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Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1900

Page

8

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Local residents report travel and family visits in Bloomsbury and Victor

Personal attorney Willard Bonnell and his wife return from a trip to Bloomsbury. Molly O'Mallen of Victor Col has repaired a tome after a brief visit with her owner and aunt Deputy City Treasurer and Mr PL Ruane of Brick Avenue.

Willard M. Bonnell Tome Bloomsbury Molly O'Mallen Victor, Col City

Death of Joseph Birtley longtime Scranton firefighter

Joseph Birtley of North Scranton died at Scranton Private hospital at 7 last evening from stomach trouble. A veteran firefighter and Liberty Hose company member for 15 years, he served in Company H Thirteenth Regiment and volunteered in the Spanish American War. He worked as a machinist at Simpson’s shops and held several offices in fire, wire, and masons groups. Funeral plans to be announced. burial in Dunmore cemetery.

Joseph Birtley North Scranton Ty Birtley Liberty Hose Company Spain Brit‘ay Simpson's Delaware and Hudson Company Hose Company Wiremen's Redef Association Mr. Birtley Liberty Wose Company Valentine Wiliam Thomas LB Etter Free and Accepted Masons Dunmore Cemery

Conspiracy Claim by Lace Curtain Stockholders Against Kemmerer Creighton

B G Robinson B Roblinson and Agron McDonald stockholders in Scranton Lace Curtain Manufacturing sue John M Kemmerer and Creighton to recover 5000 in stock under the old organization. They allege a conspiracy to freeze them out and claim the 375000 judgment against the company could be confessed by an officer, a point contested after a receiver was appointed.

B. G. Robinson B. Roblinson Agron McDonald Scranton John M. Kemwerer Creighton Burch Ips Robinson McDonald Kemmerer Vosburg & Dawson Messia Robinson and AlcDonald

Horan Star at Lafayette in Quaker Penn Game

In Saturday’s Philadelphia clash between Lafayette and Pennsylvania, Lafayette guard John A. Horan shone as Scranton’s star, drawing praise from George W. Orton for his feisty tackling and fumble plays. Dr. John W. Hunter and Evan R. Morris appear in local notes, with Hunter a Lackawanna Hospital surgeon and Morris a diligent assistant city clerk in Scranton.

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia John W. Hunter Lackawanna Hospital Evan R. Morris Scranton John A. Horan Lafayette Pennsylvania The Inquirer George W. Orton Horan Cure Chalmers Ernest Morrison Platt the Inquirer Hare

Bezek to Win Full Pardon for Murder Conviction

The state board of pardons recommended to Governor Stone that Frank Bezek be granted a full pardon. Bezek, once condemned to death for the murder of Miuria Kersac in Olyphant, had his sentence commuted to life. A jaw surgery by Dr. John D. Bacon, based on lead fragments Bezek showed, helped secure the pardon.

State Board of Pardons Stone Frank Bezek Miuria Kersac Olyphant Eastern Penitentiary Bezek Edmund Bartl George Horn A. J. Colborn, Jr Crotia Maria Kerenac Maria United States Kramer Miss Kersac Parke Jall John D. Bacon Board of Pardons Bexek

Dr. F. W. Davis Married to Miss Edith Scott

Dr. Fred Whitney Davis long a resident of this city wed Miss Edith Scott of Bloomfield New Zealand on November 6 at the bride’s home. The couple will live in East Orange New Jersey where he will open a practice. Davis is well known locally and once served as Moses Taylor hospital house surgeon and secretary of the Lackawanna Medical society. The bride’s father led Ohio State University and Phillips Exeter College.

John W. Hunter Lackawanna Hospital Philadelphia Charles W. Wunder Hunter Gengenbach Welsenberg Pennsylvania Military Academy Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Medical School Fred Whitney Davis Edith Scott Bloomfield N. Z Walter Quincy Scott Davie East Orange N. J Moses Taylor Hospital Lackawanna Medical Society Ohio State University Phillips’ Exeter College

Successful Candidates Smoke O Haras Cigars in County

The county shows all successful candidates smoking O Haras cigars as a local social note. Moral: 441 Spruce Street.

O'Hara Cigers Spruce Street

Condensed milk and coffee deal advertised in 19th century catalog

An old advertisement lists Dr Hand 18c. 3 for 50c and $6.75 per case of 48 cans, E G Coursen condensed milk 12c per can and $5.50 per case, Eagle Condensed Milk 15c per can, Red Cross Condensed Milk 10c per can, with Coursen's Triple Blend Coffee 32c per pound for 3 lb 9 oz.

Dr. Hand Coursen Eagle Red Cross

Official Lackawanna County vote totals show McKinley wins by 2085

Official results from Lackawanna county last Tuesday place McKinley ahead by 2085 as James Conner secures a 97 vote edge over the head of the ticket in a three corner race. Turnout nears 32000 with records broken across districts.

McKinley Lackawanna County Conner

Local officer votes and county canvass details emerge

In the county count, prices for treasurer James Carr 77 prothonotary John Pistano 4 recorder William Watlins 73 jury commissioner Ladislaw Dembski 6b. Socialist Labor candidates Judicki Dreher Tarron lead in districts two four and one. Official tally completed after 1 90 am, with Old Forge township the last entry. Clerks logged 38 hours on the tally and deputies prepared returns for Harrisburg by noon. In Carbondale water bond vote 1670 for 328 against. Lackawanna Twenty first district results show Drury Stogdell Staples Hawley totals.

Joh A. Price James Carr John Pistano William Watlins Daniel Davis Ladislaw Dembski Joseph S. Judicki Jacob H. Dreher Joni A. Tarron Yeater Milinicht Old Forge Township Kelly Leslie Tyler County Savings Bank Tyler John Cummings Thomas Beck Atnte Department Harrisburg Carbondale

Can T E E N Saved His Life In Philippine Engagement

Private William Wilson Jr of Company L Fifteenth United States Infantry writes home from the Philippines about a near fatal encounter. A Filipino bullet pierced his tin canteen over his left breast but caused only a skin indentation. He describes intense fighting, casualties on both sides, and the grim work of burying the dead before reinforcements arrived.

William Wilson Dickson City Fifteenth United States Infantry Philippines Wilson Philippine Lear Manila Neve Spccial Leutenant Thirty-seventh Volunteer Infantry Jack Elmee Santa Crus

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