Battle for the county swings to decisive Republican victory
Campaign week slated with rallies across Factoryville Jessup Welsh Ridge Scranton and other towns as Republican leaders push to energize voters General Hastings Congressman Barlow ex Lieutenant Governor Davies and party speakers headline. Democratic leaders plan a parade and free trade talks while Prohibitionists Hawley Cook and the People’s party mobilize to boost turnout with speeches and meetings countywide.
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the Times
F. H. Clemons
Clemons
Lavelle
Burke
Michael Turnover Burke
General Hastings
Brow Lue
Davies
W. 8. Millar
Republican County Committee
Armory
Factoryville
George M. Watson
A. A. Vosburge
James J. H. Hamilton
Father Mathew's Hall
Jessup
R. A. Zimmerman
John R. Jones
John M. Harris
Welsh Ridge
Archbald
D. J. Davies
J. M. Harris
Corcoran Hall
Twentieth Ward
Scranton
A. A. Vosburg
BR. A. Zimmerman
Peckville
Joseph Cook
Frothingham
Charles L. Hawley
Lackawanna
Wyoming
People's Party
Election officers named to fill vacancies on boards
Court appointed election officers to serve until February elections. Judges include Morton Jermyn Hen Henderson Peck Carter, in Scranton and Jermyn districts. Inspectors include Derks Ayres Weissenfluh Squire Rempe Walsh Mann Wirth Partridge Wagner Martin Warner Finley. Names cover wards in Scranton Jermyn Old Forge Taylor Olyphant and Seventeenth nineteenth wards.
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Thomas Morton
Jermyn
Bert Henderson
Sixteenth Ward
Scranton
George W. Peck
Fourteenth
Andrew Carter
Henry Derks
Dickson
John P. Ayres
Taylor
Casper Weissenfluh
Old Forge
B. Frank Squire
Fred Rempe
Mleventh
M. J. Walsh
Peter
Mann
Seventeenth
George Wirth
C. B. Partridge
Joseph Wagner
Thomas Martin
Laula B. Warner
Old Fo
Edward Finley
Olyphant
Church Festival at St John’s German Catholic Church
Music Hall was packed Saturday for a benefit at St John’s Church on South Main and Luserne where a fair and festival raised funds for the Sunday School treasury. Committees of young women ran booths displaying needlework, bric a brac, and household goods including a suit, with Father Fricker supervising.
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St. John's Church
St. John's
West Side
South Main Avenue
Luserne Street
Muale Hall
Father Fricker
Am Suit
Soking
Pastor Announces Items For Later Fair
The article notes that items will be announced later by the pastor and that the fair will be continued this week.
Halloween Social Planned by Columbus Y M I Branch
The Columbus branch 174 of the Young Men’s Institute on the South Side hosts its second annual Halloween social at Excelsiior hall Wyoming avenue on Wednesday evening October 21. The event aims to draw ballroom enthusiasts with a popular and suggestive Halloween theme.
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Columbus
Social of Columbus
Young Men's Institute
South Side
Excelsior Hall
Wyoming Avenue
There Is No Better One In America Than Rev. Joseph Cook
Joseph Cook will speak at the Frothingham Nov. 1 and has lectured in Boston for nineteen years. He addresses a large audience in Tremont Temple every Monday noon, covering reform topics. He has published eleven volumes widely circulated at home and abroad and is regarded as America’s premier living lecturer.
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America
Joseph Cook
Frothingham
Boston
Tremont Temple
Cook
War and Peace to Be Staged at Frothingham By Thnes Band
Thnes and his New York band, fresh from Pittsburg triumphs, return to Scranton for two performances of War and Peace at the Frothingham. The show features fifty musicians, a vocal quartet, artillery, and veterans, with Martha Garrison Miner and C. C. Ferguson among the soloists. Box office opens Wednesday for regular-priced seats.
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Thnes
New York
Frothingham
Pittsburg
Innes
Eigth
Grand Army of the Republic
America
Scranton
Misa Martha Garrison Miner
C. C. Ferguson
H. M. Imano
Basso
Louise Engel
Mme, Patti
Mime
Nordica
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Annette Reynolds
Miss Stollberg
Hollman
Miss French
Miss Beckett
Miss Packard
Meyerbeer
Mystery of the Angels sermon at Elm Park Church
A large Elm Park Church congregation heard Rev. W. H. Pearce, D. D. preach on angels drawn from Psalm 91. Angels described as powerful, innumerable, and mercifully active in God’s purposes. The talk covered biblical examples, protection, and the mystery of angelic ministrations.
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W. H. Pearce
Pearce
Angela
Job
Heaven
Sodom
Egypt
Earth
Daniel
Peter
Jacob
Mount Sinai
Christ
Father
God
Abraham
Mount Moriah
Isaac
Helping Florence Mission Pupils of No 27 School Donate
Pupils from No 27 School contributed fruit and vegetables to the Florence mission on Friday. Donations collected after noon totaled thirty een. The drive followed a request by Miss K Bannerien and Mrs nea at the Florence mission.
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No. 27
Florence
Misa A K. Bannerien
Mra. Nea
Judges Claim Unfair Decision In Saturday Races
Report notes seven starters across three events at the Gentleman's Driving club. Scratches reduced entries in the 2.40 class to Duke owned by L T Payne and Brownlie's Browniee. Browniee won the first heat by several lengths amid judge concerns.
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Brownie
Dr.Loe
Abigail
J. H. Ludwig
G. M. Shelly
Fanny Blair
Mr. Shelly
Beauty J
M. T. Keller
Jim Mears
Cook
Charlie Stilson
Westlake
Mears
Stilson
Gentleman's Driving Club
L. T. Payne
Kelding Duke
J. H. Sutherland
Brown
St Luke's Magazine Reports Annual Social Work Efforts
The new issue highlights past year work by Episco pal organizations in town including the Dalton home care burials for the poor the Needleworker's guild clothing distribution to the needy and the kindergarten and drawing classes. The annual excursion for the town's poor is described with thousands of dollars wisely spent among the deserving across creeds.
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St. Luke’s
Dalton
Scranton Board of Trade Advances City Printing Bid
The Scranton Board of Trade, via Secretary D I Atherton, collects competitive bids to print a yearbook style report. The volume promises rich details, illustrations and local imagery. It notes photos of busy Thoroughfares and prominent buildings. The $40,000 Columbia Avenue school house project is let and to begin.
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Board of Trade
D. Is. Atherton
Scranton
Columbia Avenue
Arthur Frothingham
Castoria Refrain Through Generations
The snippet recalls a family using Castoria across life stages from infancy to parenthood. It emphasizes the product as a trusted remedy for children's crying and as a lasting household habit passed to future generations.
Bovinine Condensed Food Hailed by Doctors
Dr Jewett calls Bovinine the greatest condensed food in the world and many physicians share the endorsement. Marketed by THE BOVININE Co New York and sold by all druggists.
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Easil
Bovinine Co
New York
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil for Throat and Lung Ailments
Scott's Emulsion touted as quick permanent cure for throat and lung ailments. It claims to stimulate appetite aid digestion curb coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and strengthen the weak. It is promoted as nourishment for babies and children who fail to thrive with a pamphlet offered by Scott & Bowne New York and druggists distribution at 60 cents and 1 dollar.
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Eal Eee
Spain
Relspeed
Price
Bert
Burns
Scott
Serel
Scotts Brawt Ran Pree Scott Abownd
N.Y. A
Ramphle
Buffalo
Scranton
Matthewa Bros
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Matthewa Drow
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