Bargains in Books at Norton's Window Sale
Norton's offers extensive book bargains with cloth bound sets and single volumes. Highlights include Shakespeare in six volumes at seven cents per volume, McCauley English History five volumes for 67 cents, Dickens 15 volumes for six dollars, Scott Waverly 12 volumes for six dollars, Bulwer Lytton 13 volumes for eight dollars, and War Memoirs priced to clear. Also featured are 50 and 45 and 25 cent title racks, Laurel Library two series in green cloth with gilt tops, and a large display of standard authors. Open at Lackawanna Ave.
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McCauley
England
Scott
Bulwer Lytton
White House
George Elliot
John Sherman
Laurel Library
M. Norton
Lackawanna Ave
Organ Recital at Elm Park Church by J Alfred Penning
On Thanksgiving evening Mr. J Alfred Penning will present an organ recital at Elm Park church assisted by Mgr Juin T Watkins bari tone. Admission is a silver offering.
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J. Alfred Penning
Elm Park Church
Mgr
Juin T. Watkins
J. Alfred Pennington
John T. Watkins
Burglars Keep Police Busy in Local City
Five men are in custody after a spree of burglaries at Petions cutlery store and nearby shops. Arrests span Wilkes-Barre Elmira Binghamton Nanticooke and local city. Bead and Williams face charges, with others detained or under investigation. A noted NY Journal dispatch references a prior case and the effort to recover stolen funds and capture the suspects. Chief Roebling and Detective Muir push for trials while shopowners report losses including cash and shoe stock.
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Petitons
Daniel Daly
Wilkes- Barre
le Roy Carl
Elmira
James Reilly
Bingharmton
Charles J. Bead
John I. Wil Hame
Nantlooke
Roebling
Dette
Tive John Mott Browght Bend
Williams
Bead Nadmitw
Williame
Bimitra
Troubled arrest ends with James G. Price jailed
James G. Price was brought to county jail by Constable Tim Jones after resisting arrest at Miners’ Aids. The scene involved the boarding mistress’s husband threatening with a revolver and a scuffle with two constables before Price was finally secured and jailed.
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James G. Price
Biohhe Bearding House
Price
Iis
Jones
Brain and Metal Work Lecture At Workmen's Hall
A crowded Friday evening meeting at Workmen's Hall discussed brain and muscle in industry. The speaker traced shifts from home made iron to large scale mills and the value created by brain labor versus physical effort under the present supply and demand system.
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John Gray
Co-operative Colonies
Rundoay
Eirect
Ayronine
Hite
Sern
Tom
Tragic Drowning Of Bechtold Infant Near Newton Toll Gate
Mr and Mrs Julius Bechtold of the Weert mountain area mourn the sudden death of their thirteen month old son. The child slipped from a porch and fell into a large bathtub of water while the parents were indoors. He drowned despite the mother’s quick attempt to rescue him. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 pm at the parental home with interment at Washburn street cemetery.
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Julius Bechtold
Weert Mountain
Newton Toll-Gate
Jackeon
Ace
Washburn Street
Death of Martin McMahon in Tobyhanna and Philadelphia
Martin McMahon of Philadelphia formerly of Tobyhanna died at his sister’s home Saturday night after a brief illness of pneumonia. He was 63 years old, unmarried, and had a career as a railway mail worker on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line and later a commercial drummer and cashier of the Washington Park company. The funeral will be held in Tobyhanna tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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Martin McMahon
Philadelphia
Tobyhanna
Hi Sister
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
New York
Binghamton
Cleveland
Harrison
Washington Park
Thlaware
Tohhanna
Hopeful Workers Celebrate First Anniversary at Adatisa Avenue Chapel
Members of the Hopeful Workers Society at the Adatis Avenue Presbyterian chapel marked their first anniversary with a church parlors event. The program featured recitations by Gladys Volz and others, dialogues, solos, duets, instrumentals, and a short address urging continued effort. The group also presented a handmade quilt to Dr. C. E. Robinson on his tenth anniversary as pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church.
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Hopeful Workers' Society
Adatisa Avenue
Bel Hele
Clibhde
Mies Gladys Volz
Mra. Wheeler
George
A. Volz
J. Skeweh
Wire
Hove
Fugitive Injured After Box Car Chase on Delaware Line
A pursued man crawled under a box car on the Mimin avenue switch and fell twenty feet to main tracks. He lay hidden for an hour before being found by a railroad track walker and sent to a cab on Teichkawanna avenue. Four men caused a disturbance on Lacka Winns avenue. William Blake John Linn and Harry White were arrested and fined. three women from the same house also fined.
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Mimin Avenue
Delaware and Hudgen Company
Teichkawanna Avenue
Ned
No. 20
Lacka- Winns Avenue
William Blake
John Lin
Pills and cures hawked in a crooked late 19th century ad
An OCR fragment touts Dr Agnew's Liver Pills at ten cents a vial as a cure all for constipation headaches dyspepsia and other ailments. The ad mentions Matthew Brogish as the seller and promises quick relief from nervous disorders and general weakness.
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Agnew
Matthews
Brog
Organ Recital by J Alfred Pennington on Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving evening J Alfred Pennington will perform a recital with bari tone assistance from John T Watkins. Admission is charged with proceeds likely benefiting the aliver offering.
Special Service for Young Men at Penn Avenue and Railroad A A
A special Young Men’s Christian Association service at Penn Avenue Baptist Church marked the end of its week of prayer with Rev. Dr. Joseph K. Dixon delivering a sermon on The Judgements of Earth. General Secretary F P A Pearsall spoke at the Railroad Y M C A building with a male chorus and a railroad department quartet performing. John T. Watkins offered baritone solos and led a sermon response. The event highlighted the life and needs of railroad men and drew a large congregation of association members and friends.
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Penn Avene Baptist
Joseph K. Dixon
Christian Association
Dixon
Earth
Dunn
John T. Watkins
Mr. Watkins
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Association
FP. A. Pearsall
Plymouth Congregational Church
Railroad Department
Lettie Doyle
Margaret Jones
W. W. Jones
Thomas Jones
W. BE. Fenn
New Haven
Conn
Fenno
Bird's Followers Form Prohibition Congregation in City
Forty one members join Rev. Levi Bird to establish a Prohibition church tied to Congregationalism. The group, with members from Auburn Forest City Monroe County and local residents, held services in an Adams Avenue store room and adopted a creed prohibiting support for liquor politics and unclean habits. Elsie Elnora Zink received communion. Dr. Bird preached on Christ's Place in History. two officers elected Charlee Le Hoy Wheeler and Ebenezer D Tyler.
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Auburn
Forest City
Monroe County
Prohibition Church
Adams Avenue
Levi Bird
Tribune
Elsie Elnora Zink
Police Court Notes From Dodgetown Disturbances
Galaxy of minor offenses in Dodgetown last night and today. Anthony Shuski and Poluski held a war dance on the brides reservation. James Devine drunk and beggar. Barney Weagleveen nabbed for cracking giaas in Koons hotel. patrol arrests followed. William Dreelle intoxicated. several defendants paid small fines.
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Anthony Shuski
Anthony Poluski
Dodgetown Brides
Waleh
Rodham
James Devine
Tie
Barney Weagleveen
Koons’ Lackawanna Avenue
John Boland
Sloat
McMullen
Court House
Hickman Arrested in Horse and Carriage Theft
A Brennans livery theft led to Charles Hickman’s arrest on the West Bride after attempting to dispose of a horse and carriage for 820. Wilkes-Barre police received a tip early Saturday and Patrolman Thomas Jones detained Hickman, who was brought to Wilkes-Barre by Sergeant Kine.
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Wilkes- Barre
Robert Doster
Brennan
Thomas Jones
Charles Hickman
West Bride
Hickman
Wiltkes-Darre
Sorreant Kine
Died This Morning Loretta Cawley, Child of John Cawley
Loretta Cawley daughter of John Cawley of Seventh Street died this morning at 1 30. She was six years old. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Loretta
John Cawley
Seventh Street
Murdered His Aged Father and Killed Himself in Michigan
Renton Harbor Mich November 2 Henry Kammerer aged 90 quarreled with his father John Kammerer at their home. The son shot the father twice and then killed himself by setting fire to the house. The blaze endangered the family but was extinguished. The motive was a dispute over money matters.
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Renton Harbor
Mich
Henry Kammerer
John Kammerer
Steam Heating and Plumbing Firm Ad Reappears in City
FE L Crane returns from a Schemers trip to New York and announces at his sales department 44 Lacky Ave the largest fur assortment in the city. P F M T Howley 231 Wyoming Ave also featured in notices.
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P. F
M. T. Howley
Wyoming Ave
FE. L. Crane
New York
Lacky, Ave
Hiwan and Merrill's Advertise Large Overcoat Stock
The listing promotes the largest stock of overcoats in the city and invites customers to visit for a wired garment at a low price. It also mentions Jaros Trygienic Underwear and highlights a complete line available at Hiwan and Merrill's located at 16 and 315 Lacka ave.
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Hiwan & Merrill's
Lacka, Ave
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