End of the Big Parades at Forest City Convention
Father Mathew Moen led a Scranton diocese Catholic Total Abstinence union meeting in Forest City where speakers alleged railroads refused rebates on excursion tickets, ending October 10 parades. John W. Grant was elected president. Rev P J McManus, Timothy Burke, and M S Lavelle spoke on temperance, citizenship, and youth societies.
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Mathew Moen
Forest City
Delaware and Hudson
Grant
Father Mathew
Diocese of
Scranton
Delaware and Hudson Company
Timothy Burke
Pp. J. McManus
St. Paul's Church
Green Ridge
Union
William R. Gilroy
Archbald
Burke
Unon
John Mitchell
Michael & Lavelle
West Scranton
Scranton Diocesan Union
John W. Grant
Jermyn
Mother Mathew Society
Mother Mathew
Archebald
Lavelle
Peter Cleary
Patrick F. Gallagher
Jessup
M. J. McCarthy
Olyphant
Frank Brennan
Beatrice Hodgins
Marshall Williams
Carbondale
Teresa McGovern
Marie Graham
EH J. Blis
James Lally
Very Few Published Letters Praise Chamberlains Remedy
A note from Prattsburg Georgia by Mr T W Greathouse praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing seven years of chronic diarrhoea after a near death, and says the remedy deserves high praise. The letter is part of a larger stream of testimonials from diverse callers across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
T. W. Greathouse
Prattsburg
Director Wormser Backs Nonbidding on City Horses
The Director of Public Safety, Wormser, has refused to advertise for sealed bids to supply horses. He warned that bidding on horses could invite unsuitable offers and unsafe horse quality, signaling the city will buy horses at fixed terms without a bid process.
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Public Safety
Wormser
Watson
Ufe
CAPT STRONG WEDS MAY YOHE IN Buenos Ayres
The Associated Press reports Captain Bradlee Strong and actress May Yohe wed in Buenos Aires after a whirlwind fraught with scandal. Their elopement began in July and involved naval officer duties, a split from the army, and a high profile pursuit across Europe before a marriage in Argentina.
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New York
f.Putuiama
Bradlee Strong
May Yohe
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Emauel
Francis Hope
Paris
Strong
William L. Strong
Philippines
San Francisco
Japan
Dobbs Merry
Bradlee
Europe
Yohe Wee Man
May
Bridge Span Gives Way West of Meadville
The center span of Buchanan bridge on the ice railroad near Meadville Pennsylvania collapsed this afternoon as a west bound freight train passed. Two cars fell into French Creek and two more hung over the piers. Bridge damage will cause severe traffic delays.
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Associated Press
Meadville
Buchanan Bridge
French Creek
Controversy Over Soldier Arrests Stirs Duryea Riff
In Duryeu soldiers from the Eighth regiment faced arrest for disorderly conduct at Burns Cottage hotel. Colonel Hoffmann vows court martial and possible charges against Burgess Cosgrove and police, while soldiers paid fines and were released amid claims of false arrest and extortion.
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Honesdale
Forest City
Hose House
Burgess Burlington
Cosgrove
Duryen
T. F. Hoffman
Eighth Regiment
Duryeu
Burns’ Cottage Hotel
Hutchinson
Hoffmann
Luzerne County
Burgees
Hoffman
Thomas Dolphin
Eberle
Highth Regiment
Lawrence
Mining King's Will in Court in Colorado Springs
The Stratton millions dispute reopens as executors of the late mining magnate seek probation of his will before Judge James A. Orr. The case hinges on whether the instrument is valid and whether the maker was sane when drafted in August 190.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Stratton
James A. Orr
District Court
Timber Donated to Lincoln and Nearby Cities
Bound Brook New Jersey October 1 Mayor Drake of Lincoln and president of a real estate company offered three acres of standing hardwood timber free to Lincoln residents. The timber must be cut into cordwood length stacked and distributed to townspeople. Three hundred residents mobilized to work and the tract should supply winter fuel. The company also owns five acres in Trenton Thirteenth ward and a tract near Plainfield and will donate those woods to the poor of those cities.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Drake
Lincoln
Rea
Trenton
Plainfield
Funeral of Zola in Simple Ceremonies at Montmartre
Emile Zola rests in a simple funeral in Paris with thousands of workers marching in sorrow behind the coffin. Dreyfus attended, passing unnoticed by the crowd as police cordons kept the procession away from the general public. Mme Zola could not follow to the grave, and her grief was evident as the coffin was moved to the Montmartre cemetery.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Zola
Dreyfus
Police
Mime
Temps
Mme. Zola
M. la Lance
Alsace
Reichstag
M. Mohor
Institute
Rue de Brugelles
Mont Muartre
Professor Living as a Hobo in a Rainstorm
An alleged Princeton professor, W A Wyckoff of New Jersey, wandered into a Pueblo dispensary claiming stomach pains after a two day trek through snow and cold. A surgeon doubted his claim until a pocket letter to Professor Wal Weekoff exposed his identity. He admitted to living as a tramp and traveling by box car before resuming his sociological journey.
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Pueblo
Col
W. A. Wyckoff
Princeton
N. J
Wyckoff
Wal Weekoff
Professor Wyckoff
Ahobo
Sixteen Inch Telescope Awarded to Cambridgeport Firm
The Alvan Clark & Sons of Cambridgeport secured a contract to build a sixteen inch refracting telescope for the University of Cincinnati. The instrument features a 16 inch clear aperture, up to 20 foot focal length, equatorial mounting, iron pier with driving clock and electric control, and full right ascension and declination motions. Completion is estimated at about eighteen months with delivery to Cincinnati Observatory under Professor J. G. Porter.
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Boston Transcript
Alvan Clark & Sons Corporation
Cambridgeport
University of Cincinnati
Cambridgeport Corporation
Cincinnati Observatory
J. G. Porter
Mera
Munich
America
Alvan Clark
Cambridgeport Works
Cincinnati
Arrest Report and Local Market Prices Noted
An arrest record for EL G. Dale appears beside a list of local market items including creamery and dairy prices. Prices shown include Murrow Beaii per bushel and Sicha240 per bushel, with onions and new potatoes listed at various per bushel rates.
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EL G. Dale
Laacka
Nourhby
Shenango Valley Steel Mill Closed Over Coal Shortage
The Shenango Valley steel mill shut at midnight due to inability to secure coal for boilers. About 1000 workers affected as coal shortages disrupt industry in the region.
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New Casile
Shenango Valley
Bhowingo
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Terese Peer Peeer
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
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Sre Say
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Carkonvale
Ime
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