State campaign plans the club league convention
Philadelphia reports General Frank Reeder in city to launch the state Republican campaign. Scranton hosts the September 17 18 convention of the State League of Republican Clubs with strong leadership prospects and a potentially lively race for league presidency. The article notes strong participation, hospitality in Scranton, and the impact on the gubernatorial campaign. It also mentions a store order tax enacted by the legislature and opposed by employers with legal challenges, backed by the United Mine Workers legislative committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Reeder
Republican State Committee
Reeder
State Committee
State League of Republican Clubs
Scranton
League
J. Hampton Moore
Fred W. Fleitz
Lackawanna
Isadore Sobel
Erie
Crosby N. Black
Chester
Fleitz
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers‘ Legislative Committee
A Southern Conundrum and Social Grains of Wit
A reminiscence of antebellum hospitality with a dinner party where guests traded conundrums. Colonel Johnson pens a retort about breakfast and dinner pleasures, while Willie Washington jokes about Miss Chillers. A light exchange ends with a quip about secrets and an exchange about a dog bite and scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander H. Stephens
Johnson
Well Sustained Volume Amid Labor Strife In Iron Sector
New York Aug 24 R G Dun and Co weekly review notes generally steady trade volume despite labor troubles in iron and steel. Output curtailment of merchant bar and wire rods by about 40000 tons monthly, scattered mill restarts, rising tin plate imports, and anxious cotton tie supplies. Grain prices eased slightly, wheat shipments uneven, and Atlantic exports weak due to high prices while interior stocks remain high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate
London
Russia
Argentina
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Canada
Bank Closes Its Doors in Ohio After Deposits
The Bank of New Matamoras in Washington county shut its doors. It is said the bank had deposited fifty thousand dollars with the Superior Street Savings and Banking company in Cleveland, which closed last Friday. The incident occurred in Marietta, Ohio, on August 27.
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Cleveland
Marietta, O
Bank of New Matamoras
Washington County
Superior Street Savings and Banking Company
Sultan to pay indemnities to French interests
Constantinople August 27 The sultan agrees to pay 700000 francs to the Quays Company for interference with its rights and 600000 francs to a Frenchman for the seizure of his lands in Albania. The Quays company renounces for a year the transfer clause in its concession to Turkey, reportedly to save appearances for the sultan.
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Constantinople
Quays Company
Albania
Turkey
The Markets In Pittsburg August Wheat and Cattle Prices
Wheat quotes No 2 red 68 to 60c. corn No 2 yellow shelled 65 66c. oats mixed 41 44c. Hay prices range from $10.50 to $14.75. Butter and eggs steady. cheese and poultry prices listed. Cattle supply light, market active with gains 15 to 25 cents on butcher goods. prime to good grass cattle and cows shown. hogs and sheep/lambs receipts light, brisk activity and higher values.
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Pittsburg
Elgin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Wisconsin
Real Estate Transfers in Montgomery Blairville and nearby areas
A list of real estate transfers outlines numerous parcels from Johnson Bethuel to Mollia Bennett for 100 dollars and other transfers in Blairsville Saltsburg Montgomery Green Canoe and nearby towns. Several 50 to 54 acre parcels change hands with prices from 5.35 to 1800 dollars. The notices end with an advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills at local drugstores.
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Johnson Bethuel
Montgomery
Mollia Bennett
William A. Manshower
Blairaville
Spires
Enlen Kelly
Saltsburg
Harry L. Weamer
Amos Powell
Ellen Gertrude Powell
Charles C. Little
White
Nancy Jane Harris
H. P. Lewis
Green
William 8. Davison
William 5. Davison
Porter E. Rice
John L. Stewart
Armstrong
A. M. Stewart
Horace F. Fleming
William I. Fleming
Featine Smith
West Mahoning
Mary J. Shranger
Indiana
Andrew J. Ness
George Peffer
Canoe
George Lyke
D. Wilkey McCaughey
Conemauph
American Steel Co
Frederick Cameron
Brushvalley
Overdorff
Wm. Hill
Charles E. Hill
Dr. King
New Life
T. E. Hildebrand’s
W. I. Moore’s
Homer City
M. G. Miller's
Blairsville
Marriage Licenses Issued to Local Couples
Charlies M W Bishan and Maggie Harold, Edward M Sequer and Katherine J Rice received marriage licenses in a local civil record.
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Charlies M. W. Bishan
Maggie Harold
Edward M. Sequer
Katherine J. Rice
Seasonal bargain clothing and fabric sale items
A local sale lists Dressinghams patterns at 10¢ and 12¢ per yard with polka dot and silk sateens and dimities priced 10¢ to 123¢. Serge and Brocade dress goods shown at 1¼¢ to 1¢ per yard. Hosiery and shirts offered with multiple price points plus a full line of Men’s shirts at 50¢. Delivery by telephone orders to 71.
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Chillers
Willie Washington
Washington Star
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Skinbone
Willie
BANK
Sultan
Jefferson Co
Arnold Indiana
THE
Equitable Life Assurance Society
S. W. Guthrie
Gen
Agent Farmers’ Bank Building
PEND
Indiana Glass Works
Indiana, PA
M.cunnin Chan
Philadelphia Street
Indiana Roller Mills
Penn’a
Steving & Sutton
Indiana, Penn’a
MacMeel
Gale
CIOL
Eya DA
Ada
Statlers
Mr En
Ee Chang Laid Roy
Stu Els
Stephen
Third Ward
Francis H. Leggett
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