City notes meeting of clerks and local incidents
Scranton Clerks association No 911 will meet tonight at hall 408 Spruce street with members urged to attend. Mrs Ella Dennisy of Breckcourt arraigned for alleged illicit relations with James Barrett of Leecourt and jailed on default. Tony Morse and Ol Mack fined for park damage. Frank Moran released after prosecutrix Maggie Withers withdrew charge. Boy James Finnan, 10, had leg amputated after train accident. another boy Flemninn injured with leg mangled. DL&W paydays at multiple lines. light and water committee discusses amendments to water rates. Alderman Millar seeks arrest warrant for Michael Ruane over alleged assault.
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Scranton Clerks Association
Ella Dennisy
Breckcourt
Millar Yékterday
James Barrett
Leecourt
Dennies
Frank Moran
Pine Brook
Mowe
Maggie Withers
Forestcourt
No More Time Extensions on Sewers Policy Proposed
City officials propose an ordinance barring extensions of contract time for sewer work before new bids. Critics say prior extensions enabled slow work and inspector corruption. City Engineer Phillips notes reduced crew counts when extensions are granted and urges contractors to protest time limits at signing.
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Harry
Dutto
Phillips
Eea
Entimatods
Tame
Welrct Council
Nineteenth Sewer District Contract Questioned
City committee members agreed on the sewer issue and could push ordinances. Each city sewer contract includes a daily penalty for late completion, but officials recall no instance of such a penalty ever being collected.
Sister Benedicta Buried After Requiem Mass
The funeral for Sister Benedicta was held at St Peter's Cathedral with a high mass of requiem. The body lay in state at St Cecilia's convent before cortege to Cathedral cemetery. Officiants included Very Rev Father Garvey and Rev Father Coffey among a large contingent of priests from multiple parishes.
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St. Peter's
Sister Benedicta
St. Ceécelia's Convent
Father Garvey
Scranton
Father Coffey
Carbondale
E. J. Melley
South Scranton
J. L. Loughran
St. Peter's Catheral
M. FF. Crane
Avoca
James Fagan
Great Bend
W. P. O'Donnell
Bellevue
N. J. McManus
Providence
P. J. McManus
Green Ridge
M. E. Loftus
Hyde Park
John Healey
Pleasant Mount
Dominick Landro
Augetti
Dunmore
Antonio Gerutti
John O'Donnell
P. J. Boland
Minooka
Record Fines Hit New High in August Police Collections
Clerk Hatton reports August set a record for police fines with 1415 dollars and 20 cents, including 1218.70 in Mayor Moir court. Precincts two three and four added 65.50 333 and 10 dollars respectively amid a sweep on speakeasies and Center street raid that yielded about 350 dollars.
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Hatton
Police Department
Moir Dally
West Scranton
Tippling Houses
Center Street
City Controller Esdras Howell May Get Extra Pay
The board of control likely to grant Esdras Howell extra compensation for school district work. Supreme Court ruling limits compulsory payments, but an understanding is expected. Howell may hire an extra clerk soon, with possible board funding for clerk hire if not for himself. Finance committee and solicitor D. J. Reedy review the matter, with meetings Friday or Saturday and Monday night.
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Wicely
Board of Control
Esdras Howell
Supreme Court
D. J. Reedy
Shan Tung
Christiana
Teng Chow
Elizabeth
Pekin
Pekin An
Lobenstine
Japan
China
Korea
Cver
Paoting Pu
Cheloo
Presbyterian Press
Shanghai
Harry
New Filer Cancelling Machine Installed at Post Office
The post office installed a new Filer cancelling machine yesterday. It can cancel 1000 postal cards and about 700 letters per minute when sizes match. The old machine required single feeds, while the new one handles a batch of fifty at a time. The electric motor drives rapid processing of mail.
Samuel Rich Held in Bail on Brass Theft Charge
Samuel Rich of South Washington avenue was held on $500 bail by Alderman Howe after being charged with receiving a large amount of brass stolen from the Lackawanna Tool and Bucket company. Rich, a junk dealer, was arrested at the request of Agent Okell. Four youths Frank McDonald John Flynn Thomas O'Brien and Frank Regan confessed to taking brass from the company yards and selling it to Rich for 76 cents. Rich kept the brass in his garden and stable until arrest.
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Samuel Rich
South Washington Avenue
Alderman Howe
Lackawanna Tron and
Bico! Company
Rich
Agent Okell
Frank McDonald
John Flynn
Thomas O'Brien
Frank Regan
Molr
Okell
Day of Atonement Observance In City Synagogue
The Jewish community observes Yom Kippur with prayers and a strict fast. Mr. Foster of the Hebrew Union College leads last night’s Linden Street service. today’s services open at 10:30 with sacred music by the temple choir under Professor C B Derman.
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Temple
Mr. Foster
New York Hebrew Union College
Linden Street
Foster
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Israel
C. B. Derman
Savings Depositors Grow At Traders Fconal Bank
A bank notice urges weekly savings deposits from wage earners to build a rainy day fund. It promotes opening a savings account with small weekly deposits, highlighting the cumulative benefit and readiness for need. Branches in Car, Wyoming at Spruce.
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Fconal Bank Car
Wyoming
Spruce
City Council Holds Evening Hearing On Horse Deal
The two member committee from St. Meussra Keller and Watkins led a private session in City Clerk Lavelle's office regarding the horse deal. Walker and Cobb testified about sales and funds, Cobb claiming no sale by him and money routed to credit the city, with another hearing planned for the near future.
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Common Council
St. Meussra
Keller
Watkins
Lavelle
Grier
Morris V. Morris
Dr. Sitterly
Walker
Fire Department
Frank Cobb
D. W. Vaughan
Messra
Watking
Vaughan
Messrs
Cobb
Franklin
Boxer Uprising Reflections From a Missionary’s Letter 1900
Rev Harry Luce describes pre uprising conditions in Shan Tung and Pekin as Allied forces approach. He notes massacres, church persecutions, looting, and official proclamations demanding Christians recant and relinquish property, while missionaries flee for safety and await possible return to China.
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Pekin
Harry Luce
China
Adella Luce
Mulberry Street
Seoul
Korea
Elisabeth
Paoting Fu
Lyon
Miller
Tekin
Tien Tain
Shantung
Teen
Teng Chow
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Tsen
Tsao Lin
Shan Tung
Lai Chow Fu
Ping Tu
Tong Chow
Moon Quly
Ting Li Mei
Tsing Lau
Yula Shi Kai
Ching Chow Fu
Chi Nan Fu
Hearing Postponed in Alderman Council Investigation
The adjourned hearing in the councilmanic probe, set for Alderman Fuller's office last night, was postponed to October 9 at 7.40 p.m. The delay was caused by witnesses being absent from the city who were to testify at the previous session.
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Fuller
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