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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
3
A chaotic clipping covers regional notices from Carbondale to Jackson. Mentions include election forecaster Galusha A Grow, veteran organizations encampments, parades, reunions, and civic meetings. plus sports scores, weddings, and a fire hall grant in Great Bend. Political and military notes mix with social happenings in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports the Wrigley family gathering at Rev Abel Wrigley’s home with many from North End township picnicking in a grove by Lake Carey. Local tempers rise as hot weather continues and petty thieves strike area stores and homes, including Dyes WL and the Mahan residence. A shooting incident involving Mr Watkins’s revolver ends as the getaway crashes near N. ae Miercher’s fence.
Special to the Scranton Tritone Forest City Adg reports the Welsh Congregational church is being improved with a fresh coat. Mrs J Alitich returns from Addinon N V after two weeks with friends. Mrs Eliabeth Wieatine and others visited Scranton. Clarices Gavitt spent Sunday with Homer Gavitt on Delaware street. Mrs Fred Gager from Lebanon visiting Mrs William Gumene. Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church met with Mrs John C Brown. Patrick Deary, former New Mexico worker, returns home.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports extreme dry weather harming crops and livestock in Springville. The piece mentions residents visiting New York, family deaths, local hires, and community events at the Delaware Water Gap area, with notes on potato crops, shortages, and a coming Episcopal Guild festival.
Special to the Scranton rile from Tunkhannock notes a brief summer shower easing the heat with heavy rain and high temperatures. The piece mentions local mill operations facing staffing shortages, a woolen mill nearing full capacity, and a cutting factory striving to fill shifts. It also cites travel updates, a political convention, and a community meeting with new members joining the Morntronk band.
A Washington Star piece describes Juneau as not pious yet thrifty with diverse churches including Methodist Presbyterian Episcopal Catholic Greek and an Indian church. It paints the town Parisian in style and openly boisterous with gambling saloons dives and street scenes on uphill roads and muddy plank streets.
A vivid portrait of Juneau detailing social life, entertainment, and commerce. The piece notes opera nights, Friday performances, scarce unmar ried women, banks, large stores, and strong Indian trade. It highlights a mild police presence, thriving press, hardy vegetables, and affordable living with electric light and water works.
The page mixes diverse topics from distant times, noting hanged strikers in England, early railway ambitions, and an Arc project to power a government tower. It mentions mineral lakes near Anticroft British Columbia with borax rich walls, a helium ore court scene, and multilingual diplomatic references. Reports also claim New York’s 19 000 ailing voters and a sweeping, unclear crackdown.
The Tribunes Educational Contest shows two changes in the list of Kailers with Eugene Boland rising to fifth, Kemmerer one point behind. Sidney Hayes and Grace Simrell nearly tied, both one point adrift of John P. Smith. Subscriptions can spark big position moves, even for three months. Perseverance and entry prompts readers to study the fourth page for conditions and to request subscription forms.
A New York campaign push outlines literature for the West, with key figures including General James Clarkson of Iowa and Frederick Hollig from this city. The state committee plans to feature McKinley and Roosevelt in a photo display showing a full dinner pail, signaling a focus on domestic issues.
In Chicago Aue SioThe road of centre the Rineorth league of Un Methodist church held two meetings today with a large amount of routing business slated. Michop division presided, twenty one delegates represented, and a treasurer was elected at today's gathering.
One hundred dollar reward offered for a catarrh cure that fails. Carney & Co promote a nostrum claimed to cure catarrh with testimonials and a medicinal patent. The ad asserts wide availability and lists price per bottle with all chemists carrying the product.
New York trading opened dull with insignificant price changes and few major shifts. Total sales reached 114,000 shares while United States bonds and British exchequer figures drew attention amid market uncertainty and speculation about London rate effects.
Corrected by TH. G. Dale lists butter creamery dairy items, cheese full cream, various beans and onions, flour patent, and prices per unit. Includes Carnation style shorthand with regional product names and price points.
Market notes show firm demand for August wheat and mixed August corn with steady prices for Western and Southern grains. Livestock receipts include live poultry and dressed poultry with steady to firm demand, while shipments list wheat and corn volumes and oats and other grains. Prices reflect upland cotton middling at 10 1/16.
New York grain and produce market shows limited changes with occasional firm tones and declines. Reports from Duluth and nearby elevators indicate weak to steady pricing for No 1 grades and various creamery items. firm spots appear in some Western and Pennsylvania lines as buyers respond to market signals.
Fragmentary OCR text lists various markets and items in Chicago with scattered references to prices and quantities. The passage lacks coherent structure, with many garbled phrases and unreadable terms making specific facts difficult to extract.
Amid mixed bids in Chicago on August 8, cattle and sheep showed varied demand. Slaughter steers steady to weak, dairy and feeder classes uneven, hogs steady to firm, and sheep and lambs showing moderate traction with several lots advancing in price.
A fragmented OCR text from New York mentions several mixed terms including locations Wythe and Vals, products like buttermilk and crates, and vague references to stores and prices. Readable facts are minimal. no coherent event or人物 appears.
Fragmentary text appears as garbled OCR without clear people, organizations, places, dates, or an event to summarize. No actionable facts emerge to form a coherent news item or record.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention East Liberty and a dialer warning with unclear reference to A8. The text also alludes to heavy rain or weather conditions and potential typing errors in the source. Further readable details are unavailable.
A description of Stroudsburg State Normal College highlighting its six departments, model school status, and superior advantages. It notes state aid payments and special arrangements, mentioning faculty, retirement, and catalog offerings from East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Bucknell University outlines its structure with four courses, an Academy for Young Men and Boys, a Ladies Institute, a refined boarding school, a School of Music with graduating courses, and West College. A new dormitory for men is planned to be ready for occupation September 20, 1900. Catalog requests should be sent to registrar William C. Gretzinger in Lewisburg, Pa.
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