Wilkes-Barre Tribune Opens Branch Office in Public Square
The Wilkes-Barre Tribune announces a new branch in No 29 Laning building Public Square to deliver a Northeast Pennsylvania edition three to five hours earlier than Philadelphia and New York papers. A parade featuring Hose companies from Parsons Plymouth and Ashley was well received by citizens.
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The
Tribune
Laning Building
Public Square
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York
Firemen Parade Impresses City With Largest Showing
Yesterday's firemen parade drew about 600 well uniformed volunteers amid bands, decorated engines, and elaborate equipment. Firemen Steenmaier St John and Constine were praised for leadership while departments from Pittston Wilkes-Barre Nanticoke and other towns showcased precise drill work and colorful outfitting along a long march route through the city.
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Ethc
Steenmaier
St. John
Qonstine
Franklin ‘Hose Co
Edwardeville
Good Will Hose Co
Plymouth
Plymouth Hose Co
Rescue Hose Co
Ashley
Kingston
Lucerne Hose Company
Dorranceton
Nanticoke
Avoca Hose Company
Stegmiler's Hose Co
Wilkes-Barre
Hebert Harvey
Alds
Ambrose Constine
Joseph Williams
Hugh Sharp
Montayne
Lew Knilfen
Coolbaugh
Fred Kirkendall
Fred Stedmaer
Wm. O'Malley
Old Volunteers
Darkeytown Fire Brigade
Pittston
C. A. Alum
Wilkfs-Carre Pie Demt
Steamer Co
Hose Co
Hook & Ladder Co
River Street
Union
Court House
Washington
Franklin
Ross
Malin
Public Square
East Market
Tlt
Kline
Eagle Howe Company
J. M. Jones
Jones
Black Diamond Hook and Ladder Company
Darktown
W. 0. Coolbaugh
J. John
Constine
Stegmaier
Mechanica
Tritonas
Tunkhannock
Temple Commandery
Knights of the Mystic Chain Adjourn Annual Conclave
The Knights held their annual conclave and installed new officers at Red Men's hall Northampton street. Resolutions thanked the mayor and citizens for hospitality and extended thanks to the local castle for entertainment. The select castle elected officers and Read ing was chosen for next year’s gathering before adjourning.
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Knights of the Mystic Chain
Naomi Castle
Red Men's Hall
Northampton Street
Mra. Lawler
Mra. C. Weitzel
York
KR. White
Allegheny
Mra
BR. Wrumb
Pittsburg
H. Wrumb
R. Sawyer
Murphy
Altoona
Lancaster
W. H. Man
Harrisburg
Charles C. Richardson
Scriice
John J. Davis
L. C. Gotthold
Philadelphia
D. K. Retten
Leerer
McKeesport
Harles C. Weat
H. Y. Pickering
Newtown
H. Wilkinson
A. 8
Thomas Potts
Johnstown
J. H. Morris
Boyertown
Grant C. Nobba
Pittebure
James F. Taylor
Miner's Mills
George Powell
Scranton
Reading
Wilkes-Barre
Luther League Holds Northeastern Pennsylvania Assembly
The Luther league of Northeastern Pennsylvania met at St. John's English Lutheran church with about forty delegates from Scranton Pittston Avoca and other towns. Reports from committees and the treasurer dominated morning sessions. In the afternoon Rev Ettwein Pittston led a question box and debates on society welfare followed. Evening addresses by Revs Rehm er Miller Neubauer and Ettwein highlighted the Model Luther league topic.
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Luther League of
Model Luther League
Rehmer
E. Il. Miller
Mr. Newbauer
Scranton
F. Ettwein
Pittston
Fireman Hurt After Saengerbund Hall Dance
After a firemen parade an incident at Saengerbund hall left Sam Bartleman with a badly wrenched back. Bartleman, foreman at Hose Co. No. 1 and a Mackin employee, slipped during a friendly tussle and needed hospital care. He is expected to recover in a few weeks.
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Saengerbund Hall
Sam Bartleman
iNo
Mackin'a
Five Pointy
Bartheman
Bartleman
Brave driver stops runaway horses near parade route
At noon yesterday Patrick Gavin, driver for Behee's freight line, grabbed the bridle of a frightened horse from Brennan & Ward's team that ran loose at the depot and dashed up East Market Street. Dragged for a half block, Gavin suffered a deep foot wound when a horse stepped on him before a crowd at the drug store treated him.
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Patrick Gavin
Brennan & Ward
Embezzlement Charge Involving Tree Agent J C Card
J C Card a longtime agent for trees and shrubs for several nurseries is charged with embezzlement. Constable Peter Bauer arrested him and he was brought before Alderman Kulp yesterday. The florist Moore of 1 Park Avenue says Card solicited orders and erased numbers to inflate his commission.
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J.C. Card
Florist
Moore
Park Avenue
Card
Peter Bauer
Alderman Kulp
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Constable Sues County Commission Over Warrants and Bonds
Constable Lloyd filed a bill in equity seeking to restrain county commissioners from drawing warrants and to compel placing all bonds in his custody. He asks for an office and salaries for his clerks. The case will be argued Saturday before Judge Lynch.
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Lloyd
Lynch
Lewis held for court on revolver charge at Sugar Notch
Lewis remains in custody after waiving a hearing on charges of firing a revolver at Thomas Caffrey of Sugar Notch. Edmund Bevan and John M. Derr from Mill Creek completed a bicycle trip from Phillipsburg to Wilkes-Barre via the Delaware Water Gap, returning Tuesday. The Wilkes-Barre Wheelmen plan their annual officer election at the next meeting. The Evangelical church asso-
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Elation
Dana Street
Tne
Emanuel Church
Edwarde
Gwilym Davis
Boston
Dallas
Hogadas of Israel
Hazleton
Court
Young Women's Christians Association
South Franklin Street
Mike Rubinski
Alderman Donahue
Victor Bernet
Carpenter's Window
Hawkins
Crack
E. Wells
Ashley
Nichola
Joe Cull
J.harkness
James Harper
Nichols
Rev. Pather Jordan
St. Mary's Pay
Rendam
Lewis
Thomas Caffrey
Sugar Notch
Edmund Bevan
John M. Derr
Mill Creek
Phillipsburg
Wilkes-Barre
Delaware Water Gap
Church of the Evangelical Asso
Changes in the Army General Miles to Succeed Schofield
Washington dispatch reports Major General Nelson A Mills will be ordered to command the army on September 29 as Lieutenant General John M Schofield retires for age. General Miles, senior, replaces Schofield. General Ruger and General Moritt retain posts. no other major changes expected.
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Miles
Washington
Schofield
Nelson A. Mills
Department of the East
John M. Schofield
Ruger Ia
Wesley Moritt
Department of the Missouri
Chicago
Schofeld
Fort Sheridan
Women Run Syracuse Street Cars For Charity
In Syracuse on September 12 a Woman’s Christian Association organized a 18 hour car run using sixteen cars across four lines. About fifty fashionable young women acted as conductors raising nearly $2,000 for the association as cars were decorated and crowds rode all day. Regular conductors assisted to prevent accidents.
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Cuse
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Street Railway Company
Woman's Christian Association
Quay Says He Will Not Block Dalzell For Ways and Means
Philadelphia dispatch reports renewed talk that Senator Quay may influence Speaker designate Thomas Reed to block John Dalzell of Pittsburgh from chairing the next ways and means committee. Colonel Thomas Cooper quotes Quay denying any plan to influence committee makeups.
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Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
John Dalzell
Pittsburg
Ways and Means
Quay
Saidolonel Thomas ¥. Cooper
Bloodhounds Lead 900 Seekroaming Thieves in Perry Township
In Frankfort Indiana on September 12 farmers in Perry township report thefts of hundreds of dollars in poultry. Wes terson Mellin and Wyants lost about 500 turkeys and chicks and sent for bloodhounds from Darlington. A noon search led by the dogs drew a crowd of about 900, with serious results feared.
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Indiana
Frankfort
Ind
Perry Township
Westerson
Mellin
Wyants
Darlington
Quotations and remedies from old texts and “Winslow’s Soothing Syrup”
A compiled excerpt lists famous quotations on patience anxiety fame and skill, plus a vintage advertisement for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming fifty years of use for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea. The misspelled text and fragmented sentences reflect OCR issues from an old newspaper page.
Castoria Recalled in Rhyme of a Pediatric Remedy
A nostalgic home verse recalls Castoria as a universal child remedy. The speaker notes that as a baby she was sick and treated with Castoria, as a child she cried for it, as a young woman she clung to it, and as a mother she gave it to her children.
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Castoria
Miss
Castorts
Deceived by a Wax Figure Case in Muskegon Hotel
A Grand Rapids traveling man returns to Muskegon with his wife following and hides in a hotel room with friends. The wife, seeing a figure in the dim light, screams and attacks what she thinks is a rival woman but discovers a wax figure used by a showman from across the street during the county fair season.
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Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Grand Rapids
Charlie
Took Paris Green Death of Believer in Christ
Uniontown Pennsylvania reports the suicide of Mrs Alfred Richards of Bellevernon who drank paris green during a mental crisis. She believed she had killed Christ and died hours later after a period of consciousness and confession to her circle. She was an English immigrant, wife of a Bellevernon glass factory worker.
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Uniontown
Alfred Richards
Bellevernon
Paris Green
Christ
Cleveland Denounces Concealed Weapon Crime
President Cleveland refused a pardon for Edward Scott who was jailed a year in Washington for carrying a revolver and assault. He condemned pistol carrying as a harmful habit needing severe treatment.
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Washington
Cleveland
Edward Scott
Work of M Kinnon's Ghost Depopulates a Prosperous Town
Prescott Michigan September 12 The town of Shearer once thriving with sawmills and shops is being abandoned after mills moved out. Local legend says hermit Hugh McKinnon was found dead with bullet wounds and his ghost haunts the village fueling superstition and driving residents away.
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Prescott
Mich
Shearer
Ace
Hugh McKinnon
Murderous minister shoots son in law in Albany
Rev Daniel Kuin, a well known clergyman, killed his son in law Robert Dudley after a dispute in Albany on September 12. Dudley tried to intervene as peacemaker when Griffin warned him off. Dudley continued, and Griffin deliberately shot him dead. Also an ad promotes a kidney cure from New South American Kidney Cure with claims of rapid relief, offered by M Harts, druggist, 125 Penn Avenue, Scranton.
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Daniel Griffin
Georgia
Albany
Daniel Kuin
Robert Dudley
Griffin
Ben Smalls
Dudley
M. Harts
Penn Avenue
Scranton
New York City
Central Park
Gsth
Prof
Chandler
F. A Hammond
Help Wanted Advertisements and Trade Notices Excerpt
An assortment of old classified items shows salesmen and residents wanted to handle drug and grocery lines, dressmaking academy ads promising independent work, and immediate openings for energetic males and females to represent firms. Listings mention J Edward Cowles & Co and Mango Chemical Company among others on Lackawanna Avenue and John Street in New York.
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J. Edward Cowles & CO
Chambers Street
N.Y
York
Lackawanna Avenue
Mango Chemical Company
John Street
New York
Connolly and Wallace Dress Goods Appeal Season’s Novel Fabrics
The Connolly and Wallace department touts a season of new fabrics and silks, claiming early orders shielded customers from rising prices. They promise a rich selection of dress goods and silks at compelling values, highlighting careful pre-season buying and favorable costs.
Priestly Goods Highlight Fine Selections For Shoppers
A retailer staffs the counter with Mostly Priestly goods and newer weaves chosen for quality style and generous width. The emphasis is on value and premium craft as shelves meet discerning customers.
Silk Department Display Invites All Shoppers To View
If you admire beauty in fabric, visit the Silk Department to see the goods. The display invites all to look or buy, with no arguments or explanations required.
Help Wanted Mini Classified Ads for Sales Agents
Several historical classified notices seeking agents and sales reps. Listings include cigar sales agents in Chicago with commission plus expenses, door to door or dealer sales with $25 weekly, samples and free outfits, and generic requests for portable goods and hair accessories with liberal commissions. Includes New York and Boston addresses.
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Hinde
Box
New York
Watten
Balarr
P.O. Box
Gay
Boston
Wasa
Advertising tours and sales notices in Scranton area
A collection of small notices announces a May advertising tour by E. HL Call with free op-n air exhibitions using a stereopticon in multiple towns including Taylorville Hyde Park Providence Dickson Olyphant Peekville Archbald and Jermyn. Also listed are book sales bound pamphlets and catalogs from Moody 62 Adams Ave Scranton and a partnership dissolution in Elmhurst with claims to be presented to CW Rhodes.
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Taylorville
Hyde Park
Providence
Dickson Olyphant
Peekville
Archbald
Jermyn
E. HL Call
Tribune Office
Elty
pBe
M. Rhod Rhodes
Alee Siashanes
Diood Damariten Alve Co
Rhodes
All Claima
Rhod
Local professional cards and notices in Scranton directory
Directory style listing of doctors, lawyers, architects, and businesses in Scranton Pennsylvania. Includes offices on Washington avenue Wyoming avenue Spruce street and Adams avenue with names such as Dr William A Taft Dr Kay Warren and Knapp attorneys Edward H Davis Alfred Hand Jessup families and local services. Also mentions Miss Worcester's Kindergarten and Madam Gipsy Queen consultations at 108 Spruce street.
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Warren & Knapp
Republican Building
Washington Avenue
Tran_ton
Tessups
Commonwealth Building
I. Jessup
Horace E. Han
W. H. Jessup, JR
Edward H. Davis
Scranton
E. L. Walter
Lewis Hancock, JR
Spruce St
Cor. ‘Wash. Ave
Spruce Street
Increase of Indebtedness Proposed for Colliery Engineer Co
Resolution adopted July 16 authorizes a stockholder meeting September ith at Coal Exchange Scranton Pa to approve or reject increasing the company indebetedness from nothing to 50000 and directs notice. Also notices of executorship for Catharine Winton and estate creditors, and a wanted situation notice from a young lady seeking office work.
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Orfice Oy Tas Colliery Evoinner Co. Ars
Thin Company
Coal Exchange
Scranton
BetAre
Catharine Winton
W. Winton
B. M. Winton
Garrick M. Harding
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Temple Commandery Band
Triton Hoge Co
Tunkhanonck
Mechanics Fire Co
Eagle Mose and Steamer Co
Ningara Engine Company
Black Diamond H. & L. Co
Volunteer Hose Company
Parsons
Citizens’ Independent Hose Co
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Luther League
Society Running Cars
Syra
Palzell
Parvo
Mohammed
Charles
Joubert
Queen Christina
Mme. Necker
Fuller
Monty
Emerson
Foster
Schiller
MR. Cleveland
M'Kinnon
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Adama
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Frank Leslie
Comble
Rosa
Moody
Adams Ave
Byaxk Rooes
Terese
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W. Gibson Jones
Spruce Atrort
Orick
Lackawanna Store Association, Limited
J. P. Higginson
Sacres
Lacka. Ave
Cor. Adams
William A. Taft
C. C. Laubach
Burgeon
Wyoming Avenue
RM. Stratton
Office Coal Exchange
Physicians and Surgeons
G. Edgar Dean
Court House Square
A. J. Connell
Francke
Healdence
Vine St
W. FE. Aleln
Washington _ avenue
C. L. Prey
Wyoming Ave
L. M. Gates
Laldence
Madison Avenue
J. C. Bateson
Linden Street
Patterson
James W. Oakford
Samuel W. Edgar
Epruce St
Seranton
L. A. Watres
Lackawana Ave
Urib Townsend
Dime Bank
Ce RR Pitcher
Eee Building
Comegys
D. B. Replogle
B. F. Killam
LAW
J. H. Hamilton
Commonwealth Bid
M. C. Rance
Brown & Morris
Price Building
Republic Savings and Loan Association
Call On & N. Callender
Dime Barn
School of the Lackawanna
Omas M, Cann
Walter H. Buell
Worcester
Adams Avenue
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Belies
Wyoming Avenna
Stee Music
Megarged
Grand Union Tea Co., Jones Bros
Jos. Kuettel
Lackawanhe Avenue
Leeds
G. R. Clark & CO
Reedsmen and Nurserymen
Green House
North Main Avenue
ELK Cafe
Franklin Avenue
P. Ziegler
Bcranton House
Victor Koch
Westminster Hotel
Cor
Sixteenth St
Eeew
R. J. Foster
Sarah Stuart
Preston
Offoe
Care Tribune
Fou Lackawanna
H. J.P
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Diminck
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Maritime
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United States
Northweate
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Seattle
Pacoma
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San Francisco
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Broadway
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