Scranton man claims fortune after rail accident
Jacob Courtright, 62, of Dunmore, limped into Davies' South Main drug store at 11 last night wearing tattered clothes and a bare foot. He claimed a million dollars in his pocket and noted twelve wives while saying he had walked from Clifford, Susquehanna county, after an accident involving railway car bumpers. He was taken to the West Side police station as a safety precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
South Main Avenue
Jacob Courtright
Dunmore
Clifford
Susquehanna County
West Side
Hillside
Dr. Paine
Grey-Beard
Grover Cleveland
Dr. Strong
William McKinley
Dutch
George
Billy” Bryan
West Side Business Directory Listings and Local Ads
Compact notices list Harriet Davis florist cabinet photo prices Starner's Photo Parlors J C King second hand furniture stock at West Lackawanna Elgin Waltham Springfield watches half price at Davidow Bros auction and a testimonial endorsing Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for dyspepsia and headaches from Mia Cartright of Galeton Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Harriet J. Davis
South Main Avenue
Jackson Street
Starner
South Male Avenue
J. C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
Elgin
Waltham
Springfield
Davidow Bros
Hood
Mia
J. H. Cartright
Galeton, Pa
Million Patriotic Voters Seek Political Handbook
A historical notice states millions of voters, eager to inform themselves, will receive a complete handbook of public political information edited by Lawrence F. Prescott. The item is offered with the purchase of any men’s suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. Prescott
Local news briefs from city residents and events
Painter F. W. Linde has left the city. Patrolman Haggerty arrested Jacob Reidenbach on a wife beating warrant. Reidenbach posted 300 bail. Mrs E J Carlyon and Gen John are visiting in Dover. John Keegan and Miss Margaret Moffitt were married at St Johns church. Mrs W B Williams funeral held from Breck street residence with interment at Washburn street cemetery. New wallpaper and paints offered at Borchers. Crystal Laundry advertises Best work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Father Mathew Society
Mears’ Hall
John Jones
Reed
New York
Margaret Vipond
Jackson Street
Hugh Crawford
Frank Harrison
Margaret
Brooklyn
West Side
Clarence Shryer
John
Adeline Hall
South Main Avenue
Kletchner
Easton
Mary G. Thomas
Pittston
Thomas
Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church
Crystal Laundry
Roberts
North Main
F. W. Linde
Pittston Avenue
Peter Haggerty
Jacob Reidenbach
Stone Avenue
Robling
E. J. Carlyon
Gon. John
Er Street
Dover
J. John Keegan
Bellevue
Margaret Moffitt
Breck Street
St. John's Church
W. B. Williams
D. P. Jones
Tabernacle Congregational Church
South Hyde Park Avenue
Washburn Street
Borcher's
Great Auction Sale At Davidow Brox
The Great Auction Sale of watches and jewelry is now ongoing at Davidow Brox and is the town talk. Don’t miss it as shoppers flock to the event for bargains and rare pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidow Brox
Death of Drilla Miller Ancram Child Funeral Today
Mrs Homer Miller of Ancram N Y is visiting the Wilsons of Brook Street. Drilla Miller four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Miller Pine Street died at home yesterday after a lingering illness. Funeral from Pine Street residence this afternoon at 3 o clock. Martin Joyce a miner in Murray s mine was severely crushed by a rock fall yesterday morning during work.
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Cop! Church
F. P. Doty
Hampton Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashley
Mary G. Thomas
Pittston
Washburn Street
John G. Thomas
G. J. Thomas
Isaac Thomas
Daniel Thomas
Mary A. Taylor
Forest Hil
Niagara Hose Company
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Hall
Providence Delaware and Hudson
Scranton
Gilleria
Mina Stott
Frank Fordham
Binghamton
Epworth League
Providence Methodist Episcopal Church
F. W. Simpson
Olyphant
A. H. Keisling
Short Avenue
Company H
Thirteenth Regiment
George W. Davis
Davis
Summit
Thomas Hoban
West Market Street
Jameses
Putnam Street
Homer Miller
Ancram
N. Y
William Wilson
Brook Street
Drilla
C. J. Miller
Pine Street
Martin Joyce
Murray
Joyce
Local notes from Wilkes-Barre and area happenings
Miss Lillie Lehr attends a box party in Wilkes-Barre. Alderman Bailey issues a warrant for Joseph Ribbisch on assault and battery. Miss Ethel Garton slowly recovers from illness. Joseph Moore family moves to Wilkes-Barre. Miss Mattie Potter visits Meshoppen. Improved Order of Heptasophs hold a smoker on Dickson Avenue. N J Garrett visits Honesdale. Mr and Mrs H Bishop return from Binghamton. Miss Lillian Juriseh goes to Westfield New Jersey. Miss Pearle Reynolds recovers from diphtheria. Grace Welser Davis called away to Jersey City. George T Bugden in New York. Canton excursion for Republicans advertised at $6.75 round trip with daylight ride over the Allegheny mountains.
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Lillie Lehr
Banderson Avenue
Wilkes- Barre
Alderman Bailey
Thirteenth
Joseph Ribbisch
Powell Domendiski
Ethel Garton
Delaware Street
Joseph Moore
Dickson Avenue
Wilkes-Barre
Mattie Potter
Capouse Avenue
Meshoppen
N. J. Garrett
Honesdale
H. Bishop
Binghamton T
Lillian Juriseh
Westfield
N. J
Pearle Reynolds
Sanderson Avenue
Mia
Grace Welser Davis
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Jersey City
George T. Bugden
New York City
Eight Polish attackers before alderman for brutal assault
Eight men from Lloyd Street faced Alderman Roberta of the Second Ward after a brutal attack on Joseph Ribiteh and his wife Othella. The dispute arose from a landlord eviction over unpaid rent to the Dominiski family. Mrs Ribiteh was doused by stops thrown through a cellar window, leading to a clash in which the couple were beaten and bound with rope. Police raided the Dominiskis’ home late at night and arrested the assailants, who were held to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Street
Roberta
Joseph Ribiteh
Othella
Ribiteh
Dominiski
Infants Carriage Accident In Washington Avenue
United States mail wagon driver James Hamilton ran his horse into a baby carriage on Washington avenue near Spruce street. The infant inside was unharmed though the carriage was damaged. A passerby woman steadied the infant as Patrolman Moir and bystanders watched, fearing a worse outcome if the horse had continued.
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James Hamilton
United States Mail
Rebecca Griffiths
West Side
Washington Avenue
Spruce Street
Hamilton
Jegs
Moir
Cab Struck by a Cab Cabmen Arrange Ball Contract
Three cabmen John Carroll Ike Bumbaugh and Michael Barrett rode in Barretts cab to Turner Hall to arrange the Cabmen Union annual ball on Wednesday Feb 21. On return a streetcar sideswiped the cab near the Scranton House. Barrett was knocked from the box and the occupants were dumped to the asphalt but all escaped injury with only minor vehicle damage.
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John Carroll
Ike Bumbaugh
Michael Barrett
Turner Hall
Cabmen's Union
Scranton
Barrett
Harrett
Carroll
Bumbaugh
Parishioners threaten split over Father Dembinski’s removal
A church committee led by Joseph Nitez M Supka Leo Kawczinski Stan ishkus Rumonez and Martin Rebiega accuses city papers of misrepresenting church sentiment on Father Dembinski. They claim 787 members oppose him and threaten to build another church if he is not removed. The notice echoes a newspaper ad offering a cold cure with laxative Bromo Quin ine Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Nitez
M. Supka
Leo Kawczinski
Stanishkus Rumonez
Martin Rebiega
Tribune
Father Dembinek
Father Dembinski
New York Ontario and Western Schedule Change
The New York Ontario and Western railroad announces a new timetable. On Sunday October 4 trains run from Scranton to Carbondale at 10 55 a m and 6 10 p m and to Hancock Junction at 10 46 a m with return service Hancock Junction to Scranton at 2 06 p m Carbondale to Scranton departures are listed for 7 0 p m and 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Scranton
Carbondale
Hancock Junction
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Thomas Jones
John Griffiths
Everett Avenue
John H. Johns
William Hughes
John Williams
Hemaley
Ball
William Morgan
Emrys Morgan
Thomas Richarde
George Davis
Charles Schadts
William Lake
William Powell
James Grifiths
John Thomas
Herbert Jones
Thomas Lewis
David J. Phillips
Daniel Hughes
Horace Griffiths
Maud Mellugh
Mra
Ross Mellugh
North Main Avenue
Gertrude
Lauretta Cannon
Ruth Cosgrove
May Davis
May Taylor
Margaret Campwell
Ella Hark
Mollie Neyfile
Laurettia Fahey
Bertha Wallace
Genevieve Gaynor
May Gurrell
Francis Gurrell
Robert Campbell
James Campbell
Wo Rudd
Buckler
Winifred Vaughn
Eynon Street
Main Avenue
Division Street
M. C. Williams
Philip Symons
Rock Street
Royal Arcanum
Lackawanna Lodge
J. J, Sweet
Simpson Methodist Epis
Father Malone
St. Brenden
Young Men's Institute
J. W. Malone
Carlyle
Dickens
Otter
Pather McNally
M. P. Cawley
R. J. Bourke
George Duffy
Thomas McHugh
William Gilroy
Millie Gould
Jenkins’ Drug Store
Providence
Edward Cornell
Missea Maggie Davis
Mary A. Powell
Puritan Congregational Church
Nan Mulley
Ralph Hailey
Chinchilla
Detweller
William Lynch
Athens
Bradford County
Clara Bills
East Market Street
John Haggerty
Leggett's Street
Leggett’s Creek
Amasa Palmer
Church Avenue
Gertie Crellin
Jessie Klees
Archbald
Frank Klees
North Malin Avenue
Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian
I’. J. Detweiller
W. J. Fisher
J.B. Fish
H. KE. Griffin
Evan Gabriel
Henry Hurlburt
W. J. Lewis
Samuel Morse
Joseph Mulley
Major
C. W. Colborn
South Side News
Green Ridge
Canton
Allegheny Mountains
Committee
Jordan
Ontario and Western
Castoria
Ism
Buffalo
Imperial
Elle Prince
Columbia
Cleveland
Coventry
B. F. Keller
Ona
Spalding
C. M, Florey
Agt
Patty
Noery
Hopkins
Pice
Manhattan
Meas Basen
Lackawanna Avenue
Linden Street
Court House
Lacka. Ave
Bergmann
Berger
Aul Welentie
M. Ae
Aylesworth’s
Wyoming Avenue
Academy OF
Academy OF Music
Corie Payton
Eee
Etta Reed
the Frothingham
Wemuse
Canons
Menagerio L. Kerr
Willard Lee
Oeason
Davis' Theater
City Sports
Miss Chrissie
Sheridan
The
Acme of
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Mercereau & Connell
Feiss
Tanadinean United
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