Local society notes from Lackawanna County
A stream of short notices lists residents and visitors returning home or traveling. Names include Shannon & Co. workers, Miss Margaret Costeill, Miss Blanche Lavin, Fiddle Maze, Frank Yarrington, Miss Anna Peck, Michael Manley, Hugh Corcoran, F. C. Wagner and son, A. F. Atkinson, Miss Annie Mack, Miss Mary Nealon, A. C. Purple, Miss Elizabeth Burke, Miss Rosella Burke, Louise Ensign, Matthew Lavey, John Devaney, Mabel and Edward Carr, Thomas Davis and family, Frank Ball and family, A. Lewesley, Thomas O Connell, Frank Mang, John Brink, W R Wood, and W A Harrison with various trips and visits to Scranton, Pittston, Jersey City, Port Jervis, Nineveh, Newport, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Margaret Costeill
Blanche Lavin
Pittston
Marin Grady
Pike Street
FH. Bronnon
First National Bank
Hae
Albany
Boston
New York City
Fiddle Maze
Waterbury
Conn
Frank Yarrington
Jersey City
Anna Peck
Green Ridge
Marion Crane
Lincoln Avenue
Michael Manley
Dunmore
Maggie Manley
West Side
Hugh Corcoran
Plains
F.C. Wagner and Son
F. Atkinson
Carterville
Annie Mack
Sarah McHale
Mary Nealon
A. C. Purple
Abington Association
Peckville
Elizabeth Burke
Brooklyn Street
Rosella Burke
Main Street
Millersville Normal School
Louise Ensign
Uniondale
Matthew Lavey
Niagara University
J. J. Lynch
Park Street
John Devaney
Atlantic City
Mabel
Edward Carr
Port Jervis
Thomas Davis
Paul
Frank Ball
Glenn
A. Lewesley
Nineveh
Thomas O'Connell
Seventh Avenue
Mt. McGregor
New London
Block Island
Newport
Frank Mang
Philadelphia
P. Mang
South Main Street
John Brink
W. R. Wood
Hotel American
Wayne County
W. A. Harrison
Ocean Grove
City council thwarts bonds and curfew vote in special session
Members of the common council met Tuesday in special session on final readings. The $1,000 fire alarm bonds were defeated after opposition over the Cottage clause. Street grade ordinances passed third reading five to four. seven votes needed for final passage. The sewer district annexation passed unanimously. The curfew measure failed with only Case Colwell and Robinson in support. Glennan opposed after introducing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Select Council
Messia
Bate
Brink
Case
Colwell
Devine
Dockerty
Glennan
McDonough
Robinson
Washington Street
Nicht, Fire and Water Committee
Cottage Fire Company
Messrs
McDonnough
Case Colwell
Mozart Band Joins Columbia Hose Company Excursion
Columbia Hose company No. 5 and the Mozart band travel by train this morning to Honesdale then Port Jervis via the Erie railroad. About sixty five firemen attend with twenty five Mozarte honorary members. The wagon, black horses, and concert mark a planned parade and open concert this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hose Company No. 5
Honesdale
Erie
Port Jervis
Mozart Band
Council Meeting Minutes Indicate Budget and Policy Debates
The select council met Tuesday with all members present. They ordered bills paid and discussed finances. MacDonough's tax work resolution failed, as did the Pike street improvement and a fire chief election by joint councils. The city solicitor advised against paying committee work and found no authority for electing a fire chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select Council
MacDonough
Pike Street
School Board Meeting Reports High School Enrollment
All city school board members attended a Tuesday evening session. They discussed financial matters tax collectors and improvements. Professor Hockenberry reported the high school opened with 144 pupils, 122 girls and 42 boys. The next meeting is set for Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockenberry
Family gathering at Isgar home on Salem avenue
The home of William Isgar on Salem avenue hosted a joyful family gathering. Attendees included Messrs. and Mesdames A. E. Isgar and family, Henry Isgar and family, Will Isgar and child, Mrs. George Kelly, W. B. R. Hargar, Mrs. Henry Snyder, Miss Ida Snyder, and J. E. Blacksire. Miss Mollie Nolan of Fike Street also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Isgar
Salem Avenue
Messra
A. E. Isgar
Henry Isgar
Will Isgar
George Kelly
W. BR. Hargar
Henry Snyder
Ida Snyder
J. E. Blackslere
Mollie Nolan
Fike Street
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Bilious Poison
The advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery removes bilious poisons from the body by boosting liver excretions and improving digestion to create healthy blood. It recounts a testimonial from Ira D. Herring of Needmore Florida describing relief after using the product for stomach pain and digestive distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Ira D. Herring
Haq
Needmore
Levy Co
Fla
Cohen
Ilia
Eva
Mayfield Council Reviews Tenders and Local Reports
Mayfield council met with members Edmunds Bergan Place Dempsey and P McCarty presiding. The tender committee censured Mr Flynn over a statement about towns not consulting him on safety equipment and planned action to force the firm to equip cars with modern tenders. The night committee will meet Mr Keller of Jermyn Light to discuss electric lights. The school board considered hiring an attorney and adopting two new textbooks as well as paying many bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Edmunds
Bergan
Place
Dempsey
P. McCarty
Flynn
Jermyn
Archbald
Thut
T. L. Keller
Jermyn Light Company
Nght
Keller
Shlanto
Thomas M. Jones
Clara Davis
Gertrude Davis
Dana Rymer
Josephine Davis
Carrie Wise
Laura Hill
Annie Gendall
W. J. Baker
J. R. Grimoths
William Osborne
H. D. Carey
P. E. Timlin
Timlin
Treasury
Joseph
James Lawler
James Conway
Pittston
John Tighe
South Main Street
Isaac Jones
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Scranton Visitors and Church Festival Announced
Archbold and Mr E A Jones were recent visitors in Scranton. Rev M H Cawley of Jacksonville is visiting at Pine street home. St Thomas church hosts an evening festival in the basement with articles to be sold and a good time promised. Republicans attended the convention in Scranton on Tuesday. Schools in the borough will reopen on Monday in September. Miss Ettle Hoban of Olyphant visited town during the week. The German congregation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kulp
Wilkes-Barre
M. J. Watkins
Factoryville
James FP. Powell Jr
Main Street
Vert Fisher
Scranton
Calvary Baptist Church
Isaac Thames
Greenwood
Stroudsburg Normal School
Sarah Danks
Grace Wythe
Lizzie
Annie Rawson
Della Knapp
Annie Rose
Marcela Knapp
Harriet Rawson
Mamie King
Jennie Lovering
Mary King
Hannah Thomas
Annie
Carrie Lovering
Ida Jones
Martha Fox
Ray Morgans
Ray
William Deskin
Ralph Davis
David Lovering
Bert Lewis
Avoca
William Davis
West Scranton
Thomas Suttliph
Lackawanna Valley Council
Order
United American Mechanics
van Horn's Hall
Peckville
W. W. Watkins
Hodges
Edward Davis
Jones
H. H. Harris
Thos. J. Hughes
Richard Roberts
Daniel Tubbs
Edward D. Davis
George Sherman
Pittston
Knigghts
The
Golden Eagle
Reese's Hall
Mary A. Scrivens
Olyphant
Pella O'Hagan
New York
Patrick Murray
Washington Street
American Protestant Association
Maude
Porteus
Carbondale
Cooper's Street
Messie
Hannick
Moore
Mary
Kate Johns
Mary Fivans
Hyde Park
Annie Jones
Welsh Congregational Church
Carrie Luethold
Mary A. Nichols
Archbald
Tony
E. A. Jones
M. H. Cawley
Jacksonville, Til
Pine Street
St. Thomas’ Church
Boron
Ettle Hoban
Eivangeliatic Church Picnic Near Moyle Field This Saturday
The Evangeliatic church plans a picnic in Moyle field on Saturday with committee efforts described as promising. Edward Furgueon of Olyphant visited town Tuesday evening. Borough teachers attend an institute in Scranton this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eivangeliatic Church
Moyle
Edward Furgueon
Olyphant
Scranton
Funeral services for Joseph Hulse set for Friday
The funeral for Joseph Hulse, who died at Lackawanna hospital Scranton, will be held Friday at 2 PM from his parents’ home at Malin and Walnut streets Archbald minister Rev Beecher will preside. Interment at Prospect cemetery. The Hulse family formerly lived on Scranton’s West Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hulse
Lackawanna Hospital
Scranton
Malin and
Walnut Streets
Beecher
Archbald
Prospect Cemetery
Hulse
West Side
J. W. Swingle
George Travis
Florence J. Swingle
P. Snedicer
Peckville
William P. Hall
Mary M. Barnes
Ellen Spencer
W. B. Stone
A. W. Shaffer
Charles Moyle
John Hendrickson
Fred Beres
A. Gibbs
Walter Williams
Butler Kirger
Not a Thing in the House Fit to Eat Prompt Home
A short exchange shows a young wife lamenting the lack of usable food, vowing to return to her father. The husband replies he will accompany her, signaling shared concern over the household situation in the passage printed by the Yonkera Statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkera
Femicure Liver Pills for Ladies Marketed in Scranton
An advertisement touts Femicure Liver Pills as a women’s remedy that targets the liver kidneys stomach and bowels while purportedly regulating female functions. It claims relief from constipation headaches dizziness indigestion torpid liver biliousness irregularities backache and pelvic weight, selling at 25 cents per pill through Carl Lorenz, druggist, 418 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lorenz
Lackawanna Ave
Scranton
Elopement Ends in Tragedy as Bride Survives Shooting
Guthrie Oklahoma Territory reports a young Altus farmer Crumly Thagard elopes with Robert Griffin's daughter. Griffin forgives them then fatally shoots at the couple after church and shoots himself. The bride escapes unhurt though a bullet grazed her dress and lodges in her husband’s lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
Crumly Thagard
Altus
Greer County
Robert Griffin
Thaggard
Griffin
First Female Rock Pile Sentence Sparks Jefferson City
In Jefferson City Missouri two black women Mary Barnes and Laura Williams were sentenced to ten days on the rock pile for disorderly conduct. Police Judge Routsong ordered them to sit in chains all day. they refused to work but were compelled to stay on the rock pile. This marks the first time a police judge sentences a woman to street labor in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Mary Barnes
Laura Williams
Routsong
Tramps Fire North Dakota Jail Killing Two
In Conway Walsh county a jail blaze trapped three ringleaders after a night chase. The city jail in Fargo was found burning at 1 am and two escapees later died from severe burns while one vagabond had already perished in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
Conway
Walsh County
Fires on the Father and a Fatal Farm Accident
In Madison Wisconsin a man named Joseph Kinneman tried to elope with H C Coles daughter. The father fired on them wounding Coles son in law Mr Cole and a chase ensued with shots exchanged. Later in Reading Charles Strasser age 16 was fatally injured when a wagon collision crushed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, &. D
Joseph Kinneman
H. C. Cole
Here
Kinneman
Mr. Cole
Kin
Reading
Charles Strasser
Emanuel Strasser
Berkley
Hyde Park Hill
Lehigh Valley Railroad Schedules and Connections
Lehigh Valley timetable notes train routes from Philadelphia to New York with multiple departures at 0.50, 12.05, 1, and 11.80 p m for Pittsburgh and beyond. It lists connections via D L W R and L W R, with arrivals at Easton Harrisburg Bethlehem and other key stops. Parlor and sleeping cars are noted on all trains between Philadelphia and Buffalo with ongoing expansion routes.
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Phuntain Park
New York
Newark
and Elizabeth
Ariven
Kindelphia
Reet Sereinal
New Yorke de Oh
Reading
Tahanon
Harrisbore
Allentown
Lotinville
Iave New Fork
Liberty Street
North River
Whitehall Street
South Terry
Peter Ra
Uater
Brooklyn
Btazen Island
Coney Island
Grand Central
Sietette Vet
Orning
Ath
Neville Aunt Portis
Buffalo
Rie Olaon
Semertation
Binghamton
Elmira
Utica
Richfeld Springs
Ithaca
Northumberland
Pittston
Wilkes
Barre
Plymouth
Bloomsburg
Danville
Williamaport
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Nanticoke
Kingston
Jiman
M. L. Smith
Delaware
Hudson
Scranton
Carbondale
Albany
Garatoxe
Montreal
New England
Fore
Lehigh Valley
Traine
Theuhiaa
Goonies
North
Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Anthrephe
Ingurite Eae
Comtert
Rhae Punes Tusave Anton
Heh Pinlade
Space York
Pinmond
Pitteton
MY Bec
Tunkharstock
Towanda
Tthada
Geneva
Fortis Rochester
Buttalo Ingens
D. Pat Ke
Paliman
Wia
Philadeluffalo
Pam
OSH
Wilbur
Chas
Uebe
Pass
Phila
Nonnemacher
Agt
Bethlehem, Pa
Feranton
Lackawanna Avenue
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Lackawanna County
Shannon & Co
Newsdeniers
North Main Street
Select Council AT Work
Jermyn and Mayfield
Taylor
Castoria
Alaska
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Perience
Princi
Ple
Lackawanna and
Wyoming Avenues
North Dakota
Pilates
South Dakota
Horse Family
India
Ceylon Tea
Mercereau & Connell’s
Regina Music Boxes
Wyoming
Beat
Call
Barbour’s Home
Credit House
Jackawanna Ave
Moosic and
Rushdale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder Co
Repauno Chemical Co
Cook Remedy CO
Mason
Waconmakers
Bittenbender & Co
Scranton, Pa
Lackawanna Lumber
Mili.s
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Dickson Manufacturingco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sunbury
Pittsburg
West
Hazleton
Pottsville
Norristown
Hazleton Traville
Gent
J. B. Hutchinson
Erie Railroad
Hawley
Lake Ariel
Lake Arbany Hounts
Wyoming Valley
York F
Tang
Schanton Division
pecaiRos Brations
Echawken
Forest City
Tama
Hyridge
Paneer
Tank Akentoaia Ery
Winto Togob
Peokville
Olyphant Hebe
Priceburg
Providence
Oe Rae
T. Filtorott