Local Notices and Social Plans Highlight Carbondale Scene
Advertisements and job work orders are tested at Bhannon Co. newsdealers on North Main street. An annual Watt building entertainment is planned for Nov 22. The Alert Social club and Crescent Social club announce events and parlor openings. Mrs. Margaret Kerwin announces the marriage of her daughter Margaret to John J. Hanson at St. Rose church on Nov 24.
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Bhannon , Co
North Main Street
Ing
Watt Building
Alert Social Club
Burke's Hall
James P. Lavelle
England
Michael Farrell
Gordon Avenue
Crescent Social Club
Sahm
Margaret Kerwin
Margaret
John J. Hanson
St. Rose Church
Davies post 187 G A R conducts Wednesday reunion
Regular inspection of William H. Davies post No. 187 G A R held Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows' building. Comrade Richard Holgate led the inspection with Moray Lae throp and others from related posts. About fifty members answered roll. Women’s Relief Corps provided a feast as veterans recalled experiences.
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William H. Davies
Grand Army of the Republic
Odd Fellows
Richard Holgate
Waverly
Henry Moray
Halsey Laethrop
James E. Stephene Post
Peckville
Broch
Susquehanna
Jermyn
Banquet Planned by Branch 39 C M B A
A regular Branch 39 C M B A meeting at the ball in this city Thursday evening approved a banquet and formed a committee to arrange it. Officers nominated for the coming year include P F Coogan first vice president FR H Kirwin second vice president Michael McCann recording secretary J W Kilpatrick financial secretary James F O Boyle treasurer Thomas A Kirkwood marshal Marty Meehan guard and trustees J W Burke Michael Kelly R H Keating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch 39
R. H. Kirwin
John Boylan
Frank Clifford
T. A. Kirkwood
Alex. McDonald
BR. A. Kelley
P. F. Coogan
FR. H. Kirwin
Michael McCann
J. W. Kilpatrick
James F. O' Boyle
Thomas A. Kirkwood
Marty Meehan
J. W. Burke
Michael Kelly
R. H. Keating
Surprise party honors Gordon Dimoc at Robinson Avenue
Gordon Dimoc of Robinson avenue was surprised Thursday evening by a large gathering of friends. The home overflowed with merriment as guests played games and enjoyed refreshments, leaving Dimoc uplifted by the festive entertainment. Guests included Lottie Millard Jennie Jenkins Grace Evans Ethel Robbins Hattie Berry Annie Beach Grace Buckingham Emma Coon Minnie Dennis Bertha Coles Lena Utley Grace De Forest Leon Scott F W Gates Ray Clifford Maurice Clifford Charles Rogers Edward Carr Will Yarrington Will Eaton Boyd Fowler and Henry Hemelright from Jermyn.
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Gordon Dimoc
Robinson Avenue
Misses Lottie Millard
Jennie Jenkins
Grace Evans
Ethel Robbins
Hattie Berry
Annie Beach
Grace Buckingham
Emma Coon
Minnie Dennis
Bertha Coles
Lena Utley
Grace de Forest
Messrs
Leon Scott
F. W. Gates
Ray Clifford
Maurice Clifford
Charles Rogers
Edward Carr
Will Yarrington
Will Eaton
Boyd Fowler
Henry Hemelright
Jermyn
High School Football At Alumni Park Features Dunmore Clash
The High school eleven faces Honesdale at Alumni Park this afternoon with a 3 90 kickoff. Starting lineup includes Warren at center Nealon Blair Clune Van Bergen Dix Berry Bently Gates Whitelock Benley Estabrook and others. On Wednesday the same squad meets Dunmore High School.
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Honesdale
Alumni Park
Warren
Nealon
Blair
Clune
van Bergen
Dix
Berry
Bently
Gates
Whitelock
Benley
Estabrook
Dunmore High School
Local and Personal Notes Highlight Community Tidbits
Dr. J. B. Niles and wife expected home from Philadelphia this evening while Ryne returns from California for family visit. Miss Mollie Collins and Miss Magegle Collins return from Providence after visiting brother Frank in South Main street. Harry Moon Jr. celebrates twelfth birthday with a party. Kennedy players set to open at Grand Opera house Monday. Forward Regreuth resigns as night clerk. W H Brokenshire becomes night clerk. Mrs James Thompson visits Scranton. Mrs J Cooper Mover plans an Europe trip as companion to a New York socialite. W G Edwards and D A Cook visit town. Edith Agnes Stone to wed Frederick G. Wallis on Nov 24 at 3 pm. Carbondale Lodge 66 notes forthcoming events.
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Niles
Philadelphia
Ryne
California
Buslhees College
Mollie
Magegle Collins
Providence
Frank Collins
South Main Street
Harry
Europe
New York
W. G. Edwards
Kimbra
D. A. Cook
Erie Railroad
G. W. Stone
Edith Agnes
Frederick G. Wallis
Birkett Street
Carbondale Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Dastardly Arson Attempt Reported in Jermyn
A fire at a Walkey home was set by an incendiary early yesterday morning. Neighbors alerted by smoke and a barking dog helped extinguish the flames before significant damage. Police seek the culprit as residents remain shaken by the near disaster.
St Patrick's Olyphant Devotions And Local Events
Forty hours devotion begins at St Patrick's church with high mass at 7 30 in the morning and a 10 50 mass. Rev Father McHale of Archbald will deliver a sermon. Devotions continue daily with multiple masses and close Wednesday morning. Local happenings include performances at Father Mathew Opera House and various visits by residents and guests.
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St. Patrick's Church
Father McHale
Archbald
Andenreid
Welsh Presbyterian Church
W. E. Lloyd, Jr
New York
Mame Peck
Scranton
Mamie Hoban
Avoca
Thomas Loftus
Dunn
Community Notes From Clark’s Green Mississippi
Carrie Wilson is seriously sick. C M Swallow of Danville visited relatives here this week. Mrs A L Courtright guests of daughter Mrs Jennie Sheldon at Le Grange. Meth dist church Ladies Aid to serve twenty five cent chicken dinner at Mrs FE Chapman on Main street on Tuesday next Nov 16. Young people attend in evening with light refreshments. Object is to raise funds to re carpet the church. Orchestra expected. Emma Coon and Carrie Wells attended Epworth League convention Tuesday. Mrs J F Van Nort of Beranton visited friends here and returned Thursday. Eva Cook returned from Newark with Lena Bennett to visit grandpa and grandma H N Mott. Mr J S Lutsey convalescing from recent illness.
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Carrie Wilson
C. M. Swallow
Danville
A. L. Courtright
Jennie Sheldon
le Grange
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
FE. J. Chapman
Main Street
Emma Coon
Carrie Wells
Eypworth League
Mra J. F. van Nort
Beranton
Eva Cook
Newark
N. J
Lena Bennett
Visi
H. N. Mott
J. S. Lutsey
Local social notes from Scranton visitors and plans
Mr and Mrs Fred Post and children of Scranton spent Sunday with Mrs Pouts parents Mr and Mrs J F Sayer. Miss Nellie Havenstrite of Jermyn visited here Monday. Miss Holliater will give a musicale at her studio Monday evening November 16. An oyster supper will be given under
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Fred Post
Scranton
Local Society Notes From Elm Park Church Scene
Under the Woman's Relief Corps auspices a gathering occurred Wednesday evening. Mrs. T. B Gardiner and daughter Ruth attended the Epworth League convention at Elm Park church Tuesday. Mrs. Samuel Travis and son Calude returned Friday from a short visit with friends in Scranton. Miss Daisy Hazelton of Sterling visited friends in town.
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Woman's Relief Corps
T. B Gardiner
Ruth
Elm Park Church
Samuel Travis
Calude
Scranton
Daisy Hazelton
Sterling
Local church notices and civic electric lighting plea
The notice mentions the Williams child ill with croup and lists Baptist church services at 10:90 AM and 7 PM with "The Outlook for Jesus" and Bible day for Friday school. Methodist Episcopal services follow at 10:30 AM and 7 PM with Rev. B C Simpton’s sermons on The Power of the Holy Spirit and The Greater Work of the Disciples. It also notes borough efforts to obtain electric lights, urging council action or self‑provision.
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Shephard
Clarence Williams
Main Street
Croup
Baptist Church
Jesus
Methodist Episcopal Church
B.C. Simptons
Fire Destroys Mrs Singer’s Clark's Summit Home
Mrs John Singers house burned Wednesday in Clark's Summit, reduced to ashes. A new Methodist Episcopal choir led by Rev F W Young and singers Miss Little Ace and the Welsentine sisters from Hyde Park are featured. Mrs Byron Laubsher visited, Miss Jennie Smith and Mrs Storm returned from Tannehill, D F Smith resumes fur business, and Mrs Ben Nows stayed with Hyde Park relatives.
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John Singer
F W. Young
Little Ace
Welsentine
Hyde Park
Byron Laubsher
Jennie Smith
Storm
Tannereville
D. F. Smith
Ben’ Nows
Judge Edwards to Lecture at Nebo Congregational Church
Judge H. M. Edwards will deliver a lecture at the Nebo Congregational church in Rendham on November 22.
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H. M. Edwards
Nebo Congregational Church
Rendham
American Financiers Dowry Scheme Ties Daughters to Titles
A Chicago Post excerpt presents a boastful man who explains he arranged dowries for his five daughters by marrying them to titled husbands. He used stock tips to reclaim the dowry and estates, repeating the scheme across the family until his youngest wed a baronet, planning to return to easy street, while condemning royal pensions.
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Chicago Post
Sug
Stock Exchange
Late Hours and the Promise of Peruna for Women
A societal woman’s long nights at receptions exhaust her and disturb sleep, while a constant cycle of social duties leaves her weary. The ad extols Peru na as a restorative for tired women including housewives and students, noting cures as marvelous and offering a free Peruna Almanac and a book by Dr. Hartman.
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Peru-na
Hartman
Pe-runa Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Oho
Death Toll of Civil War Prisoners Scrutinized by Historian
Leslie J. Perry writes that official Civil War death tallies for Union soldiers are solid for nonprisoner deaths but highly uncertain for those who died in Confederate prisons. Salisbury, Andersonville, Florence, Richmond and Danville held thousands, with estimates ranging widely. Kirkley’s 1885 totals remain the standard, while pension records add hundreds more.
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Leslie J. Perry
the Sun
War Department
Saliebury
Stanton
Pension Office
South
Salisbury
Andersonville
Richmond
Florence
8. C
Danville
Confederacy
R. C. Drum
Joseph W. Kirkley
Kirkley
United States
Liew
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advocated for Female Diseases
The article extols Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts and her Vegetable Compound, claiming it helps women with uterine and other female illnesses when doctors fail. It cites numerous testimonials and urges women to write for advice, portraying her as uniquely informed and more effective than family physicians.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
America
Cut Glass Clocks and More From Largest Jewelry House
The largest jewelry house in northeastern Pennsylvania showcases cut glass clocks and other fine pieces. Various decorative items and timepieces highlight a broad inventory, emphasizing craftsmanship and style from a renowned regional retailer.
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Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Timetable and New York Connections
Readers learn timetable details for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh and Susquehanna Division. It lists stations in New York Liberty Street NRL Whitehall Terminal and routes to Pittston Wilkes Barre Mountain Park Atlantic City New York Newark Elizabeth and Reading terminal among others with various departure times and connections at Philadelphia Grand Central and Long Island routes.
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Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
New York
Liberty Street
Nrl
Whitehall Terminal
Beranton
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Bunduays
Mountain Park
Atlantic City
Newark
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
Reading
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Anon
Harrisburg
Librth River
Crry Street
A. Mn
Whitenan Street
South Ferry
Broadway
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Grand Central Depot
Long Island Railroad
Reading Terminal
Baldwin
H. Olhausen
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chen
Bcranton
Mnal
York
TL BR
Vitteton
Tunkhinnock
Towanda
Timira
Thiweca
Geneva
Pring Wien
Vie Do Tae
Pullman
Lehieh Voallow
Wilkes-Parre
Bulas
Girne Uston Bryidge
H. Wilber
Bupt
Pass
Train Schedule Details for Del Lacka and Western Lines
Monday November 21 schedule lists express and accommodation departures from Beranton to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia and South Washington and Tobyhanna to Binghamton Oswego Elmira and Buffalo with multiple departure times. Connections at Buffalo Northumberland Williamsport Harrisburg Washington and more with Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on all express trains. For details see pocket timetable.
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Beranton
New York
Easton
Trenton
Philadelphia
South
Washington
Binghamton
Oswego
Elmira
Corning
Bath
Daneyville
Mount Morris
Buffalo
Binghamton and
Way Station
Nicholson
Utica
Richfeld Springs
Ithaca
Northumberland
Pittston
Wilkes
Biarre
Plymouth
Bloomsburg
Daneville
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Haitimore
Nanticoke
Smouth
Kingston
Philadelphia Agent Office Address Fragment
Fragment from a Philadelphia agent listing shows an office location at 4 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton and references a nonmenical Bey designation. The legibility is incomplete and names are unclear.
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Nonnem Bey
Philadelphia
Scranton
Lackawanna Avenue
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Lackawanna County
Carbondale
William H. Davies Post
Raleves
Canada
Cape Horn
Samphoroys
Humphreys
Willians
John
Arsene
Baker
Erie
Keystone
Glenwood
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware and Hudson Breaker
Sherwood
Mack
Mabel Jadwin
M. J. Shields
Cora
Asa J. Girby
Jacob Pellow
Thomas Wal- Key
Pellow
Mesdames
Thomas Bray
W. 8. Badger
H. A. Willman
W. L. Rogers
H. Fallett
T. Gendall
P. H. Baker
John Mellow
W. R. Dodson
J. L. Crawford
Olyphant
Southern Prison Pens
N. C
Goo
United States Quartermaster’s Department
Ballsbury
Ofieora
Bhaey
Wm. Burton
Dartmore
Ont
Mercereau & Connell
Wyoming
the Newark
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenes
Cales
Wind Steel
Franklin Av
Mhicvele
Coe
Ayars
Lackawanna Lumber CO
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Dickson Manufacturing Coon
WIL
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunbury
Baltimore
Pittsburg
West
Hazleton
Pottsville
Norristown
Pottaville
J. R. Wood
Gent Pass
J. B. Hutchinson
Hawley
Erie and
Wyoming Valley
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Jenoon
Tate
Albury
Suraeya
Montreal
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Phiadelphia
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Black Diamond Express
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Wiles Tarte
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