City Notes: Local Meetings Events and Incidents Recap
City notes list upcoming events from races and drills to club meetings and lectures. Highlights include Gentlemen's Driving Club races Saturday at 2 pm, a 5 November drill by the Thirteenth regiment, and a Young Men's Law Association ball at Turner Hall. A new Sacred Music Society rehearsal, Independent Club in Minooka meeting, and city committee sessions are recorded, plus construction on Main Avenue, a petty theft arrest, and several court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gime
Young Men‘s Law Association
Turner Hell
Sacred Music Society
Conservatory Hall
Independent Club
Minooka
Cusick's
South Side
N Flect Council
City Zostereny
Flannagan & O'Hara
School of Music
Tallie Morgan
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Green Ridge
Scranton Civil and Social Club
Bicycle Club
Thomas Cochrane
Thomas
Thomas O'Connor
Mary Agnes Reap
Scranton
William H. Harvey
Elizabeth Glencrom
Dunmore
Harry Davin
Annie Kilne
Andrew Tallian
Mary Tanko
Soranton
Michael Guchin
Dunella Yooka
Pine Brook
Florence Mission
Spruce Street
Tribune
Young Women's Chris Association
H. M. Holes
Clay Avenue
Board of
Mania
Mre. Boles
Gentlemen's Driving Club
Fraud Actions Brought Against Bertholl Friend in West Ride
They charge fraud against Bertholl Friend of West Ride and Ebarts & Jerkowski of New York. Proceedings seek to recover 086.00 and 106 from the same debtor. Frank T. Knaues of this city begins a similar suit for 106. A driving club races Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewarts & Jerkowski
New York
Bertholl Friend
Frank T. Knaues
Surface Sinking From Old Von Storch Mine Cave-In
Ground settles in Providence near Highworks and Brisbin breaker as roof collapse from the old Von Storch mine propagates. Cayuga and Brishin workings shielded by prompt props, but many homes and pipes damaged. residents report cracked walls, shut doors, and dry wells. Authorities note ongoing settlement though major damage may be done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highworks
Providence
von Sterch Mines
von Storch
Fourteen Foot
Clark
Plane No. Land
Brishin
Cayuga
van Storch
Briebin
Stanton
Fulton
Patrick
John Mulhern
Edward Corrigan
Truune Street
Mary Martin
Back Road
West Mountain
Pink and White Birthday Party for Mabel Sutherland
Mr and Mrs J H Sutherland hosted a pink and white birthday party at 615 Washington avenue for their daughter Mabel May Sutherland to celebrate her fourth birthday. About twenty children attended in the afternoon with decorations, cakes, and refreshments in pink and white, hosted by Miss Kelper and Mrs Charles Guidett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sutherland
Washington Avenue
Mabel May Sutherland
Gwelock
Sutherland
Miss Ke
Miss Malel
Helen Gates
Colonel
Sidney Verney
Marguerite
Samuel Barker
Nanny Prager
Helen Miller
Carrie Koch
Mildred Rice
Katharine
Carl Schadt
Kate Davis
Laura
Arthur Schimpff
Marlon Gross
Jeanette Foster
Florence
Willie McKenney
Estella Hirschfield
Nellie Hart
Beatrice
Tristine Morris
Grace and
Hazle Browning
Alta Hopkins
Emory Stone
Wallace Leonard
Jean and
Minnie Sumter
Harry Sutherland
Local Theaters Feature Concerts and Plays This Week
Frothingham hosts a White orchestra concert under Manager Laine featuring Nellie McHenry in A Night at the Circus at the Academy of Music. Henry Guy Carleton’s Lem Kettle with a strong supporting cast arrives with Tim Murphey and George Richards. Charles T. Fluss brings Casper the Youler to the Academy. Innes band performs War and Peace at Trottingham with local troops. Marie Louise Bailey debuts at Carnegie Music Hall with Cesar Thomson as Damrosh directs the Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frothingham
Minnie A. Grover
Alice Fracena White
Gertrude Holyoke French
Annette Reynolds
Academy
Tim Murphey
George Richards
Eugene Canfield
Mr. Murphey
Texas
Mr. Richards
Eugene Cantfield
Henry Guy Carleton
Lem Kettle
Delaware County
Piquante
Dorothy Sherrod
Loraine Dreux
Soubrette
Clara Thropyp
Clarence Handyside
George Macomber
Charles T. Fluss
Casper
Youler
Blarney Castle
O'Farrel
Trish
Innes
New York
Trottingham
Pittsburg
Carnegie Music Hall
Marie Louise Bailey
Cesar Thomson
Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
Mise Bailey
Thompson in New York makes Scranton case echo
Thompson, manager of the suspended Scranton Evening Free Lance, is in New York after a warrant led to his arrest Saturday. Bondsman J G Reese posted 500 to secure Thompson’s appearance. Reese now seeks reimbursement as Thompson evades further service. Prosecutors refused to release Reese, who pledges to reimburse if Thompson is recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Evening Free Lance
Benjamin P. Thompson
J. G. Reese
Thompson
Alderman Wright
Walters & Co
Free Lance
Reese
New York
Mr. Reese
City Acquires Platt Estate Land For Roaring Brook Bridge
The city of Scranton paid 45000 to the Platt heirs Joseph C Ella J and Frank BE Platt for part of the Platt homestead at Spruce Street near Jefferson Avenue. The land will serve as the approach to the Roaring Brook bridge with deeds signed by city officials and the Platts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Joseph C
Ella J
Frank BE. Platt
Platt
Spruce Street
Jefferson Avenue
Roaring Brook
Fantasma produced at the Academy of Music in elaborate fashion
Fantasma was staged last night at the Academy of Music before a large audience. New fusion elements and notable transformation scenes updated the spectacle. Mise Elle Irving stars as Fantasma the good fairy queen aiding Arthur to rescue Lena from Zamaliel portrayed by Nat D. Jones with entertaining specialties interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanian
Academy of Music
Avenue of Fountains
Mise Elle Irving
Fantasma
Arthur
Lena
Zamaliel
Hades
Nat. D. Jones
Academy to Stage Notable Production Tonight
A well staged performance produced by Miss Irving Blanche Sherwood Leon E Nief and the McDonough brothers will be repeated tonight at the Academy with excellent presentation and full audience approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Irving
Blanche Sher- Sherwood
Leon E. Nief
W. A. Mack
McDonough Brothers
Academy
Pleasure and Business in Conference of Chairmen at YMCA
The YMCA hosted a supper and meeting last night for committee chairmen and friends. Attendees included A W Dickson W J Hand Fr B Teal H B Cox and others from New York and local clubs. They discussed chairmanship traits and ways to improve committee effectiveness with Pearsall and Menno leading remarks and President Dickson closing with a stirring address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Mr. Hanley
A. W. Dickson
W. J. Hand
Fr. B. Teal
H. B. Cox
W. Frink
H. R. Gough
W. R. McLare
W. H
PF. W. Pearsall
W. E. Menno
New York Association
A.W. Dickson
County Commissioners Ready Election Booths and Houses
County commissioners prepare for the upcoming election by readying election houses and fitting booths where possible in buildings not owned by the county. Some booths may go up the night before the election, others this week. By week’s end ballots will be distributed.
Ehrgood Arrests Highlight Disorderly House Case
Mrs Carey of Spruce Street boarding house and Ehrgood of Dunmore were arrested at Carey's home on a warrant alleging disorderly resort and maintaining a disorderly house. The complaint names Mrs Carey and cites associated offenses from the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehrgood
Sarah Carey
Spruce Street
Dunmore
Records Compare Hastings and Singerly in Pennsylvania Governor Race
Ex General Master Workman Pow derly urges workers to judge Hastings by his record as an employer and labor friend. He contrasts Hastings with William M. Singerly of the Philadelphia Record, who he says opposes organized labor and would curb wages and union power. The piece frames 68,000 organized workers as key in choosing the next governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. V. Powderly
Eltixen
Pennsylvania
D. H. Hastings
William M. Singerly
Renllasiie
General Hastings
Knight of Labor
Clearfield
Bellefonte
Justice of the Cause
Oul
Philadelphia
Hastings
Aifault
Westmoreland
Singerly
The
Philadelphia Record
Record
Ague
Pennnsylvanian
Firemen Pension Bill Backed by State Candidates
A Norristown convention of the State Firemen's Association prompts candidates from Scranton and Beranton to pledge support for a pension fund funded by a 1 percent levy on foreign insurer premiums. Replies from J R Farr John R Farr and Alex T Connell, and C P O Malley affirm backing pension legislation and influence with the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Norristown
M Ponglon
Fremen
Pattison
Hastings
Singerly
Pennsylvania
Goodman
Lackawanna County
State Firemen'’s Association
Scranton
Mr. Vaughan
J. ©. Vaughan
Yeaterday
Timmon
Pensylvania
Bo Wm & Volunteer
Wielning
Eugle Company
No. 5
John R. Farr
Alex T. Connell
Charles P. O'Malley
Mr. Goodman
C. P. O'Malley
Ladies Bathing Schedule At Spruce Street Establishment
Turkish on Russian baths for ladies arranged by physicians and ladies. Bathing days set for Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Private entrance via Owens cloak parlors on Spruce street. Al Purcell proprietor Pillabury's Flour Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Spruce Street
al. J. Purcell
Pound Rates for Family Wash Announced
Advertises special pound rates for weekly family wash to be sent to the facility. Promises relief from Monday washday chores amid heat and dirt.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Baking Powder Co
Cleveland Brothers
Norman & Moore Fire Insurance
Wyoming Ave
Mganus
Ackawanna Laundry
A. B. War Man
City Notes
Traction Company
Main Avenue
Swetland Street
Une
North End
William McCann
Neata
Joseph Cook
Rumsellers Agulera
Pabat
Milwaukee
Lohman's
Baturaay
von Storch Mine
Nellie McHenry
Mile
Eleetra
Electra
Nicholas Friskle
Frinkie
Signor Bonanza
Bonanza
Archibald Banger
Banger
City Now
FRAY
Master Workman Powderly
Jersey
Florida
E. G
Coursen
Lackawanna Avenue
Olyphant
Pillabury
Wall
TME
OHMER
Columbus Monument
Washington Av
S. Cc. Snyder
D. D. Sus
Fea
Lackawarha Averue
Conrad, Hatter
Washington Ave
Dunn
Oslands
Hudson
J. Bolz
Wyoming Avenue
Banister’s
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
HALAS
Lackawanna Ave
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