Swede Nelson Anderson dies from Hyde Park mine injuries
Nelson Anderson, a Swede who died at Lackawanna hospital from injuries at work in the Hyde Park mine, came to this country eight years ago and joined several local fraternal orders. Lodges will pay $100 each to his relatives, with remaining funds used for his grave and monument. Interment is at Washburn street cemetery. Also notes include church entertainment plans and local “News Notes and Personal” items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Anderson
Lackawanna Hospital
Hyde Park
Slocum Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Order of Red Men
Electric City Commandery
Knights of Malta
Slocum
Washburn Street
Hatch Party Honors Pearl Birthday at Sumner Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs William H Hatch hosted a Monday afternoon birthday party at 328 North Sumner Avenue for their daughter Pearl. Guests included Misses Maud Ee Jones Allie Mullen Hessie Farley Reba M Sweet Marian Hall Kate Davis Edna Bamford Helen Bamford Luggie Webber Rosa Knuerim Winnie Knuterim Bella Stevenson Flossie Sproats Florence Bauer Helen Bauer Verna Phillips Mary Gibney Mas tera Stanley Watkins Harry Brown Emile Kwitnewsky George Kwitnew sky Willie Stevenson Dannie Mohr Frank Brown Farl Stevens. Assistants to Mrs Hatch were Mrs Carrie Price and Miss Bertha Earley Hattie Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
William H. Hatch
Sumner Avenue
Maud Ee, Jones
Allie Mullen
Hessie Farley
Reba M. Sweet
Marian Hall
Kate Davis
Edna Bamford
Helen Bamford
Luggie Webber
Rosa Knuerim
Winnie Knuterim
Bella Stevenson
Flossie Sproats
Florence Bauer
Helen Bauer
Verna Phillips
Mary Gibney
Bellevue Miner David Davis Dies at Home in Bellevue Heights
David Davis aged about 55, well known in Bellevue Heights, died at 6 45 pm at his Avenue home after a brief illness. Survived by wife Mrs Davis and children Isaac, Gwen, Rachel and Mary. He worked at the Bellevue mine. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Davis
Bellevue Heights
Avenue
Davis
Salvation Army Banquet Prep and Song Battle at Hall
The Salvation Army local corps plans its annual Thanksgiving banquet with a turkey and chicken supper. Tickets are on sale and proceeds will fund debt relief on the hall. A large song battle is set for Wednesday evening at the Salvation Army hall on Price street led by Ensign William Degaris with 150 songs and choruses planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Price Street
William Degaris
West Side Republicans arrange returns wire Tuesday night
The West Side Republican league has arranged with Western Union to receive election returns Tuesday night via a special wire in St. David's hall on North Main. The public is invited to attend. Funeral service for D. M. Jones set for today with a family service at 1.40 pm at the South Malin avenue residence followed by a public service at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Republican League
Western Union Company
St. David's Hall
North Main Avenue
D. M. Jones
South Malin Avenue
Thursday Night Demonstration Promises Protection and Sound Money
The Frothingham theater hosts a Thursday night event ending the local Protection and Sound Money campaign. Speakers include Governor orator, General Latta, General Reeder, Colonel Harry Hail, and Philadelphia Mayor Warwick. Democrats and Republicans urged to attend.
Social Notes From Scranton Household And Community
Mrs M D Farnham of Breaker street entertains Mrs Hertha Birch and daughter Gertrude of Washington DC. John Paddock has joined N M Blecke’s drug store on Adams avenue. Judd Stevens returns from Wyoming to visit relatives. Rev N F Stahl, former Scranton pastor, travels from Europe and will winter in New Jersey and Philadelphia then Scranton. Mrs Berry Uthman returns from Philadelphia. Miss Nealie Paddock visits Mrs Blowers in Delaware street. Women’s Christian Temperance Union meets tomorrow at 2 30 in Penn avenue rooms. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Farnham
Breaker Street
Hertha Birch
Gertrude
Washington, D. C
John Paddock
Cole's Pharmacy
N. M. Blecke
Adams Avenue
Scranton
Judd Stevens
Wyoming
Pearle Treverton
Sanderson Avenue
Miss Lizzie Gabriel Leaves for Youngstown
Miss Lizzie Gabriel of Church Avenue departs for Youngstown. In Holy Rosary Church, James Carroll of Kelser Avenue wed Bridget Kelly of West Market Street with Annie Lynott as bridesmaid and Patrick Gannon as groomsman. News notes add illness of Burt Klees and a local indoor baseball game tonight between Fenner & Chappel and Mulley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Gabriel
Church Avenue
Youngstown
C. James Carroll
Kelser Avenue
Bridget Kelly
West Market Street
Holy Rosary Church
J. J. O'Toole
Annie Lynott
Patrick Gannon
Alfred Parry
Summit Avenue
Pittston
Burt Klees
North Main Avenue
Fleetville
Company Harmory
Fenner & Chappel and Mulley
Diphtheria Ravages Minooka South Side Areas
Diphtheria runs hot among children in Minooka and nearby areas with high deaths due to lax contagion regulations. Schools permit healthy children to mingle, funerals attract crowds, and the south side reports severe cases in the Nineteenth ward and along South Washington avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineteenth Ward
Washington Avenue
Local Notices and Social Appearances Mention Harvey Guests
Jersey City couple hosts Butler street pair while Miss Harvey visits New Jersey and guests arrive from Hazleton Kingston and Brooklyn. Reverend O Neill to preach at St Marys. Mary Sheeren to wed Fred Connors of Jersey City. Fire box locations and insurance data issued by Fire Chief Burschell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harvey
Jersey City
Butler Street
William Rees
Clay Avenue
Shenandoah
Grace Harvey
New Jersey
Father O'Neill
Dominican Order of Missionaries
St. Mary's Church
Jennie Harvey
Hazleton
Buller Street
Spencer
George Schrank
Riggs Street
Annie Flannery
Annie Collins
Walnut Street
William Gallena
Cherry Street
Victor Burschell
Injunctions Dissolved Over Philadelphia Ballots
Judges Simonton and McPherson dissolved injunctions restraining Philadelphia officials from blocking McKinley Citizens Party and Milton Kerkeslager names on ballots. Hearings focused on jurisdiction and certificate validity as printing continued. court promised quick written opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Simonton and McPherson
Philadelphia
McKinley Citizens Party
Reeder
Dauphin County
McKinley Citizens
William L. Carsin
Twentieth Legislative District
Philadelphia Committeees
Milton W. Kerkeslager
State Department
Alt
McPherson
Pigeon Shooting Match Won By Thomas Murray at Pittston
Thomas Murray of Peckville defeated Frank Webb of Pittston in a pigeon shooting match at Pittston yesterday. The contest was for 74 dollars a side with 15 pigeons per shooter, Murray hitting 10 birds to Webb's tally, giving Murray a one third edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Murray
Peckville
Frank Webb
Pittston
Minucka
Murray
Webb
Scranton Baseball Player Arrives for Winter Stay
Pat Meaney of the Scranton baseball club arrived in the city yesterday to spend the winter here. Brown the noted colored lightweight is in town and likely to fight Benny Paterson of Philadelphia within ten days. Scranton High School and Har-Hillman Academy football clubs will clash at Athletic Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Meaney
Scranton Baseball Club
Brown
Benny Paterson
Philadelphia
Scranton High School
Har- Hillman Academy
Award to Mary Marvel for breach of promise upheld
In argument court Judges Archbald Edwards and Gunster heard rulings on several cases. The Mary Marvel vs George Phillipe breach of promise saw the $1 award affirmed as not to be set aside. Other matters included Freeman Lord vs George Bird and A P Campbell vs William Haggerty with judgments or trials scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbald
Edwards
Gunster
Richard Caffrey
John HB. Caffrey
J. B. Caffrey
Alderman FP. DeLacy
Lst
Mary Marvel
George Phillipe
George
Jeseup
Mary
Asseau
Freeman
George Bird
A. P. Campbell
William Haggerty
Aother
Kindergarten Committe meets to review city schools
The city kindergarten committee met at Mrs. BH Fuller’s home with President A D Holland presiding. Members present included Mrs. Fuller Mrs Alfred Hand Mrs C D Simpson Mrs Weston Mrs Matthews and Miss Howell. Reports show favorable conditions across Daisy Memorial Weat Side Green Ridge Blue Ridge Archbald Central and Jewish kindergartens. Mrs William Matthews elected secretary succeeding Mrs M W Lowry who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. L. Fuller
Jefferson Avenue
A. D. Holland
Fuller
Alfred Hand
C. D. Simpson
Weston
Matthews
Howell
Daisy Memorial
Francis Hackley
Weat Side
Rowan
Annile Roge
Green Ridge
Bessie Rice
Hitchcock and
Sweeney
Blue Ridge Mine
Mies Hall
Miss Abbot
Central
Misa Underwood
Miss Atwater
Mercereau
Jones
William Matthews
M. W. Lowry
Thomas Kelly Died Suddenly of Heart Failure
Thomas Kelly of 302 Ferdinand Street died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning after a restless night. He collapsed at home following a tobacco smoke before sleep. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death by heart failure. He leaves a wife and a grown family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kelly
Ferdinand Street
Longstreet
Ed. M. Pennypacker
O. M. Custard
A. J. Tegan
William McDonough
Patrick Connolly
T. P. Regan
Kelly
Servant Seeks Damages After Storage Dispute
Frances Schmithelfer filed trespass suit against Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hug of Pittston Avenue claiming $4 in damages. She had been jailed for three months on a alleged theft that the grand jury ignored. She claims the Huy house demanded $3 for storage of her trunk, and a verdict was expected after an Alderman Howe hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Schmithelfer
Frederick Hug
Pittston Avenue
Huy House
Alderman Howe
Robert Burns Lodge Celebrates 23rd Anniversary
The Robert Burns Lodge No. 859 Independent Order of Odd Fellows marked its twenty third anniversary at German Odd Fellows hall on Lackawanna Avenue. Members invited wives and daughters to past events, but this year turned it into a smoker and the women arrived with masks and refreshments. The celebration concluded at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Lackawanna Avenue
Too Much Johnson Delights Academy Audience
Gillette's three act comedy Too Much Johnson played at the Academy of Music last evening before a large crowd. The production featured George Backus Maud Haslam Kate Meek Ergene Jepson and an excellent company delivering a lively farce from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Too Much Johnson
Academy of Music
George Backus
Maud Haslam
Kate Meek
Ergene Jepson
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured by Mystic Cure
L Wagner a Richmond wholesale druggist says a severe sciatic rheumatism attack confined him two months and that Mystic Cure for Rheumatism cured him after doctors failed. He also notes others report fine results. Elegant buffet sleeping cars on Nickel Plate Road.
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L. Wagner
Richmond
Nickel Plate Road
Evidence Praised Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets by Judges and Doctors
Judge Frank Ives Crookston says tablets eased indigestion for 25 years. Geo W Roosevelt U S Consul to Brussels calls them safe pleasant to take and good for digestion. W L Tomlin Duluth reports one box helped him gain flesh. O E Ransom Hustonville says four boxes cured vomiting and distress. Rev Gi D Brown Mondovi notes marvelous effect after starting use. Michigan reports 6000 cured by 1804. Full sizes 50 cents. mail orders available with free stomach disease booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ives
District Court of
Crookston
Minn
Stuart
Geo. W. Roosevelt
U. S
Brussels
Belgium
Tomlin
Rev
D. Brown
Mondovi
Wis
Michigan
Stuart Wo
Marshall, Mich
Miss Philadelphia extravaganza to visit Scranton Academy
The Van Osten company of 100 performers led by Miss Philadelphia arrives for openings at the Academy. Edgar Smith wrote the show with Hermann Perlet’s score, first staged in Philadelphia in 1896 for 100 nights, featuring a William Penn Jr dream plot and a fourteen musician ladies orchestra. Other acts include Gilmore’s band with Victor Herbert at Frothingham, The Kodak at the Academy, and Davis' Theatre Spider and Fly with a forty two person cast and dual baggage cars for scenery and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Thomas
van Osten
Philadelphia
Edgar Smith
Hermann Perlet
William Penn, Jr
William
Pennsylvania
The
Academy
Davis’ Theatre
United States
Leader's sale of new and choice merchandise
A local retailer advertises an extensive sale of assorted goods. Items include all wool dress goods, linens, damask, hats, capes, jackets, skirts, silks, neckwear, shirts, hosiery, and ribbons with steep Leader's prices far below regular values. Inspection invited.
This House Summer Resort Open To Public Year Round
This house, strictly temperance, newly furnished and open year round, lies midway between Hinghamton and Scranton on the Montrose and Lackawanna Railroad six miles from Binghamton, and five miles from Montrose. Capacity eighty-five, veranda along the full length, row boats, fishing tackle free to guests, altitude about 2000 feet, fine groves and scenery. Rates seven to ten dollars weekly, one dollar fifty per day. Porter meets all trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinghamton
Scranton
Montrose and Lackawanna Fairroad
Alford Station
Montrose
Howne
Adirondack
Cataki
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News of the Suburbs
West Side Events
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Grace Acker
Charles Sweet
Ten Little Girls
William Grifiths
Emmerson D
Owen
Mise Lillin Shively
Cuba
John KR. Edwards
Wallice OG
Howard Davis
George L. Peck
Charles FB. Olver
L. Morgan
W. Gaylord Thomas
TH. Clifford Wallace
J. Plummer Acker
Wiliam Grifiths
H.C. Walace
Lillian Shively
First Welsh Congregational Church
South Main Avenue
J. T. Morris
J. P. Moffatt
D. Jones
Washburn Street Cemetery
Hattie Brown
North Sumner Avenue
Clark
West Side Board of Trade
PD. M. Jones
John Jones
Jackson Street
Thomas H. Allen
Lafayette Street
Chattanooga
Hatthe Cooper
Hyde Park Avenue
Carbondale
Mary C. Parke
Seventh Street
Cemeery
West Side
Harriet J. Davis
J. C. King
West Lackawanna Avenue
Bellevue
Salvation Army Matters
Demonstra
Tion
Ter
Local Campaign For
Protec
Hastings
Latta
Harry Hail
Npt
Warwick
Providence
Jordan
Samters
South Side News
Minooka
Locust Street
Hugh Coyne
Joseph Nytch
Michael J. Connolly
Bergle McHale
St John's Church
Thomas Carden
Mary Hanley
River Street
St. Peter's Cathedral
Mathew Brennan
Margaret Figlin
St. John's Church
Patrick Lamb
C. T. Boland
Craig
Ashley
Eugene Healey
Prospect Avenue
James Hannon
Anna
Rader
John
Cedar Avenue
Mauch Chunk
John Farrell
Alder Street
John Gordon
St. Charles Hotel
Jacob Ritter
Flynn
Beech Street
St. John’s Church
Avoca
Dunmore
Sporting Notes
Thomas Kelley
Robert Burns
Germania Hall
Too Much
Johnson
Castoria
Gilmore
Victor Herbert
Frothingham
Ness Jollity Company
Kodak
Hood
Wyoming Ave
Neece
Spring House
Heart Lake
Susqu A CO
U. E. Crofut
Moosic
Rushdale Works
Laflin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
exeliVes
Maloney Oil and Manufacturing Co
MS. W. Collins
Michaelian Bros. & CO
Bagdad Portieres
the Brotringham
Fates Managers
John Tekerr
America
Virtusso
Misa
Mario Donavia
Meer
Clarke
Hager
Schmitt
Do. m
Miss
Willie Collier
Symphony Orchestra
Ford
Harry
Bertie
Lottie
Frank
Nosses
Davis’ Theater
Triany
M.re
Leavitt
Hal Pointer
Raven
Scranton Driving Park
Rowdy Joe
Lady Humber
Chase & Farrar
Linden Street
St. Denis
Broadway
Eleventh St
New York
Grace Church
St Denis
William Taylor
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