City Notes and Local Updates From Scranton Area
The Green Ridge Gun club holds an annual shoot on Saturday afternoon. Central shaft work disruption suspends operations for a few days. Second quarterly Providence Methodist conference set for this evening. John McVey of New York fined for posting bills without license. District Attorney Jones resigns as master and examiner in Catherine Finnesey case. Keystone Campaign club lists officers for the year. Dickson's foundry increases to ten hours daily due to orders. Several marriage licenses issued to Scranton area couples. Prohibition county convention at Haub's hall tomorrow features out of town visitors and delegate elections. George W. Potter examined for injuries from a Traction wagon incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Ridge
Thomas PF. Leonard
Lacka- Wanna Avenue
Trinity Lutheran Church
Providence Methodist Church
J. Eckman
D.D
John McVey
New York
Reeve & Long
Millar
McVey
Jones
Catherine Finnesey
P. Godwin
Keystone Campaign Club
Central Repubican Club
G. W. Brown
G. F. R. Miller
A. Porter
Joseph P. King
A. Patterson
Dickson
Hugh Griffiths
Rhida Willams
Olyphant
Frank Dailey
Mary E. Jacobs
Scranton
Hocvo Basgrut
Mary Carlucet
Benjamin Holmes
Mary Harvey
John Deneham
Rena M. Stokes
Haub's
Ebba. Nichols
Wilkes-Barre
George W. Potter
Scranton Traction Company
Thal
N. Y. Leet
Dunmore
Board Bidding Committee Defers School Desk Contract Decision
The Board of Control bidding committee postponed final action on 2,000 new school desks after hearings from six bidding companies. The group was occupied late with desk bid discussions, delaying the award of contracts for the No. 16 building to next Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
No. 16
Bicycles at Bargain Event by Bittenbender Co
John Raymond Institute and Bittenbender Co advertise new bicycles including Buffalo Comet Gents and Laces, Small Boys wheels, with 180 more expected. Selling agents W. A. Kemmerer announce wholesale and retail stock in a multi day sale Thursday to Saturday. Millinery openings follow with Nellie Walsh inviting friends to view stock at 6 2 Wyoming Avenue and McLane's School of Art opens at 63 Madison Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bittenbender & Co
Pergatyrleas
Buffalo Comet
Bittenbender
W. A. Kemmerer
Nellie
Italian Nick Sentenced After Depot Arrest
A judge and Alderman Millar heard that Nick an Italian miner from Taylor was wrongfully arrested at the Lackawanna depot. F P Smith defended him showing the officer lacked cause. Nick received ten days in jail or a $2.50 fine after the hearing at police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millar
F. P. Smith
Williams
Lackawanna
Hawks
Central
Nick
Taylor
Smith
Willams
Kingston
Scranton
Alderman Millar
Mr. Smith
Fire Destroys Dr. Haggerty’s Stable on Wyoming Avenue
Fire early yesterday morning killed one horse and seriously burned five others in Dr. Willam Haggerty’s Wyoming Avenue stable. Damage to the building tops $100, while harness logs, fixtures, and remaining stock run up to about $1500. Fire suspected incendiary. Rescue delayed by dense smoke. John the bay road horse died. Fire brigades Phoenix Chemical Nay Aug Crystal Hose and Hook and Ladder responded. Five horses saved but severely affected. risks of death remain for Billys pacer, Rosebud mare, a gelding, a mare and a colt. The incident occurred around 4 o'clock with the buggy left hitched on the barn floor prior to discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Haggerty
Wyoming Avenue
Arviel Deremus
Heorge
Deremus
Day
Box 22
Spruce Street
Phoenix Chemical
Nay Aug
Crystal Hose
Hook and Ladder
John
Bay Road
Billy 8
Pacer
Rosebud
Farce Comedy at Davis Opens to Mixed Reception
O Hooligan's Masquerade opened at Davis theater yesterday after Isham's Oetoroon, drawing indifferent crowds but delivering humorous routines. Leading comedians Matt Gallagher John West and W B Watson star with Ira Russell, while the Raymond sisters dance and Al Turner delivers notable singing. The second and third acts improve, and the show is deemed a worthy entertainment, with performances tonight tomorrow and a matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Hoolgan
Isham
Oetoroon
Davis’ ‘Theater
Matt Gallagher
John West
W. .B Watson
Ira Russell
Davis
Drunken household brawl ends with arrests in North End
Police detain Dan Hanningham and Kate Hanningham after a violent dispute at Putnam Street leaves an elderly woman beaten. Neighbors aid officer May in locating the son hiding in the garret. The couple, charged with beating, were fined five dollars each at the police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
North End
Putnam Street
Dan Hanninghan
Kate
Hannaghan
Iquor
Garret
Millar
Duffy Escapes Hillside Home And Surrenders For Lodging
Patrick Duffy, an Embryo highwayman who escaped Hillside Home, was arrested last May for attempted highway robbery and deemed insane. He robbed a man and a woman near the Delaware Lackawanna and Western car shops, wearing a mask with a revolver and knife found on him. He entered the central police station late Wednesday asking for lodging and was granted it by Desk Sergeant Delter. authorities planned his return today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Duffy
Hillside
Delaware, Lackawanna
Western
Duffy
Central Police Station
Delter
Parkhurst to Lecture Here Under Park Place Church Aegis
Rev Dr Parkhurst will deliver a lecture in this city under Park Place Methodist Episcopal church auspices. George Clark, a church trustee, received a letter yesterday confirming the promise of the lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkhurst
Park Place
George Clark
Horses to be sold at auction in Scranton
At Custck's stables in Scranton twenty five horses will be sold in the afternoon on October 1. W. B. Moore is handling drivers drafts and business. F. T. Crane is in New York arranging for cloak and furnishings for Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avotion
Custck
Atable
Scranton
W. B. Moore
F. T. Crane
New York
Observance of Recommendations to Speed Criminal Courts
District Attorney John R. Jones issues guidance to county aldermen and justices of the peace on transcript preparation for criminal cases. Emphasizes correct names, concise crime statements, precise property and victim details, proper bail practices, and timely filing to speed indictments and reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Jones
Justices of the Peace
Commonwealth
Mary Brown
John Brown
Grand Jury
Iutl
John Tt. Jones
Close of the Presbytery Sessions in Montrose
The Lackawanna Presbytery completed its Montrose meetings with decisions on Rev. August Lange and other items. Lange was found guilty of immoral and lascivious conduct and suspended pending repentance or further presbytery action. Officers were elected and calls accepted for several churches. an adjourned session was set for Oct. 3 in Peckville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna
Montrose
Presbyterian Church
Carl Wisswaesser
August Lange
Hickory Street
A. L. Benton
G. P. Sewall
J. W. Hollenback
Presbytery
Lange
Dunmore
Archbald
W. A. Hoecher
Wyoming
Lackawanna Presbyterian
W. F E. Gibbon
Peckville
Unfortunate Woman Fined In Police Court Case
Laura Bennett, 26, born in Scotland and with no occupation, faced Alder man Millar in yesterday morning's police court for drunkenness on Penn avenue at 10 PM. She offered no defense, chewed gum, and received a two month sentence despite her defiant stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millar
Laura Bennett
Scotland
Penn Avenue
Cutter Merchants Again File Case Fight Decided
The transfer to complete the bridge was a narrow escape. Mayor vetoed communications and a series of city actions including tax ordinances and franchise clauses were debated. Council accepted bids for sewer work while budget deficits were noted and several appointments approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Company
Commoners in Sessions Relay Viaduct Funds and Street Edicts
An ordinance moving 10900 dollars from the Lackawanna avenue viaduct appropriation to finish approaches to two new bridges nearly failed on final reading. Opponents argued funds would not return to West Side, while supporters and others pressed for its passage. Other measures included streetcar speed limit, per-car tax, fire protection complaints, new sewers, paving and sidewalk projects, and several ordinances on wages, bridges, grading, and paving plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Avenue
Lower Branch
Oliver
West Side
Kree
Thomas
Norton
Nogne
Moir
Railway Committee
Seamans
Thirteenth Ward
Capoose Avenue
New York
Larch Streets
Oliye Street
Madison
Monroe Avenues
Tanden
Spruce Street
Beech Street
Crown
Stone Avenues
Penn Avenue
Green Ridge
Delaware Streets
Filmore Avenue
Washburn
Division Streets
Robinson Street
Lafayette Street
Main Avenue
Barber Asphalt Company
Webster Avenue
Clay Avenue
Irving and
Beech Streets
McNally & Co
North Main Avenue
William Blume
Large dancing party in Cleveland hosts
Miss Williams friend Miss Ellison of Cleveland attended a dancing party hosted by Mr and Mrs R B Williams at 444 Jefferson Avenue. Two supper rooms on the third floor allowed the main floor to be used for dancing with floral table decorations and refined hospitality. Numerous guests including Misses Hales Anderson Gorague Mott Louk Matthews Foster Gearhart Phelps Davis Williams Simpson Hunt Winton Finch Pennyjacker Course others attended without many regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Eilison
Cleveland
R. B. Williams
Jefferson Avenue
Willams
Ellison
Hales
Anderson
Gorague
Mott
Louk
Matthews
Coleman
Date
Foster
Gearhart
Phelps
Davis
Wiliams
Simpson
Hunt
Winton
Finch
Pennyjacker
Mizees
Merrill
Archhbald
Gilmore
Seybolt
Messell
Kingsbury
Merers
J. Boles
J. Brooks
Lynde
Pred
Theodore
Lawrence
Frank
Marshall
Mortimer Fuller
Denmead
Kirkpatrick
Watson
Chase
Murray
Hoyer
Whitmore
Moir
Charhart
Walker
Wadhams
Holland
Avery
Patterson
Wharton
Blair
Jones and Decker
Winter sale at Martin & Delaney and Guernsey Bros in Scranton
Cold weather sale ad urges Scranton shoppers to act fast for half price coats and vests from Martin & Delaney and Prince Albert items as winter goods drop to low prices. The sale emphasizes overcoats, ulsters, children's wear, and general discounts at Wyoming Avenue stores amid a citywide hurry to buy before stock runs out. Also notes Miss Hardenbergh’s piano school reopening Monday at 6%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin & Delaney
Prince Albert
Scranton
Martin & Delaney’s
Wyoming Avenue
Obituaries from Scranton notice of deaths and funerals
DIED. Anne in Scranton on Thursday February 2 1896 Joseph J Gardner aged pears Funeral from residence 57 North Hyde Park avenue at 1120 am Saturday. M GOWAN in Scranton September 25 1895 Leo infant son of Mr and Mrs Thomas McGowan Funeral from the real Sout al Sontina at Sin Ba erment at Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Scranton
Joseph J. Gardner
Pears
North
Hyde Park Avenue
M'Gowan
Leo
Thomas McGowan
Sin "Baerment
Catholic Cemetery
New Mew Eir Trilby Gape Line Offered at Low Prices
A sales note announces a new Mew Eir trilby line for the coming season offered to trade at very low prices. It highlights the aim of making women happy by showing them the product and suggests continued catalog details follow.
Furs and Cloth Cloaks Promote New Designs
The advert claims a broader, more extensive line than ever before with styles and effects not found elsewhere. It emphasizes original designers and a constant aim to set current fashion trends.
Confidence and Patronage Show in Expanded Occupancy After October 1
After October 1 the organization will occupy three floors instead of one. The move demonstrates strong public confidence and patronage in the community.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman & Moore Fire
Ste
Wyoming Ave
Washington Avenue
Ackawanna
Penn Ave
A.B. Warman
Williams & Wakult
City Notes
John Raymond Institute
McLane
Washington Ave
Madison Avenue
Orme
Iaukviaeedan
Dr. Ileggarty
DR. Parkhurst
Will Kecture
Pinge M. E. Church
Boulevard Resort
Schlebel’s Hotel
Elmhurst Boulevard
Elmhurnt
Schlebel
Eimhardt Schiebel's
McLane's
New York, Ontario
A Western Railway Company
Cutter Merchants
Council
Kitterden
Public Building Committee
Fenton Metallic Company
John Gainey
Rochester
Syewlalty Company
Reynolds Bros
Houlid
Bd. Widmayer
Weel
Hg, Koons
Fourteenth Ward
Connell
Cout Celle
Frank P. Henderson
Ferber Court
John Nelson
Torrey
Chitenden
Capouse Avenue
Irving Avenue
Mulberry Street
Hart & Gibbons
M. A. Donawhee
Manley
Delawware and Hudson Company
Warehington Avenue
Cherry Streets
Valley Passenger Railway Company
Petersburg
Fund For
Weber
Guernsey Bros
Scranton Cash Store
F. P. Price
Powell & CO
Music Store
N. E. Penna
Ae Pe Mini A
Ss. Co. Snyder, D. D. S
J.bolz
Dime Bank
The
Crystal Palace
Louis Rupprecht
Eugene Kleberg
Opp. Baptist Church
Lynn Havens
Keyports
Mill Ponds
Shrewsbury
Rockaways
Maurice River
Western Shores
Blue Points
Pierce’s Market
Green Ridge Sanitarium
Marion St
A E. Jordan
Boston Hospital
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