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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1894
Page
2
Scranton defeats Hervisburg to stretch its streak to sixteen straight wins in the Pennsylvania State League. Allentown Hazleton and Reading also win as standings show Scranton atop, with schedule listing today’s matchups: Scranton at Reading Allentown at Harrisburg Hazleton at Pottsville Philadelphia at Lancaster.
The Scranton club won as Meany fanned out and Huston held the Harrisburg batters, with a 11 run fourth inning and a late surge. The Rear Row Roosters led the crowd with their synchronized cheers as state league magnates watched, and the paper notes an unrelated medical ad about a cough remedy.
Baseball scores show Reading over Philadelphia 14 to 1 with 7 errors for Philadelphia. Allentown tops Pottsville 8 to 6 with 3 errors for Allentown. Hazleton defeats Lancaster 6 to 1 with 2 errors for Hazleton and 4 for Lancaster. Pitchers listed as Kilroy Milligan and others.
A damaged section lists baseball scores with teams Boston New York Baltimore Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Chicago St Louis. It notes hits errors batteries and umpires for multiple games including outs at darkness and rain delays. The fragment preserves scattered box score details and line scores across venues.
In Buffalo and Providence matchups the scores show Buffalo 2 over Buffalo 7 and Providence 1 over Providence. Troy posted a 4 against Springfield 15 in a first game. Springfield 12 defeated Syracuse 4 in the rematch. Erie 7 to Wilkes Barro 1.
Scranton is slated to play Reading today and tomorrow. The West Side Stars challenge Scranton at Littl Woods on Saturday. Captain William Hughes led Scranton to a season record of consecutive victories with a win over Harrisburg, reaching a 16th straight league game without defeat. Other notes include Lancaster and Archbaldtown matchups, Dalton summer club games on Owens grounds, and Western Association standings with Linceo, St Jon, Omaha leading teams.
Reading Penn wheelmen plan a national circuit race on September 21. Newsboy Sichert in Tinea delivers 200 papers on a wheel in 35 minutes. Welsh riders Michael James and Linton live near Abdéramad. Mrs Hetao of Union Hill purchases a ladies bike. Philadelphia club marks its twelfth anniversary. Germantown shows four bicycle shops as cycling grows popular. A cost estimate cites about 1 tenth of a cent per mile on modern safety bikes. Zimmerman, Wheeler, Banker named in a quick summary of cycling figures.
An advertisement praises Johann Hoff malt extract as a cooling aid during heat, noting it provides energy and aids digestion. It warns buyers to beware of imitations and to seek the signature on the neck label from Hisner and Mendelson Co New York as sole agents.
The report notes American and foreign professionals racing in Europe with George Taylor struggling in RCA Sonat ties this season. It highlights George Banker’s strong showing in a recent Germany trip and mentions plans for five pro tournaments starting August 6 in Birmingham. It also covers a Massachusetts bicycle and boating clubs appeal to avoid meets on Sundays and announces a Springfield club prize event at Hampton Park September 1 with a $5 diamond first prize and twenty events including an international one mile race.
The notice outlines multiple horse racing records and promising sires, including Rassias and Telon M. Cobden sired 2.30 performers, with four days of meets at Ieland Park in New York beginning Aug. 4. It reports growing interest in fine horse stock, mentions a perjury case against Koeebs, and warns against deceit in racing circles while noting a mysterious horse disease near Boston.
Young Madden the 105 pound amateur champion seeks entry to the professional ranks while Ernest Roeber travels to Germany to arrange training with Carl Abs. Twin City Athletic Club in Minneapolis plans to match Joe Walcott against the Ryan Smith winner. Amateur Athletics under NYAC aims Travers Island on Sept 1. London reports Nickleas will accept Walcott challenge posting £100. Public skirmishes involve Burge Dixon Smith and others as future bouts are discussed. Harvard Cornell football contracts set for Manhattan Field games in 1904 with Harvard coach Marshall Newell and returning players.
Historical fragment recalls a mother offering Castoria to her sick child and later to her own children. The jingle emphasizes the product as a trusted remedy across generations, reflecting early 20th century advertising language.
A city property parcel on Spruce Street fronts Aprics Street and Corner WNW with 4000 front by Mit diop and 10,000 together. The notice references a sale action and alley access, listing property lines and adjacent streets in a terse damaged OCR.
The undersigned will sell at public sale on Monday August 6, 1904 at 10 o'clock a.m. at the Lackawanna avenue office fifteen Lishires of the capital stock of the Scranton Sage Custam Company held as collateral security on a note. The Lackawanna Trust and Safe Co. posts the notice.
Notices announce two applications to the Pennsylvania Governor for charters. Charles McMullen et al seek The Scranton Chimney company to manufacture iron or steel and related metals. Edward B. S. Jurges et al seek The Scranton Electric Construction Company to build install and furnish electric or steam plants and electrical machinery for mining operations.
An ad seeking a position as housekeeper or word worker from a strong man. Includes reference to Peter Hill, 46 Summit Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Indicates AMERICAN woman and widow status. Mentions “permanent pen an object” and “FH. EB W., Tritvine office” in garbled form.
In Valparaiso Indiana Mrs Dr Spenser of Bourbon, age 44, has just wed her eleventh husband after a life of multiple marriages. She wed at 15, faced separations and a pardon for a Joliet convict, and later married eight men by advertisement, with various outcomes including death and disappearance of spouses.
A dynamite blast at Hawthorne quarries run by Dolose and Shepard kills F. Corbin the superintendent and injures several workers. The blast occurs just before noon with three dead and multiple serious injuries as responders rush to hospitals. The cause remains unclear in the chaotic aftermath.
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