Mysterious Stranger Borrows Money Then Skips Carbondale
In Carbondale a man who identified himself as Goodwin rented rooms at Frank Becker’s on South Main and planned an auction business. He borrowed $15 claiming bank funds were unavailable, bought goods on credit, and fled with unpaid bills and boards. Several creditors and draymen linked to his exit report no further trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moncey
Thea
South Mafin Street
Goodwin
Frank Becker
South Main Street
Becker
Rogera
Eighth Avenue
Mr. Becker
Bicycle Club Meets and Reforms Officers
The Bicycle club held a meeting with several resignations filling vacancies. New social committee members are J D Purtell and C E Wonnacott. G B Samson and H C Wheeler were elected treasurer and director respectively, with others resigning or changing roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicycle Club
M. K. Purdy
J.D. Purtell
C. E. Wonnacott
H. G. Likely
G. B. Samson
H.C. Wheeler
M. D
A. J. Mitchell
H.O. Watrous
GC. M. Patterson
M. K. Harnden
W. D. Franks
Daniel Beurry
Moses Harnden
J. D. Purtell
Herald
F. Carpenter
Andrew Mite
London Assurance to be Presented by Amateurs
Garrick Dramatic club plans Thanksgiving evening performance of London Assurance at the opera house. Cast is well chosen and rehearsals show strong work. Costumes ordered from Van Horn of Philadelphia. Proceeds benefit the Alumni Athletic association. ticket sales are brisk and the house is likely to be crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrick Dramatic Club
London Assurance
Opera House
van Horn
Philadelphia
United States
Alumni Athletic Association
O Pera
Feast of the Cooking Club Honors at Mrs Burdick Home
The Young Ladies' Cooking club anniversary supper was hosted Tuesday at Mrs A W Burdick's Lincoln Avenue home with floral decor and a menu including fritters, tongue salad, and frozen pudding. City finances show October receipts at 9948 29 and expenditures at 5600 75, mainly bond redemptions and street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
A. W. Burdick
Mesdames
H. W. Harrison
T.L. McMillan
Gramer
E Park Street
Seventh Avenue
Dundaff Street
Church Street
Plays and Players to Charm Grand Friday and Saturday
A large touring company brings the farce comedy Plays and Players to the Grand for Friday and Saturday. The production promises one of the road’s most laughable shows with a big cast and new music plus first time specialties.
Change at the Opera House Ownership
Andrew Mitchell deeded his interest in the opera house to his son Andrew Mitchell Jr. The change occurred several months ago and affects only the theater. Mitchell still retains his stake in the brick structure of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Andrew Mitchell
Andrew Mitchell, Jr
Mitchell Till
Marriage Notice for George Kent of This City
In this city no men have received neement marriage status for George Kent a resident of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kent
Bat
Local Notes of Scranton and Nearby Move
Social visits and illnesses across Scranton. People include Miss Grace Smith, Miss Mame Bridgett, Miss Agnes Buckley, Miss Agnes Gilmartin, Mrs. G. A. Place, Mesdamen Simpson and Decker, and others. A book social by Columbia Hose Company, a grand banquet by German Daughters of Rebekah, and the marriage of Matilda Rooney to Burt Ruttan are reported along with travel and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
Misa Lil- Ten Wright
Hoboken
Grace Smith
Mame Bridgett
Mame Murrin
Scranton
O'Harra
Agnes Buckley
South Main Street
Josephine Healey
Dunmore
Agnes Gilmartin
Brook Street
G. A. Place
Binghamton
Andrew Simpson
James Decker
Iain Berry
E. K. Morse
Lakeside
Metropolis
Hancock
Stilman Hancock
Mr. Morse
James Monk
White's Station
Misa Mattie Hards
Annie Battle
Bushwick
Lottie Crago
Edward Histed
Waymart
Jacoboski
Wilkes-Barre
Singer
Kate McMullen
Mill Street
Misa Lilian Miller
Edwin Roberta
Park Street
EB. B. Sadler
Sarah
Elmira
Alice Thrope
Wayne County
Columbia Hose Company
Rebeka Lodge
Keystone Hall
Edith McNulty
John Wilson
Salem Avenue
Matilda Rooney
Brooklyn Street
Burt Ruttan
T. F. Coffey
Anna Piel
Forest City
Martin McGowan
Notice of Tribune relocation and service updates
Notice states all departments are now in the Tribune building on Washington avenue. It promises prompt attention for job printing book binding lithographic work advertising and newspaper subscriptions from the best equipped newspaper and printing plant in the state. Telephone number 1042.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Washington Avenue
Conflagrations Strike Honesdale Barns Amid Night Fire
A bonfire torn through Patrick Weir’s barn near the towpath outside Honesdale, destroying hay and property. A second blaze at the town’s other end ignited with no clear cause, hinting at an incendiary. Miss Julia Coyne suffered serious injuries falling into a 14 to 20 foot coal chute on the way to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honeedale
Patrick Weir
Honesdale
Julia Coyne
Tinion Dock
Miss Coyne
John Bracey
Ans Metggar, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Amity Club
Armory
Hardenbergh Ingrae
Mies Pellett
Hawley
Brick church Sunday school rehearses for Christmas
The Sunday school at the Brick church held an evening meeting to begin practicing for Christmas. Mr. Clarke, previously injured by a rock fall, is now able to go out on crutches. Mrs. Judson passed away Monday night after lingering illness and was buried in Marcy cemetery on Wednesday. Crawford of West Pittston visited his sister Mrs. E. Fowler on Wednesday. Robert Alexander of Dunmore moved into Mr. Repp's Mainville house. William Race of Barwick made a business call on Drake & Co. as a wagon load of flour belonged to them. The text contains garbled fragments about Barwick and other names, ending with a note about a Reed piece in The Tribune for early editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Barwick
Drake & Was
Iain
Wiliam
Pittston Briefs Include Jury Verdict and Local Notices
The Pittston office of Scranton Tribunes lists notices on local sales and services. A jury found Julius Newman insane in a shooting case involving Patrick Poole. Mrs. Fussim mons funeral and Market Street cemetery interment are noted. The Milton Aborn opera company performs at Music Hall. Various local updates include a railroad workers’ pay, a hospital visit after a car coupling accident, a Hook and Ladder meeting, and a Pittston Business Directory item for Wright & Co plumbing and second-hand goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Newman
Patrick
Poole
Andrew Fussimmons
Inkerman
Quinnan
St. John’s Catholic Church
M. J. Cummings
Owen Holland
Martin McGuire
John Merrick
Patrick Gallagher
Market Street Cemetery
Milton Aborn Opera Company
W. H. Young
Waters
Hook and Ladder Company
Spring Street
Funeral rites mark service for Mrs John Meddler
Brief ceremonies at the late home on Main street included remarks by three ministers and a quartet. Interment followed at Forest Home cemetery with many floral tributes. Calvary Baptist church fair opened at Weber's rink drawing a large crowd, continuing tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Morty
Pyne
Michael van Bergan
Burgess Griffiths
Ball
Julia Coombs
Philadelphia
Thomas «. Jones
John Meddler
Main Street
Mr. Ace
H. H. Harris
Calvary Baptist Church
F. A. King
Methodist Episcopal Church
Susie Morris
Rebecca Davis
James E. Watkins
Charles Dibble
Forest Home
Weber
Renault
Emma
Mamie Dunleavy
Roche
South
Scranton
Je*ries
J. L. Griffiths
England
Price Library Association
Manserre
Prominent Scranton Man O Malley Visits Avoca and Local Notices
Avoca notes report M O Malley a leading Scranton business figure called in town yesterday. Appeals filed in court by Thomas Harding Mary Lyons and Mary Duffy contest viewers reports on Pittston avenue grade changes with Lenahan as attorney. A missionary meeting in Primitive Methodist church featured Rev J Proude Rev A Woodcock and Ball with Rev W H Acornley presiding and a strong musical program. Also mentions visitors, trolley accident involving a six year old, and local staff like Postmaster Fitsimmonaan Andrew Fitzsimmons and Mary Hastie visiting Dunmore. Night school instructors Elia Callahan M A Quinn named. Avoca Hose company rooms newly furnished by T J O Malley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O'Malley
Scranton
Thomas Harding
Mary Lyons
Mary Duffy
Pittston Avenue
John T. Lenahan
Primitive Methodist Church
Ball
W. H. Acornley
J. Sutcliffe
J. Williams
J. Jones
Nastor
R. Oliver
North End
Pittston
Charlies Sutherland
John Chester
Fitsaimmonaan
Andrew Fitzsimmons
Yeaterday
John Moore
Grove Geeeet
Galveston
Mary Hastie
Dunmore
Charles Webber
Misees
Elia Callahan
M. A. Quinn
Bessie Webber
Avoca Hose Company
T. J. O'Malley
Tried and True Drama At OMalley’s Hall Thanksgiving
A company fundraiser presents the drama Tried and True at O Malley’s Hall on Thanksgiving afternoon and evening. The production, a benefit for the company, aims to support the firm as it faces charges and appreciates the manufacturer’s prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Malley's Hall
Local Social Notes From Nicholson and Nearby
Mrs R Eldred visited friends in Nicholson on Wednesday. Mrs McIntosh returned from Union. Hon L W Moore of New Milford was in town Friday. Oliver McDonald is ill. Bernstein in Scranton Wednesday. High School Literary exercises Friday. Lee Pike will return to Washington in December. Mrs B M McClintic of Elmira visits daughter Mrs Barney Chidester.
Greenwood Presbyterian Chicken Supper Planned for Nov 26
Local Greenwood notes report a chicken supper at Greenwood Presbyterian Church on November 26. Other items mention visitors to Wilkes-Barre and Nanticoke, night school disturbances near No. 3 school, and marriages in progress. An advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed to ease teething and diarrhea in infants, priced twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hollenback
Misa Della Knapp
Greenwood
Wilkes-Barre
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
Lizzie Lovering
Nanticoke
No. 3
Maggie King
Avocs
O'Connell Council
Young Men's Institute
John Sullivan
Polly Kenny
South Scranton
Winslow
Katie
Booth
Ures
Cole
Modest Roundsman and Smuggled Frames in Roosevelt Probe
A New York Post item recounts Roosevelt examining roundsmen including a German with a rare con. The exchange reveals quirks of promotion and dubious truth in service. The piece also includes an advertisement for New Great South American Kidney Cure offering quick relief for kidney and bladder issues.
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Roosevelt
Sughe
New York Post
Ftag
Vonce
vArrested
St Almont
C. M. Harris
Penn Avenue
Scranton
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Carbondale
Werth
Audhabinadstiek Yaonun
Scott Inglis
Hall Stead
Reed
the Tribune
Scranton Tribunes
Mo. S
Wilttesn
Wright & Co
Taylor
AVOCA
Hood
Ernie Mambenehe
Montrose
Kerr, Liebecker & CO
Lackawanna Avenue
Mpa DE Ee Ee
John H. Phelps
Pharmaocist Cor
Wyoming Avenue
Spruce Stros
Scranton Pa
Omodina
AMCKA
Soltyyo & J
Washburn-Crosby Co
Moosic Powder Co
Dale
Laff_ln & Rand Powder Co.'s
Repauno Chemical Co
MT. Pleasant
T. S M
Pennsylvania
Tonio Hartman
Dickson
Wilkes
Dever
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