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E T. P. McCORMICK.. J. M;McCORMIC ( K. = at the town. It must therefore be a; . self-made , aid , desirable -fo r _7l - Beatltiftll Millinery Parlors E. . , . • .
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FOREST cITV. _ a - There are three mines and three breakers,Younger days aidhid a hard struggle business circles of Forest City than the
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THE - FOREST HOUSE
John ,Lumbert, Prop.,
•The Bar is
stocked With FOREST eITY, PA.
the - best .of
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and Centrally - Loca!ted. Fine Fare. Goad •
'Roomi. Sample Room. Heated by Steam..
Draught •
Beer and
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Transient Rates; $2 per. Day. Special
Rates Weekly or Monthly.
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Tommenrl name was chat
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H. M. JOSEPH, Established in,1900
The Large'st and Best
DRY - GOODS,
CLOAKS, • - The Joseph _
SHOES, CLOTHIN&HOUSE,
AND MILLINERY.
IKE JOSEPH, Proper.,
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• FOREST CITY .
Th;te . ader in his
Elegant line Of Gent's •
Line in Furnishing Goods.
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in the town, and another opening, just. to "get on his tin."' By energy, good elegant millinery parlors conducted 'by
!qrs. C.. R. Kn ipp on h!ain street, in
-th of the town, will be in operation conduct- and • irThis - ineagre earr
nort he- -
~- - -- -- - the criacious rooms adjoining. the 'Far-
within a short time. A majority of the' ings. Mr. Mu . Clir(z. a native of Austria, viers and Miners Bank. It is a mili- =.*
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population is of the foreign element,'
. is today one of l i, he substantial cjl...ens nery establishment the ladies of Forest - =
City and surrounding country are no =
Polish and Slavish niostly, but they arc
of Forest •Cityl, .He 'is borovgl,treas
urcr, a director: of one of the banks.' doubt proud of as it is far ahead of the
fast becoming assimilated with native average millinery concerns in towns of
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treasurer of St.: Barbara's society; and similar size.. Icdeed,' it is orie of the =.
Americans and conforming to Ameri- •
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can customs. -•: • , treasurer of 11„,;; Joseph!s congregation. features in the make-up .:of;.Forest = •
City's business . life and it is Tiossible ....= 1
In 1870 what is now Forest City Was ' He has been i borough official the past
f or four years, and in -a business and social will that nothing in Susquehanna county = ' . , A full line' of
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called Pente - cost It was named wi compare with it ia.,point of styles = .
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William Pentecost, who conducted a 'way is one of 6e most. popular citizens and delightful creation 4 of htadivear -1 . •
of the town. i = DRS GOODS,,.BOOTS, SHOES,. MIN.. =
lumber business there. He is • now a . . suitable f , ..r . all ages and types of temi- =
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ninity. One cannot help observing that = . ' ' 1 , ' C.mm
resident of Promptori. Wayne county. Forest City is admirably ae.aptcd f _ _ _
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The: town was carved • out of Clifford a thriving ma
township, oownShiP, and -retained the name of all it, needs to be F c. , 4 —..eone„islorits lead- are concerned. and this dist'nguishing
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Pentecost for several years, when . its ing: citizens to or' ;%-. and make . eo.cptiem has ,been made posstl
name was chalked to Forest Cit y. - • . .
nesd upon int". ern lines. She keeps
abreast of the times in all the latest
The town was organized in 0.88. dreds of enterp4ie t.4 . t. , could no
os specialty
e pronouncedv, . b od i i making
rse skill
oit hats
onjwiin.
The fi rst burgess was J. D Caryl , who do'ubt be indiicei3,-* o Icicate there. style sd
earnf:dro
'!'he
her e t h
was then superintendent Of the Hillside Aniong the more prominent -and
better class of bu s iness 'institutions of in the :lock of hats Mrs Knapp has on
Iron and Coal company. : The present
borough officials are : • S J: Jennings. Forest City are:':; H. M. Joseph. dry exhibition malls it possible for, every
burgess; Henry HoggArth, president of goods;' Ike Joseph, ,clothing; W. H. . woman and girl in Forest City and vi
council; Martin .MuChitz, tro - gurer; Jones . , furniture Eind undertaking; W. fine ry;
to wear the latest, styles in.m il=
ze i i - e y t . y. o c r 4 E a t s are
madestyles, dp in a llki n ds
of the school board; W J. Maxey, at- Co., hardware; the Forest City' steam of good materials and in almost unlim-
s .
laundry; the ';Forest House, one of the : d
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.quantities. How she can afford to
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principal l i bitel; • T
P. McCormick, sell the quality offine hati at the low
general stc:re; . . •, McGrath's tonsorial prices asked is explained 'upon the
..The poStoffice at this place wasestab
that she is an expert in the
fished Dec. x5;.•1879, with the name of parlors; . T4'. Pentecost, gs,neral vier- ground business, a close buyer and purchases
cbandis-.1
. J . .. P. Murphy, lifery stable; ~
Pentecost and David R. Lumley post- frames; velvets, ribbOns, plumes,-flow
master. The. subsequent 'appointees
John Pairiter,,lnsusance; T. W. 'Budd, ers, hat ornaments._ etc., in large
William blacksmith have been John W. Coon, and *disc! shoer: ' quantities from first hands in the larg
est wholesale centers_ Her .exquisite
Penteco,st, James R. Fleming, Frank - taste and sound judgment are' import-
Cunningham, —
T. C. Manzer and F. T.ant factors in this respect. •
(See pagd' i 1 for additional Forest City)
Gelder, the present postmaster. The
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name was changed to Forest City, Sept. .
I, ' •
8, 1886. Prior .to 1879 the% j nearest
postoffice was Carbondale.'
Qeorge C. Westgate and J. C
poor directors
torney,
Brown,
Frederick T. Gelder, besides filling
the office of postmaster viith credit to
himself and to the entire satisfaction•of
business „men
the
of Forest, City generally, is alsoone o f
7:7 2 the editors and owners of the For-,
est City "News," the,only newspaper
and printing establishment in the * town
:s`ila He was formerly a citizen of Carbon
daletheril he mastered the printing
business, after which be occupied an
editorial position on the "Leader" for
: , '"-1 1 -1 - a numb.er of.years. Mr. 'Geller has re. !
, 1 3; 1 : 5 9 sided in Forest City about six years
rtV•
and is one of the town's most popular
and enterprising citizens. _
There are two bank; one® silk mill.
ohe planing mill, one grist mill and
'numerous retail stores of all kinds aqd
they are as a whole the equal of those
of any toWn of its size anywhere.
Three railroads enter the town—the
Delaware
.& Hudson. Ontario & Wes•
tern and the Erie, and it istbe northern
terminal of the Scranton Railway Coo.
pang. trolley cam making close con
nection at Carbondale to and from
Forest City.
LONTROSE DEMOCRAT, MONTROSE, PA.
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1 MAIN STRE'ET, FOREST CITY.
THE FO S ST CITY BREAKER.
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or the ladies of Forest City are dre'ssed is=
an up-to-date manner• insofar as hits
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Paints and Oils
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Oldest and Best-Known Merchantile House
in this Part of the County.
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331 MAIN STREET.
FOREST
Most Important Ea-
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FOREST CITY, PA.
FOREST-CITY
Steam Laundry
G. F. HORTON, PROP.
Orders Taken for Dyeing
and Steam Cleaning..
Anthracite and Nor theastern 'Phones
The Largest and • isimioLkia.
County.
JONES,
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FURNITURE
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