West Side schools bustle with new seating and staff
Superintendent George Howell reports the compulsory education act swells attendance across West Side buildings. Overflow crowds fill No. 18 Swetland, the Annex on Sumner, and Bellevue Heights. New teachers include Miss Grace Perk, Miss Rachel Powell, Miss Jennie Fellows, and Miss Kate Mullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howell
Tribune
West Side
Swetland Street
Sumner Avenue
Misses Grace Perk
Rachel Powell
Jessie Kellow
Jennie Daniels
Bellevue Heights
Jennie Fellows
Kate Mullen
Eynon Street
J. C. Kemmerting
Eliza Lewis
Mary Harris
Nellie Richards
Maud Powers
Mrs Augusta Christ Dies After Year-Long Illness
The death of Mrs Augusta Christ wife of Lewis Christ of 210 North He becen avenue occurred at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon after a year long illness. She was a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church on Vine street and had lived on the West Side over twenty five years, coming from Germany, her native place. Her husband, son Will and daughters Emma are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Christ
Lewis Christ
Hebecen Avenue
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Vine Street
West Side
Germany
Will
Emma
Local Advertisements Include Florist and Photographer Listings
Harriet J. Davis offers cut flowers and funeral designs at 14 South Main Avenue. Starner's Photo Parlors advertises cabinet photos at 101 and 103 South Main Avenue. J. C. King promotes second hand furniture with cash for goods at West Lackawanna Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet J. Davis
South Main Avenue
Jackson Street
Starner
J. C. King
Greenwood News Highlights and Local Events
G T Davis returns from New York after a short business trip. Miss Mary J Loughney visits Archbald. Veterinary Surgeon T D Marshall of Greenwood attends a convention in Allentown. The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor at the Greenwood Presbyterian church plans a street salon on Sept 4. The Minooka team will face the Pictaton Reds at Coyne’s ground on Sept 28 promising a strong exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Davis
New York
Mary J. Loughney
Archbald
T. D. Marshall
Greenwood
Allentown
Youngs People's Society of Christiany Endeavor
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
Minooka
Coyne
Lugerne County
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertises Teething Relief
The ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year old remedy used by mothers for teething infants. It claims to calm the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Winslow
Handbook of public political information offered with suits
The article proclaims a patriotic voter handbook edited by Lawrence F. Prescott, intended to inform voters about party doctrines and policy differences including Gold Silver Tariff and Free Trade. It promises to present the handbook to buyers of any men's suit and notes a claim of one million voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. Prescott
Poisoning Dogs Sparks Ward Wide Indignation
A man in the Twentieth ward attempted mass poisoning to rid the streets of dogs by sprinkling strychnine. He targeted a dog on Pittston Avenue yet several dogs survived after eating poisoned meat. The indiscriminate poisoning has destroyed some valuables and provoked strong public reaction. A separate Willow Street surprise party honored Miss Laura Hofelinger with games music and a midnight supper. The Marine Orchestra from the Washington Drum Corps performed for dancing and a guest list followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston Avenue
Laura Hofelinger
Willow Street
Marine Orchestra
Washington Drum Corps
Owen Dodendorf
Richard Heffelfinger
Mary Porcher
Minnie Zung
Emma Grabner
Mary Maus
Annie Grabner
Lizzie Kellerman
Pauline Heim
Emma Luther
Julia Mirta
Mary Hartman
Lena Kellerman
Kathe Neale
Annie Scheuch
Dora Rentehler
Jessie Hagen
Minnie Rentehler
Mila Dodendorff
Frieda Miller
Emma Miller
Henry James
Charles Snyder
August Hammen
August Bahr
Jacob Smith
Fred C. Miller
Charles Soames
Jacob Shunk
Henry Kiefer
Peter Zang
Fred Herman
Orilliam Berghauser
Fred Heintz
Philip Scheuer
Peter Neuls
George Housereth
Jacob Heffelfinger
Nelson Heffelfinger
Emil Bonn
Forty Hours Devotion Ends at St John’s Church
Forty Hours devotion closes this morning at St John’s church with a solemn high mass no sermon. Miss Margaret Farrell of Cedar Avenue will wed Frank A McDonald of Prospect Avenue at St John’s next Wednesday. A concert at Cedar Avenue M E church Monday features Elm Park church choir. Roaring Brook Conclave adds six new members. Comet Lodge Knights of Pythias meets at Pittston Avenue Hartman building. John Franey of South Washington Avenue injured in car shops and taken to Moses Taylor hospital with a bruised left foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Church
O'eluock
Margaret Farrell
Cedar Avenue
Frank A. McDonald
Prospect Avenue
Cedar Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Elm Park Church
Roaring Brook
Storre’ Hall
Comet Lodge
Knighta
Pythias
Pittston Avenue
Hartman Building
Schedler
John Franey
South Washington Avenue
Moses Taylor Hospital
Temperance meeting and social notes from local town
A Loyal Temperance meeting is planned for Friday evening in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union rooms on Penn Avenue with a short program. Numerous local residents are listed with travels and activities including visits to Toronto Binghamton Berwick Wilkes-Barre Olean and Germany. The Asbury Methodist Episcopal church revival begins September 27 with Grace W. Davis leading songs and a surprise party was held for O W Osenbach at Capouse Avenue Students in Brown’s Hall start a dancing class and local residents plan outings and visits to Mountain Park and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperanes Legion
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Penn Avenue
J. W. Tamblyn
Sanderson Avenue
Toronto
Canada
Charles Bury
Binghamton
N. Y
Tom Hughes
Green Ridge
Berwick
Will Emerick
Wilkes-Barre
E.W. Smith
John Thornton
Charles Foece
Brown's Hall
East Market Street
George Simrell
Robert Simrell
Breaker Street
Thomas O'Malley
Olean
John Horn
Green Sudge House
Germany
A. B. Lidstone
Pearle
M. H. Gregg
Mountain Park
A. F. Chaffee
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
New Jersey
O. W. Osenbach
Capouse Avenue
New York Street
Henry Hesse
Lewis Berner
Keiser’s Pond
Misa Grace W. Davis
Local News Briefs From Harrisburg And New York
Miss Ligsie Robinson of Spring street is in New York City. Mrs John Robinson of Spring street has recovered from illness. Rev D M Kinter, at Harrisburg for a week, returned home on North Main Avenue. Mary Plufsta had Mary Lutseavitch arrested for profane language. she was found guilty and fined $2 plus costs. John McNamara and Edward Gallagher are in Philadelphia. Rev Frewegy Evans of Wisconsin preached in the Welsh Congregational Church Sunday. Miss Hannah Price of Springcourt returned from Mount Pocono visit. James OOP of West Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie McDermott
Price Street
Wayne Counts
Carrie Helering
Petersburg
J. B. Sweet
Simpeon Methodist Episcopal Church
North Hyde Park Avenue
Abbie
Ella Hancock
Eynon Street
Hawley
Jennie Harris
Nellevue
Pittsburr
Millie Elner
Carbondale
D. E. Hughes
Division Street
Marie George
Pittston
Eynon
E. G. Doyle
South Main Avenue
Hancock
N.Y
David Davie
Buffalo
Burt Harrington
Beatt Township
P. J. Farrell
Emma Slants
Chestnut Street
New York
Brooklyn
Frank Shedd
Gerald
Margaret Gibbs
Mears’ Hall
John Hale
South Maine Avenue
Ligsie Robinson
Spring Street
New York City
John Robinson
D. M. Kinter
Harrisburg
North Main Avenue
Mary Plufsta
Mary Lutseavitch
Alderman Roberts
A. A. Vosburg
J. B. Osborne
John McNamara
Edward Gallagher
Philadelphia
Frewegy Evans
Wisconsin
Hannah Price
Springcourt
Mount Pocono
James Oop
Ex-Food Inspector and Residents Leave for Cities
Street left yesterday for Georgetown college. Ex-Food Inspector Thomas is home from Atlantic City. Mrs. Teichard Thomas of Brick Avenue is convalescent. Joseph Osterhout of Oak Street leaves today for New York City.
Social rounds and forthcoming events in Scranton area
Miss Kate Kalena visits Wilkes-Barre while Miss Eva Heas visits Hemlock Hollow relatives and Mrs Harriet CIMT returns to Sterling after a visit with the Blacks. A wedding and several social gatherings unfold with guests from Scranton and beyond, including a Dunmore Second Presbyterian social and a birthday party for Mr John Hollern, plus a dime social for Lady Mundell lodge on Riggs street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Kalena
Butler Street
Wilkes-Barre
Eva Heas
Clay Avenue
Hemlock Hollow
Harriet Cimt
Sterling
G. BH. Black
Riggs Street
Thomas Burke
Sport HM
Presbyterian Church
Edith
Lissle Simons
G. W. Jones
Brook Street
Columbia
Lake Ariel
Aaron Goble
Wayne County
David Hess
William Robertson
Green Ridge
Jennie Palmer
Cherry Street
Dunmore
Second Presbyterian Church of
Scranton
John Hollern
Hollern
Daniel Hill
John Monroe
David Miller
James Boon
James Wilson
George Wilson
Edmund Howell
James Pinder
Kate Walsh
Lizzie Jones
Lavine Easton
Caroline Hoosing
Messra Finley Martin
Hanford Swingle
Phillip Hemsley
Jabez Dainty
William Wilson
Allison Thornton
Nelson Krotger
Joseph Hellwood
Charles Warner
Ted
Matthew McCarthy
John
Charles Heller
Thomas Jones
San Francisco
Edward Harris
Fanny
Charlotte Johns
Cleveland
Lizzie Johnson
Red Bank
N. J
Emma Lewis
New York
Funeral of ex-Councilman Pat Long in Priceburg
The funeral for ex-Councilman Patrick Long, killed in a Johnson No. 1 shaft fire damp explosion, drew about 150 carriages in Priceburg. Long was beloved locally and abroad, with burial at Densmore Catholic cemetery. Also notes: Professor M. J. Lloyd missed school. school board met. upcoming quest game at McLaughlin's hotel with William Hayes and William Thorne. Oscar Lee of Carbondale visited. M. F. Fadden visited Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Long
Johnson No. 1
Mr Long
Densmore Catholic
Ness
M. J. Lloyd
Two Election Districts Form In Ransom Township
Court decrees a split of Ransom into two election districts. First district covers the northeast township area along the Susquehanna River to the line with Mutey and Old Merge with polling at Johnson's Hall in Milvauklle. Second district includes the remainder with polling at the Mayersville schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom
Mutey
Old Merge
Firke
Johnson's Hall
Milvaukle
Abram Stine
Julie
William KE
Klipple
John J. Moothaugh
Howe
Mayers
Gewer Sayers
Charles Maser
George I. Wanndoil
Bookshop ad for Beldleman at 437 Spruce Street
Wholesale and introductory prices offered by Beldleman the bookman at 437 Spruce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beldleman
the Bookman
Spruce Street
Williams' Business College ad at Tinton Stock Yards listing
Market notes show cattle receipts with steer prices around 3.10 to 3.20, stockers and feeders at 2.00 to 3.80, cows and bulls near 1.50 to 2.95, calves and hogs with variable bids, and sheep trading slow from 1.76 to 3.00 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinton
Comemon
Ted Bulla
Western Rangers
Market slide trims gains as Maine vote spooks traders
Wall Street opened stronger on Maine election news and London cables but soon slipped as demand waned and bears pressed. Tobacco and sugar led losses while Chicago Gas fell on renewed legal threats. Grangers and Western Union retreated. brokers cited mixed New England prospects and hoped factory restarts could lift sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
London
Shorts
Chicago Gas
Chicago
Maloney
Granger Group
Churlington and
Quincey
Manhattan
Western Union
Grangera
William Linn
Ale Len & CO
Mears
New York Produce Market Report Sept 1 Flour Wheat Corn Prices
Market notes from New York on September 1 show flour unchanged and steady, wheat dull with options active yet weak, corn more reactive with some upward movement in futures. Lard butter and dairy prices listed. creamery and state products noted with varied demand and value across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lecline
Cnles
Nowein
Chicago
Tulle
Elelna
Wie
State
Tenneylvania
Woalte
Cage
Philadelphia Delivers Varied City Meat Prices
Sept 1 report shows city markets listing smoked beef ham bacon lard and tallow with price ranges and average quotes. Entries note brands and cuts including shoulder ribbed ham and breakfast bacon, reflecting mixed consumer demand and regional supply conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jonge
Myaltec
Cattle Hogs and Lambs Prices from Buffalo Market
Buffalo on September 1 reports 44 head cattle on sale 20 head quiet market Kansas cows at 2.06 dollars and fat cows 2.79 to 2.40. veals steady fair to end. hogs receipts 2,400 head on sale 1,400 head quoted near 4.50 to 4.00. sheep and lambs receipts 1,400 head with Indiana lambs at 4.20 and Canada lambs at 4.40 to 4.70. city market notes options and credit terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Kansas
Hetit
Indiana
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
News of the Suburbs
West Side Events
MR. Reynolds
Coat
Franklins
John H. Lweynolts
Ese
Thomas Allen
William Kihne
Alderman Dele
Fo Titeman
Prraphare
Resnolida
Allen
Kime
Reynolds
John Davis
Mr. Allen
Upentaire
Mr. Teynolds
Mitade
Myron Evans
Felnberg
Evans
Roza
Ida Christ
Christ
West Side Business Directory
THE
Samters
South Side News
Willow ST
Providence
of West Market
Priceburg
Ransom Township
School of the Lackawanna
Williams’ Business College
Castoria
Wall Street Review
Scranton Glass Co
Scranton Pavs
People's Street
Morteare
Descenne
Scranton & Pittaton Trac. Co
People's Street Railway
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Lacka
Townaship School
City of
Scranton St. Imp
Borough of
Winton
Mt. Vernon Coal Co
Scranton Axle Works
Scranton Traction Co
Gobecco Co
M. K
Texas
Fsi
Central
Wee Nor
Pac
Road Watch
Southern A.rt
Wabash Prue
Chicago Board OF Trade
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Scranton Lace Curtain Co
National Boring & Drill'g Co
First National
Scranton Jar & Stopper Co
Helmhurst Boulevard Co
Scranton Ravings Bank
Bonta Plate Glass Co
J. Alfred Pennington
Boston
Paris
Berlin
Katherine Timberman
Mme. Marches
Georg Henschel
Miss Timberman
Europe
Conservatory
En Gov. Linden St
James Moir
Nis New Quarters
Lackawanna Avenue
Entraa
Firet Nasec
Moosic and Rughdale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder Co’s
Repauno Chemical Co
Maloney Owl and Manufagtoring Co
M. W. Collins
Fl Pierce, Penn Ave
Markei
Madea
Bhigago
Matthews Bros, Y Ps
Ol City
Spring House
Heart Lake
Sus'a CO
U. E Crofut
Jossiek
Montrose and
Wanna
Aix
Aeae W. R. R
Alford Station
Montrose
Radication
Adirondack
Mga Fountaina
Baldwin
SYA Refrigerators
Hunt & Connell CO
E. Robinson
Dupont
Wapwall Milla
Luzerne County
Wilmington
Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, Pa
Thigh National Bank Building
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