City Notes Highlights of Local Matters
Miss Victoria Watkins takes a position with Lewis Reilly Davies. Mayor Connell signs contracts for heating Franklin engine house. Coroner's jury rules Oscar Bisco death accidental. Trinity Lutheran church holds a special meeting. Economy Heat turns off steam to public supply for first time. Scaffold accident at Hotel Jermyn leaves five plasterers shaken but unharmed. Royal Arcanum awards £1000 to Mrs Selden M Foster. Marriage licenses issued to four Scranton area couples. Dunmore cash store sold to W A Beemer. Harry Spencer to move to Scranton store. Individual purse recovered after theft. divorce filing by Lou Shannon's client. Mayor Announces ordinances on sewers and streets plus flagstone sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Watkins
Putnam Street
Lewis, Reilly & Davies
Connell
Hunt & Connell
Franklin Engine House
Sus
Oscar Bisco
Trinity Lutheran Church
Eveninyg
Sepi
Heat, Light and Power Company
Jermyn
Lackawanna Council
Royal Arcanum
Selden M. Foster
M. Foster
George Howell
Victor H. Later
A. E. Vorhis
Thomas F. Grimartin
Annie M. Silliman
Scranton
James Carrigan
Catherine McBride
Carbondale
Michael Sulkowich
Mary Payko
Floyd J. Gritfin
Augusta May Stender
F. P. Price
Dunmore Cash
W. A. Beemer
Harry Spencer
Dunmore
Lieutenant Days
Lou Shannon
Rushia M. Swingle
Simon M. Swingle
Henry Dwingle
F. F. Gibbs
Irving Avenue
Mulberry Street
Webster Avenue
Capoose Avenue
Marion and
Green
Midee
Hampton Street
Main Avenue
Bayou Froming Avenue
Mario
Larch
Washington Avenue
Olive
Gheon Streets
Uncle Sam's Stamps Cause Carbondale Liquor Trouble
Eight Carbondale liquor dealers were arrested for failing to efface revenue stamps on barrels. Names include Louie Redkop D Finnigan M Linen F P Grown James Maxwell J Alelio T B McTighe and T K Byrne. Cases await collector Herring decision with possible compromise to turn to the United States district attorney. The issue also covers mutilation of cigar stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Herring
Louie Redkop
D. Finnegan
M. Linen
F. P. Grown
James E. Maxwell
J. Alelio
T. B. MccTighe
T. KE. Byrne
Cool
Philadelphia
Unicon States
Jewish New Year Observed in Scranton Past Noon
In Scranton the Jewish New Year begins at sunset on the eve of Creation 5656 and ends at sunset tomorrow. The year 6645 ends as 564 begins, marking the annual "fearful days" of high devotion and communal worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Great Baking Exhibit At Sterling Range
A brief display features one barrel of Pillsbury's Best Flour baked into bread within ten hours. The event begins Sunday September 17 at 7 a.m. Foote & Bhear Co promotes wines cigars malt and other liquors at Lohmann's on Spruce Street. E Robinson's Milwaukee and Felgenspan's beers on draught. For the popular punch mild 100 cigars, call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Range
Lohmann‘s
Spruce Street
E. Robinson's
Milwaukee
Felgenspan's
Farewell Reception for Pastor Partridge at Penn Avenue Church
Prominent Scranton residents and church members attended the informal farewell for Mev. Warren Partridge of the Penn Avenue Baptist church. A purse was collected to buy a housewarming reminder for his new home in Cincinnati where he becomes pastor of the Ninth Street church. Partridge thanked donors and expressed hopes to return to Scranton often while praising the Penn Avenue church as the high point of his ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mev. Warren
Partridge
Penn Avenue Baptist
Cincinnnati
Ninth Street
Mrs. Partridge
Conrad
Luther Keller
Scranton
Scranton Christian Endeavor Union
Penn Avenue
Tribune
Forest City
Fanny Haycock
Grove Street
Oxford
N. J
Maud Savage
Green Ridge Street
Whitney's Point
N. Y
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Arch Jones
Wilkes-Barre
The Struggle of Life Melodrama At Academy of Music
Walter Sanford presents The Struggle of Life at the Academy of Music with William Stafford and Henry Lewis in lead roles. The show showcases elaborate Manhattan inspired settings and a plotting villain alongside a hero, with praise for Nelsie Maskell Kate Dalglish Hanna Inghim George D. Haines and others. Tonight's performance repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Walter Sanford
New York City
Manhattan Island
William Stafford
Henry Lewis
Nelsie Maskell
Kate Dalglish
Hanna Inghim
George D. Haines
Frank T. Riddell
Edgar Forest
Academy
Polish Girl Cited in Old Forge Assault Case
Mary Tracy of Old Forge attacked Ker tla Kalamanski and her mother after catching the Polish girl fondling Tracy’s partner. Tracy was bound over in 500 dollars bail to face court for assault and battery as Alder man Millar presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Tracy
Old Forge
Kertla Kalamanski
Thomas
Kalamanski
Millar
Tracey
E J McCormack Former Seventh Ward Alderman dies
J McCormack formerly the Seventh Ward alderman died at his Phelps Street home after a two week illness. The immediate cause was heart failure. He had long served the ward and his passing ends a notable period of public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Ward
J. McCormack
Phelps Street
Kr. McCormack
Prominent City Figure Dies After Quiet Retirement
A former seventh ward alderman and longtime tax collector, after five years in office and several terms, died recently. Survived by a wife and children Mrs Richard Kelly Grapdwick N Y Mrs N Harrington Olyphant Mrs Thomas Kearns and Thomas McCormack Olyphant. Funeral Wednesday at St Peter's cathedral with a high mass of requiem and interment in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kelly
N. Harrington
Grapdwick
N. Y
Thomas Kearns
Thomas McCormack
Olyphant
St. Peter's Cathedral
Hyde Park ‘Catholic Cemetery
Republican convention moved to Music Hall
The Republican county convention will convene at 2 PM this afternoon in Music Hall on Lackawanna avenue due to the Common Pleas court session. Delegates are requested to assemble there, as the venue changed from the court house to Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Republican County
Music Hall
Common Pleas Court
Lackawanna Avenue
St Johns Society Ties Hall Sale Fight With Bishop Rift
A South Side Catholic temperance hall group meets to decide future plans for its property. The St John s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society weighs selling the hall and grounds worth about 7 000, and dividing proceeds among sixty members, amid a dispute over a deed of trust sought by Bishop O Hara. The Sunday meeting drew poor attendance but favored selling and dissolution. clergy have opposed events at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Stone Avenue
Bishop O'Hara
St. John’s Society
Will of Charles F Mattes probate grants diverse bequests
The will of Charles F Mattes was admitted to probate by Register Hop king. Executed July 27 189), it appoints Charles C Mattes as executor and details bequests to his children and others including life insurance policies, stock holdings, bonds, and the Lackawanna holdings. The family home at 119 Jefferson Avenue is left to Mary G Mattes and Cornelia W Mattes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F.mattes
Hopking
Thomas
R. W. Olmstead
Charles C. Mattes
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Jeffries
Rees
William F. Mattes
Louis Mattes
Capoose Avenue
Lackawanna Lubricating Company
Lackawanna Tron and Steel Company
Mary G.mattes
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railway Company
Lackawanna Tron and Coal Company
Cornelia W. Mattes
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Lackawanna Store Association
Democratic County Committee to Fix Convention Date
The Democratic county committee meets at the St. Charles hotel to set the time and place for the county convention. It may choose October 1 as the date, with County Chairman John E. Roche changing the previously printed meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic County Committee
St. Charles
John EK. Roche
the Tribune
A. B. Dunning, Jr
J. A. Kelley
P. W. McAndrew
Kelley
Unclear OCR fragment on city dressmaking service
Fragmentary text from a Scranton advertisement mentions dressmaking goods at Globe Hotel and music beads. Names Bird and Flanaghan appear with Wyoming Avenue address but details are unreadable and inconsistent.
Men Aim to Lure Acetylene Plant to Scranton
At a board of trade meeting the manufacturers committee recommended Secretary Atherton travel to Philadelphia to persuade the Acetylene Gas Company to locate a plant in Scranton. The Bloomsburg car company seeks a site here, and Nelson W. Perry of Electricity weighs in on gas as fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Manufacturers’ Committee
Atherton
Philadelphia
Bloomsburg Car Company
Scranton
Nelson W. Perry
Eilectricity
H. E. Paine
Washington
Board of Trade Building Committees
Holden
A. W. Dickson
Caseler’s Magazine
J. Foater
Acetylene Gas Company
Cleveland
Adt
Simon Rice
Timothy Jurke
H. C. Shafer
C. J.hubble
Banquet Brings Scranton Baptist Ministers Together
Fifteen ministers and some wives attended the Scranton Baptist conference annual banquet at the Faurot house on Washington avenue. Rev. T. J. Collins presided as toastmaster with toasts about ministerial vacation, city country pastor relations, evangelistic methods, youth societies, and reform movements. Several pastors and wives represented Scranton, Carbondale, Blakely, Jermyn, Clark's Green, Peckville, Factoryville, West Lenox, and Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Baptist Conference
Faurot House
Washington Avenue
T. J. Collins
Toaatmaster
Scranton Street Church
Hughes
Jackson Street Church
Jones
Hyde Park Welsh Church
W. G. Watkins
North Main Avenue
W. J. Ford
Green Ridge Church
A. HB. O'Neil
Dunmore Church
W. B. Grow
Carbondale
Jephson
Scranton
W. J. Guest
S South Side Mission Sermon and Local Death Notice
A large St. John’s parish crowd heard Father Cullen on mortal sin with a prior exhortation by Father Burke. Michael McKinney’s body was moved to Michael Battle’s boardinghouse. funeral at St. John’s and Hyde Park Cemetery set for today at 2. William Monsey of Dalton, a William Connell & Co. engineer, was elected delegate to the Republican county convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Parish
Father Cullen
Father Burke
Jesus
Jerusalem
Michael McKinney
Alford
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Syracuse
Houe
Michael Battle
Pear Etreet
Ranb
St. John's Church
Hyde Park Catholic
William Monsey
William Connell & Co
Dalton
Court House
Marriage of Miss Yettle Bres Beckons News
Mia and James Bell of New York guest with E. F. Aahemness of Brook Street as Reeders ceremony plans reveal Miss Yettle Bres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
James Bell
New York City
Ay Ik Belle Ee Eae Betser
Reeders
Rae E. F. Aahemness
Brook Street
Miss Yettle Bres
Prodigal Father Company Delights Local Audience
The Prodigal Father company an organization of specialists presented a lively farce to a fair-sized audience yesterday. Lynn Welcher stood out as the best actor while Charles Hoyle and Mat M Mills provided strong comic turns. The troupe of twelve performers with five comediennes and seven comedians assures another performance today and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis’ Theater
Prodigal Father Company
Infthal
Comediennes
Lynn Welcher
Charles Hoyle
Mat M. Mills
Frederick Nalz
Messrs
Dive J. Halpin
Bony McCginnis
Marjorie Pair
Ella Falk
Trene Franklin
William Lavelle buried in solemn Requiem mass
The remains of William Lavelle of Wilkes-Barre were taken from his mother's Cedar avenue home to St. John's church for a high mass of requiem celebrated by Rev. E J Melley. Clergy from several parishes attended and interment followed at Dunmore Catholic cemetery with floral tributes and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lavelle
Wilkes-Barre
Cedar Avenue
St. John's Church
Fig Street
E. J. Melley
Father O'Rourke
Father O'Callahan
D. A. McCarthy
Father McAndrew
J.J. Dunn
Green Ridge
J. A. Moffitt
Thomas Breen
John Gavan
John Th. O'Malley
E. H. Jordan
James Moore
Timothy Lavelle
Frank Brown
J. J. Fa
Community Notes and Church Event Roundup
North End residents visit friends as Misa Jones and Mise Effie Lewis are noted in Wilkes Barre and Edna Avenue respectively. Christian Endeavor officers elected at Providence Church include Percy Henry and Miss Lisalie Davis. A Puritan Congregational church Sunday school class gave an entertaining program led by Reese Watkins with solos and recitations. Also listed are local home improvements and business advertisements including Foote and Shear, Weber stoves, Pillabury flour, and Hardenbergh nanoforte school reopening September 16 at 09 Maclson Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Jones
Wilkes-Barre
Mise Effie Lewis
Edna Avenue
Albert Shultz
Lewis Drug Store
North End
W. H. Saddler
North Main Avenue
Christian Endeavor
Providence Christian Church
Percy Henry
Lisalie Davis
BE. A. Piddleman
Charles Jennings
Puritan Congregational Church
West Market Street
John R. Davis
Edward Lewis
Puritan Quartette
Thomas Owens
Alfred Humphrey
G. KR. Davis
Mattie Edwards
Death notices for Edward Howard and Annie O Boyle
Edward Howard aged 70 dies in Olyphant on September 1 185 Funeral in St Patrick's cemetery Olyphant on Tuesday at 10 am Interment there Annie O Boyle 10 daughter of Mrs W J Jones dies in Scranton on September 15 1895 Funeral Tuesday afternoon from parents home 0 West Carbon Street Interment Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery
Cure for asthma and hay fever offered free trial
An advertisement touts Rudolph Schuttmann’s asthma and hay fever remedy as a breakthrough cure. It invites sufferers to visit Muthhewa Bros. on Lackawanna Avenue for a free trial box on September 1 and also offers free mail samples to those outside the city if mailed before September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. Rudolph Schuttmann
Muthhewa Bros
Lackawanna Avenue
Knowlee
RR. Rehiffmann
Special Tinware Sale One Week Only Items List
A limited time sale offers tinware and related items priced at 10 cents each. The assortment includes tin pans in various sizes with wood handles, dish pans, oil can, tin coffee boilers, sheet iron fry pans, bronze canisters, and large block tin cookware, all available for one week.
Fur Manufacturer Promises 30 Percent Savings in City
The firm proclaims it can sell furs at thirty percent below any other house in town, appealing to bargain shoppers for genuine pelts and seasonal deals.
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Norman &Moore Fire
Wyoming Ave
Commonwealth
Ackawan
Penn Ave
City Notes
Uncle Sam's Stamps
Jewish New Yar
Warren G. Partridge
Peon Avenue Church
The
Tom
E. J. M'Cormack
St. John's Society
Charles F. Mattys
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Charles Mattes
Dr. Kilmer & Co
En N
Hubble
South Side
Prodigal Father
Davis’ Theatre
Foote & Shear
Weber
Guernsey
Pillabury
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Atlantic City
Io Oe
Woolworth
Lackawarna Avenue
Green and Gold
Louis Rupprecht
Eugene Kleberg
Opp
Baptist Church
M. H. Dale
Scranton, Pa
N. A. Hulbert
City Music Store
Steinway & Sordecker Brothers
Krarich & Back
Stultz & Bauer
Vsical
T. C. Snyder
D. D
Spruce ST
Sang Cna
Clothiers
Hetlers
Summer Coods
Bolz
Wyoming Areas
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
Borgens
A. E. Jordan
Japaanale
Boston Hospital Training Bool
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