October term heard in Tunkhannock Wyoming county
Regular October term of the Wyoming county court convened in Tunkhannock with Judge Dunham and associates presiding. The grand jury received charges, and cases included a homicide proceeding against James Terry, a guilty plea in Commonwealth vs George Terwilliger, and other outcomes such as not guilty verdicts and dismissals. The session noted jury selections, absent stenographer, and local civic notes including an alliance and wedding travel absorbed by the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunkhannock
Scranton Tribune
Wyoming County
M. Dunham
Vaughn and
Bardwell
O. M. Parks
Meshoppen Borough
James Terry
Falls Township
Commonwealth
George Terwilliger
Byron Sutton
Jesse Secor
Commonwealth Vs
G. S. Burrows
B. M. Faries
Northumberland
Harrisburg
Simonton and Wells
B. W. Lewis
Edmiston
Bradford
Squire Kutz
Charles Miller
George Sutton
Butler
Wilkes-Barre
Forest City Notices and Local Happenings
Forest City items report Stephen Carpenter treated at Moses Taylor hospital after incident. Episcopal service now at 7. Monroe Westgate visiting Middletown NY. H W Brown family in New York City. Ira Dunn family to Glen Hazel Elk Co for winter. Lizzie Davis called home by brother's death. Farewell for Rev L Williams in Baptist church they move to Susquehanna. Miss Sadie Hullah back from Montrose trip. Jones and Gray form barber partnership. District No 1 Catholic Total Abstinence convention held at Davis opera house. Borough plans to borrow 5000 for building. Numerous business men in Scranton as witnesses in Ames Knapp case.
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Scranton Tribune
Forest City
Stephen Carpenter
Moses Taylor Hospital
Scranton
Episcopal Church
Monroe Westgate
Middletown
N. Y
H. W. Brown
Harry
New York City
Ira Dunn
Glen Hazel
Elk County
Lizzie Davis
Hickory Grove
J. L. Williams
Baptist
Susquehanna
Sadie Hullah
Montrose
Lemuel Jones
Richard Gray
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Davis Opera House
Ames-Knapp
Recovery progress after ladder accident in Factoryville
Word from State College reports Reuben Gariber recovering enough to sit up for the first time since his fall ten days ago. His mother Mrs. Gardner remains with him. Nearby, Fred Manchester of Wilkes-Barre spent time here, Miss Katie Beck returned to New Jersey, and Solomon Reynolds will relocate to New York City with family staying behind this year. The Methodist Episcopal church hosted a large temperance meeting featuring Charles Gardner and others. The fifteenth annual Lackawanna meeting begins today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Factoryville
State College
Reuben Gariber
Gardner
Fred Manchester
Wilkes-Barre
Katie Beck
George Crisman
Hainesburg
N. J
Solomon Reynolds
New York City
Methodist Episcopal Church
Union Temperance Meeting
Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Charles Gardner
Bromley Smith
J. P. Coult
Thomas
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lacka
Hallstead News Briefs Highlight Local Campaigns and Incidents
Hallstead reports include the Republican rally trip to Binghamton by the Hallstead club and band with special rail rates, a newly organized Democratic club led by F J Grattan and officers, and various social events. Fireman Mike Hays returns from sickness, John T Richards injured at the DLW roundhouse, and Lakeview-area property changes as J F Allen leases Spring Farm. Other items note church receptions, a Canawada Water Supply reservoir, and upcoming meetings on sewerage and ministerial associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallstead
Republican Club
Binghamton
Halstead
Broome County
H. C. Read
Fannile
Bruce Ross
Hazel
Michael Hays
Gouldsboro
George van Fleet
Eugene Lowe
Lowe
J. May
Deaware
Lackawanna
May
John T. Richards
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
H. 8. Millar
Round House
F. M. King
F. J. Grattan
James O'Neil
James Tierney
Great Bend
William Green
Charles Soars
Henry Smith
Michael Russell
P. J. O'Neill
M. J. Carrie
Charles Cordess
E. Alden
Heck's Hall
Avoca Community Notes Include Meetings and Local Events
The Protective Taxpayers association schedules an evening meeting. Primitive Methodist Pennsylvania conference plans a service at Avoca church with Rev. W. H. Acornley to preach. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday at Mrs. Charles Smith’s Dupont home. Several locals travel or commence business ventures. a 17 year old youth suffers severe injuries after an incident on the Erie and Wyoming road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protective Taxpayers’ Association
Primitive Methodist Pennsylvania Conference
Avoca Primitive Methodist Church
W. H. Acornley
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Smith
Dupont
J. H. Anderson
New York City
Avoca
Langcliffe Coal
David
David Brown
North End
Erie and
Wyoming
Berge
Lawrence Morahan
Thomas Ridgelly
Thankful Texans Praise Chamberlain Remedy
W W Massingill of Beaumont Texas thanks manufacturers for Chamberlain s Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy noting thousands of mothers have saved children from dysentery and cholera infantum. It is sold by all druggists Matthews Bros wholesale and retail agents.
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W. W. Massingill
Beaumont
Texas
Matthews Bros
Forty hours devotion to begin at St John Church
In Susquehanna County the forty hours devotion will begin at St John Catholic Church on Sunday morning. In Beebe Park on Saturday afternoon the Great Bend club defeated the Susquehanna club 7 to 6. The game details end with the incomplete line.
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Susquehanna
St. John's Catholic Church
Beebe Park
Great Bend
Susquehanna Club
Freedom lodge anniversary and local notices in Honesdale
In Honesdale on Oct 15 Freedom lodge of Odd Fellows marks its 58th anniversary with speakers Hon Harvey E Grim and Hon A B Osborne at the courthouse on Oct 10. Local items note sewer needs and river health, golf club officers, coal shipments, a Hartford Fire Insurance suit verdict for $1,154, plus a Women’s Home Missionary Society program Oct 10–11 with committee listings and a speaker from Asheville Industrial School.
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Honesdale
Freedom Lodge of Odd Fellows
Harvey E. Grim
A. B. Osborne
Erie
Court House
Lackawaxen
Headleya
Reuben Small
Joshua A. Brown
New York City
Keene and LaBar
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
White Mills
Paddy
Women's Home Missionary Society of Lackawanna Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Mra
Andrew Thompson
W. H. Swift
E. C
Mumford
William B. Holmes
N. N. Betts
Towanda
Martha Bennett
Wilkes-Barre
Hibb
Charles E. Hurlbert
Miss King
A. E. Hunt
Y. P. Work
Virginia Welles
Wilkes- Barre
Mia. Brooks
Scranton
Kirkpatrick
Montrose
Presbyterial Officers Named for 1900 in Pennsylvania Churches
In the 1900 slate the Presbyterian officers include President Miss May D Strong of Pittsburgh with vice presidents Mrs Charles Kirkpatrick Scranton Pa Mrs P F H Brooks Wilkes-Barre Pa Mrs H B Gaylord Wyalusing Pa and Miss Fannie Reed Montrose Pa. Corresponding secretary Miss Mary Mattes Scranton Pa recording secretary Miss Nettie King Dunmore Pa. Secretary of Freedmen Mrs J W Darling Wilkes-Barre Pa secretary of literature Miss Emily Reynolds Kingston Pa secretary of Young People's work Miss Virginia Welles Wyalusing Pa.
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Ology
May D. Strong
Pittston
Mra
Charles Kirkpatrick
Scranton
P. FH. Brooks
Wilkes-Barre
H. B. Gaylord
Wyalusing
Fannie Reed
Montrose
Mary Mattes
Nettie King
Dunmore
J. W. Darling
Emily Reynolds
Kingston
Virginia Welles
Local Notes From Kingsley Area On Oct 8
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports W N Whitney left for a New York business trip. Mrs Albert Crandall of Sectar n visited relatives. James Jeffers and wife of Montrose were guests of A J Adams. Mrs J R Alexander and Alma Goodrich attended the Gibson Young People union. Lizzie Tiffany and son Frank attended a Brooklyn Sunday school convention. The Whitneys returned from a Binghamton fair trip. Augustus works packing apples in Holcomb NY. Mr and Mrs W W Adams and Windsor visited Harford with Dr A T Brundage. Mrs G C Finn at Hopbottom caring for her convalescent mother-in-law N M Finn, who relapsed after seven weeks. Oyster supper at Mrs Lizzie Tiffanys with a programme of speaking singing and instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Whitney
Binghamton
Augustus
Holcomb
N. Y
W. W. Adams
Windsor
Harford
A. T. Brundage
G. C. Finn
Hopbottom
Prairie Chicken Wager Ends With 30 Chickens Eaten
John Hanton, head of Tattersall's Athletic Club, sets a prairie chicken eating record by consuming 30 birds in 30 days. A wager with Thomas Nawn and Abe Jacobs seeded the challenge at Charley King's restaurant on Fifth Avenue, with $400 against $400 of Hanton's money. He completed the thirtieth dinner at 6 PM as an orchestra played. He refused any further poultry for $1,000.
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Chicago
Tom Hanton
Tattersall'’s Athletic Club
Hanton
Thomas Nawn
Abe Jacobs
Olympia Theater
Smiley” Corbett
Charley King
Fifth Avenue
Nawn
Jacobs
King’s Restaurant
Preacher Hangs Self in Cumberland Church
Jasper Tennessee October 8 Reverend B J Pirtle pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church hanged himself on the bell rope in his church this morning. He left his five year old daughter in a pew and told his wife he was no longer fit to preach. The bell rang as he jumped, the child witnessed the grisly scene and and the crowd found the body after the clang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Tenn
B. J. Pirtle
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Annie
Pirtle
Papa
Local Headache Cure Praised by Omaha Resident
Albert Heller of 1114 Farnham St Omaha endorses Krause's Headache Capsules, claiming they gave him more relief than any preventive or curative used. He notes others share the sentiment and that the product is sold by Matthew Bros. ar.
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Albert Heller
Ving
Farnham St
Omaha
Krause
Matthew Bros. Ar
Typhoid Fever Prevalence Raises Public Health Concern
Scranton faces unusually high typhoid cases this fall with September reporting nineteen cases and ten deaths. Dr. Allen warns of a possible water borne source and favors bacteriological testing if cases remain high. Eight current patients are treated at Hahnemann and Lackawanna hospitals. deaths include Hugh Gilmore and Miss Sally Reilly. The era of debate continues on creating a regional asylum for feeble minded children.
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Scranton
Board of Health
Peckiilel
Allen
Tribune
Hahnemann Hospital
Lackawanna
John Boyle
John Strange
Boyle
Strange
Penn Avenue
Moses Tayoir Hospital
Hugh Gilmore
South Scranton
Sally Reilly
Gardner Avenue
State Poor Directors to Attend Jubilee Convention
A large group of local poor board members will travel to Wilkes-Barre for the state convention of Directors of the Poor and Charities. Expected attendees include Col H M Boles and F L Fuller, with others like Thomas Shotton and J Gillespie. The gathering marks the association’s silver jubilee and twenty-fifth anniversary, with addresses planned on relief work. Governor Stone has been requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
Louis Tisch
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Erie
Scrage
Wilkes- Barre
Directors of the Poor and Charities
H. M. Boles
F. L. Fuller
Thomas Shotton
H. E B. Paine
F. J. Wickert
J. Gillespie
W. Beemer
John F. Scrooge
Beemer
Colonel Boles
Fuller
Stone
Loyalists win in Junior Order United American Mechanics fight
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling and orders Derry council to pay costs in the tax dispute between loyalist and insurgent factions of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. The decision upholds state and national council authority over subordinate lodges and taxes, signaling renewed harmony potential for Lackawanna area councils.
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Associated Press
United American Mechanics
Pittsburg
Oct
Order of
Fnally
Derry
Dauphin County
Supreme Court
Derry Council
J. P. Winer Council
Seventh Avenue
Grant Street
Fght
Order
Justice Brown
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Acta
Nakei
General Assembly
Welss
Humemullstown
Weils
Harrisburg
National Council
National
Minneapolia
State Council
Lackawanna County
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Lets Refund Offer
A note states druggists refund the money if Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets fail to cure. The box carries EF W Grove’s old nature on each carton.
Subscribe to Eugene Field Monument Souvenir Fund
Readers are invited to subscribe to the Eugene Field Mon mont Souvenir Fund to obtain the cloth bound volume Bal D FLOWERS for a $1.00 minimum donation. The fund supports Field’s family and a monument, with a premium certificate of subscription and delivery ready. Add 10 cents postage if sent.
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Eugene Field
Monmont
Field
Tesa Ui
Eugene Field Monument
Reading Company officers elected at adjourned meeting
Stockholders of the Reading company re-elected officers after approving the annual report. J. S. Harris was named president with Baer Thomas Lowther Welsh McKean Du Pont and Steele as directors. W. A. Church as treasurer. W. I Taylor as secretary. Coal and Iron unit kept Harris as president and Church as treasurer with Brown secretary and a slate of directors.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Reading
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
J. S. Harris
George F. Baer
George Thomas
John Lowther Welsh
Henry P. McKean
H. A. du Pont
Charles Steele
W. A. Church
W. [I .Taylor
The
Coal and Iron Company
Joseph S. Harris
W. G Brown
J. Lowher
Thomas McKean
George C. Thomas
A J. Antelo
Railway Company
Patrolmen Thompson and Neals Honored by Scranton Railway
Patrolmen Thompson and Neals were praised for halting an off track incident on the Petersburg Line near Mulberry street. They prevented passengers from leaving their seats and, in appreciation, received $10 apiece from Stephen Dyer on behalf of Scranton Railway Company.
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Petersburg
Scrantor Halfway Company
Mulberry Street
Thompson
Neals
Scranton Railway Company
Stephen Dyer
Steamship Arrivals and Departures in New York
Steamship news lists arrivals in New York from Foullampton Trove, Maasdam from Rotterdam, City of Rome from Glasgow, and more. Vessels Kaiser Wilhelm I arrives from New York Southampton. Umbria reaches Liverpool from New York and Cherbourg service Deutschland sails from Juanneburg and Southampton.
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Associated Press
New York
Foullampton
Trove
Tiremen
Maasdam
Rotterdam
City of Rome
Glasgow
Bovie
Liverpool
Belsravia
Hamburg
Amaterdam
Lahn
Bremen
Southampton
Genoa
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Walter Wilhelm der Grose
Tremens
Umbria
Cherbourg
Deutschland
Janneburg
Councilmen on Bail in Shamokin Conspiracy Case
Five Shamokin councilmen and three agents for brick companies were convicted on conspiracy charges. They were allowed to appeal and granted $1,000 bail each while awaiting the appeal. The petition claims court errors and seeks a revised decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelpha, Wet
Tay
Shamokin
Agenta
Imen
National League doubleheader results at St Louis and Chicago
In St Louis and Chicago games, pitchers and batters are listed for both teams with umpire calls noted. The chaotic OCR shows lineups including Hatteries and Nutteries, with players such as Tunneh, Zimmer, Kahoe, and Done mentioned amid unclear scoring lines.
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Wyoming County Courts
Wanna
Wyoming Musical Alliance
Bowman
Fiere
the Tribune
Alliance
Elizabeth Brutzman
L. D. Kemmerer
Sarah Freeman
West Nicholson
Musical Alliance
Stanley M. Simrett
George E. Stantom
Nicholson
Shawangunk Tribe of
Red Men
Lanesboro
Mra. D. I. Sutherland
Stevens' Point
Ralph B. Little
Canawada Water Supply Company
A. E. Kitchen
Baptist Church
B. H. Abbott
Carbondale
Greco Episcopal Church
Oakland
John Reynolds
Osk
Township
Minnie Reilly
Oakland Congregational Church
W. A. Duncan
Boston
Board of Trade
A. D. Burns
George M. Bostwick
Clarence Tilsworth
Washington Street
Bsubquehanna County
Selvatiol
Pure Food Show
Bauer
Jonas Long
Kingsley
John Hanton
Associated Preas
Heller
Officers OF the
Neais
National League
St. Towa Carseine
PF Pittstiirgeeseves
St Br
Laattidoo
St. Louis
Walia Op
Hatteriea
Tunnehl
Zimmer
Sudhelf Aye Origea
Einaliee
Cimlunath
Halin
Kahoe
Menefee
Doneohte
O' Day
R. Hf. B
Vacces
Esacces Olioinig
Cwifeamo
Mattories-Phillips
Taylor
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