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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
2
Beebe park saw the Susquehanna club lose 12 to 2 to the Lestershire professionals on Wednesday afternoon. A return game is set for next Wednesday in Lestershire. The report also notes reunions and local notices across Susquehanna County including Thayer, McKune, Wilmarth, and Pickering family gatherings, plus various local events and personnel movements.
Pastor Trev J M Yingling of Bedford Street Methodist Church Cumberland Maryland endorses Chamberlains Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a sure cure when used in time. For sale by all druggists with Matthew Brethens as wholesale and retail agent.
Miss Myrtle Martin visits friends in Wilkes-Barre. Miss Elizabeth Hartung guests in Honesdale. Ernest Hoerton of Dunmore weeks with town relatives. Miss Mary McHale of Scranton visits. Mrs Edward Taylor visiting her wife. Grace Willams of Brooklyn staying with J H Michael. Dow family moves to Beranton. James Mitchell Champ Ebden and Ethel Geary join Niagara Falls excursion. Protestant churches plan Lanteboro picnic Aug 17. Tuesday evening a reception was
Special to the Beranton Tribune reports visiting relatives and excursions across Harford Brooklyn and Binghamton. Activities include Methodist and Universalist Sunday schools planning an outing to Ross Park and various visits by Misses Kent Tiffany King and others. Ralph Sterling reportedly sold his Lindaville farm to Dorr McKibey.
The Tuesday gathering at E. F. Sweet's featured an evening talk on temperance by Rev. A. D. David of Thompson. Ada and Celia Tallman of Carbondale visit town, and Z A Barrett Inez’s brother is quarreled? The Gibson Cornet band plans an open air concert on the Gibson house lawn next Wednesday evening, August 1, with refreshments to follow.
Social and personal notes from the area include Mrs A Sweet returning from a three week visit with Pittston friends and visits by F MacConnell and wife at a Kingsley gathering. Families from Susquehanna and New York join at Gibson house last Sunday. painting work by Will Lamb and C A Sweet near Harford. The Avoca band plans a concert at O Malley’s tonight and Miss Emma Quackenbush visits from Elmira. John Moshart on furlough from the Helena visits his grandfather in Lincoln Hill. The Sunday school outing of the Methodist church is noted, and a funeral in Tunkhannock is reported along with several social visits and upcoming trips to Atlantic City and Ocean Grove.
Peter Winters, a Harmony township farmer in Phillipsburg, was found near death after a burglar entered his bedroom last night. A near hour long struggle ended when the intruder slashed Winters with a dirk knife, but a heavy watch chain deflected the weapon. Winters remains critically injured as authorities investigate the break in.
Washington dispatch reports the state department received a cable from Consul General Goolnow stating there is no protest at Shanghat and that England retains the right to protect subjects in the area.
Shanghai reports a British troop detachment landed to guard the foreign settlement. The American consul general notes no protest from the US, but Shanghai merchants disapprove of Admiral Seymour's action, fearing inflaming anti-foreign sentiment. The state department indicates the United States will not protest the landing, accepting each power's right to protect its citizens in danger.
Canton report outlines President McKinley’s near term travel from Washington to Canton then Chicago for the Grand Army encampment and memorial services, with a stop in Somerset for Mabel McKinley’s wedding. Mrs McKinley will accompany him and Col Myron T Herrick and wife will visit prior to departure.
Henry Hoff man, aged 105, once considered the oldest resident of the state, died last night at his home in Butler Valley near Hazleton. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he spent most of his life in the region and could still work in the grain fields until a few years ago.
Philadelphia reports H M Kuhn formerly of Richmond Virginia held without bail on a charge of throwing his wife from a window on April 25. Mrs Kuhn died Monday night at her mother’s home in Richmond from injuries suffered in the fall. The couple had quarreled and Kuhn allegedly watched his wife go out the window before leaping himself.
The Philadelphia Evening Star was sold at auction to settle the estate of the late John Russell Young. William G. C. Greiner of Chin elty bid 414,000 and secured the paper for a syndicate whose personnel he would not reveal.
Harristure on August appointed temporary receivers for Mercantile Trust Company for the Cash Building and Loan Association, Harry & Calbert for the Industries Building and Ten Association, and T. B. Pott for the Globe Building and Lean Association. Associations are in Pittelie and were returned to the barking commissioner after financial involvement.
In Allentown on Avenue 2 Silas Shoemaker died and Frank Marshall and James Gorman were badly injured in a slate quarry blast at Magel Hell. A misfired charge halted the taping of a drill recharge when the explosion occurred.
The Tribune reports no change in the leaders this morning as contestants from Scranton and nearby towns vie for advancement. Richard Roberts, though new, still lingers near last place while encouragement and subscriptions from readers could boost attendees toward securing further education.
In a room at the Imperial hotel two colored waiters Teorge Webby and Doc Hoberts died from illuminating gas asphyxiation. The two men were employed at the hotel and were reportedly weeping when the gas was turned on full. They retired about seven o clock in the morning and investigators note the door to the room will open in due course. Foul play is suspected though details remain unclear.
One hundred dollar reward offered for cure claims Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo proprietors advertise the remedy taken internally and acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Weet & Truex and Waldinghams & Marvin Toledo druggists endorse the product and Hall's Family Pills are promoted as best.
A narrator recalls a spring outing on a rogue horse named Darling. After a comic chase involving Miss Van Deemen and her jealous fiancé Mr Courtney, misunderstandings clear, yielding an unlikely friendship. The incident ends with the narrator as best man at Miss Van Deemen and Jack Courtney's wedding.
New York stocks showed little overall change with subdued activity as several issues traded below a hundred thousand shares. Notable moves included Chicago and North Western rising on a large sale and Hull House Rochester and Pittsburgh advancing on a single transaction, while most bonds posted small or no gains.
Corrected price list items for Butter-Creamery dairy products including creamery quantities and assorted prices. Contains entries for butter creamery, Wye Cheese full cream, Beans per bushel, potatoes, Bermuda onions and flour, with updated per unit and bulk prices.
The report lists mixed grains and dairy items with firm to steady demand. It notes quantities of wheat, corn, oats and other grains in sacks and barrels along with live poultry and cheese prices and export movements from regional firms.
New York AC market report notes firm conditions in flour and corn with mixed elevator and options activity. Wheat and oats show strength while December and May futures drift. overall cash and futures steady with cautious gains amid drought reactions and mixed regional prices.
In a small wheat market, August activity shows higher prices for September futures aided by ongoing heat and rain in the northwest. Corn and oats futures move with modest gains while parched conditions support wheat bids, with mixed quotes across grain contracts and regional price signals.
Market notes from Chicago show cattle and sheep prices mixed with steady to firm ranges for some classes. Cows and heifers priced around 2.50 to 4.90, bulls near 2.00 to 4.90, and fat sheep and lambs strengthening with lambs higher. Texas and western feeders listed with varied quotes.
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A garbled OCR snippet mentions markets and foods with unclear items and obscure terms. The fragment references Buffalo and New York regions, with scattered phrases about meat and produce missing coherent context.
The report notes a credit sale using 1.25 certification figures involving Larvela Tuna and 103,654 barrels average, with unspecified buyers and terms.
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