Had hawk nests in church pews and local notices
A late April column from Susquehanna County reports a robin nest found under a church Bible during a service in New Milford, with the birds becoming tame and feeding their young during sermons. It also notes obituary notices, trains, and local curiosities including an Undertaker Purple scheme for Crystal Lake and other county items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lake
Lansboro
Susquehanna
Scranton Tribune
Burquehanna
New Munford
Une Pater
Ira
Sergion
Undertaker Purple
Cartondale
Brimstone
Bucquehanna County
Washington
Local notices and incidents in Northeastern Pennsylvania
The Larkawahina Presbytery may fund two thousand dollars for a new church in Buegiehania. A Woman's Relief corps is formed in South Gibson. Homeless Hungarian families near Oneida after a mine flood. Two children missing from Harte Brook. possible mining accident. Miners restored after flood damage from Ruck mountain tunnel. 100 workers at scene. Abner Hasenbach family sick after eating dried beef. possible recovery. Liberty band member Lapp notified of pension with back pay. A child near Snyderaville injured by glass, long facial scar. Forger in White Haven deceives four local merchants with counterfeit checks. Five fires reported in Maxwell mines area. minor damage. Arsenic poisoning death in Lackawanna hotel case. Miner accident with mine fire at Maxwell?. race anecdote from Howser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkawahina
Buegiehania
Grand Army of the Republic
South Gibson
Oneida
Harte Brook
Abner Hasenbach
George
Mahanoy City
Charles Lapp
Hazleton
Liberty Band
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Miner Mystaller
Snyderaville
Robert Earnhart
White Haven
Maxwell Mines
Wilkes- Barre
James Rowe
Lackawanna Hotel
Lestershire
Honement
Local Social and Community Notices Highlight May Events
Community notices include the Up-to-Date Petre club dance at the Hook and Ladder hall on May 17 and a Woman's Christian Temperance union meeting at Mrs. J. B. McCreary's Main Street home. Reports mention travels, hospital stays, house repainting, and a run of local visits across Scranton Elmira Binghamton and Darke New Milford with various residents and organizations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamison
George Dogart
Petre Club
C. Dubois Hook and Ladder Company
Patrick Murray
Donovan
Scranton
Ely
John Condon
Darker
N. Y
Fannie M. Simrelt
Southern Tier Masonry Relief Association
Elmira
New York Casualty Company
New York City
Coleman
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
J. B. McCreary
Main Street
BE. Lamb
Binghamton
Lamb
Anoka
Briday
John Maynard
Frankiin Street
C. A. Molden
Vestal
Young Met
Christian Association
John Davis
Susquehanna County
Seheral Association
Baptist
New Milford
Delbert Lindsley
Mystic Brotherhood
Albert Stenthins
Chenango Bridge
Harlow Atwater
Great Bend
Frank Hanugll
John Tyler
Raced with the Flames on Foxtown Hill
Samuel Houser drove through a mountain fire on Foxtown Hill near Stroudsburg on a windy Friday. His horse surged forward toward safety in Milo as flames and roaring wind threatened to overtake them. A brief lull in the gale allowed a narrow escape from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Houser
Burning Mountain
Stroudsburg
Save the Times
Samuel Mouser
Foxtown Hill
Johnsonville
Northampton County
Houser
Milo
Welsbach light and mysterious thorium cerium mix
A science section describes the Welsbach incandescent light, detailing a thorium nitrite and cerium nitrate mix used on knitted cotton wools. It notes the glow varies with cerium oxide, the material becomes hard when heated, and that the salts involved are produced in vast but commercially small quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Populas Science News
Welsbach
Theody
United States
Aavenna
Prices of Ancient Statues in Antiquity
Prices paid for great statues in ancient times far surpassed typical modern sculpture fees, with colossal works like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Mercury statue for Avora commanding vast sums. Thucydides notes gold drapery on Athena and a Jupiter head ornament valued at tens of thousands of dollars, while Polycles gained about 125,000 for a life size youth figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Apollo
Mercury
Avora
Gaul
Athena
Phidias
Parthenon
Athens
Jupiter
Olympia
Thucydides
Reform Storm Hits Paris Morality Debates and Censor Moves
A French reform wave targets obscenity in Paris theaters amid concerns of moral decline. Censors crackdown on risqué performances and songs once popular with elites, tied to scandals involving European royals. The mood shifts as censorship rises to curb the Bathing stage displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Aneli
Wilin
Biman
Rutte Montmartre
Paris
Coucher d
Madame Bol Walter
Sich
Tikes
Mlan
Sorvia
Leopold
Belgium
Why So Many Regular Physicians Fail
A 19th century pitch praising Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It claims women conceal symptoms from physicians, asserts Pinkham’s unique training and success, and urges women to write for advice citing many testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EB. Tinkham
Lyon
Mass
America
Market summary of wheat corn and related commodities
Philadelphia April 27 Wheat prices eased April futures with mixed No 2 values and firm demand for higher grade. corn steady with No 2 white futures quoted. Flour and butter prices varied. cotton steady. sugar refined unchanged as western markets report firm demand for dairy creamery products and dressed poultry. receipts show wheat 10,000 bushels and corn 27,000 bushels in ship baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Strabaut
Hutter
Fancy
Sheils
Pennsylvania
Ork
Enmkes
Sreame
Oate
Chicago Market Prices For Cattle Hogs Lambs And Sheep
Prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago market show a general demand with varied results. Cattle mostly steady with common feed stock at around midrange values and fat cattle offered at satisfactory prices. Hog prices declined about two dollars per hundredweight while heavy hogs sold near top quotes. Lamb prices were down with Colorado and Texas lots moving slowly. sheep and lamb offerings showed weak to fair demand. Overall, cattle 2000 head hogs 14000 head sheep 0 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stoera
Wold
Edi
Prise Neat Howe Ao
Lamba
Larsely
Lower
Colorado Lambs
Sadie
Sherp
Chicago Live Stock Market Summary
Chicago futures quotes for April May and July contracts show activity in Wheat Oats Corn and Soybeans with cash flour prices noted. Prices listed include several figures such as 4.70 4.45 and 4.75 and refer to various months and commodity types in the early trading session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Linn
Allen &C
Meara
Chicago
Tome
Iolite
I4ac
Newpork
Agricultural Commodity Listings From Historical Market Ledger
Fragmented OCR lists various grains and produce with quantities and prices. Entries mention wheat rye corn barley oats and related terms, with figures like 1000 bushels and 600 bushels alongside descriptive notes and mileage-like phrases. The text resembles a 19th or early 20th century market page.
Unclear historical market listing yields cryptic notes
Fragmentary OCR from a historical page shows assorted terms like receipts offers and prices with many garbled phrases. It references offerings, different animal or item descriptors, prices such as 1.16.5 and 20, and scattered names. The readable content is insufficient to determine a coherent event or outcome.
Smoke ban on DL&W passenger trains enforced
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad forbids smoking on duty for all employees. Two more train crews were laid off at Hoboken. Conductor Frank Carney of the line plans May marriage to Mrs Mary Walsh of Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Hoboken
Frank Carney
Delaware Lackawanna Pod Western
Mary Walsh
Plymouth
Wilken Barre
Eastern
Stroudsburg
W. B. Taylor
North Paterson
Owney
Cleveland
Lockawanna
National Museum
Washington
Wheat Market Turmoil Ends in Tragedy in Chicago
Excitement over wheat market fluctuations led to a fatal incident involving broker Roger and trader Philip Myers. Roger, a longtime New York Stock Exchange figure, accompanied Myers to his home where he died within hours. The troubled scene highlights volatility across Chicago Philadelphia and New York grain markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
ADH &I
Henry Kagere
Philadelphia
New York
Wille
Roger
Philip Myers
Neale
Mr. Rigers
New York Stock Exchange
Flinfather
Nftior
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Whitney
Hades
Montrose Democrat
Henry
Nithark
Ani
Alexander R. Forbes
Busquehanna
Ice
Williard
Wiliame di Sa
Tlancock
Port Jarvis Hospital
Erie
New Yorks
Edward Raynesford
William Banls
Hell
Forest City News
Elk Mountain
Dundas
Jonahane the Whale
Soldiers’ Orphan School
Harford
Industrial Echo
Scotland
Thia
James Mills
Lanesboro
Jamert
Googe Weekley
Stevens' Point
Halletead
Severn
State Fish Commissioners
Megan Opera Bous
Lackawanna Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Lacquehanne
James Kennedy
St. John's Catholic Church
Mre
Kate
Sunbury
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Augustus Forte
Michael Dolpapa
Inez
Earda
Mack Betters
Fannie Rogden
South Gibran
Lancehore
Artivt
R. A. Lyons
Lyons
Susquehanna Boy
Northeastern
Eafety
Howser
Scott
Ingram
J. Scott Inglis
Lacka. Ave
Hallstead
France
Hood
Hood’s Pills
Tite
Iasyto Operate
Ise
Illa
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Asker Scranton & Pittston Trac. Co
National Borlie & Drill’ Co
First National Bank Elmhurst Boulevard Co
Becranton Raving
Scranton Packing Co
Lackaron & Steel Co
Third National Bank
Eranton Traction
Boranton Axle Works
Aee Weaton Min Co
Lin Alexander Car Ripiar
Heranton Hediing Co
Wea
Din Do & Dis
Burk Mb Lacke
Trust & Anfe
Wa Triders National Tank Ceteiee
Boranton
Rathway
Mortmage
Revere
People’s Street Railway
Mortenge Duci Tmk
Bcranton & Tittster Trac
O. Aoe
Poonte
Mortmage Duc
Dickson Manufacturing Co
Jms
Lacka
Scranton St
Imp
Verna Coal Co
Borunton Axle Works
Chicago Grain Market
Dan
Reed
guThge
Timothy Seu
Bebelp
Puilalo
Goa
Rogers
Wm. G. Clark
Peony Ave
Lackawanna Avenue
Milan
Eden
Tuscany
Gerson
W. J. Davis
Wyoming Ave
Capital
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr, Vier Pres
William HL Peck
Lale
Laflin & Band Powder CO
Medria Potteries
Kafety Pune
Repavno Chemical Co
AIP
Kerr, Son & Co
Brussels
Opnoaite
Malin Baronts
Wyomlog
S. G. Kerr
Lackawanna Ave
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