CITY NOTES AND EVENTS FROM SCRANTON
City items report Crystal Hose dance at Music Hall Opt 2. Belated excursion as Philadelphians travel to Niagara Falls by Sitkawanna line. Child found dead in Jesup. coroner to investigate. Aldermanic marriage in progress. fifth couple this week. Rough Riders drill planned for Johnson Lake grounds. Accident at Delaware and Hudson yard injures worker. Typhoid cases rise at hospital. Public arrest for obtaining goods by false pretenses. Horse accident on South Washington. Rough Riders meeting updates. Speakeasy arrests for liquor without license. Night school and domestic science registrations urged. Musical program tonight at Green Ridge Library. fundraiser expected. Fire on Market Street. vacant house damaged. Police arrest man for wheel theft. Resolutions of sympathy for deceased Within Kennedy. Concert fund drive to benefit library reopening, with local performers and ticket info.
KILLED ON THE TRACK HOTELKEEPER MCANDREW DETAILS
The mangled remains of Thomas McAndrew hotelkeeper of Jessup were found near the Sterrick Creek crossing on the Delaware and Hudson road above Peckville last night. Authorities believe he was struck by the passenger train after alighting from it at 445 pm, his body scattered along the track for 200 yards. He was 52 years old and survived by a wife and one child. Scranton's new monthly is mentioned in nearby text.
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Thomas McAndrew
Jessup
Sterrick Creek
Delaware and Hudson Road
Peckville Station
Ti Ja
Abington Turnpike Claims Await City Audit Decision
The Abington Turnpike company filed claims with the street commissioner for June and July work on the Abington turnpike. The June claim totals $0.10 and July $486.48,a combined 76.5 percent. Foreman pay and council conflicts loom as auditing delays due to ordinance appropriations and payroll totals. Street Commissioner payrolls for July and August total $998.77, nearly exhausting the city’s appropriation.
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Abington Turnpike Company
Abington Turnpike
Paine
Turnpike Company
Thomas
Howell
Select Council
Presbytery Referred To Committees At Shickshinny Session
The Lackawanna Presbytery met yesterday in Shickshinny and referred the division question to three committees with instructions to report at the spring meeting. Creed revision was debated and a vote of 87 to 6 favored a supplemental explanatory statement rather than a full creed revision. Delegates to the Pennsylvania Synod were named. next spring the Presbytery will meet at the First Presbyterian Church in the city.
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Lackawann
Shickshinny
M. L. Cook
A. G. Cameron
F.C. Jones
L. W. Church
Charles Lee
W. C. Markey
F. B. Hodge
F. MM. Tracy
B. W. Laws
L. Bliss
Presbytery
Jesus Christ
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
8. C. Logan
J. J. K. Pletcher
J. C. Campbell
Felix Steinman
P. H. Brooks
W. 5. Peterson
Presby
First Presbyterian Church
Belle Archer Dies After Noted Stage Career in Warren
Belle Archer, the actress who died Wednesday night in Warren, was a well known visitor here and starred in local productions. Her last visit was at the Lyceum in A Contented Woman, with earlier ventures including An Arabian Night. An incident on a New Jersey railroad near Bethlehem unnerved her company, as a drunken passenger forced his way into her seat and was killed when the train stopped at Catasauqua. Falk once called her the most beautiful woman in America, photographing her in many portraits.
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Belle Archer
Warren
Barnard
Cty
Lyceum
Sagon
Miss Archer
Nate
New York
Misa Archer
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Bethlehem
Carson
Hquor
Hanis
Coreen
Thieteo
Catasauqua
Falk
Mies Anher
Wee Min
America
Moore
State Medical Society meets in Wilkes-Barre with 300 delegates
The Pennsylvania State Medical Society held a very successful session yesterday in Wilkes-Barre with over three hundred delegates in attendance. Physicians from Scranton and nearby towns registered among the attendees, with many listed by name.
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Pennsylvania Binte Medical Society
Wilkes-Barre
Dre. Teed
Burns
KH. H. Gibbons
Scranton
Tee
Allesor
O'Brien
Boranton
Drs. C. Frey
J. O'Brien
G. E. Dean
J. M. Gates
L. H. Gibbs
J. , Hueson
Anna Law
HH. Voorhees
R. H. Gibbone CC
D. Shumway
A. H. Bernstein
W. F. Conners
N. GG. Fulton
H. Dpd. Gardner
Tr FP. Gunster
J. J. Rea
G. B. Roos
H. Halpert
L. 5. Burtes
Miss Sarah Murphy Dead in Wilkes-Barre
Miss Sarah Murphy of Wilkes-Barre died yesterday at Mercy Hospital after two years as a millinery saleswoman at Jonas Long's Sons store. She is survived by sisters Crete Murphy of Olyphant and Mrs. John McCabe of Montrose. Her remains travel by Delaware and Hudson train to Olyphant for services at St. Watride’s church Sunday afternoon and interment in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.
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Sarah Murphy
Wilkes. Barre
P. J. Murphy
St. Patrick’s Church
Olyphant
Mercy Hospital
Jonas Long
Wilkes-Barre
Crete Murphy
John McCabe
Montrose
Delaware and Hudson
St. Watriode's Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Scranton Council Considers Paine Inquiry and Viaduct Debate
The Scranton common council adopted a five member special committee to investigate alleged remarks by J. E. Paine from the Ninth Ward. The meeting also delayed action on the viaduct ordinance, approving a postponement and proposing amendments to require pre construction damagess agreements with property owners.
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Paltie
Communion Council
Ninth Ward
Board of Trade
Common Council
City of
Scranton
Rombon
Mr. Grier
Mr. Paine
Select Council Meets After Prolonged Absence
Last night every member attended a meeting in which routine business predominated. A key resolution ordered $188 payments to ex police officers Stephen Dyer and James Saul for time since dismissal. Other measures covered strike concerns, sewer projects, a towing claim, and new ordinances. The session adjourned after appointing committees and planning further review.
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Select Council
Waa
Troche
Stephen Dyer
James Saul
Costello
Chairinan Chittenden
Moir
Harry W. Peters
Shultz Court
Work of Revising the Constitution at Carpenters Convention
Delegates debate amendments to the constitution including higher local union dues and increased per capita tax. Frank Duffy and Eugene Odell of Union No 478 (New York) present sympathy for striking miners. A salary for the general president and a subscription for The Carpenter journal are discussed amid extensive amendments. a referendum will decide changes.
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Carpenters’ and Joiners
Music Mall
Frank Duffy
Eugene Odell
New York City
Pluber
Amenidmente Committee
Brotherhood
Union
New York
Wnions
Nomlpsam
Andear
United States
Somja
Umedabad
Artearey
B. B
Menileta
Adi
Atlanta
Washington, D. C
Money and thrift as habit in a bank ad
A Traders National Bank notice urges economizing to build wealth. It warns against easy money and waste, highlighting long hours and costly trifles. It promotes saving pennies nickels and dimes for future comfort and financial stability.
Sewage Connection Dispute In Scranton Overseen By Mayor
Fragmentary notes describe sewer work on Washington avenue and a connected dispute between city officials Garber and Coleman. Nageli proposes the mayor sign a five year lease at 40 dollars monthly with Belief Engine house owners once the building connects to the sewer.
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Washington Avenue
Coleman
Philip Garber
City of
Scranton
Nageli
Belief Engine House
Man Struck and Killed by Train Near Mowmow Station
Oscar Hanaling, a resident of Mos cow, was instantly killed yesterday morning when struck by No 12 train on the Lackawanna railroad while walking on the track near the Mowmow station. Beecham's Pills for stomach and liver.
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Oscar Hanaling
Moscow
Lackawanna
Mowmow Station
North Main avenue sewer withstands major wave threat
City Engineer Phillips receives praise as the recently built North Main avenue sewer endured the effects of a serious wave in a 45 foot long cave beside the sewer. The incident showed the structure’s stability under stress and the surrounding dirt shifted beneath.
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Phillips
North Main Avenue
Concrete Base Behind City Sewer Construction Revealed
After an exhaustive review it is confirmed the Betthed sewer rests on a concrete foundation. Plans by Mr Phillips called for a six inch base to stabilize the ground and prevent cave-ins. A workforce toiled to widen the street for space and lighting as no new machinery or extra labor was authorized.
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Nagell
Keller
Calpin
Livelf
Phillips
Covention
Lace Curtain factory resumes after two weeks of alterations
The Scranton Lace Curtain company factory at the corner of Dow Street and Meylert Avenue has resumed operations after a two week shutdown. Major changes include a new one-story addition to the north wing, expanding the building to three stories and various interior updates.
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Scranton Lace Curtain Company
Dow Street
Meylert Avenue
Boon
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