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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1901
Page
12
Reports from Montrose Pennsylvania detail the Temperance Stancoe lawsuit seeking damages for injuries from a defective Locust Street sidewalk. The trial began in April 1899 and the jury had not agreed by late afternoon. The item also notes local civic updates and community notices from Montrose including postal appointments and upcoming events.
Miss Anna Ball visits Pittston while Emma and Alice Burns return to Scranton from Honesdale. Mrs. Holmes tours New York, and the Torreys head to Atlantic City. Rev W H Swift marks eighteenth anniversary with sermon. May Jefferson appears in Rip Van Winkle at the Honesdale Opera House. Episcopal tea set for April 26. Amity club and German Lutheran youth group host events. Dorlinger to drive first automobile in Honesdale. Youth's Companion editor visits. Mrs Mumifford and Miss Schoonover tour to Philadelphia for Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary convention.
Waymart society items report Mr and Mrs Nay Hull returning from a wedding trip and planning to live on the Hull farm. Guests include Joseph Hoban and Miss Anni Doyle. Others: PF. EB. Inch visiting family. Reuben Getz moves to a tenement. ball nets $201 for local benevolence. ministers Rawlings and Karachner return from conference. Martha Ruppert visiting Bradford. Mrs Charlotte Histed visits local friends. James Delancey noted.
Community notices from Forest City include a British American lodge smoker at Odd Fellows hall with William J. Trumbath of Wilkes-Barre as speaker and R. W. Johnson of Scranton as a tenor at Christ church. Local updates mention Mrs. A Mangan’s illness, Epworth league plans, and a church fundraiser. Court action delays tax sales at the Forest City poor farm while local topics cover a new borough building and a proposed depot.
Pittston reports a city arrest for abducting Miss Sadie Hughey with bail set at 500 dollars. Fifteen warrant arrests followed a cooking main, fines and bail noted. Local improvements include a repainted city engineer office. Funeral notices for Mrs. Fallon and Mr. Cawley appear, plus strike developments at Stevens shaft and Silk mill appeals for aid. Joint city council actions awarded printing and advertising contracts to local firms.
A long column of rental and lodging offers in Scranton and vicinity. Multiple properties list store space, floor space on the Tribune building, and various house rooms with modern improvements, heat and light included. Also notes lost items and help wanted ads.
Fragmentary text lists names and addresses in St Louis Missouri and mentions mechanics engineers electricians and firemen. It references a pamphlet of questions asked by examining engineers and states Geo A Zeller as publisher in St Louis.
Fragmented OCR list shows individuals and street fragments including Central City Albert Schlta Connie Mullewry Webister Avenue Gustav Picuel Adams Avenue George W. Prsire ns West South Main Petersburg Wol Kn Ee eNel Devin Avenue.
Fragmentary OCR text references individuals and organizations with no coherent story. It mentions possible audits or probes and names such as Mr and Pine Deslings, hindering clear reporting of event, location, or outcome.
Ordinances introduced authorize the city clerk to hire an assistant. Mayor Corcoran’s appointments of Thomas Carroll as street commissioner and J C Hart as chief of the fire department were approved. Benedict & Brown, long on Crow street, dissolves with G W Brown retiring and Benedict continuing the business while collecting bills.
A spoiled OCR note describes a stage week at the Academy of Music featuring Malinen and night shows. Matinee and evening performances include a program headlined by New York talent and a run of The Heart of Mary land with a noted scenic design. Tickets sold for the evening show prompt a matinee to accommodate patrons.
A flag raising will occur in the Last district of Marcy township school on Decoration Day. The Junior Patriotic Order Sons of America will present the flag as the Duryea band provides music. Students organize the program with various local residents mentioned including Rev. Pascoe and the Hillside colliery closure affecting miners.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a musical gathering led by Weingartier with the Mitineres Band, mentioning a National Mine Wiltz Ser and several unclear dates and names. The text references MS Amy Whales and Caprice with Stipple Date and Buedlinan the Maret in a military context.
The fragmentary text describes a gala event featuring a large troupe of vaudeville artists. It notes a Friday start and a prominent company noted for receptive performances. Details are garbled but imply a major show with familiar stage names.
The market overview notes broad activity in New York with price movements across many sectors. Traders monitor supply shifts, tentative demand, and investor sentiment shaping early afternoon quotes and sector rotations.
Fragmented OCR reads like a local sale notice at Vowels store and Wilkes-thine with references to dates April 28 and a list of names including BENG TYLOR MME, National Athen, and Walton Mallon Mudshir. Unclear items and nonsensical phrases follow in a garbled passage.
The text lists various farm products and prices with strange spellings. It mentions onions, beans, marrow, and dairy terms with per bushel and per unit pricing. Names, places, and figures are garbled, reflecting OCR errors.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe unsettled market items, with references to New York, April, wheat prices, and distant events. Readable names or dates are limited, leaving a terse snapshot of commodity chatter and unrelated clerical lines.
The text lists scattered words and phrases including names like Brett Wath and Hermes, places such as Minn and Chicbae, and terms like white, steady, market, and track. Many fragments lack clear context or full sentences, suggesting a damaged page with miscellaneous items.
Cattle and hog markets showed general steadiness with steers and cows trading near recent levels. Sheep and lamb receipts at 8,000 noted, with market activity mixed as buyers eyed higher openings but finished softer on some grades.
The fragmentary OCR reports on wheat prices and market quotes with scattered names and places blurred. Mentions of Chicago, wheat, and various traders or officials appear amidst garbled text and nonstandard phrases.
An OCR damaged entry from Buffalo lists cattle, sheep, and hogs with figures and descriptions. It mentions various buyers and sellers, prices, and quantities, but the text is garbled and only fragments remain readable. The item appears as a market brief with multiple lots and trading notes.
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