Local Society Plans Special Meeting In Hall
Members from South Side Bellevue and Central City meet at St Thomas hall to prepare for the regular society gathering. Officers and listed youths including Richard Kennedy Thomas Rafter Edward McDonough John McCourt William Quinn William McHale Thomas Gallagher and others attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas’ Hall
South Side
Richard Kennedy
Thomas Rafter
Edward Mwcdonough
Bellevue
John McCourt
William Quinn
William McHale
Thomas Gallagher
Pine Hrook
Willam McGee
Thomas Loftus
Central City
F. J. McCawley
Thomas Walsh
Hart Leonard
Joseph Kelly
Viaduct Ordinance Postponed Indefinitely in Committee
The streets and bridges committee quietly pigeon-holed the viaduct ordinance last night citing future possibilities and an overburdened city engineer. Measures approved include grading Filmore avenue merging the viaduct appropriation funds transferring bulk to approach funds widening sidewalks and other street improvements in the Sixth ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streets and Bridges
Filmore Avenue
Swetland Street
Wyoming Avenue
Marlow
Postoffice Safe Cracked in Moosic Robbery
Two strangers loitered in Moosic before robbing the post office at 3 am by entering via the blacksmith shop. They drilled two holes in the safe and blew it open, taking two registered letters and $300 in stamps. Police alerted nationwide as Postmaster Butler notified Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moosic
KR. J. Thomas
Pbf Walsh
Itation
James Butler
Combinaton
Particulary Mia
I. W. Luce and Son
Butler
Scranton
Wandling
Washington
Miners Paid and Meetings Scheduled in Scranton Area
The Delaware and Hudson Canal company paid its employees at the Von Storch Mine yesterday and DL&W staff at Manville Diamond and Halstead mines were paid. A box office opening at 9 for Katie Emmett seats, Y M C A meeting at 9, and a special Penn Avenue Baptist church meeting on Wednesday address pastor Partridge’s resignation. Marriage licenses granted to several couples. Corwin family reunion planned in New Milford. local youths involved in statue fund and Atlanta exposition efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
von Storch
Katie Emmett
Academy of Music
Pam
Laurel Hill Park
Young Omen's Christian Association
William Haycock
Fred L. Meyer
Delaware, Lackawanna
Dominick F. Boland
Bridget Gavin
Scranton
Wenzel Bauman
Duryea
Elizabeth Wasner
Henry Goodfvlson
Nanticoke
Jennie Lewis Jones
Danville
Montour County
William H
Earnesss
Elizabeth Jobna
Fell Town Po
Atlanta
Young Women's Christian Association
Washington Avenue
Corwin
Stanley Fletcher
New Milford
Susquehanna County
Sta
Clinton Potter
Annie Holland
Avenue
Wilson
Ollan Io
Pat
Ian
After Sixteen Years A Postal Card Returns to Sender
A 1871 postal card sent by G W Mitteer of Fulton Street New York to Frank Brothers ordered two bunches of ripe bananas. The card, marked Return to sender and bearing rubber stamps, resurfaced years later at Mitteer’s Webster Avenue home. Mitteer, now a mine car t, valued it as a souvenir of a long dispatch between here and the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
G. W. Mitteer
Nol
Yoming Avenue
Frank Brothers
Fulton Street
Webster Avenue
Mitheer
Mitteer
Here
New
Worker’s Leg Amputated After Breaker Hit
A Dickson breaker incident near Ridge at about 12:30 PM left Kane, an employee, with a serious injury when he was run over by a moving gantry. Surgeons worked to save the limb but the leg was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisker
Kane
En Ridge
Gonprevroey
Urgeons
Goa
Long and Useful Scranton Career Ends in Illness
Charles Frederick Mattes, a veteran Scranton resident and longtime Lackawanna Iron and Coal executive, died after a long illness. A former city councilman and elder of First Presbyterian, he helped develop the Lackawanna valley and left a legacy of public service, family noted members include six children and several relatives. Funeral set for Friday at 2 PM with services at his Jefferson Avenue home. Interment in Dunmore cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frederick Mattes
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton
Easton
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Northwest
E. 8. Moffat
Henry J. Mattes
Slater
Alexander Wilson
William F. Mattes
Edward C. Mattes
Ouray
Colo
Charles ©. Mattes
Louis T. Mattes
Thirteenth Regiment
Mary Mattes
Nellie Mattes
Jefferson Avenue
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Dunmore Cemetery
Logan
James McLeod
Tackawanna Tron and Coal Company
Richard W. Olmstead
Steel Company
Mattes
Mischievous Boys Arrest Warrants Issued
Warrants were sworn out before Alderman Wright for the arrest of twelve boys on malicious mischief charges. The youths from Gibson street and Adama avenue are accused of throwing stones from a wall onto a house on New street, damaging the roof and entering the building during a carnival. Parents will attend the hearing tomorrow at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Wright
Jackson Merryweather
Tracy ‘Roberts
Silla Roberta
John Roberts
Eugene Roberts
James Collins
Joe Tierney
John Tierney
Harry Rice
Tom Davis
Howard Loftus
John MacDowell
Sam McDowell
Gibson Street
Adama Avenue
Erie and
Wyoming
Merryweather
New Street
Preliminary Meeting for St Aloysine Society Tonight
The Cathedral St Aloysius society postpones heavy work due to heat and returns with plans to resume tasks this evening. Members aim to complete a backlog of commitments as the weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysine Society
Cathedral St. Aloysius Society
Last Night's Total Lunar Eclipse Observed
Astronomers enjoyed a clear sky as a total lunar eclipse unfolded from about 9:46 p.m. to 2:54 a.m., with penumbral phases visible after 10 p.m. The event marked the year's second lunar eclipse, noting three solar eclipses later in 1895 and comparing to 1877 when similar eclipses occurred but were invisible to Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Work of the Board Delayed by Charities Absence
Absence of many Associated Charities members kept the board from meeting. Special session planned within a week due to accumulated business. Agent Mia W. B. Duggan reported seventy four cases investigated with fifty three deemed worthy of relief. Eight people found employment, fifteen given transportation. eight deserted wives and two deserted husbands aided. Thirteen housed, nine sent to summer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
Mia
W. B. Duggan
Course of Studies at John Raymond Institute Proposed
The advance prospectus circulates in the city announcing evening classes starting Oct 1. Instructors include John L. Richards for English, A F Tappen for business, H Herbert Wheeler and H H Burroughs for drawing, Tallie Morgan for vocal music, J I M Chance for orchestral music, S Friedwald for German, Burroughs and W M Hill for manual training and higher mathematics, and F R Wellerd for physical culture. Tuition per class is capped at $10, granting all association privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Raymond Institute
John L. Richards
A. F. Tappen
H. Herbert Wheeler
H. H. Burroughs
Tallie Morgan
J. IM. Chance
Mus. Bac
Friedwald
W. M. Hill
M. E
F. R. Wellerd
Hand Squeezed In Mill Machinery Accident
Misa Lena Schuh, 1015 Crown avenue, working in Sauquolt Silk mill weaving department, had her hand caught in machinery yesterday afternoon. Foreman stopped the machine instantly. Six weeks expected for recovery after severe lacerations from fingertips to wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauquolt Silk Mill
Misa Lena Schuh
Crown Avenue
Wr. J. A. Manley
Iron Trestling Across the Lackawanna at Carbon Street
Edge Moor Bridge company plans a new trestling across the Lackawanna at Carbon street to carry water pipes for the Gas and Water company. The structure will be costly and substantial, built level with the Carbon street bridge near it to protect pipe joints from corrosion by sulfurous water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Street
Edge Moor Bridge Company
Lackawanna
The
Gas and Water Company
Liquor Seller McHale Bound for Court in Wilkes-Barre
Patrick J. McHale was arrested by Constable P. J. Gallagher at midnight for selling liquor and was lodged in the county jail in Wilkes-Barre. His bondsman noted the surety’s plan to travel and withdrew, enabling McHale to be removed to jail after transport from the Luserne’s capital area. More local notes mention Bellevue keep, a hotel, and weather and theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
P. J. Gallagher
Wilken- Barre
Patrick J. McHale
Luserne
McHale
Wiikes-Barre
Bellevue
Richmondale man jailed for trying to pull a well from its socket
Peter Boots of Richmondale is in county jail after attempting an impossible act. He devised a plan to lift and yank an old well on John Banko's property with a windlass and bucket, hoping it would caverns the ashes, and was arrested for malicious mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots
Banko
Eran
Od Faurot House
Washington Avenue
Alde Yard
Arthur Frothingham
Eagh
Film-Slammer Charged After Restaurant Heist
Four men entered Kauffman’s Restaurant at 109 Lackawanna Avenue last night. After dining four meals they swindled the proprietor out of six dollars by altering a ten dollar bill. Lieutenant Davis and Patrolman Day seized one suspect who admitted the act. The detainee gave the name Will iam Ward of Philadelphia and offered settlement at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kauffman
Lackawanna Avenue
Davis
Day
Will‘am Ward
Philadelphia
Indomitable Bishop O'Hara’s One Day Valiant Effort
Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara, in his eightieth year, rose at 6 am, said mass, confirmed 30 children at Wilkes-Barre, and after travel and church duties in Ridgeberry and Scranton returned by train. The report highlights his extraordinary energy and faith driven service in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Hara
Claus
Wilkes-Barre
Ridgeberry
Husate
Scranton
Death of Mrs Albright noted in Scranton
Sad intelligence reached Scranton of Mrs Harriet Langdon Albright’s death in Buffalo. She left a legacy through the Albright library funded by her husband J J Albright and heirs. Survivors include Raymond, Ruth, and Langdon Albright. Funeral was in Buffalo. Community notices invite veterans to attend a National encampment in Louisville with a $16.59 round trip fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Archbald
R. J. Bennell
James Archbald, Jr
City
Joseph Albright
Pottsville
Louisville
Fara Griffin Post
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Scranton
Loulaville
M. L. Smith
Lackawanna Avenue
School of the Lackawanna to Reopen with Teachers
The School of the Lackawanna will reopen on Monday September 9 with ten experienced teachers. It offers advantages for university college technical or commercial life and elective courses. On September 1 and 7 the principal will meet pupils for examination and classification. Catalogues may be obtained from Rev. Thomas M Cann and Walter H Buell principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of the Lackawanna
Thomas M. Cann
A. M
Walter H. Buell
Commonwealth show store styles and prices in Washington avenue shoes
Advertisement notes latest styles and low prices for fine shoes at the Commonwealth show store on Washington avenue. Also mentions a flour mill with a capacity of 17 000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Shoe Store
Washington Avenue
Commonwealth Show Store
Washington
Atask
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S. H. Hurst
Jal
Ohio
North
Washington Ave
Francis Fitzcibbon
Ite
Chas. M. Roe
D. Bolz
Wyoming Ave
Dime Savings Bank
Norrman & Moore Fire Insurance
Ackawanna
A.B. Warman
Penn Ave
City Notes
F. Mattes
Mosoa Taylor Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Board of
Associated Workers
Sauquolt
Lena Schuh
M. Nash
Bimhuet Hetal
Pry
D. B
Altherton
Board of Trade
Cuba
Lagkawanna Valley
I. Tada
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Tokio
Japan
Second Presbyterian Church
Tada
John Grifin
Brooklyn
Green Ridge
Honesdale
Griffin
E. F. James
New Haven Palladium
Sat Ia
Improved Order
Heptasophs
Scranton Cash Store
F.P. Price
Woolworth
Green and Gold
Crystal Palace
Louis Rupprecht
Eugene Elebarg
Times
Zui Penn Ave
Opp. Baptist Church
Edwin C. Burt & CO
Lckovma
Love
Scranton Training School
Scranton Training School For
Katharine B. Clark
Reading, Mass
S. C. Snyder
D. D
NMS OG Nom Ely Cin
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
Wi Cotarr
E. Jomdan
Boston Hospital
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