Local residents listed in and around Scranton travel and life events
Weston Mill Go Miss Jenkins and Morgan visit New York. Miss Craig and Conner travel from Wilkes-Barre. Van Nort and Connolly attend Erie league meet. Leonard leaves for Notre Dame. Walker to Georgetown. Miss Cummings enters St Roge's novitiate. MeeManauma returns from visits to Binghamton and Syracuse. Connell family sail home on Cunard Servia. Kate Jordan heads to Surwell to teach. Mrs O'Neill of Quebec visits Scranton with son F H O'Neill. Wright and Stevens attend New York volunteers reunion in Albany. Bosale Hunt to wed George Rogers at Green Ridge church. Burnham family returns from Boston to settle in Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Jenkins
Jennie Morgan
West Side
New York City
Annie Craig
Katie Conner
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
John J. van Nort
B. P. Connolly
Erie
Joseph Leonard
Jefferson Avenue
Notre Dame
Ind
T. J. Walker
Washington
Georgetown College
Mame Cummings
West Lacka- Wanna Avenue
Surtwell
McKean Courtty
Thomas O'Neill
Quebec
Canada
John Ro Wan
Meridian Street
O'Neill
F. H. O'Neill
le Grand Wright
Stevens
Albany
New York
Bosale M. Hunt
James M. Hunt
Green Ridge
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
George Dresser Rogers
Edmund B. Burnham
Emma
Boston
Mass
Mail Fon Avenue
Nay Aug Hose Company Invited to Reading Firemen's Meet
The Nay Aug Hose Company reports a New York fire commission letter granting their participation in Reading’s firemen’s convention on October 14. Lackawanna county firemen are urged to secure lodging at Woodvale hotel, with 25 nonmembers possible through Nay Aug arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Fire Commissioners
Lie Saving Corp
Nay Aug Hose Company
Lackawanna County
Woodvale Hotel
Nay Aug
Woodvale
Nay Augs
Death of Mrs Maria Murray Ratchford in Minooka
Mrs Maria Murray Ratchford died after a brief illness at her parents home in Minooka. She was married to John J Ratchford a train man on the DL&WR. Born Maria Murray she taught in Minooka and later worked as a governess in Montana. Funeral plans to St Joseph church Minooka with requiem at 8 30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ratchford
Minooka
Seventeenth Street
West Side
Michael Murray
St. Joseph's Church
At &30
Minooka Catholic
Southern
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Maria Murray
Montana
Court resumes business after two months with grand jury duties
Judge Archbald leads October term in broad program advising jurors to inspect jail and courthouse. Constables report liquor and unlicensed gambling activity, sewer issues, rotting bridges, and several alleged license violators. A Pullman car move related to Atlanta exposition prompts 300 sleeping cars and 7000 berths at $1 nightly. Conductor William Buchell dismissed after refusing orders regarding Mrs. Corbin’s private car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity Court
Archbald
Grand Jury
John T. Howe
J. W. Clark
John Pinko
Chipik
Mr Clark
Seventh Street
Patrick O Connor
James Noone
Frank Holgate
South Abington
Chinchilla
Roach
Patrick Roach
Henry McHale
Mary Malloy
Martin Lougherty
Bridget Biglin
Mary Lynott
Mary Mulr
Tianae Delph
Dunmore
T. J. Dugcan
Miles McDonald
E. A. Haggerty
Thomas Walsh
Thomas Payton
Peter Ward
William McAllister
Hugh Burke
Ireland
Dolph
Burke
Throop
Pullman Company
Atlanta
William ‘Buchell
Sag Harbor Express
Long Island
Austin Corbin
Buchell
President Corbin
Babylon
Ira
Corbin
Easthampton
Hitchell
Equity Court Hears Injunction Against Vito Girardo
In Dunmore the court considered a borough injunction demanding removal of a dirt embankment built by Vito Girardo that blocked a natural watercourse on Elm street. Testimony showed the waterway followed Girardo’s land, with earlier channels laid out by Frank Wagner and Susan Spencer's heirs. Arguments focused on the legal right to alter or obstruct the stream and restore normal flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archhbald
Equity Court
Borough of
Dunmore
Vito Girardo
T. J. Duggan
J. H. Burns
Charles H. Welles
Girardo
Elm Street
Susan Spencer
Pennsylvania Company
Frank Wagner
Frank Spencer
Edward Spencer
Railroad Notes and a Longtime Engineer Obituary
The Philadelphia and Reading shop in Reading has produced about 75 000 hand holders for trainmen protection and the new locomotive No 385 will operate on the New York division with a reported mile in thirty seconds. Peter Styers, claimed oldest locomotive engineer in the United States, died in Bethlehem and ran a locomotive nearly forty six years without a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia and Reading
Reading
New York
Peter Styers
United States
Bethlehem
Duri
Charley's Aunt at Frothingham and local entertainments
The Frothingham hosts Charley's Aunt in a national touring staging by Rice's company, with Willie Dunlap delivering a noted tenor performance. Frederick De Belleville reflects on Warde's rise in American theatre, and Warde is scheduled to appear at the Frothingham. A Green Goods Man plays at the Academy of Music, plus various local notices on visits, rallies, and evangelist events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
United States
Frothingham
Brandon Thomas
Wil
Charleys
Rice
Bie
Willie Dunlap
New York
Tee
Frederick de Belleville
Dramatic Mirror
Theater Royal
Cambridge
England
Frederick Warde
de ‘Belleville
America
Warde
Booth's
John McCullough
Charlotte Cushman
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Julius Acsar
Marc Antony
Ebi L. Davenport
Brutus
Cassius
Frothingbaum
W. FE. Gorman
Carew
Academy of Music
Esc
Chicago
Boston
New York City
County Teachers Institute to Start Week of October 28
County Superintendent J. C. Taylor has arranged the annual Institute for county teachers beginning Monday October 28. Dr J P Gordy of Ohio and Prof George W Twitmyer will lecture. Prof Eppstein of Chicago will lead the music. Miss Gertrude Edmund and Miss Margaret McCloskey will lecture. Rev John A Harris of Hucknell University will speak on the Fall of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Taylor
J. P. Gordy
Ohio
George W. Twitmyer
Honesdale High Schhool
G. MM. Phillips
Westchester State Normal School
Eppstein
Chicago
Gertrude Edmund
Stroudsburg State Normal School
Margaret McCloskey
Lock Haven State Normal School
Taylor
John A. Harris
Hucknell University
Richmond
Harris
Phillips
Bishop Nabbed After Flight From Custody and Bribery Claim
Alderman Millar recaptured FE A Bishop after a chase dating to August 19. Bishop, held on assault and contempt charges, posted $500 bail. He allegedly offered $10 to raid Annie Anthony’s place and sent an intimidating letter, prompting a future bribery prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millar
FE. A
Bishop
Hawley
Annie Anthony
Local social notes and town events report
Miss Bertha Bold of Waverly visited Miss Lizzie Krause on Brook Street. Howard M. Bone of North Blakely Street visited friends in Honesdale. Council and school board to meet tonight. Funeral of Andrew Derby from Presbyterian church at 2 PM. Epworth league to host social at Mrs. Frank Manley’s Cherry Street home tomorrow. Ladies' Aid to meet at Lake Ariel Thursday leaving Dunmore at 9 46 train. Henry Ware of Waverly visited friends. Neptune Fire Company seeks subscriptions for improved equipment. Electric lights installed at the post office yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Bold
Waverly
Lizzie Krause
Brook Street
Howard M. Bone
North Blakely Street
Honesdale
Andrew Derby
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Horsford Acid Phosphate Aids Digestion And Nerves
Taken to address stomach issues the preparation claims to remove the cause by stimulating the stomach lining, promoting digestion, and calming the nerves. The wording suggests a tonic effect without detailing active ingredients or clinical evidence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
School Books
Norton’s
Lackawanna Ave
Snow
Weston Mill
Life Saving Corps
Hood! Barsaparilia
Hood
Guernney Bros
Constable Road
Forge
Mathew Beam
Old Forge
A. RB. Dunning, Jr
M. Casadora
Fred Stefano
A. Gevanno
Tippling House
Keegan
Anthony Knight Fella
Herward Davis
Patrick Henry
Railroad Notes
North End
Sydney Trickey
North Main Avenue
Europe
Guy Osterhout
Oak Street
University of Pennsylvania
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian Church of
Frank Silkman
Towanda
George Wilder
Weston Place
Honeslale
G. D. Moore
Lewis Shelhorn
Ross Streets
Glass Works
The
Standard
John RK
Jones
Thomas Leyshon
Swayne
Matl
Dr. Bwayne & Son
Philadelphia
Moxie
Mason
Delly Glasses
China Hall
Weichel & Millar
Wyoming Avenue
Schank
Koehler
Spruce Street
Hondacho
Shim
Scranton, Pa
M. W. Collins
M Gr
G. Elmendorf
Elmira
N. Y
Megargel & Connell
Horsford
Rogers
Toaspouma
Rexpord's
Pratis
E. Grewer
Oldstoffice
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia
Sa.m
Symroom
DR. BE. Gre
Port
Pas Qvenue
H. D. Swartz & CO
L. C. Smith's
Remington
Penn and
Wyoming Avenues
James & Kelly
Pittsburg
Spruce ST
Pierce’s Market
Penn
Tomy
J.D. Williams & Bro
Lacka. Ave
Wellbach Light
Maine
Maritime Provinces
Minneapolis
St. Paul
United States Northwests
Vancouver
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
E. V. Skinner
Broadway
William S Millar
Water Co
Correber Wyching Ave
Center
S&t
Spring House
U. E. Crofut, Prop’r
Heart Lake, Pa
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