City Notes Regular Drill and Meetings
Regular drill of Company Co tonight and a regular meeting of the board of health at the city hall on Wednesday at 8 pm. Also reports of quarterly dividend at County Savings Bank and Trust. Michael McNamara injured after falling from a wagon. treated at Lackawanna hospital. Community notices include a church supper Friday, a WCTU convention at Moscow, Newman Club and Catholic Historical Society meetings, and pay days for local mines. Funeral services planned for Mr Kilpatrick and Mrs Moran.
Democrats Meet at Liberty Hall Club Session
The Democratic club held its regular monthly meeting last night at Democratic headquarters in Liberty Hall. Over one hundred members attended and pledged support for the polls on election day. The gathering admitted about twenty two new members and revived many applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Club
Liberty Hall
AT THE RECRUITING STATION Moved to Philadelphia
Captain Wolfe leads preparations as the local recruiting station plans to move from the city. Staff and enlistment books are being packed with departure set for tomorrow to Philadelphia. Corporal Elliott H Griesing transfers to Fort Meyer Virginia to join the fifth cavalry and Corporal Winb Daly to Fort Washington Maryland to join the Fourth artillery. Corporal Robert Clark to join an Infantry regiment for service in the Philippines.
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Wolfe
Philadelphia
Elliott H. Griesing
Fort Meyer
Fifth Cavalry
Win BP. Daly
Fort Washington
Fourth Artillery
Robert Clark
Philippines
Meeting of Undertakers in Lackawanna October 9
The Tri County Funeral Directors association holds its semi annual meeting at the Lackawanna Valley house in Kingston on October 9. Two sessions run 10 to 12 in the morning and 2 to 4 in the afternoon with focus on uniting directors and a paper on Embalming by Albert C. Miller. Officers listed: A E Williams president and T F Letchworth secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri- County
Funeral Directors’ Association
Lackawanna Valley House
Albert C. Miller
Kingston
Association
A. E. Williams
Elephant on Their Hands Arrest Draws Police Connundrum
Thomas Jennings of Peckville was arrested last Thursday in a drunken condition and spent the night in the station before being discharged in police court. On Saturday he was picked up again suffering delirium tremens and raved constantly. Police await relatives to take charge of him.
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Thomas Jennings
Peckville
Immense Sewer Contract Bids Considered by City Committee
The sewers and drains committee reviewed bids for a major sewer system in the Fifth to Eighteenth wards of the Nineteenth district. Only HK A Malone’s Lancaster bid came below the engineer’s estimate of 148 098.62, with two Philadelphia and Wilkes Barre bids far higher. decision deferred until near Thursday’s council meeting, with Malone favored to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select Council
Phillips
Homer & Quinn
Philadelphia
Peter Trelley
Wilkes-Barre
HK. A. Malone
Lancaster
Malone
Captured by Filipinos report on Villalobos crewman John Jordan
A filed dispatch cited by the Wilkes-Barre Times says gunboat Villalobos crewman John Jordan has been captured by Filipinos. Jordan served nearly six years, earlier with Admiral Sampson and Dewey’s fleets, later in the Philippines aboard Olympia Baltimore and Bennington before joining Villalobos. The 200 foot wooden ship, built in Hong Kong in 1894, carries a 360 ton displacement and a mixed crew of 34 whites, 6 Filipinos, 4 Chinese and 4 officers with a battery of several small guns.
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MacArthur
Villalobos
John Jordan
Wilkes-Barre Times
Jordan
New York
Sampson
Santhiga
Spain
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Philippines
Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Orient
Baltimore
Bennington
Villalobos March
Hong Kong
Lackawanna School News Debuts By County Officials
The Lackawanna School News announces its appearance edited by county Superintendent J C Taylor, W W Cummings Moosic and T G Osborne Olyphant and M J Lloyd Dickson principals. It will cover county school changes, examiner notices, teachers meetings and building updates with monthly submissions from school boards.
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Lackawanna
J.C. Taylor
W. W. Cummings
Olyphant
T. G. Osborne
Moosic Schools
M. J. Lloyd
Dickson Schools
Lackawanna County
Scranton Firemen Send Six Delegates to State Meet
Scranton fire companies sent six delegates to the State Firemen's Convention in Newcastle this week. The six represent Centurys John Hartman, Neptunes John Demuth William Connells Ed Simrell Franklin Joseph Hall Eagles John Whit and GeneralPhinneys F W Long. Chief Ziglemann will depart for the convention today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Newcastle
William Connells
Simrell
Franklin
Joseph Hall
Eagles
John Whit
Phinneys
F. W. Long
Zizelman Willl
Systematic Thieving Strikes Scranton Rail Line
About three hundred feet of copper bound wire was stolen on Sunday from the Scranton Railway Company. The theft occurred at the Peckville race with a gang of Italians alleged to act with a local junk dealer. The wire, used to connect rails, is valuable and costly to replace, causing ongoing losses for the utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Railway Company
Peckville
Park Vandal Arrests At Nay Aug Park
Park policeman McManaman arrested two Italian men at Nay Aug Park for damaging property. They battered a chestnut tree trunk and branches with stones and slicks while trying to shake nuts from the tree. They were taken into custody and will have a morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nay Aug Park
Park
McManaman
Albert Heller Praises Krause's Headache Capsules in Omaha
Albert Heller of 1114 Farnham Street Omaha says Krause's Headache Capsules are the best preventive or cure he has tried for headaches and notes others endorse them. The ad is bolded by Matthew Bros.
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Albert Heller
Farnham St
Omaha
Krause
Price Io
Matthew Bros
Dwindled Court List Features Several Continued Cases
The third week of the September term opened in Scranton with Judge Archbald and Judge Edwards presiding. Many cases were continued or involved non suits as parties failed to appear. Other items include verdicts by agreement and pending trials, plus a salary dispute filed by Chicago manager Liebenstein against Jonas Long's Sons.
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Common Press Court
Ri. W. Archbald
HT. M. Edwards
Allen W. Williams
James F. Green
Arthur Frothingham
Charles H. Welles
Continual Trust Company
William H. Win
Peter Ferretti
Vito Gerardi
WI Hilman
Winstein & Company
Mary Donnelly
R. L. Ginsberg & Son
Scranton Trailway Company
John Bitten
John Mernok
Mary Swift
Michael Walsh
FB. Mullady
City of
Carbondale
F. PD
Peter Bedell
Ransom Township
Reese Hughes
Archbald
Patrick Lunney
A. A. Vosbure
W.S. Halslander
Manards
Charles Liebenstein
Chicago
Jonas Long
Liebenstein
J. H. Torrey
Ko. Newcomb
Everett Warren
Joseph O'Brien
Leibenstein
Two Involve Divorces Heard By Judge Kelly
Judge Kelly heard two divorce cases in chambers. Louisa Harker accuses Clifford Harker of abandonment on August 28 1900 after a troubled marriage in Honesdale and South Scranton with prior cruelty. Bessie Swartz claims Stephen Swartz abused her in Madisonville and Dunmore ending August 1900. neighbor Clinton Stevens testified to frequent verbal abuse and a threat to kill.
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Kelly
Chambers
Louisa Harker
Clifford Harker
Harker
South Scranton
Honesdale
Bessie M. Swartz
Stephen W. Swartz
Clinton
Stevens
Swartys
Dunmore
Swarta
Appeal in first summary conviction since speakeasy ordinance
The appeal from a summary conviction was heard yesterday. M. J. Horan of Putnam Street challenged the arrest warrant, originally issued September 26, after being fined 50 dollars for selling liquor without a license by Mayor Moir.
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M. J. Horan
Putnam Street
Moir
Horan
September 29 Hearing Over Ale Sale Allegation
Hoe asserts two men testified a boy was sent to buy ale from him on September 27 or two days after the warrant was issued. He argues no evidence shows he sold the ale. He asks the court of quarter sessions to set aside the mayor's ruling.
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Hoe
Court of Quarter Sessions
Scranton Railway Facing New Trial Motion Over Bakery Wagon Collision
Major Everett Warren for Scranton Railway filed reasons for a new trial in the Wolf gang versus Scranton Railway case. A verdict of 100.70 was awarded last week for the loss of a bakery wagon after a collision with a company car on Penn avenue. One reason cites jurors visiting the accident scene without court permission and without defense counsel knowledge.
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Everett Warren
Scranton Railway Company
Wolfgang Wersus
Wolfgang
Penn Avenue
Court House News Notes and Admittances in Lackawanna
Court granted a charter to the St. Lawrence Total Abstinence and Benevolent society of Old Forge. Benjamin B. Watson admitted to practice at the Lackawanna bar. Henry Hubber admitted to practice at the Lackawanna bar. Alexander Frew appointed committee for Frank Pettierew estate with $800 bond. Thomas J. Hayden filed exceptions to John Quinnan’s account of Lackawanna township. He contends judgements, ignored by the marshal, constitute indebtedness.
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St. Lawrence
No General Parade Planned by Scranton Diocese Groups
The Catholic Total Abstinence societies in the Scranton diocese cancel the general parade due to the strike. Hazleton was to host the event. District societies may stage local parades instead and preparations for a city parade were discussed at President Daniels’s home last night.
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Board of Government
Catholic Total Abstinence Societies
Diocese of
Scranton
Hazleton
Daniels
Mutual Disagreement Ends With Arrests for Assault
Mr and Mrs George Scheimer of Penneverue were arraigned before Alderman Millar on assault and battery charges after a dispute. Mrs Scheimer says she was beaten. Mr Scheimer claims a playful tap and a bottle was thrown. Both held in 300 bail.
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George Scheimer
Penneverue
Millar
Cure for consumption claimed by Dr Massey
Dr George Benton Massey of 1831 Chestnut Street announces a new tuberculosis treatment claiming two cures. The method uses electrolytic salts of mercury injected via a neck puncture and activated by a mild current to sterilize tissue and vacate salts, with cures expected in six weeks and patients continuing daily duties. He outlined his process before the electro-therapeutic society in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George Benton Massey
Chestnut Street
Massey
Electro-Therapeutic Society
New York
Man's head found in paper sack at Cedar Lake
A gruesome discovery near Heigler's Pier on Cedar Lake has authorities rushing to investigate. Sheriff Lawrence was dispatched tonight after receiving a telegram from Crown Point with news of a man's head tied in a paper sack found in several feet of water. No further details were provided.
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Crown Point
Ind
Cedar Lake
Lawrence
Heigler
Theatres in Prussia Face Stricter Censorship
The Prussian censorate tightens rules under William II. Berlin submissions for the coming season are largely forbidden or heavily altered for political or social reasons, reflecting a clear shift in cultural control.
Scranton Suit Over Poplar Street Crossing Ruling
Judge Archbald orders the city to take proper steps within thirty days to open Poplar Street across the Delaware and Hudson tracks or the railroad company’s injunction preserved. The case centers on sewer work and claimed city rights across the line and whether city ordinances and council actions suffice to open the street.
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R. W. Archbald
Delaware and Hudson Company
Scranton
Poplar Street
Delaware and Hudson
Scranton Belt and Nut Works
Bolt and Nut Company
Poplar
Lackiewanna Coal and Iron Company
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Coal and Tren Company
Archbard
Ute Fallroad Company
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TIS
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Central City
Lackawanna Hospital
Moscow
Womans Christian Temperance Union
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Newman Club
Catholic Historical Society
Newman Magazine
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Oxford
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Delaware and Studson Company
Manville
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Scran
Juin Kilpatrick
Beveral
Capt. Wolfe
Thomas Jenings
Lackawanna School News
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State Firemen’s Convention
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Zoming Avenue
Casey Bros
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