Carbondale Defeated Scranton In Rough Home Game
Carbondale, despite fielding mostly local players, played a strong, even match against Scranton. Scranton dominated with a wall-like center and angled runs, scoring once on a fumble and a final push to the line. Alumni visit Pittston next. high school meets Wilkes-Barre.
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Business College
Zang
Walsh
McGouldrick
Sean
Scranton
Carbondale
Steel
Brennan
Crane
Forbes
Pittston
Wilkes-Barre
Mr Rettew Plans Return To Mayor Run
Ex Mayor Rettew will seek the mayoral nomination again after confirming rumors during a Tribune interview at his John Street home. Friends urged his return, and he acknowledged the possibility while noting his past service and trusted record. If he runs, citizens will welcome his return to the political arena.
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Rettew
Tribune
John Street
Retten
Mr. Rettew
Work at the Silver Mine Fortunes Look Bright
Prospectors in South Causan optimistic about a bonanza at the Delaney farm shaft. Mining expert Mr Grimes reports strong indications and plans to drill down perhaps 150 feet. He awaits official instruction from Tucson backer before continuing to sink until metal is found.
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Grimes
Delaney Farm
Ganaan
Jimes
Carbondale
Tuscon
Arizona
South
Catholic Mutual Benevolent officers nominated for year
At Branch 29 meeting nominations were taken for the ensuing year's officers. President R H Kerwin and first vice Frank Clifford led the list with other nominees including treasurer McCann secretary A Kirkwood marshal John Brown and trustees John Burke and Martin Gerrity. The election is set for the first December meeting.
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Catholic ‘Mutual Benevolent Association
R. H. Kerwin
Frank Clifford
Necpetic
Mre McCann
Ing
A. Kirkwood
Ignitant Peak
Gots Coleman
J. F
John Brown
R. H. Keating
John W. Burke
Martin Gerrity
Mrs McDonough of Dun Daft Street Dies at 33
Mrs Edward McDonough of Dun daff street died at 4 o'clock Saturday morning after an illness dating to last year. Born in the city thirty three years ago she lived here all her life. Maiden name Lisle McDonald. Funeral today at 9 am at St Rose's church with a requiem mass and burial in St Rose's cemetery.
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Edward McDonough
Dundaff Street
Ingrippe
Wb Litsle McDonald
St. Rose's Church
St. Rose's Cemetery
Petition for night school in Powderly district
Peter Kane of Powderly Road chairs a petition among residents of the Easton area seeking a night school in the township. He argues the night program is needed and would benefit the district.
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Peter Kane
Powderly Road
Tha’ Easton
Personal and Other Items From the Scranton Area
Local social notes list Miss Grace Bagsey hosting friends including James Bassett and Clarence Curtis, and visitors such as Miss Augusta Joyce returning from Scranton. Several residents are mentioned with travels, visits, and family events, plus a new night school opening, a storehouse contract for Carbondale Lumber, and a porch of community gatherings like a riddle party at the First Presbyterian church.
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Grace Bagsey
Mesarsa Mescane
James Bassett
Clarm Curtis
Tie
Iate Maybert Hunter
Lena Bronson
J. J. Thompson
J. D. Purple
A. Wright
Augusta Joyce
Scranton
Angie Tuthill
Waymart
Cora Perkins
May Ulmer
A. C. Lown
Chestnut Avenura
Charlies Ball
Misa
Annie Ball
Archbald
A. Kapplan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jacob Stone
Sandstreet
P. F. Hughes
Gordon Avenue
Mis
Thomas Burke
Dorothy
Oneonta
Misa Bridget Killhullen
Alfred Masters
Birkett Street
H. F. Reining
South Washington Street
Philip Renning
Cherry Ridge
William Lewis
South Church Street
David Lewis
Park Street
Cleveland
Zanesville
Carbondale Lumber Company
Hansen & Son
Avery Twins
D. L. Bailey
Teresa Durkin
Emma
P. H. Murrin
River Street
Edith
Mary van Buskirk
Taylor
Alice Rashleigh
Anson Bailey
Nettle
Wilkes- Barre
Sree Trescott
Minnie Reilly
Pleasant Mount
Lucy Flannigan
Port Jervis
Emma Barrett
Cannon Street
Alice Rushleigh
van Buskirk
Hridget Kerins
Brooklyn Street
John Ulmer
Salem Avenue
Morgan
Hyde Park
White Haven
Messrs. W. Lathrope
F. E. Burr
George Bunnell
E. D. Yarington
R. M. Shepherd
William Lloyd
Carl Hessler
A. P. Thomas and
Ackerman
Local Visits and Court Date Delays Noted in Scranton Area
J F Christopher of Scranton called on H J DeGraw Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Leam of Falls Pa visit A M Place. Harry Kennedy spent Sunday at Plymouth. William Walker was in Carbondale Saturday night. Kilker of Edgerton Coal case postponed until January term. Mosses Mendleson visited the Electric City Friday. Harry Bovard of Justus called on friends here Saturday.
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J. F. Christopher
Scranton
H. J. DeGraw
Mrs .Leam
Falls
A. M. Place
Harry Kennedy
Plymouth
William Walker
Carbondale
Kilker
Edgerton Coal Company
Mosses Mendleson
Electric City
Harry Bovard
Justus
Militia Called Out to Help Tax Collection in Lowe
Ottawa November 17 a requisition call ing out the militia to assist the Provincial police in collecting taxes in Lowe township was granted. Sixty men from the Forty third Battalion with twenty from the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards and twenty from the Ottawa Field Battery will depart tonight under Lieutenant Colonel Wright.
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Lowe
Ottawa
Lowe Township
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
Ottawa Field Battery
Wright
Big Cave In Wisconsin Reveals Vast Chamber
Palmyra, Wis., Nov 17. Well digger Elmer Piper struck a rocky streak at 45 feet that collapsed into a vast cavern beneath the town. He dropped into a dry river bed like chamber stretching out of sight, yet continued digging after curbing a four foot space.
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Palmyra
Wis
Elmer Piper
Piper
Old Lovers Married in Muncie After Long Separation
John W. Ryan of Muncie married Mrs. Emma Jones of Fort Wayne. They were engaged forty years ago before separating. Mrs. Jones wrote a business letter to Ryan's partner, W A Thompson, which led to a rekindled romance after she revealed her maiden name Emma Spellman of Wabash.
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Muncie
Ind
John W. Ryan
Emma Jones
Fort Wayne
Cuban belligerent rights push faces Congress
Amos Cummings announces plans to introduce a joint resolution in Congress urging recognition of Cuban belligerency. He is the first of several likely sponsors, with many resolutions expected to be referred to the foreign affairs committees.
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Amos Cummings
Congress
Washington
Foreign Affairs Committees
Too Many Cigarettes Fatal to Indiana Teen
In Wabash Indiana on November 17 Pear Pence seventeen year old from Converse died from cigarette poisoning after four years of heavy cigarette use. His system grew desensitized to nicotine making treatment ineffective.
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Wabash
Ind
Converse
James Elverson Dead and Local Happenings in Pittston
Obituary notes James Elverson died in Butte City Montana after moving from Pittston eight years ago. Funeral plans incomplete with interment expected at Butte City. Local sports recount Pittston Athletic club defeat by Wyoming Seminary due to injuries. Opera company wrapped up. next show Willow the Vagabond. Charity drive nets hospital funds from St Johns Sunday school. Various society notes from Pittston area residents and visitors. For first class plumbing call Wright & Co at 9% South Main.
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James Elverson
Butte City
Montana
Elverson
Pittston
Wyoming
Pittston Athletic Club
Kingston
Wyoming Seminary
Pittston Boys
Milton Aborn Opera Company
Pasha
Music Hall
Otis Skinner
Willow the Vagabond
St. John's
Pittston Hospital
Colt Divorce Case Put Off Amid Settlement Talks
In Providence on November 17, the divorce suit by Mrs. Elizabeth W. Colt against Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt was declared off after a conference of lawyers led by Francis Colwell. A two week postponement was granted for the motion to appoint commissioners to take depositions in this country and Europe. No witness hearing in Conway New Hampshire next Friday. Jackson summer outing testimony will not be recorded. Horace A. Barnes of Bristol acts as chief arbiter in the anticipated settlement between the Colts. The suit against James J. Van Allen for 200000 dollars for alienating Mrs. Colt's affections will likely end with the divorce. Colonel Colt to provide a reasonable allowance.
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Elizabeth W. Colt
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
Francis Colwell
Colt
Court House
Europe
Conway
N. H
Jackson
Death of Sears recluse reveals hidden wealth and odd hoard
Don Dwyer of Sears Michigan dies leaving a bizarre scene of stored flour barrels worth far more than expected. Two hundred dollars in gold and over five hundred dollars in cash were found hidden in the cellar and in a bed quilt. Weapons and expensive clothing were also discovered throughout the house.
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Sears
Mich
Don Dwyer
Professor Starr to Study Pygmy Dwarfs in Guatemala
Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago will depart December 20 for Guatemala for about three months. He will first visit Guadalajara to examine a submerged city in Lake Chapala and the so called mountain dwarfs nearby. He plans to determine if the pygmies are racially small or made so by disease with aid from Archbishop Gillow. In Guatemala's interior they reportedly live in cave dwellings and use languages unknown to whites.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Guatemala
Guadalajara
Mexico
Lake Chapala
Archbishop
Pingree's Wise Plan Harvests Crops in Detroit
Detroit reports crops valued at 17,977 dollars and 30 cents were harvested this year under Mayor Pingree's program. The city farmers increased yields amid market prices as of November 17.
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Detroit
Pingree
Crop totals rise as allotments expand this year
The report lists vegetables recorded for allotments including potatoes 61860 beans 1000 turnips 4080 beets 1000 squashes 400 pumpkins. Five thousand dollars was supplied in the city for the scheme spent on land prep and seed. Acreage reached 455 this year up from 410 last year while outputs are four times greater with only one ninth more land in use.
The Marching Step and European Armies Show Up
Comparative statistics detail step lengths and rates for Russian Italian German Austrian French and Turkish soldiers. The Russian average step length is 28 inches at 112 to 126 steps per minute, and others range around 28 to 31 inches. theorists propose shortening steps to three-sevenths of height, with Turkish troops noted for greatest endurance without empirical proof.
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Europe
le Temps
France
Choctaw Nation Bill Makes Land Sales to Non Citizens Treason
Guthrie November 17 There is great excitement in the Choctaw nation over final passage of a bill making it treason to sell land to a non citizen to attempt to curtail the powers of the Choctaw government or to urge changes in government allotment or opening the country to settlement The law will stop all meetings or conventions in favor of treating with the government Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure Sold by C M Harris druggist Scranton Pa Also Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhoea sold by druggists worldwide Twenty five cents bottle.
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Guthrie
C. M. Harris
Penn Avenue
Scranton
Rebuilt by Doctors of Savannah Survivor of 1844 Wreck
A Savannah doctor rebuilt a Massachusetts wreck survivor from the 1844 Jan event. Burns, one of 27 survivors, was badly injured, had five ribs removed, a skull trephination, and wore a plaster jacket for years. At age 4 he walks well and serves in the Grand Army of the Republic on the gunboat Essex during the Civil War.
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Savannah
Massachusetts
Boston
Florida
Jehan
Burns
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Hayes Agnew
Plaster of Paris
Grand Army of the Republic
Essex
Edss
Michigan’s Holy Deer Legend Surges With Grim Trophy
In Atlanta Michigan a hunter recounts seeing a white halo on a deer head and ignoring superstition. Last week another hunter found monster antlers with a human skull impaled between them, its eye sockets intact and white from weather, fueling both disbelief and fear.
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Atlanta
Mich
Clyde
McKinley
Rupture Specialist Guarantees Cure in Weeks
Advertisement for Dr. O Malley of Wilkes Barre offering rupture treatment with a written guarantee to cure in four to eight weekly sessions. No knife or operation, no business detainment, no useless aftercare. Details by mail or a personal call.
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O'Malley
Wilkes Barre
A. P. O'Malley
S. Washington ST
Wilkes-Barre
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