City notes and notices from Scranton district
Bankrupt declared for L W Hoffecker of Jermyn by U S district court in Pittsburg. Joint fire department committee to meet in city clerk’s office tomorrow afternoon. Delaware and Hudson paid employees on Nineveh branch and Beranton section man. Complimentary evening of music at Duquesne Mandolin Guitar school Friday evening with Philharmonic trio. Opening hop of Scranton Sederkrane archits will be tonight as first in monthly series. John Demko vite arraigned on assault charge but a settlement reached after wrangling. Boranton Pocket Guide and Business Directory for October issued with Erie and Wyoming Valley timetable changes and trolley line updates. W Rogers encampment meeting features Vetter to speak.
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Joint Fire Department
Duquesne Mandolin Guitar School
Coal Exchange Building
Wyoming Avenue
Philharmonic Trio
Boranton
Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company
Notable speaker to recount Alaska trip at Old Fellows event
No. 21 Independent Order of Old Fellows Clark's Green invites encampment members to a tonight gathering where Phillip J. Vetter will provide an account of his Alaska trip. Also reported: Peter Bweeney remanded on assault and battery charges by Mary Sweeney after a domestic incident.
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Independent
Order of Old Fellows
Clark's Green
Evenins
Phillip J. Vetter
Alaska
Wis
Peter Bweeney
Alderman Howe
Mary Sweeney
Fogard Crowell Nuptials At Penn Avenue Baptist Church
Mies Maud Abbie Crowell wed Prof. Severin Fogard at eight last evening in Penn Avenue Baptist Church. The ceremony drew a large crowd and was followed by a reception at the bride’s home. Rev. R. B. Pierce officiated and a notable list of guests attended the event. Fogard, a Belgian by birth, is a musician newly established in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Maud Abbie Crowell
Severin Fogard
Penn Avenue Baptist Church
FL ¥. Pierce
Anna Spencer
Helen McKee
Sarah Thayer
Brooklyn
Raymond Thayer
Charles FL Fierce
T. W. Emblen
EF. M
Penn Avenue
George Bk, Hall
James Douglass
Robert Douglass
Binghamton
Tj. F. ¥. Pierce
D. N. McKee
George Weaver
Robie Watres
Charles Spencer
Robbing
Stetler
W. Db. Kemmerer
J. G. Sherwood
W. F. Hallstean
A. D Spencer
Gould
Thomas
Jones
Suydam
Foreman McGrath Injured by Swinging Iron at Mill
Henry McGrath outside foreman at Lackawanna Iron and Steel South mill suffered a broken right hip when struck by a swinging bar of iron as two workers moved scrap. He was taken home at 929 South Washington Avenue where his son Dr John T McGrath and Doctors Longstreet Kearney and Haggerty treated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mc Grath
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
South Mill
South
Washington Avenue
John T McGrath
Longstreet, Kearney and Haggerty
Oysters Under Scrutiny Over Spoiled Tub Varieties
A food inspector reports a surge in unfit oysters sold in the city, focusing on opened tub oysters. He notes several families harmed by spoiled shells and says a special investigation is underway to identify responsible dealers.
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Whimayer
Court House News Noted Legal Flux and Appeals
Reasons for a new trial were filed by A McGinnis for the defense in North and Lumber Co v A P F O Donnell. A decree divorce in Meld v Reid was granted returnable tomorrow before Judge Edwards. A strike of forfeiture in Commonwealth v James Doran was granted via bondholder Frank Boyle. Appeals to the Supreme Court were filed in Keogh v Pittston and Beranton Railway, challenging an injunction against railway construction through Old Forge. the company prevailed.
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Yeaterday
MM. A. McGinniy
North and Lumber Company
A. PF
Frank F. Boyle
George Helsner
A. A. Vosburg
M. J. Donahoe
James Reap
Julia Gebhardt
Julia Hayes
John Whippich
J. F. McCollum
WW. M. Hannah
Donation Day At Home For The Friendess
The annual dinner of the Home for the Friendess managers drew inmates, visitors, and donors, with more than 400 received in cash and many provisions and clothing promised. Cash gifts ranged to 25 and larger totals. donations continued all week to aid coal, food, and apparel for residents, with Mrs. John Jermyn honored and many named contributors listed.
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Qonash
John Jermyn
W. D. Kennedy
D. Eb, Taylor
Cora Merrifield
C. Hb, Penman
Charles Schlager
D. Bo Taylor i
J. A. Robertson
Hattie Cooper
James Young
J. W. Howarth
Afra
Mor, Kaye
Milly I
Moore
John Delkin
Dunmore Presbyterian Church
Jennie Shannon
Edwards
John R. Thomas
John BR. Thomas
Chester A. Thomas
J. P. Dickson
Nora Livey
Dunmore Council
United American Mechanics
W. H. Seeley
Serena von Storch
R. J. Foster
Ellen Bennett
Mildred Bennett
Kramer Bros
Charles Dudley Sanderson
HW. H. Crane
St. George's Lodge
T. H. Dale
William Connell
W. C. van Blarcom
Muggle Zeidler
G. B. Jermyn
William Hetts
W. H. Taylor
W. J. Brown
South Side
R. G. Brooks
T. IR. Brooks
G.T. Davis
FL Wells
Regular meeting of The Associated Charities board
The Associated Charities held a board meeting at the president Postmaster BE H Ripple's office. A charter application was proposed with a special committee to handle it. The annual meeting is planned for November 21 at the library to gather broad representation among about 800 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Associated Charities
BE. H. Ripple
E. H. Ripple
Rogers Israel
D. J. Phillipe
John Gibbons
Samuel Hines
J. R. Cohen
T. J. Kelly
Enes Flynn
W. GB. Duggan
Mise Anna Kiesel
Ite
Risde
Larael
W. Gaylord Thomas
J. AR. Cohen
Lbiary
House of the Good Shepherd
Hillside Home
St. Joseph's Foundling Home
Board of Health
Soldier in Philippines seeks to pay old debts
Detective Molr received a letter from a private soldier serving in the Philippines and formerly a city resident. He asks Molr to collect all his local bills so he can settle them, saying he has been led to repent and hopes to hear praise at his death. The distance of about six to seven thousand miles complicates this effort.
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Molr
Philippines
Mal
Unfortunate accident strikes Miss Nellie Ruddy at work
Yesterday morning Miss Nellie Ruddy of Bellevue was injured when a 40 pound moulding fell from the ceiling at the International Correspondence Schools. It struck her head and shoulders causing a lacerated forehead and bruises. She was taken home for prompt medical attention.
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Nellie Ruddy
Third Street
Bellevue
Ruddy
International Correspondence Schools
Civil service exams held in Federal Building for government printing
G Seibert of Washington DC and Louis G Shantz and David H Jenkins of this city led the civil service examining board in a district exam for positions in the departmental and government printing service. Examinations also covered Storekeeper larger in the Internal Revenue Service. The slate included six taggers two watchmen one compositor and one stereotyper. Fourteen applications were received eleven appeared for examination. Examinations for carriers and clerks in the postal service are set for November.
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RE. G. Seibert
Washington, D. C
Louis G. Shantz
David H. Jenkins
Civil Service Examining Board
Federal
Internal Revenue Service
Postal Service
Surprise Party Honoring Miss Savage By W A C A Volunteers
A West Wheeler branch of the W A C A held a surprise party Tuesday night for their secretary Miss Savage. About one hundred girls attended and voted the event the most pleasant affair of the group. Mist McClaughey spoke for the attendees thanking Miss Savage for her past service and pledging ongoing support.
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Miss Savage
Aragon
Mist McClaughey
Dr Lansing on Physical Culture at Green Ridge Church
Rev Teane J Lansing of Keen Ridge Presbyterian delivered the second talk in a three part series on Physical Culture. He argued gymnasiums overemphasize athleticism and urged balanced care with diet clothes rest and joy to foster true manhood for the benefit of mankind.
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Teane J. Lansing
Keen Ridge Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lansing
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
Bar- Fens
Camsbridge
Cirla
Violent Husband Stabs Wife in Schultzville
Herman Ross of Schultzville stabbed his wife Monday during a drunken dispute over money. Authorities reported the incident and the man was detained for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ross
Schultzville
Herman Roses
Local stabbing case shocks Green Ridge area
A woman refused a suitor who stabbed her twice in the right shoulder with a jackknife. Bystanders summoned help and a physician. bleeding was checked. The attacker, Roms, once operated a Green Ridge store and is well known locally, but has not yet been arrested.
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Roms
Green Ridge
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Marion Matthews
Misa Candace Watson
Greenwood
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Mount Pleasant Coal CO
Addrem
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