1408.61 with various judgment dates and attorneys named.
Scranton Land and Mortgage Sales Notices Under Sheriff Action
A long list of property foreclosures and executions in Scranton shows multiple parcels in Grove Street and surrounding wards auctioned by the sheriff. Judgments include amounts ranging from about 292 dollars to 32,404 dollars, with defendants named such as Charles Billings, W H Sant, Jennie Sant, Eliza Lown, George Lown, and John J Snyder among others. The notices describe parcels, boundaries, and structures like frame dwellings and outbuildings, with dates tied to November Term 1900 and similar.
Speed way Land Company land rights in Lackawanna County sale
Long and technical description of the Speedway Land Company property in the Fifth ward of Dunmore Lackawanna County Pennsylvania including boundaries, adjacent lands and mineral reservations. Court actions list debts and judgments against the company tied to real estate conveyances and related mortgage proceedings.
Sheriff Sale Terms Readied in Scranton Notice
Terms of sale require fifty dollars cash when property is struck off and balance in cash immediately after sale. If sold for costs, costs paid when struck off. All properties not complying will be resold before adjournment. Clarence E. Pryor Sheriff Scranton Pa October a 1900.
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Clarence E. Pryor, Shariff
Sheriff's Office
Scranton
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Reggie
Dorothy
Parthenia Mreaman
Breeden
Minsing
Huntington
Walter J
Howard B. Eranson
Walter J. Swanson
Howard J. Swanson
Swanson
Willie
Jennie
Bryanie
Hanna
McKinley
Roosevel
A. A. White
John H. Holt
Mr. White
Judge Holt
Holt
West Virgina
South America
George P. Chace
Douglas White
Ainslee's
Sheriff's Sales
Sserifi
Albo
H. D. Carey, Att'v
Jay Austin
Lackawanna Couny
Phila Gente
Creas Bana
Ana el Ropike
South Abington
Enilea “Summit Park
Wood Harmon & Co
Summit Pari Annex
Wood, Harmon & Wo
Ch. W. Milnes
Nook
William Fh
Erage Onces
Ned Henry
Alworth
Shtrtlepe
Sherif
Erty
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