Local Folks in Brief Visits and Trips Across Cities
John P. Connolly returns from Canada to visit his parents. George W. Milhaus of Archbald spends last evening with city friends. George N. Littl of Green Ridge Iron Works travels to New York on business. Mr. and Mrs. John Jermyn and Miss Susan Jermyn return from Manhattan Beach. M Chirk of Philadelphia, an officer with Scranton Traction, was in the city yesterday. Alias Grace Conley returns from a month abroad in New York and Bridgeport. Miss Louie Williams and her mother depart for Ohio to visit friends. Mrs. J G Corcoran and Miss Frances Mellon travel to New York to meet Katy McDonald, who visited Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Connolly
Canada
George W. Milhaus
Archbald
George N. Littl
Green Hidge Iron Works
New York
John Jermyn
Susan Jermyn
Manhattan Beach
M. Chirk
Philadelphia
Scranton Traction Company
Alias Grace Conley
Bridgeport
Louie Williams
Chestnut Street
Ohio
J. G. Corcoran
Frances Mellon
Katy McDonald
Ireland
Local notes from Dunmore and area on social visits
Daniel Powell of South Blakely Street is in New York on business. Miss Atherton of Wyoming visits Miss Ada Barnard. Mrs. E. C. Crawford of Grove Street is housebound. Miss Gertle Farber goes to Philadelphia for eye surgery. Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church at 7 20 tonight. The late Andrew Derby's funeral was held there Tuesday at 2. Floral tributes marked esteem. pallbearers listed. Remains laid to rest at Dunmore cemetery. Harmer of Philadelphia visits George Englert on Butler Street. G J Van Buskirk takes a petition at No 1 shaft of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. Miss Marie Williams of Carbondale visits Miss Eva Osterhout. Council meets with President Hagerty. minutes approved. Street and bridge committee reports gutter work on Potter Street and North Blakely Street repairs. Mill Street sidewalk notices. Play pipes for Neptune Hose Co. approved. bids for new bonds under 6 percent authorized. Street Commissioner’s August work tallied at 325 dollars. A D Spencer Fire Co. of Sport Hill granted council recognition. Dunmore Street Railway Co. right of way bid defeated 2 to 2. Morning Glories of Dunmore challenge Jermyn baseball on Dunmore grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Powell
South Blakely Street
New York City
Miss Atherton
Wyoming
Ada Barnard
E. C. Crawford
Grove Street
Ines
Gertle Farber
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Andrew Derby
Butler Street
G. J. van Buskirk
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Marie Williams
Carbondale
Eva Osterhout
Horouch Iuilding
Haggerty
Payton
Ward
Potter Street
North Blakely
Mill Street
Neptune Hose Company
A. D. Spencer Fire Company
Sport Hill
Enunell
Dunmore Street Railway Company
Dunmore
Jermyn Baseball Club
Dunmore Grounds
North End Social Roundup of Visits and Travels
Miss Daisy Jones visits Miss Alice Osterhout then returns home to Carbondalle. Ambrose Mulley and wife visit daughter Mrs. Richard Cowles in Hollis Long Island. Martin Jennings returns from Philadelphia to Hudgon street. Byron Winton comes home from New York after a short stay. Edward Jackson leaves for Annapolis Maryland to take naval school entrance exams. Rev and Mrs G E Guild and daughter Gertrude planned Walton New York visit. Miss Sadie Chubb leaves Philadelphia with Miss Osterhout for home. Espears at Rockwell place Ontario. Bevigning Deizler and Miss Kte tler visit M H Sanders residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Jones
Carbondalle
Alice Osterhout
Oak Street
Ambrose Mulley
North Main Avenue
Richard Cowles
Hollis
Long Island
Martin Jennings
Philadelphia
Hudgon Street
Byron Winton
North Mainaven
New Yorky
Edward Jackson
Rockwell Place
Annapolis
Maryland
Naval School
G. E. Guild
Gertrude
Walton
N. Y
Sadie Chubb
Meta Osterhoyt
Aantarda
Osterhout
Temperance Meeting Among Delegates From Many Societies
Pittston hosts the state convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence union at St Aloysius hall with delegates from St Anrew's St Ignatius Centralia St John the Baptist Shamokin Port Griffith and more. President McCarthy reports growth and planning while an excursion to Scranton followed the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. McCarthy
Williamsport
State Union
Methaw
J. J. Delaney
Shamokin
John Grant
Shenandoah
St. Anbrew's
J. W. Kelley
CT. A. Union
Tioga
John Lyons
St. Ignatius
John O'Rorke
Joseph Coyne
Father Mathew
Muston
John A. Collier
MM. W. Morris
St. John's
Port Griffith
James Devers
Martin Gaffney
Michael Gillespie
St. Patrick's
Joseph Cotter
St. John the Baptist
C. W Dersarvh
Annunciation
Jas. Grant
Cadetes
Shenamoah
M. J. O. Haron
Edward 8
McGraw
James McNamara
Cadeta
J. C. Murphy
Sharon
Jas. A. Tieue
Sacred Heart
Ridgeway
James Quinnan
St. John’s
J. J. McHale
M. J. Gillespie
St. John's Society
Port Griftth
A. W. Morris
Father Mathew Society
Pittston
McCarthy
Horaces. Whiteman
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Pennsylvania
Henefita
J. J. Ely
Jeannette
John
A. Collier
M. J. Berry
Kelley
Blotssburg
O'Haron
Murphy
Danville
McNamara
Wihn- Hamsport
McLaughlin
Centralia
Thomas J. O'Donnell
Mt. Carmel
Scranton
Pompeil
Nellie McHenry Joins Galsbury Troubadours Cast
Mies Nellie McHenry, once the bright particular star of Galsbury's Troubadours, is in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Take
Mies
Nellie McHenry
Galsbury
Troubadours
Charley's Aunt Opens Frothingham Season With Lively Farce
The Frothingham theater opened its season with Charley's Aunt produced by Charles Frohman’s company under Wag ner Reis of Syracuse. The Oxford farce unfolds as Lord Fancourt Babberly impersonates the rich Brazilian aunt to keep a dinner party on track, delivering broad humor and multiple romantic pairings. Arthur Larkin led a skilled cast including Raymond Cupp Addison Pitts Joseph Allen Grace Thorne Coulter Marke Anderson and May Monte Donico with strong applause for the impersonation and ensemble work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Frothingham
Charles Frohman
Wagner & Reis
Syracuse
N. Y
Audiechte
Oxford University
England
Jack Chesney
Charley Wykeham
Brazil
Cheahey
Lord Fancourt
Healy O Boyle Nuptials In Sacred Mass
Thomas J O Noyle of Prospect Avenue wed Nora Healey daughter of John J Healey of Ninth Street at St Patrick s church during a solemn nuptial mass. Rev John J Healey served as celebrant with Rev Daniel A Dunne deacon and Rev Joseph J McCabe subdeacon. The ceremony featured maid of honor Miss Mary Irvine and groomsman James V Clifford. Music by Haydn Evans and choir. The couple will begin housekeeping on Prospect Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelock
Thomas J. O’ Boyle
Prospect Avenue
South Side
Nora Healey
John J. Healey
Ninth Street
St. Patrick's Church
Jackson Street
Pleasant Mount
Daniel A. Dunne
Joseph Hannen
William Gurrell
W. H. Malla
Honescalle
Colored Men on Parade Elect Officers at Odd Fellows Convention
The state convention of the colored Odd Fellows reconvened in Scranton with officers elected. Pittsburg chosen for next meeting on September 1, 1896. resolutions honored mayor and hosts. parade featured the Ninth Regiment band and local lodges. Delegates and others viewed a large turnout, with Rev. A McGee and Rev. C A McGee addressing attendees before a closing dance at Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
Sesthenes Lodge
Household of
Ruth
Central Republican Club
Sosthenes Lodge
Anthracite Lodge
Wilkes-Barre
Ninth Regiment
M. Tinker
James Foster
Frank Thomas
M. W. Howard
Nelson
P. J. T. Compton
Harrisburg
Lackawanna
Adams
Spruce Street
Jefferson Avenue
Vine Street
Washington Avenue
Gibson Street
Wyoming
A. McGee
C. A. McGee
Odd Fellows’ Organization
Music Hall
Noff
Two Women in Law at Alderman Millar Court
From Diamond Flats district two women appeared in court yesterday. Mrs. John Gerrity faced charges as defendant while Mrs. John Mulher stood as prosecutrix. Gerrity allegedly slandered Mulher after a dispute over pedigree. Gerrity was lectured on scolding and required to furnish 200 bail or face county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Flats
Millar
John Gerrity
John Mulher
Gerrity
Temperance sermons and community notices from St John’s area
Father Cullen preached on temperance at St John’s church with Father O’Callan on purgatory and penance. Ushers circulated abstinence pledges as a warning to drinkers. local injuries and deaths noted including Joseph Hawley's saw injury and Fred Pell’s typhoid death. Revival sermons announced for Avoca and Hampton Street churches. Hood’s Sarsaparilla testimonials advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Cullen
St. John's Church
Father O'Callan
Hell
Kingdom of Heaven
Joseph Hawley
Pittston Avenue
J. G. Eckman
Coming Attractions At City Theaters This Week
The Fortingham and Frothingham will showcase Heasle Bonehill and Richard Harlow in 1492 and The Queen of Spain, plus Kilanyi Living Pictures and Thatcher Johnson minstrels at the Academy of Music. Edwina debuts as Americas best dancer in A Green Goods Man, with Frederick Warde offering three plays at Frothingham. The Struggle of Life headlines at the Academy Monday and Tuesday, then Bicycle Girl appears midweek at the Park endorsed for a run suggesting strong audience appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heasle Bonehill
Spain
Richard Harlow
Heesie Ponehill
Rhee
Forthingham
Ths
George Thatcher
Carroll Johnson
Thatcher
New
Hfe
Academy of Music
Mr. Sanford
Guy
Park Theater
Burgunder
Stroke of paralysis hits Cedar Avenue stone cutter
Thomas McGuinness of Cedar Avenue in the Twentieth ward is in critical condition after a paralytic stroke suffered yesterday morning. He has been in poor health for months and his life is not expected to be prolonged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mctuinhess
Cedar Avenue
Stryker
Indianapolis Journal
Political Humour and Campaign Quips Across Papers
A compilation of quips and cartoon captions from multiple papers satirizing political life. Jests touch on campaigns, bills, money, cotton prices, and public speaking, with figures like a candidate, banker, lawyer, and alderman’s son in light political banter.
Trouble Beaters and Wisecracks Across The Papers
A collage of humorous clippings and quips from Chicago Record Deutsche Warte Washington Star New York Mail and Express New York Herald and Guernsey Bros references. Jests about doctors cigars poetry hand writing Trilby horse racing and a detective at a music conservatory with a Wagner murder tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Music Conservatory
Wagner
Atel
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Aids Digestion and Nerves
An ad describing Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a remedy for stomach acid and digestion. It claims it soothes stomach discomfort and quiets nerves, presenting the product as a general health aid. The copy uses promotional language typical of period patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
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School Books
Norton's
Lackawanna Ave
Snow
The
Weston Mill Co
North End
Temperance
C. T. A. Union
Tive
Thomas J. O'Noyle
C. FP
Colored Odd Fellows
Republican Club
A. Jordan
Carlisle
J. A. Morris
J. M. Stafford
Marietta
W. H. Crows
J. B. F.curry
Robert J. Nelson
Reading
BR. L. Patterson
H. J. Howard
John M. Green
Thomas Williams
C. Bair
Columbia
L. BE. Morton
Albert Jordan
Phillipsburg
J. A. Newly
F. I L. Peterson
C. H. Nicholas
KH. T. Throckmaton
Wilkes/Barre
J. E. Sewell
West Chester
J. H. Palmer
E. V. van Dyke
Clifton Jones
C. H. Tyler
T. H. Williams
J. W. Green
J. M. Askins
W. J. Tann
J. F. Compton
A. W. Williams
Newtown
J. H. Organ
H. A. Patterson
LAW
Vance Seattl
Hood
Frederick Warde
Thomas McGuinness
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago News
Chicago
Atlanta Constitution
Hames
Tim
Rexford's
Lacka Ave
Hadley
Baron
Mr. Proudpaugh
Greeley
Trilby
San Francisco
New York Mail and Express
New York Herald
Weber
Guernsey Bros
Mason
Delly Glasses
China Hall
Weichel & Millar
Wyoming Avenue
Schank
Koehler
Gall UP
Wiloney OL
Mamufast
Meridian Street
W. Collins, M Gr
G. Elmendorf
Elmira
Megargel & Connell
Scranton, Pa
Wellbach Light
HT & Coe
J.D. Williams & Bro
Lacka. Ave
U. E. Crofut, Prop’r
Heart Lake, Pa
L. Aw
Atation
Kane Prin
Sten
William S. Millar
Gas and Water Co
Wyoming Ave
Center ST
Aylesworth’s
John L Rice
Shania Baei
Gallegues
Shim
Scranten, Pa
E. Grewer
Postoffice
Gerrer Pena
University of Pennsylvania
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia
Pon
Sam
Tof P.r
Peas Avenue
H. D. Swartz & CO
L. C. Smith's
Remington
Peon and
Wyoming Avenues
Spruce ST
Danny Lind
Pierce’s Market
Penn Aye
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