Irish setter case in Fourth ward alderman’s office
News recounts a dispute over a dog owned by Alderman Mullarky and claimed by Thomas Evans of Seventh street. Evans entered Mullarkey’s yard and inspected the dog. police later seized the animal to present before the alderman. Evans accuses Mullarkey. Mullarkey defends the dog’s ownership. The case heads to court with possible jail time for Mullarkey in default of $200 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
John Mullarky
Thomas Evans
Seventh, Street
Evans
Mullarky
Evan
Lellevue Flats
Mullarkey
Entertainment and purse social at Jackson Street Tap House
An evening event at the Jackson Street Tap house will feature a purse social by the Young Ladies' Filsian society. men receive purses with numbers and ladies receive duplicates. Prizes go to the couple with prank purses. refreshments include cake, lemonade, coffee, ice cream, and candy for sale. program includes solos, recitations, and a Columbian quartette. admission is ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street Taptist
Young Ladies’ Filesian Society
Annie Willams
Alice Aboy Williams
Vcolimbian
Karlarilia
Nettle Lewis
Washburn Street church society to hold dinner and toasts
The Chi Upsilon society of the Washburn Street Presbyterian church will entertain next Monday evening in their room. President S. F York will preside at the post-prandial exercises. The toasts include Patriotism by Judson Hutchinson, Roles by Herbert Pally, Our Guests by Archbald Mears, The Needs of Our Society by Torrey Treese, The Present by John Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Upsilon Society of the
Washburn Street
Simpson Methodist Episcopal society elects new officers
At a Wednesday evening meeting the Home Missionary society of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church elected officers led by President Mrs. Gr. Moser and Vice President Mrs. J. J. Sweet. The late Joseph Beavers funeral set for 2 PM with services at home and at the church then burial at Washburn Street cemetery. West Side churches, Simpson M E and Scranton Street Baptist, towsers served meals between 6 and 8 PM and entertainments followed. Dr. J. J. Carroll, visiting from Jackson Street, returned from New York city. remarks at Jackson Street Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Missionary Society of the Shmpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Beavers
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
J. BR. Sweet
Washburn Street
West Side
Simpson Methodist Episcopal
Scranton Street
J. J. Carroll
Jackson Street
New York City
Jackson Street Baptist Church
Elopement Sparks Talk As Couple Becomes Man And Wife
Two weeks ago Mies Sadie Clark and Archibald Daly disappeared then returned as married couple. Daly, a carpenter from Tunkhannock, boarded with the Clark family and won Miss Clark’s affection. The couple travelled to New Jersey to wed and were welcomed back by Miss Clark’s parents on West Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Sadie Clark
Archibald Daly
Daly
Tunkhannock
Clark
Miss Clark
New Jersey
West Market Street
O'Donnell
Michael Gilligan
Kingston
J. 8
Fish and Wife
North Main Avenue
Philadelphia
Ann Jones
Pittston
Thomas Powell
Putnam Street
Trilby
Harmory
Community supper and rink event at Weber's with flour barrel prize
Last evening's supper at Weber's rink hosted by the First Congregational church drew fair attendance. Five cents admission buys entry to the rink and a chance on a barrel of flour. The supper continues tonight as Calvary Baptist church gears up for a Nov 25 26 27 festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber's Rink
First Congregational Church
Lmivid Jones
Providence
Calvary Baptist Church
Mge. B. O. Jones
Price Library Association
WH. HW. Harris
William Davis
Ruth James
Bellevue
Maggie Hughes
Hyde Park
Richard J. Davis
Main Street
Samuel Sheldon
Daniel Jenkins
West Pittston
Printed circulars attract customers and inform shoppers
The piece argues that good printing benefits a store by keeping the public informed about necessary goods and prices. A well printed circular draws attention and fixes the location where buyers can obtain items at the best value, and the service offers this printing.
Fireyard misfire and masque of misfortune in Pittston area
After a house fire at 1417 Pittston Avenue a woman named Jessie Ingles, without a home, entered the ruin to search for her belongings and said her false teeth were burned. The teeth were found charred under the stove. She was arrested at the scene and discharged at the police hearing. The report notes local events including a social at Pharmacy Hall, an upcoming Schaube-Verein entertainment, the funeral of August Schimpff, a trip to Florida for Miss Ella Scanlan, and a butcher injuring himself at Armbrust’s slaughterhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston Avenue
Jessie Ingles
Robling
Alder Street
Pharmacy Hall
Twentieth Ward
Workingmen's Hall
Schaube-Verein
August Schimpff
Cedar Avenue
Ella Scanlan
Florida
Armbrust
Remington Avenue
J. J. Walsh
Community News Briefs From Dunmore And Nearby
A Dunmore gathering on Brook street honored DUNMORE, Miss Minnie Bruning. Chicken thieves stole fowl from John B. Mobday in Brook street. Lectures on Missions in Ceylon were given in Java. Bryan and Sewall club met in Boland’s hall with speakers including A P McAnulty. Miss Blanche Capwell of Lake Winola is ill in Cherry street. Woman’s Home Missionary Society elected Miss Nettle King secretary. Mrs. Mattie Hards visits Carbondale. Annie Stuart of Mead street is able to go out after a sprain. Patrick Ruane of Walnut street was arrested on a warrant for threats against police. bail set at 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Bruning
Brook Street
John B. Mobday
George Benson
ThiAnas Monk
Carbondale
William Seagraves
Grovesteet
George Leach
Java
Ceylon
Presbyterian Church
Bryan and Sewall Club
Boland's Hall
Robert Emmet O'Boyle
Archbald
M. J. Ruddy
Scranton
Blanche Capwell
Lake Winola
William Packard
Cherry Street
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Lackawanna Presbytery
Nettle King
Mattle Hards
Della Williams
Bloom Street
Annie Stuart
Mead Street
A. B. Oliver
Philadelphia
Charles Oliver
Green Ridge Street
Patrick Ruane
Walnut Street
B. W. Cooney
Healey
Patrick O'Hara
William McCarthy
Football Notes Reveal School of Lackawanna Roster
The School of the Lackawanna football eleven lineup for the Wyoming Seminary game includes Connell or Kelly at left end and E Clark at quarterback among others. The Rusher team is organized with players such as Waller at full back and Joseph Mulherin at left half, seeking a 125-pound class opponent.
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School of the Lackawanna
Wyoming Seminary
Athletic Park
Connell
Kelly
Phillips
Gavin
F. Clark
Tiffany
Boyle
Mitzgerald
Walsh
Fellows
E. Clark
Mott
Waller
Joseph Mulherin
Joseph Biglin
George Ash
Eddie O'Donnell
Michael Mullen
Michael Boles
Samuel Ciordan
John Heleman
Bennie Jones
Walter O'Toole
the Tribune
Spencer Reed Races Second at Wallsville Fair
Spencer D. Reed finished second in a Wallsville fair race aboard his horse Love Rust. Wallsville lies in Lackawanna county near Dalton and aims to be a successful first-year fair association. The Tunkhannock Cut Glass factory now operates three days weekly.
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Wallsville
Spencer D. Reed
Love Rust
Lackawanna County
Dalton
Fred Jennings
Misa Astes Stark
Wilkes-Barre
Agnes Becker
Howard Brungeast
Gravel Hill
Cassidy
H. 8
Kelley
Tom
Seignton
George Phillipson
Taylor Grigin
Fred Seibel
Pittston
Albert Townsend
A. B. Mott
Denver
Col
Mott
Charles BE. Space
Baptist Church
Bome
Mra. O
Heger
Sayre
William Nice
Mra
Cook
Gregarding
Ra. N
Palaee Alvah Melhinsh
Monument to Cornstalk Unveiled at Point Pleasant
The stone monument to Cornstalk the Shawnee chief was unveiled in Point Pleasant West Virginia with about 6000 spectators. Ex Congressman Charles E Hoge gave the dedicatory address praising the chief’s bravery and loyalty and lamented that his grave has remained unmarked for over a century.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Cornstalk
Old Fort
Upper
Ohio Valley
Charles E. Hoge
Poison Tea Fatalities Alarm Pittsburg Neighborhood
Mrs Harriet Walker aged 60 and her daughter Mabel 26 are dying at their home on South Highland avenue from poisoning after drinking tea bought last Thursday evening. Tea analysis shows traces of copper taminate. Other residents suffer illnesses linked to tea in the area.
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Pittsburg
Harriet Walker
Mabel
South Highland Avenue
Colored youth charged with murderously shooting rival
Elkton Maryland October 15 Charles Carroll an 18 year old colored resident near Peach Blossom Gibson was jailed on murder charges for firing a revolver at Alfred Frisby after jealousy over a girl. Frisby was shot through the lungs and mutilated by a later corn knife assault. Carroll denies the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
Charles Carroll
Peach Blossom
Alfred Frisby
Carroll
Frisby
Flo
Lawless Fishermen Near Port Stanley Intercepted
The Dominion government cruiser Petrel under Captain Dunn chased a tug near Port Stanley and overhauled her. The tug Edna Woodill of Erie Pennsylvania was found with nets in the restricted area. After inspection the Petrel released the tug and collected 105 nets left in the water.
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St. Thomas
Petrel
Dunn
Port Stanley
Edna Woodiil
Erie
Wheat Exports to India and Australia Stir Market
Reports from San Francisco claim one wheat cargo to Calcutta has been shipped and four more cargos are held awaiting Bombay cable orders. Australian demand is strong prompting brokers to buy heavily in anticipation of orders next month. India and Australia likely need more California wheat than earlier estimates.
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San Francisco
Cal
Calcutta
Bombay
India
Australia
California
Cannonton Shooting Sparks Political Clash Ends in Murder
Ed Bassinger shot and killed Emery Miles and wounded Joel Dixon at Activille after a quarrel during parallel Democratic and Republican meetings. Bassinger is jailed as a mob threatens him.
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Cannonton
Ind
Ed Bassinger
Emery Miles
Joel Dixon
Activille
Bssinger
Bryan
Miles
Dixon
McKinley
Haysinger
Yankton plans boycott to curb coal use in northwest
Businessmen in Yankton South Dakota launch an organized drive to boycott the coal combine by promoting corn as fuel. A convention is proposed at a central point to form an organization and extend the boycott.
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Sioux City
Yankton
Northwest
Aos
Jealous Cripple Creek Man Shoots Woman Then Commits Suicide
In Cincinnati on October 15 D Harry Sellars age 25 of Cripple Creek Colo shot Cleo Russell 18 an inmate of a house of ill repute fatally injuring her then killed himself. The crime stemmed from drink and jealousy. Before the shooting Sellars drew a $500 check on a Denver bank to cover funeral expenses.
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Cincinnati
Harry Sellars
Cripple Creek
Col
Cleo Russell
Sellars
Denver
Suffocated in Cotton Tragedy Reported in Virginia
Norfolk Virginia October 14 8 year old Deena Sigman daughter of N E Sigman of Cline township suffocated after entering seed cotton with friends a three foot deep hole. Playmates deserted her leaving her upside down in the cotton with fatal result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Deena
N. E. Sigman
Cline Township
Floating Island Adrift on Wind Lake Attracts Hunters
A two acre floating island, anchored near Wind Lake eight miles from Middletown, broke free after a year and now drifts on the lake. Hunters report fine sport catching aerials and raccoons trapped on the makeshift landmass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wind Lake
Middletown
N. Y
Monroe
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Cited by Richmond Drugist
L Wagner a wholesale druggist of Richmond Virginia reports a severe sciatic rheumatism attack lasting about two months. He claims Mystic Cure for Rheumatism cured him after doctors failed, and notes others also report good results from the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Wagner
Richmond
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Alderman John's Court
Johan Mullarkey
George Leitch
William T. Smith
Thomas Wagstaff
South Sumner Avenue
Engand
Mise Lizzie Thomas
Lill Morganwg
Wales
Boston
Lizsale
Anna Phillips
Selinsgrove
Harriet J. Davis
South Main Avenue
J. C. King
West Lack- Bronnheh Avenue
Novel Entertainment
Chi UW
News IN Notes
Taylor
Samters
South Side News
Dunmore
Jordan
Maryland
Cleo
Lady Humber
Chase & Farrar
Linden Street
Uncle Sam
Coal Combine
South Dakota
E. Delany
Messrs
Martin & Delany
Dupont
Puspwallopes 2
Luserne County
Amington
Bdiwere
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, Pa
Third National Bank Building
FORD
Pittaton
Loun B. Smith & Son
Plymouth
E. W. Mulligan
Wilkes Pa
Repauno Chemical Company
Mercereau & Connell
Castoria
Canadian Pacific RY
Maine
Canada
Maritime
Vinces
Minneapol
St. Paul
United Area Northwest
Vancouver
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
BE. V. Skinner
Broadway
New York
Washington Ave
VY Michaelian BB > &Co
Sreanie
Academy OF Music
Kellar
Mr. Kellar
Daly's Theater
Hindoo Fakira
Gallise Balcony
Asc
the Frothingham
Kid Fracor& Rela
John L. Kerr
Prichs
Seriews
Ers
Howe & Company
ANGLE
Davis’ Theater
the Sweet
Trish
Edward Hanford
Bella Hart
Ane
Foote Emer UK
OL and Manufacturing
M. W. Collins
New York, Ontario and Western
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
Hancock Junction
Traitia
Sarah Bernhard
Spring House
Heart Lake
Susq A CO
U. E. Crofut
Hinghamton
Montrose and
Lackawanna Entreas
W. R. R. Alford
Liantreses
Catskill
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