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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
2
The Tribune publishes today the leaders in its educational reading contest in the order they stand. Charles Rodrigues has secured a few supporters but changes are expected as the contest progresses toward its close.
An article outlines various special rewards including scholarships at Wyoming Seminary Kepitene Academy and Scranton Conservatory. Prizes include a piano, a Solid Gold or Silver watch, and a bicycle exhibited at local firms. A 40 percent share of the money is allocated to contestants who fail to win any prize.
The field shows Oliver Callahan pulling ahead with rapidly rising points while other contestants trail with only a few points between them. Many entrants remain unnamed in the list and have not yet earned qualification, risking omission from the first rankings. Several young competitors on vacation may soon join or overtake those already listed.
The contest rewards the largest number of points by subscriptions. Points count toward various/subscription values, with top performers receiving prizes. Subscriptions must be handed in at The Tribune office within the week, on blanks, and no transfers after credit. The drive closes at 8 oclock Saturday evening, September 2, nothing.
The Tribune reports intention to continue coverage of special rewards and notes forthcoming extended notices. Future articles will describe scholarship at Scranton Conservatory of Music and a waterborne camera piece, aiming to clarify reward values and attract more youths to enter.
Susquehanna County events include a Sunday school picnic at Riverside Park Lanesboro, a Beaton team game in Susquehanna August 8, and a return in August 15 at Lentershire. Reports note Erie shops hires in Elizabethport New Jersey and a fatal rattlesnake near Cascade Valley. Community veterans, encampment plans, and political gatherings in Montrose and Lake Ariel are mentioned along with local arrests, church events, and a milk producers boycott timetable.
In Montrose Susquehanna county Democrats met about a dozen delegates short of full representation. John M. Kelly was nominated for Congress in the Fifteenth district and Richard M. Crush for legislature. Richard Rooney won the jury commissioner race, with John J. Hand chosen for prothonotary. Independent Republicans held a separate meeting and endorsed national and state tickets.
Special to the Struntan Tribune details several visits and itineraries. Mike Nettle Howard of Homet's Perry visits cousin Miss Jesele Homet while Miss Hertha Gaylord sees her brother B. E. Gaylord in Towanda. Elizabeth Hines stays with Anna Birney in Sugar Run. Virginia Hollenback heads to Pazidena California to winter with Mrs. Charles Chregory. Mollie Rowan of Washington DC enjoys a vacation at her home in town. Mrs J A Stowell visited friends in Laceyville. Maury and Evelyn Hoag travel to Montrose and Heart Lake for an extended stay.
A ten year old Polish boy Charles O Mroski was struck and killed by a northbound Delaware Lackawanna and Western train near the Phoenix breaker crossing in Duryea about 4 30 pm. He and two companions were crossing the tracks and the boy turned back into the path of the oncoming train. An inquest will be held Friday afternoon chaired by Squire Motiska of Duryea after the body was found in a Pettson Junction box car.
This afternoon at the courthouse in Tunkhannock C O Dershim er as attorney for J D Iman county treasurer exposed several county properties to public sale in a planned auction.
Special to the Scranton Cribune from Montrose July 1 lists visitors from Wilkes-Barre and Binghamton staying with locals, plus relatives visiting towns. Mentions J M Jeffers, Druggist Morris, Miss Zula Jackson, Lent Titsworth, attorney John D Miller, and Montrose Fire Company No 1 inviting to Owego parade on August 22.
Special to the Scranton Tribute from Waymart lists residents visiting relatives and social visits. Names include C E B Spencer and family at H C Ensign’s residence, Mrs Samuel Bunnell visiting Scranton, Eleanor Bennett returning home, Mr and Mrs Charles Smith visiting L Smith's former home, and others such as James W Miller, Dee Rattan, Emma Kipp, and Rev Rawlings. Also mentions O W Dutcher carpentry at Forest City, Catholic service by Rev Griffin at St Rose Carbondale, Miss Hoban guests of Anna Doyle, and a Railroad Trainmen excursion to Lake Lodore with Port Jervis residents.
Reverend J M Yingling of Cumberland endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy claiming it never failed and effective when used promptly. In Newark a thief stole a package worth 70 dollars from Central Railroad of New Jersey office, escaped but was pursued.
An old advertisement extols Mariani Wine as a universal tonic. It claims to boost energy, strengthen muscles, aid circulation, and prevent malaria and grippe, listing wide uses for adults and children and noting availability from druggists with a beware of imitations warning.
The New York market showed limited lift amid offsetting moves in Union Pacific and coal shares. Rail earnings reports and the Berkshire region’s earnings guidance influenced trading, with several issues retreating after early gains. Total sales and bond activity were described, but overall indices drifted lower as investors weighed forecasts and dividends.
Corrected by HL G Dale lists items and prices including cream, potatoes, flour and marrow substitutes. Entries show totals and unit prices, with unclear place names and misspelled terms.
fragmented OCR text lists agricultural goods and quantities with scattered names, places, and brands. The readable items include milks, breads, grains, ducks, Nigeria references, and large crop totals such as 4 000 bar and 2 002 100 piiminks in mech. whet.
In New York on July 31 a mixed but largely steady flour market is noted with slight fluctuations. References to elevator levels and afloat movements imply cautious trading, with prices staying within a narrow range as market participants await clearer signals.
Local ad lists water proofed clothes lines hoses and a variety of metal polishing pastes for hardware. Items include coffee mills milled from metal parts pruning shears bread knives and bread pans. Prices are given as specials with discounts noted across lawn mowers and other garden tools.
Fragmentary OCR appears to list agricultural products and market notes with scattered terms such as cheese, creamery, and various colors. The text is garbled with inconsistent spellings and placeholders, making it difficult to determine precise events, locations, or dates. No coherent news item emerges.
Chicago market notes a sharp decline in oats amid an exceptionally dull trading day. Weather and adequate provision influenced offerings while Light stocks and strong cash demand lent some support to pork futures and corn. Prices listed include various grades of wheat corn oats and sugar among others.
Market notes show varied shifts for cattle calves and bulls with prices listed for steers heifers and cows. Buyers differed on demand with dollars quoted per hundredweight across cattle and hog lines in a western shop context.
Readable fragments describe a New York segment with numeric values and references to times and items but lack a coherent event or clear entities. The text mentions quantities, dates, and locations in vague terms without a single actionable fact or identifiable subjects.
Fragmented OCR reads as cattle market notes with terms like prime, heavy, calves, and various misspelled names. The readable items mention rural buyers and quality notes from common to good, with unspecified quantities and conditions.
Fragmentary text references names and places but lacks coherent event details. Unable to determine a concrete person, organization, or location to form a definite news item.
Nonspecific OCR read mentions balances of 4.07 and five price or stock phrases. References to barrels and quantities such as 000 barrels and 100.00 barrels appear without clear events or entities. The passage is fragmented with no identifiable people or organizations.
A garbled OCR notice lists numerous names and places including Scranton, Tunkhannock, and Mill City. The fragment references individuals and families such as W. Retuhiart Jenne Molnhart Walter Hoberts and Corge Thompeont, with many additional surnames and kinship links across multiple locales.
Bucknell University announces a refined boarding school and a collage with four courses, including an Academy for young men and boys, a Ladies Institute, a School of Music, and West College. A new men’s dormitory will be ready for occupancy on September 20, 1900. catalog address provided.
A storm visit marked Monday evening as Franklin Howell, guest of Fred Godfrey, traveled to Borant and back. The funeral of Miss Mary Trauger, daughter of Martii and Gene Trauger, was held at Tale Unola Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday. Mr. West of Pennsylvania Brewing Co spent June with his family here. Charles McMillam, summer visitor to White Cottage on the Wilkes-Barre side, returned home Saturday. The cottage will be occupied by Corey Sutherland and family for the season.
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